Chapter 16 - Chapter 17 New Target ()

Leiden Oriental defeated Stoke Port 4-1 at home, putting an end to its ten-game defeats, but this news did not cause much response. Except for the Walthamsto Daily in the Walthamsto area and the Leiden Evening News in the small town of Leiden used a large section to report this hard-won victory, other media just casually mentioned it when reporting on the League Two: "Leden Oriental defeated Stoke Port at home and won a hard-won victory."

This result made Xiao Ming feel a little unhappy, but it is no wonder that even if Leiden East won the last game, they were still at the bottom of the points, and there was still a 10-minute gap from the escape relegation zone. If there was only one team in front, there might be hope, but now there are three teams in front that are on top! In fact, since the last round, the possibility of Leiden East relegation has been only theoretical - Leiden East can be said to be the standard only to fight for honor.

However, there will not be only one season. Even if you are relegated, you will have to play a few beautiful games to win the hearts of fans next season. Giving fans hope is to give the club hope, because the foundation of the club is those loyal fans, such as the foundation of a website is those netizens who often browse the website.

Maybe in many cases, they don’t seem that important, but if you really lose them, you will find that they are everything! They are the most important components of clubs, websites, and even everything else!

Without any support from any fans, there will be no need for sports clubs to exist. Without any netizens browsing, there will be no need for websites to exist. Without any support from any people, a government will have no need for existence!

This is a very simple fact that is often ignored intentionally or unintentionally most of the time!

No matter how brilliant the building is, it is composed of the smallest molecules, and it doesn’t matter if there are one or two less, but when they all lose it, it is when the building begins to collapse.

Fortunately, Xiao Ming understood this truth very much, so he knew that even if he had been relegated, they had to play a few good games to win back the hearts of the fans and lay a solid foundation for the British and C journey to restart next season - this is also why he felt very angry when he saw the players running around the field - this approach completely accelerated the loss of fans who had already started to lose because of the team's poor performance! Few fans look at it means that the ticket revenue is reduced, and the ticket revenue is reduced to rob Xiao Ming's money - subordinates dare to rob the boss's money, which is worth it!

However, the performance of the players in the second half made Xiao Ming feel that these players were not useless. At least after they were motivated, they still burst out with strong fighting spirit. The technical and tactical abilities they showed in the second half were at least excellent in the English League Two.

If most of the main players can be retained, it will be easy to come back next season? It seems that I will observe the performance of the players in the coaching seat in the future, and see which ones can be kept, which ones can be kept as much as possible, and which ones will not be wanted even if they want to stay...

Look at the first team, there are actually thirty-two first team players! This is too bloated, right? A British League Two team only plays for 46 games in the league a year, and all kinds of cup matches will not exceed 70 games. There are too many more than thirty first team players, right?

And Xiao Ming remembered the player information on the roster. There are ten old players over 30 years old. A League Two team, with so many first-line players, how can you not bear a heavy financial burden? With so many old players in the team, how should young players stand out? McGrady played wonderfully after he came on as a substitute in the last game, but he has only played as a substitute for only four or five times since this season...

Under Tony Wood, the club's hardware facilities and operation are very good, but the software is a bit unsatisfactory. The club has raised a lot of idle people, including the team, making the entire club and the team look extremely old and without any anger.

This is also related to Old Wood's personality. He is a kind and rich man with a soft heart. But now we are coming the era of Xiao Ming! Leiden Oriental Club should also have a drastic change!

Three days later, Leiden East ushered in its 42nd round of the league, challenging the 17th-ranked Rotherham team away. In this game, Xiao Ming went to the away game with the team. Now he has officially given himself the title of assistant coach. He has been supervising the game from the beginning. After his performance at the halftime of the last game, no player dared to slacke in the game. Leiden East, which is mainly veterans, runs actively in the game. After increasing the running, their technical abilities and experience have been fully utilized.

In the end, relying on veteran Kelly's double score, Leiden Oriental defeated Rotherham 2-1 away, which made more than 3,000 fans of the home team feel dull. However, after the game, a news came to the scene, which made Leiden Oriental's locker room quiet. York, ranked 21st, also won the ball and continued to lead Leiden Oriental ten. With four rounds left in the league, this was simply a natural disaster.

"Come on, guys."

In the silence, Xiao Ming clapped his face: "In fact, as early as six rounds ago, we should have known that no miracle would happen, but we still won two games, allowing all the League Two teams to see our abilities. So what if we were relegated? Leiden East has not been relegated! But we will always come back, and we must tell them that our goal is not only to return to League Two, but should have higher goals!"

Many players looked up at Xiao Ming - they said higher goals when they were about to be relegated, how did the chairman have a brain...

"I am a person who can always find the goal." Xiao Ming knew what these players were thinking without looking at it: "So, in the last four rounds of the league, I hope to propose another goal to enable you to achieve it. You should be able to do this goal, it depends on whether you are willing to do it."

Now everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Ming, wanting to hear what he was going to say.

"Since we have basically been downgraded, we will narrow the target a little bit." Xiao Ming looked at everyone and said word by word: "If we don't downgraded as the last one, this is our new goal of Leiden East - do you have the confidence to do it?"

