Father Green

Chapter 87: Interview
"The club agreed to me early on to inject funds into signings in the winter, and this aspect is not a problem. So what is our next focus?" Charlotte said slowly.

The coaches looked at each other, apparently not knowing what Charlotte was referring to.

"Guys, what is the goal we set for the team at the beginning of the season? Relegation! So congratulations, we have achieved this goal half a season ahead of schedule." Charlotte shrugged.

And the coaches laughed.

The Premier League has a theoretical relegation score, which is about 38 to 41 points, and the English Championship also has a theoretical relegation score, which is about 44 to 47 points, so Nanan, who currently has 44 points Puton can already be said to have succeeded in relegation ahead of schedule.

But with Southampton's current results, only relegation?Apparently what a joke.

"Since relegation is no longer a worry, should we consider some other pursuits? For example. Upgrade?"

According to Southampton's current situation, everyone has reason to believe that they are one of the favorites for promotion.It's just that no one inside Southampton has proposed such a concept before. Most of them are the club chairman and owner Charlotte said in private, but the coaching staff, staff and players have not raised it.

In fact, Southampton's current good performance was also related to luck. Those teams who were relegated from the Premier League came to the Championship in their first season who were not troublemakers, even if they failed to return to the Premier League. The rankings of the season are also near the promotion play-off area.But this season, whether it is the veteran team West Ham United or the lifters Birmingham and Blackpool, the results are not satisfactory, which makes Charlotte's Southampton the best in the league.

At the same time, the good luck factor is reflected in the fact that half a season has passed. Although Southampton has occasional injuries, there are no large-scale injuries.Otherwise, with the current staffing of the Saints, once they encounter a large-scale injury like Arsenal, relegation will be very dangerous.

So even some famous coaches often say that a season is very long. Apart from all human controllable factors such as strength and tactics, luck occupies a considerable part.

As Charlotte's chief assistant, after Charlotte proposed a goal, he immediately answered: "The possibility of getting a promotion spot based on our current results is very high. Don't crash, even fight for the title."

Now Southampton has 44 points, seven points ahead of No.2 Reading, and nine points ahead of No.3 Nottingham Forest. Such a big advantage does qualify for the championship.

"According to the law of each season of the British Championship and the Premier League, from the end of January to the end of March is the time when the team's injuries break out on a large scale. This time is the time to test the team. Many teams with the ability to compete for the championship are At this stage, it is easy to fall behind, and the originally worry-free team may fall into the quagmire of relegation." Tony Cotton of technical analysis expressed his opinion.

Charlotte nodded, this is actually no secret.Because the English league is fiercely competitive and has a lot of games. At the same time, it is different from the other four major European leagues that have a winter break. When drunk.

After half a season of fierce competition for the team, the physical function of the players will drop significantly from the end of January. This is an important reason why Premier League teams are often prone to large-scale injuries during this time period.

The most famous is Arsenal. Arsenal used to be the leader of the league from September to February next year. Everyone thought that the championship would eventually belong to the Emirates Stadium. The only question is how long Manchester United can snipe the other side. .

But after the UEFA Champions League kicked off in February, Arsenal suffered from various injuries. When it was the worst, even making up the starting 11 made Wenger think about it for a long time. list of people.

At the same time, the final league title also missed Arsenal.

Of course Charlotte knew this, and he had his own countermeasures.

The whole meeting lasted all afternoon and didn't end until six o'clock in the evening.

After returning from the training base, Charlotte didn't go home directly, but went to the old Rhode's house not far away for dinner.In the past few months, Charlotte and the old Rhodes family have become very familiar, especially when the team's performance is good, the old Rhodes will always invite Charlotte to his home for supper and a drink.

Danny Rhodes is an 80-year-old man, and his family are all fans of Southampton. In the words of the old man, when he was young, his father had already taken him to the stadium to watch Southampton games At that time, the team was not at St. Mary's Stadium, but at "Little Valley Stadium".

Because at the age of 60, he was diagnosed with heart disease, so his family seldom let him go to the stadium to watch the game.In the two times when the team was relegated from the Premier League and from the English Championship to the League One, Mr. Rhodes, who couldn't stand the excitement, fainted directly after watching the live broadcast at home and was sent to the intensive care of Southampton Royal College of Medicine. In the room, especially the old man who was relegated from the British Championship to the League One almost didn't survive.

