In recent days, almost all mainstream media in the UK have come to Burghley, Manchester County, giving this little-known city an unprecedented grand occasion like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Outside the training base of Burley Club, long guns and short cannons were aimed at Burley's training base. Of course, what attracted them was not a certain player who was relegated to the English Third Division, but the club chairman who had been hotly mentioned in the newspapers recently, Richard.

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It is a pity that the club president seemed to have received the news very early and had not left the training base for a long time. He lived there almost every day and basically had nothing to do except training. However, the team's head coach Andy Pooley

Si is relatively common, but this guy always has a frown on his face. Anyone who wants to go to him to ask about the new chairman will immediately be stared back by a pair of fire-breathing eyes.

Also, they found that Burley Club did not seem to give players a holiday after the end of the season. If they could not find news to write about the new chairman who was closely related to Sir Alex Ferguson, they would scold him for destroying

Traditionally, players are used as free labor... This seems to be a matter for the head coach, but the media in England can't control that much. Since you don't create news, they will create it themselves.

In fact, Richard, who has been identified as Zhou Papi, did not violate any laws. He only increased the salary to allow the players to give up their vacations, and the training during the vacations was halved. This is a process for him to become familiar with the club and the players, otherwise

Training together just a few days before the start of the new season may not achieve the results he wants.

As a result, both the head coach and other Burley coaches will have to spend a season without holidays, but fortunately, they can still accept half-day training every day with 150% of the salary.

When training began, Richard finally saw his own lineup: goalkeeper, Green Garner (26 years old), Lewis Whaley (19 years old), Nat (17 years old); left back, Tom Kennedy (18 years old)

, Leon Swarth (30 years old, defender left, center and right, versatile in the backcourt), center back, Danny Swiles (24 years old), Colin Woodthorpe (34 years old), Gadley Conne

Er (22 years old, can play defensive midfielder), right back, Matthew Ballas (23), Simon Whalley (18 years old); midfielder, Harpal Singh (18 years old, on loan from Leeds

), Terry Denfield (21 years old), Paul O'Shaughnessy (21 years old), Martin Forrester (24 years old), Steve Gomby (19 years old), Lee Dusco

Burley (34 years old); forwards, Joe O'Neill (20 years old), George Clegg (22 years old), Gareth Seddon (22 years old), Chris Potter (19 years old), David

Nugent(18).

When he saw this list, Richard wanted to laugh. With this lineup, and Andy Pulis playing 442, it would be a miracle not to be relegated. This is a typical shortfall, and the whole team is talented.

There are twenty people, and the shortage of midfield and backfield personnel is the most serious. Even when playing 442, it is impossible to find all the substitutes. If this is because the board of directors was short of funds before and could not add Andy Pulis to the lineup, then there is always someone in the youth team, right?

No matter how hard you come up with a 25-man squad to fool yourself as the new chairman, you can't tell what the strength is before the training starts. In addition, the average age of the entire Burley team is so low that it can't be seen on the surface.

What.

Richard instantly felt that Andy Pulis was not suitable to be a head coach, very unsuitable, so after seizing Andy Pulis' transfer power, he did something that violated the tradition of English football.

, but this matter needs to be done step by step. The first step is to establish a good relationship with the players, even if in his opinion many people are not suitable for his lineup...

Andy Pulis has been very annoyed recently. Whether it is Zola or Gullit, when signing the "player-coach contract", everyone has the final say. Whether it is the transfer market, tactics, or training, one person has the final say.

, when it was my turn, everything changed here. Not only did the new chairman take away his transfer rights as soon as he took office, he even had to give instructions on training. Such training would increase the chance of injury, and training would consume a lot of physical energy.

It led to muscle fatigue, and within a few days, the chairman even came up with a complete training plan, asking everyone to train strictly according to the training plan... Who is the head coach?

