Football: The Journey of a Coach

12. Neil Warnock's Offer

    After communicating with everyone for a while, Daniel Ward said goodbye first, and first he went to the bar at Selhurst Stadium to have a drink with Warnock.

Many stadiums in the UK have some additional facilities. The English are good at wine, and bars are even more important. There may be more than one bar in the stadium. Some of these are internal bars, which can only be enjoyed by VIPs.

 Now that the season hasn't started yet, the Warnock and Daniel Ward bars are the usual stadium bars. After a football game, there is no business in the bar, there are only a few people.

Daniel Ward ordered a glass of beer, and sat down at the bar table and took a slow sip. Previously as an office worker he did not drink much. He only started drinking when he came to Croydon in this era.

Just drink a little, in a few minutes, Warnock arrives.

 "Sorry, Daniel, I'm delayed by a few minutes!" Warnock greets the waiter and orders a beer.

“I just arrived!”. Daniel Ward raised his glass, and Warnock touched it.

"You did great today!". Mick Jones joked that he would not talk about work, but Warnock talked about work first.

"Thank you!. Mr Warnock, we were so lucky to win today!. This game is not important to Crsytal Palace." Daniel Ward said honestly.

 "Are you planning to continue working at Croydon ?!". Warnock asked. He is still unsure if Daniel Ward wants to focus on football. Croydon's part-time coach doesn't get in the way of Daniel's main business.

“No, after this game, I plan to go to a professional club or go to Italy to study!”. Daniel Ward shook his head and replied, why keep his own ideas at the moment, his chances are rare, he quickly revealed his plans .

"Oh, are you sure you want to become a professional coach ?!". Warnock understood Daniel's plan, "It seems you haven't found a suitable job opportunity yet ?!. How?!. Daniel, are you interested in coming?. Here I am, you can join my coaching staff! To be honest, you performed really well today!"

This was not what Daniel Ward had been waiting for, but before he agreed, Warnock said again: "I want to give you a job opportunity, I want to give you a job opportunity, but I have to tell you in advance that maybe this job won't last long!".

"Mr Warnock ?!". Daniel's confused.

"You should also know the current situation of Crystal Palace!". Warnock said while drinking.

Daniel Ward immediately understood that Crystal Palace's upper echelon was uncertain, and Warnock's future, as head coach, was also uncertain. It's hard to say how long he can stay at Crystal Palace.

"Mr Warnock, I know something about Crystal Palace!. But I'm still happy to learn from you. To be honest, I originally wanted to apply for a job from you today!". Daniel said frankly.

"Oh!". Warnock was surprised by Daniel's candor, and was also surprised that Daniel had such intentions long ago, "So, today's game is rather interesting!".

Faced with Warnock's ridicule, Daniel Ward was quite embarrassed, "I studied Crystal Palace seriously!. I also made some arrangements. In general, today is really lucky ..."

"Daniel, stop talking about luck!. You are too humble!. I've been leading a low-level team for a long time, I can understand that it's not an easy task to do what you've done!. So you're really good, I just heard in the dressing room that you've been leading Croydon for a few days!". Warnock said with no self-assertion.

"There's no denying that you won this victory today because my team didn't have any performance at all, but your correct tactical response and on-site scheduling are also one of the key factors!".

"Daniel, can you tell me how you did that?." Warnock asked with a smile.

This topic has been developed in depth.

"How to bring together the thinking of the entire team, and how to make tactical assumptions and choices based on personnel... ".

Warnock himself listened and thought.

According to him, Daniel's success still has some prerequisites. First of all, Croydon is an amateur team. The minds of the players can be said to be much simpler than that of professional team players, because they do not take money.The purpose of playing football is also quite pure, unlike professional players who think about many things, the goal of playing football is also quite pure, unlike professional players who think about many things, it is difficult to control persuasion.

Second, Daniel is the acting head coach, and has nothing to do with the whole team. Frankly, he does things not for himself but for the team. It is easy for these players to have a sense of identity. Think about it, he's just an agent and works really hard. The players have nothing to say.

Lastly, Daniel Ward is a local, too many people on Croydon's team know him, and everyone will keep his face. Everything happened by chance, and in hindsight, Warnock also felt that Daniel's success must have been there.

“If Daniel continues, Croydon can be promoted next season!”. Warnock firmly believes that if Daniel Ward continues to be Croydon's head coach, much will have to be done.

It is easy for teams in low-level leagues to get promoted or relegated, as there is not much difference in strength between them. Some small positive or negative factors in world football will be magnified here. It is not impossible to aim for this year's relegation and upgrades next year.

Daniel Ward's current tactical level is sufficient to bring Croydon to qualitative improvement. In just ten or twenty days, Croydon had improved significantly. This is one of the reasons Warnock believes so strongly.

Daniel Ward and Warnock spoke with great joy, and Warnock spoke more excitedly, he was pleasantly surprised by Daniel's deep football knowledge and variety of tactical ideas.

Anyway, it came ten years later. Daniel not only has a deep knowledge of Daniel's football, but also all kinds of knowledge that Daniel Ward himself learned in an era of information explosion. How can we not surprise old man Warnock?.

Warnock is also learning, but he's not as complicated as Daniel, he's already shaped his own philosophy and vision of football.

"Daniel, you have to come up with some ideas yourself!. Well, but it's too early to talk about this, it's all a process of accumulation!" warnock.

Daniel Ward nodded his head. As a head coach, it is best not how many championships he has won, but to set up his own philosophy and set his own style to attract others to emulate. There are not many coaches like this in football.

Daniel Ward is not after this at all, he just wants to pursue the happiness of coaching, like playing football manager games, he just wants to lead various teams to win, he just wants to lead various teams to win, what style of speech is not important to him at all.

Drinking after the game suddenly turned into a long conversation. The two chatted for a long time, until Joey's phone call interrupted their conversation.

"Sorry!. Mr Warnock, I have to go!". Daniel said goodbye to Warnock.

"Hey, we've been talking for a long time!. It's time I got home!". Warnock looked at his watch, and it was indeed late, "Then I will be waiting for you at Crystal Palace!. Nice talk today!"

"Me too!". Daniel Ward held out his hand, "Thank you so much for giving me a job opportunity!. This way I won't have to wait anxiously to reply to a job application email!".

"Email job application?!. Who did you send it to?!".

"Crystal Palace!".

"Haha, now that Simon Jordan is trying to sell the team, it's perfectly normal for something like this to happen!". Warnock laughed, though,

"Maybe you should have emailed Arsenal or Fulham or Chelsea to try.try!".