Aron. Mitchel's transfer to the first team proves that Kic's transfer work has officially begun.

Allen picks a few of the teams with the highest offers and accepts their applications. As for Kic's own side, he doesn't have any special views on transfers. He is not the kind of loyal man who swears allegiance to the Forest, and if the other party can offer better terms than at Nottingham Forest, he will naturally not refuse. At the same time, Mitchel, who is the same height as himself, was suddenly transferred to the first team, and he also knew very well that the leader did not want to keep him, so there was no point in continuing to stay.

Allan. The three clubs Adams accepted offers were Newcastle in the Premier League, Hamburg in the Bundesliga and Villarreal in La Liga. All three clubs quoted £10 million. It's no wonder that Alan will come to Donne, and it is indeed attractive to offer 10 million pounds at this time.

The negotiations went well, and in the end, Kic chose to go to Villarreal in La Liga. This team gives the best individual treatment and they have the quality to qualify for the Champions Cup every year.

Three days later, Nottingham Forest and Villarreal officially announced the completion of the transfer at the same time, and it was said that Kic would switch to the Yellow Submarine for £10 million. Don bought Kic at the beginning for 10 million euros, but now it has become a pound, which is equivalent to 10.8 million euros, which is already very good in today's economic environment.

At the very least, it shows that Donne's vision is fine, and the person he bought did not lose money.

After Kic left, his No. 9 jersey was left behind, and Donn gave it to Mitchel.

When he handed over the jersey, he still said with a straight face and a little stern: "The number does not represent anything, and the number nine is not a symbol of the main force." ”

Mitchel was accustomed to the tone and attitude of the leader, and nodded, "I know, chief." I'll try. ”

Don grinned, and the right to laugh.

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Kic is gone, and he has scored 21 goals and 25 assists for the team in two and a half seasons at Nottingham Forest, which is not an ugly result. But his two seasons with the Forest were the darkest of the Forest's, with no title, no accolades, and he came and went empty-handed.

In the hearts of Nottingham Forest fans, Kic's status is definitely not comparable to that of Van Nistelrooy, Eastwood and other forwards. He didn't even leave behind any classic moments worth reminiscing, and just left.

Not long after Kic's transfer was finalised, Bostoke also accepted Fulham's loan deal. In this contract, Donn is specifically destined to be - when Fulham and Nottingham Forest play, Bostoke will not be allowed to play.

This clause in a contract is not new in La Liga, but it is rarely done in the Premier League. It's a bit "shameless" for Donn to do this, but he doesn't want the Forest team to be knocked to the ground by the players he has cultivated. The 'tragedy' of Eto'o against Real Madrid while in Mallorca must not have happened to Nottingham Forest.

Former Real Madrid player Pablo. Garcia (pablo_garcia) has spoken about this clause, which he calls the "poop clause." It can be seen how much he hated this clause.

Tang Encai doesn't care what the reputation of this clause is, as long as it is useful to himself, it is good!

Fulham doesn't care about that, either. Anyway, in their opinion, there is only half of the season left, and this is the chance to meet with the Forest team, and if they are not allowed to play, they will not be allowed to play.

Bostoke is a bit of a minor opinion – he wants to play at his best against Forest in order to get more attention from Donn and compete for a place in the main team next season.

That's what Donn fears most...... He was afraid that the loanees would come into the game with the mentality of proving themselves to their old clubs, playing 200 per cent above the usual level and becoming the star players who beat Forest. So this possibility must be stifled in infancy.

Bostok eventually accepted this offer – what if he didn't? Either accept it, or you can only stay on the bench in the team. Sometimes Don is a cordial friend, but most of the time, he's an abominable devil.

Nottingham Forest sent off two players and did not bring in one during the winter transfer window. Donn thinks the current squad is good enough for all the games ahead.

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On January 16, Nottingham Forest took on Everton away. In this match, Donn showed everyone his new formation for the first time.

David Moyes has carefully studied Forest's performances in recent games before the game and he feels that Donn will stick to his attacking strategy. But he didn't guess that Don would change formation.

All along, no matter how Don changes, he will always adhere to a few points: first, pay attention to defense; 2. Attacking from the wings; 3. Double strikers; Fourth, the back waist.

4231。 That's the formation Forest used against Everton.

The four defenders were Joe. Mattok, Pepe, Woodgate and Nkuru, it's still normal. But in the midfield, he didn't have a back for the first time!

Not George. Wood didn't play, Wood didn't get injured or sick, he was in good shape, and he wasn't suspended, so how could he not play? It's just that there have been some changes in his position on the field.

