Millwall's players regretted that they should have followed Aldridge's advice not to read the next day's newspaper, not even to turn on the TV, and even if they did, not to watch football news and programmes.

A day earlier, there had been overwhelming predictions about Millwall's prospect of winning the treble, and a day later, Millwall's entire squad had been criticised for being incomplete.

On the whole, this team is not mature and stable enough.

The individual players were also pulled out and criticized one by one.

Pire's dribbling error: too lonely and too selfish.

Nedved didn't score: unworthy of a spiritual leader.

Larsson and Trezeguet had few chances: they were out of sorts and had nothing to show for other than a penalty and a goal in the open play.

Schneider: You can't shoot well except with a cross?

The young Spaniard Elguera at the back was even more bombarded: the two counter-attacking goals conceded had something to do with him, and although he was more of a thorough centre-back than Southgate, Southgate's maturity was incomparable to him!

Keller has long been the target of media bombardment, and the outside world has always felt that Millwall's goalkeeper is a weakness, because you can't expect him to perform at a higher level, he will definitely lose the goals he should concede, the goals he shouldn't concede, and occasionally he will miss a few goals.

Needless to say, head coach Aldridge was naturally ridiculed and ridiculed by all sides, like a reservoir dog, and every passing spectator would pick up a stick and hit him on the head.

When the players see the news, they naturally feel resentful, and no matter how reasonable a person is, he cannot maintain his mental balance.

Aldrich is the most open-minded, that's what Fleet Street has always done, there's nothing to fuss about.

Naturally, the British entertainment media has their own set of recipes for success.

To put it bluntly, it is touted and suppressed.

You're red. I'll blow you. Blowing you like a fairy. Keep all eyes on you.

If you are black, I will step on you, step on you so painfully, so that the outside world will be stingy with sympathy.

People are not saints and sages, and Fleet Street is well versed in this, so there are no scruples, and behind the hype, I don't know how many reporters and editors-in-chief of Langdao showed a sinister sneer: Anyway, you will plant sooner or later!

No player will be perfect. It's all news that there will be times when the performance is out of order, and the team will have a battle against Waterloo, and Fleet Street is all about making this mundane football pattern into a shocking headline.

Impartial, objective, and normal-minded? Get out of the way.

Football is also part of the entertainment and cultural industry, and it is not something that a newcomer can quickly adapt to in the UK to adapt to this kind of British media that is faster than turning a book.

Aldridge gave the main players a holiday, and it was a week, which is equivalent to the last two rounds of the league, and the main players will not play, after they have recovered from the fatigue of April. Go all out to hit the last game of the season and go into Wembley to point for the FA Cup.

The last league game at the end of April. Aldridge held a regular pre-match press conference before his trip.

There are also a lot of reporters here today, and the outside media in the past two days have been like a flood of beasts, and the reporters want to see if Aldrich will have more news about them.

For example, gaffes, such as breaking out some locker room scenes.

To Fleet Street's disappointment, Millwall's dressing room was surprisingly calm after the draw with Leeds.

Even the players only said in an interview: We didn't play well enough, Leeds United played well, congratulations on their relegation success.

After the draw against Millwall, combined with the results of other games, Leeds United have come ashore safely.

Such a result is enough for Manchester United to snicker, because this round, it is their turn to face Leeds United, and despite the enmity between the two teams, Leeds United will obviously relax mentally.

'There have been a lot of key players missing out on Millwall's training ground in recent days, so I heard you gave them a holiday, so who will you be playing tomorrow at St James' Park? In theory, Millwall still have a title hope. ”

Faced with this question, Aldrich stared at Daily Mail reporter Richard.

The other party is also an old friend, who has been following Millwall since last season, and has never missed press conferences.

In the past two days, the Daily Mail has been mocking Millwall, but it was not written by Richard, because because he is familiar with Millwall and Aldrich, there is no need to stiffen the relationship, and he has a tendency to make the news at the same time.

Anyway, anyone can do the work that falls into the ground, and Richard can't do it himself, and besides, he wants to continue to hear the news from Aldrich's mouth.

Aldrich was silent for a moment.

Is there any hope of winning the championship?

Yes.

Millwall on the basis of two wins.

Newcastle United lost at least one and drew one, meaning they couldn't win at home to Tottenham in the final game.

Manchester United have a maximum of four points from two games, while United play Leeds United at home and end away at Middlesbrough.

Some experts analyzed the probability of Millwall winning the championship, and I don't know how he analyzed it, but in short, he gave a relatively pitiful result: 2.78%

Pretty precise.

Aldridge said lightly: "Since the first round of the league, Millwall have never been in the lead, so we don't have too strong a psychological gap, I have said countless times, we are a young team, we focus on every game, the growth and improvement of the players is the main task, regardless of the result of the season, I am happy with the performance of the team." Also, I reiterate that from the beginning to the end, you were chanting that Millwall would win the championship, and now, you are also pretending that Millwall was not going to win the championship and lamenting it. My team and I just want to play every game and that's it. ”

"So tomorrow's game away to Newcastle United, is your plan to train the young players?"

