Tang En thought for a long time. Nowadays, he has scored a lot of excellent strikers and frontcourt players, but there are few good central defenders. The defenders he is familiar with are simply impossible to buy with the current league ranking, reputation and financial resources of the Forest team.

I can only dig from the opponents of the Forest team in the League One. Tang En sighed and missed the scout tools in FM... After all, manpower is limited, not as convenient and fast as the computer system comes. Thinking of this, Tang En suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind - why can't he imitate FM and cm and build a scout data system by himself? Enter the player information found by the club scouts into the computer system, and enter the player name, age, hometown, location, clubs he plays for, technical characteristics, game videos, media related reports... all of them are all updated every year. When the coach needs a player, you can directly find it in the computer system. Isn't this much more convenient? It can also save a lot of manpower and material resources.

Thinking of this, Tang En decided to mention this plan with Evant the next day, spend money to entrust those program companies to build such a system and apply for patents... If the effect is good, it may be promoted to other clubs. It will be fine to make some money at that time.

The training is fully responsible by Walker and the conscientious coaching team. In addition to meeting with the coaching team every morning, holding a meeting, and reviewing today's training schedule, Tang basically interferes with the team's training.

At the beginning, the players who only came to the team this season were still a little uncomfortable, so where was the team's head coach who didn't care about training? But soon the veteran players who were on the Forest team last season told them: The boss is such a head coach. As long as he can win, whether he comes up to practice in person during training or watch in a suit and tie off the court?

Yes, there are many types of head coaches, and some head coaches don’t like to train the team themselves. They usually systematically formulate training plans and then hand them over to the assistant coach. For example, former Barcelona coach Dutchman Van Gaal. Some coaches also have no training plans and like to participate in it in person. They may adjust their training ideas at any time, such as former Barcelona coach and current Newcastle coach Bobby Robson.

Done is obviously somewhere between them, but as his experience grows, his approach to training should gradually move closer to Van Gaal. Although he himself doesn't like this Dutch coach very much...

There are fewer days when you can see the sun in the sky. It is always wet on weekdays, with rainy rains and wet weather. When you open your mouth and talk and breathe, there is already obvious white air spurt, and the temperature is getting lower and stronger day by day, and the end of the year feels getting thicker and thicker.

Christmas is coming, this is the most important one in Western festivals. It is equivalent to the Chinese Spring Festival. A strong festive atmosphere is everywhere in Nottingham City. Lights are decorated everywhere. A Christmas tree more than ten meters high has been erected in front of the Victoria Shopping Mall in the city center. The colorful lights are hanging high. After the lights are on at night, you can see the light flowing from the Christmas tree from afar. The lights in the city almost illuminate half of the sky, so the scene will only appear in the ancient city of Nottingham on Christmas.

A small Christmas tree is also placed in the club's training base, and the club is full of small gifts prepared by the club for the players. Don't know if the Forest Club had such a tradition before, but judging from the players' surprise performance, it is probably part of the "team public relations" mentioned by Allen Adams.

The outer packaging of each gift contains the players' names, from the first team to the youth team, everyone has them. The coaches' gifts are delivered directly to their offices and placed on their desks.

In the lobby of Building 1 of the training base, the players were happily rummaging around the Christmas tree for their gifts. Whenever someone found it, they would raise it up and cheer, and then couldn't wait to disassemble it. The gifts were not many, basically they were greeting cards with a gadget. It was not very valuable. But the club's intention still made many people feel warm in their hearts.

Tang En looked at these "New Year's" players and stood at the gate with a smile, not urging them to go to the training ground. No matter how much their weekly salary is, most people are still children after all, and sometimes they need to relax if they should relax.

Today is December 24th, the last day before Christmas, Christmas Eve. The team only trains in the morning and will have a half day off in the afternoon. The next day, the team continues to have a holiday on Christmas morning. The players don’t come back until the afternoon to gather and then prepare to play Norwich away. It was a game in the 25th round of the League One.

