Chapter 71 Mentality Problems

The fifteenth round of the league is a round of league that the media and fans are very concerned about, because Derby County's opponent is Norwich.

In fact, this was originally supposed to be the sixth round of the league, but because it was only one day away from the League Cup, at the beginning of the season, the FA adjusted the game to the match between Derby County and Crewe. At that time, no one cared about the time adjustment of the game. , because Derby County itself is not a team that attracts attention, and Norwich is actually not a big favorite before the game. Everyone thinks that Norwich has a chance to upgrade, but it is not said that it will definitely be the top two. The results are upgraded, and the third to sixth places in the league can still participate in the promotion play-offs.

But when this match, which is considered a 'rematch', was approaching, everyone realized that it had become a strong conversation between the second and the first in the league.

So many people are paying attention to the game.

Wansheng's Derby County did not play against Norwich last season. Wansheng's understanding of Norwich can be said to be blank. He only knows that this team is very strong, and has been winning in the league. Derby County's biggest rival, but he doesn't know exactly where it is and what the recent situation is.

After the game with Crewe, Wansheng began to study his opponents. He did not have a special scout to observe his opponents. He could only study by watching the video himself, but he also believed more in what he saw.

This Norwich team does have a lot of good players.

For example, Hungerby, who reported crazy in the summer, is their best 'strike killer'. The 29-year-old player has been playing for Manchester City before, but with Manchester City successively acquired French striker Anelka and the England national team. The team's striker Fowler, which made Hungerby lose the opportunity to play again, so last season in February, Hungerby was loaned to Nottingham Forest and scored seven goals for Nottingham Forest at the end of the season, one of which Or a goal in the promotion play-offs. It is a pity that due to the failure to upgrade, Nottingham Forest cannot afford the cost of acquiring Hungerby financially, and Hungerby can only return to Manchester City.

Because Manchester City was not eligible for the main position, Hungerby decided to transfer in real time after returning to Manchester City.

Many football clubs are waving to Hungerby, but in the end Hungerby chose to loan to Norwich first. After joining Norwich. Hungerby scored in three consecutive games for Norwich and ousted Cahill to be named the First Division Player of the Month for September.

The reason why the media reported Hungerby is not only because of his outstanding performance, but also because Norwich has confirmed that Hungerby will be officially bought out after the expiration of the loan period.

Hungerby is just one of Norwich's, in fact. There are a lot of players who can play like Hungerby at Norwich. For example, Peter Crouch, Mark Rivers, Paul McVitch, etc., these are all players in the glory period of their careers, aged 25-30, who have performed very strongly in League One.

In contrast, Derby County appears too 'young'.

"Maybe in another two years, Norwich will not be the opponent of Derby County, but Derby County is still too young, and the players they rely on are too young..." The mass media commented Contest.

Actually. In the eyes of most people, Derby County is still in the "dark horse" stage. They're not really a strong team, they just played well because of their performance.

They also seem too immature in general.

No matter the striker, midfield, or backline, many of those who occupy the main core positions are young people just over 20 years old. These young people may perform well in dominant games, but Derby County and Norwich It is difficult to gain an advantage in a game of 2020. When the situation becomes a disadvantage, the performance of young people may not necessarily be stable.

In a word, Derby County still has a gap with a 'mature' team like Norwich. Derby County is playing away in this game, and it is a bit too difficult to beat Norwich.

"After this game, the league's No. 1 will change its name!" said a media commentator.

Supporters are not in the minority.

However, Wansheng does not think so.

He watched Norwich's game video for two days and learned a lot about their tactical characteristics and the characteristics of each player.

He also admitted that some of the things the media said were right, such as describing Norwich's 'mature', yes, this team is indeed very mature, and their technical and tactical characteristics are also quite mature, perhaps because of this, they are In 14 rounds of competition, they will achieve an undefeated record of 11 wins and 3 draws.

Norwich's style of play is mature, and they play pure 'England style' football. They rely on 'long pass rushing' and 'wing down the bottom'. At the same time, the tactical style is strong and the starting lineup is also very good. Fixed and will not change easily, that is to say, the cooperation between their starters is quite tacit.

However, the tactical characteristics of this 'England style' are also reflected in the shortcomings of Norwich.

On offense, their ability to control the ball is relatively weak, and their ability to seize opportunities in front of the goal is not strong; on defense, their personal defense breakthrough ability is relatively poor, their air defense ability is slightly insufficient, and there are also many mistakes in cooperation. The formation is not very good... After two days of watching the video, Wansheng found a lot of Norwich's tactical and ability disadvantages.

