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Chapter 33 Who is Barton?

Five consecutive victories!

Although it is thanks to the favorable schedule, it has also made Manchester City fans happy for a long time.

When was the last five-game winning streak?
It's been a long time!

In football, victory is truth!
No matter what the outside world thinks of Duncan, some fans have already begun to sing praises for Duncan.Fans are pure, as long as you can lead the team to victory, then we support you!
And for Duncan, the attitude of Manchester City fans towards him was not bad from the beginning.

First of all, Duncan is a native of Manchester with young roots. He is a coach trained by Manchester City himself, and the brand of the team itself is very deep.So for those foreign coaches, the most difficult to conquer diehard fans expressed their support for Duncan in the first place.

Then Manchester City is actually still a small club, and the fans have very little ambition.

At the end of last season, Pierce led the team unbeaten in seven games, which is enough for many fans to remember for a long time.

Leading the team to five consecutive victories, Duncan has won the favor of a considerable number of fans.

A small ball club also has the benefits of a small ball club.

As for the media, everyone remained silent.

The reporters are not fools either. They can see that Duncan has real talents and is not a "lucky coach".

But the level of Duncan's coaching ability is still open to question.

Regardless of his resume or age, reporters have sufficient reasons to doubt Duncan.

The eyes of the reporters have already turned to the next round of the league.

In the 2006th round of the 2007-34 Premier League, Manchester City's opponent at home was Liverpool, which ranked fourth in the league.

Since Benitez came to Liverpool in the 2004-2005 season, the Red Army's weak face has taken on a new look.Two championships in two years, including the Istanbul night that shocked the world and was enough to be recorded in the history of the Champions League. Liverpool reversed AC Milan and won the Champions League trophy!

In the new season, Liverpool has introduced powerful players such as Bellamy, Kevin Dirk, and Mark Gonzalez, intending to challenge the league title after 19 years.

But the cruel reality slapped the Liverpool people hard.

The seemingly generous signings, in fact, did not have a foreign aid of more than [-] million pounds, and did not substantially improve the strength of the team.

So in the league competition, Liverpool quickly fell behind.

Lost in the league, Liverpool quickly regained their confidence in the Champions League.

They passed the test and made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League again after two years!

Therefore, Liverpool's goal is very clear: release the league and keep the Champions League!
But this does not mean that Liverpool has completely given up the league!
You know, the defending champion of the Champions League is not eligible to participate in the Champions League next season.If Liverpool want to continue to participate in the Champions League next season, they must remain in the top four of the league.

Now they happen to be No.4.

Tottenham, which is behind them, has a 9-point gap with them.

This gap is not safe.

Liverpool's idea is very clear: secure Champions League qualification in the league as soon as possible, and then focus all attention on preparing for the Champions League.

So for Duncan and Manchester City, what they encountered was a fighting Liverpool.

Duncan and Manchester City have gone all the way, and they are all facing teams, such as Fulham, Charlton... These teams are all teams in the lower half.

Liverpool, Duncan met, the first team in the top half of the league.

Therefore, the outside world generally believes that Liverpool is a touchstone for Duncan!

Whether Duncan has the ability, just look at the results of the game!
Of course, the most concerned about this round of competition is another game.

Manchester United sits at home against Chelsea.

These are the two strongest contenders for the Premier League title!
Manchester United are now ahead, but only by 6 points.Therefore, the outcome of this match will be decisive for the champion!

If Manchester United wins, then the last four rounds of the league will be smooth; if Chelsea wins, the suspense of the championship will be even greater.

The Manchester duo are receiving attention at the same time.

At this time, Duncan was studying Manchester City's formation in his small apartment.

The previous head coach, Pierce, although his record was poor and his selection vision was a mess, but his ability to train the team in the short term is very strong.

Observing Pierce's summer signings last season, there are goalkeepers and forwards, but only a midfielder is missing.

Are Manchester City midfielders strong?
At least Duncan couldn't see it. In the evaluation of the formation system, Manchester City was rated as a "core player" level, and there were three people: Cordilla, Trabelsi, and Isaacson.

The positions are: forward, defender, goalkeeper.

Under the modern football theory of "the world of the midfielder", Manchester City's weakest position is actually the midfielder?

Looking further down, Duncan found that among the midfielders in Manchester City's first team, only Miduo was at the "main player" level.

Miduo, who was introduced during the winter break, immediately became the main starter.

And another midfielder, Reina, is just the result of the evaluation of "rotation players".

Very abnormal!
In Duncan's view, Reina's strength means that he can serve as a substitute, and it's almost meaningless if he can't play the main force.

But there is obviously a lack of such players in the midfield. Why does Pierce sign up in the summer, but there is no midfielder?

Duncan couldn't help speculating: Could it be that Pierce, like Domenech, is a constellation control?Exclude all the midfielders of a certain constellation?That's why there are no signings?
In the first half of the season, Manchester City conceded a lot of goals in the middle.This shows from another aspect how weak Manchester City's midfield blocking ability and sense of presence are!
why?

Duncan was puzzled.

How could such an obvious loophole appear?

Duncan was still thinking, but the phone rang.

Picking up the phone and looking at the caller ID, Duncan was agitated for a while.

Is a player agent.

The big difference between the Premier League and other league clubs is that the head coach not only has the power to arrange tactics, but also has the power to contract, logistics, and signings.

In short, it is a combination of "head coach + football director".

Great power!

Of course, great power also brings great troubles.

In addition to tactics, Duncan always has to find time to deal with those agents.

Salary increases, endorsements, transfers, blood-sucking, noisy, big mouth.

That's Duncan's impression of the agent.

The agent who is calling now is a relatively well-known agent.There are five or six players in the Manchester City team, all endorsed by this agent.

Manchester City's record has been good recently, and their agents are very excited. Recently, Duncan has often received calls from agents asking for a salary increase.

Duncan firmly rejected all these unreasonable demands.

Your players performed well, and that is also because of my formation system, which has something to do with their own performance?
Duncan refused with full confidence, and did not take the threats of the agents seriously.

The agent who called, happened to be Miduo among the endorsed players.

Is it to give Miduo a raise?

Duncan thought in his heart, but pressed the answer button with his hand.

"Mr. Duncan, hello!" said the opposite, with a kind voice.

"It's good, but it's not good when you call." Duncan said angrily.

"Mr. Duncan, it's really predictable, so I won't go around in circles." The agent cut to the chase: "I have a midfielder under me and I want to transfer him!"

"Want to retreat to advance?" Duncan thought he had guessed the key point due to his rich fighting experience.

The manager called, he must have wanted to give Miduo a raise.But just scoring twice in one game and asking for a raise, isn't that too eager for quick success?

"No, you misunderstood me." The manager said, "It's a real request for a transfer."

"Why, which team has contacted Mido, tell me!" Duncan said, he wanted to see that the team was so "sighted".

"Miduo? I think you misunderstood. The midfielder I'm talking about is not Mido." The agent explained, "It's Joey Button."

"Joy Barton?"

(End of this chapter)