Tang En saw George Wood outside the crowd. He had not had time to go back to the youth team since he returned to the first team. But he still felt relieved to see Wood, who was much more mature than before in any aspect. Chris Lark values ​​Wood as much as he does. With him taking care of him, he should not have to worry about this kid not having the ball to play.

George Wood did not rush with those people, but waited outside, while looking around, looking like he was looking for someone.

Tang En felt that he must be looking for him, and Wood saw him and walked straight forward.

"Hi, Merry Christmas, George." Don said hello.

"Merry Christmas..." Wood wore a club-fadi winter sports jacket and put it on his body thickly, but there was no bloated feeling. On the contrary, he was 1.86 meters tall and after a year of professional training, he looked powerful - he no longer looked "like" a professional player. "Do you have something to do at night?"

Tang En spread his hands: "No. I am the only one, what can I do."

"...My mother invites you to have dinner at home in the evening." Wood hesitated for a while, and still expressed his purpose for finding Tang En.

Sophia? When he heard this news, Tang En immediately thought of the night when he was alone with Sophia. He immediately smiled and said, "Okay, tell your mom, I will go tonight."

But Wood did not walk away immediately, but stood in front of Donne and continued to look at him.

"Is there anything else, George?" Don asked him.

Then Wood turned around and returned to the Christmas tree. There were few people there, and he easily found his gift. Then he took his Christmas gift, turned around and left here, and returned to the youth team training base.

Tang En looked at his back, shrugged and walked towards his office.

After pushing open the door, he was startled by the scene he saw. The table was filled with all kinds of gifts, large boxes, small boxes... and even Christmas tree potted plants with ribbons!

To be honest, Tang En was very moved. A head coach, in addition to his self-satisfied accomplishment, can also make him feel that everything he did is worth it and feel that it is worth it. What is the only thing that acknowledges, players, fans, and clubs admit that you have: you have all our hopes, you are the head coach of Nottingham Forest, not an unknown boy who doesn’t know where he emerges!

Looking at the gifts on the table, Tang En knew that he, the "new" coach who had led the team to play two games, had already gained the trust and support of the team. Is this just because he led the team to win two consecutive victories? No, in the London subway, when he faced the drunk Millwall fans and stood in front of everyone in the team, Tang En didn't know what the players were looking at his back.

Abandoning players for their own future is not uncommon in the cruel world of professional football. Coaches are always used to sacrificing players and seeking benefits for themselves. And Tang En chose to bravely stand up and protect his players when facing life-threatening danger. Maybe he did this only because of Gavin's death, but in the eyes of the players, this man is the head coach who deserves everything they have to do to help him win and help him become famous. If he says, "Guys, I need you to win this game." Then no matter how powerful the opponent is, they will fight with confidence and firmness.

The gifts come from players, coaches, team doctors, club chairmen and marketing managers who have not yet taken office but have actually started working. Most of them are just cards, but Tang En still takes apart one by one. It’s as happy as receiving greeting cards from a girl she likes when she was in school.

Sergei Rebrov: Thank you, sir, for your confidence. I once regretted coming here and thought I was just wasting time. But now I am very glad that I played football under your hands. Merry Christmas, I wish you a good mood every day.

Des Walker: Merry Christmas, Tony! Although I will leave the team after this season, the experience I want to work with you is my valuable experience. I have learned a lot from you. I hope that one day we will still work together. Remember, we are the best partners!

Evan Dogerty: Tony? Don’t forget our plan! Victory! Victory! We will become the best club chairman and head coach. Also, Merry Christmas!

Alan Adams: Merry Christmas, Tony. Hopefully, we will surpass it in the UK at this time next year. By the way, your suggestion on building a player database system has both excited Evan and I. It is a really good Christmas gift. I will fly back to the United States after Christmas to do this.
Chapter completed!