Unconvinced, Andy Pulis was still surprised when he saw the training plan that Richard came up with. Such a training plan was absolutely impossible for an outsider to make, and he had never even seen many things. After several days of experiments,

Andy found that the players' fatigue during training was gradually reducing, and the fun training on the training ground every day began to become more interesting. An atmosphere that had never appeared in Burley Club was slowly forming. The most important thing is that

, the disappointment after the relegation began to slowly dissipate. The chairman who liked to drink and hang out with the players was very popular. After every training, all the players would line up to be massaged by the chairman himself. The young chairman began

More and more people are taking over.

The thing that brings the president and the players closer together is every day at meal time. Every time, the president will occupy the kitchen of the training base and start frying. As we all know, the food in England is ridiculously boring, fish and chips.

Almost everyone felt like they wanted to vomit after seeing it, but it was different now. The players stopped talking about the weather and celebrities, and started discussing what the president would eat at noon tomorrow... Men cook more

Sometimes, Richard would just fool around and add his own fried sauce to the pasta, and the ready-made fried noodles would come out of the pot...especially when Andy Pulis tasted real oriental fried noodles later.

While making soybean noodles, he started to expose Chairman Richard's ten sins with an excited mouth. The first one was, 'This guy makes soybean noodles without adding any oil'!!!

But now, they still eat with gusto.

The entire coaching staff saw all this. Alan Padre, a staunch supporter of Andy Pulis, quietly said next to Andy: "Don't be so sad. Maybe we got it wrong. Mr. Chairman."

It’s not because of Sir Alex’s status that he got the Burghley Club, he’s a bit of a real person… But knowing how to train doesn’t necessarily mean you know tactics. Once you talk to him about tactics, you’ll definitely be speechless.”

Andy Pulis glanced at Alan Padre and said with a crooked mouth: "He is interacting with the players. Would it be impolite if I intervened like this?"

"Doesn't he still owe us a player? After moving to Blackpool for 30,000 pounds, the wide player you wanted has never arrived. If you start talking about tactics with this topic, Mr. Chairman will definitely understand that it is not

Everyone is suitable to be a head coach, otherwise... Andy, I doubt that we will become the second batch of staff to leave Burley after the scouts, and we will even leave earlier than the chefs."

Andy Price wrote when he published his autobiography ten years later: "While I was not completely infected by Mr. Richard's charm, I was already aware of his shameless energy. Yes, don't doubt my words, it is shameless.

, but it’s a compliment.”

At this time, Andy Pulis never thought that his career in the next ten years would be tied to Burghley's chariot by Richard, let alone that he was going to humiliate himself.

"Mr.president."

Richard, who had just finished training and helped the players relax their muscles with his own hands, was covered in sweat. His "people-friendly" attitude not only infected other players, but also David Nugent, the most talented person on the team and who had high hopes from the entire coaching staff, even took the initiative to

Withdrawing the transfer application, no one knows what means Richard used. Anyway, David has been hiding from Richard when he saw him in the past few days. He has been training honestly and never dares to complain.

Hearing the head coach's shout, Richard smiled. He knew that such a day would come!

He deprived Andy Pulis of his full transfer power, which is definitely against tradition in England; then he changed the head coach's training plan and followed his own set of training, which actually completely eliminated Andy Pulis.

Si, if Andy doesn't come to find him, he may have made up his mind to leave. Now it seems that there is still room for relaxation.

Andy Pulis glanced at David Nugent, who was seriously waiting in line for a massage and never mentioned his transfer, and asked strangely: "David..."

"David is fine. If you want to know what I said to David, that's okay. I just told him that if he doesn't finish the remaining three years of his contract at Burley, then I will reject all offers and let the team next season

Relegated to the English and African League, let him watch the amateur league on the bench every day, and we will see who will use him after three years."

Cold sweat broke out on Andy Pulis's forehead. This was worse than dealing with Ben Thornt. At least Ben Thornt could still hope to change his career if he didn't agree to the chairman's request. David Nugent and

The club has a contract, and as long as the club pays him back his salary, he will have to stay on the bench. Even if he wants to change careers, he will have to wait until three years later. By then, let alone his career, his life will be ruined.

