Chapter 170 Applause (Part 2)

Seeing George's gesture, the players knew that George wanted more than just a three-pointer. George wanted a hearty victory.

One thing is the best for Blackburn, that is, there are really no cowards in the English team. Although they were in an absolute passive position on the field, after Blackburn scored a goal, Southampton began their heroic suicidal attack.

This is good for the English team. Even a team like Southampton in the relegation zone will not shrink back because of the strong opponent.

They will not play that kind of shrinking defense, even Southampton is the same. Because Southampton's midfield strength is not good, compared with Blackburn, they can't control the ball at all. Therefore, they use the simplest long pass, use the center forward's header, and then control the second point. This way the game is much more interesting, you come and I go.

George was very happy that they pressed forward. As long as they dared to press forward, there would be countless loopholes in the defense.

George's mouth curled up slightly, but he shook his head in his heart. If I were the head coach of Southampton, I would never play like this. If you are not strong enough, I will play defense. What can you do to me? I don't care about anything. I will just pile people there and see how you break through the defense.

In George's view, no matter whether it is robbed, stolen, or obtained by playing rogue, as long as you get results, it is success. George is a result-oriented coach. Results are everything. Without results, everything is in vain.

Of course, I laughed at the Southampton coach in my heart, but I still welcomed their style of play. Once Southampton's defense was opened, Blackburn's offense was much better.

Only seven minutes before the first goal, Klose came out to receive the pass from Miku and passed it to the empty space on the right. Duff's speed can be said to be unstoppable by anyone at this time. When Duff's speed is up, Duff will go straight into the opponent's penalty area.

Duff is different from other English wingers. He is more like a winger produced in the Netherlands. Duff's direct insertion cannot be stopped by Southampton's defenders at all. After reaching the small penalty area, Duff did not pass the ball forward, and Klose, who had just passed the ball to Duff, followed up with a sliding tackle.

"Two to zero, the game seems to have no suspense." Judging from the progress of the game, Southampton did not have any chance at all. "Klose, this is Klose's second goal in the Premier League. Speaking of which, Klose's efficiency is really low."

"Hehe, Klose's goal efficiency is low, this is known to everyone. Look at him in the English League One, he scored less than ten goals in more than fifty games. Only George admires Klose so much."

Indeed, Klose's efficiency is very low. This is Klose's twelfth Premier League game. There are only two goals, which is unacceptable.

In the next game, Southampton still has no intention of taking it back. The game was very interesting, and Blackburn had several scoring opportunities. Unfortunately, no one in the front seized the opportunity, and the first half ended with a score of 2-0.

But 2-0 was not enough to satisfy the ambitions of Blackburn players. Less than five minutes into the second half, Duff on the right rushed in with speed. Then a cross was made, and Pires, who was on the right, just pushed lightly and changed the score to 3-0.

Maybe Pires' performance in this game was too wonderful. When Pires scored the third goal, more than half of the fans at Ewood Park applauded Pires.

Pires, who had never heard applause at Ewood Park, was even stunned when he heard the applause at Ewood Park. He looked up at the Blackburn fans who were applauding and was very surprised. Not only Pires was surprised, but George was also very surprised on the sidelines.

But George was very happy in his heart.

The applause showed that Blackburn fans were gradually accepting this new Blackburn. Although this applause was not given to George, applauding Pires was an indirect recognition of George's vision in introducing players.

George believed that as long as there were a few more victories, Blackburn fans would definitely accept him. And he will applaud himself like now.

Of course, 3-0 is not the end. In the 64th minute of the game, Klose received a cross from Sagnol and headed in the second goal of the game.

This time, Klose also received some applause, although not as intense as when Pires played. But half of the fans still applauded Klose.

George knew that Klose's performance today was actually good enough. Klose rarely scored two goals in a game. Klose's performance should get more applause, but George knew that Klose was implicated by himself.

But now even Klose can get the applause of half of the fans. George knows that Blackburn's performance has already impressed Blackburn fans.

After that, Blackburn did not relax the rhythm. In the 76th minute, Romedal, who came on as a substitute, scored his first goal in Blackburn. In the end, Blackburn defeated Southampton 5-0 at home.

