Aldridge greeted Najib Najib, a bachelor who came and went straight from Turkey, but apparently his seemingly wooden head was full of football wisdom.

Najib joined Millwall FC as Head of Academy and Head of Youth Coach, and he quickly got into form and got a general idea of Millwall's youth team.

When the players returned to the club from the national team one after another, Nagy knocked on the door of Aldrich's office, and Najib, who has always been dull and steady, looked excited, pressed his hands on Aldrich's desk, and said excitedly: "Aldrich, I have never seen such talented children, they are far superior to players of the same age!" ”

Aldrich held his chin in one hand and said with a smile, "Who are you talking about?" ”

Najib sat down and flipped through the notebook, name after name coming out of his mouth.

Joe Cole, Villa, Capdevilla, Ashley Cole, Pirlo and many more.

During this time, players under the age of 20 were sent to the youth team to train with the team, such as Frank Lampard, and Rio Ferdinand naturally shocked Najib.

He even believes that Millwall's youth team, as long as it fills a few positions, can be stronger than the Hungarian national team.

Of course, this also has the effect of flowers and green leaves.

Millwall's youth team is recruiting new players all the time, and children who are willing to come to receive training will be absorbed into the team as long as they pass some assessments, Aldridge lowered the standard of this assessment a little low, because Millwall itself is not attractive enough, in order to make the youth team have enough role players who "accompany the prince to study", it is natural to lower the threshold, and in the future, as Millwall's reputation increases, the threshold will naturally be slowly raised.

Najib was excited and he gushed about the characteristics of these players, their position on the pitch, their role in the game, their role in different formations, different tactical systems, and so on.

'Aldridge, young players like Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard, shouldn't be buried in the youth team, you should get them into the first team.

"They were originally in the first team, but they didn't make it to the national team and the national youth team didn't play recently, so they stayed at the club and trained with the youth team. Slow, slow, Najib, listen to me, you only know Millwall's youth team now, you don't know Millwall's first team yet, listen to me, don't worry, you watch a few first-team games, Premier League games, at that time, if you think anyone in the youth team can get into the first team and quickly squeeze out the main team and substitutes to become important players, then, I will seriously consider your suggestion. ”

Aldrich told Najib to calm down, and Najib understood that he believed that Aldrich's vision could not do the kind of stupid thing of riding a donkey to find a donkey.

"Let's talk about my work, although many players have good talent, but they can only improve as soon as possible by avoiding detours in their growth, first of all, the tactical system of the youth team, and secondly, their position on the field."

Aldrich nodded solemnly, agreeing with the other party's statement.

In fact, there are many talented players who fail to play in the end, a big reason is the growth environment, for example, a dexterous player, in a tactical system that pays attention to strength, his strengths can not be played, and it is difficult to improve, and the wrong position on the field will make the player unable to find the feeling, and eventually lost.

Aldridge and Nagy discussed Millwall's existing youth players one by one to make detailed plans for their professional lives.

In mid-to-late September, the league was back in flames, and before the arrival of November, Aldridge led the team to play six league games and two League Cup games, because the League Cup is an all-main game, and three games in the Premier League are played with a rotating lineup, and among the six league games, there are local rivals such as Tottenham, as well as Coventry and Manchester City, which are relegation favourites.

With three wins and three draws, Millwall are unbeaten since the start of the league.

He was furious after the Wimbledon game, because the opponent's Winnie Jones injured Schneider in the opening 1 minute, Aldridge roared in his heart at the famous villain of the British Super League and the future British actor: You have no future in football, hurry up and make a movie!

And his bombardment made Aldridge the target of public criticism, because he was not targeting Wimbledon, who were notoriously brutal.

Aldridge was blaming the ethos of English football, while Wimbledon was somewhat innocent because they were not the first to use a brutal tactic, which became popular in English football in the 80s: start with a foul to scare the opponent!

Under the influence of such foul tactics, it will create strong psychological pressure on the opponent, so as to gain the initiative in the game.

Wimbledon is so poor that he can only rent the stadium of Crystal Palace for many years, Millwall's honor is not as good as Wimbledon, and both teams are still rivals in the same city, but Aldridge really wants to take Wimbledon in his eyes, which is really a bit cheap.

The chairman of the family said pitifully that a fan souvenir shop at Manchester United earns more than Wimbledon FC in the whole year!

Aldridge couldn't figure out how important Wimbledon could be.

Therefore, he attacked the rough hooligans of English football against England whose tactics are not extinct!

