Zhang Tiehan is somewhat puzzling.
Dever also specifically told, "ellington, you should retreat from your position properly and cooperate with the team to find opportunities. Of course, you can always try to insert when you are the second striker. Everyone else talks about who will drop the ball into the penalty area when you have the opportunity. You should pay attention to grabbing points at the front of the team and running. Of course, you should also be careful not to be offside …"
Zhang Tiehan listened blankly but nodded.
I don’t care what I do. Anyway, my ability is here. Dever can play whatever position he wants. Everything will wait until the ancient strength of the body is unsealed. Besides, when I have new ability, my strength will definitely rise to a higher level, and then I will think about what to do.
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Chapter 51 Double happiness
Just as Dever was experimenting with new tactics, an old man walked into Nelson’s office, dressed in a cool vest and shorts. It was Dave Whelan, the president of the club, who was very casual and fashionable.
"How is Nelson recently?" Walked into the office Whelan directly asked
Nelson quickly welcomed Whelan in. "Mr. Chairman, everything in the club is working normally, and the team’s performance is also very good. We are the fifth in League One, and many sponsors have noticed that according to this situation, it seems that the club is developing in a good direction."
Whelan nodded with satisfaction. "I also watched the team game two days ago. It was a draw, but the team can’t watch a game. From the results, I must admit that it’s really good to guarantee."
"Paul led the team well. He brought the team from Division B to Division A and made the team a hot spot for promotion," Nelson also said.
"But the team seems to be in some trouble. Do you know the oriental young man who performed well?"
Nelson asked blankly, "Is it Zhang?"
"Call him Zhang. I’ve heard a lot of fans call him that name. What other’ hard an’ should be him?"
"It’s Mr Whelan. That young man is very nice," Nelson said. "He’s the player Paul asked for. I brought him to Wigan. It’s a worthwhile deal."
Whelan looked at Nelson Yaoyao’s head and said, "Nelson, you can’t regard everything as business. Football is a business, but it is also an exciting sport. We have a lot of supporters. We can’t just run the club as a company."
"What do you mean …?" Nelson is not white.
"Nelson, you know I was a football player when I was young. I was also good and strong. Blake played for me. It’s a pity that the FA Cup final …" Whelan said with some sadness, lost in memories of his youth.
Nelson knows what this is.
At present, the old man over 60 was also an excellent professional player when he was young. He was a member of the powerful Blake at that time. When Blake reached the FA Cup final last season, Dave Whelan made his debut to represent the team. In the middle of the game, Whelan had an accident and broke his leg. Later, Whelan had to retire.
Later, Whelan succeeded in running a sports store from scratch for more than 20 years, but his love for football has never changed.
In 1985, Wigan took over Wigan Athletic in Whelan, the fourth league, and said to the fans, "I want to lead the team to the top in my lifetime." He has been working hard at this goal.
"My dream is to make the team get good results and make every Wigan fan happy. This is my wish. I am not good at running the club. I gave you the profit and Paul the profit of running the team. I hope you can work together to help me realize my wish." Whelan sincerely said, "I won’t interfere in the club management, but you are a pure businessman. I still need to wake you up about all things, such as that young man. He is very good and can be recognized by Wigan fans. The players are very good."
Nelson suddenly interrupted him and looked at Whelan carefully. "Dave! I know what you’re going to say, but it’s my business. What kind of contract I sign with a player of the team has my standard, and my standard is whether he can bring benefits to the team, and that young man shows strength in line with this, so I have to sign a long-term agreement with him to keep him! This is the same as business negotiation. Is it no different from football and not as white as you? "
"Maybe you are right." Whelan thought for a while or said.
Nelson explained with a sigh of relief, "Mr Whelan, I also know that the young man is excellent, but he didn’t show the corresponding strength, especially in attack. If he is a good defensive player in League One, he can buy two for four million pounds. Of course, if he can perform better than expected, I will never be stingy with a big contract!"
Whelan nodded. "Well, Nelson, you talked about me for the time being, but I still think that young man is very good. You must keep him. He is very important to Wigan Athletic and Paul’s team. I don’t want to see you quarreling with Paul because of this. That is the most important thing for the club."
"No, Paul and I have always been very tacit," Nelson chuckled.
……
Whelan’s arrival did not affect the team’s training. For two days in a row, Dever was experimenting with new tactics, that is, putting Zhang man of iron in front of the striker.
But the overall effect is not very good.
Zhang Tiehan is very uncomfortable with his new position. After all, he has never played a striker and he doesn’t know what to do in the game. Sometimes one person who doesn’t pay attention is offside. When he pushes the defense, he can run well. Often, even if he is’ seeing through’, it is very difficult to win the point, let alone shoot.
Dever is very satisfied.
The performance of Zhang Tiehan’s training ground is constantly improving, which is clearly visible to the naked eye. Occasionally, the ball hits the spot well. However, the header is not accurate, but it is easy to practice, which is much easier than the foot shot. After all, the header is not too precise. Even if it is a good shot, Zhang man of iron has this potential. His body is too good, and it is often difficult to stop him from grabbing the ball because of the foul.
But the training time is too short.
Near a league game, Dever had to go back to the original tactics and let Zhang Tiehan play the back training for one day. The next day, they met their opponent Norwich at home.
Norwich is a strong team!
They now have the same points as West Bromwich Albion, only two goals short to rank second in the league. This kind of opponent is very difficult to play, even at home at jjb Stadium, Wigan Athletic should be treated with great caution.
There are still some problems in the offensive end of Wigan Athletic’s revitalization game. The other side’s defense is too tight and there has been no good chance.
It was not until the middle of the half-time that Dale made a counterattack to make the ball wonderful. ellington behind the opponent got a single-handed chance to score the goal, which made all Wigan people very excited. Unfortunately, Norwich equalized the score with a long-range shot only one minute later.
Neither team scored again.
……
"The game! Wigan Athletic and Norwich’ 1: 1′ tied hands. One thing is that this is the third consecutive draw of Wigan Athletic, and the outstanding performance in the previous game. Wigan Athletic No.13 almost disappeared in the game. He did not continue his magical performance and did not score in three consecutive games … "
"… Zhang had a hard time getting the ball in the frontcourt. He didn’t integrate himself into the team’s tactical system. He was very weak in silently defending the offensive end. He was very fast, but he didn’t have room to play against the powerful Norwich. Fortunately, he defended in the backcourt."
"We can’t expect too much from young people, but Zhang’s performance didn’t meet the fans’ expectations. This young man, called’ Hardan’ by Wigan fans, can also make some contributions to the team’s defense."
Wigan fans were as depressed as if they had lost the game when they drew Norwich, so the team was quite acceptable, but they were just not happy.
Perhaps as the commentator said, Wigan’s athletic performance did not meet expectations.
They expected the team to beat powerful opponents one by one, sweep the whole League One and finally upgrade to the Premier League, but it was another draw. They have had three draws in a row, which is far from what they expected.
Zhang Tiehan crouched on the grass and gasped.
Many people watched him with fans, coaches and teammates. Zhang Tiehan was worried that the former Zhang man of iron had been the focus of attention in the nearby media, but there was no special performance in three consecutive games. Everyone knew what the media would say.