Chapter 7: New personnel changes may

Tang observed many players during the World Cup, and his eyes were mainly focused on those players who were not well-known and inexpensive. However, he was only responsible for providing such a list, and the one who really made the decision was Tang En.

In the past two seasons, Tang En already knew very clearly what the team’s weaknesses were, where positions needed to supplement personnel, or sell some people.

For example, in the Champions League match with Barcelona, ​​he deeply felt the lack of the thickness of his team's bench.

Let’s first analyze the team’s starting lineup.

In most cases, the Forests' starting lineup is traditional 442, with the two forwards being Viduka and Anelka. These two Anelka are world-class, and there is no doubt.

Viduka, however, has gradually been unable to keep up with the development of Nottingham Forest.

The Australian striker in the mid-range Premier League team can be the absolute main force and offensive core, but when he meets a stronger opponent, he reveals his personal lack of ability.

For the bench lineup, he is outstanding, but for the main lineup... Tang En feels that he still needs to reconsider it.

The midfield Forest is mostly in parallel with George Wood and Arteta in the center, one focusing on defense and the other focusing on offense.

Frank Ribery and Ashley Young are located on the left and right sides, and their excellent speed and assists are the main offensive methods of the Forest.

Ribery was the main player of the French team in the German World Cup and was a key figure in the team's ability to qualify from the group. His strength is no longer something else.

Although Ashley Young comes on as a substitute, considering that he is England captain Beckham in the right forward position, his ability should not be questioned.

This main lineup can definitely rank in the top five in the Premier League.

Let's look at the defender and goalkeeper.

Nottingham Forest's back line is very young, and the biggest one is the twenty-six-year-old Zimbonda, Pique and Pepe are both excellent young players, but sometimes they still lack experience, and the most important thing in the defense line is often experience.

Leiden Barnes and Zimbonda are the team's left and right full-backs. They are very diligent in their respective positions.

The goalkeeper is the familiar main goalkeeper of the Dutch national team, Van der Sar. As the number one patron saint of the Forest team, his performance is so outstanding that his substitute goalkeeper Paul Gerrard can't find any opportunity to keep his form.

Such a main lineup can definitely rank in the top five in the Premier League.

Therefore, the Forest team won the second place in the league last season, and it can be worthy of its reputation.

The second in the league, the second in the championship is proudly excellent, but the problem is also lies in this - why can only be the second in the league, not the first in the league? Why can only be the second in the Champions League? Can't be the champion of the Champions League?

Chelsea, who has a strong fortune and a strong foundation and has worked hard for many years, compared with Arsenal, Forest's performance in the past two years is very similar to a nouveau riche.

With their opponents' lack of understanding and contempt for them, and with their own sharpness and spirit, they rushed to this height in one breath.

If Don En is satisfied with this, he can continue to stay in the Premier League with this lineup. There will definitely be no problem with relegation. Then if he plays better every season, he can also participate in European competitions.

Is this the land that Tang En wants?

Not.

He wants to win the first place. He wins the championship and becomes the champion coach, rather than being a so-called "famous coach" who is familiar with him in China.

What should I do if I want to make the team's performance a step further? In addition to the adjustment of the main lineup, what is more important is to accumulate the thickness of the bench.

The experience of countless predecessors has proved an unbreakable truth - any team that suddenly rises and bursts of success must have an enviable main lineup, but when these nouveau riche passes over the world football like a meteor.

The reason why they succeeded and fell quickly was this powerful landlord lineup and the terrible substitute lineup that was covered up below.

As mentioned earlier, Nottingham Forest's main lineup can rank among the top five in the Premier League. Compared with this main lineup with unlimited glory and super strong strength, their substitute lineup is a bit...unreasonable.

The substitute strength on the front line may be the strongest on the three lines. The Danish talented boy Nicklas Bentner is undoubtedly talented, but he is still a little immature now.

Eastwood was seriously injured last season and did not make many appearances last season. Even after recovering from injury, they appeared as a substitute.

Both of them have no problem with their strength, but they lack a way to prove it.

The strength of the midfield substitute has begun to decline.

George Wood has never had a suitable substitute player. Icelandic player Gunnarson can count the number of appearances in a season without a finger. It is really hard to count on him to strengthen the team's strength.

