At the post-match press conference, when Aldridge arrived, many reporters congratulated him, Millwall played a wonderful game, won a hearty victory, this game will undoubtedly be the focus of the first round of the Premier League.

Under normal circumstances, the winning side has a big victory, basically no problems will be exposed, on the contrary, the losing side will have many problems exposed, just like the European Cup Winners' Cup final, Millwall won, but the outside world will not play at all on the problem of Schneider and Figo in the confrontation, this kind of problem will only be brought out to communicate with the players individually when the coaching staff reviews the technical and tactical review.

'Was Arsène Wenger's line-up for this game too risky? Knowing that Millwall's midfield is strong, Arsenal only have two players in the middle of the midfield when defending, Petit and Vieira have obviously not formed a tacit understanding, and the defensive complements cannot keep up with Millwall's rhythm, and at the same time, Wenger let Overmars, Anelka, and Pire come on the field, giving up veterans like Parlour to start, which has caused their ability to control the game to drop sharply. ”

Steve Howard, who writes the battle report for The Sun, took the lead straight at Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger walked away in a previous interview because of the cynicism of Fleet Street reporters and the fear that he was the wrong person in the eyes of the fans.

Aldridge replied in a serious manner: "I don't judge my peers because my principles are simple, I respect other managers and I want other managers to respect me, I'm just a manager and that's it. Ball commentary or match report analysis. That's not my job. ”

"That's from a neutral point of view. Do you think Arsene Wenger can lead Arsenal on the road to revival? ”

Aldrich shook his head and smiled.

'From the first day he came to London, journalists, fans, even players, didn't welcome him, in fact the journalists didn't like me either, and you criticised Millwall for lacking an English element, I'm pretty sure. If I can't lead the team to the title, then you're going to treat me with the same contempt you did with Arsene Wenger. But then again, there's a lot of sick mentality in football, and a lot of people start to question Wenger when they hear his name, and they question him before he even comes to London, I don't understand, he hasn't done anything, why should I question him? There's the media, there's the Arsenal fans, maybe that's what these people think in their hearts: I'll question him first. No matter what he says or does, just question him. When he fails, then it becomes apparent how prescient I am. But even so, what exactly do such people want? If you want to question it, then you should question why Arsenal hired Arsene Wenger, question the club, question Dane, or rather, many Arsenal fans still miss Graham, then question why Graham lost his position. ”

'But Arsene Wenger took over a top team.

"Really? Is it a top team? I don't deny that Graham brought Arsenal a lot of trophies and dominated English football for a while, however, Arsenal's last top league title was in 91, after the establishment of the Premier League, in 93 they were 10th, in 94 they were runners-up, in 95 they were 12th, 96 were 6th, last year Wenger led the team to 4th, he took over a team that has not won the league for five consecutive seasons, at worst it is only 10 points above the relegation zone, and at best it is runner-up, Bookmakers are very sensible, and Arsenal's odds to win the championship have never been in the top three in recent years. ”

"Mr. Hall, why would you support Wenger so much? Because you're friends? ”

"Nope! Because I used to suffer the same unfair treatment! When I announced my takeover in the summer of '94, there wasn't a single media in England, none of them treated me fairly, everyone was questioning me, everyone! I'll never forget what was written in the newspapers at the time, saying that I was a kid and that I was using the team as a toy, and everyone was waiting to see the show and see how a man who was portrayed as a playboy betrayed his family at club and led the team to the abyss. No one says a sensible word with an objective and fair attitude, and only those fans who really support Millwall FC and want this team to get better and better, they will put up slogans in the stands to support me, they want me to do something to change the club, I think this is the right mentality, Arsenal fans instead of complaining, angry, questioning everything, it is better to calm down and expect Wenger to do something for Arsenal. ”

Aldrich has a straightforward temperament, and generally either does not speak, but tells the truth if he wants to.

As a head coach, he is very disgusted by unwarranted skepticism.

Not only for the manager, but sometimes this kind of questioning is mostly directed at the players.

Players have ups and downs in performance, this is normal, people are not machines, performance will not be on a level is a matter of course, coaches will analyze the reasons for the ups and downs of players, but the outside world will not be so rational and objective, usually all kinds of groundless accusations pressed on the player's head, so that the player will increase psychological pressure, resulting in a state that can be recovered with a little adjustment has become a decline.

The reporters at the scene looked at each other, feeling that the taste of the press conference had changed.

The previous pattern of congratulating Millwall on their victory and rejoicing in everything turned into Aldridge firing at them.

"Mr Hall, do you really want Arsene Wenger to stay in charge of Arsenal? He's beaten you twice by a big score, so you can't keep a losing player so Millwall keep Arsenal down, right? ”

The reporter of the Star newspaper threw out such a question, which caused a burst of laughter from his peers.

Aldrich was also laughed at angrily.

