Wen Sheng feels that the combination of Lawrence and McCarthy last season was more to his taste. The older Lawrence gets, the more he is responsible for attacking, while McCarthy is responsible for filling in. They conceded very few goals last season.

Of course, maybe the tacit understanding between them is very good, which makes up for their lack of personal ability, but in any case, Wen Sheng misses McCarthy. At least McCarthy can try to partner with a few newcomers.

In addition to the problem of the central defender, Wen Sheng can only make the team pay tuition. In addition, regarding the control of the game, this is also an issue that Wen Sheng is a little worried about.

To be precise, Wen Sheng is not satisfied with the team's rhythm control. The first half against Liverpool was good, but in the second half his physical fitness declined. Wen Sheng felt that if the rhythm was controlled well in the second half, he would not be so passive.

The same is true against Naples. No matter what kind of tactics you play, rhythm control is necessary. Even if it is a deep counterattack, you must know when to be fast and when to be slow.

Back in Croydon, the team has to go away to play against Birmingham on the weekend.

"We have too little rest time! We play another game in less than forty-eight hours. Our players are humans, not machines!" Even though he knew it would not help the situation, Wen Sheng still complained at the press conference before the game.

Birmingham is a Chinese-funded club. The owner is a Hong Konger. It is also the first Chinese-funded club to appear in the Premier League. They performed very well last season and finished ninth in the Premier League. However, their performance in the new season is not very good in the league.

With only one victory, they are one step away from the relegation zone.

Of course, if you want to say that you are not optimistic, it is not necessarily true. At least from the beginning of this season, the situation in the Premier League has been relatively chaotic. It is not just Crystal Palace that is causing trouble. Several teams such as Aston Villa are also not good at it. As a result, now

The situation in the standings is not clear, and the strong teams have not been able to form a stable first group.

On the 24th, Wen Sheng had to face Ferguson's disciple again, Birmingham's head coach, Scottish Alexander McLeish.

Speaking of MacLeish's relationship with Ferguson, it goes back much further than Allardyce, and has a much deeper relationship than Bruce, Keane, etc.

As early as when Ferguson was coaching Aberdeen, McLeish was a player under Ferguson, and the two had worked together for many years and had a close relationship.

Therefore, some coaches are right when they say that the Premier League has a Ferguson system. Sir Alex Ferguson did not spare any effort in his "teachings".

In the 2008-09 season, Birmingham challenged Arsenal away from home. McLeish's Birmingham successfully took away a point at the Emirates Stadium. After the game, he thanked his teacher and admitted that without Ferguson's advice, Birmingham might not be able to win at Arsenal.

Take away the points.

If it were another team, it would definitely not be appropriate for Ferguson to "coach", and people might not be willing to listen to his guidance, but his disciples would be different, right?!

You can't say it's unfair. Ferguson didn't violate the rules, but he could give his disciples tricks behind his back. This kind of trick is very common in Ferguson's circle, and everyone can only do nothing.

Some clubs are very keen to find Ferguson's disciples as head coaches, such as Sunderland. Anyway, they can get benefits. Privately, Ferguson's disciples can come to Ferguson to help them. On the surface, the team can do it without spending a dime.

The money is just for loaning out players from Manchester United, so why not do it.

Of course, McLeish is a real man. He is a Scotsman. The best place in the British Isles to produce coaches is Scotland. Busby and Shankly are the two coaches who led Manchester United and Liverpool to establish dynasties.

The Scots, on the other hand, don't have many good coaches from England. The one who is probably good is Clough. The other honors won are not as good as those of the Scottish coach.

Of course, the reason why Scotland produces good coaches has a lot to do with the different football ideologies between Scotland and England in the early days. Scotland focuses on the team, while England focuses on the individual.

Motes and McLeish, who are currently active in Premier League football, are good coaches of the Mesozoic generation in Scotland. Their results in leading the team are indeed much better than those of the Mesozoic coaches in England.

After the game, the media has created a unique way of hyping up the dispute between Wen Sheng and MacLeish, which represents the battle between England's Mesozoic coaches (Wen Sheng is speechless, I'm probably not that old!) and Scotland's Mesozoic coaches.

From this point of view, the battle between Crystal Palace and Birmingham City is far from being considered a heavyweight. This is the media’s forcible enhancement of their presence!

The result of the match was 1:1, with both sides shaking hands at St Andrews.

Neither McLeish nor Wen Sheng wanted to shake hands and make peace, but they had no choice. Birmingham wanted to eat more than they could eat. They made a lot of moves in the summer, including Serbian high center Zikic and Arsenal.

The old player Hleb is included, but unfortunately their injuries have been serious recently.

Coincidentally, Crystal Palace's most injured area is the center back, while Birmingham's most injured area is the striker. After 8 rounds of the league, they only scored 7 goals.

In this round of games, their high center forward Zikic is back, but he is completely out of shape. There is no problem against him. After all, his size is there, but under the interference of Benatia and Van Dijk, his ability to play the ball is completely lacking.

When he performed well, he didn't get many shooting opportunities.

It was Vardy who scored the equalizer for Crystal Palace. Counting the Europa League, the young man has scored 4 goals in 3 games, and his recovery is obvious.

Birmingham's recent poor state was noticed by Wen Sheng. He originally hoped to "kill you while you are sick", but the team could only get a draw.

"We should pay more attention to the rhythm during the game! We can control it very well, but sometimes we do very poorly!" Wen Sheng told reporters after the game.

"Sometimes we need to slow down the rhythm and speed of the game slightly. We need to control the ball instead of simply giving it away!"

Lawrence and Hawking disagreed with Wen Sheng's words after the game. Controlling the ball and controlling possession of the ball is not an easy task in the Premier League, especially between two teams of equal strength.

Firstly, if the difference in strength between everyone is not very big, then no one on the court will give up the midfield easily. The midfield must be a focal point. The Premier League has always been a fierce battle, and it is not easy to control the ball.

If there is a big gap in strength between everyone, the weaker team will most likely take the initiative to give up the ball. If you don't give up the ball, your players are not strong enough, and the weaknesses in passing, catching, and handling the ball will gradually be superimposed and magnified.

, in the end, the feedback was that the unlucky one was myself, so many weak teams did not dare to play like that and played counterattack honestly.

Just like two teams like Birmingham and Crystal Palace, their strength is relatively close. The more the ball is at your feet, the more chances you can create shots, so no one will give up the ball easily. Of course, everyone is that kind of offense.

A more direct team does not have too many twists and turns, and switches possession of the ball more frequently.

Secondly, it must be said that the team does not have the right players, and control is not an easy task. De Bruyne's offensive organization is only to organize the offense, he is not the controller of the rhythm of the court.

Maybe he can do the job well if he is put in the middle, but that would be a pity. De Bruyne's best thing is his offensive talent!

Lawrence thought that it was actually harmless.

He knows what Wen Sheng wants, which is nothing more than absolute control on the court. He has the final say when to control the ball, when to defend, and when to attack. But is this what your Crystal Palace can currently do?!

Maybe Chelsea can, Manchester United can, Arsenal can, but Crystal Palace definitely can't.
Chapter completed!