champion godfather

Chapter 744 Volume Six Crimson Boy Scouts

"The four rounds of the league have ended, and the next round will not be rekindled until September [-]th. Now we can properly summarize the achievements of Tony Twain and his boy scouts over the four rounds of the league..." Carl Spike continues his promising job as "Dawn Black" on a football talk show he hosts.

It is indeed "very promising", because he has been ridiculing Tang En in the column, laughing and cursing, and his sharp words have left a deep impression on people.So Sky TV found him and asked him to host a talk show dedicated to commenting on football celebrities on the Premier League channel, named "Football Things...".In each issue, one or several guests are invited to comment on the interesting things that have happened in England football recently. As long as they don't directly swear or make personal threats, they can say whatever they want.Relying on his word-of-mouth skills, Spike quickly made this new program soar in the ratings rankings of Sky TV, faintly becoming the trend of the new trump program...

When this program first aired, some people predicted that it was actually a program aimed at Tony Twain.Because no matter what it is, as long as it has something to do with Tang En, it can attract everyone's attention-why make him always have so many stories around him?
But with the start of the new Premier League season, this program has been aired for four episodes, and this is the first time that Tony Twain has been brought up to talk about something.

"Two losses, two draws, two points, ranking second to last! Awesome!" Spike clapped his hands vigorously, "The Boy Scouts handed over a satisfactory and unsurprising answer. What do you think, Andy ?”

The guest invited to this program is the retired former Manchester United legendary striker Andy Cole. He is currently the second most scored player in the history of the Premier League. He is also a native of Nottingham. Nottingham Forest is his hometown team.Before becoming a Manchester United striker, he was a Forest fan.Since we are going to talk about Nottingham Forest, it is natural to invite celebrity guests related to the Forest team.

"Uh, when you said that there are no accidents, I also think that this result is no accident... To be honest, I respect Coach Tony Twain very much. He is very capable. But no matter what line the current team is from In the first four rounds of the league, their opponents were not weak: they drew Middlesbrough away in the first round, lost to Chelsea at home in the second round, and lost to Everton in the third round. , draw at home to Everton in the fourth game... the lads played very well on the pitch, but overall they were not good enough."

Spike laughed: "Yes, that's it! What did I say before the start of the league? Mr. Tang En, if you want to rank in the middle of the league with the current lineup, it may not be a problem, but if you plan to restart Win the league championship, or return to the Champions League, just some people like this? I really can't find a reason to be optimistic... Now I want to revise my statement, just based on the current team of boy scouts, let alone the middle of the league, By the end of the season, they're still in the Premier League and they should all be thankful!"

"The only good news is that after four rounds of the league, his team finally scored. In the game against Everton, Eastwood scored the first goal of the new season for the team. It's not easy. !"

"This has strengthened my confidence that I am not optimistic about Nottingham Forest. Watching their game is like watching a group of headless flies scrambling around on the field. It is really unbearable to watch." Spike made a face, expressing that he really couldn't bear it. witness. "Young people lack enough experience. George Wood's state is as stable as ever, but he can't bring stable state and experience to the team. How do you say experience? It can't be brought out by old players alone , They still need to go through the baptism of the game...At least before Christmas, we will not be able to see the Nottingham Forest that we were familiar with."

"Has Tony Twain regretted it? Only the devil knows!"

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Did Tony Twain regret it?

How can it be!

He doesn't have that much free time.

Of course he knew that the team's performance was not good recently, but this was within his expectation.A team composed of almost half of young players has lost many of its main players, and its tactics have to change to some extent. How can it be possible to achieve good results?

So how the outside media criticizes him and his team, he will not have the slightest doubt about his choice.On the contrary, he also hopes that this kind of criticism will be louder and more loud-he needs to use these things to stimulate players.

The time has just entered September, and the players in the team who have the task of playing for the national team have all been transferred away.Even those young people have their own national youth team competitions.These two weeks are precious two weeks for Nottingham Forest. No matter what the reason is, it is not a good thing to lose consecutive victories. They can use these two weeks to readjust, whether it is tactics or mentality...

