Chapter 71 - Chapter 72 The prototype of Xiao Ming system

In August, Leicester Training Base.

Pobosky broke through McCassi's defense at the wing high speed, then took a kick and passed the ball into the penalty area. Two tall figures immediately wrapped around the penalty area. The same sturdy figure, the same shiny bald head, and even the same face shape and the same hooked nose were the two big men Xiao Ming introduced before this season.

Jankoler is ten centimeters taller than Stam and weighs a full eight kilograms. During this period of training, the proud Stam suffered a lot. However, if it was a ground attack, Jankoler would still be cut off by Stam.

Under Stam's struggle, the ball only rubbed Jankoler's bald head and fell into the penalty area. Just as Bolling was about to clear the ball with his big foot, a small figure appeared in front of the ball first, and shot irregularly. The ball flew into the goal from Hilton's armpit.

Hilton raised his hand helplessly. The three offensive players the boss has introduced this season are indeed very powerful, especially the baby-faced Norwegian. His running position in the penalty area is simply elusive. Where did the boss find these players who were previously unknown but extraordinary?

Not only did he have this doubt, but other players were basically confused about it. Pobosky was still a Czech international, and it was normal to have such a level, but Jankoler was a person who couldn't even play in the Czech league. Solskjaer came from Norway's third-level league. Has the football level of these two countries reached such a high level?

It’s not that no one dared to ask Xiao Ming, but every time Xiao Ming smiled unpredictably, but he just didn’t answer.

In the training camp before the season, these four new players quickly conquered all other players. Stam's tenacious defense, excellent air defense and ground positioning ability, Pobosky's elegant and rapid breakthrough on the right, Jankoler's excellent top-scoring ability in the penalty area and Solskjaer's excellent point-grabbing ability are obviously better than players in the same position as them. Now anyone with discerning eyes can see that except for Jankoler and Pobosky will replace Ward and Beckham last season, Otno and Hackby, the two main players, may be on the bench in the new season.

But this is professional football. Those who are capable of it are in charge. Want to play the main force? Training hard, maintain the state, and strive to get ahead. If you really can't get ahead, then choose to leave.

"Alvin, the team is almost done now, but the position of the two full-backs is still a little weaker. The left back is fine. McCassie has played for a while last season. Annan can be his substitute, but right back... Carl played almost all the games last season, and Haji hasn't played much for a year. Will he be a little forced with him? And he doesn't even have a substitute. What should I do after a season? I can't let Stam or Hakbe play right back instead."

Looking at the players training on the court, Xiao Ming said frowningly.

"Aren't we good at playing three defenders last season?" McDonald was stunned when he heard this. He had not considered this issue, because last season, Leiden East 352 formation was simply invincible in the later stages, and it's enough to have a few backups for the full-back.

"No, the three defenders of last season were just a temporary measure." Xiao Ming shook his head: "To succeed, a team must have a fixed set of tactics so that players can be more familiar with various situations on the court, and the new players can also integrate into the team faster. Although the three defenders can make the offense in the frontcourt more fierce, the loopholes in defense are too big after all. Such tactics are very risky and cannot become the mainstream tactics of our team."

McDonald was still thinking about Xiao Ming's words, so Xiao Ming continued to say: "I have been thinking about it for a long time. Although we performed well last season, we often accidentally and rely on the performance of several main players. This style of play will not have any problems in the English C and even the English B. But we cannot just see what we are in front of us... Now using three defenders, we may be able to achieve good results in the English B. But what about in the English B. Even the Premier League?"

McDonald was stunned again. For him, the Premier League seemed a little too far away. Even for many Leiden Oriental fans, being able to return to the League Two was enough to satisfy them...

Seeing what McDonald wanted to say, Xiao Ming interrupted him in advance: "I understand what you mean. Now we don't have a good full-back. You can play with three defenders first... and then change your tactics after you arrive in the League One or Premier League... Is that what it means?"

McDonald nodded. That's what he meant. Just pay attention to the present. Let's talk about the future.

"But I don't think so." Xiao Ming shook his head and said, "What does Leiden East lack? It's not history. We have more than a hundred years of history. Many wealthy families are not as good as ours... But what we lack is foundation. What is foundation? The foundation is the spirit that will not change no matter what setbacks it is. No matter how personnel change, it will not change significantly. In this way, we can avoid changing the style of playing for a group of players. In the end, I don't know what I should play... You're welcome to say, Leiden East used to this before. Even the loyal Leiden East fans could not tell what tactical playing style Leiden East was most accustomed to, because we have no plans and no goals set. Now, I just want to formulate such plans and goals for the club, even the simplest four-guard system and the two wings flying together."

"There are many players in the world, and we cannot have all outstanding players. However, if we have a framework, we can choose the type of players we need in this framework. The training of the youth team can also target the players we need, so that there will be no waste, and the training of the youth team and the acquisition in the transfer market can be more targeted. Four defenders are necessary, because four defenders can make the defense line form a whole, and the defensive system requires long-term tacit understanding to establish. However, if the entire team's defensive system is fixed, then even if new players join in, they can adapt to the team quickly, instead of letting the team adapt to the players, defense can bring victory."

Xiao Ming said this in one breath. He had been thinking about these words for a long time. It was also on this day that next to the No. 1 training ground in the Lights training base, he told the only listener that he had his thoughts on the team building ideas, and this idea continued for a long time in the future.

When Xiao Ming swept the world with his unshakable four-guard defensive system and flexible and changeable frontcourt offensive tactics in the future, what will he have about the chat this afternoon? Of course, this system is still just a prototype now, and Xiao Ming will add more things here in the future...

