Godfather Of Champions

"It seems that what the media are interested in is your style and popularity." David Chris Luck, Dunn's assistant coach is looking through the newspaper in his hand. Recently, he likes to read the articles about Dunn in these newspapers, because the pungent articles of the reporters' ridicule can always make him laugh and have a happy mood all day.

"No one ever mentioned the results when talking about you." After flipping through all the newspapers, Chris Lak folded them and put them aside. Looking at Dunn on the opposite side.

Tony Dunn was reexamining the desk in front of him.

It was exactly the same as when he came to this club fifteen years ago. The dark red solid wood desk reveals a breath of aging from inside to outside.

He put his hand on the table and rubbed it back and forth gently. Feel every tiny bump and scratch on the desktop.

Now the table is empty, and there is nothing else besides an LCD computer monitor. Freddie Eastwood has taken away all his personal belongings, and the data reports also have those things. It was neatly stacked in the bookcase next to it.

"Isn't that good? In this way, we won't have so much pressure." Dunn replied while rubbing his head on the table.

"I thought you would jump like a thunder because you were looked down upon by the media."

"I'm not a brainless person, David. This kind of suspicion about grades is useless. You must beat them with grades." Finally touched every inch of the table, Tang En sat down in the chair.

"They love to hype up my personal style, that's just right. I hope no one cares about the Nottingham Forest team now. Let's talk about the team, David.

Hearing Dunn's words, Chris Luck also put away the smile on his face, spreading a thick notebook on his knees.

"There are now twenty-six people in the first team. Goalkeepers Vincenzo Fiorillo (Vincenzo_Fiorillo), Mark Howard (Mark_Howard), Chris Kelly (Chris_Kelly). Defenders include Thiago Silva (Thiago_Silva) , Mamadou Sakho (Mamadou_Sakho), Ryan Shawcross (Ryan_Shawcross), Mathias_Jorgensen (Mathias_Jorgensen), Jan Vertonghen (Jan_Vertonghen), Joe. Matock (Joe_Mattock), Nicolas_NKoulou (Nicolas_NKoulou), Jack_Cork (Jack_Cork), Nedum_Onuoha (Nedum_Onuoha), Carl_Dickinson (Carl_Dickinson). The midfielder has George Wood (George_Wood), Jack Livermore (Jake_Livermore), Fernando. Gago (Fernando_Gago), Stephen_Ireland (Stephen_Ireland), Chris Cohen (Chris_Cohen), Alex_Teixeira (Alex_Teixeira), Geonio Viy Nadum (Georginio_Wijnaldum), Kieran_Gibbs (Kieran_Gibbs). Forwards Aron Mitchell (Aron_Mitchell), Gabriel_Agbonlahor (Gabriel_Agbonlahor), Mario Balotelli (Mario_Balotelli) ), Matt Derbyshire (Matt_Derbyshire), Stephen Fletcher (Steven_Fletcher)."

While Chris Luck was reading this list, Dunn's brows were always frowned. Although he knew all these names and was able to match the name with his face, these names made him feel strange now. This kind of strangeness is caused by not knowing much about these players.

Dunn's so-called understanding is definitely not as simple as knowing what they are called, where they are playing, and how they have recorded their performance recently. He has a comprehensive understanding, even knowing what the players like to eat and what they like to do before the game...

"In fact, most of these players are still very good..." Chris Lak added after reading. "Goalkeeper Fiorillo is Italy's substitute national team. He was called'Little Buffon' when he debuted. En Kuru is Cameroon's main defender. Nicolas is the main central defender of the French team. Jorgensen is also the Danish national team. A frequent visitor. Wodenhen is the main player in Belgium, and can hit multiple positions in the backcourt. An'oha has also played under your national team. Gibbs is an excellent player cultivated by Arsenal and was also You have been selected for the England team. Ireland is the main midfielder of the Irish national team. Although Teixeira has not been selected for the Brazilian national team, his strength is obvious to all. Wiinadum is the main player of the Dutch national team. Derby Schell has also played under your hands, and Fletcher is the main scorer of the Scotland team...but they are so badly combined."

Dunn laughed: "It's not that eleven Maradona can get together in a football game. Some of these people may not have the style for Nottingham Forest, some lack fighting spirit, and some just want As we are leaving, there are also some old age and frequent injuries. How can you say that such a team can achieve good results?"

Listening to Dunn's words, Chris Lak also felt that the team had no money.

"Next to your observations, David."

