Red Rebels

"Carl, after I left the field, you were the captain of the team. How did I explain to you?" Steve Bruce grabbed the armrest of the bus with one hand, and pointed to Carl who was sitting on the seat not far away. Markinson, asked sharply.

It was obvious that the head coach's tone was not friendly, and all the players, including Xiao Yu and Walsh sitting in the front of the bus, all paid attention.

"I..." Ma Jinson was a little guilty, he had never been the kind of person who was good at words.

"The task I entrusted to you is that in addition to fulfilling your responsibilities as a defensive midfielder, you must also supervise your teammates, not relax in the slightest, and maintain absolute concentration for 90 minutes. But if you think about it, later Did you do it for those 20 minutes?" Bruce looked very fiery, pointing at each player and asking.

No one dared to say anything at this time.

"Patrice, you performed very well in this game. You were very active. The opponent's defense line was completely overwhelmed by you. Congratulations, you have become famous. You have become famous in the Second Division of the Northwest Division. !" Bruce said as he walked to Evra's side, and the volume of his speech became louder and louder.

"The lightning speed you were active in the opponent's half in the first half, where did it go in the second half? The task I assigned to you is 90 minutes, not 45 minutes, you tell me, if you still like the first half in the second half How dare the opponent come out and fight? Tell me, Patrice!"

Evra was so frightened that he stood up, hesitated, and replied, "Don't dare! Sir!"

Bruce patted Evra on the shoulder in relief and motioned him to sit down, "You are a very talented player. You are only 17 years old. The club and I value your future. You should not be satisfied with what you have achieved in the amateur league. Do you remember Gary Neville? He is your role model! If you haven’t reached his height in a day, how can you be satisfied? Why should you relax?”

Evra showed a pensive expression, and Bruce let him go for a while.

He turned to Jonathan Maten and smiled, "We should thank you today, Jonathan, you became the first player in the history of our club to score a hat-trick, and it was the first official game, You will be recorded in the history books, but I am very unfortunate to tell you that in the next game, you will be a substitute!"

At first, Maiten thought he was going to be rewarded and was very happy, but after hearing this, he stood up in disbelief and asked, "Why, sir?"

Bruce stared at him and said word by word: "Just because your performance in the second half was like shit! As a player who used to play the main force in the National League, you feel that you are facing this kind of low-level amateur team , are you proud to have scored a hat-trick?"

"It's not just Jonathan, Patrice, Carl, Smith, you'll all be substitutes for the next game!"

When Bruce said this, not only the players were surprised, even Xiao Yu and Walsh were taken aback.

Of the 11 main players, 4 were replaced at once?

Walsh wanted to speak out, but was stopped by Xiao Yu, who gave a signal to stop him.

Yes, since he believes in Bruce, no matter what he does, Xiao Yu feels that he should fully support him!

"I'm here to declare again that my team only needs players who can give full play to themselves in a 90-minute game, the kind of players who can only play good goals in half courts and play shit in half courts, no matter how good they are. If you feel that you have been wronged or feel that I have treated you unfairly, well, you can choose to leave!"

"The team in my mind is a team composed of 11 people. It's not a team that can't play the ball without anyone, and it's not a team that can't win without anyone. I will not compromise. This is the bottom line. , All those who want to play football must show me your fighting spirit and determination, and convince me, because I am the only decision maker who decides whether you can play!"

finished speaking,

Bruce sat back in his seat, the whole bus was silent, and no one spoke.

"Xiao Yu, don't you think what Steve said just now was too serious? Most of them have never played professional football. Isn't it afraid of causing conflicts if you force them so hard?"

Back in Newton Heath's training ground office, Walsh closed the door, pulled Xiao Yu and asked with a bitter face.

Although this team belongs to Xiao Yu, in fact Walsh has also contributed a lot, and he is also worried about the future of the team.

"Andy, I believe that Steve has a sense of proportion. He has a rich and brilliant career. He is a model of a professional player, so we should believe in him. Besides, I think there is nothing wrong with his strict requirements. We are not an amateur team like Lick who is purely just for fun, our ambition is to rush to the Premier League and even become a giant!"

When Walsh thought about it, he immediately understood what Xiao Yu meant.

Just like the reason why Xiao Yu pursued Steve Bruce with all his heart, he just wanted to inject a tough and bloody soul into the club at the beginning of its establishment, making it an invincible iron-blooded army.

