Chapter 19: The Wild Gang of Wimbledon (Part II)

"The Crazy Gang are a dangerous team, but it's a good test of what we've been training for a week." In the pre-game locker room, Don made the final mobilization to the players who had already warmed up. "Remember, it's fast, easy, straightforward, and efficient! That's all I ask of you! Let's get on the field, guys! ”

Today, Donn has succeeded Walker as the leader of the locker room. Donne, who has clarified his tactical thinking style and knows more about the team, no longer has to stand behind the scenes.

Donn is back in the dugout after a two-game suspension, and he's looking forward to it. He loves the feeling of directing the game from the sidelines, he loves it so much!

As the Forest players came out of the tunnel, they heard the huge cheers of the home fans. Donn turned to Walker and said, "If we can keep winning, we'll hear cheers like this all the time, and even more than that!" ”

"It's not easy to win all the time, Tony ......" Walker shook his head.

"No, it's not easy. But why not give it a try? Donn joined the fans in applauding the players who came out.

That's right, if we can win this game, we have to win it, and if we can win every game, then keep winning!

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Wilford Training Base, Gates. Ian; McDonald turned on the radio on time to listen to the thirtieth round of the league today at City Stadium. On the morning of every home game, Donn would come to the training base and then chat with McDonald Sr. at the door, talking about everything from the weather to the international situation, but the most talked about between them was football, their own team.

The last time he played at home, Donn promised him a win to bring to his supporters, but it ended up in a regrettable draw. Donn said this again today, and he told MacDonald to wait at the radio to celebrate the victory, hoping that everything would go well this time.

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The game has been going on for more than 20 minutes, and the Forest team is indeed putting the training stuff on the field according to Donn's request. They are completely different from the previous Forest team that paid attention to ball control and more delicate coordination, not only the fans at the scene could see it, but even John, who was in charge of commenting the game; Mortenson also saw it.

"There's something strange about the Forest team today, if you have to describe it in one word...... I'll use 'strange'. People are still those people, but they play football that people don't know. ”

From Brian; Since the Clough era, Nottingham Forest has been one of the representatives of the technical flow of English football, much earlier than Arsenal. The Clough boss at the time famously said that he disdained the tradition of long balls in English football: "If God wants us to play on the clouds, then he should also move the grass up." ”

Today's Nottingham Forest, although it is not a long pass, is very different from the tradition of the Forest team that pays attention to ball control. With 25 minutes played, the TV screen showed the ratio of possession so far, with Wimbledon outpacing Forest at 54 per cent to 46 per cent.

"It's strange that I have the impression that the Forest team, even if they lose, they will have more possession than their opponents. They didn't win their last game, but they had 64 per cent possession. Mortensen has been a commentator for 31 years in football and has watched Forest rise from obscurity to European champions, and he knows all too well the way Forest play.

Forest's quick move through midfield was indeed what Donn wanted, but it also conceded goals more quickly. Often after a few passes, there is a problem when the midfielder stuffs the ball to the striker, the striker does not run in place, and the midfielder does not pass in place. was then cut off by the other party to fight back, fortunately Michael; Dawson has done an excellent job of defusing crises repeatedly. Dawson, who has officially become the captain of the team, has made everyone's eyes shine, and he seems to have matured overnight.

Twenty-five minutes later, the score remained unchanged. But Don saw a lot of things, and just as he wanted to discuss it with Walker, a familiar loud voice sounded behind him.

"Tony; Dawn! What are you working on? Is this the victory you promised us? ”

Don turned his head to see Michael's angry face, as well as his middle finger.

"When did you switch over...... What are you anxious about? Isn't this a draw? ”

"But see for yourself, what the is your team playing football? It's not our Forest's football at all! Forest's football tradition is to keep the ball! Ball control! ”

It's traditional again...... Donn felt very unhappy, since he came here, he was always reminded of "tradition", but he didn't think that abiding by tradition would bring him any benefit. Can you win by following tradition? So he yelled back at the top of his voice: "Shut up, Michael! As long as I can win, I don't care how the fuck I win! It's only been twenty-five minutes since the game, what the hell are you calling here? Call me again and let the security guard kick you out!" ”

Michael kept his mouth shut, he was indeed a little anxious. But seeing that their team's offense has not improved for a long time, which fan will not be in a hurry to get angry?

Donn sat back and found Walker laughing at him: "Tony, I remember the second time you sat in this position, Michael and they scolded you, but you didn't dare to say a word." ”

Don shook his head and smiled bitterly: "When the team can't open the situation, do you still have the heart to make fun of me?" ”

"I don't think it's too bad." Unexpectedly, Walker replied like this, which made Don look at him differently. "For the first ten minutes, we were really confused. But so far, the team has basically played in training, mistakes are decreasing, chances are slowly increasing. Tony, maybe your set will work. ”

"Des, I look the other way at you. I didn't expect you to see that. That's right, our situation is slowly getting better, and the reason why we can't score goals is because we haven't trained the strikers and the midfielders together, and the forwards are not familiar with this style of play in the midfield, and the cooperation is not tacit enough. ”

Walker nodded: "I think it's better not to expect too much from this game, maybe we should have to wait a while for our success......

Donn stood up from his seat, "No, Des. I can't wait for a fight, I need to win, this fight has to win. With that, he walked to the sidelines, took a deep breath, and yelled inside.

"Horse-Dragon!!"

The sound even drowned out the noise in the stands for a moment.

Malone; Hearing the manager call his name, Hellwood quickly turned his gaze to the sidelines, where he saw the manager barking at himself.

"What are you doing?! You didn't sleep last night, or didn't eat at noon today? ”

Hailewood shrugged and pointed at himself, not understanding why the manager said that.

"Run! Keep running! Donn waved his arms as if he were pulling a windmill, "Find a way to get me a pass from Andy and shoot it!" If you can't, I'll replace you! ”

After yelling, Donn turned back to the dugout. Hellwood was stunned, then reacted: the manager was unhappy with his performance......

Even though they've been working together for a while, Walker is still amazed by Donn's performance. I've never seen a coach command a game like this......

"Tony, calm down...... It's just a game, not a war. ”

Donn gritted his teeth and said to Walker, "No, this is war!" ”

If you can't win the ball, you may lose your job, isn't this a war related to life and death?

"Also, I'm calm. I'm as calm as a fucking iceberg. Don sat back in his seat and said casually. Walker shook his head, the ghost believed it.

Donn's approach was brutal, but straightforward. The lack of linkage between the striker and the midfielder is a legacy of training a new style of play, and it will take more training and games to eradicate it completely, but there is obviously not that much time for him right now. Very moments and very means, since they can't receive each other's passes, then run at any cost, and always run to the point. As long as you succeed once, it is an opportunity.

In fact, although the football played by Nottingham Forest is not satisfactory, they still have many problems of their own. But the one who should complain the most is the manager of Wimbledon, who really wants to scold his mother loudly at this moment. Before the game, he spent a lot of time studying Forest's tactical style of play and line-up formation, hoping to beat their opponents on the road. Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the game, he found himself facing a completely unfamiliar Nottingham Forest team, and the training and arrangement of the week before the game were useless. Can it not be irritating?

Seeing the Forest manager yelling on the sidelines, he also decided to do something. So he got up and walked to the sidelines, motioning for his team to press forward a little more. Since the Forest team is not in good shape and makes frequent mistakes, his team has a lot of opportunities to counter-attack. There is no need for him to stick to the defensive counterattack strategy arranged before the game, let the overall formation be appropriate, put more pressure on the opponent, and maybe there will be unexpected results.

Yes, unexpected...... Consequence.

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