The Young Lion

Aldridge felt sorry for himself and felt that he had not caught up with a good era, an era in which England had more outstanding strikers.

But after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved again.

It seems that England's strike line has always been like this bird.

In the process of determining the status of the striker's national team, Aldridge only called Irving and Black Panther Husky.

Irving must use it, Husky reluctantly, he is not a very productive shooter.

The rest, such as Manchester United’s Cole, Sunderland’s Phillips, the former Golden Boy Fowler, and Aldridge all chose to wait and see without calling them.

After being busy with this, Aldridge was finally able to take a breath and stretch out to look at the time. It was already 6:30 in the evening.

When he drove away from the FA's office building, there were still a crowd of reporters waiting outside, wanting to interview Aldridge, but Aldridge drove straight away without even showing his face.

When returning home, Yiwen fell asleep with a pillow on the sofa. There were still warm meals on the table in the dining room. Aldridge had something to do at night, so he ate dinner lightly in the dining room.

"Don't say a word when you come back? Huh? Mr. coach of the England national team."

Aldridge was half eaten, and Ewen looked at him with a smile on the wall.

"Look at you falling asleep, don't want to disturb you, I'll go out later."

"Tell me about today's experience."

Ewen sat down opposite Aldridge, holding his chin, bright eyes full of curiosity and joy.

Aldrich told her what she had done in the afternoon, with some emotions that she pretended to be.

"I really don't know why they are so crazy, maybe I will blame and resign next month."

"Humph, it's a heartfelt, just enjoy it, what do you do at night?"

"To finalize the matter of the coaching staff of the national team, alas, it may be necessary to talk about money. I don't want to talk to people around me on this topic. It seems to be fair and common."

"Ah, I don't know if it is good or bad. This is the first day. You are so busy, can you bear it?"

Looking at Yiwen's concerned expression, Aldridge shook his head and said, "Okay, compared with previous years, I think it's almost the same."

Ewen thought for a while and roughly understood Aldridge's words.

In the past, Aldridge's work energy was in the club. Now the club is organized. The work is a lot easier than before. Now he joins the national team. Compared with the previous work, the workload is almost the same.

"Since you are going to talk about business, try not to drink and drive carefully."

Aldridge wiped his mouth and kissed Ewen, then left the house and drove to the club building.

At the meeting place of their coach beer night, the Millwall coaching staff members are here, some are playing pool, some are watching TV, and some are chatting with wine glasses.

After the arrival of Aldridge, Jenson put down his glass and applauded, laughing. "Look at who this is? The England national team coach, welcome."

Aldrich waved his hand and sat down on the ring sofa. He said to everyone: "It's a good thing to come to you today. Come and sit down and talk."

Klinsmann, Jenson, Babu, Craig, Boas, and others probably guessed what it was, and they sat down around Aldridge one after another, their expressions becoming serious.

"As you can see, I am now the coach of the England national team, but by my own, it is certainly impossible to achieve something. I need you to help, so I formally invite you to hope that you can join the England national team Coaching team. This is the treatment I planned after negotiating with the FA. The treatment is lower because Millwall will not dismiss you and work part-time. The salary I can help you at most is so much."

Aldridge put a contract on the table as soon as his words fell.

Babu picked it up and looked at it, the salary was lower, and he couldn’t see the corresponding treatment that a national team coach should have. However, as Aldridge said, part-time, can’t serve wholeheartedly, then the remuneration is discounted and reasonable. .

In fact, how much money they make is not what they care about most now. Like Klinsmann and Jenson, they have been favored by many clubs. They want to dig them up to coach clubs and change from assistant coaches to head coaches. The salary must be Significantly increased.

In addition to the handy and emotional factors of working in Millwall, they have indeed shaken. Now, Aldridge has given them a new opportunity and a new platform.

The national team, Aldridge is still the protagonist, but as assistants, once the national team has achieved good results, their personal resume will also leave a strong stroke.

Boas stared left and right, he actually wanted to agree to it, but he saw that other colleagues hadn’t made a statement, but he couldn’t betrayed so quickly. After all, starting from the attributes of Audridge’s boss, they worked part-time. , Class positions should be consistent.

Klinsmann smiled with amusement and asked: "Are you really confident that you can continue to work for the England national team for a long time?"

According to the current situation of the England national team, it's a bit irresistible.

Faced with these old friends fighting side by side, Aldridge said frankly: "I have confidence, and I may not be able to do well. It is another matter."

"The current England national team, IMHO, can't squeeze into the top five in overall strength in Europe. Even if you lead the team out of the qualifiers and enter the World Cup, England's homeland has always had high expectations for the team. I think even if you Leading the team to the quarterfinals, the final result may not be ideal."

Aldridge nodded and said: "So let's say, if England is strong and powerful, then it will not be my turn to take over. As for the World Cup, I haven't thought of it that far. I will say it after the qualifier."

Klinsmann smiled and extended his hand to him, palms up, Aldridge smiled, slapped on the face, snapped.

What do you mean?

Just hit it in one shot!

