coach legend

Chapter 41 The Role of Veteran Players

"Burnley faced Southend, which has not won a game at home, and finally won a victory. A small victory of [-] to [-] against the opponent, and finally came out of the two consecutive draws." After the end of the eighth round of the league , the media began to summarize the performance of the League One teams some time ago.

"However, as a new team in the League One, Burnley's performance this year is obvious to all. The young coach Levy has brought out a very combative team. Burnley is now ranked No.7 in the League One. Completely Able to hit the play-offs."

"If you comment on the most surprising team in League One, it must be the newly promoted Burnley."

As a team that has just been promoted to the First Division, Burnley has achieved four wins and four draws in eight rounds.With 7 points, it ranks No.[-] in League One.

As a new team in League One, Burnley's performance is not bad.And Burnley is one of the three unbeaten teams in League One so far.

To achieve such a result, George's defense from the second division has played a big role. The center with Ballack and Neil Lennon as the core has completely controlled the rhythm in the first division.In particular, Barack's growth made George very satisfied.

Although the current Ballack can't be compared with the time when he led the German team in the Korea-Japan World Cup and went all the way to the final.But in the League One, it is already outstanding. This season, George sacrificed Ballack's offensive ability and used him as a midfielder.

Ballack is one of the rare all-round midfielders, so his defense will never be worse than those full-time defensive midfielders.

Although Mitchell King on the back line is old, he has a solid defense.Coupled with Gary Breen, who has good headers, blocking positions and even speed, the defense of the back line is also very solid.

Although only eight League One games and one League Cup game have been played, all teams have recognized the strength of Burnley's defense.

But the biggest problem for Burnley now is the attack. When Daniel pushed to the front and started, it worked very well.Some teams were caught off guard by Daniel's amazing speed, and the defense was dismantled.But when those first-tier teams played iron barrel defense with Burnley, Daniel's role dropped by an unknown number of times.

Daniel's greatest strength is his speed, the speed of the wind.In the position of left back, Daniel can choose the timing of inserting independently.Once the assist goes up, it will make it difficult for the opponent to defend.

But tearing apart the opponent's dense defense is not what Daniel is good at. Daniel has all the advantages of England's traditional players.But they also have their inherent shortcomings, that is, their technical capabilities are not very strong.In high-speed dribbling, the combination of man and ball is good in changing directions, but the ability to get rid of people in a small space is far inferior to Latin players.

So in the last few games, Daniel's role has not been as good as when he was on the back line.

On the other side, neither Danny Murphy nor Solkamp can take on the big responsibility.Especially Solkamp, ​​George bought him to perfect the substitute for the wing position, but now he is the main force instead.

In the last game, Southend learned from other teams and played an iron barrel formation at Burnley's home court.Had it not been for substitute Ashley Chapman who used his skill to create a free-kick for Burnley.And Burnley also relied on this free kick. Richard received a pass from Ballack and scored a goal.

After a big victory in the fifth round of League One, Burnley immediately ushered in two consecutive draws.And for Southend, which is currently ranked at the bottom of the League One, it took a lot of effort to win a victory.

However, when evaluating the teams in League One during this period of time, the major media all praised Burnley's performance.

But no one knows that George is also very anxious now, but that nasty Ljungberg has been there for almost two months and has not expressed at all.If it weren't for maintaining the majesty of the head coach, George really wanted to ask Ljungberg over.

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"Mitchell, why are you here? Aren't you guys on vacation today?" Wilkinson was leading a group of youth team players for training.It was discovered that Mitchell King came to the youth team training base.Because the game against Southend had just ended, the first team was on holiday the next day.

Speaking of which, Mitchell and Wilkinson have a good relationship. Mitchell is a player produced by Burnley's youth academy.When Mitchell was in the youth team, Wilkinson was the youth team coach.Of course, George's father, Levy Sr., was also the coach of the youth team.

Mitchell King looked at the youth team players training next to him, smiled and said, "Wilkinson, let's sit over there."

Wilkinson saw Mitchell's gloomy face, so he nodded.Then he gave a few instructions to the coach next to him, and sat with Mitchell in the rest position on the sidelines.

"How is that Swedish kid doing?" Mitchell stared at Ljungberg on the field.

Speaking of Ljungberg, Mitchell is very dissatisfied.This kid has always been tough since he came to the club.Indifferent to the Burnley players, the inadvertent look is a kind of disdain.

"Genius, an excellent player on the right. The ability is absolutely no less than that of Poboski who left, and the most important thing is that he is still young. I am only 19 years old this year, and I have been in the Burnley youth team for 30 years. Except for being mentioned by George to the first team Daniel, Ljungberg is the second talented player I have seen." Wilkinson praised Ljungberg and spoke highly of Ljungberg.

After speaking, Wilkinson looked at Mitchell suspiciously. "George's vision of seeing people is absolutely top-notch. But is George really not going to use Frederick anymore? Isn't the right side of the first team a problem recently?"

Mitchell King nodded with a wry smile.Then I didn't know what to think of and shook my head.

"You don't know George's temper. Before that Swedish kid apologizes, George will never use him." Mitchell sighed and continued: "Now our team's offense has some problems. There should be a comprehensive consideration, but it's a pity that this kid is too rebellious."

"Then why are you here today..." Wilkinson almost understood what Mitchell meant.

"I really believe in George's vision. Since George spent 80 pounds, I believe that the Swedish kid must have something special." Mitchell said with certainty when talking about George: "Now the two People are stuck there, I can only adjust and adjust. I hope to be able to play a dozen Premier League games as a player. In the last two years, I can't play anymore. Didn't you see George buy Finnan and Earp Young players like Sen are here to replace old guys like me and Grant."

Wilkinson laughed when he heard Mitchell's words.Then he patted Mitchell on the shoulder and nodded.

"Mitchell, do you know what George plans for your future?"

"My future? George?"

"When George was discussing the future of Burnley with me, he said that you, Grant, and Miller are the wealth of the club. If you want, George hopes to give you a position at the club. And Mitchell, you, George I hope you can join his coaching team. He said that you know how to adjust the locker room. After you became the captain, there has been no negative news in the Burnley locker room, which George appreciates very much." Wilkinson looked at Mitchell , found that George knew Mitchell too well.

Mitchell was also shocked by George's evaluation of himself.Mitchell always thought that the reason why George kept some of his old guys was to stabilize Burnley fans and the club.Unexpectedly, George had already thought about the future of himself and the others.

"Mitchell, looking at your performance today, I think George's thinking about your future is too correct."

(End of this chapter)