When the downgrade has been set, I hope to not be demoted as the last one - this is a very tragic and helpless goal, and it can even be said to be a goal with no meaning.

However, for the players of Leiden East, it is the only goal they have the opportunity to achieve at this stage, and the only goal they can achieve through their own efforts.

It is precisely because of this that when Xiao Ming finished saying that in the locker room, although there was a cold scene that made Xiao Ming feel a little embarrassed, after leaving the away game, many Leiden East players secretly made up their minds that this only goal that can be achieved must be achieved!

People need a sense of purpose. People without a sense of purpose can only be confused and listless in everything they do. People with a sense of purpose are the opposite. They are full of energy, know what they are going to do, and move quickly towards their goals.

What Xiao Ming wants to establish for these players is such a goal.

In the next few days, Xiao Ming was still paying attention to changes in the stock market, which was related to his great cause of making money, but he was not careless. Moreover, even if he was proficient in the financial market, he could not guarantee that he would make money. This mid-week trip to watch the game away has delayed his time.

Xiao Ming, who has never been to the training ground, doesn’t know that the players’ attitudes have changed considerably in the training ground these days.

Head coach McDonald can be said to be the one who knows best. After he took office, the players of Leiden East have always been half-dead on the training ground. Except for some young players who are still working very hard, the veterans basically start their own training lazily, end their own training lazily, and then go home lazily.

He was also very dissatisfied with this situation at first, but when most of the players of a team are like this, the head coach has no good idea - he can't roar for a while and then send all of these players to the reserve team. Chairman Old Wood didn't have much thought to deal with these matters, so he had to choose to just pass.

After returning from the away game, he found that the lazy veterans were gone the next day. Although they still did not complete their training as hard as young players, most of the training was completed conscientiously, and sometimes they did not complain when encountering some difficulties.

The reason why Leiden Oriental has performed so poorly this season is not because of the players' abilities, but because of their psychology.

Shortly after the season started, the boss was about to go bankrupt. There was even a period of time when the players' salaries were not available on time. Players were also humans and they made a living by playing football. Without wages, people would naturally be volatile. Later, the news came more and more unfavorable. Tony Wood declared bankruptcy, and the club's income dropped sharply. Some older players began to think about leaving. These players were often the main players, and they were no longer interested in playing football. How could they perform well?

The new chairman's acquisition was an opportunity. The old chairman kept the club calm to the greatest extent when he left, and it was also an opportunity. After knowing that the club's finances did not have a deficit, the players' hearts had actually settled. However, the team had been in a downturn for so long, how could it be that they could rise up? As a result, Xiao Ming rushed to the locker room and scolded him, which completely inspired the players' desire to win.

If you want to stay, you have to show some real skills to let the new chairman decide to keep himself. If you want to leave, you have to use good performance to impress the heart of your family. In the final analysis, people are selfish. No one will not fight desperately for their own future.

When he had the hope of winning and was willing to run and fight on the court, Leiden East, which was already very strong, began to burst out with amazing abilities, and in the last few rounds, the team that encountered Leiden East began to appear unlucky...

The Luton team, ranked eighth, is such an unlucky person.

Although he is only ranked eighth, the gap from sixth is only two points. In the final stage of the league, Luton will not miss any chance to grab points. After all, you can get the opportunity to play in the playoffs by entering the top six. If you play well in the playoffs, you may enter the League One next season, which is much better than the League Two!

In the 43rd round, the 3rd round of home match against Leiden East, who ranked last in points, these three-pointers were already within the plan of head coach Luton.

Although this team has won two consecutive games, it has basically been relegated. Will such a team still have fighting spirit? Many Luton fans think so when entering the court.

The answer soon came out: Fighting spirit? There are many things in Leiden East!

It is obvious that Luton's players are not expected to have enough difficulties in this game. According to their strength, they should be above Leiden East. After all, their goal this season is to advance to the top, but after the game started, the old guys from Leiden East were like taking medicine and launched an aggressive attack at the beginning!

In the seventh minute of the first half, McGrady, who started the first time this season, shot and scored a first goal in the chaos! After scoring the goal, McGrady rushed to the sidelines again and hugged the chairman and assistant coach vigorously.

After conceding a goal, Luton's players woke up from their dreams and began to launch a fierce attack with the help of home court and strength that was superior to the opponent. Leiden East launched a tit-for-tat defense and used all means to stop the opponent's attack.

However, Luton, who played at home, was more powerful than the opponent. Five minutes before the end of the first half, their top scorer, Jamaican striker Michel, drifted beautifully in the penalty area, and then snatched a shot before Hilton attacked and broke through Leiden's East goal.

After the equalization, the Luton players cheered for a lot of time, just as they broke through the goal of Watford, who was at the top of the scoreboard.

After the start of the second half, Leiden East still played bravely and tenaciously, but luck did not seem to be on their side. Without any errors in the defense, the opponent's midfielder Soler made a world wave 30 meters away from the goal. Although Hilton tried hard to save, it was a little bit short of it, and the ball went straight into the net!

Seeing that the team finally took the lead, there were huge cheers in the stands, Luton's head coach also breathed a sigh of relief: "There should be no more accidents, right?"
Chapter completed!