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Chapter 295: Way to Win
Losing two games in a row and winning three games, especially after losing to a direct competitor West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United has slipped from No.3 to No.6. West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest and Reading have surpassed them, and even the lead over Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday has been reduced to three points. If the unbeatable predicament continues, it is not impossible to fall out of the top six!

Fortunately, after losing two games in a row, chairman Bates also felt that it would be a pity not to buy a few outstanding players in this situation, so he opened his wallet and introduced England midfielder Bradley Johnson from Hull City at a price of 60 pounds, and then introduced American winger Michael Guerrera from Dundee United in Scotland at a price of 50 pounds.

During this period of time there was an FA Cup match, so the next round of the league didn’t start until a week and a half later. McAllister took this opportunity to let the two newly joined players get acquainted with their teammates, and he also got to know the two players better. level, but in the long league, the overall strength has finally increased a lot.

With the arrival of new players, the morale of the team recovered a bit. In the No.2010 six-round match on January 20, 5, Leeds United defeated Cardiff City [-]-[-] at home relying on the goals of two forwards Long Bisheng and Hooper.

But who knows, a week later, in the seventh round of No.20, Leeds United lost to Sheffield Wednesday without temper. Behind them, Reading and Sheffield United won at the same time.

Faced with this situation, McAllister also felt very helpless. What the team actually lacks now is not a defensive midfielder or a forward, but an attacking midfielder. Although Robinson is good, he is good at shooting after inserting assists. After the ability to solve the problem, there are fewer and fewer excellent attacking midfielders. Even if there are such players, they are not affordable by Leeds now.

After thinking hard for a few days, McAllister finally figured out one thing.

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As the points slipped to No.8, Leeds seemed a little depressed from top to bottom, and they were a little weak in training. Assistant coach McDonald (who changed McDonald's name to McDonald at the strong request of someone) could only watch helplessly. There was no other way.

"Gary, it's not okay to go on like this." During the interval of training, MacDonald pulled McAllister and said worriedly.

McAllister, who was as worried as he was two days ago, looked in a good mood today, and said with a smile: "As long as we win two games, the morale of the players will return... Last October, the morale of the players was even lower than it is now."

MacDonald was taken aback, glanced at McAllister, then lowered his voice and asked, "You've been training the players to play three strikers for the past two days, do you have any ideas?"

"What can I think, just a few people ..." McColist laughed bitterly: "But we do n’t have an excellent attack midfielder now, the striker and the back waist are not missing. He simply pushed Jonathan to the front line and let him and Grara fight two sides. The dragon was in the middle. ... Although this tactic is simple, it is very effective, especially the recent state of the dragon is excellent. Let's beat him this point, how about? "

"That's a good idea." MacDonald thought for a while, and then said with some hesitation: "In the three-forward tactic of playing double-forwards, the cooperation between the three forwards must be very skilled. Jonathan and Long's cooperation will not be a problem. Can Guerrera do it? Can his pass be passed correctly to the top of the dragon's head? If the two wings are missing one wing, the effect will be greatly reduced!"

"Think about it, with Long's ability to snatch points, will the poor quality of the cross have any impact? If you play too many games, the tacit understanding will naturally come out!" McAllister laughed.

Macdonald thinks about it really well. Everyone is amazed by Long Bisheng's ability to grab points, and his excellent height also enables him to win more headers. At that time, Hooper and the winger on the other side will be ready to plug in next to him. The possibility of scoring is much greater than the previous double forwards!

Thinking of this, he also laughed. The players who were training on the field couldn't help but feel a little strange. The team's performance has not been very good recently, and the coaches have always been in a bad mood. Why are they smiling so happily today?
But laughing is always a good thing, maybe the coach has a way out of the predicament.

The players are thinking this way.

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Although it is said to play three forwards, in the No.20 eighth round of the league, McAllister still played a four-four-two formation. The goalkeeper and four defenders remained unchanged. The midfielder removed Robinson from the midfielder and sent Faye and Johnson.

"Leeds have not performed well during this period of time, and the defense has also begun to have problems. Could it be that Coach McAllister's countermeasure is to add a midfielder?" The commentator said with a smile after seeing Leeds United's lineup: "However, this is also a wise choice. For their opponents, the Royal Garden Rangers, it is much more difficult to break through the gate of Leeds."

This round of Leeds is playing against the Royal Garden Rangers at home. This team is a frequent visitor to the British Championship. It has been in the British Championship for seven consecutive seasons.

But this team is a very difficult opponent in the British Championship. Their biggest feature is their roughness, extremely roughness. If less than three people receive yellow cards in each game, it is considered abnormal performance. Not only the players are rough, but their coaches often show their skills on the court.

In the away game of the first round, Leeds United drew away away from their opponents. In that game, the Royal Park Rangers were sent off twice, and they were sent off twice at home, which shows how rough they can play.

When Royal Rangers manager Jim McGillton saw Leeds' starting line-up, he thought the same as the commentator - McAllister was starting to be timid, and the Leeds United team, which was mainly attacking, began to focus on defense - what would this kind of team do?

Although the Rangers have always had no ambitions and belong to a team that counts wherever they play, but facing Leeds who are in trouble, Magielton is also willing to take advantage of the danger to take three points from the away game, so that the team is not in danger of relegation.

After the start of the game, the Rangers launched a fierce press in the midfield, but to their surprise, their press did not have much effect. Leeds' two full-backs were very forward. They didn't have much possession of the ball in the midfield, and the speed of the ball was very fast.

Without the attacking midfielder on the field, Hooper was only responsible for breaking through after retreating. The heavy responsibility of scoring the ball in the middle fell on the veteran Faye. After all, Faye is a former Senegal international.

Faye took the ball in the middle, saw the opponent's two midfielders coming together, but dunked the ball unhurriedly, and then distributed it to Howson on the right.

Guerrera accelerated a few steps forward, unloaded the ball, took two steps forward, and immediately kicked a 45-degree cross.

Long Bisheng jumped high to meet the ball. Seeing the opponent's two defenders pressing up, the timing of his jump was a bit wrong, so instead of directly swinging his head to attack the goal, he shook his head and headed the ball into the middle of the penalty area!
Hooper cuts in at high speed from outside the penalty area, grabbing a volley shot in front of all the defenders!
The ball flew into the goal quickly like an arrow from the string, and Leeds scored in the first minute of the game!

"Good job!" McAllister jumped up from the coach's bench, waved his fists and shouted, then turned around and slapped Macdonald hard, both of them had endless joy in their eyes!
If Delphi can't play, then simply leave the organization midfield vacant and distribute his role among two players. This may make the tactics simple and rough, but for the current Leeds United, it is the best way!

If you have a good hand of cards, you must play well, but if you have a bad hand, you must play well!
The lagging rangers began to press more frantically, but Leeds United used more methods of large-scale transfers to deal with their opponents, so that the opponents could only run back and forth. At this time, the new wings of Leeds United began to exert their power.

Before the end of the first half, Long Bisheng scored the No.18 goal of the season, with an iconic head shake!

In the end, relying on the new tactics, Leeds United beat their opponents [-]-[-] at home. More important than this game, they finally found a way to win without Delphi!

(End of this chapter)