After resting for two days, Su Yun was mentally prepared.
It's the same as what Zheng Yuan said. In the entire Dagenham, more than half of the semi-professional players like Billy Clark, who has a job and only comes to train two or three times a week. Of course, the team also has some professional players, but with
There are very few semi-professional players in comparison.
Su Yun had never thought before that the club he would one day coach would be a semi-professional club.
Suddenly Su Yun felt that his dream of being the head coach of the national team was far away.
Barking Dagenham is really not that big.
The area was also very small. In addition, the house where Su Yun lived was not far from the club, so Su Yun and Zheng Yuan walked to the club.
The club is small.
Speaking of Dagenham, they are probably the youngest in the history of English clubs.
Dagenham's predecessor was four amateur clubs. They have undergone three mergers, the last merger occurred in 1992, and was established more than three years ago. In other words, the current history of Dagenham is only a short time.
A little more than three years.
It was during this process that the Holland family took over Dagenham.
The Holland family used to be the owners of Redbridge. The older generation of the Holland family are fans of Redbridge. Redbridge is also an English amateur team.
But even an amateur team has die-hard fans.
This is a term that Su Yun only truly understood after arriving in England.
Diehard fans!
When we were in China, fans were divided according to region. For the Shanghai team, the fans were Shanghai fans. For the Beijing team, the fans were Beijing fans. They were all divided according to region.
As for those who play in Class A and B, there are very few fans. If there is only one team in a city, then Class B can survive. But once you are in the same city as a team in Class A, it will be a tragedy.
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If you have A to look at, who will look at your A and B?
The division of fans is so simple. There is no such concept as die-hard fans.
But after arriving in England this time, Su Yun learned what a die-hard fan is. There are many fans whose family members are fans of the same team for three generations. Even if the team is not a professional team, these fans still stick with them.
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These are die-hard fans.
This is the case for the older generation of the Horan family. The full name of Dagenham is Dagenham and Redbridge Club. This is because the Horan family injected the most funds after the team was established. And Dagenham
It's just an amateur club. The Holland family can pluck out any hair at will, and this club can survive.
But Mark Holland, who now controls the Holland family business, is not a fan.
He doesn't care about the life or death of the team at all.
Fortunately, the old man of the Horan family is still there. Otherwise, Mark Horan would have abandoned the team long ago. Although just throwing away a little money a year is enough for the club to survive. But Mark Horan still feels that this club is a
burden.
But now Mark Holland is a little lucky.
Using a small club like this can deepen the relationship with the Su family. This will be of great benefit to the Holland family's business in China.
In England's amateur league, a club as young as Dagenham is also rare.
When Su Yun came to the club, someone was already waiting for Su Yun outside.
"Coach Su, hello. I'm Chris Savag."
The person who came to pick up Su Yun was a man in his forties. Unlike the Europeans Su Yun imagined, he was only about 1.7 meters tall. He was even much shorter than Su Yun.
Very unexpected.
In Su Yun's impression, Europeans should be tall and powerful.
He has a good friendship with his eldest brother, Mark Holland, who was also the main operator of Su Yun's arrival at Genham this time. He is 1.84 meters tall.
Chris Savag?
Although he had never met him in person, Su Yun knew that he was the chairman of Dagenham Club.
Su Yun had talked to him on the phone before.
"Hello, Mr. Sawager."
Su Yun would still say this simple thing. It might not be authentic, but at least it would still be heard.
"Coach Su, let's go in. Let's go in and talk."
Chris Savage was very polite to Su Yun.
But that doesn't mean Chris Savag welcomes Su Yun's arrival.
A Chinese?
China also has football.
Although Chris Savag is just the chairman of a fifth-tier English league club, the arrogance and prejudice of English football has penetrated deep into the bones. They even look down on the European continent and the world's football powers.
Let alone Chinese football.
What made Chris Savag even more angry was that Su Yun was a back-door soldier. He was a paratrooper.
Relying on Mark Holland's relationship, he immediately became the head coach of the club. He even fired the previous head coach midway. There was no reason at all, just to make way for Su Yun. This made Chris Sa
Wag was very angry.
However, in front of Mark Holland, Chris Savag had no power to resist. He could only accept it obediently.
How could this not make Chris Savage feel bad?
But in front of Su Yun, he didn't show it at all.
When Su Yun followed Chris Savag into the club, many people looked here. There should be very few people who could let the club president go out to receive him like this. And he looked like an Oriental.
Many people have already thought of it.
Because there have been rumors within the club before. Many of them know that the club will appoint a Chinese coach as the head coach of the team.
So the moment they saw Su Yun, they thought of it.
This person should be the new head coach of the team.
Chris Savag didn't talk much. But he still briefly introduced the internal affairs of the team. To be honest, Su Yun really couldn't understand some words. Fortunately, Zheng Yuan was beside him.
Zheng Yuan is not only a top student in the business school, but more importantly, he is very discerning.
There was no need for Su Yun to ask questions, he would remind Su Yun in time. And he would do so very quietly, which gave Su Yun enough face.
Su Yun suddenly remembered the saying spread in China.
High scores and low energy.
This kind of thing is not suitable for Zheng Yuan at all. What is high score and low ability? Although Su Yun does not have a wide social circle, he has lived for thirty years. In addition, because of family reasons, he knows a lot of people.
But there are very few people like Zheng Yuan who have such good grades and such strong eyesight.
The most important thing is that this young man Zheng Yuan is still young. He is only twenty-two years old. He has already graduated from graduate school and is studying in the UK. Genius, the only word Su Yun can think of is that he has a bright future.
While everyone was chatting, three people came to Savag's office.
"Come on, Coach Su, let me introduce you. These are the coaches of the team's first team. Eddie Chavez, he has been temporarily leading the team in these rounds. These two are Howard Waugh.
Knock, Marcus Kelly.”
The coaches in front of him were all very old. Su Yun looked over and saw that the youngest of the three was Howard Warnock. But he should be in his forties.
After introducing them, Savag introduced Su Yun to them.
"This is the team's new head coach, Coach Su Yun, a coach from far away China."
Savag, when speaking, emphasized the word "China".
This made Su Yun next to him frown.
It is necessary to emphasize that he is a Chinese coach. Although Su Yun cannot have an all-round mind like Su Jian and Su Wei, he is not slow at all. In just over twenty minutes, Su Yun has already seen that Savag
Not very welcoming to myself.
Damn it, Britain is the same.
Anywhere in China, as long as there are people, it is a small society, a river and lake. Dealing with interpersonal relationships is more difficult than anything else. It requires more care than doing things.
If you handle the relationship well, then things will go smoothly. If you don't handle the relationship well, you won't be able to use your great abilities.
Su Yun thought this was a Chinese characteristic.
I didn’t expect it to be the same in the UK.
It seems that although the history and culture are different, we are all human beings, and some of their common characteristics are the same.
Several first-team coaches greeted Su Yun lightly.
Su Yun didn't pay attention.
Being such an airborne soldier, he might have robbed a few people in front of him of the opportunity to be the head coach. It's possible that he doesn't have a good impression of himself.
His grandma’s!
A fifth-level league club is so disturbing internally. I thought I would be surprised if the head coach of this amateur league has the same position.
After meeting these people, Savag's matter is over.
Su Yun and the three coaches left Savag's office to discuss team matters.
