Chapter 50 Evolution
No one expected that the game against Cardiff City was still zero to zero in the end. Cardiff City did not score, and Wigan Athletics also did not score.
This result is acceptable. Wigan Athletics is a promotional team like them, but whether it is last season's League Two or this season's League One, Wigan Athletics' performance is very strong, so strong that Cardiff City can only look at its back. It is already very good to be able to get a draw at home.
Wigan Athletics is hard to accept.
If it was a game, it would be fine, but two consecutive away games, two consecutive zero-to-zero, the result was not too bad, but thinking about the current Wigan Athletics is among the top few in the league, and both opponents are downstream teams on the standings, so the results are not very good.
With only two points in two games, Wigan Athletics' ranking fell to fifth place and was surpassed by the closely followed West Ham United.
Ranking is not a problem. After all, the league is only one-quarter now, and there are still many games to be played. A short loss or two is nothing, but head coach Jewell realized some problems from it.
For example, the team's single offensive routine is easily defended by the opponent. When Ridell is carefully guarded, their offense becomes a little messy, and it is difficult to threaten the offense without rules.
For example, Ellington, as the only center, was defended by the opponent very closely. He has good personal abilities, but it is too difficult to grab the ball and score the ball when there is no one in the penalty area.
For example, Zhang Tiehan's personal ability characteristics are too obvious. As long as the opponent cuts off his ball-game route, it will be difficult for him to do anything in the frontcourt.
And so on.
There are many problems with the team. In summary, it is still the personal ability of the players. This tactical system should be fine on the Premier League team. However, Wigan Athletics is not a Premier League team, and the personal ability of the players is limited. Ellington is not a Van Nistroy, Henry, Difoe, and Lee Macarocci are not as good as Giggs, Joe Cole, Pire, and similarly, Ridell is not Rivaldo, Gerald, and Ronaldinho.
The difference in the comparison of players is too obvious. In short, the team's players are not too creative. There are only a few players who can show off. If the opponent makes too targeted defense, it is likely to limit the team's offense and the scoring methods will be very weak.
Tactics, players, etc. are all problems.
These problems were found before the start of the game, every English League One team had them, Wigan Athletics, and their opponents, but Javier did not have a good solution. This is a problem of the team's overall strength. Want to solve it? It's very simple. If you introduce a few big-name stars, the problem will disappear immediately.
But Wigan Athletics cannot do this, the team's funds are very limited.
Then the only solution is to bring the tactics alive!
Teams like West Bromwich, Norwich, and West Ham United have much smaller problems in this regard. Their overall strength of players is much higher than that of Wigan Athletics, so they have fewer problems in their tactical system with fixed routines. They will play better. This is the suppression of the overall strength of the team.
Wigan Athletics is not good, and the overall strength of the team is not as good as that of the opponent, so you must improve from a tactical perspective and find other solutions, otherwise they will lose the initiative in many games.
The only good news is that the team's defense is doing very well.
Two games zero to zero means that the offense is not good, but there has been no mistakes in defense. With Zhang Tiehan in the backcourt and Breckin in the back line, the team's defense is still very stable. At least it is very difficult for the teams in the downstream English League to break through the team's defense.
Coventry can't do it, nor can Cardiff City.
Jewell half-squatted on the grass, looking at the fast running figure in the training ground ahead, he dribbled the ball from the wing and rushed forward, directly to the bottom line. The two defenders who came to defend were very cautious, but when he exerted force, he pushed them to the ground.
"Bee!" Assistant coach Stebron blew the pause whistle and hurried over, scolding, "Zhang, this is just a training match, don't make dangerous moves to your teammates!"
Zhang Tiehan shrugged innocently, "But I just used my back to protect the ball..."
Everyone looked at him.
Zhang Tiehan had to spread his hands and said, "Okay, Matt, Jason, sorry, I didn't mean it, I just wanted to protect the ball, and I didn't foul it..."
Matt Jackson stood up and beat the grass clippings on his body, saying helplessly, "Zhang, I will never defend you again next time. You know, your back is as hard as steel. I should call you Iron Man. I really don't want to defend Iron Man."
"Matt, your statement is too appropriate. I was almost suffocated by the collision. We have to protest. Iron Man should not be allowed to appear!" Jason also quipped.
They were not angry, let alone Zhang Tiehan's fouls and no fouls just now, this kind of thing has been experienced many times in the training match. No one who confronts Zhang Tiehan does not complain. Some of them just want to go over and grab the ball, but the consequences of a reasonable collision are often the consequences of them.
I always suffer losses, and I feel absolutely bad!
Everyone was too convinced of Zhang Tiehan's health, so they tried to avoid head-on confrontation with Zhang Tiehan. As a result, Zhang Tiehan often performed quite well in training matches... No one here would deliberately foul, and no one tried his best to defend him.
Jewell looked at Zhang Tiehan who was joking with his teammates with a smile, and was also a little relieved. This young man is sometimes very reckless, especially in training matches. He was serious and motivated like he was in the competition. This is very good. He regards the training match as a competition. How many people can do this?
But he... is too strong.
It should be said that he is too strong, which makes other players feel headaches, so he often bumps and bumps and always has some problems. Fortunately, he has a good relationship with his teammates. Everyone knows him, but he won’t be really angry with him.
He is excellent, very outstanding.
He has great strength, good health, good endurance, strong long shot ability, and occasionally surprisingly sharp point-grabbing ability, etc. He is very strong in all aspects. The only disadvantage may be that his personal skills are not very good, his ball control ability is too poor, and his ability to cooperate with his teammates is also very poor, so it is difficult for him to play any role in offensive propulsion.
In comparison...the characteristics are more obvious than Ellington, but the disadvantages are also much more obvious than Ellington.
Ellington and Zhang?
Javier suddenly had a mouth, opened for a long time, his face was filled with surprise, and then another surprise and hesitation. He was struggling for a while, and suddenly stood up and waved to the stadium, "Stop! Stop!"
The training match was terminated and everyone on the court watched.
"What's wrong? Jewell?" Stbrun, who acted as the referee, ran to Jewell and asked.
Javier did not answer, but asked everyone to gather together and ordered, "Zhang, next you will be a pair of forwards with Ellington, Steven, you will be the Red team to play center back, Leiden, you will retreat some of your positions with Lee, let's try the 442 formation."
Everyone grew up and turned their heads to look at Zhang Tiehan standing aside.
Zhang Tiehan and Ellington are partnering with two forwards? Is this the rhythm of moving Zhang Tiehan from the back midfield to the forward?
Zhang Tiehan was also very confused.
His ex played the back midfielder, and he also played the back midfielder. Overall, he felt pretty good. He could use his strength in this position, but what does Jewell let himself play the forward now mean?
Zhang Tiehan was a little confused.
Javier also specifically reminded, "Ellington, you should retreat appropriately in your position and cooperate with the team to find opportunities. Of course, try to insert when you can. Always, you are the second striker, everyone else, no matter who you have the opportunity, drop the ball into the penalty area. Zhang, you stand at the front of the team, pay attention to grab points, pay attention to running positions, and of course, be careful not to offside..."
After hearing this, Zhang Tiehan was a little confused, but nodded.
No matter what you do, anyway, your ability is here. Jewell will hit the position wherever he wants to hit. Everything will be waiting for the ancient power of his body to be unblocked. When you have new abilities, your strength will definitely rise to a higher level. What you do will be considered at that time.
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