Volume 8 The Clouds Are Light and the Wind is Light Chapter 24 Don Past and Present

"Would you like to change to a bigger stage?"

Tang Jing had asked herself a similar question before. But to be more blunt, ask him if he wants to play for the rest of his life in a small team like Notts.

Don has also considered that if Nods County can get a lot of money and have the ambition to establish themselves in the Premier League, then it is okay to stay here, after all, he has been in charge of this team for seven years and has feelings.

But if Notts County remain as they are now, content to be consistent in the Championship...... Is it necessary for me to continue to mess with Nodsshire?

Was he an ambitious man?

Some people will say "no, Coach Tang is a man who is content with the status quo", but he knows how deep down he loves football and how eager he is to take on a challenge. At the end of the day, he and Tony, who was sitting across from him. Don is a man of the way.

"Do you want me to be your assistant coach, Tony?" Don asked with a smile.

"Nope. It's a shame to look at your seven seasons in Notts County and have you go and be my assistant coach. Don't use an elephant to crack a nut? Don shook his head.

"Then you ......" Don was confused. To be honest, since he received Donne's call last night, Don thought that Don must have come to persuade him to be his assistant coach, he thought about it for a night, thinking that he could no longer be an assistant coach, even if it was for Tony, if Don really wanted to invite himself back to be an assistant coach, he must refuse anyway.

Unexpectedly, this was not the purpose of Donne.

Don looked left and right, and the nearest waiters were all ten meters away, obviously not having a good impression of this Englishman who openly criticized their food here as unauthentic, and they didn't bother to come up and serve. That's what Don wanted, and he continued to lean forward, lowered his voice and said to Don, "There's something I haven't talked about to anyone but you, you know, in fact, I've been coaching for half a season. ”

Tang nodded, he knew this, not only him, but everyone else knew it, and it was reported in the news media.

"So what if I leave the Forest team? Will it continue to be the way it is now? I can't always come out and be a firefighting coach when the team is in crisis, right? ”

Don had somewhat guessed what he was going to say, but he thought there was another solution: "You can keep coaching, Tony." ”

Don shook his head: "In front of you, I won't say kind words." I know my own body, I'm very busy these days, I went to Spain to find Chen Jian, and I came to you again, and I have to study the team reports that David gave me in my spare time...... You know what I found? ”

Tang looked at each other inexplicably.

"Twice I fell asleep in the middle of reading the report! I don't think I'm as energetic as I used to be, maybe it has something to do with the four months off in between...... All the while, I was always holding my breath to go against the whole world. But after winning the World Cup, when the thought of retirement flashed through my mind, that energy was gone. It's impossible to gather together now. ”

Don clenched his fists, then spread them out again.

"Half a season is a time frame that I've seriously considered. I'm going to try to keep Forest in the Premier League and then I'm going to really retire, this time completely and absolutely not coming back......"

Hearing him say this, Don smiled, "I always thought it was impossible, Tony. ”

"Yes, it might not have been possible before I came to you, but now it's different." Don nodded, not even refuting Don's words. 'Next season and beyond, I want you to succeed me as Nottingham Forest's manager.

Don didn't show much surprise, because he had already guessed this result more or less just now.

"Neither Freddie nor David are good material for a manager. And after these seven years of training, you are fully qualified for the position of head coach. ”

Don frowned and thought for a moment, then said his considerations: "The two of us are different, Tony. I'm not a master of mental agitation like you, and I'm not a madman who can't take the attention of the media off the players......"

"But you still made it to the Championship with a bunch of young men."

'Nods County and Nottingham Forest are two completely different teams, with different types of teams and different managers to whom they apply.

"I don't think you're going to be able to bring the team back to glory as soon as you take over. There should be a few years of adaptation, and then the players who are familiar with my set should retire, and you will slowly build your team in the past few years, slowly adapt the team to your coaching style and thinking, and slowly turn Nottingham Forest into a team that is completely your own. Just like you did in Nodesshire. Don looked at Don on the other side.

Don didn't respond to Don's words, he kept his head down and was silent.

It wasn't until the waiter brought the food to the table that the two put aside the topic and chatted about their lives while eating the dishes.

Most of the time, though, it's Don who is talking, and Don is listening. Originally, Don was not a talker, but in the time he got along with Don, he had always been a listener to this person, and he was very qualified.

Teresa is very well-behaved and obedient, Teresa's English is improving rapidly, Teresa must be very beautiful when she grows up, annoyed that Teresa is now very interested in movie acting, in case she wants to enter the entertainment industry in the future, what should she do as a father?

More than two-thirds of the conversation revolved around Donn's daughter, Teresa.

The corners of Tang's mouth curled up as he listened. The man in front of him is really a typical image of a happy father.

He suddenly reacted, and he somewhat understood why Donn would say that he was not willing to be a head coach for a long time now. Having a beautiful wife who loves him, and a beautiful, lovely, obedient and intelligent daughter, life is so good, he feels happy, but it also gradually wears away his original ambitions.

Think of that Tony fifteen years ago. Donn, who stayed up all night studying the footage of football games, studying tactics, studying opponents, had no idea what tiredness was. The mind is full of fighting against the whole world, wanting to win everything that can be won, and when he gives an impassioned speech in the dressing room, he must first be moved by his own enthusiasm, otherwise how can the players be infected by him? In the past, he thought that football was a war, and that it was either you or I would die. In order to survive, he is more combative than anyone else, in order to defeat those opponents who look down on him, in order to slap those ignorant spectators, he rolled up his sleeves and successfully played a demon and a bastard.

Which time do you prefer Tony. What about Donn?

Two different Tony before and after. Don overlapped before his eyes, becoming a little blurry.