Done!

The other coaches also smiled and gave a high-five with Aldridge.

The coaching staff, Aldridge directly used Millwall, his own people, he was relieved to use, and at the same time there was no such stage of assignment as familiar with the assignment. They had worked in England for many years and knew all about English players.

To say that the job has changed the most, of course, Boas, he has to collect opponent intelligence for the national team, inspect opponent players, the overall situation of the opponent national team, etc., which are very different from his past work.

Another aspect is the medical team. The English national team has a medical department. At this point, Aldridge only proposed the cooperation of the Millwall medical team and the English national team medical team.

Originally the FA disagreed.

Because this may involve the British foot injury, but considering that Aldridge, the manager of Millwall, has taken office, the player's health information cannot be concealed from him, and he simply agreed with Aldridge's proposal.

Everyone worked together to do a fight, and the next topic will directly focus on the England national team.

"Did you think about the general roster?"

Jenson opened the door and asked.

Aldridge nodded and said: "I think about it, but I am not sure about a player. If I can use him well, I think the new national team's main force will be directly determined."

"Who?"

"McManaman."

"He, the European Cup is terrible."

Jenson frowned.

The transfer to Real Madrid's McManaman can play the main role in Real Madrid, and the performance is enough to enter the national team, but Keegan used McManaman in the summer, the effect is very unsatisfactory, only giving him a chance to score a ball, then directly abandoned.

"Not to mention him first, the formation and tactical design of the England national team, do you have any ideas? Who is the core?"

Klinsmann's question made everyone nod.

How to use the players and how to use them well is an important prerequisite for being in the tactical system.

Aldridge showed a thoughtful expression, and Jenson bluntly said: "If you still play 442, I don't think it will be possible for this team to undergo qualitative changes in the short term."

442 is the tactical formation that England is proud of, because it is too balanced, and it can be converted flexibly to give rise to many changes. However, except for the year when the home country won the World Cup, it has continued to be used continuously as a holy thing. 442 does not bring glory to England.

There are differences in coaching abilities. They may be coaches in the England national team. Even if the ability is poor, there is a limit. If they are not used well, they can’t play a particularly strong strength. The factors inside are complex. The undeniable point is: Aldridge recognizes himself If he continues to use 442, it will definitely not be as good as those famous coaches in the past or the original history, so how can he have the confidence to build a national team that can achieve success?

"442 is definitely not good. In theory, the original intention of tactical design is balanced, but the individual ability of players will lead to a situation that is not balanced in actual combat."

Aldridge also denied 442 first.

Not to mention that he does not have a pure defense in his hand, which can absolutely guarantee the top midfielder of defense. Just talking about the offense, the old-fashioned side pass, the middle one high and two fast forwards, this play is obviously behind, and England is still scarce. The top player of the dribbling type can't move the ball, but can only pass the ball, which lacks threat from the tactical concept.

"How about 433? Millwall's 433 has proved successful."

Boas gave his opinion, but everyone shook his head unanimously without any hesitation.

Millwall’s 433, the most intuitive offensive threat is two wingers cutting inwards, and at the same time having the dexterity to get rid of the one-on-one advantage. I’m sorry, England does not have such a modern wing. Even if there are players with the ability, but not the game .

To put it bluntly, the national team does not train players, the club is training, the national team can only use ready-made team.

Aldridge could not let Ronaldinho have the England national team, nor could Gerrard and Lampard become Pirlo.

"I have a tactical idea to build a 4321 formation in the England national team, you see how."

Aldridge opened his mouth, and the others listened with a solemn expression, waiting for the following.

Aldridge explained his tactical ideas to the coaching staff.

4321.

There is nothing special about the four backs. They only adjust the defensive strategy of the double centre backs according to their opponents.

The three midfielders are all midfielders!

In the middle is a defensive midfielder with a midfield player who can attack and defend.

The two front waists need to have the ability to take the ball, organize, and score in front of the goal.

The single arrow is used to respond to positional warfare and counterattack.

This tactical idea is not unfamiliar to Millwall's coaching staff. They have used it before, but they have many good players, good cards, and many choices. They have only been used in specific games.

Looking at Europe, this tactical idea is not new. The formation is a Christmas tree, Juventus, Real Madrid, and other strong teams have used it before.

Such a lineup of troops, at least, strengthened the defense, so that the defense is guaranteed, how to attack the power, said, it is impossible to say, to be specific for an experimental player, the most suitable chess piece is placed in the most suitable position, To know how powerful it is.

Klinsmann raised his hand and wondered: "Are you going to abandon Beckham, England's most famous star? There is no place for him in this formation."

Aldridge rightfully replied: "Why not? His right back is his position. If I don't expect him to frequently enter the penalty area to form an offensive covert score point, I don't think I need to put him in the position of the full-back. Above, especially, I don’t advocate frequent side passes as the main offensive."

Klinsmann asked in return: "Will he agree?"

Aldridge shrugged: "If he firmly opposes, then I will find the right person to replace, but I think, with his professional qualities, there should be no problem."