The Young Lion

On the morning of returning to the club that day, Aldridge sent Ivan and his youngest daughter Bonnie to Ivan’s parents’ home before departure. It was considered that Ivan took her daughter back to her natal home. Her parents lived in North London. In East London, Ivan provided a new house for his parents in North London after graduating from university.

Aldridge is ashamed to say that a few years ago, she wanted to give Yiwen some money to improve her family's material life, but Yiwen refused. In her words, her parents are used to an ordinary life, and their material life is not higher. The pursuit, now flat and light, is quite good.

In the past two years, Aldridge brought up the old matter again, but Yiwen just smiled and didn't bother to pay attention to Aldridge.

So at noon that day, Aldridge had a working meal in the club and did not go home.

His two sons came to his office all dirty, talking cheerfully about the morning training.

Dad, there are so many people here, you should have brought me here earlier!

Hey, Coach Clyde said that I am very talented and will become a big star in the future!

For Bert and Earl, it used to be to play with the neighbors in the community. The small circle is really small. Those children come and go, or Aldrich’s circle of friends. When friends visit, they can get to know more Some children, such as Xiao Bei's son.

When they came to the Millwall training base, just the crowds of children in the low age group seemed to let them walk into a new world.

The training is not strict, it looks a bit systematic, but there are no detailed rules to ask children, it is more like playing scientifically.

Listening to the two of you talking to each other, they chatted excitedly. Aldridge would knock them on the head every now and then. Let them eat well. He always had a smile on his face.

Let them take a bath before eating, and let them take a nap on the sofa after eating.

Aldrich stood in front of the French windows of the office, with a gap in the curtains. Here, he overlooked everything in the training base as before, and couldn't help murmuring: From now on, you will truly guard the country.

 …

None of the members of the coaching staff went home at noon. Eat in the restaurant of the training base, because they have to work overtime and do a lot of work, which are all tasks arranged by Aldrich when he came back today.

The seats for staff and players are separated. The coaching staff of the first team sits in the south corner of the restaurant. Today, everyone discusses work while eating.

There are also requests for mutual assistance that need each other's help at work.

The only one who was a bit out of place was Stella Marcioni, who thought he'd have a job today, but didn't.

Jason told him. When you come to the club, go around and find out the various places and departments. After identifying the place clearly, look more and see what other staff members are doing.

It sounds like it's just for him to get acquainted first.

So at lunchtime, Stella Marjoni asked Jenson for orders, hoping that he could do some specific work.

The first-team coaching staff also noticed that Aldridge returned this time, and Millwall's management system has not returned to what it used to be. , and it should be.

And these people have worked with Jenson for many years, and they roughly understand the reason: Aldrich is giving Jenson more space to sharpen, and he will be more proficient in preparing to start his own business in the future.

This made Aldridge feel more relaxed, but it also made Jenson more enthusiastic about his work. Power and the like are all illusory things. They may exist in other clubs, but in Millwall, no matter how great the power is, He couldn't stand Aldrich's words, so as long as Aldrich was here and handed over to Jenson, he wouldn't be afraid of trouble.

Facing Stella Marjoni who volunteered, Jenson smiled and said, I want you to understand Millwall first, and don't rush to do anything, because you can only start working if you have a comprehensive understanding of this place, otherwise , no matter how hard you try, it may be in vain.

Stramaccioni was a little depressed, and asked: What should I know?

He has recognized all the departments and all the people with authority here. He has also recorded all the players and coaches of the first team and the reserve team. As for the characteristics of the players, he has also done everything except for the reserve team and the first team. Notes, roughly understand.

Seeing his bluntness, Jansen asked, Then tell me, why did Millwall's record decline so significantly this season? Although it can't be compared with last season, the points in the same period were 20 points less, but with a discount, no matter how bad it is, it should be Can't close the gap of 15 points.

Millwall won seven championships last season, which is a performance against the sky.

As far as the league alone is concerned, this season is just over 20 points less than the same period last season.

First of all, they lost 5 games in the league, which is 15 points less than last season's undefeated!

As for Millwall's strength, although it is inevitable that there will be a decline this season, no matter how it declines, it should not be more than 20 points less than the same period last season. If it is 15 points less, it is acceptable. If that is the case , Millwall will still be at the top of the Premier League standings.

Seeing the coaches at the same table staring at him with half-smiles, Stella Marcioni immediately looked embarrassed, and then bit the bullet and said: This is a fatal flaw in Klinsmann's technical and tactical system. There is no full-time coach. Defensive midfielder, the back line lacks a strong barrier, can't attack, and is counterattacked by the opponent, naturally it is easy to lose the ball, which leads to the failure to win the game that should be won.

After he finished speaking, he saw Jensen raised a disdainful smile and shook his head.

Really? But have you heard about the ups and downs of Millwall's record this season? It's exactly the stage you said Klinsmann didn't have a defensive midfielder. Millwall ranked first in scoring efficiency in the league! It is this kind of technical and tactical system that made Millwall return to the championship group, isn't this contradictory to what you said?

Stramaccioni was speechless.

