When the FIFA match day came, most of the main players in the team were gone, and Aldridge's work became free.
In addition to starting to study the League Cup final opponent Aston Villa at the end of the month, he spends more time hanging around the youth team. This has become his habit, always paying attention to the growth of the players.
What makes him more gratified is that Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been in the reserve team for a long time, has come to his senses in the past three months. He is in hot form in the reserve team games, especially his sense of smell in the penalty area is becoming more and more sensitive, unlike when he just joined the team.
At that time, he was knocked out of position by the opponent's defender in the penalty area. He began to calmly look for space, developed his own way of thinking about the trajectory of the ball, and achieved certain results.
Van Nistelrooy, who has scored nine goals in the past six games in the reserve team league, is still working hard. He hopes that one day the reserve team coach Molex will say to him: Ruud, from today on, the reserve team does not need you.
Go train with the main players of the first team.
His efforts and results were seen by Aldrich. After one day's training, Aldrich specifically asked him to have a long talk. After the conversation, Ruud van Nistelrooy left excitedly.
Aldridge gave him a promise that if he continues to train hard and consciously improve his forward support capabilities, Aldridge will give him some game time in the next few months.
On the other hand, another striker has been with the team for a year and a half and has always looked like a lump.
Luca Tony.
Because Tony had just turned 18 at the beginning of the season, he could participate in the youth league. He also scored goals many times in the youth league, but it always gave people the impression that he was bullying the weak and afraid of the strong to score goals, so he became accustomed to it.
Playing alone, he got the ball and used his body to overpower his opponent. Gradually, his teammates began to lose control of each other.
In fact, Aldrich has certain psychological expectations for Tony, because a powerful center like Tony has the physical fitness to hold the ball on the front line, and can cover his teammates well and then attack. Maybe his speed is too strong in counterattacks.
Injury, in a game that pursues speed, Toni will not be what he wants, but in frontal offensive battles, the threat of a forward like Toni in the penalty area will not be inferior to the king of the small penalty area.
Fortunately, Najib took over the youth team a few months ago and began to transform Tony so that he could be integrated into the tactical system.
Aldrich gave the team two days off before and after the national team match day.
But he still has something to do, and he has to "serve his sentence."
The court sentenced him to do 40 hours of volunteer work, but he hasn't even done it for an hour.
Just these two days, eight hours a day, and three hours a day from now on, I can finish it before the end of February.
Getting up early in the morning, Aldrich finished washing and started to change clothes. He opened the closet, glanced at the Armani brand clothes, and then picked a piece of sportswear that had no trademark and did not know when he bought it. He put on pants.
and shoes, and then came downstairs with his sportswear jacket. After a while, Andrew came to the door and delivered the ink pen that Aldrich asked him to buy.
Andrew put his hands in his pockets and smiled as he watched Aldrich write two eye-catching lines on the back of his sportswear jacket.
"Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility."
After the ink dried, Aldrich put on his coat, turned around and asked, "How was it?"
"Not bad, environmental warrior."
Aldrich chuckled, turned around and walked out, saying, "I'm going to be a cleaner, bye."
Andrew didn't even eat breakfast and went directly into the kitchen to find something to eat.
Aldrich left home. In any case, he is now a celebrity. In London, celebrities will be secretly photographed when they go shopping on the street, let alone volunteering. Many reporters on Fleet Street have been impatient for a long time, and they have also
I want to see the scene where Aldrich goes to "serve his sentence". Of course, it's all for the sake of news.
As he walked out of the community gate, Aldrich saw three friends unexpectedly.
Yiwen with a ponytail stood in front of a small jeep with a smile. Brady and Fred sat on the front hood, one on the left and one on the right. The three of them were dressed the same, wearing jeans on the lower body and a special T-shirt on the upper body.
T-shirt with a blue lion printed on the front and the words below: Crazy Lion is the Best!
Bang, Fred jumped out of the car, then opened the door to get some tools from inside, and then closed the door hard.
Aldrich wondered whether he should laugh or cry: "What are you doing here?"
"I'll become famous with you."
Yiwen, who looked fresh and beautiful today, said matter-of-factly.
Brady and Fred carried brooms on their shoulders, and Yiwen also took a garbage bag in his hand, and handed a garbage clip to Aldrich.
Seeing that they wanted to join in the fun together, Aldrich had no reason to chase them away.
In fact, everyone knows that Aldrich's volunteer work is just a show, and the form outweighs the effect.
However, Aldridge does not feel that it is a bad thing that he was ordered to do volunteer work by the court, nor does he feel any sense of humiliation.
If you change your way of thinking and do this well, it will be a blessing in disguise.
As the owner and head coach of Millwall, he has the label of Millwall, and his public image is tied to the club.
Therefore, his words and deeds, besides being cautious, must also play a positive role in the club.
