At the beginning of the night, Aldrich drove Ivan to Maxim's Restaurant in the city. Brady and his long-lost friend Saul were waiting for them in the restaurant ahead of time.
Sol took the order form and pretended to be frightened and said: "If you don't come, we will have to run away. It's too expensive here."
Aldrich and Yiwen sat down side by side, and he asked curiously: "What are you busy with recently?"
Saul took out a business card and handed it to Aldrich, smiling: "I'm doing an internship."
Aldrich took it and took a look, a photographer.
It's good. These friends have all reached the age of starting a family and starting a business, and they are serious about their careers. He is extremely happy about this.
After the four of them ordered their food, they chatted with each other about the current situation.
Brady's website is already online. The cost is not large, the website is not large, and it is not famous. He has been very busy recently. While focusing on the content construction of the website, he also has to personally distribute flyers at major subway stations. He
I can’t afford advertising, but British tabloids
This culture is deeply ingrained. When office workers take the subway, they will get a free tabloid even if they don't pay for it. Brady's propaganda is to establish a good relationship with some staff who distribute tabloids, or give some tips, and in newspapers
Include their flyers and distribute them.
Aldridge discussed a lot with him about his website construction. In fact, he just told him about some successful football online media templates.
Brady nodded frequently and even took out his notebook to write down Aldridge's development suggestions.
Originally, he just wanted to integrate traditional media resources to create an online football media information platform. But inspired by Aldrich's whimsical ideas, he gradually had the prototype of a football portal in his mind, not just one-way.
Information release platform.
In the end, through the relationship between the two friends, Brady asked Aldridge to write some exclusive game reviews to him regularly. Among friends, Aldridge certainly would not refuse. Anyway, his own profession requires him to read a lot every week.
If he has time, he will also watch the live broadcast of many top competitions in mainstream European leagues. If the distance is close, he will also go to watch the game live, such as the English Derby, North London Derby and other games, and write about watching the game by the way.
Taking notes is not a difficult task.
After the pleasant dinner, Aldridge drove Yiwen home, but halfway he learned that Yiwen and him had become neighbors because she worked for Millwall Club. Her position as department manager was enough for her to count.
As a senior executive, she got an apartment in the club complex, right across from Aldrich's house.
Perhaps the players maintain a sense of awe for Aldridge, so the apartment opposite his house has always been empty. No player chose it when choosing an apartment. Now it has an owner.
In the days that followed, Millwall's focus began to shift. The league was dominated by youth teams, but Aldridge insisted on starting Larsson, and the frontcourt attack revolved around him, trying to create more scoring opportunities for him.
, and the main lineup will mainly deal with the strong dialogue and the FA Cup. When the European Cup Winners Cup quarter-finals resume in March, they will enter the final sprint stage of this season.
After starting in February, Yiwen officially started working. Because the club's official website is not an entertainment website after all, the content is centered around the club and football topics. The workload is not heavy, and she also needs to serve as the first host of Millwall TV.
As for when to step down, it depends on the workload and the scale of the club's development.
Therefore, starting from February, the club will collect materials for publicity, and will take time to interview the club staff after team training. Players, coaches, administrative staff, even those who watch the gate will not be left behind.
To promote the culture of this club.
Even in the past century without a championship, including the dark era when football hooligans were at their peak, we will not avoid the important ones when introducing them, because that is part of the English football culture, and you will never be able to beautify it or excuse it with high-sounding words.
Accepted and recognized by the outside world.
In early February, the team suffered two consecutive draws in the league and then ushered in a big victory. Now when facing Millwall, most Premier League teams will use defensive counterattack tactics, which makes Millwall send young players to play.
We encountered a lot of trouble, and the battle was extremely hard. If we were not careful, we would be attacked by our opponents. Fortunately, Larson was there to support the attack.
, to help the team avoid defeat. After two consecutive draws, the psychological pressure on young players began to increase. Aldridge would let the strongest team attack to win a victory and relieve the players' psychological pressure.
, protect the players' psychology to the maximum extent, and also make young players full of fighting spirit, realize the gap between them and the main players, and try their best to catch up.
At the end of the day's training, Aldridge, wearing the club's dark blue training uniform, had just returned to the office. Yiwen walked in with a group of staff. He had previously made an appointment to do an interview this evening, which would be broadcast on the club's TV station, and the text record was also
It will be published on the club's official website.
This kind of interview naturally starts with the head coach.
Aldrich looked at Yi Wen, who was neatly dressed and elegant in lingerie in the office. His visual sense was strange, and he lamented that time flies by, and the little girl back then has gained a hint of mature female charm.
The camera lens was placed in the corner and focused on Aldrich. Aldrich sat in front of his desk with a chair upright, without changing clothes or makeup, and sat opposite Yiwen naturally.
