Coaching legend

"Mitchell, long time no see."

Mitchell also looks older. The tough guy back then was now covered in wrinkles.

Mitchell is not that old. He is two years younger than Karl, but now he looks like he is in his fifties. It doesn’t look like he was the all-powerful player on the court back then.

George is grateful for Mitchell.

There is deep gratitude.

George and Mitchell have known each other for many years. George knew the man before he became part of the Burnley coaching staff.

Later, when he became the head coach of Burnley at the age of twenty-seven, he was really unstoppable. Without the support of the veteran players led by Mitchell, George would not be able to secure the position of Burnley head coach. As Burnley's old captain, Mitchell was of great help to George, who was still young at the time. But later George became the head coach of Blackburn, and Mitchell was furious and never contacted George again.

Mitchell looked very complicated.

George, this is a person Mitchell doesn't want to remember.

Mitchell's most glorious career was the three years that George coached. Mitchell even thought about why George didn't become Burnley's head coach earlier. At that time, Mitchell felt more than admiration for George.

But George turned around and became Blackburn's manager.

Mitchell had no complaints about George leaving Burnley in anger. After all, it was Kilby, the then Burnley boss, who did something unreasonable, and it was natural for George to leave. But George turned to become Blackburn manager, and Mitchell was unforgivable.

Mitchell is a Burnley born and bred player. The hatred for Blackburn is deep-rooted.

So George is completely unforgivable.

Unexpectedly, after eleven years, George would return to Burnley.

Mitchell, like those Burnley fans, has very complicated emotions now.

"George, long time no see." Mitchell answered mechanically.

George knew that Mitchell had a knot in his heart. This kind of pimple will not disappear in a short while. So George smiled and said: "Mitchell, it's the same as the first time. Now Burnley is at a crossroads again. I hope you can sincerely help me."

Mitchell nodded.

Although he has problems with George, if it is for the club, he can still cooperate with George.

George was very happy to see Mitchell's attitude. Mitchell is a person who distinguishes between public and private matters. You will definitely not do that kind of trick behind your back.

As long as you have Mitchell's support, it will be much easier to handle at Burnley.

Mitchell started in the Burnley youth academy as a teenager, reaching the first team and later becoming the team captain. The captain's armband has been around for more than ten years. Then he joined Burnley's coaching staff and worked there for more than ten years.

Mitchell has been at Burnley for more than thirty years. His influence at Burnley is unparalleled.

So even though George is now a world-famous coach, if he wants to control Burnley in a short period of time, he still needs Mitchell's cooperation. If Mitchell doesn't cooperate and instead makes some moves behind him, George will really be in Waterloo at Burnley.

After meeting with Mitchell, George will go to the team to see his players in the next six months.

"head."

The first person to come over to greet George was Ashley Chapman, the current captain of Burnley and George's disciple at the time.

This is true for English football clubs. Qualifications are what matters. Ashley Chapman has been in the Burnley first team for fourteen years, so he has also been promoted to captain.

"Ashley, you're both captain now."

Time passed, eleven years passed. His former disciples are now thirty-one-year-old veterans.

"Yes, head. It's been so many years."

Different from Daniel and Mitchell. Although under George, he is not the main player. But Ashley Chapman doesn't have that kind of hatred for George, but more of nostalgia for him.

George patted Ashley on the shoulder, then looked at the players starting to gather behind him.

None of these players are familiar to George.

As the captain, Ashley introduced George one by one.

Burnley's players are generally young. Many players are around 20 years old, but they don't have that much hatred for George. George has been a taboo at Burnley for more than a decade. A lot of people don't want to talk about it. So for young players, there is no such hatred for George.

And hate is often the opposite of love.

Without certain feelings, there can be no hatred. There will be as much hate as there are feelings.

In the eyes of these young players, George is a world-class coach from England. Received numerous honors. And he is a head coach who just won the Champions League last season. And Burnley is just a team fighting for relegation. It is a surprise to be able to invite a giant like George.

And George has a mysterious aura about him.

