On February 9, in the 31st round of the English League, Nottingham Forest hosted Crystal Palace (Crystal'Palace), and in the opening four minutes, Michael, the young captain of the Forest team; Dawson scored the opening goal from a corner. The atmosphere at the City Stadium was ignited from the start.

Then in the fifty-ninth minute, Malone; Hellwood scored the game-winning goal. Crystal Palace only in the seventy-fifth minute by Andrew; Andrew'Johnson scored a face-saving goal. He later moved to Everton after Crystal Palace's failed run in the 05/06 season and immediately became the Toffees' top scorer. At one time, there was a strong hope of competing for the Premier League Golden Boot. But he had few chances under Dawson's defense.

Nottingham Forest, who beat Crystal Palace 2-1, made it two wins in a row and jumped to sixth place as they were level on points with Norwich City once again holding them down on goal difference.

Sixth in the league is a very morale-boosting position, because according to the FA's rules for relegation and relegation from League One, the first and second places in the league can be directly promoted to the Premier League, and the third to sixth places are eligible for the play-offs to determine the last place to be promoted to the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest's 32nd round of fixtures has been postponed to 16 April, giving the team a chance to rest and adjust. Don continued to implement his tactical idea of "less control of the ball, faster passing" in training, and everyone saw the results, and no one disputed this.

On February 22, in the 33rd round of League One, Nottingham hosted Stoke' City. The game left a very strong impression on Donn and a wonderful afternoon memory for the 31,000 home fans.

From the moment the referee's kick-off whistle sounded, the game fell into the rhythm of Forest.

Malone; Hellwood was the man of the match for Forest, who was named Man of the Match after the game, and throughout February, he was consistent and was voted League One Player of the Month. In the thirteenth minute, Heilwood picked up Andy; Reid's cross stabbed the ball into the Stoke City gate and kicked off the Forest's carnage.

In the 24th minute, the 28th minute, and four minutes, Heilwood scored two more goals in a row to complete his hat-trick of the game.

The City Stadium was filled with cheers for the twenty-three-year-old English goalscorer. Even Don didn't expect this match to start so smoothly. His quick attacking style completely stunned Stoke City and made them dizzy.

I thought that Helewood, who had completed a hat-trick, would take a break, but I didn't expect that in the last minute of the first half, he scored again!

When Hellwood scored, Donn suddenly felt his seat shaking, and he turned his head to see that the people on the bench and the dugout were all jumping, and Walker was silly at him.

“4：0！ Hailewood are unstoppable, and it's his seven goals in three consecutive games! The Forest team was also unstoppable, and after an embarrassing five-game winless streak, they came back with a big comeback, three wins in a row! ”

Stoke City completely lost their fighting spirit, and just eight minutes into the second half, David; Johansen put the icing on the cake as Forest led by five goals.

At this time, Donn's opponent changed to a very unfamiliar number and face - in fact, Donn looked at everyone very unfamiliar, the difference was that some of the names he had heard some of. The person who came up this time was unfamiliar with even the name - Chris; Kris'mons.

That was perhaps the only problem Stoke City had for Forest, with Commons coming on the pitch and being very active on the wing, with his breakthroughs and crosses allowing Michael; Dawson no longer dared to press up casually, and on the left side of Cummons' main attack, Forest's right-back Thompson was a little unable to find the north by him. If it weren't for the fact that Stoke City's forwards had no intention of fighting, perhaps they would have scored a goal long ago.

Seeing the danger, Donn made a change, replacing Williams and bringing on Cash, who had a good performance against Wimbledon, and using Cash's excellent offense to suppress Cummons' assist. Sure enough, Cummons soon had to give up the offense and turn back to defense.

The crisis was over, the game was back in the hands of the Forest team, and there was no suspense for the rest of the time.

Eighty-fifth minute, Ian; Jace took a direct free-kick to make it 6-0. City Stadium is in a frenzy.

Fans have rarely seen such a hearty game in recent years, and Don has regained their former self-esteem and self-confidence. The game also sent Stoke City into the abyss of relegation, and at the end of the 33rd round, they are second from bottom with only 28 points, having been fourth from bottom before this game. League One stipulates that the bottom three of the league are relegated to the second division.

After hugging and celebrating with his players, Donn stood on the sidelines, not as excited as he was in his first win. He knows that three wins in a row are just the beginning, far from the end.

The Stoke City players bowed their heads and hurried away, and Donn noticed the kid who had only been replaced in the second half, No. 24 Commons. He bit his lip tightly, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes. He doesn't know if the boy is making his first senior appearance, and maybe the fiasco will leave an indelible memory for him, but it might be a good thing for him.

This kid is very good, but unfortunately not in the Forest team...... Andy; Reid lacks a good enough addition, and in case of bad form or injury, who should start on the left side of Forest's midfield?

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As we enter March, the scent of spring is getting stronger and stronger, and the Nottingham Forest seems to have woken up from the cold winter, with new branches and buds emerging from the trunks. Their progress continues.

On March 1, Forest took on Watford away. Prior to this game, Watford were eighth in the league and were just three points clear of Forest. Forest continued to cement their fifth place in the league after this game, while Watford slipped to 12th in the league.

