Coaching legend

George has completed 17 rounds of games at Blackburn, which is almost half a season. Blackburn has six wins, six draws and five losses, and the points are still 24.

The weather in Lancashire has become very cold now. Although it is not as cold as those places with ice and snow, it has entered winter.

On December 12, Blackburn played against Leeds United at home.

Leeds United has a lot of fans in China, and those fans were attracted by the wonderful performance in the late 1990s and early 21st century. At that time, Leeds United was known as the "Young Guards" and set off a round of youth storms in English and European football.

But in fact, the history of Leeds United is not shabby at all, and it is even more glorious than the history of many English clubs. It has won three top league titles, one FA Cup title, one League Cup title, and two European Fairs Cups (the predecessor of the UEFA Cup) titles.

Not only that, they have won five top league runner-ups, three FA Cup runner-ups, one League Cup runner-up, one UEFA Champions League runner-up, one European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up, and one European Fairs Cup runner-up.

Such achievements have definitely made Leeds United's position in English football not low.

Moreover, the "Young Guards" that set off a youth storm at the turn of the century has begun to take shape. Or in other words, most of the players of Leeds United, which set off a youth storm, have begun to emerge in Leeds United. It's just that the players now are young, some are less than 20 years old, and other main players are just over 20 years old.

Leeds United is the last league champion of the English First Division. Unfortunately, after the establishment of the Premier League, the results were not satisfactory. But with the entry of George Graham, the results have made great progress. However, after Graham received an invitation from Tottenham, he became the head coach of Tottenham. The new head coach of Leeds United who replaced Graham is Graham's former assistant coach David O'Leary.

In the past two years, Leeds United's youth training camp has produced many talents, including Harry Kewell, Ian Hart, Jonathan Woodgate, Alan Smith and Stephen McPhail. Of course, there are also Hasselbaink, Bruno Ribeiro and others who were introduced at a high price.

Of course, Leeds United also has good players like Lee Bowyer and Radebe.

The current Leeds United players are all young people around 20 years old, and each of them is very strong. In the future English football, these people will be active for more than ten years.

Of course, the current Leeds United has a very big feature, which may be because most of the players are young. Once they play crazy, even opponents like Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool can score 2-0, 3-0 or even higher.

Leeds United is really strong, and no one can stop their young players from playing crazy. But they also have the common problem of young teams, that is, their state is ups and downs. It is terrible to play crazy, but when they are not in good shape, they can even be beaten by relegation teams.

This is a neurotic team. In fact, George really doesn't want to play against such a team, because they are completely nervous.

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Today's weather is gray, and fortunately it didn't rain. If it rains this month, the players will freeze to death.

According to the current weather, it won't snow. But the temperature is only a few degrees above zero, and George has already felt the cold outside before getting off the car.

George hates this kind of weather. George prefers seasons with distinct four seasons. In his previous life, George was a northern player in China, and the four seasons were distinct all year round. It was hot when it should be hot, cold when it should be cold, rain when it should rain, and snow when it should snow.

The weather in England is different. Seventy percent of the time in a year is gray. Half of the time it rains, and this kind of rain makes George very uncomfortable.

Sometimes George thinks that it is understandable that players from other places cannot adapt to the climate in England. Especially Spanish players, few of them have succeeded in England. They are used to enjoying the sunny beaches in Spain, and it is indeed difficult to adapt to the bad weather in England.

The players are all warming up. If they don't warm up for such a game, they will be courting death. Without activities, it is easy to get injured when playing.

George did not come out, but stayed in his locker room. George had a very good impression of Ewood Park at first. Of course, it was not because of the good impression of Ewood Park as a stadium, but because he felt good playing here.

He led Burnley to Ewood Park twice, and George was left with a very good impression.

Unfortunately, this was only when George led Burnley. Since George came to Blackburn, George has not enjoyed any home treatment at Ewood Park. In addition to being booed by fans, he was scolded.

This is a very bad experience. In the entire Premier League, George is probably the only coach who is so unpopular with home fans.