'My plan is to get the players to play a good game at St James' Park and play to their quality and that's the goal.

"Can you tell us about tomorrow's starting lineup?"

"Goalkeeper: Bout. Defenders: Zambrotta, Materazzi, Elguera. Cap de Vera. Midfielder: Gattuso. Vieira. Barack. Forwards: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Van Nistelrooy, Shevchenko. Do you need a substitute list too? ”

"That's enough, that's enough. Uh, with all due respect, excuse me, Capdevilla. Who is Van Nistelrooy? ”

The reporters in the audience were a little dazed, and they couldn't remember who these two people were for a while, and they had no impression in their minds.

Aldridge shrugged: "Capdevilla was a full-back we brought in from Spain last summer, he adapted to the team and integrated into our tactical system this past season, so I decided to give him a chance to perform tomorrow, Ruud van Nistelrooy came to the team the year before and he didn't play much, but he has been getting better and better lately. I think he has the quality to be a regular in the first team and I think he has the opportunity to play tomorrow as well. I state one point. I was making sure that these two young players had the quality and mentality to be in the Premier League before I put them in the starting line-up, so please don't speculate that my line-up is indiscriminate and that is a lack of respect for Millwall. ”

Aldridge's line-up was not a whim or an impromptu decision, as Capdevilla and Ruud van Nistelrooy were supposed to be in the rotation at the beginning of April, but that plan was hampered by the team's "crazy" form.

For young players, it is impossible to buy them today and go straight into the starting game tomorrow, like Frank Lampard, Leo Ferdinand, Capdevilla, Mills, etc., Aldridge has given them a season to integrate into Millwall, because Millwall's tactical system is completely different from the mainstream 442 in England, and to adapt to the football philosophy here, it takes a series of processes such as learning, understanding, adapting, and exercising.

The youth team, the reserve team is a necessary process before they enter the first team, not to mention that they are not very old in the first team.

After the press conference, Aldridge returned to the office to pack up the documents and reports given to him by the club's various departments, and planned to go home to rest and lead the team to Newcastle tomorrow.

His phone rang.

After answering, a voice with a Scottish accent came out, and the tone was a little dissatisfied.

"Aldrich, what the hell are you doing? Have you given up on tomorrow's game? ”

In addition to focusing on his own team, Ferguson is more concerned about the movement of Newcastle United, who are three points behind Newcastle United in the standings, and Ferguson has pinned his hopes on Millwall to snipe Newcastle United away.

But Aldridge announced the starting list a day earlier, and it is clear that Millwall did not come up with the strongest lineup, and there was not a single one of the main eleven!

"I guess how I arrange the starters, it's none of your business!"

Aldridge's stiff tone silenced Ferguson for a moment.

"Can you watch Keegan win? He had never looked down on Millwall. ”

"Agitation? It didn't work for me! My main players need to rest and if I play them, my injury list will definitely increase. Alex, if you respect me, don't ask me how to command the team, you've crossed the line! Tomorrow, Millwall loses to Newcastle United, not because I want to give Keegan a title, if Millwall win against Newcastle United, it's not that I work hard to help Manchester United win the title! ”

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

"I apologize to you for what I just said. Aldrich, the deal we talked about before, can you give me an answer now? ”

"Nedved is not interested in moving to Manchester United, and I don't plan to sell it for as much as you want. I made an agreement with Stam that if Millwall don't win the league this season, then Stam will stay for another season, and if you ask for the price next summer, I'll talk to him again, and if he regrets it and wants to stay, I can only say I'm sorry. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can leave, but ask Manchester United to make a decent offer, you said, he went to Manchester United to play the main team, he played as a substitute at Millwall this season, but he scored more goals than Manchester United's main striker Cole, if you want to make a deal as soon as possible, let's be happy. ”

"What's your psychological price?"

"Will you negotiate? My psychological price? I'll tell you directly, is that still called the psychological price? Not verbose, £8 million. ”

"What a joke!"

"Jokes? How many goals did Cole score this season that you bought for 6 million? With two rounds of league games remaining, he scored 11 goals. Bergkamp spent Arsenal 7.5 million, how many goals have he scored so far this season? 10 pcs. My Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has 12 goals in the league and four in the cup as a substitute, do you think I'm kidding? ”

"One price, 5 million."

"Then we can't talk about it, 5 million to sell a striker who can score nearly 20 goals in a season? Hehe. ”

"6 million, it can't be higher."

"7 million, don't just say goodbye, we will still be friends when we meet in the future, but don't mention this deal again."

"Deal!"

As he hung up the phone, Aldridge could hear Ferguson gritting his teeth. (To be continued......)