18 Cup Attitude
"George, now we are going to usher in the League Cup, the FA Cup and the Qualification Cup. What are you going to deal with the Cup?" Carl Pat asked George about his plan with the schedule.
The English League One and League Two are different from the Premier League, and the league schedule is very dense. However, the FA Cup and League Cup are also played earlier than the Premier League. In addition to the Qualification Cup, it can be said that in a year, these low-level league clubs will have at least fifty games. This is definitely a lot of games.
George lay comfortably on the sofa in the office and glanced for a while. "Carl, how are you talking about the current development of the English League?" Hearing Carl's question, there was no positive answer.
"The development of the English League is generally very good. I think even if the Premier League cannot resume its heyday in the first half of the year, there should be no problem in confronting Serie A and La Liga in a few years." Carl is still very confident about the future of the Premier League. "Serie A is the center of European football now, but I think this situation should not last."
George looked up at Carl and said disapprovingly: "Carl, you can't say this. Serie A is known as the 'Little World Cup', and the best stars in the world are now in Italy."
"George, don't irritate me. Actually, you know what exactly is. Serie A is so hot now, it is completely supported by the boss behind the club. Now, which clubs in Serie A are not operating at a loss. Once there is a turmoil in the Italian economy, those football clubs will definitely not be able to withstand these analysis." Carl seemed very confident in these analysis. "Premier League clubs have their own stadiums, but Italian laws still do not allow private stadiums. In this case, Italian clubs are far behind Premier League clubs."
George jumped up and pointed at Carl. "Carl, you don't have to be a coach. You should be a football commentator." Because George understood the future, he understood that the decline of Serie A was inevitable.
By the beginning of the 20th century, Serie A clubs were able to stand in European football with their deep foundation, but after the telephone gate incident, the Italian league completely declined. Not only was it difficult to match the Premier League and La Liga, but even the Bundesliga surpassed Serie A, and there was also the Ligue 1 eyeing them.
However, Carl was still in the Italian league in 1995, and his vision was definitely extraordinary.
"Carl, since you know that the future of the Premier League is bright. You said that if our club is in the Premier League, the annual income will be dozens and hundreds of times that of now. When we arrive in the Premier League, we will have the opportunity to participate in the European League. What a temptation." George said seriously. "Although the League Cup and the FA Cup are all very tempting, do you think we can win the League Cup and the FA Cup. As long as we are not the champion, even if we achieve any results in the Cup, it will be a failure."
George stood up from the sofa and said with certainty: "I will definitely chase after the League Cup, the FA Cup. But now, I only have one goal now. It is to lead the team to upgrade, first to the First League, and finally the Super League. As for the Qualification Cup, what kind of results can be sent to the youth team be."
Carl nodded. "Then you plan to..."
"Let's mix the main substitutes. Watford probably doesn't pay attention to the League Cup, they are busy relegation now."
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It may be that Burnley's six-game winning streak recently stimulated the market. Today, there were 17,000 fans at Tefmoor Stadium. The Tefmoor Stadium, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people, had almost reached 80%.
A small town like Burnley with only more than 80,000 people came today. One of the five people came to the stadium today, feeling the constant shouting of Burnley fans, George's face.
When he got the Watford roster, George smiled. Watford was really straightforward, basically sending very young players. It seems that Watford really doesn't pay attention to the League Cup or despises Burnley.
However, George did not completely put the substitute players, and there were some main players among them. For example, what Barack needs now is the game, and only more games can allow him to accumulate more experience.
As the host on the scene shouts out the names of players one after another, the cheers will rise and fall with the host's frequency. When George's name is shouted, the audience suddenly shouted "George, George." in unison.
George appeared on the court, raised his hands to salute the fans, and received cheers several times higher than the previous one. George was very happy. After more than a month, George had conquered these fans in six victories.
The Watford coach looked at the young coach who was so popular with fans and smiled at his assistant coach. "It seems that this young coach is really not easy. Listen to the cheers, I have never received such cheers as a coach."
"Are you going to say hello to him?" the assistant coach nodded and said to him. "I should go over and say hello. I am indeed very curious about this twenty-seven-year-old young coach." As he said that, Glenn Rodel walked to George.
"Hello, Coach Levi." Glen Rodel came to George with a very graceful look and shook hands with George. "Coach Levi is so young."
"Hello, Coach Rodel." George sneered in his heart at the now elegant Glen Rodel. If he hadn't seen him today, he would have really been unable to remember him. To be honest, this coach was a veritable unlucky guy, or a veritable disaster star for the club.
George used to have a good impression of West Ham United, who trained superstars such as Ferdinand, Joe Cole, Carrick, Defort, and Glen Johnson. So he was also very concerned about West Ham United, but he didn't expect that in 2003, West Ham United was relegated.
At that time, the head coach of West Ham United was the unlucky Glen Rodel in front of him. Since the Premier League adopted the 38-round match system, West Ham United's 42 league points were the highest among all relegated teams. George was a little curious about Glen Rodel and checked his information. Only then did he find that this unlucky head coach led the team to relegate not only for the first time. When coaching Watford, he also led Watford from the first league to the second league.
Later, he coached Jikaser and brought a record of Jikaser in a year. Of course, it was not an excellent record, but a five consecutive game of 7 hours and 51 minutes without scoring at home, setting the team's worst record since 1951.
Therefore, George used to look down on Glen Rodel very much, or had a very bad impression of him. But he didn't expect that when he saw him today, Rodel was so elegant. He spoke without hesitation, giving George a feeling of spring breeze.
While returning to the bench, George shook his head. It seems that good people cannot be equated with good coaches.
George's idea today is very simple. Victory is better than elimination. Even if he wins, he is a burden for Burnley, and George has no young players to train. Even if he advances, it is just a burden.
But George can't tell the players that I gave up on this game. George can't do such a thing, and George has to instill in them the spirit of never giving up on the game.
Therefore, in today's lineup, George rotated many players. Pobosky, Darren Huckby, and Danny Murphy were all on the bench.
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"Beep--" When the referee blew the ending whistle, George stood up with a wry smile. George had already used more than half of the substitute, but Watford was even more straightforward. He almost allowed the youth team to play. Burnley defeated Watford 3-1 with two goals from Richard Brody and Barack's long shot, and entered the third round of the League Cup.
"Congratulations, Coach Levy." He lost, but Glen Rodel didn't look depressed at all.
George shook his head with a wry smile. "Coach Rodel, I don't really have much interest in the League Cup."
Chapter completed!