The Young Lion

Premonition of collapse! The mad lion has insufficient stamina!

The young coach is satisfied. Congratulations to Millwall for successfully relegation. Your vacation has begun.

2:1, Nottingham Forest ended the Wild Lions' 23-round unbeaten record at the City Stadium!

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The media always likes to be alarmist in order to create eye-catching news. In a Premier League game after Millwall advanced to the League Cup final, Millwall was defeated by Nottingham Forest in an away game. The first defeat.

The major newspapers began to cynicize, and Aldrich did not pay attention to the news, but he still made a profound summary after the game.

The report given by the medical department showed that the physical condition of the players was not in a state of extreme fatigue, but the psychological evaluation revealed that the players had a certain degree of game fatigue at this stage.

There are too many non-English players in the team. They are not used to not having a winter break. In addition, there are still games on traditional festivals such as Christmas. Their psychology fluctuates greatly. They showed this problem in League One last year, and the Premier League Higher-intensity games also make it difficult for them to maintain concentration at this stage.

People will have the idea of ​​​​taking a break to take a breath, or to escape when faced with difficulties. It is impossible for professional players to refuse to work through a strike, but the concentration and physical excitement on the court cannot be maintained continuously. of the highest standard.

This kind of problem cannot be completely solved by Aldridge through training or verbal communication. To deal with this kind of problem, there can only be two aspects. The players take the initiative to adapt to the environment, and the coach arranges the game density of the players more reasonably, such as Manchester United, Ferguson will give the core of the team some holidays in January, so as to allow the players to adjust themselves.

Aldridge also plans to do the same. He plans to give the players four days off after the FA Cup in midweek. The FA Cup is played on Tuesday night, and the weekend league is played on Monday, with almost 5 days in between.

The FA Cup is against the underdog Wycombe, and it is another home game, but Aldridge still does not take it lightly. The team has been in an unstable state recently.

After losing to Nottingham Forest on the weekend, they were criticized wildly by the media, which aroused the fighting spirit of the players. With the main force in the game, the Wild Lions swept the visiting Wycombe with seven goals at home and advanced to the next round of the FA Cup.

After accepting the interview after the game, Aldridge walked towards the locker room, intending to inform the players about the holiday.

But when he was walking on the road and took out his mobile phone, he saw a short message from his elder brother Barnett, which made him go to the corner to return a call.

Aldrich, are you free recently?

doing what?

A friend here in America invited me to watch the Super Bowl. I'm not that interested in football, but I thought maybe you would.

When is the Super Bowl?

This Sunday.

Sunday, I'll call you back later, by the way, do you have a VIP ticket?

I don't know either. I'll ask. If you come, I will ask for a box.

After hanging up the phone, Aldridge walked to the locker room thinking about it.

The players were not excited about the seven-goal victory over the underdogs, but they were able to take a shower happily and eat something to fill their stomachs in the locker room in a good mood. After the game, there will always be food in the locker room for the players to enjoy ,

This may be a bad tradition, otherwise Ferguson may not be attacked by pizza more than ten years later.

After Aldridge walked into the locker room, Pires, who scored two goals today, handed Aldridge a drink. Aldridge waved his hand and smiled and refused.

He was standing against the wall next to the locker room door. On the wall behind him, besides the poster of the League Cup, there was also a poster of the FA Cup.

After the players had finished washing and changed their clothes, they obviously saw that Aldridge had something to say, so they sat down and waited quietly, while the hungry players took the food and ate it.

I know it's been a bit depressing for a while, it's hard not to be with your family at Christmas, there's no winter break, you have to train every day, and you have to work hard while your friends enjoy the holidays, it's really bad. .”

The players kept silent, they looked at Aldridge, between the generals, they can be open and honest, so there is no need to shake their heads hypocritically and say: Boss, we are fighters, as long as we can play football, we will not feel bad!

They are human beings first and professional footballers second, and that's understandable.

If they were all English local players, Aldridge would not have said these words to them, but would have criticized their poor performance, because local players have known England’s schedule as fans since they were young, and the clubs that played for England have long With this kind of consciousness, when the trend of internationalization of the Premier League comes, the most complained about the schedule are either foreign players or foreign coaches.

