Coaching legend

Leading by one goal, this situation is very sure for George.

As Martin Taylor said, George is always George. In George's mind, results are the first priority. George can care about nothing for victory. What is a small defensive counterattack? If possible, George is willing to stick all ten people in the goal.

Derby County did not expect Blackburn, which has performed well recently, to play such a shameless tactic. Therefore, after losing a goal, they only knew to attack blindly, without any real tactics at all.

Even their head coach had never thought of such a situation. When he saw Blackburn's starting lineup, he was secretly happy. He thought he should be able to beat Blackburn at home.

It's a pity that George didn't think George would be so disregarding, although he changed a lot of main players. But who of them could imagine that Blackburn, the representative of the technical team this season, would suddenly play such a defensive counterattack tactic.

He had no choice but to add forwards and attack. Unfortunately, breaking such a dense defense is a problem for all teams in the world. Even for the current strong teams such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayern, and Milan, the dense defense is a headache.

Not to mention Derby County, which was not prepared at all. Facing Blackburn, there was no other way except long passes.

And Derby County did not have any players who were good at heading, while the defenders on the Blackburn side were quite good at heading. Including Hyypia and Gallas, they were both very good at heading. So Derby County's offensive was thunderous but little rain, not much threat.

But George's counterattack was different, although George had not practiced any counterattack tactics in Blackburn. Unlike Burnley, counterattack is an art. Three or four feet can form a shot. But in Blackburn, because it has always been a kind of oppressive style of play, it is more about how to score in positional warfare.

But it does not mean that Blackburn will not counterattack, with Duff, a super winger there.

As long as Derby County's defense moves forward, once Duff gets the ball to counterattack, no one in Derby County's back line can do anything to him. On the other side, Romedal's speed was also very good. In this game, George completely lost the midfield. The midfield's task was to intercept the ball and then pass it to the wing for counterattack.

In the 23rd minute of the second half, it was another standard counterattack, scoring Derby County's second goal. Blackburn also won another victory with a score of 2-0 in the game.

On the 28th, George led Blackburn to the Riverside Stadium to challenge Middlesbrough.

In this game, George replaced most of the main players, but the effect was not as good as the previous game. Miku and Pires, two players that George had high hopes for, didn't know what happened. They seemed to be asleep in the game.

They played in a daze. Including Deco's performance in the midfield was much worse than before.

After changing to the main lineup, the play was no different from the previous game. Even the counterattack was not as good as the previous game.

Because Blackburn has always played a pressing style of play, when Deco performed well, they can control the second point. But Deco's performance in this game was also abnormal and he could not protect the second point.

In this game, too many goals were lost in the frontcourt, and the control of the second point was not strong. In the 71st minute of the second half, Middlesbrough counterattacked. George began to replace other players on the field, but still failed to save the defeat.

So far, all five games in December have ended, and Blackburn has won two, tied one and lost two. Compared with the four consecutive wins in November, the results in December have dropped a lot. George cursed the English league in his heart, why there are so many games in England.

However, Blackburn's devil schedule is not over yet. Four days after the game with Middlesbrough, Blackburn will face an FA Cup game. Then they will soon face Tottenham at home.

The intensive games made George's head hurt.

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"Evan, they are in a very bad state now." George frowned as he looked at the situation on the field.

Time soon came to January 9th. In the FA Cup, Blackburn met a semi-amateur team from the National League. Although George rotated most of the players, he still won the game easily.

But back at home, Blackburn faced Tottenham Hotspur from London.

Tottenham Hotspur's performance is very poor, and it is only ranked 11th in the Premier League so far this season. However, the biggest reason for Tottenham's poor performance is that Tottenham's offensive strength is really too poor. The offensive strength is only stronger than Southampton and Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest is now the bottom team in the Premier League. And Southampton's performance is not good either, ranking 18th in the Premier League, and is still in the relegation zone.