Like Ferguson and Wenger, George has trained countless young talents. Many players have become world-class superstars through his guidance. Of course these little players have big dreams.

Therefore, from the perspective of George, many young players are risking their stardom.

George greeted them one by one. George had known a lot about these players before he came. There are indeed some good seedlings among them. If they are used well, they will definitely be good players in the Premier League in a few years.

After the introduction, George stood in front.

Although he had just become the head coach of Burnley, Brandon Flood did not follow George to the stadium. George and Karl just followed Mitchell and came directly to them.

"Gentlemen, hello. I am George Levy."

Maybe he has been a coach for a long time and is a little older. George used to like to get along with the players, but he handled things a little roughly and simply. But now George has become more and more gentle.

Greeted them with a smile.

"Gentlemen?" Several players looked at each other. What they saw in the newspaper was that George was very strong in the locker room. His temper was not good. But today, George's temper is pretty good?

"Half a year, I will be with you for half a year." George's beginning was very ordinary. "After half a season, we have only two endings. One is relegation and the other is relegation."

"To be honest, relegation has little impact on me. But for you, it is a big deal. Once the club is relegated, do you think that a few of you can continue to stay in the Premier League? So don't talk about big principles, just for your own sake, you have to play well."

"Okay, let's stop here today. Let's train."

George asked Carl to accept the team's training as soon as he arrived. The two people now know Burnley from the screen. They still need to continue to understand.

December 28, 2009, the 20th round of the Premier League.

George, who had not appeared in front of the media for half a year, appeared in everyone's sight again.

"Half a year, half a year is not a long time. Many people almost forgot George. Without George, the Premier League feels that something is missing. Now George is finally back."

Motson explained with a smile.

"This is the first game after George returned to Burnley. We are all looking forward to Burnley having a brand new look in George's hands."

In the 20th round of the Premier League, Burnley challenged Wolves away.

Wolves are a newly promoted team. It took McCarthy three years to bring Wolves to the Premier League. However, McCarthy's Wolves are still very eye-catching this season.

In this game, although George sat in the coaching seat. But it was not George who commanded.

The command was still handed over to Mitchell.

George has been in Burnley for only two days. In two days, to be honest, nothing can be done. George just learned more about the characteristics of the players and was weighing the main lineup in his mind.

The players are very hard-working.

They all want to leave a good impression on George.

Although it has only been half a year, the young players all want to get George's affirmation.

This game is the same.

Burnley players are very active in running.

But George shook his head. Active running and having such physical strength should be worthy of praise. Unfortunately, many of their running is useless. It's just a waste of physical strength. There is no midfielder to sort out the midfield and can't integrate their running. This is the biggest problem.

In fact, there is a player in Burnley's midfield that George is very optimistic about.

Gareth Gray is also a midfielder trained by Burnley Youth Training Camp. One of his greatest abilities is physical strength. So far this season, the average running distance per game has reached more than 11,600 meters.

More than 11,600 meters.

For those midfielders with strong running ability, it is really not a problem to run such a distance in a game. But there are very few who can reach this average running distance.

Very strong physical strength.

Can run. Gareth Gray is a typical English midfielder. Can defend and attack. Strong comprehensive ability. Can attack and defend.

However, neither offense nor defense is top-notch.

But one of the reasons why George is optimistic about him, in addition to strong physical strength, is that his basic skills are very solid. There are very few mistakes in passing within the ten-meter and fifteen-meter area. And no matter what kind of pass, there are very few mistakes in stopping the ball.

Plus, Gareth Gray is only 21 years old now.

In George's opinion, there is still a lot of room for development.

Although very passionate. But this blind style of play still has many problems. McCarthy's Wolves also played tough. But their style of play was more targeted.

Before the end of the first half, Wolves led Burnley 1-0 with a simple raid.

In the second half, Wolves scored the second goal with a counterattack. George lost 0-2 in his first game at Burnley.

I'm really sorry. I've been drinking too much recently. I hate China's drinking culture. Why do we have to drink? Drinking is uncomfortable, but not drinking is not okay.