coach legend

Chapter 18 Cup Attitude
"George, from now on we will usher in the League Cup, the FA Cup and the Qualifying Cup. How do you plan to deal with the cups?" Karl Pat took the schedule and asked George's plan.

Unlike the English Premier League, the Second Division and the Premier League, the league schedule is already very dense.But the FA Cup and League Cup also play earlier than the Super League.Adding the qualifying cup, it can be said that after a year, these low-level league clubs will have at least [-] games.That's definitely a lot of games.

George lay comfortably on the sofa in the office, squinting his eyes for a while. "Carl, what do you think of the current development of the English league?" Hearing Carl's question, he didn't answer directly.

"The development of the English league is still very good in general. I think the Premier League can't restore the heyday of League One. But after a few years, it should not be a problem to compete with Serie A and La Liga." Carl said about the future of the Premier League Still very confident. "Now Serie A is the center of European football, but I don't think this situation will last."

George looked up at Carl, and said disapprovingly, "Carl, you can't talk nonsense. Serie A is known as the 'Little World Cup'. The best players in the world are now in Italy."

"George, you don't need to provoke me. In fact, you know exactly what is going on. Serie A is so hot now, it is entirely because of the support of the boss behind the club. Now which Serie A club is not operating at a loss, once the Italian economy has trouble, those football clubs will definitely It’s unbearable.” Karl seemed very confident in these analyses. "It seems that the Premier League clubs all have their own stadiums, but Italian law does not allow private ownership of stadiums. In this regard, Italian clubs are far behind the Premier League clubs."

George jumped up and pointed to Carl. "Carl, in fact, you don't even need to be a coach. You should be a football commentator." Because George understands the things of later generations, he understands that the decline of Serie A is inevitable.

At the beginning of the [-]th century, Serie A clubs were still able to stand tall in European football with their profound background, but after the Calciopoli incident, the Italian league completely declined.Not only is it difficult to match the Premier League and La Liga, but even the Bundesliga has surpassed the Serie A, and there is also the Ligue [-] behind.

But Karl was able to discover the decline of Serie A in 1995 when the Italian league was still in full swing, and his vision was definitely extraordinary.

"Carl, since you know that the future of the Premier League is bright. You said that if our club is in the Premier League, then the annual income will be dozens of times and hundreds of times what it is now. In the Premier League, we will have the opportunity to participate in the European League, What a temptation you said." George said seriously. "Although the League Cup and the FA Cup are very tempting. But do you think that we can win the League Cup and the FA Cup? As long as it is not a championship, even if we achieve any results in the cup, it is a failure."

George stood up from the sofa and said with certainty: "I will definitely pursue the League Cup and the FA Cup. But not now, I only have one goal now. It is to lead the team to upgrade, first to the First Division , and finally the Super League. As for the qualifying cup, what results can be achieved when you are assigned to the youth team.”

Carl nodded. "So this time in the second round of the League Cup, you plan to..."

"Let's mix the main force and substitutes. Watford probably don't pay much attention to the League Cup. They are busy with relegation now."

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It may be that Burnley's recent six-game winning streak has stimulated the football market. Today, there are 7000 fans who came to Turf Moor Stadium.The Turfmore Stadium, which can accommodate more than 2 people, has an attendance rate of almost 80.00% today.

In a small town like Burnley with only over 8 people, 7000 people came today.One of the five people came to today's stadium, feeling the constant shouts of Burnley fans, and a faint smile appeared on George's face.

When he got the Watford list, George smiled.Watford is really straightforward, basically sending very young players.It seems that Watford really does not attach importance to the League Cup, or despise Burnley.

However, George did not fully put on the bench players, and there are also some main players among them.For example, what Ballack needs now is games, and only more games can allow him to accumulate more experience.

As the on-site host called out the names of one player after another, the cheers would follow the frequency of the host.When George's name was called out, the audience suddenly shouted "George, George."

George appeared on the court, saluted the fans with his hands together, and got cheers several times higher than the one just now.George is very happy. After more than a month, George has conquered this group of fans with six victories.

The Watford manager looked at the young man so beloved by the fans and smiled at his assistant. "It seems that this young coach is really not easy. You listen to the cheers. I have never received such cheers as a coach."

"Are you going to say hello to him?" the assistant coach nodded and said to him. "I should go over and say hello. I'm really curious about this 27-year-old young coach." Glenn Rodel walked up to George.

"Coach Levi, hello." Glenn Rodell came to George with great grace and shook hands with George. "Coach Levi is really young."

"Coach Rodel, hello." George looked at the handsome Glenn Rodel and sneered in his heart.If I hadn't seen him today, I really wouldn't have remembered him.To be honest, this coach is a veritable unlucky guy, or a veritable disaster star for the club.

In the past, George had a good impression of West Ham United, which has cultivated superstars such as Ferdinand, Joe Cole, Carrick, Defoe, and Glenn Johnson.So I paid more attention to West Ham United, but I didn't expect that in 2003, West Ham United was relegated.

At that time, the head coach of West Ham United was the unlucky Glen Roddle in front of him. Since the Premier League adopted the 38-round competition system, West Ham United's 42 league points are the highest among all relegated teams.Therefore, George was a little curious about Glenn Rodel, and checked his information.Only then did I realize that it was not the first time that the unlucky head coach led the team to relegation. When he was coaching Watford, he also led Watford to relegation from the First Division to the Second Division.

Later, he coached Kessel, and brought out a record of Kessel in one year.Of course, it is not an excellent record, but five consecutive games without scoring at home in 7 hours and 51 minutes, creating the team's worst record since 1951.

Therefore, George used to look down on Glenn Rodel very much, or had a very bad impression of him.But I didn't expect to meet him today, Rodel is so personable.He spoke in an unhurried manner, giving George a feeling of spring breeze.

While returning to the bench, George shook his head.It seems that good people and good coaches cannot be equated.

Today's George's idea is very simple, victory is better than elimination.Even if winning is a burden for Burnley, George doesn't have any young players to exercise.Even if it is promoted, it is just a burden.

But George can't tell the players that I gave up this game.George can't do such a thing. George wants to instill in them the spirit of never giving up the game.

Therefore, in today's lineup, George rotated many players.The frontcourt Poboski, Darren Huckabee, and Danny Murphy all entered the bench list.

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"Beep—" When the referee blew the final whistle, George stood up with a wry smile.George has already used more than half of the bench, but Watford is more straightforward.Almost putting on the youth team, Burnley beat Watford 3-1 to reach the third round of the Carabao Cup thanks to two goals from Richard Brody and a strike from Ballack.

"Congratulations, Coach Levy." Lost, but Glenn Roedel didn't look depressed at all.

George shook his head with a wry smile. "Coach Rodel, I'm actually not that interested in the League Cup."

(End of this chapter)