Luther. Van Nistelrooy has left Nottingham in the final preparations of the American author before surgery. After this operation, whether he can return to the court or not, everyone is unsure. Even if the 34-year-old Van Nistelrooy returns, it is also a question whether Nottingham Forest will want it, after all, his salary is also a first-line level, and when he recovers, the contract signed between him and Nottingham Forest will almost expire.

So this time I went to the United States, everyone was very worried. Only Tang Enqiang comforted him with a happy face: "Come back alive, I'm still waiting for you!" ”

Ruud van Nistelrooy's injury has exacerbated the team's lack of strikers, and that's just one of the effects. The bigger impact was the heavy blow to the morale of the whole team due to his injury.

Now at the Wilford training base, the scenes of laughter in the past are basically gone. In the dressing room, everyone sighs when they talk about injuries and then they can't say anything. When training, everyone would rather not work so hard, but also make sure that they don't get injured first...... It can be said that it has reached the point where everyone is in danger.

And in the face of all this, Don has no way at all. He can't reprimand everyone for working hard in training, because that would reduce or even lose his prestige in the team.

When it comes to the game, the players' fear of injury is even more obvious. Their opponents seem to know this, too, and any team that plays against Forest will show their tough and ferocious side in the game, using an almost brutal defence to dominate the situation on the pitch.

And Nottingham Forest's players can only choose to give up football most of the time when faced with such a defence.

Only George. Wood, as always, was not affected by any outside factors. But he can't support a team alone. Demoralized, physically exhausted, and scared of injury, the Forest suffered two straight defeats in the league.

On 6 December, Nottingham Forest lost 2-0 away to Arsenal. December 13th. Lost 0-1 at home to Blackburn Rovers. After two consecutive league defeats, Nottingham Forest slipped from third to seventh, with Aston Villa and Everton above them and Hull City in eighth. On 16 December, the Forest team departed for the World Club Cup, thousands of miles away in Japan. The fatigue of the journey and the fact that even Donn was not interested in such a game meant that the Forest lost to Fluminense, the winner of the Copa Libertadores in South America, in the final, and lost the Club World Cup.

The only good news is the final round of the Champions League group stage. Nottingham Forest sat at home and cheered on by 30,000 fans, beating Dynamo Kyiv 4-1 to secure the last place in the group. The Champions Cup is kept, and so is the money...... I have the money to live next season.

But people didn't let him go because of the embarrassment in the Champions Cup, and the media scolded him more and more, because these media found that this time was different from before. Tony. Don may not be able to turn over for a while, scolding him without worrying about being slapped back arrogantly after he wins.

scolded him for only caring about results and ignoring the health of players, which led to a lot of Van Nistelrooy's catastrophe.

Some people scolded him for facing the team's dilemma but not being able to come up with a solution at all, which was really incompetent.

Some people ridiculed him for his usual verbal battles with the media, but he didn't care about the team's physical fitness at all.

Some people think that no manager has ever made so much news off the pitch. It was this off-field affair that caused him to be distracted in training and directing games. Such a head coach is not excellent, at least not qualified.

“…… If a player is too enthusiastic about off-field matters that are not related to his job and his form is sluggish, we can criticize him and the manager can put him on the bench or in the stands. Let him reflect. So if a manager is too distracted to focus on his job, is there any way to punish him? Tony. Donn considers himself the king of Nottingham Forest, and I don't intend to argue here whether he is or not, but if the king of a country goes wrong and makes a mistake, where does the country go? ”

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All sorts of critical voices came to him, and every morning when he opened the newspaper, he would see at least two op-eds scolding him. Later, he stopped reading the newspaper altogether. Reading the newspaper while eating was also a bad problem.

In fact, no matter how the media scolded him, he was not afraid at all, anyway, it was not the first time he was scolded, at most, this time it was a scolding with concentrated firepower, and they used to fight separately.

What made him more stressful was the will from the top of the club.

No matter how good the relationship with Evan usually is, and now the team's results are not good, he was still called to the office by Evan with a serious look and talked for an hour.

