Coaching legend

"George, from now on we will usher in the League Cup, FA Cup and Qualifying Cup. How do you plan to handle the cup competition?" Karl Pat asked George's plan with the schedule.

Unlike England's First Division, Second Division and Premier League, the league schedule is already very intensive. But the FA Cup and League Cup are also played earlier than the Super League. Including the qualifying cup, it can be said that these low-level league clubs will have at least fifty games in a year. This is definitely a lot of games.

George lay comfortably on the sofa in the office and squinted for a while. "Karl, what do you think of the current development of the English league?" Hearing Karl's question, there was no direct answer.

"The development of the English league is generally very good. I think the Premier League cannot return to the heyday of English League One. But there should be no problem competing against Serie A and La Liga in a few years." Karl on the future of the Premier League Still very confident. "Serie A is now the center of European football, but I think this situation will not last long."

George looked up at Karl and said disapprovingly: "Karl, you can't say this nonsense. Serie A is known as the 'Little World Cup', and the best stars in the world are now in Italy."

"George, you don't need to provoke me. In fact, you know what's going on. Serie A can be so popular now because of the support of the owners behind the clubs. Which Serie A club is not operating at a loss now? Once there is a disturbance in the Italian economy, those football clubs will definitely It's unbearable." Karl seemed very confident in these analyses. "You see, Premier League clubs all have their own stadiums, but Italian law still does not allow private ownership of stadiums. In this aspect, Italian clubs lag far behind Premier League clubs."

George jumped up and pointed at Karl. "Karl, actually you don't even need to be a coach. You should just be a football commentator." Because George understands future generations, he understands that the decline of Serie A is inevitable.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Serie A clubs were still able to stand in European football with their profound foundation. However, after the Calciopoli scandal, the Italian league was completely in decline. Not only is it difficult to compete with the Premier League and La Liga, the Bundesliga has even surpassed Serie A, and there is also the French Ligue 1 who is eyeing behind.

But Karl was able to detect the decline of Serie A in 1995 when the Italian league was still at its peak, and his vision was definitely extraordinary.

"Karl, since you know that the future of the Premier League is bright. You said that if our club is in the Premier League, our annual income will be dozens or hundreds of times what it is now. Once we reach the Premier League, we will have the opportunity to participate in the European League. You said this is such a big temptation." George said seriously. "Although the League Cup and the FA Cup are very tempting. But do you think we can win the League Cup and the FA Cup? As long as we are not the champion, no matter what results we achieve in the cup, it will be a failure."

George stood up from the sofa and said with certainty: "I will definitely pursue the League Cup and the FA Cup in the future. But not now. I only have one goal now. That is to lead the team to upgrade, first to the First Division. , and finally the Super League. As for the qualifying cup, the results will be whatever the youth team can achieve.”

Carl nodded. "Then what are your plans for the second round of the League Cup this time..."

"Mix the main players and substitutes. Watford probably doesn't pay attention to the League Cup either. They are busy trying to avoid relegation now."

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Perhaps because Burnley's recent six-game winning streak has stimulated the football market, 17,000 fans came to Turf Moor Stadium today. Turf Moor Stadium, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people, has an attendance rate of almost 80% today.

In a small town like Burnley with only over 80,000 people, 17,000 people came today. One of the five people came to the stadium today and felt the constant shouts of Burnley fans. A faint smile appeared on George's face.

George smiled when he got the Watford roster. Watford is really straightforward, basically fielding very young players. It seems that Watford really does not pay attention to the League Cup, or despises Burnley.

However, George did not completely use substitute players, there were also some main players among them. For example, what Ballack needs now is games. Only more games can allow him to accumulate more experience.

As the host calls out the names of players one after another, the cheers will increase with the frequency of the host. When George's name was called out, the whole audience suddenly shouted "George, George." in unison.

George appeared on the court, raised his hands and saluted the fans, and received cheers that were several times louder than the previous ones. George is very happy. After more than a month, George has conquered this group of fans with six wins.

The Watford coach looked at the young coach who was so loved by the fans and smiled at his assistant coach. "It seems that this young coach is really not simple. Listen to the cheers. I have never received such cheers as a coach."

"Are you going to say hello to him?" the assistant coach nodded and said to him. "I should go over and say hello. I'm really curious about this 27-year-old young coach." With that, Glenn Rodell walked up to George.

"Hello, Coach Levy." Glenn Rodell came to George in a graceful manner and shook hands with George. "Coach Levy is so young."

"Hello, Coach Rodel." George sneered in his heart as he looked at Glen Rodel, who was now elegant. If I hadn't seen him today, I really wouldn't have remembered him. To be honest, this coach is really unlucky, or a real disaster for the club.

In the past, George had a good impression of West Ham United, which had cultivated superstars such as Ferdinand, Joe Cole, Carrick, Defoe, and Glen Johnson. So he was also more concerned about West Ham United, but he didn't expect that in 2003, West Ham United was actually relegated.

At that time, the head coach of West Ham United was the unlucky Glen Rodel in front of him. Since the Premier League adopted the 38-round system, West Ham United's 42 league points are the highest among all relegated teams. George was therefore a little curious about Glen Rodel and checked his information. Only then did he discover that this unlucky head coach led the team to relegation not only for the first time, but when he coached Watford, he also led Watford from the First Division to the Second Division.

Later, he coached the Newcastle team and created a record for Newcastle in one year. Of course, it was not an excellent record, but it was the worst record for the team since 1951 that they did not score a goal at home for five consecutive games for a total of 7 hours and 51 minutes.

Therefore, George used to look down on Glenn Rodel very much, or he had a very bad impression of him. But I didn't expect to see Rodel in person today, so he was so elegant. He spoke slowly and gave George a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze.

While returning to the bench, George shook his head. It seems that good people and good coaches cannot be equated.

Today, George's idea is very simple. It is better to be eliminated than to win. Even if winning is a burden for Burnley, George has no young players to train. Even if they advance, it is just a burden.

But George can't tell the players that I gave up this game. George can't do such a thing. George wants to instill in them the spirit of never giving up the game.

Therefore, in today's lineup, George rotated many players. Frontcourt Bobowski, Darren Huckabee, and Danny Murphy were all on the bench.

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“Beep——” When the referee blew the final whistle, George stood up with a wry smile. George had already used more than half of the substitutes, but Watford was more straightforward. Almost letting the youth team play, Burnley defeated Watford 3:1 with two goals from Richard Brodie and a long shot from Ballack and entered the third round of the League Cup.

“Congratulations, Coach Levy.” Although they lost the game, Glenn Rodel didn’t look depressed at all.

George smiled bitterly and shook his head. “Coach Rodel, I’m actually not very interested in the League Cup.”