Following the win over Everton, Nottingham Forest are back on their home turf and five days later they will face second-round rivals Middlesbrough at the City Stadium.

It's a tough opponent and the Forest are in good shape at the moment, but they don't have Middlesbrough on their minds.

Now the head coach of Middlesbrough is no longer the McClaren who had a bad relationship with Donn, he has gone to the England national team as the head coach. The feud between the two shows no signs of abating with McLaren's departure, and Donn has no less criticized McLaren's work in his newspaper columns. He is very good at finding flaws in some small details that others, including McLaren himself, do not pay much attention to, and then make a big deal of it and use it as "ironclad evidence" to criticize McLaren.

Sometimes McLaren would respond to Donn through media such as the BBC or The Sun in an interview with reporters, but the conflict between the two did not intensify, and was limited to a few verbal quarrels.

For example, Donn criticized McClaren for leading the team too poorly. In order to purge the former forces, it is a practice of revenge to let the team do not perform well in the European Championship qualifiers rather than recruit David Beckham into the team. As for the personal feud between Beckham and McLaren, Don didn't say it, and he didn't need to say it, the media would naturally mobilize all the forces they could mobilize to investigate, and then make a storm in the city, even if nothing happened. Tang En knows much more than foreigners the truth of "wanting to get away with it".

McLaren, of course, wouldn't be willing to be humiliated, and he wouldn't publish a column to hit back at Don, because then he would feel that he was taking Donn too seriously and would make Donn more happy. So he only pretended to be "occasional" in an interview with the media: "If Coach Donn is so interested in the England manager's position, why not try it out for himself?" ”

Don would say in a very disdainful tone: "Do you know what two positions in this world are held that will cost you your life?" Prime Minister of England and head coach of England football team. I'm not going to be the manager who has no rest time for 24 hours and no **. As for Mr. McLaren's grievances. I deeply understand, but not every foodie is a cook. I think a certain dish is very unpalatable, and if the cook comes out and asks me, "If you have the ability, you can also cook a dish!" Then I will definitely flip the table on the spot and let him know what 'hospitality' is." ”

Tony Towne's vitriolic and sharp teeth have long been known after being publicized by the English media. As the object of Don's "abuse", Mr. McLaren has long learned a valuable lesson from being bullied again and again - when Donn provokes trouble, you only need to respond to your own position and opinion. This is not for Donne, it is said that those spectators dream of listening, so as not to confuse Done. Then, when Don wanted to continue to expand the war, he had to be silent and pretend not to hear. At this time, "silence is golden".

The English media once joked that the relationship between Donn and McLaren did not look like enemies with personal vendettas, but rather a couple who quarreled every once in a while. This quarrel does not harm the love between them, it is only a spice in life...... And outsiders are like watching a reality show. I'm not interested in those who love and love, but what I like to watch the most is the bickerel of life, because it's real, and it's full of the wisdom of life. It can make people laugh, or laugh.

Middlesbrough's head coach moved to England thanks to McClaren. Don is no stranger to him – not before he crossed – Gareth Southgate (gareth_southgate), a former England centre-back and one of the Premier League's first decade. He played in Euro 1996 and Euro 2000. Participated in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. Had it not been for Donndi's crossing and the consequent rise of Forest, he would have led Middlesbrough to the UEFA Cup final a year ago in the 05/06 season, one of the most glorious moments in the club's history. It's a pity that the last glory of his personal career has also become a "future" that will never happen with the arrival of Donn.

In 2004, he announced his retirement from the national team because he was not selected for England's European Championship squad. Last season, with Middlesbrough manager McClaren selected as England manager, Southgate, the team's midfield captain and McClaren's assistant, took over as Myburgh manager after a long period of setbacks.

It is said that he went through a lot of twists and turns because Southgate did not have a UEFA coaching certificate at the time, according to the rules. No one can coach the first team without a qualification. But England and the continent are a little different, UEFA rules are not very comfortable here, and English football has its own rules of the game. Prior to this, Newcastle manager Glenn Rod was also an "undocumented" man, a precedent that gave Middlesbrough manager Steve Gibson confidence, and then he consulted all the owners of the Premier League and obtained the consent of two-thirds of them, Southgate became the manager of Middlesbrough – the so-called rules of the game in English football. We don't need to listen to UEFA at all. As long as our own people think it's okay, it's okay.