In Twain's mind, the goal of this season is not any championship, but to return to the European competition next season, whether it is the UEFA Cup or the Champions Cup... As long as the club can return to Europe, the club's financial situation will be fine. If it gets better, this team may return to the first group.

When the club players went to play for the national team one after another, Tang En spent their first birthday after their marriage with the company of Shania.

In the garden behind the house, they held a small party, invited some colleagues who worked in the club, had a simple dinner, and then dispersed.During the meeting, they chatted about the current status of the team and how to solve it.Call it a birthday party, it might feel more like a work meal.Middle-aged people's parties are not like those young players. After eating and drinking, they still ask the girls to come over to group P.

After seeing off his colleagues, Tang En stood at the gate of the yard with his arms around Shania and sighed.

"Unhappy birthday? Because of the recent team results?" Shania looked at him.

"How could that kind of thing make me sigh?" Tang En turned to look at Shania who was snuggling beside him. "I just lamented that I was one year older...you know what, Shania. When I was your age, my daily wish was to grow up, to be independent, to be an 'adult'. Now I I regret it... the days with you have been lost for 22 years for no reason."

Shania hugged Uncle Tony tightly, without saying anything.

"There is no need to celebrate my birthday in the future, Shania. Just treat me...forever 40 years old."

If possible, he really wanted to say "just treat me forever" and "20 years old forever", but now he can only say "40 years old forever", which is really helpless.

"Then you are not allowed to celebrate my birthday, just treat it as my forever!"

Tang En smiled: "Okay, we are all immortal and youthful forever." Holding Shania in his arms, he walked back to the house and was about to start their new round of "man-making campaign".

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After celebrating Tang En's birthday, Shania flew to Los Angeles again.Tom Cruise is very interesting enough to reserve a role for Shania in his new film.The role this time is a bit more important than the vase character last time.There are a lot of lines, and there is another rivalry with the protagonist.

Shania is gearing up, ready to do a lot in the play.At this time, the "man-made movement" will naturally be delayed.

The players of the team also returned one after another. Two days before the start of the league, everyone returned to the team.Whether it was Rafinha who was far away in Brazil or Sun Jihai who returned to China to compete, they all returned on time.After a day of simple joint practice, Nottingham Forest set off for London, preparing to challenge Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.On the [-]th, they will continue their away trip in London, this time the opponent is replaced by Fulham.

For Nottingham Forest's trip to London, the media are generally not optimistic.In addition to the level shown by the teams in the first four rounds of the league, it is natural that there will be a one-week double match after the national team match. Considering the team's physical distribution and players' state ups and downs, the Forest team is considered to be a bad luck in these two games.

On the way to London, the TV in the bus played the entertainment program Dunn carefully prepared for the players - a video of Carl Spike mocking Nottingham Forest's "Boy Scouts" on the TV program.

"What can a group of unweaned children do? Haha! They can't do anything! Look at their performance in the competition. If I were Tony Twain, I would definitely tell them all to go home. Some of them can't do anything at all. There is no level of foothold in Nottingham Forest. Did Tony Twain receive kickbacks for buying these people?"

"...Yes, yes, but I think Andy, you are still too merciful. If I were Tony Twain, I would scold them even harder. They are absolutely useless...I believe Tony Twain would also agree. My opinion."

"The situation is like this - Tony Twain hopes to rely on a group of boy scouts to conquer Europe. I intend to select this incident as one of the ten funniest incidents of the year. It may even hit the championship. You can imagine this You can see how funny it is when you see this scene - Adolf Hitler yelling at a group of babies still sucking pacifiers: 'You [beep--] are going to flatten France and then stand on the edge of the English Channel and pull out your crotch piss on those Brits! Make all Europe tremble under our heels and beg for mercy!'”

Carl Spike couldn't help laughing as he patted the table at the end.

There was silence in the car, only the laughter from the TV.

At the beginning, everyone didn't take it seriously and were busy with their own affairs. Later, they found that things were not that simple.So one by one opened their sleepy eyes, took off their earphones, and looked away from the phone screen or PSP screen.

