The Young Lion

The match between the Wild Lions and the Red Army has come to an end, and Millwall's advantage over Manchester United in the standings has expanded to 20 points.

Ferguson's team began to recover after getting rid of the influence of the European war after the first half, but too many draws and consecutive losses in the first half, coupled with the defeat in the direct dialogue with Millwall, made the Red Devils catch up with the leader Sheep felt powerless on the journey.

The Scottish old man also said in front of the media that Manchester United's road to defending the title is over. Congratulations to Millwall in advance for winning the league title.

His remarks pushed Millwall to a higher position and completely became the target of public criticism in the Premier League.

In fact, it is flattery.

On the one hand, it makes the Millwall players start to feel ecstatic, and on the other hand, it implies that the opponents you are facing from other teams are the champions, so let's show some skills to make the champions have a headache.

Aldridge didn't care about this, 10,000 reporters asked him, his answer was the same: as long as Manchester United's performance is stable and outstanding, Manchester United is still the favorite for the championship.

As the sun was setting, Aldridge drove home and passed by the supermarket to purchase a lot of ingredients. After returning home and driving the car into the garage, he was carrying a shopping bag and was about to dig out the keys to open the door of the house.

beep beep

A horn sounded from behind, and he looked back and couldn't help laughing.

Ronaldinho was wearing a cool black jacket, tight jeans, and a motorcycle helmet. At this time, he pulled up the helmet goggles and gave Aldrich a thumbs up with a cool face. Shouted to him in fluent English: Boss, today is great!

Mr. Hall, come on, give me an autograph another day, can you?

An older girl sitting behind the motorcycle hugged Ronaldinho's waist and also greeted Aldridge.

Aldridge said dumbfoundingly: It's getting dark, what are you doing?

Ronaldinho said: Going out to eat to celebrate we won Liverpool. Boss. Are you coming?

Aldridge felt weird.

You're just a youth player, you haven't played a game for Millwall's first team, we won against Liverpool. You run to celebrate?

He waved his hand and said, No, you guys go. Go home early at night and don't drink.

rest assured,

Boss, I'll definitely be back tonight.

After speaking, Ronaldinho put down the helmet visor, drove the motorcycle and waved goodbye to Aldridge.

Aldrich raised his eyebrows and sighed helplessly, opened the door and walked in.

Ronaldinho is a lot stronger than when he came last year. This is due to the training mechanism of the Millwall system. At the same time, he also worked hard to learn English. From the first day he came here, he showed a strong integration into the environment*. Adapted to life here extremely quickly.

He can't do without learning English. When eating at Aldrich's house two months ago, Ronaldinho admitted openly: If you don't learn English, picking up girls is a big problem!

The girl sitting behind his car just now is a college student he just picked up, listening to the story that Ronaldinho told earlier. The opponent is a fan, Ronaldinho is the star of the youth team, and they hit it off immediately.

In this regard, Aldridge did not say anything, just told Ronaldinho not to delay training. In this regard, Ronaldinho still understands that his future depends on playing football, so he guarantees it with a professional attitude.

Well, he is sixteen years old, and in the UK, he is already considered an adult. It is normal for a bloody person to have a girlfriend just now, and Aldridge is also happy to see his players have a stable partner, instead of playing around with eyes every day Staring at which girl is more beautiful, that is the problem.

Under the premise of not affecting his job or affecting the image of the players and the club, Aldridge has no interest in asking about the private lives of the players.

However, as the coach, he hopes that the players can form a stable family early, which will help men grow up, have a greater sense of responsibility, and be able to focus more on their careers instead of chasing beauty.

Players like Nedved, Larsson, Southgate, Schneider and others are such players. They started families early, and some have children, which makes them more focused on their careers, and their strong sense of family responsibility also makes them Stay away from excessive socializing.

After cooking dinner by himself at home, Aldridge took a bath early, and then got into the study to continue working.

Recently, he is sorting out a text of training philosophy. He wants to sort out Millwall's training system and youth training ideas, so that the club has a clear understanding from top to bottom.

Europe's assessment of coaches is very strict, but even so, the level of coaches is still uneven, their ideas are inconsistent, and each has its own opinions and ideas. Therefore, Millwall attaches importance to youth training and must ensure that all levels of youth training The echelon has unified the training concept from the beginning to make the work of teaching players consistent.

This is true of many teams with famous youth training, such as Ajax, and this is also one of the most advanced manifestations of the European youth training system. It does not rely on the experience of the coach to teach the players. High coaches can be successful, but many players who were very brilliant in the player era have failed miserably after being transferred to coaches. Most of the reason is that they rely on their playing experience to coach the team, not talking about management, but their tactical thinking is out of touch with the times. And because of the deep-rooted player success experience they cannot change much.