More than the generosity of the club owners. The reaction from the Coaches Association of England was somewhat strong – they were almost unanimous in their opposition. Because they are worried that this kind of rule-breaking practice will set a very bad precedent, there was Glenn Rhodes before, and this time there is a Ggares Southgate, who knows what cats and dogs will ask for unlicensed work in the future? If so, what authority does the manager have to believe in? In England, many fans are almost football experts, maybe they also think they can be a glamorous Premier League manager?

Downe is a dissenting voice in the opposition, and he has publicly backed Gareth Southgate as Middlesbrough manager. There's a sense of "sympathy" in this, and he thinks he's actually an "undocumented worker", four years ago he was a complete rookie, but four years later he became the head coach of the European champions. So he doesn't think a coaching license is a must. As long as you are talented and smart enough, after practice, you can become a qualified and excellent head coach. As for what the head coach's authority...... This kind of, Don En scoffed even more, the authority of the head coach is not won by taking the qualification certificate, but by the results of the team, you can't win the ball, even if you let UEFA cast a gold certificate for you. There is no prestige in front of the players and fans.

Based on this thinking, Done has firmly and publicly expressed his support for Southgate, and after Southgate finally became the official manager of Middlesbrough, he also texted him to congratulate him. This gives the two people who have never known each other a kind of friendship, and at some point in the future, this friendship will definitely play its due role.

Don is no longer a nobody who no one knew at the Coaches' Association's cocktail party, and because of his brilliant achievements, he can speak in the association. But perhaps the first impression of this association was really bad. He never regarded himself as a member of this association in his heart, and he didn't bother to do such a boring thing as maintaining the authority of the head coach and the status of the coach association, they were worried that anyone could become the head coach? I wish I could do it! How can there be a good show if it is not messy?

Donn publicly expressed his support, and several more members of the association came out to congratulate Southgate. That's the end of it.

Because of this relationship, the atmosphere of gunpowder in the McLaren era when the Forest team and Middlesbrough played each other disappeared.

The atmosphere was normal, just like any normal league game.

Forest took advantage of their home advantage and beat Middlesbrough by just one goal here.

Southgate worked hard. But in Donn's opinion, he is still a little young, he used to be a good player, maybe a good assistant coach, but the head coach and the assistant coach need to consider different things, the height and angle of the problem are also different, which determines why there is a difference between the head coach and the assistant coach. In Donn's eyes, Southgate's ability to tweak players, especially defenders, is great. However, the grasp of the team's overall tactics and the improvised nature of the game were much worse.

After Southgate, who was born at the defender, became the manager of Middlesbrough, he paid close attention to defence, and Real Madrid's abandoned Woodgate rejuvenated under him, and Middlesbrough's defensive quality has also been greatly improved. They came to the City Stadium with the idea of holding on to a point, and their iron bucket defense did cause a lot of problems for the Forest team's attack in the game.

Arshavin, who was active in the first game, continued to start this game, but was drowned in England's tall defenders, and he couldn't find his feeling at all. In the second half, Donn replaced him with Eastwood. The Forest's attack picked up.

Southgate came close to leaving the City Stadium with a point as he wished. But he didn't have the cunning of Tony Don after all.

Until the last fifteen minutes, the score was still 0-0. In the 75th minute, Donn replaced the young Bendtner with the more experienced Ruud van Nistelrooy. It was his second substitution. He then asked Van der Vaart and Wood to move forward in central midfield and increase their long-range shots. In the final ten minutes, he brought on Raphinha, replaced Zim Bonda, and let Beckham lean into the middle, leaving enough space for Raphinha to break through and use the full-back as a wing-back.

As Don made quick adjustments one after the other, Southgate was too slow to react and didn't keep up with the tempo. In the 84th minute, the Middlesbrough gate was finally lost.

Raphinha's breakthrough caused confusion on the left side of Middlesbrough's defense, and then the ball was divided into the ribs, where Van der Vaart shot directly with his feet, too much power, Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer pounced on the ball and kept ambushing in the box, and the experienced "king of the small box" Van Nistelrooy grabbed the point to make up for the ball and easily pushed the ball into the empty net.

