Chapter 107 Farewell to the Past Battle (Part 1)

After being scored two goals in a row, Bolton's players were a little confused. The gap between their offense and defense became larger. Soon Preston grabbed the opponent's chaos and took another goal - this time it was the real "Tiger show". After passing the ball continuously to the two wings, Tiger received a return pass from Riddle and then scored in the penalty area. The Reebok Stadium was silent, and all the Bolton players couldn't believe their eyes...

At the end of the first half, Premier League champion Preston led Bolton in the first half of the Premier League three-to-one away game...

This result made Bolton a little crazy. After the second half, they began to launch a crazy attack. However, Preston, who had already been fully excited, was not afraid to attack them. With Tiger almost completely controlling the midfield, although most positions were a certain gap with their opponents, when Tiger controlled the midfield, the gap seemed very small.

This is the role of a midfielder that can dispatch the entire team. With Tiger on the court, what other Preston players have to do is much simpler. All they need to do is to play to their strengths, unite around Tiger, and fight against their opponents as a team rather than as eleven people...

Bolton scored a point shortly after the start of the second half, but Preston seized a counterattack opportunity to expand the score to four-2 again. At this time, Moyes saw that the opponent was almost crazy, so he replaced most of the main players, and Tiger was replaced. Most of the main players ended up with Preston almost inferior to a League Two team, and was immediately beaten up by Bolton in his half like crazy.

In the end, Bolton finally scored three goals in the last twenty minutes of the second half and overtook the score by 5-4. The Bolton fans at the scene also breathed a sigh of relief - although it was obvious that the opponent later replaced most of the substitutes, no matter what, he saved the first victory of the new home court...

After the game, Todd ran over to shake hands with Moyes almost wiped his sweat. After watching Moyes for a long time, he sighed and asked, "Do you Tiger... sell it?"

Moyes laughed: "Colin, you have a good attitude, but unfortunately, he is our non-sale product."

Moyes smiled happily. Colin Todd is a former England national team. Even if his coaching ability is not particularly outstanding, as a former star, he still has a good view of people. Although Tiger's performance in this game was not very radiant, he still saw that Preston could have an advantage in the scene, and the biggest factor was Tiger.

But no matter what, Moyes would not choose to sell Tiger at this time. Although he only renewed the contract for Tiger for two years, it was just because he compensated Tiger for only giving Tiger a weekly salary of 2,000 pounds. Next season, as long as Preston can gain a foothold in the League One and Tiger has no intention of leaving, he will definitely give Tiger a contract worthy of his contribution.

The average weekly salary of the main players in the League One is around 4,000 pounds, among which offensive players get more than defensive players. For example, Tagat received a weekly salary of 2,600 pounds at Bolton last season, 3,000 pounds at Preston this season, Ridell received a weekly salary of 3,500 pounds at Barnsley, and after coming to Preston, he received a weekly salary of 4,000 pounds - Preston's salary is less than other teams, which is also determined based on their status as a promoted player.

However, no matter what, Tiger's weekly salary was indeed a little less. Although Moyes gave a lot of discounts on appearance fees and various bonuses, if Tiger had an agent, he would definitely not agree to sign the contract. He either asked for a salary of at least 4,000 pounds or sought a transfer. However, Tiger was a typical rookie at this time. He signed the contract when he saw that the contract was still good. Moreover, he was living well in Preston now and would not have many other ideas.

But Tiger has no objection now, and does not mean that he will not have any objection in the future. Moyes cannot convince Drake Shaw to give Tiger more salary now, so he can only give Tiger enough attention elsewhere to make him feel comfortable playing football in Preston so that he can avoid conflicts in the locker room.

After testing this game, Moyes was full of more confidence in Preston's journey in the League One. Bolton, who won the championship in the League One last season, was forced to look like this by Preston. As long as Preston performs better, let alone enter the top ten, it is not difficult to even make it to enter the Premier League. Even Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest and Sunderland have not lost too many talents.

After the game against Bolton, Ridell never mentioned the proposal to play the core of the midfield. It was obvious that he was convinced by Tiger's performance. At least he learned that he could not be better than Tiger in improving the entire team...

Moyes is very happy about this. A team must have a leader. At the same time, others must listen to the leader on the surface and cooperate with the leader on the court. Such a team is a whole on the court.

Preston does not have many outstanding players, and they still have certain advantages in the League Two. However, in the League One, except for a Tiger whose strength has not been tested in the League One field, the player who really has an advantage in the League One opponent is nothing more than two League One new players. The other players have never played in League One game, and they don’t know what level they can play in League One. In this case, the overall team’s battle is particularly important.

After returning to Preston, Preston ushered in the third warm-up match. When facing the opponents of the British and African Union, Preston was not ruthless. Although Moyes used two completely different lineups in the first and second half, only Tiger played the whole game. Preston still defeated Southport with a score of 7-1 and won the second warm-up match before the start of the season.

The successive wins of warm-up matches made Preston fans look forward to the new season's League One - in their eyes, losing four to five to Bolton is not a loss at all - did not see our main players lead four to two on the court? The next thing is just to give them face to the new stadium...

Moyes was also full of confidence, because he found in the warm-up match that Tiger's physical fitness seemed to be much better than last season. Last season, Tiger basically ended in every game after playing for more than 70 minutes. In this warm-up match, he was still very physically healthy every time he got off the court, and he didn't look too tired after playing the whole game in the last game.

Tiger himself was also surprised because in the summer he only strengthened his ball control and strength, and the effect was really good - at least in terms of strength, he now collided with Barrett, and even without the skill of dodging, he would not be hit by Barrett, but in terms of physical fitness, he obviously did not strengthen...

After thinking about it, Tiger couldn't figure it out. In the end, he could only blame the increase in strength and his physical fitness to a certain extent. After all, these two can be considered complementary.

Tiger was naturally very happy about this. After all, he was unwilling to be forced to end the game every time he played for more than 70 minutes. It would be fine if he had already gained enough lead. It would be more fatal to do this in the stalemate. Now, it's just right...

As the start of the League One is getting closer, Tiger is increasingly looking forward to the first League One game, not only for other reasons, but because the schedule for the League One has now come out, and Preston's first League One opponent is Bradford.

There is nothing strange about this opponent, but in the opponent's formation, there is an opponent that Tiger has always wanted to defeat - Robert Taylor!

His first appearance for Preston's first team was when he was humiliated in front of this guy, so he was in a slump later. If it weren't for Lin Danda's appearance, he might have been terminated by Preston now and then played in non-professional games!

Although he has beaten opponents like Winnie Jones and Robbie Savage, Robert Tiger is still one of his most wanted opponents!

Lead Preston, defeat Bradford, say goodbye to the past and start your new journey!
Chapter completed!