Chapter 4: New Coaches (I)
Don stood outside the gates of Wilford's training base. MacDonald noticed that he was standing outside for several minutes, but had no intention of coming in.
"Tony?"
Don turned his head to look at the old doorman. "Hasn't Evan come yet?"
MacDonald shrugged his shoulders and shook his head: "It's only past eight o'clock, he won't come so early, he has been coming at nine o'clock for more than a week." ”
Donn nodded, then walked towards the guard's room. "Mind if I sit with you for a while?"
MacDonald opened the door, "No, not mind at all. Sometimes it's boring for me to sit here alone, and it's nice to have someone to talk to me for a while. ”
Donn stood in the doorway and looked at the cramped janitor's room, a chair, a table, a few spread out newspapers, quite like an antique radio, a drinking glass, a kettle. There was no room for two people, and there weren't enough chairs. He simply leaned against the door frame.
MacDonald looked at Done: "Tony, do you know that?" ”
"Which thing?" Don was a little absent-minded, he leaned against the door frame, but his eyes were looking at the small white building in the door.
MacDonald looked back at today's newspaper on the table, and it was no wonder that Don asked such rhetorical questions.
-- The former coach of the Forest team is suspected of abducting underage girls!
- Tony. Coach Donn faces charges!
- Collymore on the new season: I'll be back and I'll be able to take the Forest out of the quagmire!
- Poll: 46% of Forest fans support Collymore's coaching, 42% oppose and 2% don't care.
Two major events are a headache for Don.
MacDonald was hesitant to repeat the question, but this time it was Don's turn to speak: "Ian, do you like Collymore?" ”
The question came as a surprise to MacDonald, who didn't know how to answer Donn. Apparently Don also saw his embarrassment, so he grinned at him and said, "It's okay, Ian, tell me what you really think." ”
"Uh...... How so? I think the vast majority of Forest fans will love that guy, even though he's really bad off the pitch...... It's complicated. "Macdonald finally defined Collymore." This guy makes us have mixed feelings about him. ”
"Love and hate?" Don asked rhetorically.
Macdonald nodded: "Yes, we miss his glory days with Forest, and we don't like the scandal he caused outside. ”
"Hmm...... Do you think he can lead the current Forest team back to the Premier League? ”
Donn's question left MacDonald in a long test. Seeing the old doorman's troubled look, Don knew he didn't need an answer.
He picked up the newspaper on the table, looked at the three numbers, and said as if to himself: "I'm already very happy, at least forty-two percent of the people still support me." Goodbye, Ian. Don walked through the door and toward his office, if it was still his...... Hearing Donn's tone of words, a shadow suddenly flashed in MacDonald's heart: "Tony! You're going to stay with Forest, are you? ”
Don looked back at the white-haired old doorman and smiled, "Maybe." No one knows what the future holds, Ian. You know me...... This man never had any plans for the future, so ......"
MacDonald nodded, "I understand. Good luck, Tony. ”
"Thank you, and good luck, Ian."
Saying goodbye to MacDonald, Donn turned to move on, when he heard the roar of the engine coming from behind him, and then the clatter of the iron gate being opened, Donn didn't look back, he knew who was coming.
A familiar dark red Audi A6 pulled up beside him. Dogetty got out of the car and circled around Donn. "Good morning, Tony."
"Good morning, Mr. President." Don replied respectfully.
"Oh, come on! We're still here to go! Evan took out the tone of an old friend's meeting, and then patted Don on the shoulder, "I know you have something to say to me, and it just so happens that I'm looking for you too...... We talked as we walked. He knocked on the window and motioned for the driver to pull the car to the parking lot first.
Then he and Don walked towards the training ground.
"It's hard work to find you, is Spain fun? I've heard that there are quite a few great naturist baths there, haha! ”
"It's okay......"
Instead of going to the office to sit on business, the two stood on the edge of the training ground, chatting seemingly casually as they watched the turf workers prepare for the team's first training session in two days.
"Tony, I know what I'm trying to say when you come to you."
"Evan, you really know that Stan. Collymore? Donn asked, wanting to know why his replacement wasn't Venables, Stuart. Pierce or something, but Stan. Collymore (stan'collymore).
This man who was called "a man who messes around like a dog" by the British media is most famous, in addition to his beautiful goals, is a series of scandals.
Collymore started his career as a player at Crystal Palace but was unable to adapt to professional football to Southend, a semi-professional club in the Southern League, where he quickly became a leading striker and caught the eye of Nottingham Forest, a Premier League side at the time. It was at the Premier League club that Collymore became a true star, and his performances led to a £8.5 million move to the Reds to Liverpool and then a superstar at Anfield to shock the KOP stands. He and Fowler have swept across England and have been named to the England squad as a matter of course.
But the talented striker was ruined in his unruly private life. Fowler and McMallaman are Liverpool's famous playboys, and what happens when these people get together does not need to be detailed, you can imagine for yourself, the key words are "glamorous, beautiful, surname".
In 2001, Collymore moved to Real 'Oviedo, then in La Liga, but suddenly announced his retirement three months before the end of his contract, which dealt a big blow to the team, and the poor team was relegated to the second division, and within two years, they were relegated to the third division, and fell to the third division in two years. And what about Collymore...... continued his glamorous life full of controversy off the court.
After retiring as a player, Collymore soon found a job as a guest commentator on BBC5, but he didn't settle down. After his ex-girlfriend and England coach Eriksson's rumored girlfriend Ulrika published an autobiography describing him as a "beast" and a "demon", Collymore, who felt deeply hurt, threatened to sell the videotapes of him and Ulrika**!
Collymore's lawyer used a lot of vivid words to describe the impact of the tape, saying that his employer wanted to take the tape out into the world, electronic rights, film adaptation rights...... Wait, as long as someone pays for it, we can talk about anything, and there is never any concern about infringing on the copyright of portrait rights. "Pear blossoms bring rain" that scared Ulrika.
The rest of the matter is even more excessive. Collymore was exposed by two reporters from The Sun for attending a car party - simply put, hooking up with those beautiful women in the woodland parking lot of the famous Staffordshire in England, and then settling in or outside the car. Woodland parking is well-known in England's celebrity circles, as it is almost the best car parking in England, and it is also a place for celebrities to chase their last name and love games. Collymore was obsessed with such a life, even though every night at home only four miles from the parking lot there was his wife, "childhood sweetheart" Estahl. Williams was still waiting for him to come home.
Later, he openly declared that group sex was the way of life in England in the future. This completely angered the British public, and for a time became the target of thousands of people and spurned by thousands of people.
Collymore, who was under great pressure, was forced to resign from BBC5 and publicly apologized in the media, crying and begging for forgiveness from the public, and promising that he would be a new person...... And ...... "And then you gave him a chance to be a man again, Evan." Don said with a little sarcasm.
"I know what you're talking about, Tony. You, my dad, think I don't know anything about football in this country, but I know it. Allan. Adams recommended Collymore to me, and I have studied his resume carefully, and I don't think we can dismiss a person's future because of his past. There are many examples of players retiring to become good coaches. Keegan, Stuart. Pierce...... And then there's the team's legend Brian, whom you admire the most. Clough also went straight from the player to the coach. ”
Don looked at Evan quietly. Dogetty did not comment on his unconvincing examples and excuses.
"And...... Tony, maybe you don't know it yourself, but I've always considered you a friend, and I've always liked your straightforward surname. "Evan. Dogetty said as he looked at Donn.
"What should I say? Flattered? Don shrugged, not appreciative. Since you regard me as a friend, would you rather trust someone with a disorderly private life than a friend? ”
(To be continued)