Evan didn't criticize him, only said that the team is in a difficult situation right now. Hopefully, he will be able to distract from the club's financial problems with the victory. At the same time, it will change people's minds about the current situation of the Forest team. As long as you win, nothing is a problem. As long as they win, the wall-to-wall media will definitely change their tune and cheer for the Forest......

That's why Donn's pressure is great. Evan is an office all day, regardless of the club's president, and he doesn't know how difficult it is to win in today's circumstances. He's a manager who knows all too well.

But Evan is his immediate boss after all, and he is right, no one wants their team to lose, and the pressure is not so light.

What to do? Bite the bullet and clench your teeth.

Don agreed that he would definitely win the next game, and he would definitely win. The situation will definitely improve, and the current difficulties are only temporary......

But who will be the opponent in the next game?

On December 20, in the 18th round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Manchester United away......

Although they drank together and raced horses together, expecting Ferguson to let Done go is tantamount to a fool's dream. The arrogant Nottingham Forest has been rampant in the Premier League for two seasons, but it can be regarded as a chance to beat the water dogs, can Ferguson let it go? Even if Ferguson is soft-hearted, Manchester United players and Manchester United fans will not be allowed to agree.

Think about it. In the final round of last season, who snatched the league trophy from them?

Now that Nottingham Forest is so down, Donn can't even get together the starting eleven. Manchester United are not philanthropists and will help them through this.

There were even rumors before the game that if Don lost again, he would probably be out of class.

So at the venue of the game, a banner appeared in the stands at Old Trafford - "Victory for Tony. Don off, Nottingham Forest die! ”

The entire Old Trafford stands were filled with this hostility, eager to rush down and dismember Donn. Donn sat in the coach's seat. There was a steady stream of insulting voices coming from the stands behind him. These Brits, who scolded him in a variety of ways, made him not feel lonely for ninety minutes.

Ruud van Nistelrooy left the team with an injury, Van der Vaart left the team with an injury of one month, Pepe left the team with an injury of half a month, David Beckham missed the game for a week, Eastwood left the team with an injury of two weeks, Petrov left the team after ten days of injury, and Thiago missed the game for a week with an injury. Sun Jihai was injured and left the team for a month......

Who else is on the field right now?

Such a team away from Manchester United still wants to win?

If Ferguson had known about Donne's promise to Evan before the game, he would have been furious. Don underestimated him and his team.

But Don can only smile wryly - he also knows how difficult it is to win against Manchester United away, but he has no way back, and if he is soft. The blow to the team's morale is even greater......

During the game, Don always stood on the sidelines, dancing and supervising the battle, and was very emotional. The Sky TV commentator quipped: "Tony. Donn reckons that he would like to play himself to help the team win. ”

The team's overall form is sluggish. The individual players who have performed well in the past are not visible at all. Turkish prodigy Shahin, who started in place of Van der Vaart, was quickly lost under the pressure of Manchester United's midfield, and Raphinha was quickly lost by Cristiano. Ronaldo is almost out of reach. Ayala is obviously old, and Kompany alone can't withstand the repeated bombardment of Rooney and Tevez. George. Wood ran desperately, taking care of the east but not the west, Ribery was lonely, pressed on the side by Manchester United, and couldn't make up for it in the middle. Zhikic was alone in the frontcourt and lacked midfield support. He's nothing. Lennon was still looking for a breakthrough, but the way he played was so simple that it was easy for opponents to spot......

Don looked up at the sky, and there was nothing he could do......

The previous seasons have been smooth sailing, and the occasional injuries have not hindered the overall situation. Maybe it's the favor of God?

But this season, all the bad things came together, so densely. The frequent injuries seem to have been discussed and come to him together.

God. You're going to me!

He suddenly felt a cramping pain in his heart.

Don gave up continuing to stand on the sidelines directing the game, and he turned around and walked back slowly. Then sit down slowly.

A blank face.

The score was 3:1, with the home team in front and the away team behind.

Nottingham Forest has lost three in a row and continues to slip down the rankings, this time even falling to outside the eleventh place!

In such a chaotic time, Real Madrid once again came in to stir things up. They have publicly announced their interest in Franck Ribery of the Forest team, hoping to buy it during the winter break.

