Chapter 69 A performance match

In fact, to celebrate the completion of the new Nottingham Forest stadium, the Forest Club had already made such an agreement with the English Football Association half a year ago - after the completion of the new stadium, the England national team and Nottingham Forest were invited to have a friendly match. Tang En knew about this, but now he has forgotten it after changing his identity.

The match with England is just one of the celebrations, and the others include the Forest's jersey changes parade, honor exhibition, veteran gatherings, etc. A very grand celebration.

When Tang En was still there, he would be one of the protagonists. Now that he has left the Forest Team, these things naturally have nothing to do with him, although more than half of the honors in the history of Nottingham Forest Club were won by him.

Now that he is going to return to Nottingham, he is not excited at all. He doesn't know what the fans of Nottingham Forest will view his departure. He has never disclosed the truth about his resignation in the media. He does not want to completely break up with Evan. It is not a personal grudge, but just a disagreement. On the other hand, the consideration is that this is not a big deal. This is a resignation, so there is no need to make the city full of storms.

But ordinary fans will definitely not think so. In their hearts, Tony Tangen is the spokesperson of Nottingham Forest. Now that the spokesperson has left, their sky will collapse. There will definitely be someone who will not forgive him. Tangen has a self-knowledge in his heart.

He can only smile bitterly now - why did he arrange such a game? Destiny really makes people teased.

"The match against England?" John looked at Bill.

Burns' forest bar is active again, as the new season is approaching. More and more people come here to drink and chat on weekdays, and they look like they are booming in business.

"You forgot too?" Bill looked at his old friend with some excitement, "To celebrate the completion of the new stadium, both sides of the game are us and the England national team."

"It's interesting." John responded without comment.

"It's not just interesting? It's so interesting!" Bill clenched his fists and waved it, "I have to give that guy Tony a look!"

"Are you still complaining about that?" John thought Bill was very bored. It happened more than a month ago and he still missed it. "Tony must have a hard time."

"I don't care what he has to do!" Bill screamed. He looked a bit like a hysterical woman. "That was a naked betrayal!"

His statement was approved by some people around him, and they all agreed. John opened his mouth and finally decided not to care about them. He picked up the glass and walked to the bar, put the glass in front of Kenny Burns. “One more glass, Kenny.”

Burns filled him with wine silently.

"They forgot that Tony once brought land honor to this city, although it was more than a month ago." John murmured.

"Some people like him, so naturally some people hate him. This is what it means to the present and the future." Burns smiled like a philosopher.

"I don't want to go to that game anymore. I can't accept such a scene - people who had previously supported him unconditionally are now scolding him. I think Tony will definitely be very sad." John was not in a high mood.

"So you're going even more." Burns advised. "You have to let him know that someone still understands him."

"Ahem.  " Fatty John coughed.   "Actually, when I first learned the news, I was much more angry than the thin man.    At that time, the thin man advised me to do it.   How did it become like this now?"

"Because of Tony's 'indifference' to Nottingham Forest, right?" Burns continued to wipe his wine glasses that he had never finished for a hundred years and said casually.

John was stunned for a moment, and then remembered. Since Tony resigned, he has never mentioned the name "Nottingham Forest" on any occasion. It is like he has never appeared in his eleven years of coaching career. Perhaps it is precisely because of this "indifferent" attitude that angered people like Bill.

But John understood better.    It was not Tony's indifference, but his mood was complicated.    He had coached this team for eleven years, how could he forget it? But he couldn't keep talking about this team after leaving, as it would put huge pressure on the new coach.   It was not good for the new team to start again.    He wanted to use silence to try to weaken the huge influence he left to the team.     The players were all led by Don En. As long as he said something in the newspaper, even if he was no longer in Vilford, the players would definitely put his words first. In that case, how would Martin O'Neal do his job?

But unfortunately not everyone understands this.

He looked back at those who were still discussing what slogans to make to laugh at Tang En while the competition was being played. Another doubt arose in his heart. The doubt had been in his heart for many days, and he had never known the answer.

