Coaching legend

The away victory over the powerful Middlesbrough allowed Burnley players to completely get rid of the slump in the first three games.

Of course, George, the young coach, has become more and more a big topic in the English League One, not only because of George's age. But also because of Burnley's outstanding performance. Burnley's current performance in the English League One is completely dominant.

Middlesbrough had no chance at all in the whole game against Middlesbrough, which had just been relegated from the Premier League.

Gascoigne, who was recognized by the whole of England as the most talented in recent decades and played a genius in the European Cup two years ago, was completely at a disadvantage in this game with Ballack. While many media sighed at the fall of a generation of genius, they were also amazed at Burnley's midfield performance.

Although many local media of English League One clubs criticized George. But it is not because Burnley is indeed strong now and is indeed the biggest favorite for promotion.

After the end of the eighth round of the game, Burnley ushered in the second round of the League Cup, Wigan of the English League Two.

In fact, Burnley should have played the second round of the League Cup after the fifth round of the League One. However, the game was postponed because Wigan's home stadium collapsed. At that time, Burnley requested to play either at Turf Moor or at a neutral stadium, but unfortunately the FA did not approve it.

Therefore, the second round of the League Cup was postponed for more than half a month before it was played at Wigan's home stadium.

Burnley is now confident. For a weak team like Wigan, George asked many main players to choose to rest. However, Burnley still relied on a free kick created by Ashley Chapman, and Matthew Upson headed in the only goal.

After the second round of the League Cup, Burnley immediately ushered in the ninth round of the League One. In this game, Burnley played at home against the Bailey team, which is a small team that has been in the low-level league for many years.

Burnley defeated the visiting Bailey team 2-0 with goals from Robbie Keane and Ballack.

In the tenth round of the English League One, Burnley traveled to Bradford. Bradford is located in central England and is one of the top ten cities in the UK. Its early prosperity was built on the wool and textile industry. It was once known as the world's wool capital. There is a League One football club here, Bradford Football Club.

Bradford is one of the top ten cities in the UK with a population of over 400,000; Bradford is small enough to be easy to manage, but large enough to have all the facilities of a thriving modern city. It is very conveniently connected to roads, railways and air traffic across the country, and is located in the most beautiful and spectacular countryside in England.

Although Bradford is so famous, the English League One club Bradford is a veritable underdog. Not only is its history unremarkable, but it is also a very remarkable thing that it can now be in the English League One.

George did not despise Bradford because of their weak strength. They still faced the strongest lineup, and the players were also very competitive. Ljungberg and Daniel's left wing performed well in this game. The right side of Bradford was completely blown up. Ljungberg scored one goal, assisted one goal, and Daniel also assisted one goal.

Burnley defeated Bradford 3-0 away.

In the first ten rounds, Burnley had seven wins, two draws and one loss, with 23 points. It surpassed Nottingham Forest by one point and ranked first in the English League One.

Now Burnley's promotion situation is very good. In the first ten rounds, Burnley has played against Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough, the favorites for promotion.

After the tenth round of the league, Burnley is facing another League Cup game. This is already the third round of the League Cup. I don't know if Burnley is going to make up for last year's regrets this year. In the third round of the League Cup, they met a weak team again. Stoke City, also from the English League One.

Stoke City has a long history. How long is it? It is the second oldest football club in the world after Notts County. However, a long history does not mean strong strength. Stoke City is now at the bottom of the English League One and is a hot candidate for relegation this year.

Although both the English League One and the English League Two are lower-level leagues in England, the English League One is much better than the English League Two after all. Stoke City certainly does not want to be relegated. In the first two rounds, they had been completely benched. Unfortunately, Stoke City had better luck than Burnley in the League Cup, and they met teams from the English League Three for two consecutive rounds. They were very lucky to enter the third round of the League Cup, but their good luck also ended there.

Stoke City is unwilling to waste energy in the League Cup, so the players sent to the field are all substitutes and even some youth team players. George is the same. Although George also wants to make a breakthrough in the League Cup this year, he will not send the main force for such a game.

In the end, Burnley still relied on veteran Ian Coyd to defeat Stoke City 1-0 and entered the fourth round of the League Cup.

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"Damn it, no way." George looked at his opponent in the fourth round of the League Cup and smiled unhappily.

Burnley had good luck in the first three rounds, but the draw for the fourth round was not bad, but not good either. They ran into their old enemy, I don't know if it was an accident or there was some inside story.

In George's third year as Burnley coach, he once again met Blackburn. It is rare for teams from the English League One and the Premier League to meet twice in three years in domestic cup competitions.

"Blackburn?" Carl Pat also laughed. "George, tell us. What do you think this year?"

"What do you mean?"

"That is, how do you treat the League Cup. We used to abandon the League Cup, but this year..." Evan Sawyer and Carl Pat are George's right-hand men, and they don't quite understand George's plan now.

First of all, George's biggest goal is definitely to be promoted, but they also need to know their attitude towards the cup competition. Only in this way can they cooperate with George.

"Promotion is the first priority, but you said it would be nice to add one or two cup championship trophies to your resume." George smiled and said.

"Well, George? You don't really want to win the League Cup, do you?"

"That's what I think. There are many FA Cup events, and many Premier League clubs pay more attention to them. It's too difficult to win the championship, but the League Cup is relatively simple. And once we win the League Cup, we will qualify for the European Cup next year. The appeal to players will definitely increase a lot. I am determined to win the League Cup."

Although he never said it clearly, George had decided to win the League Cup at the beginning of the season. The League Cup is easy to win, and many Premier League teams don't pay attention to this event.

Seeing Evan and Carl's unbelievable looks, George smiled. Because although the League Cup is not valued by Premier League teams, some mid-stream Premier League teams will still go all out. Burnley is still a team in the English League One. At the beginning of the season, George shouted that Burnley had already reserved a promotion spot, which caused an uproar. If Burnley's goal is to win the League Cup, there will definitely be many media criticizing George for overestimating his capabilities.

"Evan, Carl, let's start our road to the League Cup championship from Blackburn."