It's not a joke in the Spanish media, it's not a problem with the brains of the Real Madrid hierarchy – a player who has played in the European Cup, they still have to pay a lot of money to buy. The reason is actually quite simple.

Real Madrid and Nottingham Forest have the same problems – injuries and serious personnel disarray. The summer took Robinho and weakened the already weak attacking force of Real Madrid's wings. In the last round of the league, Robben left the field again with a serious injury, and this time it is expected to recover for two to three months! As a result, Real Madrid has no wingers at all...... Drenthe was too young to be used, and Schuster made it clear that the Dutchman was not in his plans.

As a result, Real Madrid had to add wide players during the winter break. Cristiano. Ronaldo still wants to leave Manchester United, but he will not accept a winter transfer and will leave next summer. Look for it, come and go and you can deal with the team's game right away. And the strength has long been proven, and there is actually only one person who does not need to take risks. Ribery up.

With Nottingham Forest in a deep financial crisis, it is believed that Nottingham Forest will not refuse strongly this time. After all, they are also desperately needing money to improve their financial situation, and Ribery's £130,000-a-week salary is a heavy burden for the club.

After analysing a number of scenarios, Real Madrid once again went to Ribery. They quoted Forest a transfer fee of 50 million euros.

Journalists flocked to Donn for an update on the transfer deal. Donn shook his head and said he didn't know anything about it, and that Ribery was happy with his current situation and that he would stay here.

However, Allen admitted in an interview with reporters that the club did receive an offer from Real Madrid. As for what will be done. He did not reply.

However, media analysis believes that in this economic winter, Nottingham Forest will almost certainly be unable to resist Real Madrid's euro offensive.

Don understands this, of course, and what he says to the media is all lies. Privately Ribery's agent Bruno. Hyde Shedd called again and wanted Tony. Don nodded and let go.

"It can alleviate the economic crisis for you, lower your wages, and at the same time give Frank what he wants. It's good for everyone. I don't think it's a loss. ”

What he said was reasonable, but Tang En didn't nod with a cold face.

The pressure of the team's performance, the pressure of the players' different minds, the pressure of the media, the pressure of the top. Economic pressure......

Don felt that all he could see when he looked up was a shadow, even if it was sunny today.

This winter has been particularly difficult for him.

What made it even more difficult for him was not the pressure hanging over his head, but the fact that he couldn't think of a solution to it at all - no money to buy people, no time for the team to rest and adjust. If the strength is not replenished, the results will not improve, unless a miracle is expected. If the results can't get better, these pressures will continue to exist, and they will accumulate more and more, and when the weight can no longer bear the ground, it will fall down, and at that time, no matter how much the monkey can jump, he can only be crushed under the Wuzhi Mountain. 500 years can't turn over......

No matter how tortuous the road is, as long as the future is bright, you can make the whole team work hard and grit your teeth to get through. The current situation is that the road is very tortuous, and the future is not bright at all. If this continues, even if they are lucky enough to break into the knockout stage of the Champions Cup, it is estimated that they will be eliminated soon.

The problem of full expansion is not only reflected in the economic development of the club, but also in the multi-front operation of the team. He had to give up one or two goals and do his best to hold a position.

Here's the problem – it's to guarantee the final standings in the league. Or is it a great cause to create a three-in-a-row European Champions Cup?

If the league position does not guarantee qualification for next season's European Champions Cup. Then next season can only watch other people's New Year. The European Champions Cup triple win is indeed fascinating......

Don thought about it for a long time and decided to focus on the cup. The league does its best to guarantee a place in the top four.

He felt that no matter how difficult the situation was now, there would always be a day when it would work, wouldn't it? It's a difficult time, maybe luck will come after this winter? Misfortune and blessing rely on, and blessing and misfortune lurk. Donn doesn't think a guaranteed fourth place in the league is not a big problem for the Forest team at the moment.

The goal is set, and the implementation is actually still one thing - achievements.

The team's results, Christmas is just around the corner, and Nottingham Forest are 11th in the league, a world away from what he originally said about trying not to be too far away from the top of the league.

Still want to win......

The thought of this made Don pull his hair.

How easy is it to win?