"Uh...I think there is nothing wrong with the main lineup of Freddy's platoon. This is the strongest lineup that the Forest team can come up with. I think the reason for the team's poor performance is not the players, but the skills and tactics... …"

After listening patiently to Chris Lak’s analysis, Dunn shook his head for a while and said: “Technology and tactics are certainly one reason, but the root of the problem lies with the players. No matter how well the tactics are arranged, if the players don’t implement it, it’s also There is no way. But this question is not anxious... Let's talk about tactics. McAllister's practice of letting Wood play the midfielder is not advisable, and it will not work to let the two sides lean on the center. To be honest, I think the team has forgotten what the tradition of the Forest team is."

Dunn talked freely, as if he hadn't just taken over this team, but had been teaching in the team for a long time.

The Forest team has frequently changed head coaches in recent years, and has changed seven head coaches in less than four and a half seasons. The direct consequence of this is that the tactical thinking is chaotic, the players are at a loss, and in the end they are simply uncomfortable. In the game, they still play according to their own habits and styles. This is also the reason why the team's performance is getting worse.

Dunn knows this of course. If you want the team to return to the top, it is absolutely impossible to rely on this half of the season alone. Now that he has decided to let Tang Lai inherit his career, what he has to do now is just a transition. He cannot determine the development path of Nottingham Forest in the next ten years under his own appointment. That is not what he should do. His job is actually very simple-no matter what method is used, let the team recover its combat effectiveness in a short time to ensure the next I was able to stay in the Premier League this season, as he said to Tang: "A bigger stage."

And this is exactly what Dunn does best.

Isn't it just leading the team to victory? I have been doing this for fifteen years.

"No midfielder; resume wing attack; two forwards cannot stand in parallel, one forward and one behind are staggered, two forwards must actively retreat in series in the front court; solid defense... our recent work must start from the defense If you want to stop the team’s decline in performance and restore the low morale, not conceding or losing is the first element."

Chris Lak nodded and agreed with Dunn's opinion. After consecutive losses, what should be considered is not whether the offensive power is strong, but whether one's own defense is solid, defense is the basis of victory, and defense is also the source of offense. Asking the team to strengthen the offense instead of catching the defense is an act of putting the cart before the horse.

"The personnel arrangement..." He asked a very crucial question. Can players who were able to play the main role in the team before can still be seen by Dunn? If you want to adjust the starting lineup, it will inevitably touch the interests of some people, then how to ensure the atmosphere of the team's locker room?

"Look at the training status." Dunn replied simply. Then he thought that Chris Lak was actually worried about the locker room, so he asked: "Isn't George the leader of the locker room?"

"The local players all serve him, foreign players... In fact, the dressing room is divided into several factions." Speaking of this, Chris Lak was also a little embarrassed. This kind of gang formation was something that had never happened during Dun En's teaching period, and it was absolutely impossible.

"The local gang and the foreign gang?" Dunn wasn't surprised by this, and he didn't feel embarrassed when talking about it-it didn't happen under his control anyway.

Chris Lak nodded, unwilling to say more.

Dunn grinned, and didn't know if he was laughing or showing helplessness.

"Interesting," he muttered, pinching his chin.

Then he sat in the chair for a while without saying a word. About ten minutes later, when Chris Lak was waiting a bit bored, he raised his wrist to look at his watch, and then stood up.

"Let's go, David. I think the players should be here too?"

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"The boss is coming back!" In the locker room, Joe Matoke excitedly announced this news which is definitely not news. "I can't believe I can wait until this day!"

But not many people are interested in his topic. On the one hand, the news that Dunn was coming back was more than two weeks ago, and the discussion boom has long passed. On the other hand, naturally the players in the locker room have their own concerns.

What Chris Lak said is true. In the current locker room, there are indeed invisible gangs. England players huddled together, and other non-English native players gathered into small groups. At the same time, the old players in the Forest team have a harmonious relationship, and there is a gap between the players who joined after Dunn and these old players.

The 33-year-old Brazilian central defender Thiago Silva is a leading figure in the foreign legion. Because of his age and qualifications, he joined the team in the summer when Dunn left the forest team and once represented the forest. The team played with Dunn’s England team in a warm-up match. He has always been dissatisfied with the legendary coach. On the one hand, he was influenced by the media. On the other hand... He felt that for a coach who abandoned his team, he really couldn’t understand why those old players still did the same. He didn't forget, he felt quite stupid.

Another person who is not cold about Dunn's return is more lonely and lonely. He doesn't have any groups or gangs. He fights against the entire team alone. He is Mario Balotelli, the "Super Mario" who yells to leave every summer, but never leaves, and the salary is getting higher and higher.

