Chapter 18: The Gypsies I

How far away from Don to find Situ Lei? Moore and Des? It's been a week since Walker, and in between, the youth team played a Group 4 Youth League game, and compared to the previous game, Donn gave George? Wood was still playing well at half-time, and he was still better than the last time. Chris Rac attributes this to Wood's mental prowess.

"Oh my God, Tony. This kid never seemed to know how to write 'nervous'! Chris Rac sighed.

Don laughed: "That's because he always skips class when he goes to school!" ”

Of course, this is a joke, and Donn didn't tell Chris Lak that there is a very important reason why Wood has played so well in two consecutive games, in addition to his mental quality. That was his mother, Sophia, who watched him play on the sidelines.

Wood told Donn that he had made a deal with his mom to allow her to come and play if the weather was fine on the day he had a home game. If it's raining or it looks like it's going to rain, no.

Listening to Wood's words, Donn smiled and said to him, "Don't worry, George. As long as we play at home, it's definitely sunny and not rainy. ”

Sure enough, on the day of the next game, the sky was clear and sunny over Nottingham in early winter. George? Wood also completed a perfect half-time performance under the watchful eye of his mum Sophia, helping the team to beat the opponent 2-1. Donn asked him to go up to defend the opponent's attacking core, but the core, which was still active in the first half, could hardly find anyone in the second half, and in the end the opposing head coach had to replace him. Done also took the opportunity to teach Wood to apply the same style of training in real combat - to play as a fixed midfielder, to build the first line of defense on the back line, rather than defending one person alone.

Although there were some mistakes, the whole coaching staff saw that this young man was walking step by step in the right direction.

Give him time, let him play, and ...... What will we gain?

It's exciting to see what his future holds!

At the same time, Collymore's words are getting more and more sad.

He kept his word by refusing to give all forms of interviews to the Nottingham Evening Post, and then his good life came to an end.

Pierce? Bruce, James? Robson...... The Corriere della Sera reporters, big and small, have become the vanguard of the anti-Collymore, and even if he was stunned for a moment in answering questions at the post-match press conference, the Corriere della Sera would have seized on the criticism and found some plausible excuse to put on him.

Readers also enjoyed this kind of report, and the Corriere della Sera sales rose and the scolding intensified.

It's the week, Nottingham Forest's first team is away to Wigan, Don doesn't have to go to the City Stadium to watch the game, he is in a good mood, he gets up early, makes a simple breakfast, and then watches the morning news on TV while enjoying the good morning. Ever since he knew he was back in the first team, he felt as if he could see the sun every day in the winter.

The TV is replaying last night's sports news, this is the local Nottingham TV station, Nottingham Forest and Notts County are the two teams they are most concerned about, as for the Premier League or something...... Both have to be behind these two teams.

Forest have been in the media spotlight lately because of their poor results and the incompetent manager.

If Collymore doesn't do anything and the team's results continue to decline like this, then Nottingham Forest will be very "honored" to become the first team to win the European Champions League at the end of the season, but will struggle in the third division of the country.

It's heart-wrenching to look back at some of the team's illustrious history and look at where they're now. There are even newspapers that can't wait to carry the headline: The former European champion is at the end of the road and the future is bleak! They no longer believe that the Forest team can come back to life in the remaining half of the season.

Television reporters interviewed fans on the streets, asking them what they thought of the team's prospects and Collymore, and Donn watched them interview four people, and none of them had anything good to say. Three people blamed the team's poor results on Collymore's low level and lack of work ethic. At the same time, two others believe that the club's board of directors is also to blame for the team's current dire situation - "If they hadn't fired Tony? Coach Donn, maybe we're in the top six of the league now! ”

"Wrong, stupid!" Donn pointed his fork at the fat fan on the screen and said, "We should be number one in the league!" ”

"If Brian? With Clough still around, it wouldn't be that bad. A female fan shook her head in front of the camera and said bitterly. The male fan standing next to her, apparently her husband, took over the conversation.

"I think Tony? Don can do that, too, but he's in the youth team right now. ”

This is a remark that makes Donn feel very useful, and it can make people look forward to themselves like they are looking forward to Forest's legend Clough, and it is really fulfilling. He even felt that when he led the team to the play-offs in the second half of last season, the expectations and prestige in the minds of the fans were not as high as they are now dormant in the youth team.

Maybe it's because people always have high expectations of things they don't have at the moment.

Don was alone in front of the TV when his cell phone rang.

Is it Ian? Situ Lei? Moore called.

"Mr. Donn, I've found the guy you want me to find."

Half an hour later, Donn and Moore were already sitting on the train from Nottingham to London.

"Freddie? Eastwood (freddy'eastwww.xstxt.org), who currently lives in Basildon with his wife and son under the age of one. Moore, who was sitting across from Donne, was still unhurried and spoke slowly, but Don was looking forward to seeing the man. We got to London Station, took the Underground and then changed trains. ”

Don shook his head and said with some excitement, "No, no, Mr. Moore, don't bother. We went straight to the rented car. ”

Moore's face was expressionless, his body swaying slightly to the rhythm of the train. "Looks like you don't want to wait a minute, Mr. Donn."

"Yes, Mr. More." Don said with a smile. "I'll tell you the truth, I wish I could see him sooner!"

"I can understand Mr. Donn's feelings. But...... I heard that he had just been fouled and kicked his leg in a youth team match in the first half of the year. Moore said slowly, his eyes unblinking, looking at Don, who was sitting across from him, who had already sensed that something was wrong. He was at West Ham United at the time, and their opponents in that game were called Nottingham Forest. ”

The smile on Donne's face froze completely...... the two of them called the taxi company directly from the London train station, called a black taxi, and drove them to Baselton, located in east London.

Sitting in the car, Don was not as excited as he had set off, sitting in the back seat, turning his head to look out the window at the rolling fields and flashing buildings in silence.

I really met the other party, and after reporting the purpose and origin of this trip, how should I face him?

The field outside the car gradually dwindled, and the rows of buildings increased, and they finally arrived in Baselton.

As soon as he entered the town, Moore asked the driver to pull over to the side of the road.

"Next, we need to go inside." He said to Donn.

Donn got out of the car and looked at the surroundings, they were now on the A127 section of the national highway connecting London and Baselton, lined with houses, separated from the road by two rows of bushes more than a person high, although they still looked dense because the leaves had fallen a lot in winter.

Moore led the way without saying a word, and Don followed silently behind. Through a brief encounter with the old man, Don discovered that Mohr was not a talker, so he did not take the initiative to talk to the other party.

After walking a short distance, the dirt road was full of difficult roads, and there were more and more bushes on both sides of the road. Don always felt like they weren't looking for people, but visiting wildlife...... "Where does he live?" Don couldn't help but ask.

It was at this moment that Moore stopped, then turned back to him and said, "Here we are, Mr. Donne." ”

Donn stepped out from behind Mohr and looked around. It's a residential neighborhood, and it's surrounded by old-fashioned red-brick spired houses. In the center of the complex there is a clearing surrounded by bushes.

Then Donn saw a yellow station wagon parked in the middle of the clearing, with a white curtain with lace hanging from the window, and two red folding seats, three buckets full of water, and several empty basins outside the car. A little farther away was a rope drawn between the two trees, on which hung several pieces of fancy cloth that looked like women's clothes...... Seeing this scene, Don En opened his mouth wide, and it took a long time to come back to his senses and ask the silent Moore: "This is ...... Is it his home? ”

Moore nodded.

(To be continued)