The Middlesbrough defenders thought Ruud van Nistelrooy was offside and raised their hands to prevent them from even doing something to defend, only to see them misjudged. Ruud van Nistelrooy did shoot from behind the backline, but when Van der Vaart shot from distance, he was parallel to the back line......

With this goal, Forest won Middlesbrough at home and also won two consecutive games in the new season.

After the game, Donn praised Southgate harshly. Think he has what it takes to be a good manager...... As for whether there really is, he doesn't know, anyone can say nice things, and he doesn't need to be responsible afterwards anyway.

Although he actually watched Southgate play through his youth, now, in the coaching world, he is definitely qualified to be Southgate's predecessor.

Southgate was also on top, albeit with a loss. He still complimented Donn, who had strongly supported him in coaching, saying that he was convinced of his defeat, and wished the Forest team better results in the new season.

Forest have already won the Champions League last season, better results? What makes a better grade?

A home win at Middlesbrough was just the second in a series of victories for Forest.

Just two days later, on 19 August, Forest won another 1-0 win over West Ham United, who were looking to hold on at home, in London.

It was a hard-fought game because Don didn't expect the opponent to stick to the home team to get the top goal......

"A point at home! No wonder West Ham United are dead every year. It's so unambitious! There was nothing Don could do but verbally vent his frustrations.

His pre-match arrangements fell through, and he thought West Ham would take advantage of home advantage to compete with him in midfield. Unexpectedly, West Ham United received an iron bucket formation within the 30-meter area in one go. Forest's quick counter-attack hit an iron plate. Except for the bleeding of the head, there is nothing to be gained.

It still relied on Donn's best ability to improvise and command on the spot to solve the problem.

Fortunately, today's forest team is no longer the forest team that can only fight quickly and is helpless once it faces the enemy. He was replaced by David Beckham, who was more adept at set-pieces and positional battles, and Gareth Bale, who was also adept at free-kicks. The last substitution was used for Bendtner, with the Danish youngster coming on for Ruud van Nistelrooy. For the next 25 minutes, the West Ham players saw the ball flying in front of their goal......

Bale and David Beckham frequently lobed high balls from the left and right flanks in front of goal, and then relied on Bendtner's remarkable height and header ability to create chaos in front of the opposition goal.

It worked wonders, as Beckham's centimeter-to-cenmetre cross was pinpointed at the back post and Bendtner sprinted and leaped high to outrun all West Ham defenders. All that's left to do now is to throw the ball in front of you towards the goal.

Like a step-back jumper, Bendtner twists his abdominal muscles in the air and leans back slightly to get power. In the air, he was still disturbed by a West Ham United defender, he was dragged underneath, almost lost his balance in the air, and the angle of his lean was too large, and he couldn't exert his strength. The original head shake to the top became a "rub", and the football was rubbed out of an arc. Leap high. Then he fell into the crevice. It's really crooked......

The ball grazed the crossbar and fell into the back of the net as West Ham goalkeeper Robert Glenn (robert_green) made a save. He almost hit the post and couldn't stop the ball from going in.

Forest's goal in the final 10 minutes helped them win away at West Ham United.

After the game, West Ham United manager Alan Kubishley (alan_curbishley) was unconvinced that the home defeat was just a little less lucky, and his tactics were flawless and limited Forest's attack. And Don kindly reminded him that luck is also part of strength.

On 25 August, Nottingham Forest travelled north to Newcastle to take on the city's only professional team. After a hard-fought battle, the Forest won their fourth straight game since the start of the new season 2-1.

As for their local rivals, the best result is Chelsea, with three wins and one draw in four games, and they are in second place with ten points. The Manchester City team, which has changed its new coach, has performed well, with three wins and one loss in four games, and is third with nine points. Liverpool have won two and drawn one due to one game less. Fourth out of seven. Next up is Everton with seven points from two wins, one draw and one loss, and Arsenal with seven points from two wins and one draw. Among the teams capable of competing for the league title this season, the most unlucky team is Manchester United at the moment, who have just won one, drawn two and lost one of their four games, and are in tenth place with five points.

Four wins in four games, 12 points, and the top of the list. It was the best start to the Premier League in Nottingham Forest club's history and since Tony Downe became Forest manager. For the first time, the team took the top spot in the league standings. Even though it wasn't the final standings of the season, the Forest had a good time celebrating – getting their head coach Tony Downe drunk at the hotel they were staying at that night.

