Chapter 5 We Won't Downgrade

Chapter 5 We will not downgrade

The trees outside the car window quickly receded, the pastures along the way were full of cattle and sheep, and the green wheat on the farm swayed with the breeze.

This is the second day, and he is sitting on the short-distance bus from London to Luton. In the window seat, the new Luton coach Gao Bo looks out the window.

What does it take to be the head coach of a team?

This may seem like nonsense, but this is what Gao Bo is currently thinking about.

Gao Bo will not think that he has a system and everything will be fine. As the head coach of a team, he needs to manage the team, he needs to arrange training plans, he needs to direct the game, he needs to balance the locker room, and he needs to introduce the right players. ....

All of this is not something that a few cards can handle.

Although Gao Bo has two different life experiences, in fact he has no working experience as a head coach.

In this life, Gao Bo stayed in school until he got a master's degree at the age of 26, then went to get a coaching certificate, and then found a job as an echelon coach in Chelsea. The echelon coach and the team head coach are completely different concepts.

Therefore, for this new job, Gao Bo has maintained the greatest caution. To a certain extent, this is the most critical step in his career as a football coach!

Be the head coach of a team, then lead that team to good results and build reputation for yourself.

Reputation is one of the most critical factors in the football coaching profession. When Mourinho took over the luxurious division created by the Russian Abu with the aura of the Champions League, he could say that he was a special one - he had this qualification, because he was the Champions League champion, he was The best European coach of the year.

If it was another unknown person who said this in the star-studded Chelsea, Chelsea's stars must sneer.

Last night, Gao Bo read a lot of information about Luton.

Luton is located in the south of England, next to London. The team named after the city was founded in 1885, and the nickname "The Hatters" comes from Luton's early hat-making history. In the early years, Luton mostly competed in the lower divisions. After being promoted to the old first league in 1982, Luton played in the English top league for ten years. After relegation in 1992, the performance deteriorated. Luton was relegated from the Championship in the 2006/07 season, and was relegated to League Two the following year. Due to the failure to resolve financial difficulties, 30 points have been deducted for the opening season.

Thirty points were deducted from the start, which almost locked Luton into a relegation spot before the season started!

However, judging from the information provided by David Morton, after a large number of the club's main players were sold, the team's salary space and financial problems were basically resolved, and even David Morton promised to provide the team with 20 £10,000 in transfer funds.

Thinking about it now, despite being deducted 30 points, the situation of the team has basically stabilized. Even if the strength is greatly weakened, at least there are no financial problems... To a certain extent, Luton was relegated from Division A to Division B. After selling a large number of main players, his strength was very low even in Division B...

Playing the second league with such a team is not an ordinary challenge.

The scenery outside the car window has gradually changed from farmland pastures to colorful and beautiful houses, and it is getting closer and closer to Luton Township.

Gao Bo took a deep breath, such a beautiful view made him feel good, and his originally nervous mood was immediately filled with ambition.

The bus with Gao Bo meandered into Luton.

This is a typical small town in England, with a population of only about 160,000 people, with narrow streets and low and red-painted houses.

Luton's accommodation for Gao Bo,

Just about five or six hundred meters from an apartment near their home stadium, Knilworth Road, and a short walk along a path lined with plane trees on both sides, is Luton Luton at the Nilworth Road Stadium. Office building.

Said to be an office building, it is actually a two-story building with several offices, a gym, and a recovery room.

Such rudimentary conditions naturally cannot be compared with a big team like Chelsea.

Nilworth Road Stadium can accommodate about 10,000 people. There is only one floor of the stands, and there is no roof. The seats of the stands are uniformly painted in sky blue. The grass on the course seems to have grown a bit because of the lack of regular mowing after the season.

There is also a stadium without stands on Maple Leaf Road, which is about two or three hundred meters away from the stadium. There is a venue rented by the team as a training ground.

"That's the Knilworth Road Stand," said David Morton, pointing to one of the stands. "On the opposite side is the Oak Road Stand, on the left is the Main Stand? David Price Stand?. "

David Morton is well known.

Gao Bo glanced at the boss next to him who was the same age as him.

"I heard you're American?"

"The nationality is American, but I'm also from Luton." David Morton turned his head. "This is my mother's team. I used to follow her to watch the game in the Knilworth Road stand when I was a child."

"Now is the most dangerous time for Luton, Gao Bo." David Morton's eyes had a hint of sincerity. For him, Gao Bo was his life-saver. "I know that there is not much hope of relegation this season, but I think, next season, if we can go back to the second division, Luton should continue to stay in the professional system."

Gao Bo looked at his boss, his eyes glowing: "We won't be downgraded!"

"What did you say?" Morton didn't seem to hear clearly.

"I said, we will not be relegated!"

David Morton was silent for a moment. Almost everyone said that Luton was a team that would definitely be relegated. Even the most hardcore Luton fans had to admit it.

Most of the main players have left, and even some of the strong players in the reserve team have gone their separate ways. In order to solve the financial difficulties, David Morton is already exhausted, and he wants to introduce some strong players in the next period of time. It is also unlikely that the player of the 2019-2010 - first of all, he can only scrape together a transfer fund of 200,000 pounds. Who is this money enough to buy?

If someone else said this, David Morton might think that the other party was just comforting himself, but when he saw the brilliance in the eyes of a coach his age, David Morton had to admit it , this is a guy who is absolutely confident in himself.

Like.... Mourinho? !

David Morton suddenly looked forward to it.

"Relegated or not, I won't put pressure on you this season, I promise!" David Morton held out his fist.

Gao Bo also stretched out his fist, and the two fists touched together.

The sun shone in obliquely from the top of the stadium stand, and gently sprinkled on the lawn.

Young boss.

Young head coach.

The two shadows were stretched by the sunlight.