coach legend

Chapter 36 Welcome to the First Division League
After loaning out Frank Lampard, George announced the closure of the transfer market.

Burnley's actions this year are not small. After dealing with many old players last year, George bought a total of eight players.This year, George also dealt with seven players, bought five players, and loaned one player.

George dealt with a large number of key players last year, which made many people worry about Burnley's future.But the players George bought performed quite well, the most outstanding of course being Karel Poborski.Poborski was not only the top scorer in England's second division last season, but also the best assister in England's second division.

Therefore, Burnley took the lead in the second division last season and became the champion of the second division without any suspense.Also got a list of upgrades.

Unexpectedly, just after being promoted to the First Division, Manchester United poached Burnley's biggest player.After Karel Poborski's £400million move to Manchester United, I don't know how many Burnley fans have started cursing Manchester United.

Of course, Darren Huckabee is the only main player who left Burnley this year, except for Poboski.But Darren Huckabee's goals in the second division are not too many.After George bought Kevin Phillips, everyone settled down.In their opinion, Kevin Phillips, who has scored more than ten goals in the First Division, is far better than Darren Huckabee.

And only Ljungberg was bought in Poborski's position, which worried many Burnley fans.

This worry makes George very funny. If he can, George would rather sell Poborski than Darren Huckabee.Ljungberg is perfectly capable of replacing Poborski, but Kevin Phillips and Darren Huckabee are completely different types of forwards.

Darren Huckabee is quick and can hit almost any position in the frontcourt.But Kevin Phillips is a pure shooter, and an opportunistic one at that.George would be very happy to have a versatile player like Darren Huckabee in the frontcourt.It is a pity that the current Burnley is not at the same level as Coventry in terms of attractiveness and competitiveness.

However, with the closure of the transfer market, the list of Burnley's first team has also come out.

门将：1号米勒（33岁，英格兰人）、22号比利·菲利格斯（34岁，英格兰人）、27号马丁·米姆斯（21岁，英格兰人）。

后卫：2号格兰特（32岁，英格兰人）、5号米切尔·金（33岁，英格兰人）、4号加里·布林（22岁，爱尔兰人）、3号丹尼尔·莫里森（18岁，英格兰人）、17号戴维·沃德（25岁，英格兰人）、24号阿曼·唐纳德森（26岁，英格兰人）、28号史蒂夫·芬南（20岁、爱尔兰人）、33号马修·厄普森（17岁，英格兰人）。

中场：7号弗雷德里克·永贝里（19岁，瑞典人）、8号丹尼·墨菲（19岁，英格兰人）、6号伊恩·科伊德（28岁，英格兰人）、11号阿什利·查普曼（19岁，英格兰人）、13号迈克尔·巴拉克（20岁，德国人）、19号尼尔·伦农（25岁，爱尔兰人）、23号弗兰克·兰帕德（18岁，英格兰人）、42号索尔坎普（31岁，英格兰人）。

前锋：12号凯文·菲利普斯（23岁，英格兰人）、9号理查德·布罗迪（27岁，英格兰人）、15号克洛泽（18岁，德国人）、33号戴维·麦克古克（30岁，爱尔兰人）。

The above is Burnley's final squad for the new season. All eyes are actually on Frederick Ljungberg.In fact, in Burnley, there are not a few people who can play right midfielder.Including Danny Murphy, Ashley Chapman, and Solkamp are all able to play this position.

But George gave the number left by Poborski to the 19-year-old Swedish player.And Ljungberg is also the player with the highest transfer fee since George took over Burnley.Of course, it is also the player with the highest transfer fee in Burnley's history, which cost Burnley 80 pounds.

However, Ljungberg and Poboski are indeed somewhat different. Poboski also spent Burnley's highest transfer fee when he transferred.But Poborski has an introverted personality, and he was able to integrate into the team quickly after arriving at Burnley.

But after Ljungberg came to Burnley, he was a little arrogant and out of place.Always thinking that he is superior, this makes George a little headache.

However, Ljungberg's strength has been unanimously recognized by the players, including the coaching staff, who believe that Ljungberg's strength is very good.Not at all inferior to the departing Poborski.

The closure of the transfer door gave George and Evan Sawyer more time to study Burnley's tactical training for the new season.

Although Mitchell King is old, his body and skills are still good for playing in the First Division.In the new season, George will continue to use Mitchell King and Gary Breen as the central defender combination in the new season. Grant on the right is a bit old.George will gradually replace the aging Grant with Steve Finnan this season.

With the addition of Lampard, George will have to make great changes to the midfield.George's thinking has always been very clear, talking about offense on the basis of doing a good job of defense.So in the second division, George used Neil Lennon and Danny Murphy as a defensive midfielder, while Ballack played most of the time as an attacking midfielder.

But this time George put Neil Lennon as a defensive midfielder at the back, while Ballack also dropped back and became a midfielder.Not only to defend, but the most important thing is to control the rhythm of the team.George knew that this would weaken Ballack's scoring ability, but George could only sacrifice Ballack for the sake of the team as a whole.

And Lampard will be on the left, but the position is not fixed.Lampard will cover all positions in the frontcourt, because Lampard's excellent running ability is what George needs most.Ljungberg is going to go in like a sharp knife.

George attaches great importance to the midfield, whether it is offensive or defensive midfield is a must.Therefore, if George wants to use Neil Lennon as a full-time defensive midfielder, he will also let Ballack sacrifice his offensive ability and step back to control the rhythm of the entire team.

George has full trust in Ballack, and I believe that even if he controls the game, Ballack will definitely be able to perform very well.

George's first options at forward line are Richard Brody and Kevin Phillips.

…………

Just before the game, Burnley played several warm-up games.There are winners and losers, and George doesn't pay much attention to the result.What George likes most is the process of the game.

Generally speaking, Burnley's performance is still good, especially Ballack, who is in a retreat position, has shown great control, which makes George ecstatic.

Of course, there are many problems, especially Ljungberg on the right.Ljungberg is very strong and has amazing breakthrough ability.But I always fight alone and don't like to cooperate with others very much.Giving George a headache.

Fortunately, during this period of time, besides being busy with the running-in of the team, George has more important things to do.

(End of this chapter)