i am gun king

Chapter 376
Of course, Wenger and Ferguson can be said to be two completely different training methods. Due to the financial impact of Wenger at Arsenal and Wenger's own personality problems, Arsenal's young players often take charge early.

Even though Arsenal are now at the top of the list, everyone knows that Wenger's main lineup is the same. Those young players are simply unable to bear the heavy responsibility. Once the schedule is intensive, the team's performance will definitely be affected. Therefore, the number one favorite to win the league is now Manchester United, followed by Arsenal, Manchester City ranked third, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea tied for fourth.

Ferguson's way of training young players is opposite to Wenger's. He has always been worried about overthrowing young players, so he usually entrusts young players with important responsibilities around the age of 25, so he introduced Nani and Anderson at the beginning, but these two players have not received much reuse and cultivation in the Manchester United team.

As for the other central defender Evans, although Ferguson and the coaching staff are very optimistic about this player, even now, Ferguson still does not plan to focus on cultivating him, but plans to loan him out.

Of course, this aspect is also due to the increasingly solid combination of Vidic and Ferdinand, but it is undeniable that in Ji Dong’s previous life, Gerard Pique finally chose to return to Barcelona, ​​and even Paul Pogba went to Juventus later, all have something to do with Ferguson’s cultivation of young players.

Many people say that Arsenal are good at cultivating young players, but don't just stare at the few finished products, but you should see how many young talents have wiped out everyone in the Arsenal team. The cultivation method is one of the very important reasons.

However, Ferguson’s training method of waiting for players to mature before reusing and refining them is gradually not in line with the current rules of players. After all, with the development and progress of technology, players will become more and more mature. They need enough games and exercises to accumulate experience, especially for some precocious players with relatively dúlì personality.

So many times, Ji Dong would directly bring Yu Jian to the youth team to play as a substitute in some relatively confident games, and then give them two or three 10 minutes a game, or even just let them play for ten or so minutes.

According to Ji Dong, we should not overthrow the seedlings and encourage them to grow, but we should not be too slow, adopting the Chinese way of the mean and walking in the middle.

But Ji Dong also understands his shortcomings. He still remembers that later generations once watched a TV series called "Bright Sword", in which the leading actor Li Yunlong once said.

When ancient swordsmen met their opponents on a narrow road, no matter how powerful the opponent was, even if the opponent was the best swordsman in the world and knew that he was invincible, he would still show his sword. Even if he fell under the opponent's sword, he would still be defeated.

This is the spirit of bright sword!
Facts have proved that an army with fine traditions often has the soil to cultivate heroes.Heroes, or outstanding soldiers, often appear in the form of a collective rather than an individual, for the simple reason that they are influenced by the same tradition and have developed the same character and temperament.

Any army has its own tradition, what is the tradition?Tradition is a character and a temperament.This tradition and character are determined by the character and temperament of the first military chief when this army was formed. He injected soul into this army. From then on, no matter how time goes by or personnel changes, the soul of this army will always exist!

These words can also be applied to a football club.

Why can Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Bayern, Manchester United and other traditional European giants become giants?Just because of their tradition.

The so-called tradition is actually a very complicated general term, which includes a team's long history, as well as a team's consistent technical and tactical style, as well as the team's wealthy temperament and team character.

Now as soon as you mention Manchester United, you will think of Ferguson, and you will think of the arrogance without anger; as soon as you mention Real Madrid, you will think of the elegant style of play, and you will think of the quicksilver-like passing and cutting cooperation; and as soon as you mention Bayern, you will immediately think of the indomitable fighting will of Deutsche Chariot...

All these are the style and temperament of a wealthy team, as well as the character of a team.

The game can be lost, but the character of the team cannot be lost.

In his previous life, Ji Dong liked Real Madrid very much, but he had to admit that after Florentino took over, Real Madrid's tradition began to fall apart. This is why, even though Florentino brought Real Madrid one star after another, in the end, he still couldn't bring the sorrow of the championship.

When it comes to Arsenal, Wenger must not be ignored!There are only a handful of excellent head coaches in England's history, and more outstanding head coaches are from Scotland.In the early days of modern football, the Scots were the first to innovate in football tactics. At that time, football had almost no tactics at all. The offense was to let the striker run towards the goal with the ball, and then kick the football into it.It's no different from the rookies who can't play football now.It was the Scots who changed all of this. They reformed this tactic like a headless chicken into passing the ball continuously. Now it seems very simple, but it is just like what American astronaut Armstrong said when he landed on the moon: one small step for me is one giant leap for mankind.A simple change has broadened the horizons of people engaged in football, and passing has become an indispensable technique and tactics in football in the future.

