Su Yun has been gloomy since the end of the FA Cup. During this period, all the players were in fear.
On January 28, Sunderland challenged Norwich away.
The players who were severely punished by Su Yun did their best in this game. They vented their grievances about losing the FA Cup to Tranmere on Norwich City. Sang, who is already superior in strength,
Deland performed well in the game. Sunderland's top scorer Kevin Phillips scored twice in the game.
Coupled with goals from Boboski, Quinn, and Bellamy, they defeated Norwich City 5-0 in the away game.
On January 31, Sunderland faced Port Vale at home.
Continuing their previous excellent record in the league, Sunderland beat Port Vale 6-1 at home.
At the Stadium of Light Port Vale players almost went back crying.
Sunderland are just crazy.
Without the League Cup and the FA Cup, Sunderland are going crazy this time.
After consecutive big wins over Norwich City and Port Vale, Sunderland's pace of victory has slowed down. However, they still defeated Wolves 1-0 away from home.
The media are now completely immune to Sunderland games.
Because Sunderland's advantage in English League One is too great.
The lead over second place has reached 14 points. The lead over third place Middlesbrough has reached 19 points. This is already a seven-game advantage. There are only seventeen rounds left in the English League One.
That's all.
Sunderland's promotion is already a certainty. The media is now most concerned about who can get the second place between Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough.
But Sunderland's surge is still not over.
On February 17, Sunderland defeated Reading 4-0 at home.
Allowing Reading to consolidate their position as bottom of the table.
Looking at the teams that were making rapid progress in the league, Su Yun felt disappointed no matter how much he thought about it. If he had not missed in the FA Cup, he could concentrate on playing in the FA Cup now.
What a pity.
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"how's it going?"
"There is no result. Some teams have expressed interest, but there has been no substantial action."
Fan Zhiyi and Zhang Enhua arrived in the UK on January 18, and then returned to China after a week of trial training. It has been nearly a month now, and if there is any news, the UK will already have the results.
"Did you tell me what you said?"
Su Yun sighed.
Although the Premier League has entered a stage of prosperity. For those wealthy teams and those wealthy people who are interested in investing, now is certainly the best time. But for those small clubs, now is not such a good time.
Strong teams and rich teams are all eyeing the small teams.
Therefore, investment in small teams must be cautious and cautious.
It is impossible to introduce Chinese players in one or two trials.
They need to be careful.
"Yes. I have already told my brother tactfully. I think they should understand."
Su Yun nodded.
In fact, with the strength of Fan Zhiyi and Zhang Enhua, they are still very good central defenders in the English League. As long as they adapt to the English League for two or three seasons, it is not impossible to play for the lower reaches of the Premier League.
Premier League teams are now afraid to take risks.
That's why I'm interested, but don't dare to take any action.
But Su Yun can only do this step at most.
"I heard that Fan Zhiyi will come to the UK next month. He will go to Tottenham for a trial training."
Zheng Yuan answered Su Yun's words while looking through something.
"Tottenham?"
Su Yun shook his head.
Although Tottenham's performance has dropped significantly in recent years, it is still a strong force in London and a traditional strong team in London. There are many good players in their team. The reason for their poor performance is that their club is too turbulent.
Coaches change frequently and the team's style of play is not fixed.
That's why performance continues to decline.
But the most important thing Tottenham lack is players. Although Fan Zhiyi is very strong and is Asia's top central defender, it should be difficult for Tottenham to take a fancy to him.
Still too confident.
"Brother, don't worry about this. It's of no use if you do. Your biggest job now is to lead Sunderland to promotion. But this is basically no problem. But you still have to play well in the next games. In this way, I
Then we can get you a good contract.”
Su Yun was stunned after hearing this.
My contract with Sunderland is for three years. There are still two years left after this season, so why should I sign a new contract?
"Don't we still have two years of contract?"
Zheng Yuan grinned.
"Brother, last year you were only a head coach in the English League Three, so your weekly salary was only two thousand pounds. Now that you have done so well in Sunderland, the club can't be too stingy. There are currently several coaches in the Premier League who earn two thousand pounds a week.
Thousand pounds. It should be doubled at least."
Su Yun didn't quite believe it.
The contract is actually so easy to negotiate.
"Brother, you don't have to worry about the details. You just need to play your game well and leave the rest to me."
Seeing Su Yun's disbelieving look, Zheng Yuan smiled and patted his chest.
Su Yun just smiled softly.
Su Yun didn't know whether what Zheng Yuan said could be realized. But Su Yun knew one thing. Without Zheng Yuan, Su Yun would not have thought about the contract at all. Since it has been signed for three years, he will wait for three years before negotiating a new contract.
contract.
Negotiations can continue during the contract.
However, there was something Zheng Yuan said that Su Yun agreed with very much.
Su Yun is a football coach.
The biggest job is to lead the team in the game.
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On February 21, Sunderland's winning streak finally came to an end.
Facing Middlesbrough away from home, Sunderland, who performed extremely well during this period, only got a 1-1 draw.
Maybe I was too excited some time ago.
I have been a little tired during this time.
On February 24, Sunderland was tied again away from home.
This time the opponent was Nottingham Forest. This time it was said that it was a draw, but it should be said that it was a draw with the opponent. Nottingham Forest scored two goals in a row in the first half, and also had a great chance to counterattack in the second half. But their team
Not sure.
Su Yun made substitutions in the second half and tied the score at the last minute.
The two consecutive draws made the media shout in surprise.
Sunderland have moments like this too.
If other teams had two draws against strong English teams in two away games, there would be no problem at all. And maybe the media would praise them. But Sunderland's two consecutive draws surprised the media.
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But Sunderland soon returned to their original strength.
On February 28, they faced Ipswich at home.
A very comfortable 3-1 win over Ipswich at home.
Then on March 4, Sunderland challenged Huddersfield away.
There was still no suspense. The score was 2-0, taking away three points from Huddersfield.
Sunderland's road to promotion is so smooth.
Many media have even booked various awards for this season's English League One. The best coach is Su Yun, the top scorer is Kevin Phillips, and the best player is Quinn.