"This is the home court, I want to win." George made the final tactical arrangements in the locker room. "Leeds United's style of play can be said to be passionate, but it looks good. Their biggest shortcoming is that they can't control the rhythm of the game."

George attaches great importance to the research of opponents before the game, and he also spares no effort in collecting intelligence on opponents. There is a special team in Blackburn to serve this purpose.

Leeds United is now becoming more and more like the later Young Guards, but there are also many problems in their style of play. The biggest problem is that although they play very powerfully, they lack a player to control the game.

When Leeds United attacked, they were indeed quite fierce. But whether their offense or defense is good, they are all straightforward. Their midfield didn't know how to control the game.

They don't know that a mature team should have a rhythm in their game. It should be fast when it should be fast, and it should be slow when it should be slow. But Leeds United lacks this now, so many games look very fierce. But because he is not good at controlling the rhythm of the game, the game is thrilling to watch.

"Anderson, you have a heavy task to play against such a team." George pointed to Deco. Leeds United currently lacks a midfielder like Deco who can control the game. Once there are players like him to help share the load, Leeds United's offensive power and defense can increase a lot.

"We don't need to play fast with Leeds United. Their players are young and energetic. We will play slow with them and play fast. Anderson, this requires your scheduling."

In fact, not only are Leeds United players all young players, but Blackburn's current players are also young. Except for Hendry, most of the main players are only twenty-four or five years old. People like Duff, Klose, Deco, and Sagnol are only around 20 years old.

"Robert, Damien, our attack still has to start from the two wings. Gary Kelly can defend, but Ian Hart is a player who attacks the strong and defends the weak. Therefore, the attack point of this game is on Hart. Especially this side.”

"Irving, your task in this game is not to let Bowyer get a long shot opportunity. Of course, you also need to defend Smith. This kid has very good skills. Don't let him get the ball calmly at the front of the penalty area."

George said without realizing that Hargreaves was actually younger than Smith. Hargreaves is not yet eighteen years old.

George started Hargreaves in this game, and some praised Hargreaves for his outstanding performance in the previous game. They also let Makelele take a break and let Makelele watch the game on the court.

Of course, the biggest reason is that although Bowyer has a bad temper, his shot from behind is still good. And Leeds United star Alan Smith. At this time, Smith is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. His superb skills and agile shooting give the British football world an alternative feeling.

To deal with Smith, George needs a defensive midfielder like Hargreaves. If Makelele's performance at his peak is considered, defending Bowyer and Smith will certainly not be a problem. But Makelele's defensive awareness still needs to be improved. George is really worried about defending Smith in his current state.

"William, when Irving sticks to Smith, you have to go up and guard him. Don't let him have any chance to get the ball freely. Sammy, your task is to defend Hasselbaink from behind."

In addition to Hargreaves replacing Makelele, George also asked Gala to replace Hendry in this game. Hendry is indeed old and cannot continue to play in high-intensity games like the Premier League. The last game showed very obvious fatigue.

Therefore, George asked Gala to replace Hendry in this game.

"Okay, I've said all that needs to be said. I will win this game."

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"Whoosh whoosh-"

"Is this an applause for our team?" George was still in the locker room at this time, but he heard very warm applause.

Because this time happened to be when the team took the field, that was why I heard applause. I haven't heard this kind of applause for a long time. Except for Hendry and Duff, current Blackburn players rarely hear such warm applause at home.

"It should be. George, it seems that the fans have begun to accept our team." Karl smiled and nodded beside him.

George breathed a sigh of relief.

This season, although Ewood Park is the home ground, the home atmosphere is not felt at all. Although there have been sporadic applause in these games, today's applause is the highest applause I have heard at Ewood Park since George took over at Blackburn.

Don't underestimate these fans. The role of fans' applause for the team must not be underestimated. Otherwise, there would be no talk of the Devils' home court. Apart from the players, the most powerful thing about the Devils' home court is the fans.

"I have long said that fans are the easiest group to deal with. As long as you have good grades, there will be no problems."