His character and temper made him have no friends in the team, and the Italian goalkeeper Fiorello is not used to Balotelli's arrogant temper and deeds. He believes that he should be the true core of the team, not George Wood, but the coaches can't always recognize this fact clearly, so the team's performance is so bad. If this Tony Dunn still can't recognize his role and value, I believe his return is just another tragedy.

The leader of the English local gang and the old player gang is naturally George Wood, but Wood will not do this kind of splitting his own dressing room, so in fact he is just a spiritual leader, like a totem erected by others. same. The players who were dissatisfied with Silva and Balotelli gathered around this totem spontaneously, fighting them in the name of Wood.

This is the current status of the forest team's locker room. How can it be possible to have such a locker room that is not united at all? David Chris Lac said the team's problem is tactical, not the players. Dunn was right, and the root cause was precisely those players...

"Stop calling." Wood appeared behind the excited Matoke. "If you don't change your clothes quickly, you will be late. The boss doesn't like others to be late."

Although he said this to Joe Martock, his eyes were on everyone in the locker room.

Thiago Silva and Balotelli, who had their backs to him, did not express anything.

Matoke honestly shrank his neck to change into training clothes.

There were still discussions in the locker room, but none of them stopped their movements. Both the old players and the native players in England know how strong Dunn’s concept of time is. He used to wait for people on the training ground with a stopwatch. The practice of asking latecomers to run a lap every ten seconds was passed on by the players. Everyone has long known it.

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"Should I prepare a stopwatch?" Chris Lak asked on the training ground. There is not a single player on the training ground at this time, but it is still too early to start training.

"Do you have it now?" Dunn asked.

Chris Luck took his hand out of his pocket and showed Dunn what was in his hand. It was a black stopwatch.

Dunn grinned: "You really understand me. Start pinching when the time comes."

Other coaches also came to the training ground to greet Dunn and Chris Lak. Some of them are old people who helped Dunn when he was coaching, and some were dug from other clubs. They have a good relationship with Chris Lak and are new to Dunn.

In the coach, I saw Freddie Eastwood Dunn, who was back as an assistant coach, and went up to say hello: "Now you are free, Freddie?"

"Of course, I feel good now, boss!" Eastwood said to Dunn with a grin. "I no longer have to think about what tactics the team should use to defeat Manchester United when I wake up in the morning."

Dunn smiled. People like Eastwood are suitable as assistant coaches and have little ambition. That’s good, you can feel relieved that Tang will be an assistant coach. Eastwood, who is familiar with the team and is quite popular among players and fans, will be a competent and excellent assistant coach...

The coaches also saw that the new head coach came so early, and they also came to the training field earlier. So there is such a scene: all the coaches come together, waiting for the players on the court.

When Matoke was the first to run onto the court from the locker room and saw this formation, he quickly went secretly. If he was late, he would be the one who was unlucky...Joe Matoke is If you know the boss's temper, don't look at the usual good and harmonious relationship with him, but if you violate his rules, then the relationship will be bad luck.

Since I am not late, there is no need to be afraid of the boss. Matoke smiled and said hello to Dunn: "Good morning, boss."

"Good morning, kid. Where are the others?" Dunn asked.

"It's all behind, and I will come out soon..." Matok glanced back at the direction of the locker room behind him, not sure if the teammates would really follow him out soon. But he hopes Silva and Balotelli will be five or six minutes late...

His wishful thinking failed. Before the set time came, all the players appeared neatly on the training ground.

Dunn looked at this group of his soldiers and his men, feeling very sorry. "You are so lucky, guys." He shook his head. "How I hope you can linger in the locker room until a quarter past ten, from 9:30 to a quarter past ten, forty-five minutes, one lap every ten seconds, my math is not good, you guys You can calculate how many laps you have to run. Maybe the entire morning training session has to be spent in running, but I don't care. But it's a pity..." He sighed heavily.

"You lucky bastards, but don't rush to breathe." He pointed to the players who were just about to breathe out. "From now on until the end of the season, we have six months to get along, I There will be a chance to grab your braids."

After speaking, Dunn paused. A glance at all the players present. He could see many things in the eyes of those people. Some people were looking at him excitedly, looking forward to the future; some people kept their heads down and didn't know what they were thinking; others were colliding with his sight At that moment, he moved his eyes away, and was unwilling to make much contact with him; of course, some people looked at him rebelliously, as if they were deliberately reminding Dunn of his own existence.

After scanning around, Dunn said again: "I am a retired person, look at the white hair on my head." He pointed to his temples and said. "But if any of you think I'm old, you can try it!"

Among the players, some people's eyes light up.

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