Godfather Of Champions

After the victory over Everton, Nottingham Forest returned to their home court. Five days later, they will face their second-round opponent Middlesbrough at the City Stadium.

This is a not-so-strong opponent. The Forest team is currently in the right state, but Middlesbrough is not at heart.

Now the head coach of Middlesbrough is no longer the McLaren who had a bad relationship with Dunn. He has gone to the England national team as the head coach. The grievances between the two did not show any signs of slowing down because of McLaren's departure. Dunn frequently criticized McLaren's work in his newspaper column. He is very good at finding faults in some small details that others, including McLaren himself, don’t pay much attention to, and then exaggerating them as "iron proof" against McLaren.

Sometimes when McLaren was interviewed by reporters, he would round the corners against Dunn through media such as the BBC or The Sun, but the contradiction between the two did not intensify and was limited to a few verbal quarrels.

For example, Dunn criticized McLaren for his poor performance. In order to cleanse the previous forces, he would rather let the team do poorly in the European Cup qualifiers and not recruit David Beckham to join the team. This is a way of revenge. As for the private enmity between Beckham and McLaren, Dunn did not say, nor did he need to say. The media will naturally mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized to investigate, and then make the city full of storms, even if nothing happens. Let it be said. Dunn knew the truth of "getting to be caught" than the foreigners.

Of course McLaren would not be willing to be humiliated. He would not specifically publish a column to fight back against Dunn, because he would feel that he took Dunn too seriously and would make Dunn more happy. So he only pretended to "occasionally" mentioned in an interview with the media: "If Coach Dunn is so interested in the position of England head coach, why not try it yourself?"

Dunn would say in a disdainful tone: "Do you know which two positions in the world will lose your life if you sit on it? The British Prime Minister and the head coach of the English football team. I won't do that 24th. There is no break for hours and no privacy for the head coach. As for Mr. McLaren’s dissatisfaction, I fully understand, but not every gourmet is a cook. I think a certain dish is terribly unpalatable, if the cook runs out Ask me: If you have the ability, you can also cook a dish! Then I will definitely lift the table on the spot, and then let him know what'hospitality' is."

Tony Dunn's bitterness and sharp teeth have long been known by the English media. As the object of being "humiliated" by Dunn, Mr. McLaren has long learned a valuable experience from being bullied again and again-when Dunn provokes things, you only have to respond to your own position. Just agree with the opinions, this is not for Dunn to listen to, it is said that those watching by the audience dream of listening, so as not to confuse Dunn. Then when Dun En wanted to continue to expand the war, he must be silent and pretend not to hear. "Silence is golden" at this time.

The English media used to joke about the relationship between Dunn and McLaren. It doesn't look like a personal enemy, but a couple who quarreled every other way. This kind of quarrel does no harm to the love between them, it is just an adjustment in life... and outsiders seem to be watching reality TV shows, and they are not interested in those who love and love, but what they like most is life-oriented. Bickering, because it is real and full of life's wisdom. It can make people laugh or smile.

The head coach of Middlesbrough has become another person because of McLaren’s transfer to England. Dunn is no stranger to this person-he was no longer stranger before he crossed-Gareth South Gate (Gareth_Southgate), the former England national team's main central defender, one of the men in the first decade of the Premier League. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 European Cups, and participated in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. Without Dunn's crossing and the subsequent rise of the Forest team, then a year ago in the 05-06 season, he would lead Middlesbrough to the UEFA Cup final and achieve the most glorious moment in club history. It is a pity that the final glory of his personal career has become a "future" that will never happen with Dunn's arrival.

In 2004, he announced his withdrawal from the national team because he was not selected for England's European Cup squad. Last season, because Middlesbrough coach McLaren was selected as the head coach of England, Southgate, the team’s captain and McLaren’s assistant, took over as the head coach of Fort Mee after some setbacks.

It is said that he went through some setbacks because Southgate did not have a coaching qualification issued by UEFA. According to the rules, people without qualifications cannot coach the first team. But England is a bit different from continental Europe. UEFA’s rules are not easy to follow here. England football has its own rules of the game. Prior to this, Newcastle’s head coach Glenn Rod was also an “undocumented” person. This precedent gave Middlesbrough coach Steve Gibson confidence. He then asked all the owners of Premier League clubs. With the consent of two-thirds of them, Southgate became the head coach of Middlesbrough-this is the so-called rules of the game in English football, we don’t need to listen to UEFA’s Arrangement, as long as we ourselves think it’s okay, then it’s okay.

