Chapter 103 The Right Choice?

From that night to the next day, various media covering Derby County talked about what Wansheng said at the press conference, the key point was the phrase 'Tottenham Hotspur has a chance to qualify for European competitions this season'.

They happily talked about this topic.

A manager who publicly praises his opponent is actually just polite and has nothing to say in itself, but the phrase "Tottenham Hotspur has a chance to qualify for European competitions" is definitely a big loophole.

If Tottenham Hotspur fans suddenly heard this, they would think it was a direct irony. Their results so far are ridiculous, they are all hovering near the relegation circle, and when the game is halfway through, what else can they fight for' European tournament qualification'! ?

It's bullshit!

Is this a satire of Tottenham's poor results?

But the point is that the Chinese manager of Derby County said it 'unintentionally', and the expression and tone made it known that he was politely praising his opponent, but it's a pity that he was too much for Tottenham Hotspur 'Lack of understanding' anymore.

This is really interesting stuff.

It is extremely rare for a head coach to make such a big mistake when evaluating the opponent he is about to face. It also shows that this young Chinese coach has no understanding of the current situation of Tottenham at all. In other words, he didn't care about the FA Cup at all.

Derby County's hostile and neutral media are more concerned with the previous topic, and they report Wan Sheng's mistake as a joke; Tottenham Hotspur's media is more concerned about the latter, as long as they know that Derby County does not care about the FA A cup will do.

"There was a hilarious scene at the Derby County club's press conference yesterday..."

"...Derby County manager Wan Sheng, when commenting on their upcoming FA Cup rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, used this phrase, saying 'Tottenham Hotspur' A chance to qualify for the event this season'..."

"Oh, yes! That definitely doesn't mean qualifying from the cup. It's the league! The league!"

"...it's really interesting to know that Tottenham are currently 15th in the league and not completely out of the relegation circle, their manager left in October last year, and now the acting manager Dai Vee Plitter is in charge with youth director Alex Inglethorpe."

"Young Chinese are complimenting the abilities of David Plitter and Alex Inglethor!?"

"...but he probably knows who David Plitter is...and doesn't know what Alex Ingleso looks like."

"Looks like he's talking about past Tottenham's results. But this season's Tottenham is different. They have a crisis and obviously this Chinese doesn't care about Tottenham at all. prick......"

"It means Derby don't care about the FA Cup, their focus is on the league."

"It's understandable, after all, Derby County is currently No. 1 in the league. Even in the traditional FA Cup, it is not as important as the promotion of the Premier League."

"But it's not like a professional club in England if you don't care about the FA Cup so much. Maybe we should remind him what the FA Cup means to English clubs. It's the most valuable championship for English professional teams."

"But obviously it's a bit late to remind him, he doesn't care about the FA Cup at all, and he won't care about the game against Tottenham Hotspur. It is estimated that this FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur will be at White Hart Lane Stadium. A game against Derby would also be pointless."

"There will be no suspense ... I think we can congratulate Tottenham in advance for the victory."

"..."

Wansheng and Diamares were watching these reports on the sidelines of the game training ground.

Wansheng laughed non-stop. Diamares asked next to him, "Wan Sheng. Is this really possible? Tottenham Hotspur would be stupid enough to believe what you said?"

Wan Sheng looked at Diamares, shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

"Then you're still doing this?" Diamares wondered. "If they knew you said it on purpose, it might be counterproductive, it would anger them..."

"so what?"

"..." Diamares Mares was still puzzled.

Wan Sheng kept the newspaper on the grass and said, "I'm not sure if it will work, but of course it's the best if it works. Even if it doesn't work, we don't lose anything, do we?"

"But..." Diamares didn't know what to say.

"You have to try it anyway, it works best, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work, anyway, we are going to White Hart Lane to play against them, whether they believe it or they think I'm deliberately mocking their results , being provoked, it’s better than doing nothing and playing head-to-head with them.”

Diamares nodded in understanding. Indeed, no matter what, it is better than nothing.

He suddenly found a gap between himself and Wan Sheng.

If this happens, he estimates that he can only make the team prepare for the game. Even if he has similar ideas, he will hesitate, and finally give up because he feels that it will not work. Wansheng is different. He has an idea. Just do it without any hesitation at all.

This is the difference between him and Wansheng.

However, Diamares is very relaxed now. He has decided to only be an assistant coach. The stronger Wansheng's ability and the better the team's performance, the more famous he will be. At that time, he will be an assistant. Coaches will follow suit.

......

At the same time, Tottenham Hotspur, David Plitter and Alex Ingleso, who are in charge of the team temporarily, are also watching the report.

After Houllier left, the two took charge of the team together, but they were also divided into primary and secondary. In terms of leading the team, David Plitt was the main decision maker, and he had the final say in all decisions. Alex - Inglethorpe just led the team with him, but his power is not as great as his, but there is no such division between the two on the surface. Both of them are temporary coaches in their positions.

But the cooperation between the two was not bad before, as evidenced by the rise in Tottenham's results in the league.

David Plitter frowned, watching the various media coverage of Derby County. asked, "Alex, do you think this is true?"