Jensen couldn't bear to hit him again, and said: What people say, what you say, Fleet Street has been talking about it for a long time, criticizing Klinsmann's skills and tactics, there are problems, there are problems? How can there be so many problems? Who said that the technical and tactical system must be four Does the Quartet have a fixed template? Just like what you Italians would say when you warned the Serie A giants in the past few years: When you meet Millwall, don’t play a three-back system. It’s courting death! But if I ask you. If Aldridge uses a three-back system, will it be successful?

Stramaccioni frowned thoughtfully. Always dare not answer.

Jensen laughed: If using 433 will succeed, using 442 will definitely fail, so why should Millwall bother to train stars? Why spend money to buy Nesta? When we have so many excellent players, the technical and tactical system Is there really a big gap? There is definitely a gap, but it is by no means fatal. It’s not enough to make a huge difference in a team, otherwise, we don’t need to manage the team, just study the technical and tactical formation every day. Andre, what tactical formation do you think Millwall played last season? 433? That's Fleet Street, that's what European football critics are saying. According to Aldridge, we actually played 442. Think of Ronaldinho as the front midfielder and Larson as the side inside forward, you get the idea.

Stramaccioni was still a little confused, but his mind had opened his eyes. He had to digest these slowly, and he asked back, What is the reason?

If Klinsmann's technical and tactical system was not a failure, what exactly caused the failure?

Jansen said softly: The ability to control.

After saying this, Jenson said silently in his heart: Because of this, I dare not take Aldrich's job. Looking at European football, who is coming to Millwall who can control four Champions Leagues in five years?

Presumably this truth or reality, Aldrich now wants to understand it.

Either overthrow Millwall and start over, while leaving the handsome position, leave a Millwall that is almost zero, or take it down by yourself, and it is almost impossible to get out, because it will be an endless loop , unless the young marshal ended up with a new generation of Wild Lions in disastrous defeat and called a sad curtain call, only then can he completely cut off his invisible influence and rule over the club.

 …

This afternoon, Aldridge still did not go to the training ground, but talked with the players alone in the office.

Larson was the first to come into his office.

Seeing Larson, Aldridge asked in a normal tone: How do you feel about yourself? Can you still fight for the Lions for five years?

Larson smiled. He will be 32 this fall.

He replied in a normal tone: Five years, it should be fine.

Well, then I can rest assured about the striker.

 …

When Ronaldinho walked into the office, he showed a smiling face, but Aldridge didn't smile at him, and threw a report directly to the table, saying: Take this report back and read it yourself, and throw it away after reading it. Otherwise, I don't want to talk nonsense, and you don't want to hear it either.

Ronaldinho was about to go out with the report in his hands, and he pretended to salute at the door. Aldridge raised his mouth slightly after he left.

The content of that report is not complicated. It is Ronaldinho's data performance on the court this season, plus the comparison with the average data of the past few seasons, including returning to defense, running distance, and outflanking before entering the penalty area. The number of times and so on a series of data that can reflect the player's performance on the court.

Obviously, there has been a decline this season.

 …

De Rossi, who has been in Millwall for more than 5 years, has the idea of ​​leaving this season, because he feels desperate under Klinsmann!

At the beginning of the season, Klinsmann trusted Pedretti. Halfway through the season, Pedretti had no chance, and defensive midfielders were all abandoned. Why? Make way for those offensive players.

De Rossi is not afraid of competition, but if he is not even given a chance to compete, how can he stay?

Somewhat disheartened, he misses this place, but he thinks that the Roma team also encountered a financial crisis in Serie A. If he goes back, maybe he can really be a hero who is in danger.

However, after he walked into Aldridge's office this afternoon, one sentence, just one sentence, changed all his thoughts that had been brewing for half a season.

Daniele, starting next season, you will be the team's main midfielder.

Aldrich didn't exchange pleasantries, and went straight to the point.

De Rossi walked out of the office in a daze.

For De Rossi and Pedretti, Klinsmann chose Pedretti in terms of strength. There was nothing wrong at the beginning of the season, because Pedretti has more experience and ability than De Rossi. .

However, Pedretti's potential is limited after all. I don't know if it is because he was suppressed by Gattuso before Millwall. In the national team, there are two mountains of Makelele and Vieira. He has not made rapid progress. The posture gives people a feeling that it can be used but cannot be entrusted with important tasks.

De Rossi is different. Although he still needs training, his potential is much higher than that of Pedretti. In terms of long-term interests, it is better to help De Rossi as soon as possible than to only ask Pedretti to protect his immediate interests. To be worth more.

This is Klinsmann's limitation, or Aldridge's advantage, he is the boss, he doesn't care, he can give up short-term interests, he can use De Rossi more boldly and riskily, and Klins For the record, Mann only dared to choose Pedretti, who seems to be a little more stable at this stage.

 …

Aldridge had talks with every player in the first team, some were to win people's hearts, such as Larson, some were to criticize and beating, such as Ronaldinho, and some were to reassure the other party, so that the other party could have a bottom line in their hearts and clearly The positioning of the club, as well as the future development space, such as De Rossi, Kaka, Ronaldo, etc., and some are just reminiscing about the past, such as goalkeeper Bute.

At the end of the day's work, Aldridge did not appear on the training ground, which disappointed the outside world. (to be continued..) ()