No longer a simple midfielder, he and his partner Thiago have both moved forward, moving from a midfielder to a central midfielder. Don't underestimate this change. The responsibilities of the midfielders and the centre-backs are different. The midfielders focus on defence, while the central midfielders are more involved in the tandem between defense and attack, and need to play a greater role in attack.

Although the Forest coaching staff has been focusing on developing George since several seasons ago. Wood's attacking ability, but his position has always been that of a midfielder, and he demands more from defense.

Now that he has changed positions, it means that he can let go of his hands and feet. It was a rare breakthrough for both Wood and Forest.

In midfield, he and Thiago were responsible for organising the attack, but also shouldering the heavy lifting of the defence. Arguably the busiest person on the team.

The "3s" in front of them are Cohen, Fernandez and Abonlaho. Cohen and Abonlaho were on the left and right wings, and Fernandez was put in the middle, playing his characteristics of passing the ball and shooting from a distance, not only to complete the final pass for the team's attack, but also to shoot and score himself.

That's one reason why Donn uses Fernandez instead of Shahin. Shaheen is slightly inferior to Fernandez in scoring ability.

It would not be surprising for Agbonlahor to play on the right wing, as he has played in this position on a number of occasions at Aston Villa and it is not the first time he has played as an attacking right wing-back at Forest.

At the top of the pack is Ibisevic.

At the same time, Donn asked the two full-backs to assist aggressively. A change from his previous rule that he easily did not allow full-backs to insert assists. It can be seen that he is determined to play attacking football at Everton's home stadium.

Although the coaching staff has not let Wood play the midfield position in normal training, this is the first time in actual combat. So the Nottingham Forest coaching staff has been watching the game very closely. They want to see if the training content can be used to the fullest in the game.

Wood was a little uncomfortable at first, he always had to run back and become a midfielder. So Don yelled at him on the sidelines and told him to return to his place.

Dropping back is allowed, after all, the central midfielder needs to take care of the defense, but if you don't allow the retreat, you won't come up.

Thiago took on the responsibility of organising the attack while Wood was still struggling to settle into his new role. He used to play this position, and he didn't have to adapt to it, and he could get into the role right away.

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From the start of the game, it was clear that the entire Forest team was trying out this formation and tactics for the first time in the game, as they were all adapting to the ......

Moyes couldn't understand why Done would suddenly use a tactical formation that looked like none of his own players were fully used to in this game. But he won't think about this kind of incomprehensible thing, since the Forest team hasn't entered the rhythm of the game yet, then I'm welcome!

He commanded his team to launch a swift attack in front of Forest's goal. Finally in the seventeenth minute of the game, by their forward genius James. Vaughan (james_vaughan) showed his talent from outside the box when he was about to burst into the box after receiving a pass from a team-mate, but was intercepted by Thiago from the outside. Thiago's tackle didn't stop Vaughn completely, he stumbled on his feet, quickly adjusted his center of gravity, and suddenly got up and fired a powerful volley before Wood came over to tackle! The ball flew like a cannonball through Akinfeev's ten fingers and rushed into the goal!

"World Wave!" The narrator yelled excitedly, "Wayne." When Rooney was still at Everton, he scored an almost identical goal against Arsenal! Vaughn's performance has long made Everton fans forget about Wayne Rooney, who has scored eleven goals so far this season as Everton's main striker! The future is limitless! ”

The goal ignited the atmosphere at Gooddison Park, with Everton fans sending waves of blue into the stands as if a storm had fallen on the sea.

Don was a little depressed. That's the difference between a talented player and an average player...... Ordinary players had no choice but to surrender in the face of Thiago and Wood's combined interception, while the genius was able to seize the fleeting opportunity and shoot the ball into the back of the net.

It's definitely not his fault as a coach......

Now that the team is behind, do they want to trade back to the 442 they are most used to? With the current staffing of the Forest team, it is not impossible to switch to 442, Abang Lajo can be a striker, and Cohen can play on the right wing.

But Don resolutely said, "No! ”

4231 has to hold on. He firmly believes that after the adaptation period, it will be Everton's turn to be unlucky!

The power of 4231 has been undoubtedly reflected in training, it is just how to make this power successfully exerted in actual combat.

The key is George. Wood. If he can't get into the role, it will affect the performance of the whole team.

Donn believes that Wood's football intelligence will not be so bad, after all, he is the favored person of Albertini, who is Albertini? Midfield commander, who is known for his football intelligence!

