The Young Lion

Leo Youth Training Base was listed.

The new echelon coaching staff meeting established the policy for training new players.

Expansion of the medical department.

Babu went to the United States to study for a month in the summer, and brought back the professional knowledge of American physical training. He will promote the experience and knowledge he has learned in the club. In terms of physical training in sports, the United States is already leading the world in contemporary times. Physical training It is a separate professional field, which will help Millwall players to exercise better, and it is a reasonable growth combined with sports equipment.

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One by one, Aldridge did it himself, because Millwall used to have nothing, and some of them were too old and unable to keep up with the times. There is no problem with the construction of the framework, and when everything is on the right track, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

In mid-to-late July, the players returned one after another. When the day of assembly came, Aldridge wore the club sportswear and walked to the training ground with the coaching staff, where the players were chatting and talking about the anecdotes of the summer vacation. .

Huh? Who are you?

Aldridge walked among the players, stretched out his hand to press a fat young man's shoulder with a puzzled expression on his face.

Pires laughed and said, Boss, he's David!

David? David-Trezeguet? Are you his brother? Say, where did he go? Don't try to use a double to get away with it. Look at your size. It's far from David. Look at you Your belly can be used as a trampoline, eh? It’s pretty elastic.”

Aldridge reached out and patted the boy's stomach, which was really sensual.

The other players whistled and booed.

Yes! I said he must be a fake!

Schneider also began to add insult to injury.

Trezeguet stroked his big bald head, lowered his head and did not dare to look at Aldrich, and could only whisper bitterly: Boss, it's really me.

Of course Aldrich knew that the fat young man in front of him was Trezeguet, he waved to the players and said, Today is the first day of training, the task is very simple, go to the Leo youth training base for a physical examination, what do you do during the holidays I don’t even ask, anyway, as long as you don’t break the law and you can return to the club, it’s enough, but well, before the start of the new season, if the physical indicators can’t meet the standards, then sit on the bench. David, can you still run?”

Boss, absolutely no problem!

After speaking, Trezeguet was the first to run out of the training ground, but compared to his vigorous figure last season, this young man who was obviously fatter seemed a bit funny when he ran.

Aldridge gave high-fives to the returning players one by one. Some players even took out gift boxes and gave them to Aldridge and other members of the coaching staff. hand letter.

Aldridge was carrying a big bag of gifts, and nodded with a smile as he watched the players running past one by one.

There are only a few players in the team who have become significantly fatter. The slightly older players, especially Southgate, Nedved, and Larson, who are exemplary in the team, obviously maintained proper exercise during the holidays. And gym madmen like Gattuso and Ballack have obvious muscle enhancement.

Let Craig take the players to the youth training base, and Aldridge asked the other first-team coaches to return to the hotel for a meeting.

In the conference room, he took out a copy of the Premier League next season's schedule,

Let the coaches have a look.

After everyone has watched it, Aldridge, like last season's pre-season meeting, first discussed with you the thickness of the lineup, the talent pool at each position, and whether it still needs to be reinforced through targeted signings.

In the discussion on this topic, everyone's opinions are relatively unified.

Millwall has 30 players in the first team. If there is no impact of extensive injuries, the thickness of the lineup is strong enough.

Next, Aldridge put the Premier League team into a strong and weak bracket like last season.

Combined with the team's scout intelligence analysis, next season's Premier League, there are at least five teams that can attack the championship, the defending champion Blackburn, Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Arsenal. And Nottingham Forest and Tottenham, who were able to stabilize the upper reaches of the standings, took third place in the league last season. But this is only a conservative estimate. Every season, there will always be a few teams that perform beyond expectations. And because Mill Wall is located in London, and our derby opponents in descending order of importance are: West Ham United, Chelsea, Wimbledon, Tottenham, Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers. To sum up, I think I ask everyone a question: Can Millwall challenge for the championship in the new season of the Premier League and finally win the cup!

As soon as the voice fell, everyone was shocked!

Everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to the young figure sitting at one end of the long table.

Aldrich's eyes were burning like a torch, and his handsome face was as cold as ice.

This is a very cautious topic.

The team's established goals for the season are related to the plan for the entire season.

If a team has no ideals and goals, it will naturally lack motivation. Take one step at a time and see where it hits. If the game is good, it wants to achieve high goals. Under the steps, such a team will never be successful.

Just like last season, Aldridge's goal was to train the team, and the results were not important. Therefore, when he was far ahead in the League One, he never shifted his goal to the cup competition. It may be a chicken-and-egg fight. In history, many teams were competitive on multiple lines but eventually collapsed and lost everything. The big reason is that they were not greedy enough and overestimated their own strength, and the team suffered under high expectations. The blow will also have a knock-on effect.

The members of the coaching staff lowered their heads in deep thought.

Premier League champion?

The myth of a newly promoted horse winning the championship? !

This is nothing new. In English football, Nottingham Forest's first year of promotion to the First Division almost twenty years ago destroyed Liverpool's three-peat dream of establishing a red dynasty. In the nearly fifty years of English football history, this is the only time.

In Ligue 1, there are more teams that win the championship with newly promoted teams. Saint-Etienne, Bordeaux, and Monaco have all done it.

As for the Kaiser myth, that is still two years later.

Aldridge has the ambition to challenge the throne, but after carefully analyzing the miracle of Nottingham Forest, he found that it is difficult for Millwall to replicate that miracle.

In the 42 league rounds at that time, Nottingham Forest only lost three games. The reason was not that they had the strongest lineup in the league. The biggest factor was Brian Clough's tactical victory. When the simple tactics of passing, rushing and hanging, Nottingham Forest's smooth offense of passing and cutting on the ground was like a ray of breeze blowing, and finally formed a huge tornado, which ravaged the entire First Division field and even left the defending champion Liverpool by seven points The difference in the final victory.

Although it was not an epoch-making tactical change, it set off a huge wave in England, and Millwall did not have a strong tactical advantage to suppress the Premier League.

But the desire for the championship still made Aldridge throw this topic out.

If the entire coaching staff can convince him with reasons, he is willing to accompany everyone crazy.

Jansen was the first to speak, he coughed twice, and then said: Aldridge, I think we must discuss this topic rationally. First of all, although there are thirty players in the Millwall first team, players under the age of twenty How many? Half! They have talent and ability, but they are still growing. The game time must be reasonable, and you cannot rely on them to play all games in a season and play consistently. And the competition in the Premier League is too strong, as you said before Those strong teams will never underestimate us, because playing against us means that they must score three points, and there is also a derby, and even if we play against mid-lower teams, it will be very miserable, because we are The relegation opponent in the other party's heart can only let them go ashore after defeating us.

Hearing this, Aldrich closed his eyes and thought about it.

What Jensen said is very reasonable. The miracle of Nottingham Forest has another advantage, that is, after a season, Nottingham Forest doesn't have a few derbies to fight with all their strength!

As for Millwall in London, there are two mortal enemies in the Premier League, plus other derby-related opponents. Among the 38 games, more than 10 games are derby games, which is not much different from the decisive battle. The intensity It will also increase, and the possibility of increased injuries during the same period will also increase.

Aldridge gave up the idea of ​​hitting the championship in the new season. Although it is very tempting, it is a bit divorced from reality. After all, Millwall is still too young to withstand any negative impact. Putting too much pressure on these players will only Let them be mentally chained.

After all, the league is a long time. In the nearly nine months of long-distance running, no one knows what kind of accidents will happen.

But Aldridge still said in a deep voice: But Millwall needs a championship, and we need a championship to retain players. If all four players are empty next season, even I don't have the confidence to retain anyone who wants to leave the team.

Yes, in order to retain all the players in the current team, Aldridge must have a championship, a championship trophy that can be seen and felt by the players to retain them, motivate them, and give them motivation to stay. Give them the ambition and confidence to create greater brilliance!