Coaching legend

The contract extension with Essien was just a small matter that George took time out of his busy schedule to discuss. Generally speaking, even if it is the renewal of the first-team players, George only gives a general idea, and then there is a special department to negotiate.

Even when talking about Pires and Miku, George just persuaded them to join Blackburn. Then George would not participate in the specific things. George, the head coach, does not understand such professional things.

Moreover, when negotiating contracts with players, if the coach personally intervenes, once there is a conflict in the negotiation, everyone will look bad. Therefore, such matters are handed over to the transfer department for them to manage.

This is the same as players inviting agents to negotiate. They want high salaries, and it is not good for them to come forward. There will be no such thing when negotiating with agents. After all, both the club and the players have to save face and have a buffer.

However, Essien's situation is special, so George will talk to Allen in person.

During this period, Blackburn's league journey is still smooth sailing, and it should be said that Blackburn's state has come out. First, Miku scored a goal with a penalty created by Pires in the away game, and finally defeated Wimbledon in southwest London 1-0. Then, returning to the home court, Blackburn's offensive line exploded. Duff and Pires each scored a goal, plus the opponent's own goal, and defeated Derby County with a score of 3-1.

Pires and Miku, who gradually adapted to the Premier League, broke out in the Premier League with amazing strength. If the Premier League team's style of play requires Miku, a front midfielder, to continue to adapt. Then Pires, who is on the wing, is like a tiger coming down from the mountain, and his popularity on the left is no less than that of Manchester United's Giggs and Arsenal's Overmars.

Starting from the Manchester United game, Pires has scored four goals and four assists in six rounds, becoming the first contributor to Blackburn's outstanding performance.

A wave of five consecutive victories has made Blackburn the most watched team in the Premier League in recent times. It is also the team in the best form in the Premier League. In fifteen rounds of games, Blackburn has five wins, six draws and four losses, with a total of 21 points.

Twenty-one points have made Blackburn's performance soar from the bottom of the Premier League to the ninth place in the Premier League. Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and other teams have all been left behind by Blackburn's strong performance.

Blackburn's points are only twelve points less than Arsenal, which is currently ranked first in the Premier League. It is completely different from the situation when Blackburn was ranked at the bottom of the Premier League. All the teams in the front have felt Blackburn's aggressive momentum.

Blackburn's status, not to mention that the media, newspapers, and football commentators have praised George and Blackburn. Even Mark Lawrenson, who has always been George's mortal enemy, has been silent and has not commented on George and Blackburn in recent times.

A wave of five consecutive victories, it seems that all those who criticized George have disappeared. It's as if they have never appeared.

John Williams, who has always been very serious, has been smiling these days. The recovery of Blackburn's performance has also made Williams completely relieved. The downturn at the beginning of the season also put Williams under a lot of pressure. Now he can finally relax.

When the results were not good, Williams supported George. But he tried to avoid George in the club and didn't want to put too much pressure on George. But as the results improved, Williams would go to George's office from time to time. There was nothing to do, just talking to George with a smile. The atmosphere of the whole club gradually became more relaxed.

However, in addition to Blackburn's current good state, Blackburn's current schedule is also related to the easy schedule. After the Manchester United game, Blackburn has welcomed an easy schedule. Whether it is Newcastle, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday, Wimbledon, or Derby County, they are not strong teams. They are all mid-to-lower-level teams in the current Premier League.

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However, the media is not paying much attention to Blackburn's recent excellent attitude, but is paying attention to another thing.

Blackburn is about to go to Turf Moor to face Burnley, and there are many highlights in this game. First of all, Blackburn and Burnley are enemies for a hundred years. They are a pair of mortal enemies in Lancashire.

Speaking of the hatred between them, it is impossible to count them. After entering the 1990s, the two teams had many grievances.

In 1991, Burnley was still struggling in the fourth-level league in England. At the end of the season, Burnley, ranked sixth in the league, faced Torquay United in the first round of the promotion play-offs. Blackburn fans actually rented a helicopter to fly over Burnley's home stadium, Turf Moor. What made Burnley fans even more unacceptable was that the large slogan hanging under the helicopter read: "You will stay in the fourth level forever!"

