Aldridge felt self-pitying and felt that he had not caught up with a good era, an era when England had more good strikers.

But after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved again.

It seems that England's forward line has always been like this.

In the process of determining the status of the striker's national team, Aldridge only called the wind-chasing teenager Owen and the Black Panther Husky.

Owen definitely has to use it, Husky is reluctant, he's not a very prolific shooter.

The rest, such as Manchester United's Cole, Sunderland's Phillips, the former golden boy Fowler, and Aldridge, all chose to wait and see and did not call them.

After all this, Aldrich could finally rest and catch his breath, stretch and look at the time, it was already half past six in the evening.

As he drove away from the FA office building, there was still a swarm of reporters waiting outside to interview Aldrich, but Aldrich drove away without even showing his face.

When he got home, Evan fell asleep on the couch with a pillow, and there was still a warm meal on the table in the dining room, and Aldrich had something to do in the evening, so he ate dinner lightly in the dining room.

"Don't say anything when you come back? Well? Mr. England National Team Manager. ”

Aldrich was halfway through his meal, and Evan leaned against the wall and looked at him with a smile on his face.

"Seeing that you are asleep, I don't want to disturb you, I will go out later."

"Tell me about today's experience."

Evan sat down across from Aldrich, his chin propped up, his eyes bright with curiosity and pleasure.

Aldrich told her what he had done that afternoon, with some pretentious feelings.

"I really don't know why they're so crazy about it, maybe I'm going to resign next month."

"Hmph. Bear two faces under one hood. Enjoy it. What to do at night? ”

"To finalize the matter of the national team coaching staff, alas, it may be necessary to talk about money, this topic I don't want to talk about with the people around me, it seems philistine and vulgar."

"Alas, I don't know if it's good or bad, it's only the first day. You're so busy, can your body stand it? ”

Looking at Evan's concerned expression, Aldrich shook his head and said, "It's okay, compared to previous years, I think it's about the same." ”

Evan thought for a moment and roughly understood Aldrich's words.

In the past, Aldridge worked hard at the club, but now the club is well organized and the work is much easier than before, and now he has joined the national team, compared to before. The workload is about the same.

"Since I'm going to talk about business, try not to drink. Drive carefully. ”

Aldridge wiped his mouth and kissed Evan, then left the house and drove to the club building.

At the meeting place of their coach's beer night, members of the Millwall coaching staff were all here, playing billiards, watching TV, and gossiping with wine glasses.

When Aldrich arrived, Jenson put down his glass and applauded, and laughed, "Look who this is?" England national team manager, welcome. ”

Aldrich waved his hand, sat down on the circular sofa, and said to everyone: "I came to you today because I have a business to do, come, sit down and talk." ”

Klinsmann, Jensen, Barb, Craig, Boas, and others probably guessed what was going on, and sat down around Aldridge one after another, their expressions becoming serious.

"As you can see, I'm the England manager now, but I can't do it alone, I need your help, so I'm making a formal invitation to you to join the England coaching staff. This is what I negotiated with the FA and it is a little bit lower because Millwall won't dismiss you, working part-time, and that's the most I can get for you. ”

Aldrich finished his voice and placed a contract on the table.

Babu picked it up and looked at it, the salary is lower, and it is not at all obvious that it is the corresponding treatment that a national team coach should have, but as Aldrich said, part-time and can't serve wholeheartedly, so the salary is discounted, which is reasonable.

In fact, how much money they make is not what they care about the most now, like Klinsmann and Jensen, who have been favored by many clubs, and want to poach them to coach clubs, from assistant coach to head coach, the salary must have risen significantly.

In addition to the ease and emotional aspect of working at Millwall, they did waver, and now Aldridge has given them a new chance, a new platform.

For the national team, Aldridge is still the protagonist, but as assistant coaches, once the national team achieves good results, they will also leave a strong mark on their personal resumes.

Boas stared left and right, he actually wanted to agree, but seeing that other colleagues had not yet expressed their positions, he could not "mutiny" so quickly, after all, from the perspective of Aldrich's boss role, they should have the same class position as workers.

Klinsmann smiled with interest and asked: "Are you really confident that you will be in the England national team for a long time?" ”

According to the current situation of the England national team, it is really a bit of a god who is difficult to save.

Aldridge faced these old friends who fought side by side, and said calmly: "I have confidence, but I may not be able to do well, it's another matter." ”

"The current England national team, with all due respect, can't squeeze into the top five in Europe in terms of comprehensive strength, even if you lead the team out of the qualifiers and enter the World Cup, England has always had too high expectations for the team, I think even if you lead the team to the top 8, the final outcome may not be ideal."

Aldridge nodded and said: "Let's put it this way, if England is very strong and strong, then it will not be my turn to take over, as for the World Cup, I haven't thought that far ahead, let's talk about it after the qualifiers." ”

Klinsmann smiled and stretched out his hand to him, palms to him, Aldrich looked happy, slapped it, snapped.

What does it mean?

Hit it off!

Done!

The other coaches also smiled and high-fived Aldridge.

