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It is normal for professional football clubs to go out on loan for young players to go out on loan, but Aldridge is very strict in this regard, and in the past few seasons, players who have not played at Millwall, such as Ruud van Nistelrooy last season, have made very few appearances, and there are also lower-level teams who want to loan him, but Aldridge has refused after consideration.

He couldn't let a tragedy like Lamor's be repeated.

If a player with skills like Lamor is loaned out to play the role of a striker in a team that plays long balls, the player will obviously not gain much experience in the game, and the loan will not go well and will also hit confidence, contrary to the original intention of the loan.

Because of this, Aldridge needs to have an in-depth communication with Moyes to understand the opponent's tactical vision, the role of the player on the field, so that he can have a rough idea, and then make a judgment based on the characteristics of the player: whether it is suitable for the player to practice on loan.

Moyes is a Scottish man, the birthplace of short passing tactics and a home of football that pays attention to teamwork, under the concept of Scottish miners' culture, the Scots emphasize teamwork, wholeness, and unity, although Moyes has not shown too much delicate football coaching style in the future, but at least it is not a simple and rough football style.

In front of Aldridge, the champion coach, Moyes is more like a schoolboy when he explains his tactical thinking. There is always a tone of doubt. Aldrich seems to be being consulted.

Aldrich only listened. He is very self-aware and will not really put up a shelf to teach the other party, maybe Moyes is really humbly asking for advice now, but in hindsight, the other party is about 15 years younger than him, will he be unconvinced? Aldrich didn't know what to do, but there was no need to think of himself as a superior.

After Aldridge understood Moyes's coaching ideas, Moyes shocked Aldridge when he said the first name he wanted to go on loan.

Ronaldinho.

Aldrich kept shaking his head. Keep shaking your head, repeating in your mouth: NO, NO, NO

It's as if someone else has come to rob him of his treasure.

Not to mention, Ronaldinho is really like Aldridge's baby bump at Millwall.

The whole team, from the first team to the youth team, coaches and players, everyone knows that Aldridge is the strictest in training for Ronaldinho, and when Ronaldo is still in the youth team, Aldridge will go to see him train when he has time, and from time to time he will be called to the sidelines to guide him alone.

And Xiao Luo is also the least afraid of Aldridge among all the players, as long as it is not training time. Xiao Luo dared to make jokes about Aldrich, and dared to run to his house to steal something to eat. also repeatedly "embarrassed" Aldrich in full view, such as playing the mascot and pulling Aldrich to dance on the sidelines.

But this is the kind of relationship that makes everyone understand in their hearts how high Aldrich's expectations are for Xiao Luo, and how good the relationship between Xiao Luo and Aldrich is!

After his stunning appearance in the FA Cup final last season, Ronaldo did not appear in the first team's official matches, and everyone knows that this is Aldridge's more cautious approach to Ronaldo's growth, allowing him to make a transition to the reserve team to avoid landing directly in the Premier League and being devastated by fierce confrontation.

This is a road that many players who have high hopes for Aldridge have walked, such as Andrea Pirlo and Shevchenko, when they came to the team, their technical ability was enough to play, but in order for them to adapt to the English football environment, they must come step by step in the youth team and the reserve team, and judge whether to be on the Premier League stage according to the results.

Who is the most eye-catching player among Millwall's non-playable players? Naturally, it was Ronaldinho, his debut was so amazing, but he was pressed in the reserve team by Aldridge, and the outside world is looking forward to Ronaldo's performance after he officially debuts on the Premier League stage.

So Moyes wants to loan Ronaldo, Aldridge refuses without thinking about it, not to mention that he is afraid that the other party will use it up, at least Aldridge plans to let Ronaldo appear in the first team list in the second half of the season.

Moyes was a little disappointed, he had learned about Ronaldo's performance in the reserve team, and lamented that Millwall had so many talents, and such a good player was actually left in the reserve team to brush up on the data, is it interesting?

He then came up with a number of names, Aldridge cut them out one by one, some younger, some with technical characteristics that definitely didn't fit Moyes' tactical philosophy, and in the end, he only agreed to loan loans with four players.

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson, full-back Paolo Ferreira, ace-raiser Mark Bresciano and Tim Cahill.

They are all players around 18 years old, their physical fitness is better than other young players, and they will not suffer in the confrontation, but this kind of loan is a bit troublesome for them, because the club will ask them to take time to come back every week to receive special technical guidance, and Tony, who went out on loan in the first half of the season, is like that, and will return to the club training ground every week to be trained by Moniz alone, 2-4 hours each time.

Moyes left contented, without spending a penny on the club, he strengthened the squad in the winter, and at the beginning of his coaching career, he was very happy to have Aldridge's help, but also kept this kindness in his heart, after all, he was a rookie in the coaching world, other clubs did not dump him, and would not feel comfortable lending players to him, even if they were willing to loan, they would ask for loan fees or bear the salary of players during the loan period.