And Tottenham, whose offensive strength is very poor, is in the 11th place in the Premier League. This is entirely because Tottenham's defensive ability is very strong. Although Tottenham's performance in recent years has not been good and the team's strength is limited. But Graham is definitely a capable coach, and he can make very good defense with the existing players.

Graham's football is dull and boring, and Tottenham fans do not welcome Graham at all.

If George is not liked by Blackburn, it is because of the grudge between George and Blackburn. And George's performance in Blackburn afterwards was too poor.

So Tottenham doesn't welcome Graham now, not at all because Graham was once a meritorious coach of Arsenal, nor because Graham's performance is too poor. On the contrary, the fans at White Hart Lane hated Graham's team's style of play.

White Hart Lane fans are like any other England fans. What they like most is to attack, attack, and attack again. But Graham's football is a very typical defensive counterattack, and it is the kind of one-to-zero that many people hate. His football is more hated than George's football.

Therefore, the fans at White Hart Lane are very unsupportive of Graham. Now Graham is not having an easy time at White Hart Lane.

Arriving at Blackburn's home court, Graham set up a barrel formation for George. If in good condition, Blackburn are not afraid of their intensive defense. But Blackburn's main players in this game continued the downturn from the previous game.

"George, don't worry. Have you noticed that the newly introduced players this season have had problems with their status these days. But the status of others is fine." Evan whispered to George next to him.

"Yes, George. Since the end of December, the training status of those people has also been problematic. Including John and Robert, their status has declined to varying degrees." Karl also nodded, complementing Evan's words.

George nodded, knowing of course that the status of several people in recent times has been inexplicably underestimated.

"Karl, can it be said that our English league does not have a winter break? It really has such a big impact on them." George knew that their downturn started at the end of December. This time period happens to be when other leagues in continental Europe enter the winter break.

Several people that George introduced from France all fell into a downturn at the same time.

"Well, George. Athletes all have habits. For example, many of our trainings are held at the same time as the game. This is a kind of inertia. Only in this way can the players adjust to the best condition during the game. "Karl nodded and explained to George. "John and Robert have been playing in Ligue 1. They are used to having holidays at this time. They are used to the winter break, but there is no winter break in the Premier League. So they are not used to it for a while. As long as they adapt in the future, they will not This problem will arise.”

Hearing Karl's words, George breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there are no other problems.

Damn, being a head coach is such a hassle. Everything has to be managed, if only there was an institution like Milan Labs in Blackburn.

Why do other leagues have winter breaks but England doesn't. In the past, when he was in the lower leagues, George didn't think so. Although there are many games, because the tournament is very long, losing two or three games is no problem. In addition, many of the players George introduced were poached from lower-level leagues in England. They are all adapting to the lack of a winter break in English football.

But for several players from France, it was their first time to experience a game in January. The state is in a sluggish state.

At this time, George missed the local English players very much. They have no such troubles.

"Karl, see if there is any good way for them to spend this time." Although there are not many Premier League games in January, only three. But if Blackburn players are in this state every game, it won't be easy.

Three games, that's nine points.

Although Blackburn now have no worries about relegation, every game is still very important. George boasted in front of Jack Walker about his UEFA Cup quota for next season, and there is still a gap of nearly ten points.

George is not willing to let loose, after all, Jack Walker has given him so much support this season. It is indeed unjustifiable not to repay.

"George, I don't have much to do about this problem. This is a matter of adaptation, just like the beginning of the season, it's a matter of time. I think their winter break will be over in about ten days. They will slowly... It’s restored. This time next year, this problem should not occur.”

There are still about ten days, which means they will also have a certain impact on the next game.

Graham is really a coach with no pursuits. He always defends passively during the game. The game ended up being zero to zero.

This is already the 22nd round, and Blackburn has scored eight wins, eight draws, six losses and 32 points. Still ranked eighth in the Premier League. The points are already tied with Liverpool.

George shook his head, thirty-two points. If you want to enter the UEFA Cup, you still need to work hard.