He is a star, an undisputed star.
Because of his personality, the way he commands the sidelines, the way he talks in interviews with the media, and the amazing celebrations from time to time, the most important thing is that Millwall has an impressive record.
He has a personal aura that is invisible to him. Football commentators have compared him with Redknapp. Aldridge wins completely because Redknapp on the sideline makes it difficult for people to see that he has the aura of a coach.
It is not difficult to understand that the momentum of the entire Millwall team is always overwhelming their opponents.
As a public figure, Aldridge wanted to use this volunteer opportunity to improve Millwall's image.
So, he wrote that environmental slogan on the back of his coat.
Just for show?
It's a show.
But if the audience directly rejects Aldrich's approach, it will only show his own narrow-mindedness.
When Pele reached the World Cup at his peak, he did not thank his motherland, nor his family and teammates, but said that he wanted the world not to forget the suffering children.
Can you say that Pele was just putting on a show?
Maybe it's just a show, but this show is something that the general public needs, recognizes, and will respond positively to, and it will turn Pele from a human into a god.
Maradona chanted Argentina's name without emotion. Was this emotional catharsis a show when he was at his peak? Who dares to say? This kind of patriotic emotion is what the general public accepts from the heart.
Michael Jackson stunned the world when he stood among the children and sang "heal-the-world".
Even next to Aldrich, he could clearly feel the same example. Princess Diana, who had been separated from the Crown Prince for more than three years, still had a very high reputation among the people, and the people loved this princess who was passionate about charity.
In the final analysis, this is a kind of propaganda and the promotion of universal values.
Everyone knows what is right, but if a celebrity publicizes it as a position at the right time, it will arouse reactions and gain people's instinctive recognition and support, even support.
Millwall is notorious in English football, only in the football field, but the influence of a top club is by no means limited to the football field.
Aldridge must work tirelessly to improve Millwall's influence, and of course he must start with himself.
Holding the trash tongs in his hand, Aldrich reached into his pocket with his other hand and pulled out his phone to call the court-appointed supervisor.
After a while, a black man in his early thirties wearing a shirt and trousers rode a motorcycle to the gate of the community.
He parked the car, then walked towards Aldrich, took the initiative to shake hands and said: "Mr. Hall, I am Nordman, have you decided to perform unpaid voluntary labor today?"
Aldrich looked at his watch and said: "It's eight hours today and eight hours tomorrow. Please record the time. By the way, are there any workload requirements?"
Nordmann smiled and shook his head: "This is just a symbolic punishment. As long as the work time is completed, there is no quota for the workload."
Aldrich raised his eyebrows to express understanding, then he took a deep breath, looked up at the bright sunshine today, and said, "Let's start now."
After that, Aldrich started walking along the street. Along the way, if he found garbage on the street, he would bend down to pick it up with a clip and put it into the garbage bag held by Yiwen next to him. When he encountered more trouble
of trash, Brady and Fred will be there to help.
I don’t know when Aldrich and his group were being followed. Not far behind them, several cars were slowly following them on the road. People who got out of the car windows and roofs would carry cameras to record the whole process.
everything.
Aldrich didn't care. He talked and laughed with his three companions and became a happy cleaner.
They became the focus of the street, because they were in East London, and many pedestrians on the street would first look surprised when they saw Aldrich, and then take the initiative to say hello in a friendly way.
At ten o'clock in the morning, many young people gathered behind Aldrich. They seemed to be underage. When they first saw Aldrich, they all came up and asked for an autograph or a photo. Aldrich declined with a smile, saying that noon
Their requirements could be met during the break, so these youthful young girls followed Aldrich and the others, and some also joined the ranks of picking up garbage.
Aldrich is like a whirlwind, purifying the neighborhood and causing a burst of laughter wherever it passes.
"Hey, Aldrich, come work in my shop and I'll pay you five pounds an hour!"
The old man with a white beard selling burgers gave Aldrich a thumbs up from a distance, causing the passersby around him to smile kindly.
Aldrich replied humorously: "Okay, keep your job for me. One day I lose my job, I will be the first to come to you!"
"Then forget it! I don't want to be besieged by our crazy lion fans!"
"Hahaha......"
More and more people gathered around Aldrich, including men and women, but most of them were young people, and some were parents with children. Their children worshiped Aldrich and rode on their father's neck.
The child's eyes were shining brightly and he was very excited, but it was painful for his father to be squeezed into the crowd.
More media also came after hearing the news. They kept taking pictures and filming the entire process with cameras. There was even a TV station reporting the news on the roadside.
Aldrich refused all reporters who came forward for interviews. He even ran to an interview car and used a clip to pick up the cigarette butts that the driver had just dropped on the ground. Then without him saying anything, the crowd behind him shouted at the driver.
Boo!
Seeing the driver hiding in shame, everyone laughed again.