With this game, Blackburn has two wins, six draws and four losses in the 12 rounds of the Premier League, accumulating 12 points. They successfully surpassed Nottingham Forest and ranked 19th in the Premier League. And they were only one point behind Southampton, which was 18th, two points behind Wimbledon, which was 17th, Coventry, which was 16th, and three points behind Everton, which was 15th. These were all differences of one game.

After winning Newcastle and Southampton in succession, Blackburn's situation suddenly improved greatly.

George stood on the sidelines, smiling and clapping, welcoming the players.

"Robert, keep up your current state. I promise that the left-wing main force of the French national team is yours." George patted Pires on the shoulder.

George knew that Pires' national team career was very bumpy, and he also hoped that Pires could have a smooth career in the national team. But thinking of Pires' temper, it would be difficult for his national team career to be smooth.

"Boss, the left-wing main force of the national team should be mine." Like many talented players, Pires is very conceited about his own strength.

"John, come on." George saw Miku and waved his hand quickly.

"Good performance, more and more like a general." For a talented player like Miku, and an introverted player, George took more encouraging measures.

Hearing the praise of Miku, he smiled shyly.

George was on the sidelines, welcoming one player after another. He would praise them every time he saw a player. This is what George understood when he coached Burnley. Blaming young players and talented players blindly will have a counterproductive effect.

Some appropriate praise is very helpful in improving their self-confidence.

"Miro, beautiful." George did not say too many encouraging words to Klose, but just gave a thumbs up. Then he stretched out his hand.

Klose clapped his hands with George very tacitly.

George and Klose did not need too much politeness. The simple clapping was already a very tacit understanding.

George, in a good mood, smiled at the press conference. He did not have the arrogant attitude before. He even raised Southampton, who had a verbal battle with George before the game, and gently put it down.

George, who used to be unreasonable, did not say a bad word about Southampton. Instead, he praised how well Southampton's youth training was done, and Blackburn should learn from it in the future.

The reporters below were quite surprised.

But at the end, George tapped the table gently and said to the reporter with a smile: "I have said long ago that I came to Blackburn not to avoid relegation. Blackburn is already on the right path. Relegation is not something my team should think about."

Yellen looked at George talking there, with a smile on his face. This game was won, and the George who gave the FA a headache and was familiar to the media appeared again.

George's excitement was not over yet. Looking at a group of excited young men in the locker room, he tapped the tactical board.

"How do you feel about winning?" George asked loudly.

"Great! Great!!!"

"How does it feel to hear the applause of the fans?"

"Happy! Happy!!!"

"Do you want to get the applause of the fans often!"

"Yes!" The players were very happy to win the game, and they were even more excited to receive the applause of the fans for the first time in their home court. So when they heard George's words, they all answered in unison.

"Okay, I told you. Fans are the easiest group in the world to deal with. As long as we continue to win, the applause of fans will increase. Do you have the confidence to conquer our fans?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, let's keep this state and win one game after another."

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Yes, George's goal is to conquer the home fans. Blackburn played against Sheffield Wednesday at home in the 13th round. Sheffield Wednesday's performance in the Premier League is not too bad, and now it is even ranked ninth in the Premier League.

But when it came to Ewood Park, there was no temper. Blackburn maintained its recent excellent form at home and defeated Sheffield Wednesday 3-1. Pires, who has been in excellent form recently, scored another goal, and Miku and David Dunn, who came on as a substitute, scored one goal each.

After this game, Blackburn had three wins, six draws and four losses in 13 rounds, accumulating 15 points. Finally, it successfully jumped out of the relegation zone and ranked 16th in the Premier League.

And this game was the first time that Blackburn really received the cheers of the home fans. Especially when the goal was scored, George felt the thunderous cheers at Ewood Park for the first time.

Ewood Park, George conquered this stadium twice when he was in Burnley. At that time, their booing was the biggest encouragement for George, but now George has become the head coach of Blackburn. Their applause is the biggest affirmation for George.

Fans still don't have much reaction to George, but as long as they give the team enough applause, George will be very satisfied.

George believes that as long as a coach can get results, he has nothing to fear.