Finding ways to deal with these weaknesses and making small adjustments to tactics seems to be the best way to respond to the game, but Wansheng did not do this.

He believed that the original tactics were enough.

He doesn't need to make bigger adjustments to his tactics, he just needs to urge the players to run aggressively.

Tactically, his tactics are already a notch above Norwich's 'pure England' style.

In terms of details, offensively, Derby County is no worse than Norwich in terms of fast attacking football, the team's gradually skilled coordination, and the individual abilities of the players in the frontcourt. It's not easy for Vic to get hold of the game, unless they're playing pure counter-attack, or they want to rely on 'England' play to hold Derby down, unless half of Derby's players are out of shape.

That requires more of God's blessing than tactical planning.

Therefore, Wansheng is not very worried about the game, even in the away game, he is more worried about the players' mental state.

......

In fact, many Derby County players think so too.

They didn't think about the comparison of tactics and strength between the two teams. What they saw was one thing - they were the first in the league. Norwich are second in the league, one point less than them, so why are they weaker than Norwich?

The reason for this league ranking is enough!

So when many people in the outside world think that Derby County is difficult to beat Norwich, the Derby County team is relaxed, they don't care what the outside world says. They have their minds - we are number one in the league. What else is scary?

Before the first game of the season, Wansheng said that their goal for the new season was the league title. At that time, few people believed that they thought the coach was encouraging them - but this method was not very successful.

But now they believe it.

They are really sitting at the top of the league and have been sitting for a few rounds, for Derby County. It's really not easy to be No. 1 in the league. Now they feel that the "championship goal" that Wansheng said is not unattainable - as long as they can sit down all the time, they will definitely be the league champion.

With the support of this kind of thinking, everyone seems to be very relaxed in training, and the training atmosphere of the whole team is very active.

It is good to relax before the war, but it is not good to relax too much.

Diamares noticed the attitude of the players, but he also felt that the players should relax for a while. After all, it is not always difficult to train, and it is good to relax occasionally. So when he was leading the team in training, he turned a blind eye when he saw the players being lazy.

But Wansheng doesn't think this is a good thing.

When he found out there were several players. When the personal training task is not completed, I immediately realize that this is a major event that must be paid attention to.

All afternoon, he stood on the sidelines, watching everyone train coldly.

Under the watchful eyes of Wan Sheng, none of the players dared to be lazy. They were worried in their hearts. Many people were thinking about why the coach was "angry". Yes, it looked like he was angry. No one can guess, but everyone's training is a lot more serious, they don't want to be caught by Wan Sheng and take them over to talk alone.

No one made the first bird, everyone worked hard.

That's how the day's training ended. When the training was over, Wan Sheng called everyone together, looked at them coldly, and asked, "Do you know how many teams are in the League One?"

Everyone looked at each other.

It was Burton Reiter who raised his hand and whispered, "Twenty-four."

"Very good!" Wan Sheng nodded, "It seems that you know how many teams there are in League One, so you must also know how many league rounds we have to play in a season, subtract one from twenty-four and multiply by two, Yes, forty-six games, that's forty-six games! How many league games have we played now? Fourteen!"

"We haven't even played a third of the game yet!"

"But looking at you, do you think we have won the league title!? No! Far from it! Many of you have played in League One all year round, and you should know how fierce the competition in League One is. How many teams have done well at the start of the season and then at the end of the season are trying to stay out of relegation? Do you want Derby County to be one of them?"

Wan Sheng looked at everyone solemnly, and his voice was sonorous and powerful.

The players were very terrified. They finally knew why the coach was angry. It turned out that the training was not serious. They all lowered their heads, especially those who did not complete their personal training tasks. Even Burton-Ritter.

Wan Sheng glanced at Leiter, and finally said lightly, "If I find out that your training is not serious, I will supervise your training with Gail every day."

After Wansheng finished speaking, he announced his dissolution.

But almost no one is thinking about such a scenario - every day in training, Wan Sheng will stand on the sidelines and look at them coldly. Dive into training.

It was... like being in hell!

Thinking of this, the eyes they looked at Diamares softened a lot, and Diamares led the team to train very seriously, but after all, it was not so majestic, and the training atmosphere was still very active.

And Wansheng, no, boss, seems to be more and more 'like' a real head coach.

---The last chapter of the new book month, finally ask for a monthly pass~~~ Kneeling and thanking~~~---(To be continued ~^~)