In an ordinary office, not luxurious, but absolutely clean and tidy, a man of about 50 years old was frowning and flipping through information.
"Bump, bump, bump!"
Hearing the knock on the door, the man stopped what he was doing, looked up in the direction of the door, and then said with a hint of displeasure, "Come in, the door is unlocked!"
"Jim. I'm back!"
"Huh?" came the familiar voice of his assistant. Jim Magilton put away the slight displeasure on his face. As soon as the assistant came into his line of sight, Magilton asked anxiously, "How is it? Today is the day.
Aren't there a group of kids coming for trial training? Are there any good center prospects?"
However, Magilton was anxious, but what Link brought to him was not good news! After hesitating for a moment, when Magilton couldn't help but ask the question a second time, Link flinched a little.
"A total of three centers came today."
"Yes!" He nodded with satisfaction. Magilton was in a good mood when his assistant said that three centers had come for trial training today!
As for why he only cares about the center, we have to start from the beginning!
Jim Magilton, the current manager of Queens Park Rangers, referred to as QPR!
Last season, that is, the 2005-06 season, under his leadership, qpr could be said to have gone all the way. Not to mention invincible, at least, he won all the games that should be won!
In the end, we also achieved third place in the English Championship!
However, there are some differences between the English Championship and other foreign leagues!
As the English Championship, which has a total of 24 participating teams, the only ones that can directly advance to the Premier League are the top two in the league. Teams ranked 3-6 need to compete with 3rd vs. 6th, and 4th vs. 5th.
, two rounds of home and away games, the winner will play a final to determine who can successfully advance.
Originally, qpr was definitely the favorite for promotion before the game. Even the odds offered by European bookmakers for qpr were only ultra-low odds of 1 to 2.5!
Who knew that something unexpected could happen! After winning the opponent 2-0 at home, QPR unexpectedly injured the leading forward Ron Vine in the second round.
Well, in this position, although the substitutes are not as good as the main players, qpr still has two good substitutes. At this point, Magilton is not too anxious.
However, what no one expected was that in the next promotion finals, qpr's bad luck not only did not get better, but actually worsened!
With a 1-0 lead and a good situation, the team's two centers were injured unexpectedly without confrontation! In addition, when the second substitute center was replaced, the three substitution quotas were used up. When there was no one
After being sent off, qpr faced the unfavorable situation of playing one less player.
In the end, qpr, which was going to be unlucky to the end, experienced a pleasant three-minute blackout and was successfully reversed by its opponent. Unfortunately, it lost an excellent opportunity to be promoted to the Premier League.
The matter is not over yet.
After the game is over, after the two substitute centers are sent to the hospital and the doctor's report is made, if he could speak Chinese, Magilton would definitely look up to the sky and sigh, "Why don't we bring such a cheat!"
Main center Ron Vine has ruptured his cruciate ligament and will be out for at least 6 months!
No. 1 substitute center Patrick Agyemang has a serious groin strain and will be rested for at least 3 months!
No. 2 backup center Jay Simpson fractured the little finger bone of his right foot and will be out for at least 3 months!
3 months, 3 months, 6 months! These three will definitely not be able to catch up with the first few games of the new season! Not to mention, no one can say how long the recovery period will take after suffering such a serious injury!
As a result, there is no shortage of talents, but at least there is definitely no shortage of center QPR. If this problem is not solved as soon as possible, we will face the embarrassing situation of having no one available for the center position for a long time in the new season!
Moreover, I don’t know if it was because of last season’s regrettable failure that the boss’s last bit of patience was worn away. In the summer, the club chairman did not give Magilton a single euro cent transfer fee!
Therefore, although he was very helpless and anxious, Magilton had to wait slowly day by day for his assistant Link to try out the players, hoping to hear some good news.
"Um!" He quietly raised his head and glanced at the coach's expectant gaze. Link lowered his head slightly and said a little embarrassedly, "Jim, listen to me! Tomorrow, I believe there will be something to satisfy you tomorrow.
Player’s!”
"Huh?" Link's hesitation made him very disappointed! Magilton, who had just raised a glimmer of hope, was very disappointed! Although he also knew that it was difficult to attract capable players to join based on the current reputation of the team. However,
You know, you know, hope, who can live without a little bit of this?
