Chapter 28: Mortals’ Thoughts

Thiago Silva has been a little depressed recently. He found that his position in the locker room was under a very serious threat. The threat is not not from those teammates who are together day and night, but from the head coach who has returned strongly.

In just two days, Tang En found many players to talk to, all of whom he joined the team after leaving the Forest team, but he did not call himself. It is obvious that his position in this person is at the bottom...

In addition, what made him feel uneasy was the players who were originally surrounded by him leaving him one by one. He felt that he was no longer a core figure in the locker room.

As a central defender, 33 years old is actually not considered old and cannot play because he has rich experience and can make up for the shortcomings of physical fitness by relying on positioning and awareness and prediction. But Silva could clearly detect the new head coach's neglect of him, and he did not intend to start. The Forest team lost to Aston Villa away in the last game. The focus of the media's attack on Done was on offense, believing that the team lost the game not because the defense line was not qualified, but because the offense was weak. This made him have no excuse to attack because the fact is indeed the case.

Silva has two years of contract with the club. He originally planned to fulfill the contract at the club and then retire directly, but now it seems that even if he wants to stay in the Forest team, no one wants to keep it...

He wanted to remind Tang En very much about his position in the team, but he had no appropriate excuses or reasons. He decided to continue waiting and watch coldly. As long as the head coach's performance is not good, the voices against him will definitely rise again and he will step on it again...

He just lost a game, and if he loses the next home game, the day he wants will probably not be far away.

Anyway, in the past few seasons, the Forest team has not seen any champion, so they have seen many new head coaches. He doesn't mind having another new head coach.

"We have been practicing defense for a whole week, and some players are worried that they will not be able to solve the problem of weak offense when they play on weekends." David Chris Lark reported the concerns he collected from the players to Don.

"How is it possible? We still have offensive training arranged in our daily training." Tang En shrugged disapprovingly. "Okay, I admit that our offensive mode is much simpler than the previous few players... But the simpler it is, the more effective it is in the current situation. They should be able to understand this sentence in the next game."

Tang En stopped talking, buried his head in the pile of information, and continued to study his future opponents.

Chris Lack shook his head at Eastwood next to him. It seems that they can only hope to win the home game. Once they lose the game, then the overwhelming criticism will come like they are. I believe that Don Eun must be very clear about this?

Tang En studied for a while, looked up and found that the two assistant coaches were still there. He seemed to have thought of something. So he took off his glasses and said, "Okay, I will explain to them in person in the tactical class in the afternoon."

Only then did the two assistant coaches say goodbye with relief.

Tang En looked at the backs of the two of them and found it a little funny. It seems that the pressure on his shoulders is quite high. All those who care about him hope that he can win. And all those who hate him want to lose the game at home...

So have you felt the burden brought by this pressure?

Tang En put his hand on his left chest, and his heartbeats a little faster.

In the afternoon tactical class, Tang En gathered the players and began to explain to them the ground tactics to be used in the day after tomorrow's game and the purpose of training in the past few days.

"Some people think we have been practicing defense for a whole week, so we feel that the current situation of weak offense still cannot be changed? Is that true?" Tang En stood in front of the blackboard. He asked as he looked at the players. But no one answered this question.

It’s one thing to complain privately, but it’s another thing to question the head coach in person…

"But in fact we also practice offensive routines." Tang En spread his hands. "Isn't Mario fixed in the position of the second striker? There are also offensive routines on the wing... Haven't you all trained seriously?"

"No, boss!" Seeing Tang En frowning, the old player knew that if he didn't express his opinion, it would be miserable. So Bale quickly stood up and denied it.

"Since that's the case, why do you think our offense is still weak?" Tang En asked again, looking at Bell, who made the kid stand up by himself?

Poor Bell did not do it well, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"This tactic is too simple, and we can easily be studied thoroughly by our opponents." Finally someone answered Tang En's question, but the person who spoke was not Bell, but from the place behind Bell.

Tang En turned his head. At the same time, Bell also turned his head to see the person who was talking.

Thiago Silva's face appeared in Donn's sight.

Don En was not surprised by this. He felt that this Brazilian would definitely find another opportunity to challenge his authority. This time it was a good opportunity for him.

Donn looked at Silva and asked him: "Before me, your football play was very complicated. When the ball possession rate was at its highest, it even hit 70%. He had the advantage in the scene, and his offensive routine was dazzling... What is the result?"

This sentence made Silva speechless.  The results before this were really bad.    Everyone knows this.

But the question is whether Tang En's results will be better after he comes? At least from this game. No. But Silva cannot continue to ask Tang En this way. After all, Tang En is now the team's head coach. Unless Silva is mentally prepared to completely fall out with Tang En, it is not the time to continue to get entangled.

Silva wisely chose to shut up and wait and see. He was patiently waiting for the next opportunity.

"I admit that the offensive tactics you practiced this week seem too simple, but under the current circumstances, I don't think it's appropriate to kick the offense like acrobatics. What we need is to score goals, not pass fifty shots back and forth in the opponent's penalty area. Then pass the football to the opponent's goalkeeper. Simple, direct, this is what I require for you in the offense. Our forward has a height, so I ask you to make more crosses from the wing, whether it's to let Mitchel create a shooting opportunity or let him return the ball to Balotelli and other midfielders who are plugged in. I don't want our forward to always turn the back to the offensive direction and then compete with the opponent inch by inch. There is no need for that!"

