Chapter 890: Re-Appointed as Vice Captain

After Ferguson adopted his plan, he said: Ferdinand and Vidic are both over 30 years old. We need a few young reserves. Let's see who else is qualified to be captain? "

Meulensteen had a good relationship with Rooney and Fletcher. His idea was to let Fletcher and Rooney join the team's team committee, so he proposed to let Fletcher and Rooney serve as the team's vice-captains.

Everyone unanimously agreed with this proposal. Both Fletcher and Rooney are capable of competing for the Manchester United captain. Their age of 25 or 6 is also very suitable, especially Rooney. If it were not for the transfer scandal caused by the summer transfer, Whoring Cangmen, he will be one of the most powerful contenders for the captaincy.

There is also competition between assistant coaches. Mullenstine and Mullens are competitors. Mullenstine has better business ability, Mullenstine is more popular, Mullenstine has a good relationship with Rooney, and Mullenstine has a good relationship with Gao Xiaodong. Walk very close.

Mullensdine proposed to let Rooney join the team committee, and Mullens immediately suggested: "Recently, there has been a lot of clamor for Gao Xiaodong to be the captain. Although Gao Xiaodong has only been in the team for a short time, it is a bit ridiculous to be the captain, but when he is the vice-captain, he is involved in the game. I think the team’s management is pretty good.”

When Meulensteen heard this, he objected: "Gao Xiaodong is indeed a great genius. He is an indispensable member of Manchester United, but he became the captain only half a year after joining the team. It is not necessary, right? Do we lack a vice-captain? "

Mulan said: "We have no shortage of vice-captains, so what's wrong with adding Gao Xiaodong? Isn't Gao Xiaodong not strong enough? Doesn't he have leadership skills?"

Mullensdin said: "I'm not against Gao Xiaodong being the vice-captain. I don't think it's necessary. It wouldn't be too late to wait two years before letting him join the team committee."

Mullan's proposal caught the eye of Ferguson. He was still thinking about how to propose Gao Xiaodong to join the team committee. When he saw Mullan and Mullensdin arguing, he said to David Gill: "David, your What’s your opinion?”

In fact, the team's selection of captain does not require the involvement of the club's senior management. Ferguson invited David Gill to actually show favor to the Glazer family and give the managers a face. David Gill also understood this very well, that is, Ferdinand sought David Gilday supported it. The captain was related to the club's image, so David Gil stepped in to support Ferdinand. Now when discussing the vice-captain, how could David Gil step in and immediately said: "This is for Sir Alex to decide."

Ferguson smiled slightly and said to the crowd: "I think Mulan's proposal is very good. Gao Xiaodong has the ability to serve as the team's vice-captain, and he also has the intention. The idea of ​​the team committee proposed by Mullensteen is good. The team committee There should be a gap in age so that we can have a steady stream of captains to take over, instead of like now, Neville is already this age and still needs to stay on the team for one year to assist in team management."

Ferguson has always said the same thing at Manchester United, and no one dares to disagree with him. In the past two years, he has reached the age of retirement and his personality has become much more tolerant. The team has become a private asset. It is no longer good to be alone. Instead, In the past two years, Vidic was probably directly appointed as captain.

Now he supports Gao Xiaodong as vice-captain without any hesitation. Even if the assistant coaches and club officials have any objections, they can only keep it in their stomachs and acquiesce in Ferguson's decision.

The coaching staff came up with their own plan, and when the team affairs meeting was held at noon the next day, Ferguson announced the plan to the players and solicited their opinions.

Since the team committee members include Vidic, Ferdinand, Fletcher, Rooney, Evra and Gao Xiaodong, among them the local gang has the largest number of people, with three, and the mainland gang has two. Gao Xiaodong is a newly emerged overseas gang. A member of the team, 321. Everyone was satisfied with this ratio. Even if some people felt that Gao Xiaodong was not suitable to be the vice-captain, they were not willing to confront Gao Xiaodong in person, so the plan was successfully passed.

After training in the afternoon, Ferguson held a press conference to explain to the fans the issue of Manchester United's captain that has attracted much attention in recent times.

“The team captain is the soul and image of a team.

Not only must he have top-level abilities, but he must also have tenacious fighting spirit. At the same time, he should also be a good leader. At present, Manchester United does not have impeccable leaders like Keane and Cantona. Therefore, The team has temporarily established a team committee composed of vice-captains to conduct half-season inspections. Which captain performs well during this period will be appointed as the team captain at the end of the season. "

After Ferguson's team committee plan was put forward, it immediately aroused heated discussion among the outside world.

Although there is a precedent for the team committee in the German team, some people believe that the existence of the team committee is meaningless. The huge deputy captain's team duties will only aggravate the conflicts and internal friction within the team. It is even better to do nothing and just let Vidic and Ferdinand took turns captaining the team.

Some people think that the introduction of the team committee is a huge progress. Ferguson is the only leader of Manchester United, but Ferguson is 70 years old and he does not know when he will retire. He should prepare for his retirement. A team The committee can ensure the normal operation of the team.

Some people believe that this method of democratic competition is more advanced than the original appointment of Ferguson alone. This team committee will not cause internal friction, but will only stimulate the fighting spirit and enthusiasm of young captains such as Gao Xiaodong and Rooney, allowing Manchester United to burst into greater glory. Strong combat effectiveness.

The team committee had good and bad opinions, and the biggest controversy was over Gao Xiaodong's role as vice-captain.

The media believes that Manchester United has always valued both strength and qualifications, but now it only values ​​the strength of the players and ignores the qualifications of the players. This is a bad phenomenon and if this continues, a club like Manchester United with a long and glorious history will become More and more utilitarian.

Some media are even worried that after the season ends, the best performer will most likely be Gao Xiaodong. Will Gao Xiaodong be made the captain by then?

The media even regarded Arsenal as a negative example, believing that just because Arsenal let a young boy like Cesc Fabregas serve as captain, Arsenal has lost all four major players every year. Manchester United cannot follow Arsenal's old path.

The team's innovation will definitely be criticized, but the quality of the innovation cannot be based on the comments of the media and fans. It mainly depends on the team's record.

After Ferguson announced the establishment of the team committee, Manchester United's performance did not decline, but became stronger. Before ushering in the Manchester Derby, they achieved three consecutive victories against Birmingham, Aston Villa and Wolves. Scored 13 goals and only conceded one.

The winners and losers in competitive sports have good results. The media and fans all praise the team committee and the competition mechanism. If this mechanism is maintained, it is not an extravagant hope to recreate the glory of the Triple Crown.

Of course, there are also a very small number of media who think that the opponent is too weak and cannot see any problems. If you really want to comment on the quality of the team committee, you should look at the effect of the Manchester City derby and the knockout match against Inter Milan.