Volume 5 Red Chapter 50 It's just an ordinary league
The away defeat to Arsenal left Forest once again without a win in two rounds. In this devil's schedule, except for Chelsea, Done lost all three other strong teams. The media is completely unoptimistic about Donn's goal of "competing for the league title" as he said before the season. You know, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool are all direct competitors to him to compete for the title, and now they have all lost without exception, the points gap has been widened, is Nottingham Forest still eligible to compete for the league title?
While Don was unhappy with the defeat against Arsenal, he was not so pessimistic as to think his side had a strange future. The media always like to make a fuss about the headline party, because otherwise it won't attract the reader's eye.
Arsenal won against Nottingham Forest and topped the league with 33 points in a game less, while Manchester United lost 0-1 away to Bolton Wanderers in this round of the league, Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0 away, and Manchester City beat Reading 2-1 at home, these two teams are now tied with Forest on 29 points, and both are above Nottingham Forest on goal difference.
As for Chelsea, who have just undergone major personnel changes recently, no one can hope for the outcome of their game. Not only is it because something has just happened within the club, but also because most of the media are not recognising the quality of Chelsea's new head coach Grant – they don't believe Chelsea can be brought back to life with the Israeli, and there is nothing going on with Chelsea in the league title race this season.
As if to prove what these media are telling the truth, Chelsea, who have changed their manager, lost 2-0 away to promoted Derby County in this round of the league.
Everyone was waiting to see Grant's joke, and he did it. Chelsea, who lost Jose Mourinho, seemed to have been drained of their soul overnight, showing no fighting spirit on the field, like a headless fly, and the tactics were chaotic. The players are out of shape. Everyone looks preoccupied and thinking about their future.
Donn understands this, and that's pretty much what he just took over at Nottingham Forest. Although Mourinho has been at Chelsea for more than three years, he has laid the foundation behind this team. But his sudden departure also caused irreparable damage to this foundation. So in fact, what was left to Grant was a mess, morale was low, people were panicked, and everyone had a feeling of "no backbone". In these more than three years. Chelsea's players have long been accustomed to Mourinho's life as the first to come, and he has injected a strong mental strength into the team, imbuing them with a desire for a title and never conceding defeat......
Now, all of a sudden, these things are gone, like magic. Poof, the dove disappeared from the magician's grasp.
No one knows exactly what Grant had in mind when he took over the team, or what else he could do with the team. But none of that matters. All everyone cares about is how long he can sit in this hot ass position – Abramovich is said to have contacted Ten Carter, who used to be an assistant coach at Rijkaard at Barcelona, to come to Chelsea. There are also rumours that Abramovich has found Guus Hiddink, who is working in the Russian national team, and Van Basten, who is the head coach of the Dutch national team. These three people have been confirmed, with the exception of Tony Towne, who caused the "foul mouth" incident some time ago, and Chelsea have never admitted that they have sought out this troublesome person. It looked like Don himself was overreacting.
It's rare for a head coach to start on the day he officially takes office. was sentenced to death by everyone countdown. Should Avram Grant be honored or saddened?
Thanks to Grant, much of the media has been hyping up Chelsea after Chelsea's defeat, and Nottingham Forest's defeat doesn't seem to be worth mentioning in this context.
The devil's race is coming to an end. Then after a three-round buffer, the intensive schedule for Christmas will hit again.
This is a special feature of the Premier League, as other leagues have a winter break after Christmas, and the Premier League is the only one of Europe's four major leagues that does not have this winter break. As the public gets off at Christmas, people who have been busy for a year will have more time to choose whether to travel or stay home to watch TV, and fans will have plenty of time to go to the stadium to see the game, if you want to maximize the monetary benefits. It's a very fitting time to schedule a lot of fixtures. But the problem is that players are not robots, they need rest just like normal people, and I am afraid that the rest will take longer - because there are 20 teams in the Premier League, and a big team can need to play more than 60 games in a season, including various cup competitions. At the same time, the Premier League is also the fastest paced in the world. The scramble is the most intense. In the fastest league, players are much more physically demanding than in leagues such as La Liga. It is also more likely to get out of the line fatigue phenomenon. Cup matches in other countries are usually scheduled in midweek, but in order to maximize the benefits of televising, the English FA FA and League Cup are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday as much as possible, which squeezes out the league schedule, and more leagues can only be scheduled in midweek, which is one of the important reasons why the English league has many double games a week.
