In early August, Newcastle United's preparations were in full swing, and the whole team focused on physical and tactical training, and it was about to play two warm-up matches in a row.

Alan Smith believes that to sweep European football, we must start with the warm-up match, pass more to Zhen Shaolong and cooperate with Zhen Shaolong to play the game. It doesn’t matter whether we can score goals or what performance is. The key is to show a positive attitude and make Zhen Shaolong have a good impression of himself, so that he can truly become friends.

Friends are the first step.

Next, we can look forward to one day when Zhen Shaolong can teach him the mystery of kung fu.

Alan Smith considered it well, but before the warm-up match began, he waited for a disgusting guy. No, he should be said to be a disgusting new teammate.

Joey Barton.

Joey Patton is an idol star who played in Manchester City's youth training. He has excellent technical strength and has also had the experience of entering the England national team. At the age of 25, he is at the peak of his career, but he is a player who was abandoned by Manchester City. Manchester City chose to give up him not because of his skills, strength, level, but because of his personality...

Extremely bad!

If England wanted to be a "bad boy" selection, Joey Barton would definitely be on the list and would be very high. French Football's evaluation of his value was 10.6 million pounds, while Manchester City only charged 5.8 million pounds, just like throwing away a hot potato and reselling him to Newcastle United, which urgently needs to strengthen its strength.

Joey Patton has a very bad reputation.

There is an idiom saying, "Hearing is false, seeing is true." Joey Patton looks worse than hearing. On his first day of joining the team, he showed the potential of a thorn.

"I want to use this cabinet!"

Joey Patton said, pointing to the cabinet above.

"That's mine!" Smith hurried over to confirm the ownership of the cabinet.

"How about giving it to me?" Joey Patton held his eyes, as if he was giving orders.

"No."

Alan Smith is not easy to mess with either.

The two looked at each other for a long time.

Patton nodded with his lips and said, "Okay, you'll come first, let it be. Spicy!"

Smith almost swung his fist in anger.

This is just a corner of the conflict in the locker room. Patton spoke with a 'superiority', as if everyone else was about to give in to him, and he would do whatever he wanted.

God is the boss!

He is the second child!

This description should be considered more appropriate, because he spoke to head coach Allardyce in a similar tone.

The head coach doesn't care, everyone else?

A group of ants...

No one in the entire team was willing to talk to Joey Patton. He completely showed what it means to be ‘super dissatisfied’. Joey Patton seemed to care at all. He maintained a proud expression for a long time and was very casual when he was alone.

Joey Patton became a private topic for the players.

Smith said a few words to Joey Patton about the cabinet issue, and almost got furious. I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the cabinet that Patton chose was next to him.

Patton is particularly 'unhygienic'.

Every time I came back from training, I put my smelly socks and underwear directly on the entrance of the cabinet, and was close to Smith's cabinet, which made Smith smell the odor many times in a row.

"Zhen, we want to teach him a lesson!"

"oh."

"You must teach him a lesson, this guy is so annoying!"

"oh."

Zhen Shaolong just listened.

Smith found that Zhen Shaolong was unmoved, suddenly remembered Alan Shearer's bet and immediately said, "What's the matter with one thousand pounds? Let's beat him together!"

“…”

Zhen Shaolong looked at Smith blankly, and said with his lips pulling, "Do you think I'm a hired thug?"

Smith wanted to say 'very much like', but he tried to push up the price, "Or... two thousand pounds?"

"Ahem..."

"Three thousand pounds?"

"I am a professional player, not a thug!" Zhen Shaolong emphasized again, and then said, "Wait for the opportunity... I mean, in fact, I want to teach him a lesson, but we can't just beat him up? That's illegal, I don't do illegal things. So I have to wait for the opportunity, mainly because he didn't come to provoke me, I have no reason..."

Zhen Shaolong explained a lot.

"All right."

Smith could only nod in depressedness.

Next, Newcastle United played two consecutive warm-up matches, with the opponents being Milton Keynes and Bristol Wanderers. Both opponents have long names. Their tactics are probably to use long names to defeat the opponent's brain cells and finally win the game.