This has attracted a lot of criticism from celebrities, who think that Aldridge has just started to know the height of the sky after playing a few good games.

Yes, Millwall are doing well, going unbeaten in 12 games this season.

But you, Aldridge, are not qualified to dictate English football!

In particular, Millwall is still far from the top team in the league, so don't get carried away!

Aldrich didn't care about the criticism of those celebrities, but one thing was right, he couldn't refute anything.

The standings make it clear to everyone that Millwall are a huge gap to the leaders.

Newcastle United have been against the rhythm this season, with 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the first 12 rounds of the league, while Millwall won 6 and drew 6, despite being second in the league, but 7 points behind Newcastle United.

In the 13th round of the league, Millwall visited Merseyside again, and suffered another draw away, and it was not until the last five minutes that Millwall forced a thrilling draw with Everton.

Newcastle United won again, Kevin Keegan became the most popular manager in the Premier League, and Manchester United was eight points behind Newcastle United despite overtaking Millwall by one point!

Aldridge doesn't have the time to look at the standings, he doesn't care at all, if he has to do his best to fight for the league title this season, he will be nervous, but he doesn't want Millwall to put pressure on the team in his first Premier League season, as for European qualification, unless he wins the league title, there is no Champions League to play, there is no need to worry about whether it is second or third.

In front of him, there is a game that is more important than the championship!

The first leg of the first half of the Premier League, the East London derby is coming!

When a hatred or hostility lasts for a hundred years, and it is passed down from generation to generation, this emotion is presented on the football field, it has gone beyond the meaning of the championship, but faith and hope, confidence and dignity!

Even if some teams that don't pursue can perform mediocre all season, but the game against a sworn enemy is about whether the head coach position can still be insured.

Aldridge will not lose his job if he loses all the games, but he must win, the east London derby is not only about the dignity of the team, it is the dignity of every supporter of Millwall, if they lose to West Ham United, Millwall fans will not be able to hold their heads up for a long time, they will be laughed at and sarcastic, and their hearts will be full of humiliation and it will last for a long time.

You have to make the fans proud, hold their heads high, and beat West Ham United, but they can be more proud of Millwall than the trophy!

The East London derby has become the highlight of the Premier League, with shops around Upton Park closed on match day before the day of the match, and shops around the club would not be selling alcohol on that day.

Although it is an east London derby, Millwall wants to go to the home of West Ham United to cross the Thames north, geographically, Millwall is in the southeast of London, south of the Thames, and West Ham United is due east, north of the Thames.

On race day, it was a bit overcast, like it was going to rain but no raindrops fell.

Millwall's buses slowly move north from the south bank of the River Thames, slowing down the streets of the West Ham United-radiated neighbourhood.

The Millwall players sat in the bus, looking out the windows at the side of the road, and they were all stunned!

Both sides of the road were overcrowded, both men and women stared at their buses defiantly, as if they were watching them go to the execution ground, and the police pulled up a cordon on both sides of the road, five steps and ten steps and one sentry to prevent fans from besieging Millwall's buses.

Many fans on both sides of the road held signs full of foul language and insults against Millwall, and there were even two fans holding up a painting of a blue lion lying on the ground, a pool of blood underneath him, and the lion had two hammers stuck in it, which were the two hammers in the West Ham United badge.

The Hammers crush the lions!

Ping Pong, the windows of the buses have been attacked with stones by fans, but this situation has long been foreseen, so today's buses are almost the same as bulletproof trucks.

West Ham United fans were singing insulting Millwall songs outside, and the police chief, who had dispatched more than half of London's police force to maintain order, was also on pins and needles, and the mounted police who were riding on horses and driving the road in front of them were even more numb, for fear that there would be a fan riot and affect the pond fish.

Aldrich sat in the car and read a book leisurely, just forcing peace in his heart.

In fact, he knew that in the small neighbourhoods away from the road they were traveling, the war between Millwall fans and West Ham United fans had begun.

This day is the day of war, from the dawn to the end of the night, blood, unavoidable, the only thing Aldrich can do is to hope, don't die.

But even if you die, don't be an innocent passerby.

If the fans of both sides take the initiative to set foot on the battlefield, they will die, anyway, they will not regret it.

Haven't you ever died before? Of course they died, but both sides regarded each other as a war, and how could there be no bloodshed in a war? What about the undead?

This day will not be a utopian paradise where everyone sings about Hallelujah, but a hellish Shura field where the earth is stained red with blood.