On the morning of returning to the club, Aldridge sent Evan and his youngest daughter Bonnie to Evan Parents' house, which was regarded as Evan taking her daughter back to her parents' home, her parents lived in North London, and used to live in East London, and later Evan graduated from university and worked in North London to provide a new house for his parents in North London.

Aldrich said that he was ashamed, a few years ago, he wanted to give Evan some money to let her family improve their material life, but Evan refused, in her words, her parents were used to a dull life, and there was no higher pursuit of material life, and now it was plain, which was fine.

And in the past two years, Aldrich has brought up the old things again, and Evan just smiled and didn't bother to pay attention to Aldrich.

So at noon that day, Aldrich ate a working meal in the club and did not go home.

His two sons came to his office covered in dirt and cheerfully told interesting stories about their morning training.

"Dad, there are so many people here, you should have brought me here a long time ago!"

"Hey, Coach Clyde said I'm very talented and can be a big star in the future!"

For Bert and Earle, they used to play with their neighbors' friends in the community, and the small circle was really small, coming and going with those children, or Aldrich's circle of friends, and friends could get to know more children, such as Becky's son.

And when they came to the Millwall training base, just the group of children in the lower age group seemed to have entered a new world.

The training is not strict, it is a bit systematic, but there will be no detailed rules and regulations to ask children, it is more like scientific play.

Listening to the two of you, you and me, talked excitedly. From time to time, Aldrich would knock them on the head. Let them eat well. He always had a smile on his face.

Before eating, they took a shower, and after eating, they let them take a nap on the sofa.

Aldrich stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, with a gap in the curtains, where he overlooked the training base as before, and couldn't help but mutter: "From now on, it's the real guard." ”

None of the members of the coaching staff went home at noon. Eating in the cafeteria at the training base, because they have to work overtime and do a lot of work, which is the task that Aldrich has come back to arrange today.

The staff and players were seated separately, and the first-team coaching staff sat in the south corner of the cafeteria, where everyone had dinner and discussed work and asked for help from each other at work.

There was only one person who was a little out of place, and that was Stramaccioni, who thought he would have a job today, but he didn't.

Jenson informed him. When I came to the club, I went around and figured out the various places and departments. When you have a clear place, you can see more and see what other staff members are doing.

It sounds like it's just for him to get acquainted with first.

So at lunchtime, Stramacioni asked Jenson for help, hoping that he could do some specific work.

The first-team coaching staff has also seen it, Aldridge is back this time, Millwall's management system has not returned to the past, Jenson has the power to do so, and he is now an assistant coach in terms of rank, and he is responsible for a more comprehensive job, which should also be done.

And these people have worked with Jensen for many years, and they roughly understand the reason: Aldrich is to give Jensen more room to sharpen, and he will be more skilled when he prepares to stand on his own.

This made Aldridge relaxed, but it also made Jensen more enthusiastic about his work, power or something, it was all an ethereal thing, it may exist in other clubs, but in Millwall, no matter how much power it is, it can't withstand Aldrich's words, so as long as Aldridge is there, let it go and hand it over to Jensen, and he is not afraid of chaos.

Facing the volunteer Stramaccioni, Jensen smiled playfully and said: "I want you to understand Millwall first, don't be in a hurry to do anything, because only when you have a comprehensive understanding of this place, can you start working, otherwise, no matter how hard you try, it may be in vain." ”

Stramacioni was a little depressed and asked rhetorically, "What should I know more?" ”

He recognized all the departments here, all the people with authority, all the players in the first team, the reserve team, the coach, he also wrote down, as for the characteristics of the players, in addition to the reserve team, the first team, he also made notes and had a general understanding.

Seeing his stiff mouth, Jenson asked, "Then tell me, why has Millwall's record declined so significantly this season?" Although it can't be compared with last season, the points are 20 points less in the same period, but if you discount it, no matter how bad it is, it should not be able to pull a gap of 15 points. ”

Millwall, who won seven titles last season, belongs to the anti-heaven table.

In league terms alone, this season is just over 20 points short of the same period last season.

First of all, they have lost 5 games in the league, which is 15 points from last season's unbeaten list!

And Millwall's strength, although it is inevitable that there will be a decline this season, no matter how it declines, it should not be more than 20 points less than the same period last season, if it is 15 points less, it is acceptable, if that is the case, Millwall will now be at the top of the Premier League standings.

Seeing that the coaches at the same table were staring at him with a smile, Stramaccioni suddenly looked embarrassed, and immediately said hard-headedly: "This is a fatal flaw in Klinsmann's technical and tactical system, there is no full-time defensive back, the back line lacks a strong barrier, and the opponent can not attack, and it is naturally easy to lose the ball when the opponent counterattacks, and then the game that should be won cannot be won." ”

After he finished speaking, he saw Jensen smile disdainfully and shook his head.

"Really? But have you ever understood the stage change of Millwall's ups and downs this season, which is exactly what you call a stage in which Klinsmann does not have a defensive back, and Millwall is the most efficient in grabbing points in the league! It is precisely this technical and tactical system that allows Millwall to return to the championship group, which is not contradictory to what you said? ”

Stramaccioni was speechless.

