Chapter 105: Restless Supporting Role (Part 1)

In the second half, Tiger took the initiative to recover some of the positions, more like the central defender in the 442 midfielder. He was far behind and he didn't seem to have such a threat. Ridell's performance in the first half was indeed eye-catching, so the players of Wigan Athletic began to focus on Ridell.

Obviously, Ridell, who has almost the ability to establish a foothold in the Premier League, is much stronger than most players who have played from the English League C. Despite being concentrated on guard, Ridell still completed an assist in the second half. With a lot of attention, he transferred the ball to the left and Grant, who was inserted from the left, went straight into the goal.

With three assists and one goal, Ridell's performance is indeed quite outstanding. Although his opponent is only a Premier League Two team, as a winger, it is quite difficult to be able to hand over such an answer in a game. What's more, Ridell and his teammates are not skilled enough, which is almost purely based on his own abilities to create results.

However, Ridell ignored one thing. His performance in the first half was much better than in the second half. The reason was that Tiger attracted most of his opponents, so that he often only had to face one opponent or even no opponent on the wing. His breakthrough and crossing ability were fully demonstrated. After more people defended him in the second half, his performance was obviously much worse than in the first half.

After the game, the head coach of Wigan Athletics came up to congratulate Moyes: "Congratulations, David, you have introduced several players in the top league level."

Although this coach is only a coach in the League Two, he still has his eyes. Preston's weakest last season was their right. Now, after Pudell and Tagat joined, the right has become a strong place for them. Only teams that can strengthen their weaknesses can prove that they have made progress, especially for newly promoted teams.

Gott's arrival has strengthened another firepower point. Last season, Preston's main scoring point was Nogan. The twenty-five goals in the league proved this. Grant can only use his own speed to harass the opponent's defense most of the time. He scored only nine goals in the whole season, less than double digits, and even Tiger scored much more goals than him. Now, there is Gott who also scored more than twenty goals in the League Two last season. Although the two centers seem to overlap in some positions together, it also adds a lot of trouble to the opponent's defense. Preston is no longer a team that Norgan is in poor form and needs midfielders to come forward to score goals.

Moyes shook hands with the other party politely, and said a few words, but he was thinking that he hoped that Tiger would perform better in the next game, so that Preston could not aim to relegate first in the first place in the League One, but could have more extra ideas...

"Tiger, I don't understand why the coach asked Ridell to play the midfield core of today's game."

On the way home, Barrett asked Tiger with confusion and depression: "Yes, I admit that guy is very outstanding. Maybe there is no one in the entire team as threatened as he is on the wing, but in terms of driving the whole team, no one can compare to you! I don't know what level of the Premier League players are, and I am not a star, but I have eyes and can tell that even if Ridell is the best wing forward in the English League One, his role in driving the entire team is not as good as you... His crossing level may be better than you, but your ball control and passing in the middle are going to be two streets away from him! His offensive core may make us win some games, but your offensive core will definitely make us win more games!"

Seeing Barrett speak with a little excitement, Tiger felt infinite warmth in his heart.

Sure enough, the only one who has always been the best and supports him is this best friend Barrett...

"Don't worry, Paul." Tiger held Barrett's shoulder. Although he was shorter than Barrett, his tone was still like a brother at this time: "The coach is just trying to test the second set of tactics after I was stared at the game... In the next game, I am still the core of the offensive. That's right, Ridell is indeed very outstanding, experienced, and extremely familiar with the League One, but I have confidence that no matter what player I am, I can only help me, unless he can show the ability to convince me!"

When Tiger said this, he had strong confidence and appeal. This was something Barrett had never felt in Tiger before. Before, Tiger was a good man in the absolute sense and had a good relationship with Barrett. He was one year older than Barrett and entered the youth team under 19 years earlier. After Barrett also joined the youth team, Tiger gave him great help. In Barrett's eyes at that time, Tiger was his most reliable brother, but after entering the reserve team, Tiger became depressed. Barrett unconsciously forgot the age distance between himself and Tiger and began to actively protect Tiger.

Over the past year, Tiger has slowly returned to his previous appearance. He has covered Barrett in the reserve team and Barrett in the first team. He has taken Barrett to do physical confrontation training and actively taught Barrett to hone his feet... This has made Barrett unknowingly return to his previous role, Tiger's little follower...

Barrett had no objection to this. It was not embarrassing to be his best friend and good brother. What's more, Tiger is so outstanding now that no one in Preston can be better than him.

But today, Barret vaguely discovered that Tiger is indeed too different from Tiger before. Tiger in the past would not be so confident, and would not take it for granted that "no matter what player it is, he can only help me", and would not say such words...

However, such a Tiger made Barrett feel a little excited. Great players will definitely have great personalities. No matter whether the other personalities of this player are arrogant, arrogant, humble, or something else, they must have one thing in common - confidence, pride, and never give up.

At this moment, Barrett believed extremely that in the future, Tiger would never just spend his entire career in a small team or play in a strong team. Players with such a personality will never be unknown.

"Today's game tactics have returned to our tactics last season... Whether it is positional offense or counterattack, hand over the ball to Tiger as soon as possible, and he will organize the offense. All players must cooperate with Tiger. Do you understand?"

Before the game against Bolton, Moyes said this after finishing the starting lineup as usual.

Preston's original players had no objection, while the newly joined Gott and Tagat looked at Riddle curiously. Gott felt that Dell's cross from the wing in the last game made him feel comfortable, while Tagatt had the arrogance of the League One player like Riddle, and thought that Riddle was a normal thing to play the core...

However, Ridell's expression was normal and seemed to have no objection at all.

In Tagat's view, Tiger will encounter big trouble in this game - Tagat was Bolton's main force last season, and in the midfield, Bolton's main force is the Danes Flanderson. This player who once played in Lille in Ligue 1 became Bolton's absolute main force as soon as he arrived. He played forty-one times in the League One last season and scored five goals, which is both offensive and defensive. After helping Bolton advance to the Premier League last season, he also won the favor of many Premier League teams. Bolton took a lot of effort to keep him. In this position, it is undoubtedly Bolton's strongest point - even if they have added many new players.

As Flanderson's teammate, Tagat naturally knew the opponent's ability. This guy's offense is actually not particularly outstanding, but he is quite fierce in defense. If the ball is concentrated at Tiger's feet, perhaps the entire team's offense will be paralyzed because Tiger is stared to death. The best way is to focus on the attack from the wing and avoid the strongest link of the opponent's defense, so that he can win.

What Tagat, thinking about this, did not notice was that he had the same arrogance as Ridell, and believed that Preston, a newly promoted team in the League One, must be centered on players like them with League One experience, so that the team can have enough capital to gain a foothold in the League One.
Chapter completed!