Volume 1: Males Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 126: Boot Room (First Update, Please Vote for Me)
Chapter 126: The Boot Room (First update, please vote for me)
Winning the League Cup made it easy for many Liverpool players, so they paid the price in the league. ("") They lost to an opponent no one expected in the away game - Wigan Athletic.
The unbeaten streak so far this season has been ended.
In the away game, Liverpool lost 1:2. Although Chen Yingxiong had one goal, he could not save the defeat.
The Liverpool team was too relaxed. After being scored by Wigan Athletic, they could not find their form and could not tighten up. This is it in the end...
As I said before, there are two things that can no longer arouse the interest of the media and fans. One is that Chen Yingxiong scored again, and the other is that Liverpool won again.
Since losing to Aston Villa 1:2 in the 28th round of the league last season, Liverpool has not lost in 38 league rounds, which is only 38 league rounds in a season.
If Liverpool's performance was put into a full season, they would have been able to win the championship relying on their unbeaten record throughout the season.
Unfortunately, this is the total record of the two seasons.
Nonetheless, it is a very remarkable achievement.
Undefeated in twenty-eight league games this season.
It's a pity that all this has ended now.
Wigan Athletic and Liverpool were both in the headlines after this game.
Wigan Athletic is naturally a positive image, while Liverpool is a negative example.
"Liverpool got carried away after winning a League Cup!"
"The brave and tenacious Wigan Athletic made the conceited Liverpool suffer a lot!"
"When the whole of England, and even the whole of Europe, was asking, 'Who can beat Liverpool,' the little-known Wigan Athletic stood up!"
"Salute to Wigan Athletic! Liverpool should have lost a game too!"
Martin O'Neill's remarks and performance at the post-match press conference were used as topics for criticism. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple
"Martin O'Neill said it's okay to lose one game. With Liverpool's current situation, even if he loses two more games, he won't have any big problems... I have to say, these words are really hypocritical!"
"O'Neal said that the team's loss of this game was just an accident. The actual situation was that they had the advantage but failed to win the opponent, so he thought it was just an accident... This is really nonsense! If you lose, you lose, and The scene has nothing to do with it. If it were just the scene, I think Arsenal would have monopolized the league championship in these seasons..."
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"Hmph! These media!" O'Neill certainly knows how the media evaluates himself and Liverpool. The media's performance can only make him hate these people even more. "It's like a carnival..."
Assistant coach Sammy Li, who was sitting next to him, smiled: "What are you afraid of? Let them have a holiday. It is indeed too difficult to find something to criticize from us..."
At first glance, it sounds like Sammy Lee is speaking for the reporters, but everyone can hear the deep confidence in his tone.
"We must win the next game, not even a draw! Only in this way can we respond to those damn media." Second assistant coach Clark also said.
"There is nothing wrong with the hero's condition. He had seven shots in the last game, five of which were in the goal frame. He just had bad luck. So I am not worried about the team's defeat at all."
"Yeah." Martin O'Neal listened to his colleagues reporting various data from the game, then concentrated on analyzing it, and finally came to a conclusion.
The media outside regarded this game as Liverpool's misfortune and gloated about it.
Only they know that in the "boot room" it is nothing.
Yes, this is Liverpool's "Boot Room". Although it is different from before, the sign hanging at the door does indeed say "Boot Room" (boot_room).
Every week, Liverpool's coaching staff meet here to informally discuss the past week and look forward to the team's future. (《》)
In this room, there is no so-called distinction between senior and junior. Anyone can express his or her opinion. Even if you are just an ordinary coach, as long as what you say makes sense, the head coach will agree.
Here, everything about the team and football can be discussed, but other topics are not welcome here.
The 'Boot Room' began as a small room beneath the main stand at Anfield. But don't underestimate this humble little room. It was in this small area that a group of people from the working class worked hard and dedicated their lives to push the Red Army from the British Isles to the top of Europe.
It can be said that Liverpool's most glorious period was also the morale of the "boot room" that shined. Over a period of 40 years, the boot room trained several coaches for Liverpool. During this period, Liverpool won 13 League One championships (the top league in England at the time) and one League Two championship. , four European Champions Cup champions, two UEFA Cup champions, one European Super Cup, five League Cups and five FA Cups.
This was the most successful period in Liverpool's history, a period when Liverpool went from an ordinary team on Merseyside to one of the world's top giants.
The boot room was gradually formed when Shankly was in charge of Liverpool.