The two most stable players in Nottingham Forest are goalkeeper Van der Sar and the other is their midfielder George Wood.

As for another midfielder Arteta... he and Albertini are in special circumstances.

Originally, Albertini was not a substitute, but an injury before the season caused a big explosion in the stubborn illness he had accumulated in his past career. His health was getting worse and worse, it was no longer possible to play a full season in a high-intensity and high-density league like the Premier League.

So Espanyol Mikel Arteta was temporarily straightened by Donne and became Wood's midfielder with the most partners in the league.

In this way, even if Albertini recovered from injury, he would inevitably play as a substitute. Because Tang En couldn't break up with the new midfield partners who had already cooperated more and more tacitly, and the effect was very good.

He and Eastwood indirectly confirmed the arrangement rules of Don En's "not judging personal preferences, only recognizing the players' condition and performance."

Albertini is an excellent and qualified substitute. His experience and skills are of great help to the team. This person who plays with his brain can fully complete the tasks given to him by the head coach in a limited time.

Such an outstanding player will only represent the Forest team for another season. It is Tony Donn's huge losses. He can spend money to buy a great player, but his experience is priceless.

Ribery's substitute is strictly Chris Commons, but this player who loves Forests is at most just at the mid-to-lower level in the Premier League. Despite this.

Don Eun didn't want to cleanse him, because the team needed such loyal people, and the fans also recognized Commons, who worked hard and loyal to the team. However, it was a bit uneasy to let him be Ribery's substitute.

On the other hand, you must be able to endure loneliness and be willing to be a substitute... Where can I find such a player? Who is willing to be a substitute? Who doesn’t want to be a main player? If you have the ability to be a main goalkeeper in other teams, why come to you as a substitute?

After the Champions League final, Tang En began to consider the candidate for a substitute goalkeeper. As a result, he went to China and finished the World Cup, but he still couldn't find the right person in his mind.

The name "Wang Dalei" flashed through his mind, but it was immediately rejected by him.

He is not afraid of buying Chinese players, not to mention that Wang Dalei is still very talented and potential at this time. After all, he is also a player named "the five most anticipated new stars" by FIFA.

The key to the problem is not Wang Dalei's ability, but he has no qualifications to play in the Premier League at all - because he does not play 75% of the international A-level events he participates in on behalf of the Chinese national team. Even if the Forest team really buys it, he will not get a labor certificate... And it is too wasteful to use the "special genius clause" for a substitute goalkeeper...

This is the current situation of Nottingham Forest's main lineup and substitute lineup.

Nottingham Forest has a fundamental defense and counterattack in the Premier League. In theory, Forest’s defense should be very complete and there is no need to put in any effort.

But this time, Tang En still decided to start with defense, deepen the thickness of the bench in defense, and enhance the team's internal competitiveness.

He didn't want these guys to feel that their main position was settled.

So the team's summer signings will start from the back line first, so I won't say much about the goalkeeper.

The position of the central defender also needs to be strengthened. Pepe and Pique are still young. Don Edward tends to find some older and more experienced defenders in the transfer market to make up for their lack of experience.

Then try every means to find a substitute for Wood, otherwise once Wood is suspended due to accumulated yellow cards or red cards, this may become a point of collapse in key games.

Think about the Champions League final... If George Wood had been sent off, Don wouldn't think that his team would have one less person than his opponent Barcelona.

If there is a qualified substitute, then in the final stage of the game against Arsenal, Donne can replace Wood with a substitute to minimize the risk.

Tang En's plan was done well, but he didn't have time to put it into practice.

When he wanted to start adjusting the team from the back line, a fact was placed in front of him, telling him that he had to change his plan and start from the forward line.

"Our reporters took pictures of two agents, brothers of French striker Anelka, walked out of the hotel with Benitez... This Spanish restaurant is Benitez's favorite place to eat in Liverpool. The question is what are the brothers of Anelka's two agents going there?"

If Tang En hadn't had to turn on the TV to watch sports games on a whim, he might not have seen this news. He would have been kept in the dark until the other side showed up.

So it is not difficult to imagine what Tang En thought when he saw this news.

He felt he was deceived.

He still remembers what he once said to Anelka - when you want to leave, be sure to let me know.

What's the result now?
Chapter completed!