After Christmas, the new Manchester United fixtures are packed to the brim.

It starts with a home game in the Northwest Division B, then away to Forest Glen, then another away game before a Northwest League Challenger Cup quarter-final first leg in midweek against an amateur team from the Northwest Super Division.

The whole month of January is a double fixture, which is a big test of the strength and will of the new Manchester United players.

Since Christmas is on Friday, the next second league game is scheduled to be held on Sunday, and after two days of vacation, the new Manchester United players are quite self-disciplined, and once they return to the team's form, they did not fall behind, and played the opponent 2:0 directly at home.

Despite being an amateur team, the new Manchester United still have a big advantage in the Northwest Division B, even more so than Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, after all, they are a team of higher-level players.

The new Manchester United got off to a good start after Christmas, and the small town in the south of England with a population of less than 10,000 people, combined with the fact that the first round of the FA Cup was not very impressive, made the whole game less than 1,000 spectators, breaking the lowest attendance of the new Manchester United since the start of the game.

And you must know that among the more than 900 spectators, 300 were from Manchester who followed the team and took the bus of Manchester City Travel Agency to the south.

Due to the small local audience, although there were only 300 people, the fans of the new Manchester United still showed off the masterpieces of the avid fans, and completely turned the whole stadium into the world of the new Manchester United.

Amid the cheers of the fans, the new Manchester United will win 3-1 away at Forest Glen.

In fact, if you look at it purely from the player's personal ability, the advantage of the new Manchester United is not big, and it can even be said that there is no advantage, but the new Manchester United is very organized in terms of team tactics and playing style.

The gap between the two teams is more reflected in the gap between professional and amateur, so after watching this game, Xiao Yu couldn't help but feel secretly proud, what a wise decision he made at the beginning of the season to decide to sign full-time contracts with many main players!

It was also this game that strengthened Xiao Yu's determination to transform the team into a professional team this year!

After the victory, the new Manchester United went straight north to the small town of Coen near Burnley, where they faced Cohen, who finished 4th in the North West Second Division, an amateur team founded in 1996, and their results in the North West Division B for two years have also been up and down, almost promoted in the first year, but last year it was almost relegated, and this year's results are good, and there is a lot of hope for promotion.

Cohen's vision is that they will be hoping to snatch a point from new Manchester United at home so they can climb to third in the league and cut the gap to second to two points.

However, despite the long journey and the recent confrontation with the senior teams, the new Manchester United still cleaned up Cohen away from home, and the score of 4:0 ruthlessly showed the gap between the two teams.

However, in the next away game of the Challenger Cup in the Northwest League, the new Manchester United was pressed by the home team, and finally relied on the team's tenacious defense to take away a draw from the away team, and the score was as flat as the process, 0:0!

Although Bruce and Cassel have formulated a detailed rotation plan, taking into account various factors such as the physical fitness of the players, in fact, the new Manchester United only has 19 players, and only 17 are left after deducting the two goalkeepers, and no amount of rotation can take care of all of them.

A physical midfielder like Karl Maternson, due to the lack of rotation players, played three games in one go, and by the fourth game, he could barely run, cramping before half-time, and had to waste only one substitution and replace him.

It was the high frequency of fixtures that led to the physical exertion of the players that the new United were unable to win the first leg of the Challenger Cup away from home in the North West League, and if the team had been at their best, the second leg of the home game would have been completely meaningless.

It is precisely because of this that the new Manchester United has also begun to discuss within the new Manchester United whether they should abandon certain competitions, such as the FA Cup, which is unlikely to achieve good results at all, so that the players can concentrate more on the league.

Some people may think that the FA Cup is a single-round knockout round, and the chance of winning by chance against a strong team is not small, but in fact, even if the new Manchester United passes the second round and enters the third round, what can they do next against the Premier League and League One professional teams?

Accidental surnames can only happen once, and if it happens twice, it's not accidental!

No one can expect a semi-professional team from the tenth tier of England to beat professional teams from League C, League Two or even League One and Premier League, that is simply unrealistic!

But Steve Bruce clearly doesn't see things that way.

