Sheffield fires Kevin Blackwell! Gary Speed, a living fossil in British football, takes office! "——"British 442"
"Gary Speed is about to start his first coaching career. It is worth mentioning that he is also a registered player of the team he coaches, Sheffield United." ——"The Guardian"
"After three rounds of the new season, Sheffield United has only scored 3 points. Gary Speed's primary pressure is to complete the task of relegation!" ——"Sky Sports"
"Arsenal's two young players performed well in their debut in the second round of the league. With the new coach taking office, they may immediately become Gary Speed's direct players and become the main force!" ——"Sheffield Newspaper"
The next day, the news that Kevin was fired and Gary Speed took over caused quite a stir in the entire British football world.
Most British fans are still very familiar with Gary Speed, and they are also looking forward to his first stop as a coach after retirement.
"Speed's personality is very suitable for being a coach. He just stepped down from the field. This time he returned to the field in another identity, which is also a good thing. "
"Hasn't he been an assistant coach for a while?"
"How can it be the same? Did you pay attention to him when he was an assistant coach? It's not until he took over as the head coach that people started to pay attention to him again."
"I have been searching for news about him."
It can be said that this legendary figure who started his career as a genius in 1988 has always had many fans in English football.
His appointment will definitely attract more people to Sheffield United, a veteran team, which will affect all aspects of the team, down to every player.
While other neutral fans are talking about Gary Speed.
Sheffield United's own fans are more concerned about the team's future performance and Gary Speed's use of personnel.
"Even if the nickname of the Blade did not originally come from describing the sharpness of the team.
"But the fact that this nickname has survived to this day also represents the team's style of play, which is offense!"
"I agree! Including the League Cup, in the four games of the new season, the team scored 3 goals and conceded 8 goals!
"Let's not talk about the goals conceded, this kind of offensive firepower really makes people see no hope for the future."
"Change the formation! Reshuffle the lineup and replace those who are not working hard!"
"Many people, like me, are looking forward to the two talented Arsenal boys that day, but I don't understand why Kevin didn't give them any playing time in the third round of the league?"
"Don't worry about it, just look at the news in the Sheffield newspaper. In a sense, they also represent the official meaning of the club."
"Let's hope so. The two boys are impressive. I look forward to seeing them in the home game this week. "
The names of Maher and Gilbert were mentioned again. Their amazing performance in the last league game left a deep impression on them.
This kind of thing is indelible. They have won the favor of many fans.
......
On August 27, there was one day left before the fourth round of the English Championship.
On the training ground, Maher finished the morning training and went to the team cafeteria for lunch.
Tomorrow is his first home game day since coming to Sheffield United. He didn't do much today to ensure his physical condition.
[Skill: Running lv1]
[Proficiency: (42/300)]
[Skill: Balance lv1]
[Proficiency: (31/300)]
The speed and coordination skills have been refreshed. The initial names of the two physical skills both show a taste of "chicken ribs", but it doesn't affect anything.
"For lv1 level skills, the proficiency increases very quickly."
Maher made a simple calculation and had a bottom line in his mind, "By the middle of next month, the two skills should be able to reach the lv2 level. "
The new skill training in the past few days has gradually made him feel numb from training his body, after all, it is followed by strength training.
Every time this happens, he would want to add a technical skill to make the training more interesting.
Although it is all training... very boring, there are different levels of boredom, and people must learn to have fun in suffering.
If it weren't for his strong ability to adjust, he would have been exhausted by now. This life is really not a life for a human being.
After thinking about it, Maher still set his sights on long-range shooting ability and prepared to focus on improving his combat effectiveness.
He wants to train on three fronts!
Strive to make the long-range shooting ability reach level 4 when the two physical skills reach level 3, so that he can really have a super outstanding feature!
By then, the improvement in combat effectiveness may make him look brand new.
"The number of fans has exceeded 3,000. "
During the meal, Maher took some time to check his Facebook and found that the number of followers had increased significantly recently. He thought it had something to do with Gary Speed's appointment.
He opened the private message column again and saw all kinds of messages.
There were encouragement and praise, and some asked why he didn't play in the last league game, and inquired about the conflicts within the team... Some left their addresses and sent artistic photos, and there was also an endorsement invitation from a Sheffield fan pub.
"Endorsement invitation?"
This aroused Maher's interest. He browsed the artistic photos in the private message column and couldn't understand why he could get such an invitation when he had just played a game.
Snap!
He suddenly slapped his forehead, closed the artistic photo column, and opened the endorsement invitation column.
It seemed that he was invited to provide some autographed photos, autographed scarves, and autographs on some wine bottles and glasses of suitable materials for a pub in the city, and posted a Facebook message inviting fans to participate in the event.
The remuneration after tax is 2,000 pounds, and the pub will pay the taxes on his behalf.
"Not bad. "
Maher didn't mind the small amount of money and planned to go and see it after the new round of the league ended. This was the first time he received such an invitation.
........
At night, in the meeting room of the training base.
Gary Speed stood in front of a tactical board, arranging tactics and preparing to read out the starting lineup here.
He had a good relationship with the players. He didn't have to announce the list and starting lineup on his mobile phone every time like Kevin did. He could just announce it on the spot.
"It's a bold attempt to directly use 442."
Gary Speed explained while fiddling with the chess pieces on the tactical board: "But we have to make changes. There is no time to adapt.
"As in the recent training, when attacking, our formation is the traditional English 442, but when defending, I need a striker to withdraw to the midfield line and a midfielder to withdraw to the defensive midfielder position.
"That is the more basic positioning formation, 4141, which can prevent the 442 formation from being insufficient in the middle of the midfield. "
Maher and Gilbert sat together, their eyes clear and bright. This style of play is indeed a more traditional and balanced style of play, which is the favorite of British coaches.
There is nothing wrong with it. There is no obvious difference between strong and weak formations. The most important thing is to be suitable.
The fighting spirit of a team on the field, the technical and tactical level of the players, personal ability, etc., as well as the coach's ability to adjust on the spot and analyze opponents are the key to a game.
"Starting lineup."
After talking about some arrangements, Gary Speed glanced at the players below, picked up a pen, wrote their names on the tactical board, and said: "Forwards Evans and Bolodanovic. "
After the second name was read out, there was a small commotion in the entire conference room.
Bonodarovic, this is a center forward, who has never been used before.
It seems that Gary Speed is really ready to reshuffle.
"Left midfielder..."
At this time, he read out another position, causing many people to look at him nervously.
Whether to use Maher or Markarts also determines some of Gary Speed's determination and position.
"Maher!"
Gary Speed simply wrote down the name, without much nonsense, and wrote other things directly, "Midfielders Januhans, Gilbert, right midfielder Ward."
All starters!
Maher and Gilbert's faces lit up, and their legs under the table touched slightly. They finally ushered in a brand new moment.
Evans, Januhans and others also cast congratulatory eyes on them, as if they were happy with this situation, and they still had a big picture.
"The back line from left to right, Calvey, Steven, Chris Morgan, Lowton. Goalkeeper Robert. "
After reading the entire list, Gary Speed closed the tactical board. On the back were the names of the seven substitute players. "Tomorrow evening, against Preston, I hope you will win and leave the best ending to the opening month!
"Come on, guys!!"
"Come on! Come on!!" A burst of encouragement rang out in the meeting room, and many people clapped their hands. The morale of the whole team was obviously improved.