This incident was quite a sensation in the British football world at the time. This naked ridicule made many Burnley fans unacceptable. Even George, who was a coach at Burnley at the time, was furious after seeing this slogan.

Alastair Campbell, a famous Burnley fan and a key member of Blair's cabinet, expressed his attitude in The Times: He would rather win the league against Manchester United in exchange for conquering Ewood Stadium and continuing to suppress his arch-rivals in the standings. This is the wish of all Burnley fans.

After George came out of nowhere, Burnley fans believed that this wish would be fulfilled. Especially George defeated Blackburn twice at Ewood Park, making all Burnley fans sing and dance. When Burnley was promoted to the Premier League, all fans believed that the time to suppress Blackburn had come.

But when George took over Blackburn in the summer, not only did Blackburn fans not welcome George, but also made Burnley fans gnashing their teeth. It can be regarded as adding another feud to the century-old feud between Blackburn and Burnley.

And the degree of hatred of this feud in the history of the century-old feud between the two teams is definitely not less than that of Blackburn fans renting a helicopter to laugh at Burnley at Turf Moor.

The explosion of George from Burnley to Blackburn was almost as much as the news of the national team before the World Cup. This is not only because Burnley and Blackburn are two hostile teams with a century-old feud, but also because George is a new coach in England.

Since George left Burnley, Burnley's performance in the Premier League this year is not bad.

Glenn Rodel, after entering Burnley, led Burnley's performance, although not very good, but not too bad. Currently ranked 14th in the Premier League, there is not much worry about relegation from the current development trend.

After entering Blackburn, George had long thought that he would face Burnley in the Premier League. But this time to really face Burnley, George's heart is still not calm.

George is not a gentleman, but he does not think he is a villain. He is just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who can't be more ordinary. He also has the thinking of an ordinary person. When looking for a job, seeing that Blackburn is the most sincere and can best play his talents, George immediately forgot that he was a coach from Burnley. For George, his future is more important.

But George is not a heartless person, although he has left Burnley. But Burnley is where George has stayed for ten years after all, and it is impossible to completely forget Burnley.

George thought it was funny. He wondered if he was being a whore and pretending to be a saint. He had already taken over Blackburn, the century-old enemy, and he was making excuses for himself.

The closer he got to Turf Moor, the more uneasy George felt.

Turf Moor had a very special meaning for George in his first thirty years. George followed his father to Turf Moor to watch games since he was a child. Although it was a low-level game in England, for Burnley fans, being able to watch the game at Turf Moor was already a very satisfying thing.

Later, when he became the coach of Burnley, George won countless honors at Turf Moor.

Turf Moor had too many good memories for George. Here, George was a hero and everything for the team. At Turf Moor, George was more popular than anyone else. Including Mitchell, Ballack, and Ljungberg, who made great contributions to Burnley, the popularity of the few of them combined was not as good as George.

Every time he played at Turf Moor, George always received the highest cheers. In Turf Moor, you can hear the songs that Burnley fans made up for George in every game.

This used to be my home, and it was the place where I fought.

Now, I came to Turf Moor as an opponent. George didn't expect applause from Burnley fans. Booing, that's for sure.

But among the boos, will there be fans who welcome him as a former meritorious coach? Although he knew it was a luxury, George still hoped... He shook his head, wondering what he was dreaming about. He was a big traitor, and he still expected them to welcome him.

"Shhhhhhhhhh-"

"Traitor! Judas!"

A loud noise woke George up. George looked outside and found that he had arrived at Turf Moor. There were already many Burnley fans surrounding the Blackburn bus. There were also many local Burnley police officers maintaining order. If it weren't for the police, those angry fans would come and smash the bus.

Their purpose was the same, just to give George a warning.

How deep is love, how deep is hate. This statement is absolutely true.

Just as George was loved like God in Burnley before, George's defection made Burnley fans grit their teeth. They can't forgive George, and they will never forgive George. If George entered any other Premier League club, many Burnley fans would understand and support George. But Blackburn...

"George, we're at Turf Moor." Carl saw George's melancholy eyes and patted George.

George breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and clapped his hands. "Okay, get off the bus."