1：0！ Forest picked up a valuable three points on the road, although the process didn't look all that convincing. Because the home team took the initiative from start to finish in the game, it seemed to be a remake of the last game against Stoke City. But Donne's pre-match message to the team was to defend and then wait for an opportunity to fight back. He succeeded, Andy; Reid's long-range strike in the 68th minute silenced Vicarage 'Road' Stadium.

In this game, Forest had just four shots on goal, two of which hit the woodwork and one was a goal. For most of the rest of the time, they were pressed into their own half, struggling to defend against each other's attacks.

John, who was in charge of broadcasting and commentating the game; Mortensen mentioned more than once in the game, "Is this Forest team still on three wins in a row and the same Forest team that swept Stoke City by six goals in the last round of the league?" ”

Done has been grim since Reed's goal, and both Walker and Bowyer are worried that the team's door will be breached at any time. Thankfully, Dawson's backline withstood all the attacks, and luck helped a little. In the end, the Forest, who were heavily slammed by Mortenson, won four in a row.

No matter how awkward they are on the pitch, these guys can relax on the way back to Nottingham.

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On March 5th, it was another away game. Forest won a beautiful 4-1 win over Gillingham at Priestfield. Forest continued to surprise everyone in this game, also away from home, but they were the same team as they were in the previous game, in this game they started with the attacking banner high and then scored in the ninth, nineteenth, forty-eighth and fifty-second minutes. The four balls were completed by four people, who were David; Johansen, Malone; Halewood, Andy; Reid and Gareth; Williams.

The home side scored just one consolation goal in the eighty-two minutes.

The morale of the Forest, who have won five in a row, is high, although they have dropped to seventh due to the previous game and the excellent performance of other teams, but it has not affected the mood of the Foresters in the slightest. Now everyone believes that the team can participate in the play-offs at the end of the season, and if they are lucky, they may even be promoted to the Super League.

Photographs of Donn directing the game and attending the post-match press conference have appeared in various newspapers and magazines, and he has been named League One's Manager of the Month of February. Now almost all of England knows that Forest have one of the best coaches who have been knocked out by their own players.

It was his first personal accolade, and he stood in the dugout at the City Stadium with champagne in hand, and he asked the Corriere della Sera reporter who came to interview him to take a picture of him.

He fulfilled his promise with the president of Corriere della Sera and gave them an interview at the most opportune moment.

The interviewer in charge of interviewing Don was James, the Corriere della Sera front correspondent; Robson, who came with him, in addition to a photojournalist, also had a Donn "acquaintance" - Pierce; Bruce, the thin-skinned, tender-skinned, well-mannered intern journalist. Obviously, he came to learn from Robson and gain experience, and he was not the protagonist of this interview.

In addition to the recent five-game winning streak, the biggest focus of the interview was on why the previous Tony; Don and now this Tony; Don is so different.

Don had been prepared for this question for a long time, so he called Professor Constantine, who had not played for a while, to the city stadium in advance, and several people sat in the coach's seat to listen to this old man who was quite famous in British academia, and he talked about Donn from mysterious rumors.

James; Robson and others heard a lot of interesting stories, some in India, some in the United States, some in Spain, and even somewhere in distant Africa...... but didn't get "what caused Tony; Donn has changed so much". Later, the journalist could only blame everything on "mysterious natural phenomena that science cannot explain at present" and "that accidental impact".

Don watched the other party write these down in a small notebook, and he was very satisfied. I went to Konstantin to prevent this hand. It's just that he didn't expect that he would find an authority who would speak with weight. Just now I introduced Konstantin to the three reporters, and Don knew it from the way they looked at the old man.

The interview was a success, and Don was satisfied. Recently, the chairman has been pleased with the team's performance, and has repeatedly promised him that he will be the team's head coach next season. He was even more determined to be a football coach.

Sent off three journalists, and Konstantin returned to the stadium.

Donn stood on the sidelines of the grassy field, looking at the empty red stands around him, three cleaners were cleaning the stands, and in the distance there were turf maintenance workers mruning the grass and keeping it level. They are preparing for the next round of the league when Forest host Grimsby.

The sun is good, and it is warm on people.

"Professor. Do you know? ”

"Huh?"

"My previous wish...... Just being a youth team coach and, like Paul, developing young players as an interest. ”

The old professor sat in the coach's seat behind Donne, crossed Erlang's legs, and felt what it was like to be a head coach.

"Someone who lives their whole life until they die may not find out what they are really good at, what they really like to do, what they really should do. I'm so much luckier than those guys. Don turned around and looked back at Konstantin, and asked with a smile, "How do you feel?" ”

"Ah...... The view is not as good as it is from above...... "Konstantin shrugged, "I don't quite understand why I can see the whole picture by sitting here, the first few games I sat in the box, there were places that I couldn't see. ”

"In fact, if you look at it with your eyes, there will be dead ends anyway." Donn pointed to his head, "The head coach's overall view is here, if you are smart enough, there are no dead ends here." It's like you put all those cumbersome data, formulas in your head. ”

Konstantin squinted at Don who was standing in the sun for a moment, and then nodded: "Tony, you are indeed the most suitable person to sit in this position." He stood up and gave up his manager's seat.

Looking at the rows of seats in front of him, Don smiled: "That's right. I love the location, I was born to sit here. ”

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