Coaching legend

The victory over Blackburn greatly boosted the morale of Burnley. Three days later, they returned to their home ground and won a big victory over Blackpool, also from Lancashire, with a score of 7:0. Blackpool has been in the lower league for many years, and it is not as entangled as Blackburn and Burnley. So although it is also one of the Lancashire derbies, the gunpowder smell is not so strong.

Daniel, who performed well in the last game, showed amazing form again in this game, scoring one goal and assisting one goal. Ballack completed his first hat trick in his career, Bobowski also scored two goals, and Darren Huckabee scored one goal.

George led Burnley to win ten consecutive league games and topped the list with 30 points. It is nine points higher than the second place Swindon, and the third place has been 14 points behind Burnley.

Burnley's excellent form has convinced all critics that Burnley has already secured a promotion spot in the second division this season.

But in the next two games, George began to make a big rotation. Burnley's current main lineup is very strong. In the past two months, George has not rotated too many players in order to run in the main lineup.

Now the results are so good, and the main lineup is also running in very well. So George began to rotate some players. The second division has more games than the Premier League. Not only are there the League Cup and FA Cup, but there is also a qualifying cup. There are even 46 league games, which is eight more than the Premier League.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to finish the league with one lineup. Good substitutes must be needed in the long league. Burnley's main lineup is very strong now, but the substitute lineup has not been tested.

However, after the rotation began, George's first coaching draw began to appear soon.

George had big problems in controlling the results and the replacement of the main substitutes. First, he was tied 1:1 by Bournemouth at home, and then lost 0:1 away.

If it was in the past, there would definitely be a lot of newspapers talking about George, but now even the Blackburn Evening News has no time to deal with Burnley's results. George happened to be reading The Sun in the office.

Although he hated The Sun, George also recognized its influence in England.

"Turbulent Blackburn!"

"Just received the news that Ray Shaft, who just became the head coach of Blackburn this season, has decided to resign. Dalglish, who was promoted to football director this season, took over temporarily."

This news made George stunned for a moment. As a fan in his previous life, George clearly remembered that Blackburn fell into the First Division after the 98-99 season. That is, it was relegated four years after winning the championship.

As the first team to win the Premier League championship besides Manchester United, the speed of decline is absolutely amazing. So at that time, I took a brief look at Blackburn's history and knew that although Ray Shaft's performance was average, he had been the head coach for a year and a half. How could he resign so quickly?

But George thought about it and understood. This is also related to himself. He led Burnley to beat Blackburn 3:0 at Ewood Park. It was a big blow to Blackburn. Blackburn actually lost all the next two Premier League games.

This directly led to Ray Shaft's resignation. It seems that the butterfly effect has begun. However, George has no feelings about Ray Shaft's experience. This is how the world is. If you have good grades, there are people who support you. But once the grades are not good, then disappearing is the only choice.

However, it happened that Blackburn changed coaches. Blackburn, which was the Premier League champion last season, has been really troubled this season. All the media are focusing on this matter, and no media will disturb Burnley's preparation plan.

After two games, George began to carefully choose the rotation lineup. There will not be too many rotations in one game, and the rotation will be carried out gradually.

Until Christmas, Burnley has a total of fourteen games, including twelve league games and one League Cup fourth round game and FA Cup first round.

Burnley drew Aston Villa in the fourth round of the League Cup. George sent out all the substitutes and lost to Aston Villa. However, in the third round of the League Cup, Burnley defeated Blackburn. This year's League Cup journey is already very perfect.

Burnley's luck was not very good in the first round of the FA Cup. Instead of encountering an amateur league team, they encountered Gillingham of the English League C. George sent out the substitutes and the youth team lineup, and was eliminated by Gillingham of the League C.

Burnley has been eliminated in all two major domestic cups, although there is still a qualifying cup. But George doesn't look down on this kind of rubbish cup. Although Burnley is a bit down, it is still a team that has won the top league championship. Things like the qualifying cup are not enough.

In the league, Burnley is far ahead. Twelve games have won eight, three draws and one loss. In the 24 games of the League B, 18 wins, four draws and two losses, 58 points, ranked first. The second place Swindon has 51 points, seven points behind Burnley.

The third place in the League B is Oxford United, with only 46 points, a full twelve points behind Burnley.

The games before Christmas are completely over. Unlike other national leagues, the English League does not have a winter break. But after all, it’s Christmas, so there are still a few days of rest before and after.

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"Merry Christmas, brother George. This is my gift to you." George is not lonely at all, because every year George spends the holidays with York and his family. After the celebration, Miranda gave George a carefully prepared gift.

"Thank you, little York. This is my gift to you." George himself is not a fan of Christmas, but as the locals do, the British all celebrate Christmas, and George cannot be unique. "Uncle York, I'm sorry to trouble you today."

Basically everyone has returned to their homes, but Ballack, Klose and Boboski have stayed at the club. So George invites the three of them to spend Christmas together.

"It's okay, it's okay. I don't know how happy I am to be able to invite Ballack and Boboski. You go over and do your work." Old York was very happy, but ignored that there was Klose.

George nodded and went to see the three young men. Among the three of them, Boboski is the most prosperous now. Boboski has become the brightest star of England's second division league, scoring 12 goals and 14 assists in half a year. There are even teams from high-level leagues that have approached Burnley, but George has been gritting his teeth and not letting go.

George knows that once the European Cup next year is over, it will be difficult for Burnley to retain Boboski. But Bobosky's worth will be very different by then.

However, the one that George values ​​​​and likes the most in the entire team is none other than Ballack. Under the light of Boboski, Ballack is inconspicuous. But Ballack, who is only 19 years old, is the absolute core of George's team. Already has seven goals and six assists.

Only Klose is the most lonely. Among the eight players introduced by George in the summer, only Klose is a substitute, and the others are all main players. Klose has only scored one goal so far and has only started once in the FA Cup.

"Merry Christmas, although I have just said it, I think it is necessary to say it to you again." George walked in with a smile. "This is my first Christmas as the head coach of the club. I am very happy. Our club will be in the English League One next Christmas. The year after that, we will be in the Premier League."

"Yes, head. That's what I think too. Our club shouldn't be in the second division." Bobosky is also introverted, but once he gets to know him well, he can speak much more freely.

"Yes, that's it. We can even defeat Premier League champions like Blackburn Rovers. The Premier League is where we should stay." George said boldly.

"Michael, Karel, don't act wild. If you let me know, you will have to stay on the bench." After having a good meal, Ballack and Boboski left first.

"Miro, have you been a little depressed recently?" George patted Klose on the shoulder. Klose was much thinner than a year ago.

Klose shook his head and said firmly: "No, head. I feel like I have made a lot of progress recently."

"Miro, if you want to succeed, you have to go through days like this. Keep the way you are now, and your future will be limitless." Looking at Klose, George seemed to see the German team's main forward who dominated the World Cup.

George suddenly felt that Klose believed in him so much that if Klose could not surpass his achievements in his previous life in the future, he would be committing a crime.