"It's impossible for us to do well in this year's FA Cup, but I can't tell my players like the outside world says, 'Ah, guys, we're going to save our energy to play in the league, we're going to play in the Challenger Cup, we're giving up the FA Cup, we're not playing, that's not going to work, that's what?'

When the top brass of the new United met, Bruce appeared agitated when Cassel offered his opinion.

He's been under a lot of pressure during this time, especially as he has to take care of the players' emotions.

"Xiao Yu, it was you who told me, do you think I can bring something different to your team, remember?" Bruce asked, pointing at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu nodded, of course he couldn't forget!

"Then I would say that what I can bring to your team is, never give up!"

"My team can be beaten, but we must be beaten standing up, we can't admit defeat before the enemy comes, that's not my style, it's not the style of the team I lead!"

Xiao Yu, Walsh, and Kassel were all silent for a moment.

Yes, their decision to abandon the idea of the FA Cup is sensible, and it should even be said to be very wise, but football sometimes does not need to be wise, let alone sane!

"My players are in a lot of pain right now, I know, you see Karl, how good his physical condition used to be, but he was fighting so the court that he was still cramping, and Jonathan Maiten, almost every game to the end, he may not even have the strength to lift his legs, but he still persevered, why?"

Bruce clenched his fist hard and tapped his chest, "Just for the belief and love for the club in our hearts, we will not give up, and I can't tell my players when they still want to hold on, we think about which games we are going to give up for some reason, in my opinion, that is not wise, that is a betrayal, a betrayal of the players!" ”

"Now, you tell me, Xiao Yu, what do you decide to do?"

Xiao Yu stood up, patted Bruce on the shoulder, and then put one hand on Kassel's shoulder, nodding constantly.

"Steve is right, I should reflect on it, but through today's events, I am even more sure of one thing, that is, I chose you to be the head coach of our club, this is definitely the wisest decision I made, Steve, I and the club will definitely fully support you!"

Cassel also stood up, looked at Bruce convincingly, and said with a smile: "You're right, Steve, that's why I can't be a head coach for the rest of my life!" ”

"Andy, I heard that there is a very famous Chinese medicine practitioner on Faulkner Street, who is very good at acupuncture and massage, I want you to go and see if you can invite him to serve the players of our club!"

The power of acupuncture and massage in traditional Chinese medicine is still known to Xiao Yu from some of the materials of the Milan laboratory that he has seen in later generations, and it is said that the recovery methods of this world-renowned laboratory are more borrowed from traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture and massage, but after absorbing the essence of this aspect, it is westernized.

Now Xiao Yu can't set up a large-scale medical research institute like the Milan Laboratory, and even the team doctor is just a fan doctor in a nearby hospital, so he can only use this kind of headache doctor to help the team first.

After introducing the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in traditional physical recovery treatment to everyone present, Xiao Yu's proposal to hire a masseur was supported by Bruce and Kassel, who also had the mentality of trying it out.

When Bruce, Cassel, and Walsh all went out one after another, and Xiao Yu was left alone in the entire office, Xiao Yu's originally relaxed expression immediately became sad.

In fact, he understands very well why Bruce is angry, not only because of the reasons he said before, but also because the club has limited his performance, both hardware and software, and believes that if he is given enough resources, he can bring better results to the team.

There were only 19 players, many of whom were part-time, which made Bruce feel depressed and ambitious!

In fact, from the moment Xiao Yu first hired Bruce, he already knew that he would not stay at New Manchester United for long, because his qualifications, his ability, and his proud surname made him definitely not settle for mediocrity.

In other words, even if he is really optimistic about the development prospects of the new Manchester United, it will be many years later, he can't wait that long, if he is given a choice, I believe he would prefer to go directly to coach a team in League Two or League One, and lead them to the Premier League in a year or two.

In addition, Bruce has also begun to reveal that this year is his last season as a player, and he will focus on being his manager next season, of course, if he stays at the new Manchester United by then!

The temple is not small enough to fit the big Buddha!

Although it is only halfway through the season, Xiao Yu has to start having a headache about next season!

PS: I don't know if my skin can be thicker?

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