"George, think about it, from the time you stood on my doorstep and said to me, 'I think you should sign the best player in England', to now you're a regular for Forest, playing all the games of the season. What has changed in you? You're stronger, countless times stronger than that silly boy back then. It's been almost two years, time flies, but your progress is faster. If you are not willing to lose to Riquelme like this, and you have no way to fight back, you don't want to sit here and sulk. You should work harder, and if you want to beat your opponent earlier, you have to work a hundred times harder than usual! Do you understand what I mean? ”

Wood nodded, "Understood." ”

Don smiled: "That's right." If you've already lost the game, just let it pass, don't put this dead person's expression out and make everyone depressed with you. If you are not reconciled, you will vent your resentment on the training ground. Demi is a very experienced midfielder and you can learn a lot from him until you retire. ”

"I know, he ...... It's remarkable. "Some haughty Wood rarely admires someone, but the Italian who always has a smile on his face convinces him.

Hearing Wood say two words in one breath, Donn knew that Wood's mood had improved, so he rubbed his hands together and stretched out two fingers: "Just before I come to talk to you, I have two choices in mind about the next game." a, let you rest for a round of league games, tell those media outside that you are not physically fit and need to be rotated; B, keep starting you, but I'm not going to say anything to the media. ”

"I'm fine." Wood said he had helped Don make his choice.

"That's what I thought, George." Donn nodded, "If I say you're resting due to injury or physical reasons, I won't believe it myself in the first place. So now I only have one 'b' to choose from. But there's not much time left for you, you don't have the opportunity to work the training pitch and in three days we're going to Old Trafford against Manchester United. Are you ready to silence those who start questioning you when they wake up early tomorrow morning? ”

Don looked at Wood and asked, and Wood looked at Don too, but didn't rush to answer. After a while, he asked rhetorically: "Are Manchester United good?" ”

It's not like Wood is playing dumb on purpose, he doesn't have that sense of humor yet.

Before promotion to the Premier League, George? Wood never cared about the English Premier League, and he never cared about the situation in English football until he played football. The start of the season was supposed to be a low point for Manchester United, and it was normal for him not to know how strong the Red Devils were.

Donn laughed, "You never watch newspapers, news, TV or anything?" Villarreal only have one Riquelme, and Manchester United have several players like Riquelme. ”

Hearing Don say this, Wood's eyes lit up.

When they woke up in the night and opened their eyes, most of the comments they saw about Forest's game yesterday were almost all about Wood. Ninety-nine percent of Wood's criticism of his performance yesterday was made.

It is not a criticism to say that he is young and inexperienced, and the English media is already mean and does not pay attention to "accumulation of morality" at all. Some of the review articles directly say George? Wood was as stupid as a pig in front of the Argentine.

"Riquelme's pace is slow enough, George? Wood's reaction was even slower than his! ”

“…… Yes, the Spaniards have a late schedule, but please note that the kick-off time for this game is not 12 a.m., and there are no late-night snacks for fans to eat at the Love Song Stadium. George? Wood was on the field as if he had entered the second half of the night early, drowsy! ”

"Watching him being played around by the Argentinians, I couldn't help but turn off the TV......"

"Why not use the more experienced Blanya? Gunelson? George? Wood's player resume has a large blank space and is incredibly clean. Playing against a player like Riquelme away from home, why let such a kid defend? The two of them are not players of the same level at all! ”

"We all know Tony? Donn's tactic was to get George? Wood defended the space behind Albertini so he could free up his hands to organise the attack, and Nottingham Forest were at the Love Song Stadium and the counter-attack was in need of the Italian's precise long pass. But Wood's stupid boy didn't do his job at all, and instead made Albertini give up the attack to help him defend......"

“…… To put it bluntly, is Coach Donn to George? Wood has a paranoid trust that ordinary people can't understand. Let's take a look at the appearance record of Nottingham Forest players since the beginning of this season, except for No. 1 goalkeeper Darren? Who else has played all the games, leagues, cups...... Didn't miss a minute - George? Wood. Okay, the problem is clear, so how to solve it? ”

…… Almost one-sided "George? Wood criticizes the meeting", if the criticized player's psychological quality is weak, it is estimated that he will be drowned in the spit star directly by this group of unscrupulous media.

But they met a professional player who never watches the news and doesn't care about what's going on in this circle.

With Villarreal at the end of the game on November 25 and a trip to Manchester United on November 28, Forest has only two days to spare, and it would be foolish to waste that precious time in a war of words with the media.

There are still a lot of reporters at the Wilford training base, but they don't want to interview any Forest players, Tony? Donn also declined to be interviewed for all. And at his behest, the club canceled the regular press conference on the 26th.

When the British media stirred up the topic, the Forest closed the door to them. No one knows what's going on in the team.

Even after arriving in Manchester by car from Nottingham, Donn didn't open his mouth to say a word in front of the swarm of media at the door of the hotel where the team was staying. The disappointed media will have to wait for the press conference to be held after acclimatization the day before the game, when the managers of both sides will be in attendance, and it will not be believed that Donn will not be able to pry his mouth open.

In order to satisfy the public's voyeurism, the media who can't get the news can only write it in their imagination, and they all start with "according to a player of the Forest Team" and "according to a senior person of the Forest Club"

What locker room turmoil broke out and Gunnarson blamed George? Wood is sleepwalking, hoping to get a start. What club management is very dissatisfied with Coach Donn's stubborn hiring? What George? Wood clashed with Albertini in training, punching and kicking him...... How bizarre readers want to be, these reports are written as bizarre, which fully satisfies the readers' intentions.

So when Ferguson saw his assistant Queiroz holding a newspaper with a picture of Donn in his hand at Old Trafford, reading it with relish, he said disdainfully: "What are you doing with this?" Gather the latest developments of our opponents? Don't believe anything from the media, sometimes you can't even believe what you say to them. ”

Queiroz smiled and looked up at the old Scottish man and said, "No, boss. I'm reading a novel. ”

(To be continued)