Volume 8 The Clouds Are Light and the Wind is Light Chapter 6 There Are Still My Legends Here (II)

In fact, the game is not exciting, not at all. McAllister is the new head coach who only joined the team this summer, and he is not a quality coach either, and the new tactics devised for the Forest team are still in the run-in phase – and he cannot be blamed for that. Evan. Doggetti never gave him the lineup he wanted, so his tactical training never worked properly.

Speaking of Nottingham Forest's new coach Gary. McAllister, Donn and he have a lot of connections. When Donn first took charge of Nottingham Forest as a manager, it was in January 2003. Forest had just been knocked out of the FA Cup by West Ham United and Towne was banned for criticising the referee and the FA in his post-match press conference. In the next League One (now Championship) game, Forest played away to Coventry, and the manager of Coventry at the time was this dude.

At that time, Don was still an out-and-out rookie, and he was also punished in the stands. McAllister was no better, having worn two hats – as manager and as a player. That game ended up with McAllister's free-kick on the back of the net as Coventry held Nottingham Forest to a draw at home. The first and only meeting between the two was a dead end.

Later, Don didn't care about this one-sided opponent. McAllister has been up and down in the lower leagues for many years, and has also briefly coached Premier League teams, but he has never achieved too good results, and his most brilliant achievement is only to lead Wolves back to the Premier League last season. Dogetty dug up the Forest.

After more than a decade of training, his coaching skills have improved a lot from his first meeting with Donne, but it's not enough to manage Nottingham Forest...... Nottingham Forest don't have a mature set of tactics, and their performance on the pitch is more on the individual than on the whole. The offense is a bit of a hit wherever you want, without any rules, even if the ball possession rate is high, there is no way to make people feel at ease. On the contrary, Everton, who were playing away, threatened the Forest goal on several occasions. David Moyes' Everton business, which he has run for two decades, is really extraordinary, and if it weren't for Everton's lack of financial resources, maybe he could have achieved a lot of things...... Don shook his head, realizing that he was distracted again, why was he still thinking about tactics...... It seems that he has not completely gotten rid of the identity of the head coach, occupational disease, occupational disease.

β€»β€»β€» If there are still people who laugh at the American Evan. If Dogotti doesn't understand football, he must not be convinced. Although he can't be as professional as a manager, he can also see that the game being in progress is boring.

His team didn't have any advantage at all, but he had to worry about the opponent's counterattack. This is the result of McAllister's practice for more than a month...... "a plate of loose sand...... Evan Bush sitting on the podium. Dogetty snorted.

Sitting next to him Alan. Adams was silent.

To the left of the two of them is the Robin Hood stand, where the Forest's most die-hard fans gather. On that, as usual, there was a lot of criticism and insults at Evan. Doggerty & Alan. Adams' slogan.

"Go back to America and eat!"

"It's not a team of the two of you, it's a team for all of us!"

β€œ**_you! Evan. Dogetty & Allen. Adams! ”

"You two! Go home and fuck each other's assholes! ”

…… Of course, the most common slogans are something like this: "Give me back Tony!" "We want Tony!!" "There's no one to replace Tony. Dawn! ”

Although four years have passed and Nottingham Forest has changed countless managers, the fans here still can't forget Tony. Dawn. Even, every time a manager is changed, it only makes them miss the former head again, the current England manager.

In the eleventh minute of the game, the fixture on the Crimson Court began. The home fans got up from their seats one after another, and then faced the direction of the rostrum, without a conductor or early rehearsal, and began the chorus very tacitly:

"Tony. Donn won the championship for us, but he left. Evan. Dogeti would only sell people for money, and he still kept. Evan is a big idiot! Big fool! Oh la la! If you agree, stomp your feet with me! ”

Boom, the sound of stomping feet spread throughout the stadium, and the stands of the Crimson Court seemed to shake, like a small earthquake.

"Evan is a big idiot!!"

When Don heard such explicit swear words, he really felt like he couldn't laugh or cry. Actually, to say about Evan. Dogerty, and Alan. If Adams has any grievances, they have long disappeared in the past four years, they just have different ideas, the so-called different ways do not conspire with each other, it is not a personal grudge, so there is no need to dwell on it. But for the fans, Evan. Dogetty and Alan. Adams teamed up to get rid of Donn, which was an absolutely unforgivable thing.

With such an obvious shock, how could the two people sitting on the rostrum not feel it? What's more, after such lyrics have been sung repeatedly, it is no secret what they mean. Every time I hear a song like this, Evan. Dogety's face is quite ugly - he has been called a "fool" by tens of thousands of people in front of him, and the skin of a person who can still act as if nothing is thicker than the earth's crust. Dogeti couldn't cultivate to that realm. But there was something unusual about Doggety today, he wasn't angry, or on the surface you couldn't tell if he was angry or not. He sat in his seat, looking at the pitch below, as if he were wandering.

The singing lasted for a minute before stopping, and the fans returned to their seats and returned to watching mode.

It's a pity that the team's performance is still not improving.

