coach legend

Chapter 173 Going Home?

The renewal of the contract with Essien is just a small matter that George took time out of his busy schedule to talk about.Generally speaking, even when it comes to the contract renewal of first-team players, George only gives a general idea, and then there is a special department to negotiate.

Even when talking about Pires and Micoud, George just persuaded them to join Blackburn.Then for specific things, George will not be involved.This kind of professional stuff, George, the head coach, doesn't know much about it.

And when negotiating contracts with players, if the coach intervenes in person, if there is any conflict in the negotiation, everyone will look bad.Therefore, this kind of matter is handed over to the transfer department and let them take charge of it.

This is the same as a player inviting an agent to negotiate.They want high salaries, and it's not good to come out on their own.There is no such thing as a broker negotiation.After all, both the club and the players have to save face and have a buffer.

But Essien's situation is special, so George will talk to Allen in person.

During this period of time, Blackburn's league trip is still going smoothly. It should be said that Blackburn's state has come out.First, in the away game, with the penalty created by Pires, Micoud scored a goal, and finally defeated Wimbledon in South West London [-]-[-].Immediately after returning to the home court, Blackburn's attack line exploded. Duff and Pires each scored a goal, plus the opponent's own goal, and defeated Derby County with a score of [-] to [-].

Pires and Micoud, who have gradually adapted to the Premier League, have exploded with amazing strength in the Premier League.If we talk about the style of play of the Premier League teams, Micoud, a midfielder, needs to continue to adapt.Then Pires, who is on the wing, is like the Tigers, and his limelight on the left is no less than that of Manchester United's Giggs and Arsenal's Overmars.

Starting from the Manchester United game, Pires has scored four goals and four assists in the six rounds, becoming the number one contributor to Blackburn's outstanding performance.

A wave of five consecutive victories has made Blackburn the most watched team in the Premier League in recent times.It is also the best team in the Premier League at present.In fifteen rounds, Blackburn had five wins, six draws and four losses, with a total of 21 points.

With 21 points, Blackburn's performance soared from the bottom team in the Premier League to the No.9 position in the Premier League.Teams such as Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur, and Everton were all left behind by Blackburn's strength.

Blackburn's score is only 1 points less than Arsenal, which is currently ranked No. [-] in the Premier League.It is completely different from the situation when Blackburn was at the bottom of the Premier League.All the teams at the top felt the aggressiveness of Blackburn.

In this state of Blackburn, let alone the media, newspapers, and football commentators praised George and Blackburn.Even Mark Lawrenson, who has always been at odds with George, has silenced his voice, and has stopped commenting on George and Blackburn recently.

A wave of five consecutive victories, it seems that all the people of Black George disappeared.Like they never showed up.

John Williams, who has always been very serious, is also smiling these few days. The recovery of Blackburn's performance also made Williams completely relieved.The downturn at the beginning of the season also put Williams under pressure.Now I can finally relax.

When the grades were not good, although Williams supported George.But in the club, I try to avoid George as much as possible, and I don't want to put too much pressure on George.But as the grades pick up, Williams stops by George's office at every turn.There is nothing to do, just talk to George with a smile.The atmosphere of the whole club gradually became more relaxed.

However, to be able to achieve such good results during this period of time, in addition to the current excellent state of Blackburn, it is also related to the current ease of Blackburn's schedule.Since passing the Manchester United game, Blackburn has ushered in an easy schedule.Whether it is Newcastle, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday, Wimbledon, or Derby County, they are not considered strong teams.In the current Premier League, they are all mid-lower teams.

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But now the media doesn't pay much attention to Blackburn's recent outstanding attitude, but they are all paying attention to another thing.

It is that Blackburn will soon go to Turf Moor Stadium to face Burnley, and there will be more things to watch in this game.First of all, the Blackburn and Burnley teams are centuries-old enemies. They are a pair of deadly rivals in Lancashire.

When it comes to the hatred between them, there are too many to count.After entering the 90s, there were many grievances between the two teams.

In 1991, Burnley were still struggling in England's fourth tier.At the end of the season, Burnley, ranked sixth in the league, faced Torquay United in the first round of the promotion play-offs. Blackburn fans actually rented a helicopter to fly over Burnley's home court, Turf Moor Stadium, making it even more difficult for Burnley fans. Accepted, the large banner hanging under the helicopter reads impressively: "You will stay in the fourth level forever!"

