George Nelson, the owner and manager of Tottenham Hotspur Club and the most accomplished figure among the current English managers, will replace Eriksen, who has made a lot of news, and become the new coach of the Three Lions. !
As soon as this news came out, almost all England fans cheered. In their view, leaving the England national team to the helm of George Nelson, a champion coach and one of their own, is undoubtedly much more reliable than leaving it to an outsider like Eriksen!
Even Arsenal and Liverpool fans who have always disliked George, many people stood in support of George this time. Of course, the reason why these people applaud George's coaching of the England national team is not only because they think George can lead the Three Lions to go further in the upcoming World Cup in Germany, but also partly because they feel that this way , George, who is distracted by the national team affairs, will inevitably reduce the energy invested in the club, which will have a certain degree of negative impact on Tottenham's future results.
However, unlike English fans who simply hope that the Three Lions will become better and believe that George, who was appointed at a critical moment, has the ability to achieve good results in the World Cup, the owners or spokespersons of various Premier League clubs have opinions about the appointment of the Football Association. The attitude is not so friendly anymore.
"It's unbelievable. I didn't expect that the Football Association would make such a disappointing decision." As a sworn enemy of Tottenham, Arsenal Chairman Hillwood will naturally not say anything to his sworn enemy at this time. Good words, "We all know that there is a big difference between coaching in the national team and coaching in the club. Nelson Viscount Nelson's coaching resume at Tottenham is indeed very successful, but no one can guarantee that he will also be able to succeed in the position of coach of the England national team. The same outstanding performance... After all, he has no way to spend money to buy people from the transfer market to strengthen the team in the national team. He can only use the existing resources to arrange his troops. For Viscount Nelson, there is no doubt that It is an extremely difficult task because he has never coached a team in this environment!"
Meanwhile, Liverpool boss David Morse also believes the FA's appointment was inappropriate. However, unlike Hillwood who bluntly belittled George's prospects of coaching the national team, Morse did not have so much hatred for Tottenham and George. Therefore, when being interviewed by the media, he only cautiously expressed his concerns and believed that George The prospect of "part-time work" this time is actually not as optimistic as fans imagined: "Before almost every major competition, England is the favorite to win, but the final results are always unsatisfactory. This shows that our team's overall strength is We have not reached a level that can win the championship at all, and this problem cannot be solved by changing coaches.”
Before George could come forward to refute the arguments of Hillwood and Morse, Ferguson immediately jumped out to support his proud disciple, not forgetting to attack these old rivals and sworn enemies by the way: "Hill The words of Wood and Morse are pure nonsense. A truly top head coach will show his talent and value no matter where he is. I think Hillwood's memory should have declined to the point that he can't even remember what happened three years ago. Clearly, someone needs to remind him... Don't forget, at this time three years ago, George served as the interim coach of Manchester United, and he was using the original team, without any signings and trailing the leader by more than ten points. Come back and win the championship despite the situation!”
Ferguson's words immediately shattered Hillwood's argument. Indeed, since George was able to lead Manchester United to reverse Arsenal and win the Premier League title three years ago, why can't he lead the Three Lions three years later? Legion on top of the world?
"Also, don't underestimate the role of a top coach. An excellent coach can have a huge positive impact on the team. Why hasn't Liverpool won the league title for more than ten years? To a large extent The reason is that they have never hired a truly top coach to lead the team, which resulted in the team repeatedly failing at critical moments and ultimately missing out on the championship trophy!”
After being slapped in the face by Ferguson, and still clinging to their painful feet, Hillwood and Morse naturally could not give up and immediately launched a counterattack, covering up some of Sir Alex Ferguson's dark history. come out. For a time, the English football world was full of smoke, and the war of words between the three developed to a point where even Manchester United CEO David Gill and Liverpool head coach Benitez were involved!
Journalists and the major British media are naturally happy to hear about this situation. Because as long as this war of words continues, they will never lack news that can be used to attract people's attention. In this way, their jobs and newspaper sales will be guaranteed!
On the other side, as one of the key figures that triggered this war of words, George and Tottenham were not affected much by this. On the one hand, it was because Ferguson took the initiative to attract a lot of hatred and firepower for him, allowing him to successfully escape from this vortex; on the other hand, it was because these reporters and media knew that they were the bosses of George's level. You can't afford to offend him at all!
However, although these media dare not arbitrarily fabricate news related to George, there is still no problem in raising some questions about this incident. For example, can George, who wears multiple hats, master the balance between the club and the national team? Will Tottenham's performance decline due to distraction from the national team? And when recruiting national players, will George be more inclined to make the national team the territory of Manchester United and Tottenham, ignoring outstanding local players from other clubs?
Faced with the first question raised by the media, George quickly responded resolutely with a series of practical actions. Just two days after George took office, Tottenham, who played all substitutes, replaced the visiting Southampton at White Hart Lane. Beaten up. With Larsson's goal and Arshavin's brace, Tottenham finally defeated their opponent with a score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup!
Immediately afterwards, in the next three rounds of the Premier League, Tottenham showed no signs of decline at all. The three teams Fulham, Charlton and Sunderland did not cause any trouble to Tottenham at all, and they all lost in the game against Tottenham. After this wave of three consecutive victories, Tottenham successfully brought its league record this season to 21 wins, five draws and zero losses, and continues to lead the standings with an unbeaten record!
Win all four games! He scored eight goals without conceding a single goal. With such a result, if anyone still thinks that George has not done well enough, then they can only say that they are nitpicking!