Allen, who was not interested in the aesthetically pleasing game and with no hope of winning, turned his head to chat with the two guests sitting next to him, Arabs from the Middle East, with their white robes and turbans prominent. Their presence here suggests that the club seems to be in contact with a consortium from the Middle East.

In fact, most of the guests sitting on the rostrum were not interested in the game, they just took the opportunity of the football match to socialize. For example, talk to each other about the gains in the stock market and futures market, talk about your chain store and open a new store, talk about a certain investment project you are optimistic about, and attract people around you to join you...... It's like a social dance party that has been moved to the stands of a football field.

Evan. When Dogetty came back to his senses, he found that there was a buzz behind him, and that the topic they were discussing had nothing to do with football, and that the sound of countless flies fluttering in his ears made him irritated, but he couldn't stand up and scold them, telling them all to "shut_up" (shut up). These are sponsors who can easily afford to offend...... Evan, who couldn't find anyone to talk to, turned his attention to the court again, and the score was still 0:0. However, Everton have taken the initiative and Nottingham Forest will only have to be beaten. Forest are indeed in contact with a consortium from the UAE and have invited them to watch Forest's first game of the new season, hoping that the team can use their excellent results to raise their value in front of the Arab billionaires.

It's just that the team's performance is so bad...... McAllister is just a stopgap measure, just a transitional coach, and if the Forest team is to be revived, it still needs to find a manager with the level and prestige to be able to control the locker room. It's just that there are not many such managers in football today, where to find them?

Evan. Dogety's eyes wandered to catch the slogans in the Robin Hood stands.

"There's no one to replace Tony. Dawn!! ”

Don wanted to yawn, but he held back. The game was so boring, but Teresa was interested in everything, looking around, and he was very restless in his arms, and he didn't have to worry about having nothing to do...... Everton's players were getting the ball and the fans around him were booing the Everton players. Giving the middle finger is even more commonplace. He kind of regretted bringing his daughter here, because Teresa had already asked him three times what the "middle finger" meant...... In order to divert attention, Donn can only do everything possible to get his daughter to pay attention to the football game itself, and the way to coax her is to "watch your brother Wood playing!" "Look at your brother Wood falling!" "Look at your brother Wood......"

Finally, my little daughter was a little interested in the game.

However, Brother Wood did not touch the ball and the person who was on the pitch now was an Everton player.

Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini (marouane_fellaini) is in possession of the ball, a tall midfielder who is Everton's anchor and a regular midfielder for the national team. With no one from the back of the line, Fellaini was able to control the ball and eventually pass the ball to James, who dropped back to pick up. Vaughn.

Vaughn and his strike partner Lewandowski (robert_leandoski) played a one-two to shake off George. Wood, who didn't give the Forest centre-backs a chance to pounce on after rereceiving the ball, suddenly shot from distance at the top of the box!

The soccer ball sticks to the turf from goalkeeper Wayne. Hennessey (ayne_hennessey) rolled past his hand and then crossed the goal line...... "Nice long shot!" James. Vaughn! Everton lead Nottingham Forest 1-0 away at home! ”

The blue fans in the stands opposite jumped to their feet and cheered loudly. Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, fell silent. Many fans around Donn held their heads in their hands and looked helplessly at the Everton players who were running around the stadium to celebrate.

In fact, they have become more or less accustomed to facing such scenes in the past four years, so they did not boo the team's conceded goals, but chose to remain silent.

This silence was more like numbness in Donn's eyes. Former Forest fans would be booed as soon as the team conceded a goal. Scored a goal at our home stadium and still want to be booed? Dream on you!

After a while, boos finally came from the other direction, and it was the most radical group of fans. It's just that whether they are booing Everton or booing Nottingham Forest, it is not known.

β€»β€»β€» The goal on the field finally interrupted the conversation of the guests on the rostrum, and a group of people turned their eyes back to the pitch, and soon returned to their respective topics after discovering that it was Everton who scored.

"I know of a project that is guaranteed to make a lot of money......"

"Even Cambodia is about to be hollowed out, what place in the world has not been explored? Antarctica? Ha ......"

"I'm going to fly back to New York next weekend, where I still have some business to take care of......"

"Lady Nancy, you're pretty......"

"No, we don't have any problems now, we don't have any difficulties in running our business. I promise it's a deal that's good for both parties......"

Only Evan. Dogetty looked at the Everton players celebrating on the pitch in a daze, feeling unwilling. Even he, who doesn't know much about football, can feel that the morale of the team has dropped.

β€»β€»β€»The ball game continues. The Forest fans in the stands were a little frustrated, and this time belonged to the Everton fans, who were singing and cheering for Everton in the stands, while the Forest fans were not able to cheer up and fight them.

It is impossible to keep the camera on the pitch all the time in the broadcast of every game, and there will often be some other places in the camera, such as some shots in the coach's box, or when there are interesting slogans in the stands, the camera will also pay special attention, and when there are some celebrities in the stands, they will also give a close-up.

The live camera of the game shook in the stands, first aiming at the slogans, and then suddenly changing to a certain piece of the stands.

