Chapter 29: The Darling of the Media (Part II)
Hearing him say this, Evan and Alan looked at each other, not quite understanding what Done's attitude was. To join or to decline? If it is easy to say that everything is added, but if he refuses, then although it is a pity, he will have to choose another candidate.
"Sounds like ...... Impossible. Now go and ask anyone on the street and say, 'Forest, will be part of the G14', and he's going to think you're crazy." ”
"Tony......" Evan had just said when he was interrupted.
"To achieve such a goal...... If you can really achieve such a goal, it will not be much different from a legendary story, right? Donn continued to mutter, "But ......"
He looked up at the two of them, "It must feel good to create a legend." The two on the other side laughed as they saw the familiar, confident smile on Donn's face. Challenging such a goal made my blood boil again! He clenched his fists, pressed them tightly against the table, and roared on his stomach. I love it, I love this crazy plan so much! ”
Evan laughed, "If you like, Tony." We can give you time, eight or fifteen years. We know that the tenure of a manager in an English club tends to be long. ”
"And......" added Allen, "Toney, if your team does qualify for next season's UEFA Cup, I think it's a big step closer to our goal. ”
Don closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then reopened them. "After the winter break, I'm going to show you a completely different Forest team."
"We believe in you." The two laughed.
"Mm-hmm, talk about the future. One thing that comes to mind that once I was with Kenny. Burns made a bet that last season's Premier League title would have been Manchester United, not Arsenal. In the end, I won and won a hospitality ticket to drink a lifetime of free wine at his bar. ”
"I've heard about it." Evan nodded. "They all say you have the power of foreknowledge, like a gypsy wizard."
"They were right. So Evan, you're going to be the biggest club president in the history of Forest. And Alan, you'll be the manager who gives both Moji and Ken Young a headache. Donn pointed to the two of them, and then he pointed back to himself, "And what about me......"
This time, before he could say it, Evan and Allen said in unison: "I will be the greatest manager in the history of the Forest team." ”
The three of them burst out laughing, regardless of how the guests around them looked at them.
I know it's cheesy to say, but ...... In later football historical materials and related reports, when Nottingham Forest is mentioned, except for Brian. Beyond Clough, you might say that the triumvirate who single-handedly created Nottingham Forest's second glory decided the future in an Indian restaurant.
※※※ Pierce. Bruce was right, and from the afternoon onwards, newspapers and television reports about the Forest's press conference had appeared in front of readers and spectators across the UK. The media excitedly reminded readers that Nottingham Forest are still struggling in League One, but their manager is very entertaining.
The British media, who like to dig through old accounts, even found out the "past" between Donn and Shania this summer to prove that Tony. Donn is definitely not a manager who keeps to himself, and has never been a fuel-efficient lamp.
The most aggressive newspaper, The Sun, simply listed the "news" that brought Donn to the media from January 1 to December 18, 2003:
When directing the first team game, he was knocked to the ground by his own players and fell into a brief coma; Holding an impromptu press conference in front of the hospital, accusing the English FA of being shady because his team lost to superteam West Ham United; Went to London to attend the hearing, I don't know what methods he used, a rookie coach who was sentenced to a "heavy sentence" by the media in advance, and who had just started his coaching career in the second division team, but the final punishment he received seemed to tickle him - it only made him more comfortable; After a young football fan died in a football hooligan's scuffle, it is rumored that he once broke into the lair of football hooligans alone, but what he said is unknown; In the summer, he was accused of abducting an underage girl and faced charges - of course, in the end, he did not know that he had resorted, and the matter was never followed; On the way to lead the team to Millwall to participate in the quarterfinals of the League Cup, he changed to the subway because of a traffic jam, and confronted a group of unexpected Millwall fans in the car; In the match against Millwall, he was dissatisfied with the team where the fans sang and insulted him, and he smashed the plastic baffle on the away team's coach's seat at Newden Stadium, but he attracted more boos and ridicule; The post-match press conference annoyed Millwall's head coach and chairman; At a press conference held the day after the game, in front of countless media, they scolded the chairman of Millwall as a blind and deaf man, and also scolded the head coach of Millwall for not being a man, and invented the term "brain-dead" by the way - by the way, the media were very much in favor of putting this new English word in the Oxford Dictionary and the Encyclopedia Britannica, for which they also specially extended the specific term "brain-damaged" on the basis of this word, and enriched the definition of "brain-dead" in order to be different from "neurotic" and "psychotic", " mentally retarded". Of course, even if the Oxford Dictionary and Encyclopædia Britannica compilation teams did not accept the media's opinions, it would not prevent this new fashionable term from becoming popular in Britain...... But that's all for later.
After studying these "glorious deeds" of Donn, the media was excited to find that they had finally found the maverick veteran coach Brian. Clough's successor, although his coaching performance is far from being as good as the veteran coach who won the European Champions Cup twice, he is not inferior to his predecessors in terms of personalization.
After discovering this, it was not long before the media turned over the photo taken in the summer: Clough in front of Donn's house, sitting in the car with Tony. Donn smiled and shook hands and greeted the media. This seems to confirm their judgment even more.
Of course, there are also those who regret Forest's loss to Sheffield United in the play-offs last season. Because after getting tired of watching the "humiliating" battle between Sir Alex Ferguson and Frenchman Professor Arsene Wenger, people are eager to see a coach with a more surname and entertainment value enter this circle. However, Donn did not lead the team to be promoted to the Premier League, and his experience in League One and youth teams gave him a lot less opportunities to be tapped by the media and noticed by the public.
But now the Forest team is in Tony. Done have already won two league and cup competitions in quick succession, and it is not impossible that they will be promoted to the Premier League through the play-offs at the end of the season.
Regardless of how Millwall will respond to this, at least for now, Tony. Don became thoroughly famous. Overnight, the whole of Britain knew that in the English Football League, there was such a young and handsome manager with a prominent surname.
Do you know why Mourinho was so popular with the media as soon as he entered England, his popularity and image improved, and he became a world-renowned coach? It's because he has a big mouth that the media likes, and a unique surname that is completely different from everyone else. The media in England love to hype up his every word, every action, every gossip...... Now, before Mourinho came to England, Tony . Don inadvertently took his place in the media...... In the future, Don no longer has the confidence that he can still be within the scope of his understanding.
(To be continued)