After the season ends, most players put their swords and guns in storage, put their horses away, and start to rest happily.
This is normal. After all, professional players are usually very tired and have little freedom or vacation. Only the end of the season can lead to a more comfortable life.
However, the coach and the boss cannot rest. In the following time, in addition to updating his tactical abilities and training plans, Ji Ya is constantly looking at the information sent by the scouts and thinking about the next move.
How to adjust the lineup for the season.
He put two average center backs on the defense into the transfer market. Also entering the transfer market was left back Mills. Dixon was reduced to a substitute in the second half of last season. He also knew that he was unlikely to
He got a starting spot in the Premier League, so he also proposed a transfer. Jenkinson's position is right back and center back, so Southampton needs to buy at least a left back who can play the game.
The substitutes on the back line can be players from the youth team. They usually train with the first team and return to the youth team in games. Prost, the director of the youth training camp, has recommended several players that he thinks have potential.
Lem Chambers, only sixteen and a half years old, can play right back and centre-back, Luke Shaw, only sixteen and a half years old, can play left back, they are still young, although they have very high talent, but in the game
It's definitely not enough, but training with the first team and then returning to the youth team to play is a good choice.
And Ji Ya has long said that for this defense line, it is enough to buy a left back who can play the main role. Whether it is the center back partner of Wundt and Lovren, or Klein on the right, they can become
The main force in the Premier League, Southampton is just a substitute.
According to general practice, it is very suitable to buy a few veterans to serve as substitutes in this situation. However, Southampton is a newly promoted team. The newly promoted team usually buys veterans to avoid relegation. After the veterans arrive, they also want to use their remaining energy and play more games.
You can make some money while playing, so it doesn't meet Southampton's needs.
Therefore, instead of reluctantly buying veterans, it is better to let the young players of the team serve as substitutes. Anyway, Southampton's defenders have a high attendance rate and will hardly have the opportunity to come on as substitutes.
"Isn't this too risky?" Benelli was a little puzzled.
"It's a bit risky, but it's normal. I don't like ordinary players, and the defense must remain stable. If you have suitable veterans who have certain strength and are willing to serve as substitutes to recommend, of course I have no objection." Noriya.
explain.
"This is a bit difficult." Benelli smiled bitterly.
Ji Ya shrugged his shoulders. In fact, it was the characteristics of Lovren and Wundt that gave him the courage. These two central defenders are not well-known, but they are so useful.
Sometimes, it is also possible to let young players like Jenkinson Chambers and Luke Shaw take the lead.
As for the midfielder, Noriya doesn't want to do anything for the time being. He just put Lieutenant and James who can't play in the game into the transfer market. Prost also recommended an all-round midfielder, Ward Prowse.
This is also a player under the age of seventeen, but he looks more promising. He has been selected for the England under-17 youth team. Chambers and Luke Shaw are too young to be selected.
Southampton's youth training has always been commendable, and Prost's vision is also something Jiiya trusts.
On the forward line, Holmes was put on the transfer market by Ji Ya, while Austin stayed. Ji Ya felt that his strength was quite good, and he was willing to be a substitute. Austin played nearly 20 times in various games last season.
, scored six goals and is a very suitable substitute.
As for the players to be introduced, Ji Ya has some goals in mind, but there is no need to move them yet - the midfield and frontcourt are a bit overcrowded right now, and if you want to buy players, you have to sell them first.
On the other hand, another thing has been determined.
That is Vardy, who was on loan last season.
Although Stevenage is a newly promoted team, they are still a bit ambitious, so at first they looked down upon Vardy, who previously played in the seventh-level league. However, due to the provisions of the contract, he could only play some games.
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Vardy didn't perform very well at the beginning. After all, it took a lot of time to adapt to the third level of competition. However, by the middle of the season, Stevenage's players began to suffer from increased injuries and were short of personnel, so they
The head coach also had to use Vardy as center again.
Vardy, who has fully adapted to the rhythm of English League Two, has begun to show his abilities. He moves actively and shoots decisively. Although he is not the kind of high center forward who can play an active role in tactics, he can continue to score goals - so
Slowly, he became Stevenage's indispensable main center!
In the second half of the season, under his leadership, Stevenage won many battles and moved from the relegation zone to the top of the standings. By the end of the season, Stevenage was actually ranked seventh...
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Four teams in League Two can be promoted to League One, so the top three teams advance directly, and then the fourth to seventh-fourth teams play in the play-offs. In the play-offs, Stevenage does not have an advantage in strength.
, but because of Vardy's outstanding performance, they first defeated fourth-placed Accrington in two rounds, and then defeated sixth-placed Torquay United with one goal in the final, miraculously securing the last League One spot!
If Southampton hadn't performed brilliantly in the English Championship this year and also won the Europa League, Stevenage would have been the most amazing team in England's lower leagues this season.
According to their strength, it would be difficult to avoid relegation in League Two, but in the end they miraculously broke into League One - there is only one biggest contributor, and that is Jamie Vardy!
He only scored one goal in the first half of the season, but in the second half of the season he scored 18 goals in 20 league games. In the play-offs, he scored all of Stevenage's goals in three games.
He scored four goals in the game and almost single-handedly pushed Stevenage into League One!
For Stevenage, they have nothing else to do but keep Vardy.
After communicating with Vardy, Noriya decided to loan Vardy to Stevenage for another season. The loan fee is still zero. Southampton is still responsible for Vardy's work, but now, he no longer needs to be in the contract.
Stressed that Vardy should be given a chance to play.
Because Vardy is now in Stevenage, he will no longer be without a starting position.
"If we were still in League One now, I would definitely reuse you as the main force, but next we have to play in the Premier League. What you lack is not the competition, but the adaptation to a higher level of competition, so play in League One for another year.
One day, you will shine in Southampton." Ji Ya said to Vardy.
