Coaching legend

After losing to Arsenal 4-1, the voices mocking Blackburn are getting louder and louder.

Mark Lawrenson feels like it's a holiday these days.

Anyway, the worse George's performance is, the happier Mark Lawrenson feels.

"George's legend is about to end. Does Blackburn still have money to buy players? How much transfer fee can Blackburn give George now?"

"I heard that George and Blackburn signed a new five-year contract. I'm curious. Without the support of money, I wonder if George can continue his legend? Five years, the next five years Blackburn is in debt. In five years, George will never have a big deal like 12 million pounds to buy Ferdinand. Never again."

"Now that Campbell is injured, Blackburn's defense line immediately becomes a paper defense line. I wonder if Blackburn still has money to buy a defender to replace Campbell?"

Blackburn's performance in recent years is too good.

So good that everyone is jealous.

Mark Lawrenson has always been the pioneer in criticizing George.

Because of the good performance in recent years, he has been honest for a while. Now that he has seen so many problems with George, he can't wait to criticize George.

George was already in a bad mood, and how could he bear to hear Mark Lawrenson's criticism?

"I have been coaching Blackburn for seven seasons. In these seven seasons, my net expenditure in the transfer market is the lowest among the top teams in the Premier League. Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle, Tottenham, which club has not spent more money than me. Even Arsenal has spent much more money than me."

"Spending little money to achieve great things, Mr. Lawrenson does not understand this kind of thing."

"It is true that our club is short of money now. But the reduction of transfer fees will not affect the performance of our club. Campbell is important, but we have other defenders who can replace him. Joleon Lescott and James McEvely are both excellent. They can both replace Campbell."

"We are for a great goal. When we build our new stadium, we will be the club with the most luxurious stadium in Europe. We are one step closer to becoming a European giant."

However, George's words were considered by the media to be a dead duck's mouth.

Although Blackburn's net expenditure in the transfer market is very small. But when George first took over Blackburn, he also spent a lot of money. Including buying Pires and Miku, they were all 5-6 million pounds.

At that time, it was not a cheap price.

Later, George paid 12 million pounds to buy Ferdinand, more than 10 million pounds to buy Alonso, and 7 million pounds to Campbell for signing. At that time, George was not stingy at all. But such generous transfers will probably not be seen in the future.

But modern football happens to be a money-based football. If you don't have money, it's useless to say anything.

Results are the root of everything.

You were beaten by Arsenal in the last game, and you still have the nerve to say that it will not affect the club's results. You still have the nerve to say that you want to enter the European giants.

Everyone is looking forward to the next game.

Wait until the next game, and you will know whether Blackburn lost to Arsenal by accident or because of strength.

Because in the fourth round of the Premier League, Blackburn will face Manchester United at home.

Manchester United's defense is not very good either.

Especially Ferdinand's partner Woodgate, who has never shown the performance he showed in Leeds United in Manchester United. When they debuted, Woodgate and Ferdinand were equally recognized in the English football world. They thought they would be the main defenders of the England national team in the future.

But the development trajectories of the two are completely different.

Ferdinand broke the world defender value record twice in a row.

The career of the other person, Woodgate, is going downhill. Now he is gradually being pushed down by Brown and can only play as a substitute in Manchester United. However, Brown is fierce, but he is very impatient. It is not a good thing for a defender to be too fierce.

This is even more true for Heinze, who was just bought this summer. Heinze has good strength and speed, and his kicking style is extremely fierce. He is good at swooping and hitting hard, which can cause great damage and deterrence to the opponent. However, it is easy to get too excited and swoop too hard, which is also one of Heinze's weaknesses. He commits many fouls, and his sense of position and defensive awareness are not good.

Heinze is a real fierce general.

It's a pity that defenders don't need such a fierce general.

Nesta, when have you ever seen him angry? He plays football as an art, but he is the best defender in the world.

Manchester United's start this season was not very good, even worse than Blackburn.

Manchester United's first game this season was an away game against Chelsea. Mourinho is a master of counterattacks and a master of finding defensive loopholes in the opponent's defense. He defeated Manchester United 1-0 at home.

In the second round of the Premier League, Manchester United played Norwich at home. Facing a weak team like Norwich, Manchester United actually defeated the opponent 2-1 at home with great difficulty. In the third round of the game, Manchester United postponed the game because of the Champions League qualifiers.

It can be said that Manchester United is in a very bad state.