Compared to the generosity of the club owners, the English Coaching Association's reaction was somewhat stronger-they almost unanimously opposed it. Because they are worried that this kind of breaking the rules will set a very bad precedent. Before there was Glenn Rhodes, this time there is another Gregory Southgate. Who knows what will happen in the future. What about requiring an undocumented job? If that's the case, what authority does the coach have? In England, many fans are almost all football experts, maybe they also think they can become a good Premier League coach?

Dunn is a different voice in the opposition, he openly supports Southgate to become the head coach of Middlesbrough. There is a feeling of "sickness and pity" in it. He thought that he was actually an "undocumented job candidate". Four years ago he was a complete rookie, but four years later he became the head coach of the European championship team. So he doesn't think that a coaching qualification is a necessary thing. As long as he is talented and smart, through practice, he can become a qualified and excellent head coach. As for the authority of the head coach... this kind of nonsense, Dunn even sneered at it. The authority of the head coach is not obtained by the qualification test, but by the results of the team. You can't win the ball, even if you let European football Lian cast a gold certificate for you, and there is no prestige in front of the players and fans.

Based on this idea, Dunn firmly and publicly expressed his support for Southgate, and after Southgate finally became the official head coach of Middlesbrough, Dunn also sent a text message to congratulate him. This gave the two people who had never known each other a kind of friendship. At some point in the future, this friendship will definitely play its due role.

Dunn is no longer the unknown person no one knew at the coaching association reception. Because of his brilliant achievements, he can speak in the association. But maybe the first impression of this association was really bad. He never thought of himself as a member of this association. He was even more lazy to maintain the authority of the head coach and the status of the coaching association. Do they worry that anyone can become the head coach? I am eager! Why not have a good show?

Dunn publicly expressed his support, and a few people in the association came out to congratulate Southgate, and this matter was no more.

Because of this relationship, the atmosphere of the Forest team and Middlesbrough that had a strong smell of gunpowder in the McLaren era disappeared.

The atmosphere of this game is normal, no different from any ordinary league.

The forest team played a home advantage, here only one goal over Middlesbrough.

Southgate worked very hard, but from Dunn’s point of view, he was still a little tender. He used to be an excellent player, perhaps an excellent assistant coach, but the head coach and assistant coach need to consider different things. The height and angle of the problem are different, which determines why there are head coaches and assistant coaches. In Dunn’s eyes, Southgate’s ability to train players, especially guards, is great, but his grasp of the team's overall tactics and the ability to adapt to changes in the game is much worse.

After Southgate, who was a defender, became the manager of Middlesbrough, he focused on defense. Real Madrid abandoned Woodgate under his hands for a second spring, and the quality of Middlesbrough's defense has also been greatly improved. They came to the City Stadium with the idea of ​​defending one point, and their barrel-like defense in the game did cause a lot of trouble for the Forest team's offense.

Arshavin, who was active in the first game, continued to start this game, but was submerged in England's tall defender and couldn't find the feeling at all. In the second half, Dunn replaced him with Eastwood, and the forest team's offense improved.

Southgate was almost able to get away with the City Stadium as he wanted, but he was not as cunning as Tony Dunn after all.

Before the last fifteen minutes, the score was still 0:0. In the 75th minute, Dunn replaced the younger Bendtner with the more experienced Van Nistelrooy. This was his second substitution. Then he asked Van der Vaart and Wood to move forward the center midfielder's position to increase long-range shots. In the last ten minutes, he changed to Rafinha, replaced Zimbunda and let Beckham lean in the middle, leaving enough room for Rafinha to break through, using the full-back as a full-back .

In Dunn’s quick adjustments one after another, Southgate reacted too slowly to keep up with the rhythm. In the 84th minute, the gate of Middlesbrough finally fell.

Rafinha's breakthrough caused confusion in Middlesbrough's left defense, and then the football was divided into the ribs, where Van der Vaart took a direct shot, with too much power. Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer dropped the ball and let it go. Having been in ambush in the penalty area, the experienced "king of the small penalty area" Van Nistelrooy grabbed a supplementary shot and easily pushed the football into the empty goal.