Both of them felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange at first, but soon they started chatting and it was no longer awkward, and they quickly got into the mood.
Aldridge started from the history of the Hall family supporting Millwall from his grandfather's generation, some of which existed in his memory, and some of which he heard from Arthur. There is no doubt that the Hall family has supported Millwall from Millwall.
Wall has been in love with this club since the day he was born, and this emotion has been passed down from generation to generation. When it came to Aldridge's generation, he did not talk about his feelings for the club, and the topic came to an end when it came to him.
Looking back on the journey from taking over the club to having the opportunity to win the first top league championship in the club's history two and a half years later, Aldridge has a lot of emotions and will speak frankly about some of the troubles he encountered.
What's the biggest trouble?
In every transfer period, Manchester United will take the trouble to send Larsson an offer that is close to the transfer record.
The loss of four key players last summer was a blow to Millwall.
Even though the team is performing so well now, Aldridge still firmly believes that if those four people had not left, Millwall would be even stronger.
At least on the front line, although Pires' position is topped by Shevchenko, you can take a look at the bench. Phillips, Tony, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Grenjaer. These players are either immature or have poor field position and skills.
Features are limited.
Thank God for Millwall, no forward players have suffered major injuries this season.
"But Millwall had 30 million pounds in transfer revenue last summer. This money is enough for the club to introduce two to three top players. Even if part of it is used to invest in the construction of a new stadium, it will bring in one or two players to supplement it."
There should be no problem with the lineup, so why didn’t you do this?”
Faced with Yiwen's question, Aldridge was silent for a moment and then said: "In the past, football clubs were like public welfare organizations, symbolizing honor and different cultural spirits. But now, football clubs have begun to become businesses, and many clubs have chosen
Of course, these clubs will defend themselves by saying that it is for financing. This way they can have money to buy better players and make the team more competitive, but in the stock market, no stock is a non-profit group.
Representatives of organizations, those bosses used actions to tell the outside world that football has become an investment and a money-making machine like real estate. But this is not what I pursue. I do not deny the importance of money to football, but I do not
I agree with this development model. Especially for a club like Millwall, which does not have strong capital. Now we have been saddled with a debt of nearly 200 million and plan to pay it off within fifteen years. This makes us unable to shake the club hastily.
Foundation.”
Yiwen immediately asked: "What do you think is the foundation of Millwall?"
Aldridge said solemnly: "The development model of self-cultivation of talents. The outside world is saying that Millwall lacks experience, and I think so too. Many players in the team have no experience in European competitions, but the experience of the national team in major competitions will slightly make up for this.
.Now, we have a very good lineup, Southgate, Makelele, Nedved, Larsson, each
There are top players online. They are important pillars of the club's development. I hope they can stay here for a long time. Not only can they keep the team competitive, but they can also serve as role models for young players and help them grow.
I think in three to five years, Millwall will be on the right track and we will be able to keep developing every season
One or two outstanding players enter the first team, forming a virtuous cycle. Therefore, our foundation is youth training, rather than making large-scale gambles in the transfer market. Once a club like ours pays more than 10 million pounds in transfer fees
, one or two players bought cannot integrate into the team, which will cause a heavy blow to the club, not only
Financially, it is related to the entire team, because this will limit the playing opportunities of young players and reduce their space in the team. Rather than gambling, I would rather believe in the players we have carefully cultivated and give them opportunities so that they can be here.
I see hope, and with the ideal of always playing for the club, achieving great success here, and staying here forever.”
Aldridge focused on the club's development policy, and also wanted to create a youth training brand for Millwall. In the future, many young players will not be able to succeed in their original clubs, most of which are due to the original club's vigorous recruitment. Aldridge wants to give the outside world
A signal: Millwall will give young players more opportunities.
And the signal that is promoted at the same time must be based on their achievements.
The better phenomenon is that young players like Pirlo, Shevchenko, Capdevila, Bute and other young players can succeed here, which is the best advertisement, while Lampard, Ferdinand and others who have not yet made their mark are
, will have the same effect, because they will have more and more opportunities to play in the future.
In addition to youth training, Aldrich also talked about management and constraints on players, training plans, club prospects and other topics.
Whether as a coach or an owner, he is definitely an important person with the most ideas and a direct impact on the development of the club. The interview lasted for almost four hours and did not end until dark.
When the camera was turned off, Yiwen also showed a hint of tiredness. She looked at the time, smiled at Aldrich and said, "Shall I treat you to dinner tonight?"
Aldrich smiled and declined. He had a date with Melanie tonight. Fortunately, she got off work late, otherwise he would have missed the date.
When he learned that Aldrich was going on a date with Melanie, Yiwen smiled and said goodbye, but showed a sad face after walking out of the office.