Christmas is in winter, when the temperature plummets, and the climate in the UK is mainly wet and cold, which is very unsuitable for outdoor sports. It's no coincidence that injuries at clubs are clustered like volcanic eruptions at this time of year.
Like most coaches, Don was unhappy with this arrangement, but countless managers who were more famous than Donn also objected, and it didn't work at all. In the final analysis, the Premier League is actually a company, and it is natural that the first goal is to make money, and the English FA must also consider its own interests. As for the health of the players...... Anyway, they make so much money, and it's worth paying a little more hardship and risk that ordinary people can't compare.
Any sport is a gamble on tomorrow, some people win the bet, some people lose the bet. This is a reality that makes Don very helpless.
In the fifteenth round of the league, Nottingham Forest returned to home again, and compared to their previous opponents, this opponent is not low. However, this ranking is a bit too much.
Manchester city.
Eaten as a kay at the start of the season, Donn doesn't mind letting City do it again at a time when Forest desperately need a place to win.
In fact, Ashley Young's performance at Manchester City is still very good, and if it weren't for the scandal that he was exposed to naked chats on the Internet, his reputation now would not be bad. Manchester City's Kaizi is mainly because he has spent a lot of money. Judging by Ashley Young's ability, £25 million is still a bit expensive......
It was also Ashley Young's first game back at City Stadium – and he'll be back many times to come, but the umpteenth time is certainly not as good as the first, which is the same reason that virgins must be more precious than non-virgins.
Some media use this as a gimmick that can be hyped up. The inside story of the transfer was more or less revealed, and everyone felt that Ashley Young was driven away by Don En sincerely...... Because Ashley Young doesn't really want to leave Nottingham Forest. This incident has been publicized by some "Don Black" media, which has portrayed Ashley Young as a loyal to the Forest team, and described Donn as a ruthless dictator - anyone who goes against his will, even the team's heroes and loyalists, will only end up leaving Wilford in a bleak way.
This kind of rhetoric is still quite marketable, because there is a majority of people in the world who hate Tony Down. But Donn didn't have the heart to argue with those people in the media. He never cared what people thought of him, so if he quarreled in the newspaper, it must be for non-personal reasons, such as helping the team to relieve pressure. It's just fun to distract the media from someone...... Nothing was meant to justify himself - the media said that Donn was a demon with horns on his head, wings on his back, a tail on his buttocks, and sharp teeth. He also preached it around with great joy, as if he was afraid that others would not know about his virtue.
Anyway, that's how it happened – the media wanted to hype up Ashley Young's revenge fight, but Don didn't want to fight at all.
"Ashley Young? Oh. He's a great midfielder and I'm grateful for what he's done with Forest over the past few seasons and I want him to do well in his new team...... It's just a normal league game, and I have a lot of old friends at Manchester City...... If you really can't find the right gimmick, I'd suggest you run a full-page ad and make a little more money......"
City did have his friends, but that was once upon a time. Stuart Pierce has already reported to the FA and became the head coach of the England Under-21 squad last season. That's why Manchester City went back to contact Eriksen to go back to England because they needed a manager.
Perhaps elsewhere, the club coach can also be the head coach of the national team, most notably the Dutchman Guus Hiddink, who can be the head coach of PSV Eindhoven and the head coach of the Australian national team at the same time. But this set is categorically impossible in England. Not to mention the amount of drooling that would kill you seven or seven hundred and forty-nine times and the club's fans' suspicion of the manager's loyalty. It's a question of fairness. It's all sloppy – in case a Premier League team becomes England manager, in order to conserve more energy for his club's players in the league. And all the players from other teams are selected to enter the national team, and then fly tens of thousands of kilometers to play the crucial warm-up games, and finally drag their tired bodies back to their respective clubs, when playing against this coach's team, I am afraid that they will not have the strength to fight with all their might, right?
