midfield god

Chapter 76 Same Thoughts

At this time, Redknapp was sitting in his office, thinking about the training performance of the players today.He needs to settle on a starting roster before his next game.

Looking at it now, the team's goalkeeper and back line basically don't need to be moved, just keep it as it is, and the team doesn't have any particularly outstanding young people in the back line.The main problem is concentrated in the midfield.

The competition in the midfield is fierce now. There are six or seven players who can play, but only three players can play in each game. This is not a small test for the head coach.

At present, the combination of Wise, Oakley and Yunfei is a relatively conservative but safe choice. A full-time defender and a defender with organizational skills will completely liberate Yunfei's offensive power.This may also be Redknapp's main choice for a while.

But in fact, Redknapp still prefers Suleman to be in the front and let Yunfei organize in the center, so that the team will be more aggressive and have a more layered offense, but this will put a lot of pressure on the team's defense. These two options depend on how Redknapp chooses according to different opponents.

As for the frontcourt, with Fuller's current state, he must occupy the main position of the center forward, and there are centers as options on the bench.The main problem lies in the two wings. Now Redknapp can see that the wings are all young people. This is not good news.

In this lineup, whether the wing can be opened or not determines whether the team's offense can be effective. At present, Walcott is young and mature, and can occupy a starting spot.

When young people get excited, they sometimes scare people to death, just like what Bell did when he came off the bench in the last game, but once the headwind or not too excited, it may cause a lot of damage to the team. The team still needs some mature players to improve the stability of the lineup.

So even if Jones is not very suitable for this position, Redknapp still has to let Jones play, which is impossible.

Unless Bell can continue to perform as brightly as Yunfei, otherwise, his road to starting is still very long.

"Playing Preston in the next game is the best opportunity to test our new formation and new tactics. If this game can be won easily, I think this step is the right one!"

Redknapp murmured, after all, changing formation is not a trivial matter. Although he has not encountered too much resistance now, if the team's performance continues to decline, it will inevitably cause a rebound from the team and the senior management, and the pressure on his shoulders is also great.

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Preston, this is a team with a long history. In their honor book, in addition to the two FA Cup champions, the two British champions are even more eye-catching. Unfortunately, the era of these two British champions is too long. It dates back to the last century. Yes, you read that right, the last century!

Preston once won the British Championship twice in the 1888-89 and 1889-90 seasons, which is really a very long time ago.Of course, those two FA Cup winners are actually a long way from now, one of them is even older than when they won the British Championship, and the most recent one dates back to the 1937-38 season.

Generally speaking, this is a team with a long history and rich ancestors, so it can be regarded as having some heritage.

Back to reality, Preston can be regarded as a strong team in the British Championship. They ranked fourth in the league last season. Although they failed to stand out from the play-offs, this league ranking has already demonstrated their strength.

However, after the start of this level, Preston's state is not very stable. So far, 11 rounds have passed, and they have lost four games and tied three games, so the ranking of the league has dropped to No.13.Before this round against Southampton, Preston had been unable to win four consecutive rounds and only scored one goal in these four rounds.It is no exaggeration to describe it as poor defense and weak offense.

Preston's head coach Billy Davis was also worried about the team's poor state at this time.Preston’s performance this season has been ups and downs, and the record is bad, which also makes Billy Davis feel the pressure as the team’s head coach. Although the team’s senior management said that they still trust him, they also hope that the team can return to the track of victory as soon as possible.

Compared with Preston, Southampton's state is not much better. Since the wave of winning streak at the beginning of the season, they have been even and negative, and it is difficult to win a win, so Billy Davis still has a reason to regard Southampton as a soft persimmon.

"In the next game, the young man who performed well before Southampton will be back. I don't think this game will be that easy to play. You have to plan!" Billy Davis' assistant reminded.

"His performance is good, but it's not to the point where we need to be afraid of him. After all, he's just a child. Don't look at playing well now. We might see him at the end of the season. We just need to do what we should do. It should be no problem to beat Southampton who is in poor form!"

Billy Davis is full of confidence. He believes in the strength of his players. They were No.4 last season, and their ability is absolutely unquestionable. As long as they can get back their form, kicking a bunch of kids will definitely be easy!
"So, how are you going to get them back in shape?"

"Change formation!"

After thinking about it for so long, Billy Davis came up with a change of formation!
"How are you going to change?"

"I observed Southampton's games during this period and formulated targeted tactics. We changed to play four backs just to implement my tactics. Since our state is not good, we can achieve the goal of winning by letting the opponent play worse than us. Maybe we can reverse the team's current poor state!"

Davis' assistant nodded. There is some truth to what he said. It is necessary to think of some extraordinary measures in extraordinary situations. Maintaining the status quo means slow death. It is not wrong to do so.

"As long as the rhythm of the game is controlled by us, we will have enough chances to defeat our opponents. Although it is not easy, there is no way to do it. It depends on how well our players play!"

Billy Davis scratched his head in annoyance, the enigmatic state of the team is really frustrating!
(End of this chapter)