midfield god

Chapter 51

Steal the floating life for half a day.

After the team's afternoon training ended, Yunfei, who was going to continue training, was stopped by Bell who suddenly appeared.

"It's still early this afternoon, why don't you go to the youth team to see, I haven't seen Coach Craig for a long time!"

Bell's words convinced Yunfei. If it was for other reasons, Yunfei would probably not pay attention to it. But since he mentioned Coach Craig, Yunfei had no reason to reject Bell's proposal. He hadn't seen Coach Craig for a while.

In Southampton’s training base, the distance between the first team and the youth team is very far. The youth team is located at the far north of the training base, while the first team is at the far west. The two training grounds are separated by the reserve team training ground and the team’s office building, so they basically belong to two areas. Generally, it is difficult to see youth team players and coaches on the first team side.

When Yunfei and Bell appeared on the sidelines of the youth team's training field, no one noticed that these two former youth team darlings had quietly returned.

On the field, the players were fighting and running fiercely on the field, which made Yunfei feel like he was back to the way he was at the beginning of the year.

"Thinking about half a year ago, I almost quit the youth team. I didn't expect that if I didn't pay attention, the more I played, the better!" Yun Fei sighed unconsciously.

Bell rolled his eyes, expressing in his heart that this pretentious guy didn't want to talk to him at all.

Not long after, the training of the youth team ended, and Yunfei and Bell entered the training ground.

"Coach!" "Coach!"

The two greeted their mentor together. For all the players who came out of the youth team, Coach Craig is definitely a mentor for everyone's growth, especially for the help of young players. He is really devoted.

"Yunfei! Gareth!"

Coach Craig was also a little surprised. He went up and hugged his two disciples very happily. Since Yunfei and his group entered the first team, Coach Craig's life in the youth team has become more and more nourishing, especially the club has given Coach Craig greater support in the work of the youth team. The club also hopes that the youth team can continue to output such outstanding young people.

"You have performed very well recently, and you have not shamed our club!"

Coach Craig cheerfully praised his disciples, but he didn't expect Bell's face to drop immediately when he heard this.

"Coach! I haven't played yet!"

Bell muttered dissatisfiedly, the coach's praise is not equivalent to just praising Yunfei, he has never played in the game, not even in the big list.

Coach Craig laughed, obviously making a joke of Bell. After laughing, Coach Craig became a little more serious and continued: "Gareth, your question is whether to play as a defender or a frontcourt. It is a good thing to play a few positions, but your two positions are too conflicting. It is for your own good that you are not allowed to play. After all, it is related to your future development."

Coach Craig has also been paying attention to the development of his disciples. Among them, Suleman belongs to the kind of player whose style of play is relatively mature. After all, he is actually 3 years older than Yunfei and the others, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

And Yunfei's performance on the field is getting better and better now, and Coach Craig doesn't need to worry about it, mainly because he pays more attention to the remaining two.

Walcott and Bell have their own problems, some of which are even key problems that will affect their future development.

For example, Walcott, his problem is that his characteristics are too single. Relying solely on speed can be enjoyed in the youth team and even in the British Championship, but in the Premier League, relying on speed alone is useless.

In Coach Craig's view, Walcott not only needs to strengthen his physical resistance ability, but also needs to strengthen his foot skills. Looking at Yunfei's previous foundation, his footwork is getting better and better now, but Walcott's foot ability still hasn't improved much.

Of course, this is actually a bit of a challenge. Walcott still has progress, but if you look at Walcott from the perspective of Yunfei's progress, it's not that there is no progress. This is also the coach Craig who was influenced by Yunfei.

"As for you, Gareth, in fact, no matter whether you are playing before or after playing, don't you think about why Coach Harry has to determine your position before letting you play? Obviously, when many players first start playing professional games, they go up to find their own feelings. They don't have to play in the position they are used to. Why does Coach Harry have to determine your position?"

Coach Craig's words made Bell stunned. He always thought that he couldn't even make the squad because the head coach didn't know what position he would play, but what Coach Craig said made him completely confused.

At this time, Yunfei who was on the side listened with gusto. The problems of his teammates were also his own problems in a sense. There was no harm in listening more, and he could learn a lot from the coach.

"That's because first of all, you are not very sure what position you want to play. In this way, Coach Harry's decision will affect your entire career. How can he not be cautious!"

"Secondly, your defensive ability as a defender is not enough to meet the requirements of the first team. I think you should also understand. In fact, Coach Harry is also waiting. He wants to see if you have any willingness to strengthen your defensive ability, but now it seems that there should be no."

"So in the end, Coach Harry should let you play in the frontcourt, but you are not active here. Gareth, you have to understand that sometimes there are things you need to fight for yourself. No matter what position you play, as long as you can get the chance to play, that is good. Yunfei next to you is a good example. He has been working hard to strengthen his shortcomings, so that he can gradually get the chance to play. You have to understand that the coach will not easily let a player with obvious flaws play!"

"Think about it, if your defensive ability passes the test, how can you not even make the squad when the first team lacks full-backs now, right?"

Coach Crake’s words made Bell fall into deep thought. Yes, he couldn’t play. Was it because he didn’t know his position on the court? Did he really fight for the chance to play? Once you think about some superficial problems, you will find that there are more and deeper problems behind the superficial surface. Obviously, Bell’s current situation definitely has a lot to do with his current attitude!

(End of this chapter)