The same is true for Blackburn's back line. Lescott's frontal defense and high-altitude defense are both very good. Unfortunately, his positional sense is not good. And Maicon likes to assist. But in defense, there are also many weaknesses.

Both sides have big problems in the back line.

Therefore, when playing against Manchester United, George didn't even think about defense.

It depends on which side's offense is stronger. See who has more problems in defense.

Therefore, George had put together an absolutely offensive lineup for this game.

Pires, Kaka, Miku, Alonso were used in the midfield, and Drogba and Arshavin were used as forwards.

The same was true for Ferguson. Rooney did not appear in this game due to injury. Manchester United's midfielders were Keane, Scholes, Giggs, Ronaldo, and the forwards were Ruud van Nistelrooy and Smith.

Both sides played offensive football.

And they were all aiming at the opponent's loopholes.

Blackburn mainly attacked Manchester United's left side, because Heinze had the most problems along the way. Although Gary Neville has never been the best right back in the world, he is the most stable right back in world football.

He has been guarding Manchester United's right side for more than ten years, and rarely made low-level mistakes.

His biggest feature is stability.

So George put the main direction of the attack in the direction of Heinze.

And Manchester United's breakthrough direction was on Maicon's side. Because Maicon is in good shape and fast, but he is not a qualified right back yet. Especially there are too many problems in defense.

Therefore, the attacking direction of Manchester United and Blackburn is the same.

After the start, the game has a fast pace.

Both sides hope to take the lead before the other side reacts.

Blackburn's offensive combination has been cooperated for many years. Including Alonso, Pires, Miku, Kaka, they are all the main players of Blackburn who won the Premier League championship in 2003 and the Champions League in 2004. The cooperation is very tacit.

On the Manchester United side, although Keane, Scholes, and Giggs are the 92 generation, Ronaldinho on the other side is a self-centered person.

Ronaldinho has not yet opened up. He is still obsessed with his own skills.

For Ronaldinho, Ferguson will have to wait for two years before he opens up.

Therefore, after the game started, Blackburn took the advantage.

Seeing Manchester United's attack, George believed that this game should be won.

In the 32nd minute of the first half, Ronaldinho dribbled past the opponent and passed the ball into the penalty area. Unfortunately, the pass was not very good and was headed out by Lucio. After Alonso got it, he passed it to Kaka in front. Kaka also passed the ball to Miku.

Blackburn players have a deep understanding of counterattacks. When counterattacking, it is all about speed. In addition to the speed of the players, there is also the speed of passing the ball.

From Alonso, the ball was passed to Miku's feet with just two passes. At this time, Miku was already in the 40-meter area of ​​the Manchester United goal.

"Miku... Miku, pass the ball!"

When Miku got the ball, Keane came up. Miku did not entangle with Keane, because entanglement with him would waste time. He passed it to Arshavin in front.

"Beep--"

Miku passed the ball, but was tackled by Keane.

Keane saw that Blackburn's counterattack speed was too fast. Therefore, he rushed up and tackled Miku directly.

For Keane, this kind of tackle is too common.

The same is true for Miku.

In the Premier League for so many years, as the best attacking midfielder in the Premier League, Miku has been violated countless times. This kind of tackle is also quite a lot.

This tackle was just a side tackle, which was much lighter than the tackle from behind, the side and rear, and the tackle directly facing the supporting foot.

But George saw the side he was least willing to go.

Miku was lying on the grass and couldn't get up.

George was a little confused at this time. Was he really cursed?

Miku was injured!

Really injured!

And it looked like he was seriously injured. George couldn't figure out why he was so unlucky?

But George prayed that Miku's injury would not be too serious. Because Miku had a lot of injuries last season. They were just minor injuries, and they only lasted for a week or two.

But seeing the team doctor shaking his head, George's heart became heavier and heavier.

George replaced Miku with Parker.

Parker's performance was not bad. But it was not as good as Miku's role. And Miku's injury was a big blow to Blackburn. George could only retreat to defend and counterattack. Fortunately, Manchester United was also in a bad state, and the two sides finally played a one-to-one.

Two wins, one draw and one loss in four games, accumulating seven points.

Blackburn's ranking is not bad. But George's mood is getting worse and worse.

Because Miku's injury has come out.

The injury to the Achilles tendon requires at least three months of rest.

Miku is the third player seriously injured in Blackburn this year. Sagnol for five months, Campbell for half a year, and now Miku for another three months. This makes George not know what to say.