305. The opening of the league
The media was shouting outside, but Wen Sheng didn't care much.
Wen Sheng expressed the same view when interviewed by the Premier League official website, "The Guardian", "Football World" and other media magazines.
"I think we are doing pretty well! The current structure of the team is very good! We are confident of achieving better results in the new season!"
The problem is that it doesn't work what he said.
The winning odds currently offered by bookmakers for the new season are: Manchester United is 2.62, Chelsea is 4, Manchester City is 4.5, Arsenal and Liverpool are 11.00, and Crystal Palace's odds are actually 20.00.
To be honest, Wen Sheng was very angry about this odds. Damn it, he was clearly looking down on us!
Paying 20 for 1 almost means there is no chance.
In his speech to the whole team, Wen Sheng told everyone the story of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. "Princes and generals are so kind!" He gave this sentence to his team members.
"What others can do, we can also do. We are no worse than others! You are all great!"
Many players are indifferent to odds. They also have the desire to compete for the championship, but they still don't have much confidence. The league is not the Europa League or the FA Cup. The season is very long, and it is more error-free than the knockout rounds.
The rate is high, but it is precisely because of the high error tolerance that the wealthy clubs are more likely to establish an advantage. Can Crystal Palace do that?!
But Wen Sheng's preaching stimulated everyone.
"The boss is right, others can do it, why can't we?!"
Such thoughts arise in everyone's mind.
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When the first round of the game arrived, riots broke out in London and then spread across the country. Wen Sheng was worried that the game would be postponed.
He doesn’t think the postponement is a good thing. There will be a European Cup next year and the league cannot be postponed. The first round of postponement must not be compressed into the middle of the season?!
Moreover, the team is currently in a good running-in situation and should be trained through games. The first three games of Crystal Palace are Blackburn Rovers, Fulham and Tottenham. It is undoubtedly a good schedule, and the difficulty level increases as it goes up.
Fortunately, the Football Association and the Premier League had no plans to postpone, and the riots quickly subsided.
On the morning of August 12, the regular pre-match press conference was held as scheduled at the Beckenham training base.
There were a lot of reporters here. After all, it was the premiere of the new season. As Crystal Palace's results improved, the media paid more and more attention to it. Even the bookmakers and professors were not optimistic about what Crystal Palace could create in the new season.
It's a miracle, but Crystal Palace head coach Wen Sheng is full of confidence.
Wen Sheng doesn't like these boring reporters very much. They undoubtedly asked Crystal Palace again about their goals for the new season at the press conference.
The more formal answer was given by both Parrish and Moleri, "Our goal is the top four!"
"We all know that the new season is difficult, but our goal is to do better than last season!" Wen Sheng replied to the "curious" reporters.
"Daniel, are you satisfied with the current team's transfers? Do you regret the missed goals?!" a reporter from The Times asked.
There have been many scandals with Crystal Palace this summer. Vidal, Ashley Young, Downing, Phil Jones, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gervinho, etc. all seem to be Crystal Palace's targets.
Wen Sheng admitted that many of them were indeed the targets of Crystal Palace, but it was really bad that they were unwilling to marry Crystal Palace!
Vidal rejected Wensheng's invitation and went to Juventus.
Ashley Young and Phil Jones went to Manchester United.
Downing went to Liverpool.
Chamberlain and Gervinho went to Arsenal.
It’s really hard to compete with the giants!
The money is more than others, but the salary may not be that high, and they are all rich and well-established clubs. No matter how poor they are, they are still better than Crystal Palace in the eyes of those players.
Let's just talk about Pogba. He can't even play at Manchester United. His status is far inferior to Cleverley, but he is still unwilling to come to Crystal Palace.
"I'm happy with the squad we have right now! Missed a goal?! That's not the real story! We have a lot of goals, some may come and some may not, it's no big deal! I don't think that will be the case
It only exists for us, other clubs will have similar stories!"
Wen Sheng is quite straightforward.
"Some people think it was a mistake for you to send Zaha to West Bromwich Albion. What do you think about this?!" a reporter from "Mirror" raised his hand and asked.
Zaha was still very famous last season. After all, he was only 18 years old and got many opportunities to play in the Premier League. Overall, his performance was good and left a deep impression on the outside world. The media praised him highly.
, won the glorious title of "Great British Emperor Star".
Some media also created a campaign to say that all echelons in England should give Zaha serious consideration and let him play for the England national team.
Zaha is a dual national, Ivorian and grew up in England.
Wen Sheng felt that he was wronged. In fact, he paid a lot of attention to Zaha. Even if Zaha was loaned to West Bromwich Albion, he often called Zaha to understand the situation, brainwashed Zaha, and also asked Hodgson to understand the situation.
Zaha's performance in the team training camp.
As for Zaha himself, although he prefers to stay at Crystal Palace, he also understands Wen Sheng's good intentions and accepted Wen Sheng's arrangement. Hodgson promised to give him a main position, so of course he has no problem.
If it is really not for Zaha's good, Wen Sheng can keep him as a substitute and start from time to time, and he can also play his role, but experience, experience is very important, Wen Sheng feels that stable playing time is the key
The best thing for Zaha is that now is the time for him to improve his skills.
"It's nothing surprising! Every decision will have some people agreeing with it and others disagreeing! When it's important, Will's family and I make the right decision for him! He will be the future of Crystal Palace!" Wen Sheng didn't bother to argue with them,
He answered the reporter as if he didn't answer the question and didn't give any reason at all.
"Daniel, how do you evaluate your first opponent?!" The press conference does not last too long. Sometimes when a question ends, the next question may not be the original topic soon.
Wen Sheng was happy to be interrupted.
Blackburn are really weak chickens.
The head coach of this team at the beginning of last season was Big Sam Allardyce, an old friend of Wen Sheng. Blackburn finished tenth in the 2009-10 season. To be honest, Big Sam had as much credit for this.
It has a lot to do with the fact that their team had financial difficulties last season, Big Sam didn't make many signings, and the team's strength was average.
Big Sam led the team in a mediocre performance at the beginning of last season, and the team had a very arduous task of relegation. Speaking of the situation last season, haha, half of the teams were relegation teams, and the competition was very fierce.
In November last year, the Indian owner who raised chickens took over the team. Then Blackburn made a cunning move and kicked Big Sam away before January, and instead invited Scottish coach Shi
Tiff Keane and Steve Keane were both coaching in Scotland before, and the fans couldn’t understand how the chicken owner found such a person.
Keane won one of the three trial games, and then won the heart of the boss and signed a three-year contract. Blackburn did avoid relegation, but they were only two steps away from relegation.
When they met Crystal Palace in the second half, they were beaten 5:0 by Crystal Palace. That was Crystal Palace's biggest score of the season.
So far in the new season, they have only made two moves in the transfer market. One is to sell their future star Phil Jones to Manchester United at a high price, and the other is to buy David Goodwillie from Dundee United.
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With this kind of operation, the Premier League is unique, and Tottenham in a few years will be able to compare with them.
They are originally a relegation team, and Steve Keane himself is not very capable. In the new season, the media has automatically classified Blackburn as having a high probability of being relegated.
Chapter completed!