The Middlesbrough defender thought Van Nistelrooy was offside, raised his hand and didn't even do the defense, but it turned out that they made a mistake. Van Nistelrooy was indeed behind the entire back line when he shot, but when Van der Vaart took a long shot, he was parallel to the back line...

With this ball, the Forest team won Middlesbrough at home and also won two consecutive victories in the new season.

After the game, Dunn praised Southgate severely, thinking that he has the talent to be an excellent head coach... As for whether he really has it, he doesn't know. Anyone can say good things. Anyway, flattering is not. Be responsible afterwards.

Although it is true that he watched Southgate playing football through his youth, but now, in the coaching world, he is definitely qualified to be Southgate's senior.

Southgate is also very prosperous. Although he lost, he complimented Dun En, who supported him in coaching, saying that he was convinced that he lost and wished the Forest team better results in the new season.

The Forest team won the Champions League last season, better results? What is a better grade?

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The home win over Middlesbrough was just the second step in a series of victories for the Forest.

Just two days later, on August 19, the Forest team won another 1-0 victory over West Ham United, which plans to defend at home.

This game was very hard, because Dunn had never expected that the opponent would stick to it at home to get the highest goal...

"Damn! Get a point at home! It's no wonder West Ham United are dying every year, so unambiguous!" Apart from venting his dissatisfaction, Dunn had nothing to do.

All his arrangements before the game fell through. He originally thought that West Ham would use their home court advantage to compete with himself for midfield. Unexpectedly, the West Ham United team received a posture of iron barrel formation within the 30-meter area in one breath. The forest team's quick counterattack hit an iron plate, and it was nothing but a bloodshed.

The problem was solved by Dunn's best commanding ability on the spot.

Fortunately, the forest team nowadays is no longer the same forest team that could only fight back quickly and was helpless once faced with the enemy. He replaced Beckham, who is better at set-ups and positional battles, and Gareth Bale, who is also good at free kicks. The last substitution place was used for Bendtner, and the Danish teenager replaced Fan. Nistelrooy. In the next twenty-five minutes, the West Ham players saw football flying in front of their goal...

Bell and Beckham frequently played high **** on the left and right, and then relied on Bendtner's excellent height and header ability to create chaos in front of the opponent's goal.

This move received a miraculous effect. Beckham's accurate cross appeared at the back point. After Bendtner sprinted, he surpassed all the defenders of West Ham. Now all that needs to be done is to get close. The football in front of him flew towards the goal.

It's like a fall-back jumper. Bendtner twists his abdominal muscles in the air, leaning back slightly to exert force. In the air, he was still disturbed by a defender from West Ham United. He was dragged from below and almost lost his balance in the air. The angle of the back was too large and he could not exert his strength. The original head shaking turned into a "scratch", the football was scratched out of an arc, jumped high, and then fell into the gap. It's really crooked...

The football hit the crossbar and fell into the goal. West Ham United goalkeeper Robert Green (Robert_Green) nearly hit the goal post in order to pounce the ball, and ultimately failed to prevent the football from entering the goal.

The goal scored by the Forest in the last ten minutes helped them win West Ham away.

After the game, West Ham United coach Alan Curbishley was very unconvinced that the loss at home was just a little bit bad luck. His tactics were perfect and limited the Forest team's offense. And Dunn kindly reminded him that luck is also part of his strength.

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On August 25th, Nottingham Forest went north to Newcastle to challenge the city's only professional team. After a bitter battle, the Forest team won their fourth consecutive victory after the start of the new season 2:1.

And their competitors, the best result is Chelsea, four wins, three wins and one draw, with a score of ten in second. The Manchester City team with a new coach performed outstandingly, with three wins and one loss in four games and ranked third with nine points. Liverpool had two wins and one tie due to one game less, and was fourth with seven points. Next came Everton with two wins, one tie and one loss with seven points, and Arsenal with two wins, one tie and seven points. Among the teams capable of competing for the league championship this season, the most unlucky at present is Manchester United. They only scored one win, two draws and one loss in four games, ranking tenth in five points.