"Did David believe it? You spent the whole club to bury him."

Richard smiled mysteriously: "Andy, David is only eighteen years old, right?"

How shameless to scare a child!

Andy Pulis continued to ask with dissatisfaction: "Mr. Chairman, you once promised when my winger would arrive. Without a winger, I can't practice my tactics. It's not that we don't have wingers."

At this position, there is a huge difference in strength, and at best he can be a substitute."

He thought that Richard would follow his words and talk about tactics, and then he could give a long speech, describing the essence of a high and fast forward line, long passes from the midfield or backcourt to find the fulcrum of the frontcourt, and then move from the fulcrum to seize the opportunity of another

The forwards grabbed points, or played high balls from the wings, relying on the center's domineering ability to score points and corner kicks, set-piece tactics, etc. Unexpectedly, everything failed to go as expected.

"Andy, what do you think of my training methods?" Richard said nonchalantly.

"Great." This is true. At least this is the best training method Andy has ever seen.

Couldn't it be great?

Richard directly transferred West Ham's training methods. West Ham has produced countless geniuses. This training method can be said to be unique in England at this time, with a leading position of ten years! Plus Richard

The former West Ham team doctor personally operated and made corrections. Almost all team doctors and coaches became Richard's assistants, and the entire team instantly merged into a collective. He even shared a bathroom with the players to take a shower and wiped the backs of those players with his own hands.

I'm afraid this is how you treat your own son!

"Andy, I have studied this training method for a long time. It is no exaggeration to say that this training method is at least ten years ahead of the entire England!" He let go of the players in his hands, massaged one, and then moved on to the other.

In addition, when he spoke, he did not delay the work at hand at all: "Since our training is ten years ahead, then I hope that our tactics can also be ten years ahead!" This is what he said after serious consideration. In the future

Porto, Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Dortmund, Bayern Munich and other clubs have all put a lot of effort into tactics, but what will be the result ten years later?

The flexibility of tactics has been greatly improved, and the players' on-the-spot performance is far more perfect than the set tactics.

For example, in Barcelona, ​​​​with Messi, Xavi should have been like Guardiola, holding back and leaving the frontcourt to Iniesta. However, after getting the ball, Xavi would often hit the front of the penalty area, while Messi would

Breaking into the center from the wing, Iniesta and Messi swapped, making Messi directly become the false No. 9, which stunned everyone. Of course, Messi's skills are unparalleled, but Barcelona's tactical agility is equally impressive.

Happy Tao.

Let’s talk about Sir Alex Ferguson’s 442 runs. You will almost always see tactics being changed during Manchester United games, either by Giggs, Scholes, or Cristiano Ronaldo. Once they show their talents, the tactics will change.

It will change for them. Manchester United's 442 will turn into 433 the moment it rushes up the wing. Although this 433 is deformed and even more like 424, the tactical agility is revealed.

In the future, tactics will no longer be the most important thing. In football, players will no longer serve tactics, but tactics will serve players.

When Andy Pulis revealed the tactics he understood in a eloquent manner, he found that he couldn't get in the conversation at all. He was not a famous coach, but he was still signing a player-coach contract. He was asked to sign this contract.

The reason is that he wants to rely on his years of experience on the court. What is experience? Experience is the history that he has witnessed with his own eyes. What he knows is everything that happened in English football before 2003, and what Richard saw

It's a future Andy has never seen.

By the end, Richard's players had changed three or four, but Andy Pulis felt that he was humiliating himself here.

"Mr. President, where are my players?" In the end, he could only talk back and forth, otherwise it would be impossible to alleviate the embarrassment.

Richard turned his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it will be done within three days."

PS: The reason why tactics and training methods are very general... The reason is that a special chapter will be used to introduce them later. If West Ham's team doctor and his knowledge for so many years have some unique insights into tactics and training... say no

go.
Chapter completed!