"Who is that idiot?" Someone finally called out.

"Carl Spike! He's always targeting the boss and us. Did the boss cuckold him..." Someone explained in a low voice.

"What the hell is he talking about?"

Although Carl Spike was talking about the young people of the Forest team, they were all in the same group. When teammates were scolded, others felt the same way.What's more, this forest team is indeed very young...

"Such a person can also host a TV show? I am more and more confident in my life arrangement after retirement..." Eastwood rubbed his chin and pondered.

"It's too early to think about retiring, Freddie." Dunn stood up, leaned on the back of the seat, and said to Eastwood who was sitting in the back row.

"Here's the latest installment of "Football Things...". I was worried that some of you didn't watch it, so I recorded it and played it for you on the road. Want to know why I did it, guys. Because it's almost all out there now. It's this kind of voice, I think you must have heard it, but you just don't want to pay attention to it. But..." He raised his volume, stood in the aisle between the carriages, and delivered a speech to the players. "It's not our style to ignore it. Know why I didn't write my column against those who questioned us? Because football is not made by lip service, if we are going to fight back against idiots, the best way is definitely not Swearing in interviews, but using victory! Slapping them with victory! Until they are so slapped in the face that they don't even recognize their old mother!"

"I never tell you guys that I'm angry that we're second to last with two points and that's because I don't want to put too much pressure on you. But now I have to let you know how I really feel - that is , I'm really fucking angry!" He pumped his fists hard.It is indeed a bit like what Karl Spike said, Adolf Hitler, a madman warmonger.

"Let me tell you, being young and inexperienced is definitely not an excuse for you. I don't want anyone to use the rhetoric of the media as a reason for failure. There is only one reason for failure, and that is that you are not good enough! I will give you a month Getting used to this damn season, I think you guys should be done and ready to win. Are you guys ready?"

"That's right, boss! We're ready!" The people in the car roared.

"Yes, you have to be ready. If not, I'll ask him to get out of the car and run back to Nottingham! I need crazy people who believe that Nottingham Forest will win no matter what, not cowards who think we may lose You have to remember that the opponent in this game is definitely not Tottenham Hotspur, but the media who look down on us, laugh at us as boy scouts, and say that you are not weaned!"

"Prove to them with victory... who is not weaned!"

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"I don't think Nottingham Forest is as weak as the media described. My team is ready. I believe Tony Twain is also ready. Before the game, I will shake his hand and congratulate him Beat the heart attack and get back on the court. But when it's time for the game, he'd better forget my blessing. It's going to be a tough game...”

In an interview before the game, Redknapp said so.

This is indeed a tight game.

Twain deployed a double defensive midfielder in the game, George Wood and Thiago formed a wall in front of the central defender, and used their tireless running and interception abilities to strangle Tottenham's offense in the midfield.Then take advantage of the fact that they can pass the ball to launch an offense, and immediately launch an offense on the spot after stealing the ball.Beat Tottenham by surprise.

Shaheen sat on the bench and watched his teammates attack from the back again and again, threatening the opponent's defense with long balls.

Petrov and Lennon contained the opponent's defensive forces on the wing, forcing Tottenham's defense to stretch horizontally, exposing many gaps.If Tottenham's defenders shrink the center, then turn the direction of attack to the wing.All these changes are completely controlled by the two midfielders.

Abanglahor's speed allows him to attack Tottenham's defense in the middle by responding to the long pass from the backfield, and Zikic, who is tall, has a header and has a body, is responsible for the cover.His existence ensured that the Forest team's long pass offense would not be easily terminated by the opponent.Once the midfielder or striker has the ball in the frontcourt and takes control of the situation, the Forest team starts to press forward.The two full-backs Gareth Bale and Rafinha came up with their best wing assists and put pressure on Tottenham from the wing.