Pretending to be calm, he organized the documents in his hands and placed them gently on the table. He raised his head, stared at Link and asked, "Old friend, please don't hide it from me! What is the current environment of our team? I
Do you still know better? That son of a bitch Zeon! Just say that he won’t continue to invest! He was so stupid that he gave this information to the media! Who else dares to come here? We may not even be guaranteed a salary.
team? So, you don’t need to lie to me, tell me carefully what’s going on with the three young men today!”
"Hey!" He sighed deeply, and Link, who was also very dissatisfied with the chairman's actions, nodded in agreement! After sorting out the words in his mind, he said, "A total of three centers came for trial today!
In terms of physical fitness, they are not too outstanding! As for skills, to be fair, the two players who played are probably not even at the level of League One!"
"Pfft!" Magilton, who originally had a glimmer of hope in his heart, was speechless! Listen to Link's evaluation? I'm afraid that even the level of English League One is slightly insufficient! Based on his many years of understanding Link, this is a little bit...
, definitely to save face for the other party! The real situation is, not to mention lowering it by two levels, but lowering it by one level, that is a must!
This means that the center who came to trial today is so stupid that he can't even play in the English second division, which is the regional league! How can this make him feel so embarrassed?
Yes, he is in urgent need of a center now, but this urgency has not made Magildu hungry enough to even include amateur players!
"Huh? No, no, no!" After hearing Link's comments, he had given up all hope and planned to call Link out. Magilton, who continued to pay attention to the players, suddenly felt something was wrong! After thinking about it carefully, he
Finally found the joint among them! This joint is - just now Link said that 3 people came to try out! But when he commented later, only 2 people were mentioned! So, where is the other person?
Moreover, both of them were labeled as amateurs by Link! Which one of the others could not be worse than this one?
Thinking of this, Magilton stopped Link, who was about to turn around and leave, and asked, "Link, wait! What did I say you forgot?"
"What?" After thinking about what he said before, Link, who felt that there was nothing missing, definitely replied, "No! Their situation is what I said!"
"No? Didn't you say before that there were three players coming for trial training? You just mentioned two, is there another one?"
"Oh!" Magilton said, and Link finally realized it! He also remembered that he had indeed forgotten about the young man with yellow skin from the East!
Open your mouth, Link is going to introduce it to the coach!
However, Magilton waited for a long time, but Link just kept his mouth open and could not spit out a single word!
As for the reason, it couldn’t be simpler!
Link knew nothing about the boy named Yi-li and didn't even know where to start!
"Hi, Li, are you really not going to go back and give it a try? You have to know that we traveled to hundreds of clubs across the UK and got less than 5 trial training opportunities in total! For me, you actually
Want to give up on your dream?”
"Uh!" I also learned from Andy about a great experience of "his" past and some dreams, but Li Yi himself didn't feel anything! It's no wonder that after all, Li Yi did not inherit this body after traveling through time.
Memories, so it is impossible for Li Yi to feel anything about what Andy said!
And perhaps because he saw the disapproval in Li Yi's eyes, Andy Johnson, who had been lying on the bed and just eating quietly, seemed to Li Yi to have exploded inexplicably!
Pointing in the direction of the ward door, Andy looked straight and said angrily to Li Yi, "Get out! I don't have a friend like you!"
"..." Li Yi, who didn't understand why Andy broke out at all, felt a little blind when facing the other party's anger. He opened his mouth to explain, but Li Yi found that he didn't know what to do at all.
say something!
Fortunately, Andy obviously wanted to make Li Yi understand. When Li Yi was a little at a loss, Andy continued with a bit of a yin and yang tone, "Cengceng! You can forget the dreams we once had.
I can't forget the agreement! I don't know what made you lose confidence! Just because of the rejection of a few teams?
Seriously, Lee, you disappoint me so much!
You are no longer the Li who I once knew, who traveled all over the UK with me for his dream!
For you who are now self-defeating and willing to give up your own principles and dreams when encountering a little setback! It would be an insult to me to be friends with you!"
After saying this long speech, Andy turned his head without saying a word, leaving only Li Yi with a resolute profile.
After listening to the other party's words, Li Yi had a deeper understanding of his predecessor! Other things aside, at least, at least his predecessor was a young man who was persistent and had dreams!
Thinking of this, Li Yi couldn't help but compare himself with the former Li Yi!
