Based on his previous memories, Bai Ye probably knew something about the Premier League's winter window, with major players recruiting.
Manchester City purchased Ivory Coast striker Bony from Swansea for 28 million pounds, becoming the top bidder in this Premier League winter window.
The £27.5 million paid by Chelsea to sell Schürrle to Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga became the highest price paid by a Premier League team in this transfer window. At the same time, the Blues also bought World Cup assist Wang Kua for £26.5 million. Delado sold Bertrand for 11 million, and also disposed of Salah's contract, with a net income of 11 million, becoming the biggest winner of this transfer window.
Tottenham signed Alli, who was very popular in Tottenham later. Real Madrid spent 100 million euros, but Tottenham Chairman Levy did not sell him. But later, Ali was transferred to Everton by Tottenham for zero transfer fee. In the end, Everton did not want him, and he was exiled to the Turkish Super League, and finally disappeared from everyone.
Manchester United has lost the madness of last summer. This is a generally calm winter window with occasional ups and downs. The joining of strong reinforcements, the farewell of Xuerle, and the return of Thornton...
But these have nothing to do with Bai Ye.
Bournemouth wants to introduce a central defender in the winter window to enhance the team's defensive strength, but there are currently no good candidates and the team's finances are limited. So at the beginning of the winter window, they only rented a forward, 30-year-old Kenwayn Jones, from Cardiff City.
It only cost the team 490,000 euros, which is a pretty good value for money.
When this player was young, he played for Sunderland and Southampton, and he has no problem being a substitute in the Championship.
However, Eddie Howe was also a little dissatisfied with such a transfer investment and complained many times to the team's sports director. Now the team is in urgent need of manpower!
Especially the defensive players, the team is currently under a lot of pressure!
But the sports director has his hands full and no money, what can he do?
Eddie Howe had no choice, so he frowned before the start of the FA Cup match. This January is a devilish schedule for Bournemouth!
Six games in total!
All four games were against strong enemies!
First is the league. Bournemouth needs to face Watford, who is currently first in the league, and Norwich, who is second!
Next is the EFL Cup, facing Chelsea!
The Premier League's top team! !
Moreover, if Bournemouth wants to gain something in the FA Cup, they will have to face an FA Cup match against a Premier League team in January.
Can Bournemouth survive such a schedule?
No matter how much Eddie Howe believes in his players, seeing this schedule, he still feels numb.
The players themselves also know that in the first month of the new year, they will work hard!
First game in January.
Bournemouth will face fellow Championship team Rotherham away in the third round of the FA Cup. This is probably the easiest game for Bournemouth this month. The second easiest is still League match against Rotherham!
Bournemouth will start January with two consecutive games against Rotherham, one in the FA Cup and one in the Championship.
Before the game, many media predicted whether Bournemouth would give up this game.
"Bournemouth's current lineup is completely insufficient to support the team's third-line operations. If they want to go further in the league, they will inevitably give up the cup. This is a trade-off that a small team must make. .”
"Bournemouth will face a devilish schedule this month. Not only will they face strong opponents in the English Championship in a row in the league, but they will also face stronger opponents in the Premier League in the cup.
This is a losing situation for any team in the Championship. There is no need for Eddie Howe to forcefully consume the main players. Winning streak is both an honor and a huge pressure.
Bournemouth's winning streak is about to be ended! "
"Eddie Howe and his Bournemouth may completely collapse during the devilish schedule in January!"
Many comments, complicated.
Many fans outside are also paying attention to the situation of this team and feel that no British Championship team can withstand such a schedule.
Even if there is a super potential newcomer like Bai Ye, it won’t work!
The only ones who still believe in Bournemouth are probably the Bournemouth fans. They believe in the team and that Bai Ye can survive!
Of course, what they believe is that the team will not fall behind in the British Championship and will not collapse due to such a losing streak in the schedule. They themselves think that they can still maintain a winning streak, which is simply a fantasy.
at the same time,
In addition to these remarks discussing Bournemouth's schedule, what is more popular about Bournemouth is the transfer of Baiye.