"The heart of a villain. I'll tell you why, because Arsene Wenger is a good manager, he is in charge of the Premier League, which is a blessing for English football, to be able to make English football in Europe attract more attention from the outside world, and I, as a manager, also hope that there will be more and more good managers in the Premier League, so that the Premier League will be challenging, so that my team can meet more and more strong opponents in the league, which is good for the players and the coach. ”

Aldridge's sincere remarks were mostly misinterpreted in the football section of the major newspapers published the next day as "harboring evil intentions".

Keep Arsene Wenger. Millwall will be able to ride on Arsenal's head forever.

The arsenal is simply a meal for the lion.

4:0,5:0.

Millwall's encounter with Arsenal was a big year.

Aldrich didn't bother to bother with any more comments. The team's league opener showed good momentum. And in three days, they will face the second round of the Premier League.

Still playing at home, against Dalglish's Newcastle United.

After winning the title early last season, Millwall were beaten by Newcastle United at St James' Park in one of their only two defeats in the league last season.

Originally, there was nothing to see in this game, because Newcastle United is not what it used to be, and there are those stars in the team except for Shearer. Rio Ferdinand and Ginola have both left, and Beardsley is too old to move to Bolton Wanderers to play his spare time, and there is already a huge gap between the two teams in terms of strength.

But the media portrayed it as a battle for revenge.

Aldridge has no revenge mentality, just treats it as an ordinary league game.

At the Lions' Den, Millwall continued their good momentum, tactically, Aldrich's tactical philosophy was just to restrain Dalglish's backward traditional tactics, he played crosses from the wings, and Millwall penetrated through the middle of the ground. Last season's substitute defeat to the opposition was the ability of the opposing team to play a role.

In the second round of the league, Millwall gave Shearer a ninety-minute walk up front. Then Dalglish's team was sent away with the same score.

5:0.

Millwall have won both games in the new season, and the firepower seems to make the whole of England tremble.

Aldridge shook hands with Dalglish as usual after the game, and after a few words at the press conference, he got up and left.

In his opinion, it is a matter of course to win at home to a Newcastle United side who have played most of the summer with five goals.

He is more interested in the next Carabao Cup game.

Away to Lincoln City, a lower-division team.

Lincoln City was overjoyed to have drawn England's most successful team in the League Cup last season, as they were sure to get a good share of the TV revenue and the stadium attendance was sure to be much higher than usual.

Aldridge didn't even bring a single main player, and lined up a formation without a center forward.

Goalkeeper: Keller.

Defenders: Mills, Ferdinand, Materazzi, Neil.

Midfielders: Van der Meyde, Gattuso, Ballack, Zambrotta.

Forwards: Duff, Glen Shire.

This is used to develop the team's ability to play on the wings, switch positions inside the wingers and insert attacks after midfield.

The game was very difficult, because the opponent was stubborn, Glen Charles was okay with the ball and cut inside, and it was a bit unsatisfactory to let him run inside to look for opportunities.

The same goes for the problems Duff is experiencing.

Aldridge commanded the game very hard, barely having a moment to rest, constantly reminding the players in front of him to run, and calling the players in front of him when he had the opportunity to call them to face him.

In the end, it was thanks to Van der Meyde's beautiful cross from the wing, and Ballack stepped in to score with a header to advance to the next round.

In the third round of the Premier League, Millwall visited Anfield to challenge Liverpool, who have won all four of their Premier League games in the past two years.

The result was unexpected.

Millwall lost 1-0 away.

Evans has lost all five games against Aldridge in two years, which is a shameful record, but he has also learned from it.

If you want to say which team in the Premier League plays Millwall the most energetic and serious, then it is Liverpool.

Throughout the game, they contracted the half, strengthened the interception in front of the penalty area, compressed the space behind them, and there was only one person in front of the single arrow, the golden boy Irving.

Aldridge was frosty at the end of the game, and he was bitter in the dressing room for the performance of the defenders, especially Schneider.

Millwall had more than 30 shots on goal to no avail, while Liverpool had five shots at home, one on target, and the only goal was Owen rushing past Schneider and being hastily knocked to the ground by Elgra, who won from the penalty spot.

Before the game, Aldridge repeatedly reminded the team to pay attention to Owen and pay attention to Owen.

But the big guys didn't listen to it, and they thought that kid had no ability.

As a result, the team lost to the penalty created by Owen.

The defeat left the Millwall squad demoralised in the dressing room.

Schneider and Elgra kept their heads down, and Aldridge slammed them mercilessly, snarling for three minutes.

"It's not that we can't afford to fail, but if the cause of failure comes from our own contempt, the element that can be avoided by instinct, then I can't accept it, and neither should you! We've won a lot of trophies in the last two years and beaten Liverpool a lot of times, but life is not built on memories! If you take it lightly, that is, you are not ready to win, then you are ready to lose! ”

Aldridge left the locker room after criticizing the team's defensive performance, and the players themselves had to communicate with each other and make team summaries, while he had to deal with the fall of Fleet Street. (To be continued......)