If I had known today, Tony, why did you leave? What troubles could you not solve? Eighteen years of ups and downs, heart disease has been overcome. Why can’t you get through this twelfth year?

"Some people say that Tony's resignation was because of a conflict with Allen Adams, but I want to say that they have always had conflicts? Haven't they left for so many years, so why are they quitting now? Do those people in suits and ties never think about us fans?"

"He's fine, he's gone. What should I do if Nottingham Forest? He's happy to see the results drop?"

"I know he has difficulties, but I don't think such difficulties are enough to support him in making the decision to resign. Compared with other clubs, his power is already great enough."

"If he had to leave, he could choose to wait for another season to leave. Why did he leave when we just won the Triple Crown? I can't describe my mood at that time. It was like I was just amused by someone, and then the same person immediately slapped me twice in the face..."

Until now, the news about the news that Tony Tangen and the club contract expired and will not be renewed, fans have left messages to express their opinions one after another. For Tangen, most of them are messages that make him unhappy.

This may be the scene that Nottingham Forest Club hopes to see. They held a press conference in advance and proactively announced that they had failed to renew their contract with Tang En, and they also turned against each other. They changed their passive to active ideas. In this way, everyone would obviously think that the main responsibility lies with Tang En, who has been hiding, while Nottingham Forest is like an innocent girl, who was bullied and can only cry out in this way.

Anyway, Tang En's image has always been bad. If he hadn't stood aside with those people, almost no one would like him. Everyone supported him before because everyone was in the same trench, but now since they are not in the same trench, it is inevitable that they will not look at each other horizontally.

Evan and Allen didn't want to bear the charge of forcing the meritorious coach to leave. Since that's the case, just let that man with a bad image take it - he was going to leave himself. We gave him the best contract in England now, but he didn't appreciate it and wanted to leave.

Such a decision is difficult for ordinary people to understand, but who made Tony Tangen not an ordinary person? His ideas must be different from those of ordinary people. Using general standards to measure the words and deeds of this weird person, you will conclude that he is a madman. This is why Tangen is called a "madman" and "character coach". He is destined not to be understood by most people.

Nottingham Forest arranged five warm-up matches this summer, and was sandwiched between England. It was the first game since the new stadium was officially opened. Originally, this game was not valued by people. England could not train for several days for this game. It was a team that was temporarily pieced together. Even the lineups in the World Cup were not enough. Such a game was worthless for preparing for the new season.

But suddenly, because Nottingham Forest changed the head coach, because Tony Donn became England's new head coach. This game became highly anticipated.

Major media gathered in Clifton, southwest of Nottingham Forest, to participate in the game. Evan will definitely laugh happily because of Tony Donne. The new Nottingham Forest Field has received another free publicity, and the effect is better than the publicity activities he deliberately arranged.

Martin O'Neal, the new head coach of Nottingham Forest, has his own ideas about this game.  The team's performance was not good in the previous two warm-up matches, one lost and one draw, and has not won.   There are already doubts in the local media.    He is eager to win this game to relieve the pressure. England will not play with all its strength.   Such a game can enhance the team's confidence.

There is another reason that O'Neal feels that he must win this game - England's head coach is Tony Donne. This is the first head-on confrontation between the two new and old Nottingham Forest coaches, and perhaps the last time, O'Neal must use the victory of this game to make those who are obsessed with their ex forgetting their name.

He has been taking over the Forest team for almost a month, and he is increasingly discovering how much influence Tony Don has on this team. The team that defeated Don is a good way to tell the media and tell the players - now I am your boss.

"It's just a casual game, but the boss prepares so seriously..." O'Neal talked about tactics above, but the people who listened below were a little absent-minded.

"It's always a good thing to be serious."

"I feel nervous if I get too serious."

The players were whispering.

"If the boss is there, most of them will be on the youth team. Then tell them to play casually."