Forging an iron-blooded army takes time to accumulate and settle, just like it took Ferguson and Wenger more than ten years to forge Manchester United and Arsenal, so Xiao Yu has to start from low-level games and slowly give The new Manchester United is infused with a resolute and unyielding soul and a sword-like blood.

And Bruce also used facts to prove that without the main force, his team can also win.

Although four main players were absent from the second round of the league, in fact the new Manchester United, who played at home, still defeated the visiting Sturston team 2-0 with the goals of Rodri Giggs and David Bell. With two wins and two wins, they occupy the top spot with an 8 goal difference advantage.

A total of 3,741 fans arrived at the Butcher Knife Stadium for this game. The stadium was full again, and at the same time it broke the previous record of stadium attendance held by the new Manchester United. And as long as you watch the game, there are also many people outside the stadium who cannot buy tickets. The audience is cheering and cheering, it is not difficult to imagine how popular the new Manchester United is.

After the match, the Manchester City Government formally held a consultation meeting on the new Manchester United's intention to buy out the District Athletic Stadium and the surrounding land. As a representative of the new Manchester United, Andy Walsh attended the meeting on behalf of Xiao Yu.

"In principle, the city government agrees to our buyout proposal, but there is still some disagreement on the price. After all, there are already many real estate developers who intend to use this land for real estate development. "

After returning from the council, Xiao Yu immediately dragged Walsh to the office for a discussion, along with Bruce.

"Those real estate developers are paying a lump sum, but we obviously can't help it, but to our advantage, the city government does not want the district sports stadium and the surrounding land to become commercial land."

"We should strive for the price as much as possible. As for the payment method, we can consider a more down payment, such as half of the down payment, and the remaining debts are paid off within two years." Xiao Yu thought for a while and said.

Bruce shook his head, "That won't work. I've also seen the District Athletic Stadium. It's terrible. Even if we buy it, it will take a while and cost a lot of money to repair, otherwise it won't be put into use at all."

"Yeah, Xiao Yu, I've done the math. It will cost at least 100,000 pounds to repair the stadium. If you want to build the north stand of the stadium as you said before, it will cost at least 500,000 pounds." Walsh looked Xiao Yu, with a sad expression that you don't know about Mi Gui because you are not in charge of the family.

There is no stand on the north side of the District Sports Stadium, which makes the District Sports Stadium only accommodate 6,000 people, but Xiao Yu plans to build a stand on the north side to make the whole stadium look more complete, so that it can accommodate at least 10,000 people. In this way, this stadium can at least meet the needs of the new Manchester United for the next few years.

"Money is not a problem. The key is that we must win the land. As you can see, our stadium cannot meet the needs of the fans. I believe that as our performance gets better and better, the fans who gather will become bigger and bigger. More and more."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yu suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, Andy, you can find a chance to clarify in the bar, and say that even if our club really buys a new stadium, our ticket price will still remain at 5 pounds, and I will definitely not buy the stadium. The financial burden of passing on to the fans, we are the new Manchester United, not Manchester United!"

As soon as the outside world reported that New Manchester United intends to acquire the land of the District Athletic Stadium, some fans began to worry that New Manchester United would increase the price of tickets after purchasing their new stadium, so Xiao Yu felt it necessary to clarify.

"If the team is not promoted to the National League, there is really no need to mention the ticket price!" Bruce also supported Xiao Yu's decision.

The ticket price of 5 pounds is considered a medium level in the amateur league, but it is considered low in Manchester. Once it reaches the national league, the average ticket price is at least 10-15 pounds. , The average price of the ticket will increase by about 1-5 pounds.

This is a pricing law that all teams in England refer to each other. Once in the Premier League, it costs at least 20 pounds to watch a game. After all, it is the highest level team in England.

Xiao Yu still remembers that after being acquired by Glazer, the average ticket price of Manchester United rose all the way, and finally reached an astonishing £40, and only club members could have such a price, while Old Trafford It can accommodate 76,000 fans, and the ticket revenue for each game can reach at least three million pounds. This is only calculated based on the minimum ticket price revenue, otherwise it will be even higher.

It is precisely because of Manchester United's ticket revenue and attendance that both Murdoch and the later Glazer family can smoothly pass Manchester United's future ticket revenue expectations to mortgage the bank, and then bring a sum of money. A lot of money to buy, and then buy the club.

Whenever thinking of this point, Xiao Yu secretly swore in his heart that no matter what the future holds, he would not let the new Manchester United be listed, because the listing of the football club itself is the biggest disaster!

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