Zhen Shaolong understood this way. He forgot his opponent after playing the game.

Of course.

It doesn't matter which team your opponent is.

Most teams in the top league will choose teams in the lower league during the preparation period. It is best to have a large difference in strength. One is that the team can play easily and the tactical effects can be revealed. The other is that victory and scoring more goals can bring confidence to the entire team.

Newcastle United won consecutive games and scored a total of seven goals.

Newcastle United’s warm-up is still highly concerned. Many media have come to conduct interviews and watch the game on site to judge Newcastle United’s preparations.

After two warm-up matches, you can also summarize them.

The best performer is Milner, who frequently breaks through the wings, creating direct threats to his opponents, and has one goal and two assists.

Next is Michael Irving and Zhen Shaolong.

They both scored two goals.

Michael Irving played for 80 minutes and has been very active. The media also began to look forward to Irving finding his past state and striving to return to his peak period.

Zhen Shaolong played for fifty minutes, with an average of twenty-five minutes per goal, showing shocking efficiency.

but……

The media's comments on Zhen Shaolong's performance were not all praise, and even criticisms and doubts accounted for most of the time. He was out of place with the entire team and had very little cooperation with his teammates. He was in a "transparent" state for most of his time.

Two goals are hard to say.

One relies on his personal ability to score a long shot outside the penalty area, and the other is a "luck balloon". The opponent's clearance ball hit him and quickly rebounded into the goal.

The influential British Guardian questioned, "Although Zhen Shaolong scored two goals, the only thing we saw was his footwork was good."

"Of course."

"Last season, the Bundesliga and the League Cup, efficient striker who broke the record, must be the world's top shooting ability, but we need to see that he can quickly integrate into the team to have stable and excellent performance, rather than occasionally shooting, and kicking a goal with hard strength or luck..."

The comments from the Daily Mirror were a little better. They affirmed Zhen Shaolong's personal strength. "Not everyone can score in that position to shoot," and then said, "In the new season, Newcastle Lenovo has achieved good results. It must integrate Zhen Shaolong into the team as soon as possible, and Irving and Zhen Shaolong must cooperate with each other."

"The two played together for 30 minutes, with almost no cooperation at all. They are even more strange than their strange teammates."

“…”

Newcastle United's coaching staff are quite satisfied with the situation in the warm-up match.

Zhen Shaolong's integration is a problem, but he has also shown his strength. The long-range shot is direct evidence. As for integration, you can take it slowly. The season has not officially started. The team has only gathered for half a month to train. As time goes by, his performance will definitely get better and better.

Other players performed well.

Needless to say, Irving and Milner, Smith and Gremy, who just joined the team, supported the midfield strength while also allowing the formation to be smoothly connected in front and back.

This is exactly what Allardyce hopes to see.

The satisfaction of the coaching staff does not mean that the players will be satisfied. Of course, there is nothing wrong with players who perform well. They will also have expectations for the new season, perform poorly, or even have no chance to play...

Joey Barton!

Patton was the most dissatisfied with the team. The team played two warm-up matches and he didn't get any time.

This is normal, too.

Joey Patton has just joined the team, and it took less than a week. He has staggered the tactical training and needs to be integrated into the team step by step.

Patton didn't think so, "I should appear! I'm not an audience member when I came to Newcastle!"

Not only that, Patton said, he also got angry in the locker room and threw all the clothes on the communal table on the ground, most of which were his own, but also Milner's jerseys.

Milner picked it up with a little anger.

The two looked at each other.

In the end, Milner turned around in a pity and said nothing had happened.

The Premier League is about to begin.

Many media have made previews for the first round, focusing on the "Premier League Final Four".

Newcastle United has received less attention. They want to challenge Bolton away, and the game is basically not particularly interesting, but for any team, playing the first round is a good start, and the coaching staff will start preparing for the game one week in advance.

Zhen Shaolong is also looking forward to the first round.
To be continued...