Someone immediately put his finger on his lips and signaled the person who said this to shut up. "Boss" is a word that no one wants to mention. They call Martin O'Neal "Boss". Instead of "Boss". In Nottingham Forest, only a special head coach can be called "Boss", Tony Donne is such a special head coach. But in today's Nottingham Forest, Tony Donne is a name that is prohibited from mentioning. No one forced them to do this, it is just a hidden rule in the locker room.

O'Neal heard a whisper below and looked up at the player.

The sound disappeared immediately.

O'Neal did not pursue the source of the sound, and he continued to explain the tactics.

The players were quiet for a while and then continued to get together to bite their ears.

"Hey, you say...what will the fans treat him if the boss comes back? I heard that many people hate him..."

"Don't you blame me?"

"I? Cough... I was a little bit at first. Now, now I think about it... players can transfer, why can't the coach?"

"You're so forced."

"Shut up. "

"I think... Actually, I don't know what the boss thinks. Anyway, I feel very complicated when I see him again. I'm still not used to the boss's style. No one in the locker room said something loudly to us, so I feel uncomfortable..."

"I don't care what you think, I really want to be honest. I'm very happy to see him again. Maybe I'll give him a hug." It was Pepe who said this.

"Well, do you think the boss still has a chance to come back to coach?" Bell suddenly asked this question. The voice disappeared all of a sudden.

Some people pretended not to hear, while others looked at Bell with a very interesting look. Bell shrugged: "Okay. Just pretend I didn't ask."

When his teammates were whispering, only Wood was not involved. He always looked at O'Neal, as if he was listening to his tactics seriously.

But in fact, his heart was in a state of uproar. He wanted to try hard not to listen to those discussions, but the voice penetrated into his ears and then evoked the memories of that person in his heart.

He sent him home and advised him to go to school in the car, which was childishly more like a child than himself. He met his mother for the first time. It actually aroused his inner sense of crisis, as if one day he would lose his mother. When he was not hoping, he opened a window for himself and left a note for him to come to him. When he experienced his first failure, he planned to give up, but he grabbed his collar and told him not to give up. Don't give up, otherwise he would be a gangster in his life...

If someone wanted to write a biography for George Wood, two-thirds of the content would probably be without the name of that person. That person was just his coach, but his status in his heart was better than his father. Wood had never enjoyed fatherly love all day. But from Tony Tangen, he vaguely realized it.

He didn't know very well why that person left, because that person never let others touch his inner world. But Wood wanted to stay in the forest team, and he wanted to prove that the person's departure was wrong, or that he was guarding something.

Just thinking about it all, he didn't listen to what the head coach said just now. Anyway, his mission must be the same - intercept the opponent's attack and set up a midfield barrier. Protect teammates around him and participate in the attack by himself if necessary.

O'Neal's use of him is no different from that of Donne. It cannot be said that O'Neal has no level, but Donne has almost played the role of Wood to the extreme. If you want to change it, you can only make Wood completely give up defense and focus on offense. But no coach would agree to do this, because leaving Wood's defensive talent alone is the biggest waste, and waste is shameful.

O'Neal looked at Wood who was listening to him carefully and felt a little relieved. At least the captain performed well. As long as the captain was still on his side, the locker room would not be too messy.

In fact, the person he was most worried about at the beginning was George Wood, and the outside world knew the relationship between Wood and Don. Some media described them as "father and son". He was worried that if Don was gone, Wood would also leave with the transfer. In that case, the team's future would be bleak.

Fortunately, Wood did not leave and signed a new contract with the club.

As long as Wood is there, O'Neal doesn't care whether others leave or stay.

After talking about the tactics, O'Neal planned to say something else.

"I hope to see a victory in this game."

After he finished speaking, there was a silence below. The players finally set their sights on him.

These eyes have all the meanings. O'Neal looked at them, "I know this is an irrelevant exhibition game. But I hope you understand one thing - no matter what kind of game it is, you must prepare for victory. You are a champion team, a team that pursues victory. That's it."

Everyone turned their eyes back.

They muttered in their hearts: Why do they look so similar to those who are talking to the boss?
Chapter completed!