Each has its own benefits.

At that time, Tony was happy because he was fighting for the ideals in his heart. Now Tony is also happy because he has a new life.

After eating, Don was going home, resting, and preparing for today's second training session at five o'clock in the afternoon. And Donn is also going home to prepare for him to take over the Forest.

"My invitation, you can think about it again, Don ......," Don said as he said goodbye to Don at the door.

Unexpectedly, Tang shook his head. "I accept your invitation, Tony."

Don was surprised that he had made a decision so quickly, he felt that Don was not a decisive person, and that he had to think about something for a long time before he could make up his mind. Could it be that the past seven years have changed his surname?

"You figured it out so quickly? Why don't you go back and discuss with Tang Jing? ”

"I have the final say on football." Don, who said this, was still a little manly.

Don looked at him and laughed, his eyes narrowing into slits.

"Nottingham Forest is where I first started, and I wanted to ...... Prove yourself there again. "He's also haunted by his brief spell at Nottingham Forest...... Hearing him say this, Don was convinced that Don had taken over his invitation.

He let out a sigh of relief, and now the last thing was done, and he could go to Nottingham Forest to coach with peace of mind.

"Good luck, Tony. Nottingham Forest is not the same Nottingham Forest you used to be. Before leaving, Don didn't forget to bless Don with kindness.

Don was driving the car door, and when he heard Don's words, he turned to look at him and said seriously, "They'll find out Tony soon. Don is still the same Tony as before. Dawn. ”

In an instant, only this moment, Don suddenly saw Tony from the old man in front of him. Don's look.

※※※ "Tony. Don is coming back? Ha! "In his own show, Carl. Spike asks rhetorically with a disdainful look on his face. "I think he still stays in the United States honestly to retire. Nottingham Forest is not what it used to be, and he is not Superman. He thought he could be a savior? I think he's fifty years old and should have a clearer mind, but I didn't expect me to be wrong again......"

He ridiculed Done's comeback plan on the show, as if he didn't want Don to come back. But in reality, it's quite the opposite. He wished that Donn would come back. Don had only been retired for more than four months, and he already felt that he was about to be forgotten, and even the ratings of his show began to decline.

When Don suffered a crisis of confidence in the national team, he was the most fierce group of people who attacked Donn, and his show naturally attracted much attention. At that time, he was at the peak of his career. But since the end of the World Cup in July, Donn announced his retirement, and his show has suddenly lost its focus.

Well, now, after hearing that Donn and the Forest Club have reached an agreement to return to coach the team, he immediately wants to change the person, and he appears in front of everyone every day, preparing for his new episode, which is the one that is being broadcast, and the theme is whether Donn's return is wrong or right?

The three guests are actually foils, and no matter what their opinions, Spike is the main character. The audience who came to see his show came for his sharp teeth, and liked to hear him satirize those things and people in football, and of course Don was a person who was often satirized.

"Now now that Tony. With Donne's return to the Nottingham Forest dugout now a fact, I can say he is bound to suffer a heavy defeat in the position he knows best, a Waterloo-esque defeat in the team he is most proud of. The prestige he has worked so hard to build will be wiped out this season! ”

Finally, Spike made this statement.

At the same time, the BBC's "Today's Event" also talked about Donne's imminent return after the current round of league games.

"The world is unpredictable, I really didn't expect Donn to choose to come back after retirement, and to be the firefighting coach of the Forest team. It feels a little inconsistent with what he has achieved...... "The guest invited is Alain. Shearer said.

"It shows that he has a deep affection for the Forest." Mark. Lawrenson continued.

Lineker pinched his chin and smiled: "I think it's good, now I'm looking forward to the second half of the Premier League season again......"

“…… I'm looking forward to the next Premier League season and we can see Tony again. Donne's wild side of this madman. To be honest, the four months he spent retiring at home were the hardest four months I've had as a football journalist...... I don't even know what to do every day. Well, now I don't have to rack my brain every weekend thinking about how to write this week's commentator article, with Tony. Don is here, and he will definitely create countless topics for us. For example, now, although he only said that he wants to make a comeback, he has not really coached the Forest team, which has already caused heated discussions in the media. To know Tony. Don's return has been the headline news for more than half a month! "Mark Brown, who writes football commentary for The Sun. Husky rejoiced at Donn's return.

"Tony. Donn is the UK's newsmaker of the year, and while the year isn't over yet, I don't think anyone can steal the limelight from him anymore. Just coming back to coach can make countless news media crazy, and there are very few such figures in the world. …… I think Tony. Donn's return is not just a football issue, it's also a social issue worth studying......," The Times wrote an editorial for a football coach resuming work.

“…… Lost Tony. Done's Premier League is like a pool of stagnant water. Sponsors must not want to see such a Premier League. Well, now that he's back, he's back with countless topics and eyeballs, newspaper sales are rising, TV show ratings are increasing, and it's a miracle that many people can have food and clothing just by scolding Don. Now the miracle is back. Sky also commented on Donn's return to Forest.

"Evan. One of the most correct things Dogetty has done in recent years is to re-enact Tony. Don invited him back. If you look at the media attention around the world right now on this down-and-out team, he's already won. Regardless of the results of the Forest team in the end, at least they are back in the center of the media......"

The media is looking forward to Don's return, but only to the benefits of his exaggerated surname: increased sales, bullish ratings, increased sponsors...... But no one commented on what kind of change Donn would bring to Forest's results. Obviously, they are not optimistic about Donn's work in the competition, and such a forest team is struggling, even if it is Tony. Don is here, I'm afraid I won't be able to please ...... ※※※ Friendship advertisement:

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(To be continued)