At that time Shankly moved into the manager's office, while assistant coaches Paisley and Bennett used an old room on the other side of the dressing room corridor. This is a small square room where the players' boots are stored and hung on the court, hence the name "Boot Room". There were no chairs in the boot room at first, and the only beer case that could be used to sit on was brought from Orr by another assistant coach, Fagan. Orr was the coach of a local amateur team, and with Fagan's help, the club agreed to allow Orr's players to receive treatment at Anfield. In return, Orr sent a large quantity of beer to store in the boot room. From then on, the visiting team coach was often invited to have a drink in the Boot Room, and a large group of Scots from the club also liked to come here to review the afternoon's game. But Shankly rarely paid attention to the boot room. Perhaps considering his own status, Shankly left the boot room to his assistant. The boot room gradually became an office for studying strategy and tactics, and its importance grew day by day. If someone is passing by and hears a "pop" inside, it must be someone who has opened another can of beer. Unconsciously, the boot room has become the nerve center of the assistants' work. Documentation and accurate intelligence on the team's daily training and match situations are summarized here. Fagan was the first to record the key points of daily training, and everyone gradually became accustomed to this nightmare. For a time, the Red Army's attention to detail reached fever pitch in Chengdu. Any factors that may affect a player's performance are recorded, such as weather, injuries, etc. If a certain player has trouble qualifying during training and it is difficult to judge, you can check the database to search for similar cases. If it is a sign of some kind of injury, how to solve the problem, or change the training method, the simplest thing may be to change a pair of sneakers... These things are all decided in the boot room.
So it’s really no problem at all to say that the boot room is the brains of Liverpool.
It was in this boot room that two head coaches were trained who led Liverpool to the top of Europe.
Paisley and Fagan.
These two managers who came out of the boot room have always been Liverpool people. They know everything about the club, are good at listening to one thing, will not cause trouble to the team, and are experienced enough to know what the true tradition of Liverpool is. Such a person is almost the perfect Liverpool manager.
Under their leadership, Liverpool reached the pinnacle of Europe. They achieved unparalleled glory and glory in the 1980s.
It was the most glorious period in Liverpool's history.
So far no one can surpass it.
That’s the power and greatness of a boot room.
However, with the advent of the Premier League era, tradition has finally been eclipsed by money, and the boot room can no longer train a head coach for a suitable team.
Later, when Souness succeeded Moran as Liverpool's head coach, he also sounded the alarm for the "boot room" tradition. He not only razed the boot room to the ground and turned it into a new media reception room, but also drove away the old Liverpool people who used to hang out in the boot room, installed his recent cronies, completely ruining the tradition of the boot room, and also Let Souness and many old people in Liverpool become enemies.
Later, Souness was dismissed because of his poor record, and Evans, the old man in the boot room, came to power. However, at the wrong time and with the wrong choice, Evans could no longer lead Liverpool, which had been suffering from a long time ago, back to the top.
Finally, when the Liverpool board of directors made the decision to let Frenchman Houllier and Evans co-coach, Evans took the initiative to give up, leaving Houllier to take charge alone. From then on, there was no more "boot room" at Anfield.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called "boot room" tradition is the assistant coach succession system-Liverpool's coaching team must be Liverpool's own people. They have worked in Liverpool for a long time and have even played for Liverpool since their player days. Such talents are the ones who know Liverpool best and are the ones who can best understand what Liverpool needs. At the same time, they will abide by the traditions of Liverpool and will not completely overturn everything like Souness.
In this way, when the previous head coach leaves the team, the assistant coach who has been well-trained by the boot room can take over and become the team's new head coach. Because he knows everything about Liverpool, this coaching change is very smooth and will not have any impact on the team, and the team's performance can naturally be guaranteed.
Paisley is a prime example of the "boot room" tradition.
Paisley played for Liverpool as a player. After retiring, he became the team's doctor, treating players. Then when Shankly came to power, he became Liverpool's assistant coach, serving Shankly and accepting Shankly's advice. In the end, he succeeded Shankly and became the head coach of Liverpool, and then brought Liverpool to a height that even Shankly had never achieved.
It's just that with the arrival of Houllier and the full invasion of English football by continental football teams, sticking to tradition has become ridiculous. So the glorious "boot room" tradition naturally disappeared.
However, as Dalglish took charge for the second time, he began to rebuild the boot room. He even found a new room in Anfield and cleaned it up to build a new boot room.
But his ambition was unfulfilled, and he was fired first because of poor performance.
Martin O'Neill became the team's new head coach. Just when everyone thought Liverpool's "boot room" tradition was about to die again.
Martin O'Neill chose to stick to the "boot room" tradition.
Now, at his insistence, one day a week, the entire coaching staff gathers in the new boot room to discuss and brainstorm ideas. Many people believe that Liverpool's resurgence is due to Niang bringing Chen Yingxiong to the team. But in fact, the contributions made by these unknown coaches are not trivial.
Today's boot room is no longer an eight-foot-square shabby little room, but incorporates modern elements, is more spacious and bright, has rows of seats, and a set of multimedia facilities where game videos and training videos can be played. , there is also a computer used to store all data in training and games to form a database, in which all Liverpool's game data in the past few years are included.
Under the transformation of Martin O'Neal, the "boot room" tradition is no longer a simple form of assistant coach succeeding the head coach, but has become a kind of brainstorming. Maybe the assistant coach will not become the next head coach, but this good atmosphere will become Liverpool's new wealth.
Liverpool is being reborn. The "boot room" that once created countless brilliance and was eliminated because it lagged behind the times is also moving towards a new life...