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Chapter 256 Difficult choices (1)

"George, what's the potential of these little guys? Are there any players who can catch your eye?" When the game ended with two short and one long whistle, the Tottori youth team beat Charlton youth team three-to-one at home, the old Robson, with a red face, couldn't help but show George his work results in the past six months of the youth training director. "If you think that any player is more promising, I suggest you find time to transfer them to the first team. In this way, it can not only be used as a reward for these little guys, but also motivate them to train harder in the future, but also facilitate your observation of them."

"Bobby, I really admire you. Your eyes are really very vicious." In the public eye, George naturally could not call Old Robson "Old Man" like he did in private. "Joe Hart and Andy Carroll both have excellent talents and potential. If they can maintain a normal pace of progress, instead of falling into fame like Mutu and Pennant, then they have a great hope of becoming the first-class stars in their respective positions... So, I will seriously consider your suggestion after I go back."

George admires Robson's ability to explore young players from the bottom of his heart. You must know that unlike him as a time traveler, Robson cannot know in advance which of these young players are truly potential geniuses and which are the slanderers. Especially in the English football world, which has been praising local players in recent years, it is obviously an extremely difficult task to distinguish this!

Therefore, George is obviously lying to be dissatisfied with the fact that he can find the newly emerging Andy Carroll and Joe Hart from the vast crowd and bring these young players to Tottenham.

However, George also knew very well about the advantages and disadvantages of Robson. He knew that although Robson was very good at discovering young players, he was definitely not the best candidate to coach the Tottori youth team!

Perhaps under the leadership of Robson, these young people can improve faster than in Tuchel's hands, but they cannot develop a good sense of self-discipline, knowing when to do what, and how to deal with various situations correctly after becoming professional players.

Looking back at Robson's coaching resume, you can find that his methods of managing players are quite relaxed. Even if a player disobeys him or causes any trouble outside the court, the coach often gives priority to protecting the players or forgives the other party, rather than dealing with the offender seriously. Although Robson's team management method can unite people in a short period of time and allows players to play a game according to his tactical arrangement, over time, players who are accustomed to being indulged will inevitably make more excessive demands because they are not satisfied with the status quo, which will have an extremely adverse impact on maintaining the good atmosphere inside the team and the stability of the locker room! What's more, if Robson cannot meet their demands of getting more aggressive, then they will even counterattack Robson!

It is precisely this kind of tolerance and relatively weak team management skills that Robson, the old man, was betrayed by his group of ungrateful players while coaching Newcastle, and was driven out of the position of Magpies coach by Shepard.

Let’s look at Tuchel. Although this future famous coach is not yet famous at this time, the rigorous and team-oriented factor that penetrates into the blood of every German and the power given to him by George is enough to allow Tuchel to discipline these restless young people well!

He is good at exploring the potential of young players, but has serious shortcomings in personnel management. This is why George insists on appointing Thomas Tuchel as the head coach of the youth team, responsible for the daily management of the Tottori youth team, and let Robson as the youth training director be in charge of the introduction of young players!

George didn't want to see that the players who came out of the Tottori training camp were all talented and troubled on the court. In his vision, even if the professional qualities of these players do not reach the level of Kaka, they should try not to make negative news and not to destroy the atmosphere in the team!

In other words, Tottenham Hotspur under George's control does not need players like Gascoin and Casano!

Just as the Tottenham youth team easily defeated Charlton youth team at home and showed people their bright prospects, the Tottenham Hotspur first team also made great progress in the Premier League battlefield - in the 30th round of the Premier League match held on March 19, facing the visiting Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, who played all the main players, defeated their opponents three goals at the White Hart Lane Stadium, and continued to lead the league standings with a four-point advantage!

Seeing that there are only eight rounds left in the Premier League, and Tottenham still leads its own four points. The Chelsea players who are focused on chasing points under Mourinho's comfort can't help but become a little anxious at this time. Because according to the current situation, Tottenham is likely to maintain this advantage until the end of the season!

The worst thing is that it won’t take long to start the quarter-finals of the Champions League. At that time, Chelsea will face the situation of multi-line combat again. This will undoubtedly prevent the Blues from continuing to concentrate on chasing points on the league battlefield, and it is even very likely that the score gap will be further widened by Tottenham!

You know, unlike Tottenham who drew Eindhoven in the quarterfinals, Chelsea's opponent in the quarterfinals is the Serie A overlord Juventus. Facing the experienced Capello and the experienced Zebras, Mourinho and Chelsea will surely usher in an extremely difficult battle!

The reason why Chelsea was able to advance together in multi-line combat in the past life was because the Blues were almost out of the league at that time, and no team could threaten it. Mourinho could adopt a rotation strategy to deal with this situation. But now, Tottenham's strong performance and Mourinho's competitive personality made the physical condition of Chelsea's main players far worse than their previous life, and their combat effectiveness naturally declined a lot.

Therefore, at this stage, Mourinho must choose between the Premier League and the Champions League. Although Chelsea's bench depth is first-class in Europe, the players' energy is limited after all. If they force them to fight, then Real Madrid last season is their lesson!

It can be said that the choice Mourinho made will directly determine the fate of Chelsea this season!

League or Champions League? Well, this is indeed a very serious problem.

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