George. After struggling on the pitch for twenty minutes, Wood finally settled into his new position. However, he has his own understanding - he does not fix himself in the central midfield position, he is more flexible, similar to the traditional 'box_to_box' player in England, who can be very good and active in both defense and attack.

Such a player has a lot of range of motion and is more physically demanding, but fitness happens to be Wood's forte, and he doesn't have to worry about sprinting back and forth to exhaust himself in the second half of the game. That's just right.

Don laughed when he saw this scene from the sidelines. It's not the same as what I arranged, but it's better.

Let him play in the best way he finds himself, and maybe he'll do it better than we all thought.

Wood began the show of darting from one penalty zone to another and darting away.

He intercepted Everton's attack, he organised Forest's attack, he was constantly there where he was needed, full of energy and looking like Superman.

"George. Wood tackles Vaughn's dribble! Foul played? No, a clean tackle! ”

"George. Wood's through ball, it's beautiful! Penetrated Everton's defence! It's a pity that no one can catch it - too much force......"

"He tried to shoot from distance, but it went over the crossbar!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, George. Wood!! Once again, he snuffed out Everton's counter-attack! ”

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Nottingham Forest's tactics are based on two central midfielders at the core, and the core of the two central midfielders is of course George. Wood. Wood lived, all lived.

In the fortieth minute of the first half, Wood intercepted Thiem in midfield. Cahill's ball then passed to Thiago, who then distributed it to Cohen on the flank.

Cohen's cross from the flank, Everton's goalkeeper Thiem. Howard misjudged and missed the ball and let the ball slip over him!

With such a good opportunity, how could Ibisevic let it go? He shook off Joseph, who was defending himself. Jabo, jump up and put the football into the empty goal!

This is the advantage of a double central midfielder, who can counter-attack on the spot and launch a counterattack immediately, without delay, and without giving the opponent a chance to counter-attack in the midfield.

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At half-time, Donn affirmed the performance of the players in the second half of the first half, and told them to continue to play like this in the second half, and Everton simply could not resist the Forest team who launched an attack with all their might.

Sure enough, Everton resisted for a while in the second half and then the situation was all controlled by Nottingham Forest. The five midfielders are not pretty, this tactic is characterized by controlling the midfield, strangling the enemy's counterattack in the opponent's half, and at the same time pressing their defence, pressing step by step, trying to dominate the field, so as to turn the advantage into a victory.

Donn's use of Everton as an experiment was also intentional for him. Opponents who are too strong are afraid of accidents, and opponents who are not strong enough are not qualified to be experiments, so teams like Everton, who are in the middle of the table, have a stable performance, and are also qualified to attack the Champions Cup, have become the best choice.

Poor Moyers......

In the 80th minute of the game, Nottingham Forest's second-half pressure on Everton finally came to an end.

This time it was Fernandez who pulled the run away and Thiago played a straight pass and Ibiševic scored his 14th league goal of the season against offside, bringing the total number of goals to 16.

With four goals to go before betting on victory, this is simply not a problem for Ibyshevic right now.

In the end, Nottingham Forest won away at Everton thanks to two goals from Ibisevic. But in fact, the real reason for winning the game was Donn's "Christmas tree". The well-known Christmas tree formation is AC Milan's 4321, but Donne's 4231 also looks like a Christmas tree, so Donn simply called himself "my own Christmas tree", which is "unique", "the only one in the world", "other 4231s are not called Christmas tree formations, only my 4231 is a Christmas tree".

The statistics of the game illustrate the reasons for Everton's defeat – 50 per cent possession of the ball by Nottingham Forest, 79 per cent pass completion rate, 89 per cent tackle completion rate, 14 shots on goal and 10 on target. In comparison, Everton had just six shots on goal, three of which were on target. Completely at a disadvantage.

In his post-match press conference, Moyes reluctantly acknowledged the reality: "They were in full control of the situation and they deserved to win......

Don was very proud: "I'm very happy to see this kind of scene, we won't have any suspense. ”

A reporter asked him why he uncharacteristically gave up the 442 that had been used for several seasons.

Don spread his hands: "Why?" Isn't the score of 2:1 and the three points still enough to answer your doubts? ”

"But isn't your style of football defensive counter-attacking and 442?"

"That's what you thought you would. My style is the same after that - victory. Only winning and winning is my style of football, everything else is just a means to serve the result. As long as I can win and win the championship, I don't mind if it's a defensive counterattack or an all-out attack, and I don't mind if it's 442 or 4231. Don smiled and threw out his unscrupulous theory.

"I can do anything to win and win."

(To be continued)