This incident was quite a sensation in English football at the time.This kind of naked ridicule made many Burnley fans unacceptable.Even George, who was a coach at Burnley at the time, was furious after seeing the slogan.

As a result, Alastair Campbell, a well-known Burnley fan and an important member of Blair's cabinet, expressed his attitude in the "Times": he would rather use the league victory against Manchester United in exchange for conquering the Ewood Stadium, and continue to play at the Ewood Stadium. Suppress the deadly enemy in the standings.This is the wish of all Burnley fans.

After George was born, Burnley fans believed that this wish would come true.In particular, George's two wins over Blackburn at Ewood Park made all Burnley fans sing and dance.When Burnley were promoted to the Premier League, all fans believed that the time had come to suppress Blackburn.

But in the summer when George entered Blackburn, not only did Blackburn fans not welcome George, but it also made Burnley fans gnash their teeth.It can be regarded as adding another grievance to the century-old grievances between Blackburn and Burnley.

And the level of hatred in the history of the two teams' century-old grievances is definitely not lower than that of Blackburn fans who rented helicopters to laugh at Burnley at Turf Moor Stadium.

George went from Burnley to Blackburn. The news exploded before the World Cup, and it received almost as much attention as the news of the national team.This is not only because of Burnley and Blackburn, two centuries-old hostile teams, but also because George is England's new coach.

Since George left Burnley, Burnley's performance in the Premier League this year is not bad.

Glenn Roddle, after entering Burnley, although the results of leading Burnley are not very good, they are not too bad.Currently ranked No.14 in the Premier League, the current development trend does not have too many worries about relegation.

Entering Blackburn, George has long thought that he will face Burnley in the Premier League.But this time to really face Burnley, George is still not at peace.

George is not a gentleman, but he doesn't consider himself a villain either.He is just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who can no longer be ordinary.It also has the thinking of an ordinary person.When he was looking for a job, seeing that Blackburn was the most sincere and able to use his talents the most, George immediately forgot that he was once a coach from Burnley.For George, his own future is more important.

But George is not a heartless person, although he has left Burnley.But after all, Burnley is where George stayed for ten years, and it is impossible to completely forget Burnley.

George thought it was funny even thinking about it, whether he could be considered a bitch and set up a torii.Already in charge of Blackburn, the century-old enemy, he is justifying himself again.

The closer he got to Turfmore Stadium, the more uneasy George felt.

Turful Moore Stadium, which has a very special meaning in George's first 30 years.From a young age, George followed his father to the Turf Moor Stadium to watch the game.Although it is a low-level game in England, for Burnley fans, being able to watch the game at Turf Moor Stadium is already very satisfying.

Later became the coach of Burnley, and George won countless honors at Turfmore Stadium.

Turf Moor Stadium has too many fond memories of George.Here George is the hero and everything to the team.At Turf Moor, George was more welcomed than anyone else.Including Mitchell, Ballack, and Ljungberg who have made great contributions to Burnley, their popularity combined is not as good as George's.

Every time he plays at Turfmore Stadium, George is always cheered the highest.In Turful Moore Stadium, every game can hear the songs made up by Burnley fans for George.

This used to be my home, where I once fought.

Instead, he came to Turfmore Stadium as an opponent.How Burnley fans will treat themselves, applause George is not looking forward to.Boo, that's for sure.

But among the boos, will there be fans who welcome this former meritorious coach?Although he knew it was an extravagant wish, George still hoped...Shaking his head, he was thinking about something.I am a big traitor, and I expect them to welcome me.

"Shhhhh-"

"Traitor! Judas!"

A loud noise woke George up.George looked out and found that he had already arrived at Turf Moore Stadium.There are already many Burnley fans around the Blackburn bus.There are also many local police officers in Burnley maintaining order.If it weren't for the maintenance of the police, those angry fans would come and smash the bus.

Their purpose is the same, that is to give George a bad start.

How deep is the love and how deep is the hate.This sentence is definitely not false.

Just as George was loved by God at Burnley before, George's defection made Burnley fans gnash their teeth.They couldn't forgive George, and they never could forgive George.If George joins any other Premier League club, many Burnley fans will understand and support George.But Blackburn….

"George, we're here at Turfmore Stadium." Carl looked at George's melancholy eyes and patted George.

George breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and clapped his hands. "Okay, get out of the car."

(End of this chapter)