Godfather Of Champions

What made the excited media quite disappointed was that Millwall did not respond as they hoped. The chairman and head coach of Millwall kept silent about this matter. Maybe they themselves knew it was wrong... But the media are very upset. What did they get after so much effort? It's just to make a head coach who is still unknown!

Sometimes the media calm down and think about it, and they seem to be used by Tony Dunn...

Because who is the only one who has benefited in this matter? It’s the big-mouthed Dunn. He not only led the team to a 7:1 sweep of Millwall at Newdon Stadium and advanced to the League Cup semi-finals, but also successfully increased the popularity. Pierce Bruce’s report on the subway made Don En has a high popularity among fans. Now almost all of the UK knows that Nottingham Forest has a head coach who dares to confront the football hooligans in order to protect the team, and those dangerous football hooligans are unexpectedly honest in front of Dunn. .

His only punishment is to receive a bill to compensate the plastic baffle next to the visiting team seat at Newden Stadium.

After the FA's investigation, it is believed that Coach Dunn did not act excessively. As for the war of words between the Forest and Millwall, it was a personal grievance between the two clubs and the FA will not intervene. Otherwise... Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, Manchester United and Bolton, Manchester City and Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton, West Ham and Millwall, Nottingham Forest and Notts County, Manchester United and Arsenal... these clubs If the FA has to deal with all the grievances, then they will not want to do other things within a year.

The investigation report is quite detrimental to Millwall's home fans. They believe that Millwall Club did not stop the fans' excessive behavior in time, which led to the fan riots in the stands. At the same time, after the incident, the Chairman of Millwall Club’s shirking of responsibilities disappointed the FA. In view of the fact that Millwall fans have repeatedly caused trouble for their stadiums in history, the Football Association gave Millwall Club 15 thousand lessons. A fine of 1,000 pounds, and ordered Millwall Club to improve the atmosphere at home, strengthen the supervision of fans, and strictly prohibit the occurrence of similar fan riots.

Fortunately, no one died in this riot. If someone died, the punishment would definitely not be enough to fine a few dollars. London is preparing to bid for the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games. A slight negative impact may cause immeasurable consequences. Judging from this background, the FA's start is fairly light...

Due to the influence of the League Cup schedule and Christmas, the twenty-fourth round of the league was postponed to February 27, 2004, so the Forest team had nine days to prepare for the next league round after the League Cup, which gave Dunn precious time. Just like when he first took over the first team of the Forest, after playing the FA Cup, he also had up to 14 days of training time.

It may be a coincidence, or it may be an arrangement of fate. These two longer preparations gave Dunn time to get acquainted with the team and time to relax.

The media's hype did not affect the team's training, because Dunn engaged in closed training and prevented any media from approaching the training base.

Rebrov was basically fixed by him in the midfield position. It seems that Dunn is playing 451, a single forward. But it's actually not that simple. When Dunn was watching football, he held the view that formation is no longer the most important part of football. When talking about tactics, the era when we must first talk about the formation has passed, and the era of sweeping the world football with a constant formation for thousands of years is also gone. The prerequisite of the game is handed over to the TV broadcaster, and then the formation on the screen is of no significance to the team. A real coach should make appropriate adjustments at any time according to the game situation, and the formation is just a reference.

It seems that Nottingham Forest has now abandoned the 442 they played last season and switched to 451. But in real games, sometimes the formation is still 442, but it has changed in some places. For example, Lebrov is still a striker, but his position is lagging behind and he is a concealed second forward. This not only prevents Lebrov from being trapped by the opponent, but also effectively uses his skills and is good at dribbling and dividing the ball. Plugging in the back row is more threatening.

The seemingly simple adjustment of a position allowed Rebrov to score in two consecutive games. Sometimes great coaches are like this, and ordinary changes produce great results. Don't imagine that football tactics are so complicated. If it is too complicated, the coach himself will be dizzy first, so smart people tend to simplify things that seem to be complicated.

For example, Brian Clough is very good at doing this. He once said to Roy Keane, who made his debut in the Forest, "Don't think about it, boy. You go up, pass the ball to the person in red (the traditional color of Nottingham Forest), and then ran forward. So simple."