Alex Inglethorpe shook his head, "Is it true, I don't know. But I have seen this Chinese."

"Have you seen it?" David Plitter was puzzled.

"Last year I was looking for an assistant coach of the youth team. He interviewed at the club and it was funny...a Chinese...hahaha..." Alex Inglesso Pu said he laughed out loud.

David Plitter frowned again, "But he's very successful now."

Alex Inglethorpe curled his lips in disdain and said, "Yeah, very successful, a Chinese. He actually became the head coach of the League One team. Obviously, he even led the team to play against us... ...but I don't believe that a Chinese can have any skills in football, if he is a table tennis coach, maybe I will believe him, as for him to become a League One coach? Who knows what happened, it is probably Derby The county chairman is blind, so he will find a young Chinese in his twenties as the head coach."

"But Derby County are top of League One and they are doing well..." said David Plitt.

"Good results? First in League One? Who knows how they got such results, maybe it's just luck?"

"Luck can't be the first in the league..."

Alex Inglethorpe shook his head amusingly. "David, no matter how you look at it. Anyway, I don't believe a Chinese can do anything in football..."

David Plitt pouted and stopped arguing with Alex Inglethorpe.

Alex Inglethorpe is very capable, but he always discriminates against non-English people. He even discriminates against Europeans to a certain extent, let alone Africans and Asians.

He has a completely "Great England" mentality and believes that the English are the most noble race in the world.

Because of this, Alex Inglethorpe can only be David Plitt's deputy, because the entire Tottenham Hotspur club knows that he must be a bad manager, and many players in the team are not good. was very against him.

David Plitt thought for a while, and then turned the subject back, "Alex, do you think Derby County will really give up the FA Cup?"

Alex Inglethorpe sneered, "Certainly, I don't believe that a Chinese will take care of the FA Cup while leading the team to qualify for promotion. He probably won't know that this competition will affect England fans. What it means, he won't understand, so he will definitely give up the FA Cup, look, he doesn't even know our current situation..."

David Plitt thought about it after listening, and nodded.

Excluding the words with 'racial discrimination', what Alex Inglethorpe said actually makes a lot of sense. Derby County is working hard to qualify for the league promotion. Position is the most important thing to them, the FA Cup is not important, what's more, many foreign coaches don't pay attention to the FA Cup, because it will not bring benefits to the club, they feel that there is no need to be here. It's normal for Derby County to give up the FA Cup.

But in the end, David Plitt shook his head, "Look at it again, it's too early to draw conclusions so easily."

Alex Inglethorpe shrugged. "You're always so cautious, but this time it's definitely in vain."

......

Wansheng doesn't know what happened to Tottenham Hotspur, but he feels that if he wants to release a successful smoke bomb, just saying a few words in front of the media may not be able to successfully deceive his opponent, let alone the game. There are only two days left, and it will be bad if any news is revealed from the team.

So when the team assembled for training the next morning, Wan Sheng emphasized one point directly to the players - don't talk about the FA Cup in front of the media.

Many people laughed along.

They all saw the media reports last night, and those reports seemed a bit unbelievable. Would the coach not understand the situation at Tottenham? Absolutely impossible! Because the coach was still talking to them about Tottenham Hotspur, about this game that needs to work hard to win.

So that's all the coaches lied to the media.

No one thought about it, but after hearing Wansheng's words, some smart players also realized something.

"Don't talk to the media about the FA Cup, talk to them about our league! Tell them we want to win the league! We will be promoted to the Premier League next season!"

"And looking ahead to next season, we're going back to the Premier League and it's still fascinating."

Wan Sheng emphasized that.

After Wansheng said this to the players, everyone remembered that most of the players in the team firmly believed in Wansheng. The performance of the team and the improvement that the players feel in their daily training.

All in all, Wansheng's control of the team is quite good.

So at noon and afternoon, when reporters interviewed Derby County players, they heard a lot about the current league, Derby County's results and even next season-related topics.

"I believe we will win the league title!"

"Our current results are very good, I hope the team can keep well, I will try my best to play well in the game..."

"We're going to be in the Premier League next season, I'm looking forward to it!"

"I haven't played in the Premier League yet!"

"..."

Hearing the words of these Derby County players, you can definitely know that Derby County has confidence in the team's promotion to the Premier League, or even to win the league championship, so various media have reported that Derby County is united and worked together to strive for promotion. The topic, the FA Cup game with Tottenham Hotspur was weakened.

David Plitt has also been following the news from Derby County, and when he saw that many Derby County players were talking about the league, he also felt that there was no need to continue to pay attention. Alex Inglethorpes is right, Derby County doesn't care about the FA Cup, they only care about League One results, so there's nothing to worry about.

This game can be completely regarded as training.

It is the most correct choice to send a set of substitute lineups, let those players who rarely play, and let the main players have more rest time so that they can perform better in the league.

David Plitter also took a long breath.

In the period after Christmas, the schedule is a bit too dense. League after league has made the atmosphere of the whole team very tense and depressed. Fortunately, this FA Cup game came in time, and the whole team could be in the nearest future. Relaxed for a few days. (To be continued ~^~)