Aldridge found these four players separately the next day and discussed the loan with them, he is more democratic in this regard, and will communicate openly with the players, rather than commanding the players to obey the club's arrangements, if the players do not agree, Aldridge will not force it, after all, the loan period is half a season, and the players have to go to an unfamiliar environment, which directly affects their lives.

Fortunately, all four players agreed to loan loans, as they are so invincible in the youth league, and the competition in the youth team is fierce. Those young players who are 16, 17. Some sit firmly in the main position. Much better than them, like Alonso, Pedretti

As soon as I finished talking to Paulo Ferreira, before the office door was closed, someone rushed in from outside, and before I could see anyone, I smelled the smell of sweat.

"Boss!"

Ronaldo appeared in front of Aldridge sweating profusely in his winter jersey and did not wait for Aldridge to ask. He shouted with joy on his face: "23 goals, 26 assists!" I did it! ”

Aldridge was almost stunned by him, and then laughed and said: "Strange, you had 19 goals and 26 assists before you returned to Brazil, and you scored four goals in the first game when you came back?" ”

Xiao Luo walked to the corner and opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of mineral water from it and opened it to drink, as soon as the game of the reserve team was over, he ran all the way over, his teammates thought he was crazy, and the referee had just finished blowing the whistle. I saw Xiao Luo, who had been running wildly for 90 minutes, resurrected and rushed out of the field.

In the middle of winter, his head was still steaming. Knock Knock drank all the bottles of mineral water in one go, then exhaled happily, and said with a happy face: "Frank and that German are interesting enough, they sent me a lot of good balls today, eh, boss, why didn't you send Frank and Leo to the reserve team earlier?" ”

Aldrich crossed his arms and looked at the ceiling and smiled silently.

It was Frank Lampard and Klose who provided assists to Ronaldo in the reserves.

'They were disciplined and sooner or later they will be back in the first team. Okay, you start training with the first team tomorrow and perform well and I'll give you a chance when the time is right, but you have to remember that you're coming from the reserves and if you don't want to go back, don't let yourself go down. ”

"Don't worry, boss, are you cooking at home tonight?"

"What? Do you want to eat again? ”

Xiao Luo smiled, and then ran out of the wind as if it were a gust of wind.

From the very beginning of the preparation for the FA Cup game against Preston North End, the Millwall coaching staff began to adjust the tactical thinking of the second team, and the way back to the 442 they used to play was conservative, similar to the Arsenal they had just played against them.

The win over Preston North End was a game of strength, but the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough was a very different story.

Aldridge still sent the substitutes to rest the main players, and at the Riverside Stadium, Millwall's substitutes won a 0-0 away game.

It's a good result, don't lose away, go back to home to decide the winner, at least take advantage of the home field.

When the Premier League was back in flames, Aldridge really put Ronaldo in the squad for the game, and he was a starter.

The day before the trip to St James' Park, the pre-match press conference was packed with questions from reporters.

'After two consecutive defeats in the Premier League and a nine-point gap over Manchester United, have Millwall started to shift their focus? For example, focus on playing well in the Champions League, or try to win the FA Cup three times in a row! ”

Aldridge spoke calmly and said casually: "My policy in charge of the team is to never give up any official game, so Millwall will play every game, there is no so-called shift in focus, it is a sign of weakness, even if Manchester United have won the Premier League, the rest of the games, we will still take it seriously, because the game itself has a meaning other than winning or losing." ”

"So tomorrow against Newcastle United, Millwall will field their strongest squad?"

Hearing this question, Aldridge smiled strangely and said lightly: "I can tell you about tomorrow's starting lineup now." Goalkeepers: Bout, defenders: Neil, Materazzi, Elguera, Capdevilla, midfielders: Glen Char, Gattuso, Ballack, Ronaldinho, forwards: Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gudjohnsen. That's the formation and starting XI for Millwall tomorrow. ”

There was silence.

The reporter who asked the question raised his hand again and said depressedly: "This is completely contradictory to what you just said, Millwall is a sign of giving up the Premier League title defense with a substitute, does Millwall no longer care about the bad impact of three consecutive defeats?" This is a very heavy blow to morale! ”

Aldridge shook his head and said, "No, the game was not played, you can't arbitrarily conclude that Millwall will lose." Of course, Dalglish is a great coach and Newcastle United also have an element of attacking football, I remember when Keegan was in charge, Newcastle United was called the most beautiful football in England and Shearer was the killer who was a huge threat and he would definitely cause us problems. ”

"Since you also know that Newcastle United is not easy to deal with, why do you want to let the substitutes play? The main players have been rested for so long, why not let them play? ”

"Well, to tell you the truth, because I want the main players to play more crucial games, like the next round against Liverpool!"

As soon as Aldrich's voice fell, the reporters who had recovered their senses stopped talking.

Young marshal, there is something in this.

Isn't this flouting Newcastle United? (To be continued......)