Many teams have made offers to Bournemouth, and many reporters are also reporting that Bai Ye may leave Bournemouth and join other teams.
For a moment, Bournemouth fans were in panic, fearing that Bai Ye would leave the team at this juncture.
Even Bournemouth's sporting director and Eddie Howe said in interviews that Bai Ye will not leave the team this winter.
But everyone still didn't believe it.
Until the night before the game against Rotherham, Bai Ye posted an ins.
"I am with you!"
The accompanying picture shows Baiye himself celebrating with a dense crowd of Bournemouth fans in front of him.
This can be regarded as a disguised way of saying that he will not leave the team.
This Instagram immediately became popular among Bournemouth fans, who came to like and leave comments one after another.
And Bai Ye also pinned a reply to the top. This is a fan asking, "Won't you leave in the winter?"
Bai Ye replied with a Biye expression.
This also made the fans who saw the news immediately feel relieved.
"I love you Bai Ye! You are the pride of Bournemouth, and our whole family is your fan!"
"That's great! With you, we can continue to advance in the league! I believe we can definitely enter the Premier League!"
"Bai Ye's stay in the team is our biggest signing in the winter window! No one can compare to Bai Ye!"
"Hahaha, this is the happiest news I've seen today!"
"You can sleep peacefully, have a wonderful night!"
Bai Ye was able to send this news because Eddie Howe told him that it was best to stabilize the hearts of the fans.
The current Bournemouth senior management is really enjoying themselves. Fortunately, they did not sign a liquidated damages clause with Bai Ye at that time. Otherwise, there may be a team that wants to force the liquidated damages clause and take Bai Ye away directly.
However, considering that this was Bai Ye's choice, it seems that even if there is a liquidated damages clause, as long as Bai Ye doesn't want to leave, no team can take Bai Ye away.
the next day.
Bournemouth visited the New York Stadium, home of Rotherham United, a team located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, central England, to start the first game in January and the first FA Cup match!
Rotherham United does not have any historical honors. Like Bournemouth, it is an ordinary English team, but it is a lifelong memory for countless local fans.
This team was formed by the merger of two local teams. One was the "Rotherham Football Club" established in 1870, and was later renamed "Rotherham Town". It had three seasons in football in the 1890s. Playing in the league, the other team was "Thornhill" founded in 1877, renamed "Rotherham County" and joined the Football League Second Division in 1919. The two teams eventually merged in 1925 to become the current Rotherham County. Ham United.
Facing the English Championship team, Eddie Howe showed no mercy. After a few days of rest, the players' physical recovery was in good condition.
At the New York Stadium, the fans in the Rotherham Stand were silenced during the first half!
0-3!
The stark score on the scoreboard left Rotherham fans feeling silent.
Bai Ye scored one goal and two assists, and Wilson scored twice!
Helped Bournemouth get off to a good start in the first game of the FA Cup!
In the second half, Bournemouth took substitutions, but still scored a goal and successfully kept the opponent clean!
0-4!
A big win, taking away the victory from New York Stadium!
And four days later.
Bournemouth replicated today's results at the New York Stadium, using half of their main lineup to win the league 2-4!
Bournemouth's winning streak continues!
But they will soon face the most difficult schedule. Their first opponent is the current second-placed team in the English Championship, Norwich City.
After defeating Rotherham twice in a row, some media are still badmouthing Bournemouth, because everyone knows that Rotherham is just a weak team, and this is just the beginning.
The real challenge lies behind!
Can Bournemouth handle it?
No one knows, including the Bournemouth players themselves.
But Bai Ye knows that he can't lose. The new five-game winning streak treasure chest has already been won two times in a row. He still has three games to go before he can open another one!
After defeating Rotherham, their opponent in the next round of the FA Cup is the Premier League team Aston Villa. They defeated Blackpool in the previous round and successfully advanced.
The game against Chelsea was after Aston Villa.
In other words, as long as Bai Ye can win the next three games, he can open another treasure chest when facing Chelsea!
The next three opponents are Norwich, Leeds United and Aston Villa!
They are not opponents that can be easily dealt with!