Jensen couldn't bear to hit him again, and said: "People are all over the clouds, your words, Fleet Street has been saying for a long time, criticizing Klinsmann's techniques and tactics is problematic, problematic?" Why are there so many problems? Who said that the technical and tactical system must be boxy and have a fixed template? Just like you Italians will say when they warned the Serie A giants in the past few years: when you meet Millwall, don't put on a three-back system, this is looking for death! But if I ask you. Aldridge if he uses a back three. Will it be successful? ”

Stramaccioni's brow furrowed thoughtfully. I never dared to answer.

Jenson laughed: "If you will succeed with 433 and you will fail with 442, then why should Millwall go to such trouble developing stars?" Why spend money on Nesta? When we have so many good players, the technical and tactical system? Is there really a big gap? The gap, there must be, but by no means fatal, at best. With 442 may have 80 points, with 433 is 90 points, with 352 may be 75 points, and such a gap is not enough to make a team have a huge contrast, otherwise, we don't want to manage the team, just study the technical and tactical formation every day. Andre, what tactical formation do you think Millwall played last season? 433？ That's Fleet Street, that's what European football critics are talking about. In Aldrich's mouth, we actually played 442. Think of Ronaldinho as a pull-out striker and Larsson as a pull-out insider, and you get the idea. ”

Stramaccioni was still a little confused, but his mind had been opened, and he had to digest it slowly, and he asked rhetorically, "What is the reason for that?" ”

If Klinsmann was not a failure in the creation of a technical and tactical system, what was the reason for the failure?

Jenson said softly, "Domination ability." ”

After saying this, Jensen also said silently in his heart: Because of this, I dare not take over Aldridge's position, looking at European football, who will be able to control Millwall, who can control the four Champions League in five years?

Presumably, this truth or reality, Aldrich has now figured it out.

Either push Millwall down and start over, leaving the position of coach at the same time, leaving a Millwall who is almost zero, or take it down by yourself, and it is almost impossible to get out, because it will be a dead circle, unless, the young marshal ends in a dismal defeat with a new generation of wild lions, and the curtain can be completely cut off from his invisible influence and domination of the club

That afternoon, Aldridge still did not go to the training ground, but met with the players alone in the office.

The first to come to his office was Larson.

Seeing Larsson, Aldrich asked in a casual tone, "How does you feel about yourself?" Can you fight for the Lion for five more years? ”

Larson smiled, and this fall, he will be 32 years old.

He replied in a normal tone: "Five years, it should be fine." ”

"Well, then I'll be relieved of the front."

When Xiao Luo walked into the office, he showed a smiling face, but Aldrich did not smile at him, and directly threw a report on the table, saying: "Take this report back and read it yourself, and then throw it away after reading it, I don't want to talk nonsense, and you don't want to listen to it." ”

Xiao Luo was about to go out with the report in his hand, and he pretended to salute at the door, and the corners of Aldrich's mouth raised slightly after he left.

The content of that report is not complicated, it is the number of times Xiao Luo has been on the pitch this season, plus the comparison with the average number of jù in the past few seasons, including the number of times the player has been on the pitch, such as the number of times he has been on the pitch.

Obviously, there has been a dip this season

De Rossi, who has been at Millwall for more than five years, has thoughts of leaving this season because he is desperate under Jurgen Klinsmann.

At the beginning of the season, Klinsmann trusted Pedretti, and halfway through the season, Pedretti had no chance, and the defensive midfielders were abandoned, why? Give way to the attacking players.

De Rossi is not afraid of competition, but he is not even given the opportunity to compete, how can he stay?

A little disheartened, he missed this place, but he thought that the Roma team had also suffered a financial crisis in Serie A, and if he went back, maybe he could really be a hero of the savior in danger.

However, after he walked into Aldrich's office this afternoon, one sentence, one sentence, changed all his thoughts that he had been brewing for half a season.

'Danielle, starting next season, you're the team's main midfielder.

Aldrich didn't say hello either, and went straight to the point.

De Rossi walked out of the office in a daze.

For De Rossi and Pedretti, Klinsmann chose Pedretti based on strength, and there was nothing wrong with choosing Pedretti at the beginning of the season, because Pedretti is more experienced and slightly more capable than De Rossi.

However, Pedretti's potential is limited after all, and I don't know if it is because he was suppressed by Gattuso before Millwall, and in the national team, there are two mountains, Makelele and Vieira, he does not have a rapid stance, giving people a feeling that he can be used but cannot be entrusted with important tasks.

De Rossi is different, although it still needs to be honed now, but after all, the potential is much higher than Pedretti, and in terms of long-term interests, it is more worthwhile to help De Rossi take the position as soon as possible than to just ask Pedretti to protect his immediate interests.

This is also Klinsmann's limitation, or Aldridge's advantage, he is the boss, he doesn't care, he can give up short-term interests, he can use De Rossi more boldly and riskily, and Klinsmann only dares to choose Pedretti, who looks slightly more stable at this stage, for the sake of results

Aldridge has held talks with every player in the first team, some are to save people's hearts, such as Larsson, some are critical and beaten, such as Xiao Luo, and some are to reassure the other party, so that the other party can have a clear understanding of the positioning in the club, as well as the future development space, such as De Rossi, Kaka, Ronaldo and others, and some are reminiscing, such as goalkeeper Bout.

At the end of the day, Aldridge was not on the training ground, much to the disappointment of the outside world. (To be continued......)