As a pioneer in the reform of football tactics, Scotland has not produced any world-renowned outstanding players, but has produced a large number of world-class coaches. Now Manchester United's head coach Ferguson is a Scot.

Compared with their northern neighbors, the English have achieved more limited achievements in this respect.Although there are great men like Chapman, they still lag behind the Scots in terms of overall numbers.

And here in Manchester's office, Ferguson is thinking, Manchester United is currently ranked second this season, and his energy seems to be unable to keep up, and he hasn't spent a lot of money on signings for several years, his own energy, hey, Manchester United has changed from an alcoholic club in the Atkinson era to one of the most famous football clubs in the world in 23 years. When Ferguson first came to power in 1986, the once-brilliant Red Devils had no courage, management was chaotic, and the bus driver turned out to be a fan of Manchester City, the arch-rival in the same city. Now Manchester United has become a model for European professional football club operations. From the Far East to the Caribbean, Manchester United has footprints all over the world.Even when Arsenal's management talked about Arsenal's future, the object of reference was today's Manchester United. How amazing is it that it can be used as a teaching material by opponents?In the past 23 years, the Red Devils Manchester United have changed owners, faced crises, and stars have come and gone, but only one person's name runs through it all.

Let's turn the clock back to a little over three months ago.

Inside the visiting dressing room at Fulham's home ground, Cravennon Stadium.The Manchester United king is throwing a fit at his soldiers.

"You lost to Fulham! Huh? Fulham! Such an insignificant team, you **** dare to lose, and you didn't score a single goal! Look at your performance in the game! I bet you, whores who pay 110 pounds for half an hour can perform better than you! No fighting spirit! No aggressiveness! I don't see any desire to win in you! If you don't want to play, tell me in advance, I won't sign up for you!"

Ferguson is 69 years old, and like Twain, he has a pacemaker buried in his left chest.But judging from his performance over the years, no one wants to believe that this energetic old man has such a thing.

At this moment, his complexion is rosy, but this is not necessarily a sign of health.On the contrary, those who really care about him now must be worried about the old man's heart.

For some days, Manchester United players have never seen Ferguson so angry.

Lost to Fulham in the away game, and the loss was helpless, and he raised his hands and surrendered early.From the result to the process of the game, the TV commentators were puzzled. They didn't know why this Manchester United team performed so badly in this game.

After cursing for a while, Ferguson suddenly stopped talking.His abnormal behavior attracted the attention of the team members. Some bold people raised their heads quietly and saw Ferguson sitting on a chair panting.

His face was still ruddy, but a fine layer of sweat had formed on his forehead.He just sat there in the chair, his shoulders shrugging with his breath.It looked as if he was exhausted.

"Go home, get back to your car." Ferguson waved his hand.

The players were relieved and got up and walked out of the locker room.

Wait until everyone is gone.When Ferguson was alone in the locker room, he was still sitting on the chair and not moving.

The panting gradually subsided.The redness on his face subsided a little, and the sweat on his forehead was still there, but Ferguson didn't wipe it off.

This body is 69 years old, and now even cursing seems to use up all its strength, and then rest for such a long time.What would the bastards think of his aging?Think Ferguson can't control them anymore, so he can do whatever he wants?

He thought of Brian.The sight of Clough leaving the city stadium sadly, he didn't want to leave the coaching position like that...he was a great coach and deserved a decent ending.

Take a break.Ferguson felt the power return to him, so he got up and walked out of the dressing room.

Two days after the game, David, Manchester United's chief executive, was in London to work with the FA.Jill received a call from Manchester.

It was the head coach Ferguson, but this time he didn't reach out to the club to ask for money, nor did he say that he had taken a fancy to any promising young talent and wanted Jill to arrange it... He didn't ask for anything, and he didn't give any explanation for the unexpected loss to Fulham two days ago.He didn't call specifically to chat with Jill.

He only said one sentence on the phone: "David. I'm tired. Find a successor."

David.Gill was shocked by this. In his mind, the FA meeting could not compare to this news.He immediately dismissed the meeting and took the fastest flight back to Manchester.He wants to have a face-to-face conversation with this person to see if he is playing for real.