Therefore, the English football team will never allow an England manager to be the head coach of another club at the same time.
Pierce had to choose between club and country even as Under-21 manager, and he chose to give up his position as Manchester City manager and go to the England youth team.
This time, Donn faced Manchester City, and he really didn't have any friends.
Eriksen is still in the England manager's position and Donn doesn't like him. The Thai Thaksin Don doesn't have much to do with either, as for the players...... It won't be friends.
So this game is indeed a very ordinary league as Donn said, and the media wants to hype up his feud with Ashley Young. I really found the wrong occasion.
In this game, Donn used rotation again. David Beckham started the game, Ribery also played on the left, but of course, the combination of Georgewood and Van der Vaart in the middle of the midfield was still a key one, and Donn wanted to focus on developing this combination. If there are no surprises, most of the time the Forest team will rely on these two men in the middle. Ribery can also play in the middle, but after all, the left side is where Donn wants him to stay.
Up front, Ruud van Nissterooy and Eastwood started together. Arshavin was on the bench and Bendtner didn't even make the squad.
At the back, Gareth Bale started the line-up, with Ayala and Vincent Kompany at centre-back and Raphinha on the right. Zim Bonda was also on the bench......
Playing at home, the recent results have been very bad, and the Forest team, which has made Don angry, is full of energy, and Manchester City are fat sheep to be slaughtered in their eyes. Or to put it another way, Kaizi - there is only one word up and down: three points!
"Oooo The narrator exclaimed excitedly, "Van Nistelrooy—"
Three minutes into the game, Forest took the lead. It's too easy and casual...... City's aura of early season is fading, and now it's time for a strong opponent to knock them back into shape.
The Dutch striker runs on the sidelines with his arms outstretched, like a bird in flight. "The Flying Dutchman". Don remembered where he had first heard the phrase, but it was a natural thing for him to think of it. Van Nistelrooy is not old, he really bought him right in the first place, not to mention that he is in stable condition. is also conscientious, and never pulls Dutch fellows to engage in any "Dutch gang" in the locker room, has a good relationship with Beckham, and can unite others. A real pro...... Old man, why did you let such a person go in the first place?
Before the end of the first half, Manchester City launched a strong counterattack, but it did not have much effect. Ayala is old, but his experience is there. Coupled with George Wood's continued diligence, City's offensive thunder was a little rain.
At half-time, Eriksen encouraged his players to work hard, a goal down is nothing, anything can happen on the football pitch.
It was another three minutes into the second half, with Forest scoring the second goal.
Because Donn also told his locals at half-time that anything can happen on the football field, and a one-goal lead is nothing, so he should sneak up on the opponent when they are attacking them aggressively.
And he succeeded again.
The city was pressed on the ground, and the Forest team seized the opportunity of the emptiness in the rear to go to the next city.
Two goals behind. The look on Erikson's face was ugly.
It was Van der Vaart who scored the goal. His long-range shot pierced Joe Hart's 10 fingers.
In the next game, Forest continued to work hard like two goals.
Franck Franck Ribery and Eastwood scored one goal each. Forest won 4-0 against Manchester City.
As for Ashley Young, who was used as a gimmick by the media before the game? He was completely suppressed by Gareth Bell and Ribery's attack in the game, and he simply did not play as well as he should. After 70 minutes of inaction, he was replaced by Eriksen. walked off the field with his head down, ending his "revenge journey".
Forest, who won the game, halted a possible slide and Donn was in a good mood.
He and Eriksen also hugged each other, and there was no sign of the way he had criticized the Swede on television and in the newspapers.
A reporter asked at the press conference about the goals that Donn set for the team before the season, and now that the team has lost three games, and the opponents are still the most direct competitors, will this have any adverse impact on the goals he set for the team before the season.
Don replied with a smile: "Of course it will make us a little more uncomfortable, but I think it's more valuable to win the championship this way." "I didn't argue with reporters in a good mood. "The goal will not change, it is still the champion!"