The best performers in League One are at best on the radar of Premier League teams, and Aldridge is clearly under the most pressure from the Premier League giants when he knows his side are going to be poached.

As long as he can be promoted next season, Aldridge will try to use transfer fees and wages as obstacles to avoid the core of the team being poached, the only thing that worries him is that during the winter transfer window, like Manchester United missed the summer to bring in Andy Cole, no one knows whether Ferguson will rush to find a striker and hit Millwall in the winter.

However, Aldridge is slightly relieved that Ferguson at least respects him, otherwise, Manchester United only need to release the wind outside to seduce the players, which will create a lot of trouble for Aldridge, and the introduction of Andy Cole is the same strategy, but Kevin Keegan is just biting and not letting go.

After a draw at Aya Sume Park, Aldridge led the bench to the north-east to take on Newcastle United in midweek.

It was a relatively uneventful match, with Aldridge's first meeting with Kevin Keegan coming in the Carabao Cup, where his substitutes fell into total passivity against Newcastle United, who eventually swallowed the bitter 2-0 defeat.

Aldridge didn't mind the Carabao Cup exit, and on the way back, he kept instilling a philosophy in the young players: at this stage, they play the game and feel the atmosphere of the game, which is far more important than the result!

If Aldridge is looking for results, then putting a bus in front of goal and waiting for an opportunity to fight back will not necessarily lose, but what is the point of that for these young players?

After the big battle with Middlesbrough, the cohesion and combat effectiveness of Millwall's first team have suddenly improved to a new level, and Aldridge's process of creating offensive tactics has been gratifying, not only the attack on the two flanks has become sharper, but Nedved has shown the style of a general in the midfield, aiming at the right time to enter the penalty area is also a sharp blade to seal the throat.

Stepping into October, Millwall won five consecutive victories over Bristol City, Stoke City, Wolves, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.

The first four games were all played once a week, with an away win over League One Wolves with the most attacking firepower crucial, while the last league game in October was in midweek, with Aldridge sending out all the substitutes to beat visiting underdogs Portsmouth 3-1 at home.

Millwall sit firmly at the top of League One with a five-game winning streak, opening up a five-point gap to Middlesbrough behind them and a 12-point gap to the groups outside the promotion play-off table.

Less than three months after the start of the League One league, Millwall blew a storm of youth in League One, and the outside media immediately changed direction.

Millwall are firmly at the top of the table and will make their first appearance in the Premier League next year

Larson Trezeguet: Devil's Front! 》

Aldridge points to the Premier League! 》

Aldridge was not carried away by the praise of the outside world, he kept a low profile in words and deeds, and did not make the team's style of play more unrestrained because of consecutive victories, on the contrary, he will be more serious in his training sessions every week, and what he instills in his players is still a solid tactical system based on defense.

By the brink of Christmas, Aldridge felt that the revamp to the squad had reached a stage where it could be put on time.

To build a mature tactical system, it is impossible to achieve the effect with a few words and a short period of time such as a week and a half a month, Aldridge spent half a season to clarify the defensive strategy of encirclement and pressure starting from the midfield, and the front court uses Pire, Nedved, and Schneider as the offensive initiation point of the vertical central axis, and occasionally Larsson retreats to respond, making Millwall's attack in the front court rich and flexible.

Halfway through the league, Millwall's main squad has already had a pleasing effect on the pitch, as if abandoning the POMO theory that has poisoned England and set English football back 30 years.

Watching Millwall's game and you won't see frequent crosses from the wings, or attacking players blindly flocking into the box, Millwall's attack is layered, fluid and varied.

However, Millwall's record dropped significantly over the Christmas period, with a three-game winless run and a poor record of two draws and one defeat narrowing the gap between them and their pursuers Middlesbrough from 13 points at the start of December to eight points.

At this time, the outside media began to clamor again, and Millwall had signs of collapse.

Aldrich didn't care, he knew what the problem was.