Prior to this, Ferguson had repeatedly revealed his idea of ​​retiring.But some of them are just means for him to put pressure on the club, and some of them are sincerely dissuaded by the club.Ferguson has been at Manchester United for 24 years, and he has long been integrated with this world-renowned club. No one at Manchester United has seriously considered the scenario that one day Ferguson will not be there-they think that will never happen.Everyone hopes that this old Scottish man can stay at Manchester United until his death.

If Ferguson wants to use this to put pressure on the club, then Gill wants to know what he wants.If Ferguson really wants to retire, he will keep the old coach no matter what.We've managed to keep him three times and this time it was no problem!

After getting off the plane, Jill went straight to Carrington without stopping.In terms of time, the team has finished training.But Ferguson will not leave the training ground that early.If there is no traffic jam on the road.Jill should still be able to catch up.In order not to fail, Jill also called Ferguson on the way.Hope he's waiting for him in his office.

Ferguson did not express any objection, apparently he also hoped to have a good talk with Jill.

"What do you want again, sir?" Jill said to Ferguson who had been waiting for a long time in a half-joking tone before even taking off his coat.

"I'm not using retirement as a pretense this time, David." Ferguson sat on the sofa and crossed his legs.

"Are you serious?" Jill turned and stared at Ferguson.

Ferguson smiled: "I have decided to retire after this season."

"I've heard this many times, but I still hope you think about it..."

"I've heard what you said many times. After two days of serious consideration, I decided to call you."

"It's only been two days...the team needs you, Alex." Jill moved a chair and sat in front of Ferguson, looking at him.

"I'll be seventy next year, David. Don't you think it's cruel to ask a 70-year-old man to continue working in such a stressful job?"

"Uh..." Gill had to admit that in terms of lip service, he couldn't speak for the head coach who once "beat all the invincibles in the Premier League".He hesitated for a moment, and decided to go another way.

"Don't you want to win another European Champions Cup? You once said to me that only one Champions Cup is your biggest regret."

Ferguson laughed: "Of course I hope, and I haven't given up that hope yet. Isn't this season over yet? I think it's very hopeful."

No matter from which point of view, Jill does not feel that Manchester United this season hopes to win the Champions League again.The team's performance this season has not been stable.This is also one of the reasons why he did not want Ferguson to leave office.

But now it seems that Ferguson has made up his mind to go.It's not something he can convince with a few words.

"Start looking for a successor now, David. You better decide before I retire. I don't want to see Manchester United lose its soul when I leave."

"Do you have any recommendations?"

"Over the years, there will always be a few of them..."

In his autobiography a few years later, he commented on Wenger like this:

People are completely different on the battlefield than they are in church.Off the pitch, Arsene Wenger is a cool guy.He can be a good friend, and we both know everything and talk about it.We would chat about red wine and all kinds of trivial things in life.At UEFA meetings, he goes out of his way to help other coaches.In the football circle, everyone recognizes that Wenger is a diligent, conscientious, meticulous and good person.But when it comes to his team, for example on game day, that's not the case at all, and he becomes a whole other creature.I think I can also understand Arsene, after all, I am such a person.If there's one thing we share in character, it's an extreme aversion to failure.

But then Arsene and I became very good friends. We have persisted in the Premier League together for many years and appreciate each other's pursuit of beautiful football.However, we did have our hostile years over the years.The conflict started when he slandered me for expressing dissatisfaction with the schedule, which was a complaint about complaints.I immediately fired back, carefully teasing: "What can a person who has just returned from Japan know?" It was true, and it was Arsene's turn to complain about the tight schedule for the next two years.It is a joke for a foreign coach to come to the Premier League and think that he can lead the team through 55 league games without rotation.So modern football requires you to rotate players frequently to spread the pressure and reduce the burden.It wasn't long before Arsene understood the culture of the Premier League, and he overcame the shock of his first arrival: playing on Saturday, then Wednesday, next Saturday...

Wenger visited me in my office after the game when he took the team to Old Trafford for the first time.At first our relationship was fine.The problem came after his Arsenal lost to them once.He has a hard time admitting that his team made mistakes and often lashes out at his opponents.He has a hard time accepting physical collisions and can't understand how rough tactics are used by opponents on his players.His definition of rough even extended to tackling, where in his mind no one should be tackling his lads.

