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Chapter 3 Conquering the coaching staff with data

Now Leeds's heyday is still quite complete, so Oliley can always guarantee the top five results in the league. Oliley, a very friendly head coach, never suppresses players like Ferguson. His policy of handling the relationship between coaches and players is "persuasion education". In the Premier League, which is still a patriarchal management, this method is rare, and Oliley's unique personality charm can make him go all the way. There is always a kind of person in this world that will make you listen to him. Oliley is such a person. Of course, this does not mean that he will not get angry.

Ollillie brought two rosters to Song Shiwan, one of which was a Leeds United player list and the other was a Ferdinand candidate provided by Leeds scouts. However, Song Shiwan only took one of them. This list contains too many memories... Leeds United's current roster of players.

Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson, Nail Martin, Danny Milosevic.

Defenders: Gary Kelly, Ian Hart, captain Lucas Radbey (the captain's armband returns after Ferdinand leaves, the old captain of Leeds before Ferdinand), Jonathan Woodgate, Danny Hay, Danny Mills, Dominic Matteo, Michael Dubery, Frazel Richardson.

Midfielder: Olivie got Dacott, Harry Cowell (if you can't remember, think of Liverpool's Cowell), Lee Bowyer, Stephen McAfell, Jason Wilcosk, Eric Barker, Seth Johnson, David Barty, Burns, McMaster, James Milner.

Forwards: Robbie Keane, Bridges, Viduca, Alan Smith, Robbie Fowler, Fran.

Looking at this heavy list, Song Shiwan seemed to remember the nights when he first became a data analyst staying up late to watch the game, those years, those times when he talked with his colleagues, those days when he couldn't get in touch with the players but had to regard himself as an expert... He was fascinated, and then all kinds of data began to float in front of him, even including the value of these players!

A moment later, when Dave walked back to the training ground in Yaqi Town with the calculator, Song Shiwan took it without even saying hello, and then his hands began to typing the calculator's keyboard frantically.

Pa, pa, pa, pa...

"Vidic? No, no... The data overlaps with Woodgate and cannot complement each other." Since Woodgate, who is a newborn calf, is not afraid of tigers, swept the penalty area, Song Shiwan wants to find a central defender who can complement Woodgate for Leeds United. This is also the reason why he did not allow Olilet to introduce Lucio. Woodgate was a player who swept the penalty area when he was young. He often appeared in positions that did not belong to him to make key steals. If Lucio was introduced, loopholes were easily found on the defense line, so he had to let Olilet introduce a safe central defender and use the coordination of two central defenders to completely lock the entire penalty area.

"Italian central defender? No, it's 2002 now, and Italy is still holding the last glory of the Little World Cup. Although Manchester United has won the European Champions League in 1999, the Italians seem to have not realized that the Little World Cup has collapsed. In fact, the Italians in the world finally believe that the Little World Cup collapsed."

Song Shiwan was muttering like a god, saying that he had read the names of more than a dozen people in a row, but he finally rejected them all by himself. At this moment, the players also entered the court to prepare for training. The players who had not yet entered the locker room began to stop around the coaching staff to watch. They didn't know what the group of coaches were doing around the assistant coach.

"Diselli!"

When Song Shiwan shouted out his last name, his eyes lit up.

Deselli, who is already 32 years old, currently plays for Chelsea. In the past two years, the talented central defender Terry, who is leading Chelsea in the past two seasons. Chelsea performed well in two seasons. Although he helped the team not to enter the top of the standings with amazing surprise, Chelsea also performed well in a fair manner, especially this defense line is even more eye-catching. Now Terry has just occupied the main central defender position at Chelsea, and Deselli has also begun to look old. In fact, since the 2002-03 season, Deselli has begun to fade out of Chelsea's main lineup, and even played only 15 games in the 2003 season.

Such an old central defender will not be too valuable in the later stages of his career. Chelsea now does not have Abraham's financial support, and Ken Bates will definitely want to get rid of this high-paying burden. After all, Terry has become a talent. What Chelsea needs is to build a new defense line with Terry as the main focus, rather than watching Deselli get old and catch Terry's partner now.

Deselli's experience can just make up for all the loopholes in the defense when Woodgate rushed to defend. One fierce and one steady has always been the best combination on the defense line. Carvalho and Terry belong to this combination.

"Head, I think Deselli is the most suitable for us at the moment, especially when we only have..." Song Shiwan didn't say further. He saw the players around him. There were many of them playing in the center back. If they knew that the coach did not trust them, but went to spend money to buy people after Ferdinand left, or spent money to buy people when the defense line was overcrowded, this blow would have an emotional impact in the locker room.

Oliley looked back, looked at the players around him and pointed to his watch and said, "The training time is three minutes left. Have you forgotten the rules?"

At that moment, the group of young men took big steps and ran to the locker room. The team doctor beside him cursed anxiously: "You lunatics, you can't sprint so anxiously before you warm up!"

"Are you sure it's Deselli?" Ollillie asked. He was quite satisfied with the main central defender of the World Cup champion France team, but he was afraid that Deselli would finally fall into his hands.

"Even with experience and being able to bring these young men, it would be worth it even if they smashed all the 4 million they had in their hands!" Song Shiwan was extremely sure.