Generally speaking, the Millwall youth training idea is roughly to practice more tactics and techniques when young, and to increase the proportion of physical training when young, because players are over 23 years old, and the technical links are basically finalized. Some technical movements, 23 At the age of 23, the proportion of strengthening physical training will gradually increase. Many talented and technical players have a short peak period. The big factor is that they underestimate the strengthening of the body. Most of them are overconfident and obsessed with their own skills, which leads to physical disadvantages in more intense confrontations and makes them more vulnerable to injuries.

What's more, technical movements are based on physical fitness. Even the most common sudden stops and turns require not only the flexibility and agility of the body, but also the endurance of the body. The bad thing is that he sprained himself.

The next day, the main players of the first team will be on holiday, and other players will return to the training ground for training, and some players who are on holiday will also practice extra for themselves. For example, the shameless Schneider who was exposed in the game yesterday, he went back to the team to find Mullenstin, and the two watched the game video repeatedly in the conference room. Every time Schneider was blown by McManaman, Meulensteen would show him the mistakes he made.

This is simply a matter of defensive technical ability, in terms of speed. Schneider does not lose to McManaman at all, and he does not lose the wind even if he works hard. Therefore, it is still a matter of technical links and defensive experience.

Aldridge went to the youth team to discuss with Najib about the youth team construction plan.

He plans to continue to expand the youth team in the summer, and there must be a lower age echelon.

But the number of coaches is obviously not enough.

Najib agreed with Aldrich's plan though. But Rome wasn't built in a day.

The very practical problem is that just the coaches of the original youth team, I need to tell them one by one about the team's tactical thinking, although we let the young players try not to be restrained on the field. But in the dynamic team tactics, they We still need to follow the tactical routine, we need to hire a coach now, and then let the coach also learn our training policy first, this cannot be done overnight.

Najib's dilemma. Aldridge also understands that standing in the office of the youth training base, in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, he can overlook several training fields outside, and there are almost six teams training on the field. It has been divided into different age groups, but because the team used to have a low threshold for recruiting new players, among the seventy or eighty young players, the blood that can be sent to the first team is only the ones that Aldridge mainly introduced, and the rest are It is to accompany the prince to study.

In summer, how many people will leave here?

Aldridge asked lightly without looking back.

In the youth team, except for players like Villa, Cole, and Ronaldinho whose contracts are followed up by Aldridge himself, everyone else has a one-year contract. Every summer, when the age reaches the stage of decision-making Many players will leave the team, either to find opportunities elsewhere, or to leave the football circle.

Najib picked up a piece of youth team member information on the table, opened the file and looked through it, and said after calculation: There are nine players who will not be renewed in the summer.

How old are they?

The youngest was 17, and the oldest was 20.

Provide them with a new contract, as a coach, if they are willing to stay, the club can train them and study while working.

Najib's eyes lit up, and he praised: This is a good way!

This can save a lot of trouble, because these players have been trained in Millwall, they can better understand the team's training system and philosophy, they can achieve seamless connections, and they only need to enhance their professional knowledge before they can go to work.

And it’s not about letting them become head coaches. The threshold for team coaching qualifications is relatively high. In England, it’s basically impossible within three to five years. four and a half years.

Of course, ordinary coaches also need professional qualification certificates, but the FA's management of this kind of thing is not so strict, but this affects the team's brand. Do you use a group of non-professionals to train players or use professionals? , This will directly affect whether young players are willing to come to your youth training base to sign up.

If there is a coach who wants to enter the first team, first of all he needs a higher-level professional certificate, like Jenson, Craig, Benitez and others, all of them have passed various professional rating assessments in the past .

Isn't the team building a new stadium? You have to expand the youth training base in the summer? I think the lineup of the first team is a bit weak, especially the forwards. If Larson and Shevchenko are injured at the same time, you can even get two substitutes. not come out.

Najib’s words made Aldrich’s face stern, he shook his head and said: “But we can’t compete with the rich, the competition in the transfer market will become more and more intense, because now is the stage of the growth of the football bubble, come and fight Not to mention the giants, the first-tier clubs are all eyeing them. We can only grab some good seedlings and semi-finished products. The most important thing is that I hope that Millwall will start the youth training. In the future, we will not only search for talents, There are also a steady stream of talents coming here.”

Najib came to Aldridge's side, looked down at the sweating young players on the training ground with him, and said with a smile: Although this road is dangerous, I agree with you to persevere in this way. Our success shines brighter.

Aldridge nodded, his eyes became sharper.

This summer, there will be a big leap in financial revenue, and he is going to start a new round of military expansion, making Millwall the cradle of superstars left in history! (m)