So since that time, his family has been even more afraid to let him watch the game. Even if it is news about the team, they only choose good news to tell the old man, for fear that he will not be able to stand the excitement.

It is said that after learning that the team had hired a 23-year-old kid like Charlotte as the head coach, Mr. Rhodes smashed all the TV sets in their home.

Since the old man knew that Charlotte lived near his home, he had to trouble Charlotte every night.

Charlotte still remembers the first time she met Mr. Rhodes. When he came back from the training base that night, he saw the old man blocking the door of his house. Then the [-]-year-old old man pointed at his chest with a walking stick and said: "Listen, boy. If you dare to relegate Southampton, I'll throw you into the English Channel to feed the sharks!"

Later, as the team's performance got better and better, the old man naturally fell in love with Charlotte.Fans are like this, when they like you, they will support you without reservation.

So, after going back and forth like this, Charlotte became acquainted with this lovely old man's family.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when Charlotte returned home after dinner, took a shower and went straight to sleep.

Since the whole team was on vacation the next day, Charlotte simply turned off the alarm clock and planned to sleep until she woke up naturally.

As a result, the long-standing habit of getting up early has formed a biological clock in his body, so Charlotte wakes up naturally at six o'clock in the morning.

"I finally want to sleep late." Charlotte has a habit of not being able to fall asleep once she wakes up.So he didn't stay on the bed at all, got up to wash up, and then ate two pieces of bread and a glass of milk for breakfast.

It has been a long time abroad, and Charlotte misses the soy milk fritters and pancakes that she used to eat for breakfast.Although there are quite a few Chinese restaurants in Southampton, they are a bit far from where Charlotte lives. At the same time, these Chinese restaurants are all for dinner, and there is no such thing as soy milk fritters in any restaurant.

She wore a tight-fitting and warm sportswear inside, and a slightly thicker cardigan sweater outside, then put on the earphones and turned on the music on the phone, and Charlotte went out.

Charlotte has always had the habit of running in the morning. This habit was left when he was still in high school in China, and he has persisted until now.

That's why, the club doesn't go to work until nine o'clock, but Charlotte usually gets up at six o'clock.

"Merry Christmas, George."

"Merry Christmas? Oh, hell Charlotte, you haven't woken up yet, Christmas is next month!"

"Really? I thought it was today."

"Hey Jose, good morning!"

"Charlotte? Good morning!"

Every time she ran a distance, Charlotte greeted some neighbors she met.

Charlotte, who was running sweaty, came back to the door and saw two people waiting at the door, and they were Chinese compatriots.Europeans and Americans may not be able to tell the difference between Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese, but as a Chinese, you can tell at a glance whether the other party is your compatriot.

"Who are you?" Charlotte asked with some doubts.

"Hello, Mr. Charlotte. We are reporters from Sina Sports. My name is Yu Hang, and this is my assistant, Li Dan." Wearing black-rimmed glasses, Yu Hang doesn't look like a media worker, but more like A literary youth.

Yu Hang is not used to calling a young man ten years younger than himself Mr., because most of the people he deals with are his peers, followed by those old people.For a 23-year-old young man like Xia Luo, Yu Hang usually comes into contact with interns, such as this Li Dan who is carrying a camera bag.

"Hello" Charlotte's lips twitched. Li Dan's "clear and refined" name is not something everyone can handle.

"We submitted an interview application to the Southampton club. The press officer there told us that the time is scheduled for today, but this morning we went to the club and found out that the club is on holiday today. The staff there asked us to come to your home to find you" Yu Hang was a little embarrassed.

As a talented student who graduated from a top school in sports media, he has connections all over the world. Although he can't walk sideways, he knows people who can talk to him wherever he goes.

But today he found that he seemed...probably might have been let go, which made Yu Hang, who has a relationship with the AFC and UEFA, feel very embarrassed.
Charlotte was even more embarrassed. He always felt that he had forgotten something in the past two days, but he couldn't remember it all the time. Only when he saw these two people today did he finally remember it.

He remembered that Les Reid once told him that a media from China wanted to interview him for an exclusive interview.He specially arranged the time for today, because he has been really busy recently, and it happens to be a holiday today, so he has time.

But I forgot about it when I was busy these days. A few days ago, Charlotte's mind was full of "ex-boyfriend" Adkins who killed her "girlfriend". These days, her mind was always about the winter transfer period. matter.

As for the interview?Charlotte had long since forgotten.