Soccer Card System

Chapter 6 The Situation Is Serious

Chapter 6 Situation is grim
In a small conference room in the team office building, Gao Bo met his assistant in Luton.

Most English teams do not have a team manager or technical director who is above the head coach, so now in Luton, apart from the boss David Morton, the head coach Gao Bo has the most power.

"This is Mr. Gao Bo from China. Starting today, he will be the team's head coach!" David Morton said.

The coaches and staff members in the room were all looking at Gao Bo with curious eyes.

Luton is a small city near London. Most Chinese tourists like to go to London to see Big Ben, or to more famous cities like Manchester and Liverpool. There are not many opportunities to see Chinese tourists in Luton.

There are not many Chinese tourists, let alone a Chinese who suddenly came to the team and became everyone's boss.

Gao Bo today is wearing a black suit, black suit pants and black leather shoes, and a long windbreaker on his body. He has not buttoned it, revealing the shirt inside. He has a sharp face, thick eyebrows, sharp eyes, a straight nose bridge, and a curved mouth, showing a friendly smile.

A 27-year-old young man, who is still a Chinese, has been appointed as the head coach of Luton. If the news spreads, the local media in Luton and even the media in London will definitely pay attention.

However, do the Chinese understand football?

Everyone's curiosity gradually turned into suspicion. Everyone looked at this young man who suddenly appeared in Luton. Can this seemingly harmless young man lead Luton out of the predicament?
"Mr. Gao Bo used to be the head coach of the Chelsea U18 youth team and led Chelsea U18 to win the FA Youth Cup! He also has a UEFA A-level coaching certificate!" David Morton continued.

Everyone showed a look of surprise. Being able to coach Chelsea U18 and lead the team to win the championship at least shows that Gao Bo is a capable person, a capable person, no matter which country he is from, at least he will get a minimum of respect.The UEFA A-level coaching certificate did not make this group of English people feel anything special-there is really not much market for academic coaches in English football, especially in the middle and lower reaches and low-level leagues.

After briefly introducing Gao Bo, David Morton introduced his colleagues here.

Due to the team's crisis, the former coach had already left before the end of last season, and his coaching staff members also left, so now there are only two first-team coaches in this room.

Assistant coach John Aston, he was once a legendary player of the team. Before becoming the assistant coach of the team, he was still the head of the Luton youth team. Now John Aston is the acting head coach of the team. Of course, after Gao Bo took office, his role has become an assistant coach again.

However, John Aston was not dissatisfied because Gao Bo robbed him of his head coach position. John knew his own level, and it was hopeless for him to take the team to play in the second division. Moreover, he stayed not because of coveting the position of head coach, but because of his love for the team.So John still smiled and greeted Gao Bo.

There is also physical coach Mel Donald, who is also a veteran who has served the team for more than 20 years, so he did not leave when the team encountered a crisis.

In addition to these two coaches, the others are the coaches of the youth team.

Luton's first team has been very turbulent in the past two seasons, but the youth team is still stable. The youth training system of England's teams is very complete. Even some seventh-level and eighth-level teams often have a complete echelon system.

The same is true for Luton, from the U8 all the way to the U18, Luton has a dedicated person in charge of each age group.This situation is very common in England. Of course, for Luton, the age group below U14 is more of a wide-spread net. It is similar in nature to domestic football interest classes, and there are also a lot of people. Starting from U15, it is an elite training mode. Starting from this age group, it is the echelon that really needs to invest some money to maintain.

There are not many coaches in the Luton youth team, and the total number of coaches of all age groups is only a dozen or so.

In addition to coaches, there are also stadium maintenance personnel, team scouts and so on.

Gao Bo greeted his new colleagues one by one with a smile, showing his friendliness and respect. Generally speaking, this meeting gave everyone a good impression of Gao Bo.

Now that the season is over and the players have left the team to start their vacations, Gao Bo has no chance to meet his players now.

However, being in peace does not hinder Gao Bo's upcoming work.

This afternoon, Gao Bo started working. He first needed to understand the current situation in Luton.

And when John Aston gave Gao Bo the current roster, Gao Bo discovered that the team's situation was far worse than he imagined.

There are currently only three players on the team over the age of 21.

The captain of the team, the 32-year-old Kevin Keane, is also the main midfielder of the team-a midfielder who is enough to gain a foothold in the British Championship. He is a veteran who has already played for the team in the British Championship in previous years.Although he is 32 years old, Kevin still has many suitors, but when the team is in crisis, Kevin Keane chooses to be loyal to the team.

Forward Sam Parker, the backup forward last season, is 27 years old this year.John Aston believes the striker's chances of staying with the team this season are also slim.And the reason why he is still in the team is because Sam Parker suffered a serious injury last season, so it's not that he doesn't want to go, but that he can't go for the time being.

Central defender George Parker, a product of the team's youth training, is 26 years old this year, and his strength is not bad. At least in the second division of England, George is still able to handle it with ease.

Except for these three players, the other players are all young players under the age of 21!

This means that the team lineup that played in League One last season has basically left.So now the team only has players promoted from the youth team available!
Most of the players in the youth team have no experience in professional leagues. Even if such a team composed of young people has not been deducted [-] points, it will be difficult to avoid relegation in the second division.
Gao Bo rubbed his forehead, it seems that the situation is much more serious than imagined.

(End of this chapter)