Oliley nodded heavily and said, "Okay, I want a detailed data report. I need to get off work today, so you can prepare it."

For Song Shiwan, this is not necessary to prepare. A player like Deselli who has won the World Cup is the favorite research object of data analysts. He wrote it down with a pen without thinking. When he finished writing Deselli's comprehensive data, he found that the training ground had begun. The players warmed up, trained, and grouped. Finally, the main players put on the red vest, Song Shiwan realized that there was an in-team match today.

Both sides stood in place, Ollillie stood in the middle of the court as the referee, and just as the whistle sounded, the players on both sides launched a fierce confrontation.

The main players are Paul Robinson; the defense is Ian Hart, Woodgate, Dominic Matteo, and Danny Mills; the midfielder Cowell, David Barty, Dacott, and Lee Bowy; the forwards Robbie Fowler and Viduca.

On the other hand, the substitute lineup is the former main goalkeeper Martin now; the defense is Frazel Richardson, Danny Hay, Lucas Radbey, and Gary Kelly; midfielder Seth Johnson, Burns, Milner, Eric Buck; forward Robbie Keane, Alan Smith.

Since it was a training match, it was not so rigorously divided. Ollillie did not arrange the position according to one high and one fast or his own tactical combination. He just divided the regular main players and substitutes into two groups. Now Robbie Keane is still young, while Alan Smith was squeezed out of the main lineup by Liverpool's Robbie Fowler. Viduca's score of 22 goals in the 2000-01 season guaranteed his position, which led to his current layout.

Shortly after the game started, Milner was very active on the court. He even forced David Barty to use fouls on him several times. But the young player refused David Barty's rough visitor and dared to resist the collision. He was just 16 years old and showed an unimaginable general style on the court.

Milner is not Bai Ding. He made his first appearance for Leeds United in November 2002. His youthful face may still be remembered by old fans. Milner still maintains the second youngest appearance record in the Premier League.

Milner, who received the ball in the midfield, faced David Barty again. I don’t know what happened today. The main lineup was frequently suppressed by the substitute lineup, and several tactical counterattacks were quickly extinguished. The main lineup could not raise its head at all.

Just the same second as Milner dribbled forward, David Batty appeared in the midfielder. Milner suddenly threw the ball to the right in the area 35 meters away from the goal. David Batty moved his feet horizontally for just one step, and the gap between his legs was instantly penetrated... Swish!

The football was changed direction by Milner's violent knock, and turned his head and rushed through David Barty's crotch. Then Milner quickly inserted it and passed through the crotch!

This beautiful extraordinary person did not make Milner stop and stop and watch, but chose a pass line that was not very exciting for Ollie. After crossing David Barty, he directly passed 25 meters and stuffed the ball into the penalty area. This pass even made Woodgate not react.

Beep!!!

The whistle sounded at the same moment. Robbie Keane was about to insert it, but the whistle almost flashed.

Milner looked at Ollillie with grievance and said, "Head, I didn't foul!"

Oliley let go of the whistle in his mouth and let it sway in his chest while walking, saying, "Don't move anyone." He walked to Milner and hugged Milner's shoulder and said, "BOY, I didn't say you were fouled, but what is the most important thing for a midfielder? Vision! That's right, your straight pass of 25 meters and nearly 30 meters was very handsome. My mother wanted to applaud you, but I can't do this, I will harm you. Look at your left, Seth is waiting, and Eric on the right is ready to go, your straight pass is beautifully hanging them out of the whole. The overall situation, this is what you need to improve, do you understand? Otherwise, your straight pass that is comparable to a shot will never appear at Robbie Keane's feet, but falls into Paul's arms. Do you understand?"

Ollillie is such a friendly coach. He can always make people think that what he says makes sense without realizing it.

"Dave, please help me, I'll go and see if Song has done it."

Throwing the whistle to Dave Harrison, Ollillie walked to Song Shiwan's side, sat on the turf with him and asked, "How is it?"

After Song Shiwan handed the paper to Oliley, Oliley saw three tables on this paper. This is the most comprehensive analysis of a central defender, such as stability, defensive position, interception, intercept cross, intercept high-altitude cross, blocking long shots, bravery, determination, and defensive dominance... As long as a central defender has attributes, there are all on this table!

Now Olilet was completely stunned. This table was equivalent to drawing the player Deselli directly on the paper, or even on the paper in extremely detailed details!!

"David, are you sure what you said to James just now?" Song Shiwan turned his head and asked.

Oliley stared at the data in her hand and said, "What if?"

"According to the data, it is impossible to achieve your requirements. He is 16-year-old James Milner, not 30-year-old Zidane. You can't let a 16-year-old Milner do the job of 30-year-old Zidane. He can't control the rhythm of the midfield and can't rely on his own vision to schedule. You have also walked from the age of 16? Did you see a midfielder who can fully control the initiative of the game? At this time, they prefer to pass, assist, and goals. So the best way is to let them only find the line closest to the goal after passing. They don't need to control the whole game, they just need to send a fatal pass, and assists often appear on one line, not many... Uh, I don't know if what I said is correct, and I don't know if I explained it clearly, but that's what I think."
Chapter completed!
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