Close-ups of live TV are usually visible on the big screen on the spot, so when watching live TV games, it is common to see some fans who appear on TV waving excitedly to the camera while looking at the big screen on the other side.

This is nothing new. However, Forest fans are not in the mood to put on a show, their team is falling behind, and whoever can laugh at the camera must not be a hardcore Forest fan.

The close-up wasn't meant to show off the fans there in front of the camera, they clearly meant something else. The camera zooms in and out and closes and closes, and then freezes on someone.

"Aha! Let's see who this is! The game's commentator laughed when he saw the man. Sunglasses and a baseball cap, he's a spy......"

There is no doubt that the person who was betrayed by the live TV footage was Tony. Dawn. Don didn't care at first, because his mind was on the playing field, and it wasn't until he noticed that the people around him looked at each other differently, and then he felt that something was wrong. Because everyone stopped watching the game, they turned their heads to look at him.

Before he could react to what was going on, a voice suddenly sounded on the live radio: "Let's welcomeβ€”"

A common voice rang out like a tsunami from the stands: "Tony. Dawn!!! ”

The sound startled Donn, and he reflexively stood up. As a result, the cheers were even louder.

"Tony! Tony! Tony!! ”

At this time, Don reacted, he knew that he had been exposed, so he simply said hello to everyone through Teresa's hand.

To be honest, he was a little proud that he could still get such cheers after four years of being out of here.

β€»β€»β€» This sudden cheer also frightened the players on the field, the pass that should have been caught, but Mitchel heard the boundary, but there were no fans to boo him, but it was an overwhelming "Tony!" Tony".

He looked up, easily finding the focus of the cheers. In the upper stands, there was a man standing there. It was as if a king was there to be worshipped by all the peoples.

Not only him, but many players are looking up, but there are not many people who can be stunned after seeing that person, after all, the old players of the Forest team are almost gone.

Mitchel was still stunned, and Wood came up and yelled at him, "What are you doing!" Don't go on the defensive? ”

"Look there, George! Chief! It's the boss! Mitchel pointed to the stands and shouted excitedly.

Wood didn't twist his head, just glared at Mitchell: "Are you going to let him see you sleepwalking on the field?" ”

It's really a word to wake up the dreamer. Mitchel ran to get involved in the defense, and this time it was Wood's turn to look back into the stands.

β€»β€»β€»The cheers continue, Evan. Dogetty was initially startled by the cheers, and then he actually saw Tony on the TV screen. Donn's figure. This surprised him - they hadn't been in touch for a long time, and he didn't expect Don to come to watch the game, he thought Don must hate him.

Behind him, the social panel was interrupted by cheers from fans welcoming Donn. One by one, they asked around suspiciously, looking for the source of the cheers.

"What happened?"

"What are they shouting?"

"Tony? Which Tony? Tony. Dawn? He's back? ”

Alan also stopped talking to the Arabs and turned his gaze to the big screen. Sure enough, he saw Don and his daughter.

After four years, even the children are gone...... more than 40,000 Forest fans in the stands are bowing with their hands outstretched, and they are saluting His Majesty the King, even if he has been away for four years. Like that tagline says, there's no one here to replace Tony. Dawn.

Don waved to his subjects and sat down again, tossing and turning like this, not even watching the game.

The cheers continued for a while, and then faded away.

But before the worship of the king was over, someone next to him rushed up: "Hey, I didn't expect the guy sitting next to me to be Tony. Dawn. Sign me, Tony! ”

"I want a group photo!"

"Your daughter is so beautiful!"

…… For a while, he was surrounded by passionate fans, and Don had to deal with them one by one. After satisfying requirements such as autographs, group photos, handshakes, hugs, etc., he was finally able to sit back and watch the game...... When the surrounding sounds finally returned to the normal decibel range, Teresa leaned into Donn's ear and blew into him, "Dad, which 'Tony' are they shouting?" ”

Don laughed this time, "They're calling you Dad!" ”

"Is Dad a big star?"

"Yes, big star!" Don replied with pride and affirmation. "Daddy is the king here." He looked at the pitch below and muttered one last sentence: "It used to be ......"

β€»β€»β€» Perhaps because Don personally came to watch the game, the morale of Nottingham Forest was greatly boosted. In the games that followed, they gradually took the initiative and finally equalised by Mitchel just before half-time.

Mitchel, who scored the goal, ran to the stands where Donn was and gave a military salute. Everyone knows what he means by this celebratory gesture.

In the second half, Nottingham Forest continued to score another goal. In the end, they came back from behind to win 2-1 against Everton, who were playing away, and struggled to get their first win of the season.

But after the game, it wasn't the Forest's win that people cared about, but Tony. Donn "returns" to the Crimson Course. At the press conference after the game, the media asked McAllister what he thought about Don coming to see the game, and McAllister replied with an unkind expression: "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in the general audience. ”

But the media did not "let him go". After the game, some media even did not hesitate to use the headline party in order to attract attention - "Returning to Nottingham Forest after four years, His Majesty the King helped the team turn around!" ”

It looked as if Donn had led the team to victory, poor McAllister......

(To be continued)