Chapter 44: Goal: League Cup (Part II)

Walker, who came as a defender, is really good at training defense, and even people like Eastwood have been trained by him to look like defensive midfielders, not to mention George, who is extremely talented in defense. Wood too.

Even if Walker yells in his ear, he won't frown, he won't complain, and the next time he does what the coach says. What Donn likes most about Wood: he works hard, for his future and that of his mom. Compared with those "genius boys" who became famous at the age of eighteen, he will not give himself a chance to relax and slack. Don isn't worried about Wood losing his way in fame and fortune, as his goals on the pitch and on the training ground are not the same as those of the youthful geniuses. He always seemed to have a sense of crisis in his heart, and that sense of crisis was like a whip pulling him from behind.

Don thought it might have something to do with the poverty he witnessed and tried his best to live in poverty as a child.

Sophia had told him that the house they lived in when they first met was already in the best condition, because Wood was able to make money. How bad was it to live in before? Every time Sophia mentioned it, Don didn't ask. The important thing is that they live very well now, and the club has found a rental house for Wood near the training base, and the landlord is a die-hard Forest fan, and I heard that it is the new stars of the Forest team who want to live in it, and the rent is half less.

It's not a million-pound mansion in the "lace market", but it's good enough for the Woods. Downstairs there are no tenants who often return home late at night, there are two floors up and down, the space is spacious, the windows are bright and clean, and there are no children begging for money or unsightly men around, in the midst of the woods, such a place is perfect for Sophia who needs to take care of her body.

Mom's condition is stable, and when he no longer has to worry about the problem of eating with the family's two mouths, Wood can devote himself to the sport of football. Although Donn suggested that the Evan Club pay for Sophia's treatment, partly out of sympathy and concern for this kind and beautiful woman, and partly out of "selfish" considerations, what will Wood, who has solved his worries, grow up?

It's like a month and a half ago when he asked himself, "What can Wood do when he debuts?"

That's exciting...... As for Walker's going, Don never asked Walker to stay in front of him, even if he was joking, he didn't want to embarrass Walker.

Everyone has their own choice of road, as for whether this road is good or not, the scenery in front of it is beautiful, you have to walk in person to know. So Walker's choice to leave is his own business.

All Don could do was to try to leave him with good memories while they were still working together, and to open the door to him later if Walker wanted to come back to help him.

His headache is - where to find such a cooperative assistant coach? Nowadays, the division of labor in football is very detailed, and many specific matters are thrown by the head coach to the assistant coach to do. In the media and the public, they are unknown, but their role in the team is irreplaceable, and there are even players who only serve the assistant coach and do not listen to the head coach.

If the assistant coach is found and found correctly, it will be of great help to the head coach and the team's ability can be greatly improved. If you don't find the right ...... It's a bad situation. As a result, the assistant coach of many teams tends to be on the team longer than the head coach and is more familiar with the team than the head coach, which can help the head coach get familiar with the team faster. They are often cultivated by the team itself, real "descendants".

This is especially true of English teams. For example, if a team decides to change its head coach, their first choice must be the team's assistant coach, and the second choice is often the youth team head coach. That's why Glenn. The reason why Rod was able to serve as the first-team manager of West Ham and Newcastle twice as a youth team manager. English clubs are particularly loyal, and coaches who have been with the team for many years are more likely to be trusted by fans and the hierarchy, even if they are not of great use at their own level.

There is also a position that reflects this loyalty - the team doctor, who is professionally called "sports therapist". Even now, there are plenty of English team doctors who are unlucky retired players or pitch turf workers, club goalkeepers or even loyal friends of the manager...... These people don't have any professional licenses at all, and they rely on the most rudimentary common sense to treat injured players. It's not hard to explain why many England players have suffered a major injury since the last century – such as former Liverpool captain Jamie Brown. Redknapp's older brother, Mark. Redknapp, who was once the star of hope for Bournemouth, looks no worse off his future as a defender. In a reserve match against Cardiff City, Mark was tackled by an opponent and carried off the pitch after being treated by the team doctor and has since been able to walk on crutches. Later he worked as another defender, Leo. Ferdinand's agent. And his younger brother, Jamie. Redknapp, because he was unwilling to fall to the point of his brother, paid for a personal doctor to operate on him, and although he successfully returned to the field, he had to leave Liverpool because he "broke the rules".

English clubs are so faithful to these traditions, rightly or not, that have been preserved from two centuries ago.

As a result, the FA would rather work with the Royal Medical Centre of Nottingham University Hospital in Nottingham than with the team doctors of the Premier League clubs when a player is injured...... Who knows if the "magic sponges" would recommend a player with a hernia (torn inguinal muscle) to have surgery to remove the pubic bone?

Of course, Don was able to go straight from youth coach to first-team manager, and he was able to quickly establish his reputation among the fans, thanks to this "tradition" - because he was a man cultivated by Forest FC itself, "his own man".

Walker is also "his own man", but his departure can be said to be exceptional. If it weren't for the team's distraction, Walker probably wouldn't have retreated. But who knows...... As soon as he decided to leave, he heard the news that Donn was coming back, and after a while, he chose to keep his promise and leave the Forest team to help Ian before the end of the season. Boyd.

After deciding what path to go from here, Walker became more engaged in his work, and Don didn't speak much in training because Walker's voice was louder than he was. He knew that it was his own goal that inspired all the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of this man.

League Cup winners, Premier League qualifications, League Cup qualifications, none of them are missing! The goal of making a man's blood start to burn!

Now, start with the League Cup winners!

Middlesbrough, McLaren, wait to hit the wall!

(To be continued)