Roy Keane has always kept this sentence in mind throughout his career, and faithfully implemented this tactical instruction given to him by the old man, so he played from the rising star of Notting Forest to the Irish national team and into the Red Devils Manchester United. Became the captain of Ireland and the leader of Manchester United.

Keane's football is that simple, he succeeded.

Dunn also hopes that his players will understand the tactics more simply, thinking too much on the court will be counterproductive. For example, his request to Taylor is to fight for the first point, and then either shoot or pass, and don't think too much about other things.

The requirement for Rebrov is to follow Taylor and pay attention to the second point. After catching the ball, it is up to him to judge whether he will pass or shoot, or be superior.

The head coach cannot play for the players, so it is impossible to explain every move of the players clearly, and the players still need to understand more.

This is why we say: first-rate players use their brains, second-rate players use their bodies, third-rate players... can't play.

Solskjaer is known as the "super bench" because he can always contribute the most important role to the team in limited playing time. Ferguson praised him as a player who "can read the game off the court and has a super comprehension ability". Be aware that substitutes are often more difficult to do than starting players, because they are usually not given much time and it is impossible for them to spend dozens of minutes to get into the rhythm of the game. When they are needed to play, they must be effective soon. Therefore, they are required to enter the game as quickly as possible and immediately understand the situation on the field... These, if people who can’t play with their brains, it’s basically impossible. Task completed. So why are there so many substitutes, but few are called "super substitutes".

In addition to the team's tactical drills and the adaptation of the players to their new positions, Dunn has another task.

When the league reopened, it was already after Christmas, and he would start to consider who would replace Dawson and Reid from now on. Except for Reid, no one in the Forest can play the left midfield. Dunn found that he was really lucky. Reid hadn't suffered any injuries in this year, and he had participated in all the events. Then we have to search around for the left midfielder. The price should not be too high, and the ability must not be bad. Dunn, who is poor, looks down on him. He didn't want to buy players for a surpass, and he has a bigger goal. Waiting for him in advance.

For Dunn, there is good news. Leeds United's performance continues to decline, the stock price has fallen again and again, the team is now panic. Around the Elland Road Stadium (Elland_Road, home of Leeds United), rumors spread that "Once the team finally falls into the first division, the club will declare bankruptcy and all players will be listed for sale."

Dunn knew in his heart that this was not a rumor. His chance has come. So he once again invited the old scout Mr. Ian Stuart More to visit Leeds "in his personal capacity", and he focused on lobbying that he had not signed a professional contract with Leeds United, and was in the youth team's Aaron Lennon (Aaron_Lennon). , I hope he will switch to Nottingham Forest. Dunn’s advice to Moore was "We must convince Lennon. If we can’t convince him personally, we must also convince his parents and family. If necessary, use money to buy it. In short, we must not let him sign with Leeds United. Tell him. The current situation of Leeds United has made him seriously consider his career prospects and promised him that the Forest team will be promoted to the Super League this season. If the final promise is not fulfilled, the Forest team will voluntarily give up his ownership, he can go wherever he wants. The team. This condition can be written into the contract. If the Forest team does not comply, Lennon can take the club and Dunn himself to court."

Of course, if Lennon and his family are all committed Leeds fans and loyal to the club, the team also values ​​Lennon very much and prepares a generous contract for him, resulting in the unsuccessful acquisition. Dunn also has a backup plan, but it needs to spend more. It's just money. He believes that in Leeds United, which is in deep financial crisis and is on the verge of bankruptcy, no one cannot afford it. Selling Dawson and Reid earns 8 million pounds, so Dunn is also qualified to look forward to the players who could not be touched before.

In fact, in terms of offensive players, Dunn has a long list of names on the candidate list. Today's football has more offensive talents than defensive talents. Even if Reid is gone, it will have little effect on the team. The biggest impact is actually the departure of team captain Michael Dawson.

Dunn has always believed that the Tottenham Hotspur team is willing to pay 8 million pounds, mainly to buy Dawson, Reid is just a "add-on", or half sold and half free. Because there are too few good guards now.

Dawson is gone. With the current combination of central defenders of the Forest team, maybe the upgrade problem is not big, but what should I do after the upgrade?

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