Coaching legend

Three days after the dramatic second round of the League Cup, Burnley welcomed Crewe at home.

Speaking of Crewe, there is not much historical connection with Burnley. Unfortunately, this year George introduced two main midfielders from Crewe at once. Crewe, which ranked third in the second division last season but unfortunately failed to pass the play-offs, was also a hot team for promotion at the beginning of the season.

Unfortunately, after losing Danny Murphy and Neil Lennon, it is only ranked ninth in the second division. The gap with Burnley is nine points.

In this game, George arranged the strongest lineup to face Crewe. After losing two midfield generals, Crewe's control in the midfield was greatly reduced.

Under the joint efforts of Ballack, Danny Murphy and Neil Lennon, Burnley firmly controlled the initiative on the field. In the end, with the goals of Bobowski and Darren Huckabee, they won the league's sixth consecutive victory 2:0.

After six rounds of games, Burnley topped the list with 18 points with six consecutive wins. The second place is Swindon, which was defeated by Burnley in the first game, and got 13 points with four wins and one draw. After only six games, Burnley is already far ahead of other teams.

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After the six rounds of games, the draw for the third round of the League Cup will soon be held. I don’t know whether I should say that my luck is good or bad. But when Burnley’s opponent was announced, George smiled and shook his head.

Because Burnley’s next opponent is Blackburn, Burnley’s arch-enemy Blackburn.

Although George openly clamored in the media, hoping to fight with the Premier League champion. That was just to arouse the enthusiasm of Burnley fans and the fire in the hearts of Burnley players. I never thought about really fighting with Blackburn.

Blackburn won the Premier League championship last year and it was absolutely genuine. Burnley was not in their eyes at all.

When George went to the training ground the next day, he found that the atmosphere of the club was completely different. Especially those old players were very positive.

"Carl, it seems that Blackburn has stimulated many of us." George shook his head and smiled.

Carl snorted and raised his eyebrows. "George, you know the conflict between our two clubs. Have you forgotten how they humiliated us in 1991?" Carl, who is always serious, showed obvious expression.

"In 1991, I had not been in the club for long. Of course, I have not forgotten that shameful thing." George was also very angry when he mentioned that incident. That incident happened in 1991.

In 1991, Blackburn returned to the First Division under the leadership of Dalglish, while Burnley could only hang around in the fourth-tier 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, Turnfall Stadium. What made Burnley fans even more unacceptable was that the large slogan hanging under the helicopter read: "You will stay in the fourth tier forever!"

This incident can be said to have deeply stimulated all Burnley fans, but unfortunately Burnley did not have any confidence to refute it at the time. Blackburn was promoted to the top league, while Burnley was struggling in the fourth-tier league.

After that, Blackburn was strong all the way and finally won the Premier League last season. Burnley, on the other hand, was in a state of ups and downs, and was still wandering in the second division this season.

Compared with George Levy, who was born and raised in Burnley, Carl Pat is not a Burnley fan. It's just that Carl couldn't find a job in the top league, so he found the Burnley club. But over the years, Carl has also developed feelings for Burnley.

"George, although we decided to give up the cup and focus on the league. But this time we can't give up. Let those bastards in Blackburn know that there is still a Burnley team in Lancashire." Carl, who has always been gentle and elegant, spitted and his face was ferocious.

Looking at Carl waving his fists, and then looking at the players on the training ground who were more enthusiastic than usual, George knew that this was a game that could not be given up.

From a rational point of view, such a useless game must be given up. But George knew that he couldn't do this anyway, because it was related to the honor of a team, a neighborhood, a city, and even a class!

Why is football the world's number one sport? It's because football has infinite passion. And derby is a game that concentrates all the elements of football.

Why was Manchester City able to beat the invincible Manchester United 3-1 at home in the year it returned to the Premier League? Is it because their strength is better than Manchester United? Obviously impossible! Is it just the word "derby" that inspired them? It also includes the hatred of mutual opposition for countless years.

"Hehe, Carl. You are right. Since Blackburn and we are drawn together, let them see the strength of our Burnley." George also spoke murderously.

George has been in this world for ten years and has been growing up in Burnley. Under the influence of his parents, relatives and friends, he is also a fan of Burnley. Naturally, he is quite annoyed with Blackburn, and it is also a good thing to take this opportunity to fight with them.

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Maybe Blackburn stimulated Burnley players, Burnley won all the next three games. Of course, the most amazing thing is that in these three games, Burnley scored eleven goals.

As the league has been going on for two months, the running-in of the Burnley team has become more and more mature, and the cooperation has become better and better.

Although the Burnley team's offense is too dependent on the right side where Bobowski is, the right side has already blown up all the second-tier teams. Bobowski scored an amazing record of four goals and six assists in five games this month.

So far, Burnley has achieved a nine-game winning streak in the English Second League, leaving the second place Swindon seven points and taking the lead.

In the September selection, George won the English Second League Coach of the Month award for the second time. And Bobowski also won the Second League Player of the Month for the second time in a row.