Father Green

Chapter 30: Jason Dodd

"The players I read below will report to the first team at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Defender Luke Shaw, midfielder James Ward-Prowse, forward Jack Sinclair. I will train with the first team, and there will be a lot of opportunities to play in the first team. Of course, you must work harder when you get to the first team, because the competition for the first team is very fierce. If you think that everything will be fine if you enter the first team, negative If you sabotage your work and don't work hard, then I'm sorry and go back where you came from." Charlotte glanced at the three players standing in front of all the players and finally said: "Of course, other players in the youth team should not be depressed. Ke Shaw, Ward Prowse and Sinclair, there will be other young players tomorrow. The premise is to work hard to improve their abilities. When the coaching staff thinks that someone meets the requirements of the first team, then he will be able to go to the first team soon. The first team meets with Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw and others."

The last sentence is naturally to encourage the remaining young players. He who comes from five years later naturally knows how good Southampton's youth training is.

The three standing in the front row were naturally very excited. It was the dream of all youth team players to go to the first team.

Charlotte originally wanted to transfer Luke Shaw and Ward Prowse, but after watching Jack Sinclair's training, he also transferred the former Chelsea hopeful Scott Sinclair's The younger brother joined it, because he found that Jack Sinclair was very fast and had a strong breakthrough ability. He was also considered an independent flock among this group of youth team players, so he did not hesitate to raise it.

Under the envious eyes of other youth team players, Luke Xiao and others led the youth team to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes, and their training for today is over.

The youth team was disbanded, but Charlotte did not leave, but found the head coach of the youth team, Jason Dodd.

"I'm sorry, Jason, I transferred your three generals at once." Charlotte explained with a smile.

Maybe it's because Charlotte finally noticed the youth training, or maybe it's the reason why he didn't hit the smiling face. Jason's dissatisfaction with Charlotte is gone now.

"Providing talents for the first team is the purpose of the youth team, so you don't have to take it to heart. If there is no player in the youth team that you can look up to, that is the failure of our work." Jason Dodd is expressionless .

"I have noticed that Southampton has a very good youth training system, including Adam Lallana, Theo Walcott, Chamberlain and Gareth Bale before, and now Luke Shaw, Prowse, etc. People, this fully demonstrates the abilities and achievements of the coaches of the youth team." Charlotte first poured some honey on Jason Dodd to avoid the other party getting angry later.

Sure enough, after hearing Charlotte's praise, the expression on Jason Dodd's face became a little better. Of course, Charlotte didn't notice this change for the other party's appearance.
"Rice mentioned the issue of the youth team to me before. I think you may have misunderstood me, Jason. I personally attach great importance to youth training. Southampton's youth training system is among the best in England, so if If I ignore the youth team of the Saints, it is undoubtedly a beggar throwing away a ten-carat South African diamond." Charlotte said seriously.

When it comes to clubs with excellent youth training in England, if you only know Manchester United, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, then you are too ignorant, because Southampton's youth training is no worse than them, and they are even developing young players In terms of ability, Southampton may still be above them.

"So I attach great importance to the youth team, and I have watched a lot of youth team game videos and materials. In addition to the three players I just transferred, I also pay more attention to Karim Chambers. The potential of this little guy is quite good. , can be further explored.”

Jason Dodd agrees with this point, because the coaching staff of the youth team also believes that Chambers has great potential. He may not be able to keep up with Ward-Prowse, but it is more than enough for the first team in the Premier League in the future. .

It's just that Jason Dodd is a little funny that Charlotte is only 23 years old now, and Chambers is also 16 years old, but Charlotte calls someone a little guy, it seems that you are a little guy yourself
"However, I found that Chambers lacked the overall situation in the positions of winger and central midfielder. He may not lack speed, but he did not have the ability to connect the frontcourt and the midfielder that midfielders need. At the same time, I noticed that his defensive ability is good, maybe we should develop him in a different way, for example let him try the position of right back."

Jason Dodd frowned.

After Charlotte finished speaking, she kept paying attention to Jason Dodd's expression. After seeing the other party frowning, she thought that the other party was angry, so she was more worried.

Don't look at Charlotte is now the head coach of Southampton, but the Southampton club is not very convinced of him, especially the management and coaching staff.

And Jason Dodd is the most prestigious in the coaching staff, even though he is only the coach of the youth team.Jason Dodd was born in Southampton and joined Southampton's youth training camp at the age of 12. As a player, Jason Dodd dedicated his youth to the "saints" in his mind. He played for Southampton for a total of 17 years.

In the last season, due to the influence of age and injuries, his condition was not good. He only played five times in the first half of the season. In the second half of the season, he was loaned to the Championship team Plymouth and spent half of the season in Plymouth. After the season, he transferred to Brighton on a free transfer during the summer transfer, and finally retired after staying in Brighton for a season and chose to return to Southampton to join the coaching staff training class, and finally became the Southampton youth team The head coach and the second in command of the youth academy.

During Jason Dodd's Southampton period, the team has been in England's top professional league, formerly known as League One and later renamed the Premier League.After Jason Dodd was promoted to the first team, his number of starting games in the league every season was in double digits, and he often played more than [-] times in his peak period.

Whether it is the Southampton coaching staff, club management or fans, they all respect the 41-year-old but has played for Southampton for nearly 30 years.

It can be said that among Southampton's celebrities, apart from "God" Matthew Le Tissier, Jason Dodd is the most popular person among fans and clubs.

So if Jason Dodd takes the lead against Charlotte, then even if he is not fired, he will not be able to move an inch on the team.

But Charlotte was obviously overwhelmed. Jason Dodd touched his chin after thinking for nearly a minute: "What you said makes sense Charlotte, I think Kareem Chambers will try it from tomorrow." Check out the new location and role."

Charlotte was overjoyed: "Thank you, I think Chambers will surprise you, Jason."

Jason Dodd's feelings for Charlotte have changed a lot, and he showed a rare smile: "This is a good thing for the kid Kareem. If he can perform well in the new position, then his potential Will be fully developed and if he doesn't fit the position I might have to consider bringing him back, but thank you very much for your interest in the academy."

If it was other coaches, they might dislike Charlotte intervening in their own affairs. After all, a 41-year-old who started learning to play football at the age of six and has been a coach for five or six years has been dismissed by a 23-year-old who just graduated from college. No matter how you look at it, the "kid" who has no actual football experience to intervene in his own training seems to be provocative, even though this "kid" graduated from the famous Cologne sports school.

But Jason Dodd's personality doesn't match his appearance at all. Under his rough appearance, which seems manic, savage and arrogant, there is an open-minded heart for studying and rigorous pursuit of football.

Otherwise, Charlotte would have spit all over her face long ago.

It's just that Charlotte didn't feel friendly when she saw Jason Dodd's smile, but felt creepy instead. There was no way, Jason Dodd's natural condition was like this.