Football: The Journey of a Coach

47. The Current Situation

“Sean, to be honest, is this an idea from Daniel?!”. On the way to the office, Lawrence asks Derry, he always feels there is a shadow of Daniel in it.

 During the two-day break, the coaching staff not only discussed and drafted a training plan for the next period, but also discussed the issues Daniel was thinking about, namely the league and the League Cup.

If you move to a bigger club or a club with a tighter organization. You have to discuss with top management about the general strategy and direction of the season, but with the current state of Crystal Palace, Daniel has enough power to make a decision.

Daniel doesn't want the team to play on two lanes, he wants the team to focus on the league. There is no need to bother spending energy and time on the league cup

In fact, the League Cup is also quite prestigious. Derry and the veterans firmly disagree with giving up on the League Cup.

These old players know that their time playing football is not much anymore, so they want to get at least one precious memory during a career in football.

Imagine how glorious it would be if Crystal Palace could win the league Cup with their help. And this is the right time, with the team coming into the quarter-finals, the chance to be champions is wide open.

The championship division has a total of 46 rounds to play. Many of the following matches will be played twice a week.

There are not many games left in the League Cup, only four games left to become champions. With home away only in the semi-finals, Crsytal Palace only needed to win one game in the quarter-finals to advance to the next round.

Listening to everyone's debate, Joey always felt a little strange. Daniel has always said that players cannot understand their opponents clearly.

Oh, the opponents are all easy, let you reach the finals! Let you get into the big two! The game is played one by one!.

 Joey doesn't hide it, and says what he thinks at the meeting, which puts Speroni and Derry to shame. First After each game is played, let's talk about it step by step. Is the team qualified to talk about any strategy? !

So the discussion about who is in the league Cup or league is over.

 Lawrence had a discussion too, so of course he knew, so he asked this question.

"He still wanted both in his heart! He said he would use this as an incentive to inspire everyone!" said Derry as he spread his hand.

    "Hey!" Lawrence's stunned.

“Hey, I can't believe you don't want ?!” Derry disagrees, even though he's the one who started and has some ideas, who doesn't want to

"I'm afraid these kids won't be able to withstand the pressure!" Think Lawrence.

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This plan was discussed by the veterans personally with Derry, he felt it was inappropriate for him to mention this kind of goal in front of the players, because it would be the pressure he puts on the players.

As a veteran, but Derry mentioned it. However, the effect is very different. This is a goal that has been set by the members of the joint team.

 

Lawrence was worried about the pressure.

 The answer is yes, of course. At the end of the season, the relegation situation and the promotion situation will become clear. Everyone in a team that goes up and down tends to slack off. The season is too long and the staff are too tired . After completing the task, the person will relax psychologically. It is impossible for everyone on the team to be so loyal to the game.

"This team will be our team for next season. They are young and have not suffered any setbacks. I don't think it's a good idea for them to relax!."

"Prepare for tasks that seem difficult will help them improve concentration. Be it on the training ground or in the game, the practice they get will be much more effective! " Joey and Lawrence looked at each other, not expecting how cunning Daniel was.

" If you want to start the path of a professional coach in the future, psychology is essential. If a team wants to succeed, there are many factors that affect it. A coach should be more than just knowing the tactics and commanding in place! Management is the most important thing! If we want to be successful, we must stimulate the vitality of each member!" Daniel explains why he is silent.

In the information explosion era, he had to pay more attention to this aspect when he was determined to become a coach, he had read many autobiographies of players and coaches.

Crystal Palace wanted to improve, and the first opponent on the road to step on the opponent was Scunthorpe.

Scunthorpe has a 100-year history since its founding, but they have long been in the low-level league in history. They were not promoted to the English Championship until the 2006-07 season, and they were relegated back to League One the following season. Promoted to the Championship from League One promotion play-offs.

His strength is relatively weak.

But at the moment, they have almost the same points as Peterborough, only twelve points behind the caretaker. All have not been relegated. It's only natural that Scunthorpe has to do his best at home.

The match was very deadlocked, and they got the Crystal Palace routine. Their head coach, Nigel Adkins, has coached the team for several years.

Crystal Palace are in good form recently, and Adkins has also learned how to set up buses on his home pitch. After all, he had positioned his team quite accurately. After all, he is an underdog, so I will stick around.

It was impossible for Crystal Palace to improve the quality of their attacks in just a few days, so Daniel did not dare to be rash. He adopted the same tactics as in the second half against Peterborough, reducing possession, direct attacking, and giving priority to ensuring defence.

No team has been the controlling team, and there are a lot of similarities in their style of play, so the scene looks like English style, with a lot of long passes, he said, but their levels are still limited and they are making more mistakes.

 But luck sided with Crystal Palace today. In the 45th minute of the first half, Wilfred Bony was intercepted by an opposing player while dribbling into the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty to Crystal Palace. Alan Lee did his job. Help the team lead the score.

In the second half, Scunthorpe were still playing very carefully, they might have wanted to wait for Crystal Palace players to get exhausted before attacking.

The disadvantage of Scunthorpe and their team is that their defense is unreliable and their attack is not bad, but today Adkins changed his usual style of play and provided far less support to the attacker, which made their attack smoother .

Later, Scunthorpe put a lot of pressure on Crystal Palace, but soon Vardy received an assist from Deco on the counter-attack, and with one more win, the game ended without any suspense.

2:0, the process is very difficult, but the ending is happy, Crystal Palace got three points on the road. Sticking tight to the teams in his top position.