Tang En waved his hand, "We have air superiority. Why should we rub against them on the ground?"

"We are playing defensive counterattacks, not full attacks and all defenses with large pressure. Many times, when we get a counterattack opportunity, there may be only two or three people in the frontcourt. In this case, using the fastest pass to tear open the opponent's defense line, find the gap and form a shot is what you should do."

In this forest team today, few people have experienced the years when Tang En coached the Forest team for the first time. At that time, defensive counterattack was the Forest team's label. If they were still those old players, then Tang En would not have the chance to stand here and say a lot of things, because for them, these are nonsense.

The situation is different now. There are too many new players and they must be allowed to accept Tang En's trick. Otherwise, they will hesitate on the court. Unable to unify tactical ideas, losing is naturally natural...

"If we can score a goal with one pass, why do we have to pass three passes back and forth? If we can create a threatening shot with three passes, why do we have to pass more than twenty passes without stopping? Our football is a football full of efficiency. Everything will delay the pace of the game and delay the opportunity of fighting will not work for me. So I hope you will change the style of playing football that you are used to. I cannot accommodate you. Here you are the only one who can adapt to my path!" Tang En pointed at his feet.

Although he has only been re-sponsored for more than a week, he acts more like a master than the players who have played here for four years.

It is truly worthy of being King Wilford, here it is like in his backyard.

After Tang En said this, he waited for a while. He was observing the performance of the players, and no one stood up to refute his words. This made him very satisfied.

"Since everyone has no different opinions, I will talk about the tactics we will use in the next game - long pass and rush..."

Many people think that the Donn Earth team cannot win the game at the Crimson Field. At most they can get a draw. The local media in Nottingham are already promoting the argument that "even if it is just a draw, it is a precious victory for the current Nottingham Forest."

In the past, Tony Donn's most determined ally, The Nottingham Evening Post, after four and a half years of vacuum, seemed to be a little uncomfortable and didn't know how to keep pace with Donn.

The argument that “even if it’s just a draw is a precious victory for the current Nottingham Forest” comes from Pierce Bruce.

In fact, after the article he wrote was published, Bruce was waiting for Tang En to call him and scold him nervously. But until the game day, he didn't wait for the phone call.

He thought Tang En must be too busy and didn't see this article, which made him a little disappointed...

In fact, Tang En didn't see it, but he watched it three times. If it were a few years ago, he would have picked up the phone number at hand and called Bruce. Then he scolded him on the phone, telling him that he must keep pace with his team. But Tang En has not done this now. On the one hand, after experiencing a lot of things, his mentality has changed a little. On the other hand, the team's future belongs to Tang. Why should he, as a transitional coach, be unable to get along with the local media?

The local media in Nottingham Forest prefers Tang En, and their words are still very good. Foreign media will not care about it, throwing all the unpleasant words they can think of at Tang En, and then they all waited for gloating to see Tang En make a fool of themselves at home.

"I can foresee what kind of cheers Tang En would get when he returns to the Crimson Field, which must be shocking. But if you think about what he will treat him after ninety minutes, I think this is interesting..." Carl Spike said in his pre-match show. "Just like the sequels of most classic movies are bad, a legend comes back, and such a bad plot usually won't have a good ending. Ah? I just said he is a legend? OK

Well, since he led the team to win the World Cup championship and was about to be awarded a medal by the Queen, he can also be regarded as a "legendary" evaluation... But this is not important, the results only belong to the past. His reputation is not only able to help him stabilize the locker room and bring more attention, but his reputation cannot guarantee that the team will win. When he loses again and again, his reputation now can only become the last straw that crushes him... I am definitely not exaggerating. I believe Mr. Tang En must also agree with my statement very much, right? Ha!"

Spike is the most representative and most harsh guy among the people who oppose Donne.

Other doubts reached a climax before the Forests faced Middlesbrough at home, and hit Nottingham Forest. These are all clichés, nothing more than "The Nottingham Forest today is no longer the Nottingham Forest, and Tony Don is no longer the Tony Don of the former." "Nottingham Forest fans should not blindly worship someone, and should not give too much hope." "Middlesburg's ranking is higher than Nottingham Forest. Although it is a home game, the Forests should consider not to lose, not win"...

"Analysis based on common sense, they are right." There is still half a day before the afternoon game begins, and the team is resting in the hotel where the team is staying. Chris Lack is having coffee and chatting with Donn to kill time. Chris Lack said this about the media's accusation.

"Yes, analyze it with common sense." Tang En nodded, "But this is the idea of ​​mortals. You know why some of them are just failed coaches, and some can only rely on grinding their mouths to make a living, right?"

Chris Lark didn't react for a moment.

Tang En continued: "Before the war, I thought that we could only draw at most and we would definitely lose. Before the war, I thought that the people we wanted to lose would lose even the underwear. Mortal? Hey, it's a pity that I am not!"

He looked at the reporters outside who wanted to come in but couldn't, and snorted.
Chapter completed!