Of course, Xiao Ming didn't know what he had racked his brains to come up with, which was why some famous coaches became famous coaches.

Of course, a famous coach must learn to adapt to the situation. Even in the club, he may not be able to buy all the players he likes. When Ferguson had Beckham's midfielder under his command, he played a set of styles, and Ronaldo's other styles; Wenger was a style of playing in the Borgkamp era, and in the Vieira Henry era, Mourinho played 451 in Porto, 433 in Chelsea, and 4312 in Inter Milan; Capello played magnificent offensive football in Rome, but played the most boring and useless tactics of ball control at Real Madrid... But no matter how it changes

In the era of Manchester United, they always have their own unchanging things. Ferguson has always had super defenders. From Steve Bruce to Gary Parist, from Stam to Rio Ferdinand to Vidic, Ferguson's main lineup has never lacked super defenders; Wenger also had a midfield core with both offense and defense in the Arsenal era, Patrick Vieira in the early stage, and Sesc Fabregas in the later stage... Other places can change and adapt to changes, but the most core point in their tactics is based on these never-changing places.

Xiao Ming didn't know this. He had not even received any training as a football coach, but he confirmed his future direction through his own thinking and walked unswervingly.

Of course, this is already a story later.

"In other words, no matter what, even if the team's existing full-back strength is average, we have to insist on playing four-back tactics from this season?" asked McDonald.

Xiao Ming nodded: "That's right, that's it."

"But we have four good central defenders now. If we put two of them on the bench, wouldn't it be a waste?" McDonald calculated by his fingers. The main central defenders at the beginning of last season were Otno and Brin. Later, after playing as a three-back, Holland appeared in the central defender position. In addition, Stam bought this season, such a central defender combination seems to be a little too luxurious for a League Two team.

"Holland will let him return to midfield in the new season. Wilkinson was a little unable to support it last season. This season, he allowed him to play less games. After all, he is a 36-year-old, and the main players in every game cannot stand it." Xiao Ming thought for a while and said: "The remaining three central defenders will rotate according to their condition. We will not have fewer games this season."

"This is also a solution." McDonald nodded. The season is so long, there will always be substitutes, and Leiden East's ambition this season does not seem to be just playing in the league.

"So, no matter what, the two full-backs must play. McCassie and Annan can take turns to play, and they don't need to play all offenses and defenses most of the time. As long as they can do a good job of defense, that's enough. But right back, can Haji alone take the next season?" Xiao Ming said with some worries: "It's a pity that the players recommended by the scouts are all players from other positions, and I don't know where to buy the right full-back."

"So that's how it is." After understanding Xiao Ming's intentions, McDonald began to perform the essence of an assistant. After thinking about it for a while, McDonald suddenly laughed: "Boss, you did much better than me last season, but there is one aspect that you seem to have forgotten."

"Oh? What's the aspect?" Xiao Ming asked curiously.

"On the other training ground." McDonald pointed to the youth team training ground that was only a few dozen meters away from the first team training ground: "In fact, we in Leiden East have many good young players. In previous years, we were able to transfer one or two people from the youth team to the first team, but this year, you have not even been to the youth team's training ground."

Xiao Ming sweated for a while. He really ignored this point. Perhaps because he subconsciously believed that there would be no good players in the Leiden Oriental Youth Team. He simply regarded the youth team training ground, which was only a few dozen meters away from the first-team training ground, as a ball of air. Of course, he was not unaware of the importance of youth training, but he had never heard of any outstanding player in the future who came out of the Leiden Oriental Training Base. His plan was to wait until the team entered the Premier League before making great efforts to train the youth echelons, develop all the places that the Leicester training base had not yet been developed, and build a training base that is no worse than Carrington and Kearney, or even more advanced!

However, after being reminded by McDonald, Xiao Ming began to wake up. Since Stam would play for a Dutch C-level team when he debuted and Solskjaer debuted in a Norwegian Class C-level team, why did he think that Leiden East's youth team is full of waste? Maybe it was because of various reasons that the players coming out of here did not emit the light they deserved?

"Alvin, tell me what are you good recommendations?" Xiao Ming knew that McDonald would not say such things for no reason.

"There are two young players in the youth team. I have been paying attention for a long time." MacDonald said happily: "One is the midfielder and the other is the full-back. They are both young, but their abilities are quite good. I have prepared the information. Do you want to take a look?"

"Since you recommend it, I'll take a look." Xiao Ming laughed: "Where is the information?"

"I've given it to Nanni... Oh no, Miss Ella, I guess it's on your desk now." MacDonald looked embarrassed and actually called Miss Ella Nanni. It was Xiao Ming who called it out inadvertently. As a result, it was one to ten, ten to hundreds, and one to hundreds, and it became a well-known secret...

"Then I'll leave today's training to you." Xiao Ming simply became the boss. In fact, he did not help the training at all. Standing on the sidelines was just a gesture.

When Xiao Ming was in a good mood, he whistled. It was also beneficial to be together with the club office building and the training ground. At least it was much more convenient for people like Xiao Ming, who had both a chairman and a coach, to run around.

As soon as he walked into the club building, Coft came up with a frown: "Boss, you have spent a lot of money this season. Now our club has only about one million yuan in working capital. If we buy a few more people, we will have a financial crisis."

"Don't worry, I won't buy anyone anymore." Xiao Ming laughed and patted Coft on the shoulder: "I said a few days ago, don't worry. Besides, the club tickets have started to be sold now. With our performance last season, two thousand tickets should not be enough for fans to grab. It would be great if our stadium could double the size."

Kauf nodded and asked, "Then the matter of building a few bars and fan supplies stores around the court..."
Chapter completed!