Aldridge continued: The month isn't over yet, but we've played three league games, two League Cups, one FA Cup, and five days later there's a league game waiting for us, it's hard for me to be hypocritical You said: grit your teeth, persevere, and continue your pursuit of victory. I think you need to relax appropriately, so I plan to give the team a four-day holiday, and return to the team for training on the day of the game on Monday. You can stay until the weekend. I am at home, and I plan to go to the United States to spend this short vacation. Maybe you don’t pay attention to American sports, but this weekend, the Super Bowl will be staged in the United States. I plan to go to the game. If you have Who wants to go with me, I welcome it very much, you can bring your family and girlfriends, the travel expenses are all covered by the club, the weather in London is terrible, I need some fresh air, if you want to go, you can come to the office and tell me later One sound.

After Aldridge finished speaking, he raised a smile, and when he turned and walked out, he heard cheers from the locker room.

They are indeed too tired, not because of how tired their bodies are, but because of their minds.

It was a blessing from heaven that Aldridge gave them the day off.

In this era, the income of players is not enough to allow them to buy luxury houses and sports cars to travel around the world. Basically, it is a rare opportunity to travel with the team to play in Europe. Now Aldridge offers a free trip to the United States. Signed up, they stay in London just to rest at home, it is better to take the family to travel together.

Aldridge called all the colleagues of the coaching staff over in the office, and spent one night counting the number of people, including the family members or girlfriends of the players, a total of almost a hundred people were going to travel.

I told my elder brother Barnett about the travel plan, and Barnett agreed without frowning, and everything will be arranged properly.

The next morning, Aldrich had breakfast with Andrew at home.

Andrew dressed in suits and leather shoes today, he came to Aldrich's apartment early and brought hot coffee and sandwiches. Today Aldrich will appear in court, and the defamation case will come to an end today.

Aldridge put on his suit and was about to go out with Andrew, but he heard the doorbell ring. He opened the door and saw a stylishly dressed girl standing outside the door. She said to Aldrich with a smile: Today I also want to accompany You go to court together.

Melanie, who looked like a girl a year ago, now also has fashion elements on her body. The slim black women's coat complements her slender figure, and her long hair is specially tied into a ponytail, which also looks refreshing.

Naturally, Aldridge would not object, and the three of them drove to the District Court in two cars.

In the car, Melanie told Aldrich that the recording of the Spice Girls album was over and that she had a vacation, and Aldrich told her about his upcoming itinerary.

To America? Why didn't you call me?

I didn't know you were on vacation, and you didn't say anything when you called last night.

I wanted to surprise you.

Thank you, I'm surprised, are you happy?

Melanie rolled her eyes and said, I'll go to America with you too, is it convenient?

It's nothing convenient or inconvenient. If you are willing to go together, of course I welcome it. I hope there will be no accidents in the court.

Aldridge said lightly.

Katie Price is also going to appear in court today. She is not in a good mood, not to mention that her career has been affected. She even has a higher exposure rate as a third-version girl, and her sales are also considerable. Many adult film and television companies frequently ask her send invitation.

Some things, despite the facts, are necessary fig leafs.

There is a saying: Be a whore, set up a torii.

A girl like her needs a chastity archway.

She also hopes that this turmoil will be settled as soon as possible, so that the outside world will forget as soon as possible the ridicule and harassment brought about by her clearly marked price of 2,000 pounds a night.

The court delivered its verdict that morning.

The restraining order applied by Aldrich came into effect. From then on, Katie Price could not contact Aldrich. Once she violated the restraining order, she might face jail time.

Defamation charges were also found, but only for Katie Price to make a public apology.

And Aldridge was suspected of asking for sex in the telephone recording. Although it was a trap set by him, the judge still believed that Aldridge must also bear the responsibility. Therefore, Aldridge was fined to pay a symbolic sum. fine, and do 40 hours of voluntary labor for the community.

Both Aldridge and Katie Price obeyed the sentence.

Volunteer labor is not a big deal in Aldrich's view. He can spare 10 hours a week to do volunteer work, and he will serve his sentence in one month.

Besides, he volunteers in the Millwall area of ​​East London, so maybe he can make a positive publicity.

After the romantic turmoil ended, Aldridge boarded a chartered plane with more than a hundred people from the Millwall Club, from coaches to players and their families, and flew to New York, USA.