As a result, the scene of their carnival was filmed by the paparazzi of The Sun, and it was put in the newspaper and caused a lot of fierce criticism.

The Forest-bashing team includes ordinary fans, famous journalists, and football celebrities.

Some people think that the Forest team celebrates such a result, but it is arrogant and contemptuous of their opponents. "Coach Tony Downe just won a Champions Cup, so it's a bit of a flutter...... Young coach, understandable. They always have to take more detours to get back on the right track. But I think it's still necessary to remind Coach Tony Donne......"

There were also criticisms that the discipline of the Forest team had reached outrageous levels - the manager and the players drank together! It's simply ...... Although in English football. It's not uncommon for players to drink, but it's still something to be noticed when it's exposed.

When asked about this, Chris Lak patiently explained that apart from the coaches who drank alcohol, the players drank non-alcoholic non-carbonated drinks such as juice and soda. Why did all the players come alive after the party? Because they didn't drink at all.

Don Enke wasn't so good at talking. He answered the questions that reporters were most concerned about in a very bad tone:

"In my eyes, this is not a big deal, you have little knowledge, and I can understand that you have to stir it up. He spoke as if the media interviewing him were really less knowledgeable. "This year. If the media doesn't make any moves, there will be no readers to watch it, and everyone is begging for a living, which is not easy. His words, coupled with the expression of understanding he pretended, made the media at the venue cry and laugh.

"But let me be clear, I don't mean to take my opponent lightly. Because it's a party that we're celebrating internally, it's just about celebrating what we've achieved so far. I swear to God that we didn't mention any of our opponents in our celebrations. No verbal insults were inflicted on them either. You are really wrong for your 'contemptuous opponent' hat. ”

Didn't mention any of the opponents? Is this a clarification or a provocation...... It's hard to judge.

"We never take any opponent lightly because it doesn't help us win against them. This is still like a point, but with Donn's character, he is destined to turn the corner. Sure enough...... "Some people say it's too early to celebrate?" It's not too early, we're rehearsing for the upcoming UEFA Super Cup celebrations. ”

As soon as the words that fully reflected Donn's style came out, the Liverpudlians were suddenly angry.

The Liverpool Echo acted as a spearhead, lashing out at Tony Towne in the paper.

Done responded in his column: "If the people of Liverpool feel that they can win the title by scolding in the media, I support them to spit in the media all day long. ”

His response further infuriated the Liverpudlians. Even the Liverpool players came out for an interview to express their displeasure with Donne. Believe that a manager should put his mind on managing players and leading by example. Instead of fighting with opponents with words all day long. This was clearly a sarcasm before the Forest team celebrated the drinking party wildly.

Done also hit back unceremoniously: "I agree that a manager should put his mind on managing players, so. Clearly, Mr. Benitez has not done his job properly. This time, he pulled in the opposing coach, the Spaniard Rafael Benitez, who has always been very low-key. He satirized Benitez for not managing his players, which only made Liverpool even more angry.

Who wants to stay out of the way? No one could do it, and all of them were mixed up by Don's three-five divisions.

The UEFA Super Cup has not yet begun, and the war of words between the two teams has already started in full swing.

Tang En cleverly used this media to hype up their drinking party, and unknowingly launched a full-scale psychological warfare against the other party. In fact, it was really unexpectedly that the wine would be hyped by the media, but an excellent master of psychological warfare is to use all the factors that can be used to stimulate the opponent.

Donn is convinced that his mental tactics have worked. Regardless of whether the opponent is angry or disdainful now, these people will not continue to maintain their previous emotions. They may not notice it themselves, but the changes will be faithfully reflected in the game.

In order to win, use all the factors at your disposal, use all the methods that can be used. Arguing with people in the media and becoming a rogue villain in the eyes of Liverpool fans is nothing compared to a UEFA Super Cup?

Don never cared about his prestige and image in the eyes of his opponent's supporters, otherwise, he would have been so distressed that he would not be able to sleep every night. Because there are so many fans who hate him - no one likes to beat the enemy of the team they support, right?

Tony Donn also doesn't like defeating his enemies, so he understands the mood of those people......