Most of the players in the squad are playing in England for the first time and are not yet familiar with the rhythm of the lack of a winter break, and the fast pace of the English league during the Christmas season has made many of the players in the squad focused on Christmas with their families a little lacking in energy.

Young teams need to be familiar with new things in order to gain experience, and Aldridge did not denounce the team's poor performances, not to mention that two of the three games without a win have been played by the bench, and there is no expectation of points.

Fresh into January, there was a close-two-week break in League One to make way for the cups, with Millwall exiting the League Cup early and the FA Cup not joining until the end of the month, and they were unlucky to draw their local rivals: Arsenal.

During the 10 or so days without a game, Aldridge announced that the team would be given a four-day break so that the players could relax.

Aldrich, on the other hand, began to prepare for an excursion.

On the road of living a new life, Aldrich has plenty of time and wealth, and he will always tell himself in his heart: cherish time and look at the outside world.

Over the past six years, Aldridge has traveled all over Europe, spending part of his time traveling, photographing places of interest and cultures, except for a regular weekly football game.

If he stayed in that part of London all day, he would feel sorry for letting him travel through the possessed heavens.

Before leaving home, Aldridge received a call from the club's CEO, Adam, claiming that there was an interest in the Millwall player.

Aldridge inquired and found that several teams in the Premier League had made offers for Millwall's players.

Including, Makelele, Thuram, Nedved, Larsson, Pire, Schneider, all have teams interested.

It's just that there really isn't a real wealthy family in it.

After asking the team for an offer, Aldridge was amused.

People like Aston Villa, Leeds United and the like want to buy players, but they don't even do their homework.

Makelele's offer is only £1.5 million, Pire's is £800,000, Larsson is the highest, £1.8 million, and like Nedved, it's only £1 million.

There is a reason why the giants don't make a move, because they can't afford it!

Thuram spent three million pounds on Millwall, and as long as he is not a fool and does not pay at least five million pounds for a contract with a top Premier League star, don't want to take him away from Millwall.

Larson, so did Makelele.

Most of the clubs who made the offer were happy to see the hunt, and did not investigate in detail the big moves in the transfer market at Millwall last summer, otherwise they would not have made a hasty offer in their own humiliation.

Aldridge told Adam by phone: "Reject all offers for first-team players and claim they are not for sale. Also, you mentioned the names of a couple of reserve players, right? ”

"Yes, bosses, mostly from League Two and League One teams. The transfer fee is not high, and the most is only 100,000 pounds. ”

Aldridge thought about it, those players who did not leave Millwall in the summer were sent to the reserve team, in fact, most of them planned to wait for the first team's poor record, Aldridge will still use last season's veterans, but Millwall played an unbelievably good record, so after the winter transfer window came, they did not have expectations, and it was the best choice to leave quickly to continue their careers.

"If you want to leave the team, you can put it up, even if you don't want a transfer fee, which can save wages and avoid delaying their future."

"Good job, boss."

Many players in the reserve team are still the main or substitute players of Millwall, who ranked third in League One last season, and it cannot be said that they have no strength, they can only say that they have no greater potential, and they have not yet reached the age of retirement.

After the transfer decision was made, Aldridge wore a slim-fitting coat and straddled a backpack and embarked on his winter excursion to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

Strange to say, Aldridge has been to France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, and even Northern Europe in the past few years, but he has never been to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, at his doorstep, probably because he feels that the distance is too close to arouse his curiosity, and the essence of Scottish football is in Glasgow, so it is ignored.

With a relaxed mindset, Aldrich browsed the sights of Edinburgh, admiring in awe of the magnificent architecture of the Victorian era in a small city that supports Scotland's power.

For three days, Aldrich walked alone in the city, and when he was tired, he would find a café to rest and look at the scenery outside the window.

When the day came to decide to go home, Aldrich walked into a café called Nilkosen, where he was about to return to London after a short break.

But he could never have imagined that the sudden decision to give the team a holiday, the excitement of the excursion, the inadvertent stopping, turning into this obscure café, but leaving him with an unforgettable memory, made him feel how incredible it is to start all over again, even in old age.