Four wins and four wins, with 12 points, topped the list. This is the best start of the Premier League in the history of Nottingham Forest Club. It is also the first time the team has taken the top spot in the league standings since Tony Dunn became the head coach of the Forest team. Even though this is not the final ranking of the season, the Foresters celebrated their lives well-drunk their head coach Tony Dunn in the hotel where they stayed that night.

As a result, the scene of their carnival was photographed by the paparazzi of the "Sun" and put on the newspaper, which caused a lot of violent criticism.

Among those criticizing the Forest team are ordinary fans, famous journalists, and football celebrities.

Some people think that the Forest team just achieved such a result to celebrate it, it is arrogant and despise the opponent. "Coach Tony Dunn just won a Champions League, so it’s a little airy...Young coaches, understandable. They always have to take more detours to get back on the right track. But I think it is necessary. Remind Coach Tony Dunn..."

Others criticized the forest team's discipline has been horribly poor-the coach and the players are drinking together! This is simply...Although it is not uncommon for players to drink in English football, it still needs to be noticed when it is exposed.

Chris Lak was blocked by the media and asked about it patiently and explained that in addition to the coaches who drink alcohol, the players drink non-alcoholic and non-carbonated drinks such as juice and soda. Why do all the players live after the reception? Because they didn't drink at all.

Tang Enke is not so good at talking. He answered the reporters' most concerned questions in a very bad tone:

"In my eyes, this is not a big deal. If you have little knowledge, I can understand if you have to hype." He said as if the media interviewing him were really seldom people. "These days, if the media doesn't make any movement, it won't be seen by readers. Everyone is asking for life, it's not easy." His words, coupled with his pretended expression of understanding, made the media present dumbfounded.

"But I want to clarify that I don’t mean to underestimate my opponent. Because this is a party we celebrate internally. This celebration is just to celebrate the achievements we have achieved so far. I swear to God that when we celebrate, There is no mention of any opponents, nor any verbal insults to them. You are really putting the wrong person on the hat of "contempt of opponents"."

Did not mention any opponent? Is this clarification or provocation... It's really hard to judge.

"We never despise any opponent, because it can't help us defeat them." This is still a bit like, but with Dunn's character, he is doomed to turn the next. Sure enough... "Some people say it's too early to celebrate? In fact, it's not too early. We are doing dress rehearsals for the upcoming UEFA Super Cup victory celebration."

This fully reflects Dunn's style, the Liverpool people suddenly become angry.

"Liverpool Echo" acted as a pioneer and lashed out at Tony Dunn in the newspaper.

Dunn replied in his column boldly: "If people in Liverpool feel that they can win the championship by scolding in the media, I support them to spit in the media all day long."

His response further angered Liverpool people, and even Liverpool players stood up for interviews and expressed dissatisfaction with Dunn. Think that a head coach should focus on managing players and setting an example, rather than fighting with opponents all day long. This is obviously the crazy celebration reception of the forest team before the irony.

Dunn also unceremoniously shot back: "I agree that a head coach should put his mind on managing players, so, obviously, Mr. Benitez has not done his job well." This time he put the opposing head coach. , Rafael Benitez, a Spaniard who has always been low-key, got involved. He satirized Benitez for not taking care of his players, which made the Liverpool team even more angry.

Who wants to stay out of the way? No one could do it, all of them were mixed up by Dun En's three-by-one.

The European Super Cup has not yet started, and the war of words between the two teams has started in full.

Dunn cleverly used the media to hype up their cocktail party and unknowingly launched a comprehensive psychological warfare. In fact, Dunn didn't expect the party to be hyped by the media, but an excellent psychological warfare master wanted to use all available factors to stimulate his opponent.

Dunn firmly believes that his psychological tactics have worked. Regardless of whether the opponent is angry or disdainful, these people will never continue to maintain their previous emotions. Maybe they won't notice it themselves, but these changes will be faithfully projected into the game.

To win, use all available factors and use all available methods. Arguing with people in the media, becoming a rogue villain in the eyes of Liverpool fans, what is it to compare with a European Super Cup?

Dunn never cared about his reputation and image in the eyes of opponents' supporters, otherwise, he would definitely be troubled and unable to sleep every night. Because there are too many opponents fans who hate him-no one likes to defeat the enemy of the team he supports, right?

Tony Dunn also doesn’t like defeating his enemies, so he understands the feelings of those people... (to be continued, if you want to know what happens, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters, support Author, support genuine reading!)

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