i am beckham

Chapter 101 What is England's locker room like?
Seeing Venables grinning and threatening to either win the championship or kick a few times, the players were stunned at once. Beckham felt that this kind of old bastard could control the big guys in the dressing room, especially that big bastard Gascoigne.

Bobby Robson may be able to intimidate these old players with his prestige, but he will definitely not be surprised when he leads the England team to play in the World Series.

The England team under him will most likely be disciplined and fight against each other. In the European Cup group stage, they will advance to the knockout round with the second place in the group. However, the team will probably experience a hard battle in the next knockout round.

At that time, whoever makes a mistake will be a sinner through the ages, and will be cast aside by fans for two years.After that, there will be the next competition, and the English media will still select the sinners of the competition. At this time, the previous sinners can be relieved.

This is the best result of Robson leading the team. There is a high probability that he will not be able to find a way to get along with Gascoigne, and will exclude him from the European Cup squad.

Beckham observed Robson's training sessions when he was at Barcelona's summer camp. The first part of the training was always physical training, followed by team shooting exercises, and finally group battles, with occasional heated discussions with a coach from Portugal.

He thinks that Robson is a great player, but as a head coach, he does not have industry-leading talents, so the England team will not end well in his hands.

Robson knew very well that he couldn't move England's crappy Knick, so he rejected the FA three times in a year, and later strongly recommended Venables, which can be regarded as fulfilling his responsibility.

No one believed that a decent person like him would give up when encountering obstacles, and this guy Venables obviously did not have a strong contract spirit. The motivations for doing things he was born more than 50 years ago were almost only dreams and money. It is best to mix them together to make him feel exciting.

As soon as Cruyff found out that his physical condition was going downhill, he immediately retired to work in agriculture. In order to earn more money for a few years, Venables has been mixed from the Premier League to the Super League, and he didn't try to be the head coach until he couldn't get along.

His past coaching career has fully proved that he is only suitable to be in charge of the club's daily training and competition, which is his longboard.As a thorn who tried to dominate the locker room as a player, he was the center of influence in all the teams he played for, and his excellent career experience made him easy to win the favor of players.

But it has to be said that Venables' attribute points are not balanced. As long as the management scope exceeds the competitive scope, he will become mediocre and greedy.

However, the scope of power given to the head coach by the English professional league is very broad. A head coach is not only responsible for the club's competitive work, but also can make decisions on club personnel changes, player transfers, youth training construction, financial management, etc., and only needs to be responsible to the board of directors.

That's why people in England refer to the head coach of the club as the manager, and players usually refer to their head coach as the boss.

If the scope of authority of a head coach in other countries is equivalent to that of a department manager, then in England he is at least the head of a branch. This kind of position with great power and sensitive status is not easy to stay for too long, and the requirements for a head coach are also extremely demanding.

That's why famous Premier League coaches like Ferguson and Arsene Wenger shyly said to the media that "the strongest lineup is already in the lineup" when the transfer market was inflated.

Especially Wenger, in order to help the club solve the loan pressure, the seller has been repaying the interest for many years, but he can only pull carrots from the youth academy.Even in such a difficult situation, he still kept Arsenal in the Champions League for many years in a row, and he was able to advance in the group stage of the Champions League, taking all the bonuses within his ability.

This is not easy, and the title of "Sixteen Lang of the Champions League" is not something that any head coach can do.Don't forget that when he first came to England, Arsenal were still a team that played long balls.

Venables’ authority in Barcelona is limited to the competitive part, and he only has the right to advise on player transfers, so his results are good. In the England team, he can improve his performance without distraction. He can choose players from all over England. Thinking about other areas is useless, so he can only concentrate on his business, and he also wants to do some "independent innovation".

It's a pity that this group of English players were all born within ten years after the end of the 1966 World Cup. They have been tortured by long passes for a long time. Not only are their thinking rigid, but they also have single functions. There are very few players who can be used to great effect.

Even the elite of these English players can't adapt to the new tactics for a while. They can run the running tactics in training, but they can't master the 4-3-3 at all.

Outstanding wingers and midfielders have always been the shortcomings of English football. Ever since high-altitude bombing tactics were established throughout England, those players with good skills and spirituality but poor physical condition were basically eliminated before the age of 15. England's Messi, Xavi and Iniesta were all shot to death in the bud.

Venables was not prepared to play 4-3-3 at first. This formation requires the team to control the football through short passes. The midfielder must have players with excellent passing ability. The more the better, and the two wingers must be destructive.

Once this situation is formed, the defensive side is usually in a hurry when intercepting and blocking. If the offensive side can build pressure in the frontcourt immediately, the football will return to its own feet with a high probability, and then organize a wave of progressive attacks.

The Barcelona Dream Team took this tactic to the extreme at its peak, always keeping the football at its feet, passing the ball to the most uncomfortable position for the opponent, just not conceding the ball.

In those years, when other teams saw Barcelona’s 170-plus potatoes on the field, they hated them so much, but their passing speed was so fast, their personal ability was so strong, and they didn’t even give you the chance of malicious fouls.

When you can touch the opposing player, it is usually a dangerous area, and whoever fouls is the stick.

Although Venables doesn't know there is a team like Barcelona yet, his highest expectation for this formation is basically like this.

This formation was not used before because the team's right wing was not up to standard.While Anderton is a well-rounded player and has often performed well for England, his defense is strong and his offense is weak. It is a bit reluctant to use him as a sharp sword on the right wing, and it also wastes his excellent defensive ability.

But Venables suddenly revived expectations for a 4-3-3 after seeing Beckham cut inside at the Double Reds.

In his mind, letting Ince, who is currently the top beast in Europe, set up a midfielder with organizational skills and take care of the cleaning work in the midfield can free Gascoigne to devote himself to attacking.

In the frontcourt, McManaman and Beckham's skills are very good, and the latter's running ability is really amazing. If he is allowed to take charge of the right corridor, the England team is equivalent to four midfielders.

Once the team's tactics are formed, although he dare not say who will beat whom, but he thinks there is still hope for the German team's semi-mechanical and semi-automatic dull team.

So before the first warm-up match, Venables sent out the 4-3-3 formation that he had practiced together. He also let the team practice this formation before.
He feels that as a professional player, even if the England team can't play the essence of the formation, they can always get some improvement.

As a professional player, it is impossible to change the formation and not be able to play. Right.

England's first opponent was the Swedish team. After the warm-up, Adams kept kicking the football against the wall, and the sound echoed in the locker room.

Others didn't complain too much, because everyone was very noisy.

Venables and Gascoigne were guessing the heads and tails of a coin. Gascoigne guessed it right. He slammed the neck of the England coach. A crisp sound made the locker room quiet.

Everyone listened to what was going on and turned their heads. It was estimated that Gascoigne would hang up this time, but Venables gritted his teeth and vowed to knock off the opponent's neck next time.

Seeing that the two bastards are safe and sound, the locker room reverts back to the farmers market.

Beckham touched Gary Neville with a surprised face: "Why didn't you tell me that the England dressing room is like this?"

(End of this chapter)