The coaching staff, Aldridge directly used Millwall's, his own people, and he used it with confidence. At the same time, there is no running-in adaptation phase such as assignment familiarization. They have worked in England for many years. They also know about the English players.

If you want to say that the biggest change in his work is, of course, Boas, who has to collect information about opponents for the national team, examine the opponent players, the overall situation of the opponent national team, etc., which is very different from his past work.

The other aspect is the medical team, the England national team has a medical department, and Aldridge at this point has only proposed that the Millwall medical team work with the England national team medical team.

Originally, the FA disagreed.

Because it could involve foot injuries in the UK. But considering that since Aldridge, the Millwall manager, has taken office, the player's health information cannot be hidden from him, he simply agreed to Aldridge's proposal.

Everyone worked together to make a difference, and the next conversation was directly around the England national team.

"Have you figured out the general lineup?"

Jenson asked straight to the point.

Aldridge nodded and said: "I have thought about it, but there is a player I am not sure about, if I can use him well, I think the main force of the new national team, I can directly determine." ”

"Who?"

"McManaman."

'He's had a terrible performance at the European Championships.

Jensen said with a frown.

McManaman, who moved to Real Madrid, can play in the main team at Real Madrid. The performance was good enough to enter the national team, but Keegan used McManaman in the summer. The effect is very unsatisfactory, only giving him a chance to play, and then directly abandoned.

"Let's not mention him, do you have any ideas on the formation and tactical design of the England national team? Who is the core? ”

Klinsmann's question got everyone nodding.

How the players use it and how they can use it well, an important premise is what kind of tactical system they are in.

Aldridge showed a thoughtful expression, and Jenson said bluntly: "If you still play 442, I don't think it will be possible to make a qualitative change in this team in the short term." ”

442 is a tactical formation that England is proud of, because it is too balanced, balanced enough to be flexible and can be flexibly converted to derive many changes, but in addition to the year of England's home World Cup Cup, 442, which has been used continuously and regarded as a holy relic, cannot bring glory to England.

There are differences in coaching ability, may be the coach of the England national team, no matter how bad the ability is, there is a bottom limit, not good, can not play a particularly strong strength, the factors are complex, but it is undeniable that Aldridge believes that if he continues to use 442, it is definitely not as good as those coaches in the past or the original history, so how can he have the confidence to build a national team that can achieve achievements?

"442 is definitely not good, theoretically, the original intention of tactical design is balanced, but the individual ability of the players will lead to a situation that is not balanced at all in actual combat."

Aldrich was also the first to deny 442.

Not to mention that he does not have a top midfielder who can definitely guarantee defense with pure defense, just talking about attack, old-fashioned side crosses, two strikers in the middle, one high and one fast, this style of play is obviously backward, and England is still scarce of top players with dribbling, who can't bring the ball, can only cross, and lacks threat from the tactical concept.

"How's 433? Millwall's 433 has proven to be able to succeed. ”

Boas gave his opinion, but everyone shook their heads in unison, without the slightest hesitation.

Millwall's 433, the most intuitive threat in attack is the two wingers cutting inside, and at the same time having dexterity to get rid of the one-on-one advantage, sorry, England do not have this kind of modern winger, even if there are players who have the ability, but they do not have that sense of the game.

To put it bluntly, the national team does not train players, it is the club that cultivates, and the national team can only use a ready-made team.

Aldridge can't get Ronaldo in the England national team, and he can't make Gerrard and Frank Lampard become Pirlo.

'I have a tactical idea to create a 4321 formation in the England national team, you can see how it goes.

Aldrich spoke, and the others listened solemnly, waiting for the rest of the conversation.

Aldridge explained his tactical ideas to the coaching staff.

4321.

There is nothing special about a back four, and they will only adjust the defensive strategy of the two central defenders according to the opponent.

The three midfielders are all midfielders!

In the middle is a defensive midfielder, flanked by midfielders who can attack and defend.

The two midfielders need to have the ability to take the ball, organise and score goals.

The single arrow is used to respond to positional warfare and counterattack forward.

This tactical concept is no stranger to Millwall's coaching staff, they have used it before, but they have many good players, good cards, and many options, and they have only used it in specific games.

Looking at Europe, this tactical concept is not new, the formation is a Christmas tree, Juventus, Real Madrid, and other strong teams have used it before.

Such a troop arrangement, at least, strengthens the defense, so that the defense is guaranteed, how to play the power of the offense, it is impossible to say, it is necessary to specifically experiment with the players, put the most suitable chess pieces in the most suitable position, in order to know how powerful the road is.

Klinsmann raised his hand and wondered: "Are you going to abandon Beckham, England's most famous star?" There's no place for him in this formation. ”

Aldrich replied as a matter of course: "Why not? The right midfielder is where he stands. If I don't expect him to score in the box as a hidden attacking point, I don't think there's any need to put him in a wing-back position, especially since I don't advocate frequent wide crosses as the main attacking tool. ”

Klinsmann asked rhetorically: "Will he agree?" ”

Aldridge shrugged and said: "If he is adamantly opposed, then I will find the right person to replace him, but I think with his professionalism, it should be fine." (To be continued......)