But I also get a lot of excitement when I watch Arsenal's great games, and I've always loved watching Arsene's teams play.I spend hours thinking about what to do before I play them, they always present a special challenge.I always felt like I needed to look at every aspect of Arsenal: they were a threat from every angle on the pitch.Chelsea's troubles are another matter, we are dealing with seasoned veterans who can pull off every trick imaginable.Arsenal are different, they play the right way.

From the end of the 90s to the beginning of the 21st century, Arsenal was our main opponent, and it was difficult for others to match it: Liverpool and Newcastle United once broke through the siege briefly, and Blackburn also had the experience of winning the championship. At that time, Chelsea was the king of the cup, but it was difficult to do anything in the Premier League.Before Jose Mourinho came to Chelsea, there was no one other than Arsenal who could consistently challenge our dominance.

Although there have been local tyrants in the Premier League for more than 20 years, experience tells me that I only need to deal with those traditional giants who have repeatedly won the cup.The reason why Arsenal and Manchester United have fought against each other for so long is because of the strong characteristics of the Gunners on the one hand, and on the other hand, this is also the continuation of the team's history.

So, I've never stopped being wary of the fierce competition that Arsenal brings.We have a history, and so do they.They also have the right manager, Arsene Wenger, who has never tried to leave since taking charge of Arsenal.Sometimes there are indeed rumors that he will go to Real Madrid one day.I never thought Arsene would leave Arsenal, never!I often say to myself: "We need to keep dealing with this opponent!"

Then Pizzagate happened at Old Trafford, and my memory of this legendary story is this: Ruud van Nistelrooy had just walked back into the dressing room and complained to me that Wenger had scolded him when he left the pitch.I immediately rushed out to Arsene and said: "You stay away from my players!" He was provocative because we ended his team's 49-match unbeaten streak.This defeat probably made Arsene's brain wired in the wrong way.When I told him to take care of his players, he was livid and clenched his fists.I know that Arsene had a problem with Van Nistelrooy, he had the opportunity to sign Van Nistelrooy, but at the time they thought Van Nistelrooy was not good enough to play for Arsenal.I admit Ruud van Nistelrooy is not a great player, but he is a great shooter.But after I finished speaking with Wenger, I found that I was covered with pizza.Usually we serve food in the visiting team's locker room after the game, pizza, chicken nuggets, etc.Some say Cesc Fabregas did it, but to this day, I don't know who the culprit was.The corridor outside the locker room suddenly fell into gang fights.

What happened that day undoubtedly made us feel like strangers. This friction did not ease until the 2009 Champions League semi-final. Arsene invited us to his office after the game and congratulated us.We played at Old Trafford a fortnight later and Arsene came over after the game with his assistant Pat.These stories that happened on the court are like trivial matters in life.Sometimes your daughter-in-law decides to break up with you because of a trivial matter, "Fuck, what did I do today?" But you will ask her politely: "How is your day?"Afterwards, the unhappiness between the two of you may dissipate and return to normal.It's the same with football. I really hate Arsene for this matter. He has been silent for so long and ignored me. It almost made our relationship irreparable.

In my final years, the players Arsene bought for the club reflected his inherent weakness: Nasri wanted to leave, and Arsene sold him straight away.Rosicky wanted to join, so he bought it without hesitation, indeed Rosicky was his favorite type.When Arshavin can come in the future, he will accept all the orders.But you buy such a bunch of complete players, they're just clones of each other.Arsene and I are both looking and developing young players under our influence, but in different ways.One time before we played Arsenal, Aaron Ramsey said he chose to join Arsenal instead of Manchester United because the former produced more players than Manchester United. "Is he mentally disabled?" I think someone must be forcing him to say such words.If it was him who rejected Manchester United, I have no problem at all.It is true that he came to us, he has to face greater competition to squeeze into the first team, but I still have to say, I think his choice is wrong.Arsenal didn't develop too many of their own players, they just developed players, which are two different things.The only player I can think of who is trained in their own academy is Wooshin Lee.

Look at us again, Giggs, Neville brothers, Scholes, Fletcher, O'Shea, Brown, Welbeck, these are all cultivated by me.Hey, my old problem happened again, but I just couldn't help myself to compete with him everywhere, and I insisted on a showdown. This stupid big guy has been my opponent for 17 years.

　In the over-preparation chapter, it is always boring to write the game

　　
　
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