Before the game against Norwich, Eddie Howe said in an interview with reporters: "The next game will be difficult, everyone knows it, and in the media reports, Bournemouth's victory has been written down. Went away as if we had lost the game.
But I want to say that the game has not started yet and we will not give up every game! We will work hard to win every game for the team, the fans, and ourselves!
Those who think we will lose can come out and say it after we actually lose, maybe in the next game, or maybe in a later game, but I hope they will never show up! "
soon.
On January 15th, Bournemouth sat at the Vitality Stadium at home and faced the challenge of Norwich City, which ranked second in the league!
On this day, the entire Vitality Stadium was packed with people!
Even outside the stadium, many Bournemouth fans who did not buy tickets came to support the team. This game is the beginning of the devil's schedule, and the fans hope to accompany the team!
Seeing this situation, the Bournemouth team hurriedly rented a huge screen outside the stadium, and prepared a large open space for these fans who could not enter the stadium, so that they could watch the live broadcast of the game outside the stadium.
Six p.m.
It was completely dark. As a seaside city, Bournemouth didn't feel warm when the sea breeze blew, it only felt cold.
But the fans persisted, waiting for the team in the cold wind.
Figures wearing No. 29 jerseys are huddled together, looking forward to the start of the game!
Bai Ye stood in the players tunnel.
Hearing the fans singing loudly outside the tunnel, my heart felt peaceful. The so-called person who achieves great things knows how to stop and then become calm, and when he is calm, he can be still.
Soon, the referee walked out of the tunnel.
Bai Ye leads the team into the stadium!
"White Leaf!!"
The moment Bai Ye entered the stadium, the entire Vitality Stadium immediately shouted his voice. Bai Ye's self-declaration to stay in the team in this winter window made the fans feel more at ease.
Bournemouth needs white leaves now!
This game is the second meeting between Bournemouth and Norwich. The last time they met, Bournemouth lost in an away game, but that was before Bai Ye was on the team.
The fans hope to get revenge against Norwich at the Vitality Stadium!
Norwich is so strong that last season they ranked 18th in the Premier League and were relegated to the Championship.
However, this season they did not dive into the relegation zone of the British Championship like other relegated teams, but were firmly locked in the top few, and are even now ranked second in the league!
Very confident to return to the Premier League this season!
So they don’t want to lose this game!
Bournemouth is a direct competitor. The last draw between Norwich and Watford gave Bournemouth an opportunity and also made Norwich see the threat.
Soon, after the two sides picked sides, the players stood in the center circle waiting for the kick-off.
Norwich ball.
drop!
As soon as the referee saw that the time was up, he immediately blew the whistle to officially start the game!
Bang!
Norwich's main forward Jemelo passed the ball back to the midfielder, and then moved forward to grab the position. Bournemouth's central defender followed Jemelo immediately and stuck to him.
Jamelo was Bournemouth's key defensive goal scorer in this game. Jamelo was loaned to Crystal Palace in the Premier League by Stoke City last season, but his performance was average. He played 28 times and started 20 games, but only scored two goals. A goal and an assist.
Therefore, after the end of last season, Crystal Palace did not renew the lease or buy out, and Stoke City had no intention of using Jamelo and directly sold him to Norwich for 1.9 million euros.
However, this season, Jemelo is killing everyone in the British Championship! In the current 25 rounds of the league, 12 goals have been scored, averaging almost 0.5 goals per game. This efficiency is not bad, and there are also several assists.
This is the most threatening point for Norwich at the moment!
Therefore, Eddie Howe had already ordered the central defender to take special care of Jamelo.
Norwich has a strange formation. This is new coach Alex Neil. In his first game after taking office, he used a strange formation.
41212 formation.
But no matter what the opponent's formation is, Bournemouth is a 442. No matter what fancy tactics you use, I just play defensive counterattack.
After a brief contact in the first few minutes, Norwich began to attack vigorously!
Norwich advanced from the wing, and the two forwards, Jamero and Hooper, crossed in the frontcourt, trying to find gaps and opportunities.
However, when they are looking for space and opportunities, Baiye is also looking for opportunities with Bournemouth!
And this opportunity comes quickly!