Redknapp also has countermeasures.He saw Tang En's characteristic of playing on the side. Whenever Bell and Rafinha pressed up, Tottenham would resolutely focus their attack on the two sides of the Forest team - the forwards who stayed in front. Darren Bent is not in the middle, but will pull to the side to receive the ball, and then break through the Forest team's defense from the side, creating a threat to the goal guarded by Akinfeev.In addition, Modric and Dos Santos will follow up in time, responsible for responding or covering Darren Bent.

The offensive and defensive transfer rhythm of the two sides is very fast, but in general, it is Tottenham who cannot be slowed down by the fast pace of the Forest team.Bale, Rafinha, Petrov, Lennon, Abanglaho, these are all fast players. Every time the Forest team launches an offensive, the midfielder does not fall, and directly passes long, it is these people and Football is faster than speed.If Tottenham don't want their defense to collapse, they can only follow suit.

After a long time, Tottenham's physical fitness has dropped significantly, and their speed can't keep up with Nottingham Forest.The defense line, which was exhausted, was pulled by the forest team, and the cracks became bigger and bigger...

At the end of the first half, after receiving a cross from Abang Lahor, Zikic headed the goal under the defense of Ledley King and smashed the football into the gate guarded by Robinson, the England goalkeeper.

Sky King showed his power for the first time in the new season, and Ledley King was as thin as a bamboo pole in front of him!

Tottenham took advantage of a set-piece in the second half to pull a goal back from Darren Bent.

But the game has completely entered the rhythm of Nottingham Forest.Twain made full use of the team's many young people, good physical fitness and fast speed, and dragged Tottenham into a fast-paced offensive and defensive battle with them.The TV commentator said more than once that "It's only a matter of time before Nottingham Forest scores again."

No. 201 minutes of the second half, Nottingham Forest ushered in the second goal.

Thiago had a physical confrontation with Modric near the midfield. The two fell to the ground almost at the same time, but in fact Modric fouled when the ball was intercepted and hooked Thiago. .But George Wood came out of the diagonal stab and snatched the ball out of control.The referee, who was going to blow the whistle to suspend the game, immediately raised his hands and pointed forward - the attack is favorable, and the game continues!

Wood didn't dribble the ball too much. He saw Abang Lahor cruising diagonally in front, and decisively pushed a straight pass.

Abanglaho used his speed to throw off the defensive player in an instant, and inserted a diagonal line behind the Tottenham defenders, not offside!Then he drove the ball into the penalty area, faced the attacking Robinson, and shot into the net diagonally.

"Abanglahor's breakthrough speed with the ball is simply breathtaking... The speed at which George Wood rushed up to grab the ball from five meters away was also beyond the expectations of the Tottenham players... This goal, even This game really fully interprets the 'speed' that Tony Twain has always talked about." The commentator lamented this lightning-fast goal - from Modric's dribble was intercepted to Abang La Huo scored a goal, and the whole process only took 15 seconds.

Abanglaho, who scored the goal, ran back and hugged the captain George Wood who assisted him, looking very excited.Because this is the first official game goal he scored after joining Nottingham Forest.

Tang En, who saw this scene off the field, rubbed his chin in thought.George Wood is more and more like the shadow of Albertini... The timing, strength, accuracy, and prediction of Abanglahor's running route are all impeccable.If he can maintain this kind of performance instead of occasional flashes of inspiration, then he doesn't have to worry about the team's playmaker at all...

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The game ended with Nottingham Forest defeating Tottenham Hotspur 2:1 away.Dunn's team ushered in their first win of the new season.On the other hand, Carl Spike insisted in his program that the result of a game can't explain anything. It is normal for young people to perform well occasionally. The league is a long season of 38 rounds. When?
So, he continued to insist that he was not optimistic about Nottingham Forest.Feel free to criticize.

Tang En did not respond to Spike's criticism in any form, but he knew that the entire Nottingham Forest team was suffocated because of this person's clamor.He knew very well that as long as his court kept winning game after game until the end of the season, dear Mr. Spike would take his shit back to his face.

He was very much looking forward to that day.He would not mind laughing at dear Mr. Spike with the most vicious and merciless words then.

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PS, to fix a bug in yesterday's team roster: Victor Moses is not number 22, but should be number 24.

(End of this chapter)