Not only Aldridge was depressed, but the players from both teams who played today were also depressed. Oh, the Tottenham players felt useless. After the game, they hurriedly left the stadium hiding from the cameras and directly avoided interviews.
Only the uncles and nephews Rio Ferdinand and Les Ferdinand seemed to have experienced such a fierce battle. After the game, the two hugged each other and exchanged jerseys.
Leo was not tested today, and Rice had reason to leave the court with his head held high today.
Yes, he was walking almost the whole game, but this was arranged by the coach. His teammates didn't even give him a chance. He was very blind in clearing the ball in the backcourt. Rice wanted to grab it, but he was too weak to do it.
Millwall's players left the field in despair. Facing the interview camera in the tunnel, most of the passing players were in no mood to say anything. However, the reporter caught the local youngster Frank Lampard and insisted on asking him some thoughts on the game.
Lampard is relatively unlucky in the new season. He scored a goal in the Community Shield but was tackled by Keane. In the first game he came back after recuperating for more than a month, he encountered an arduous battle. He was very active in the game and often scored long-range goals.
He shot, but none of his shots hit the target. They all hit the opponent's players or flew into the stands.
"I don't know what Tottenham's players are thinking, and I don't know how they understand the sport of football. I don't want to play against each other anymore. It's meaningless. If it's a knockout match, give us extra time and we will definitely win. They
But there is no chance of winning. This is White Hart Lane. As the host, Tottenham did not have a shot in the game. I can't believe that this is the team that I have seen Lineker and Gascoigne play together.
Tottenham's games then were enjoyable to watch. Now? Do they deserve to be in the Premier League?"
Other Millwall players also complained in their few words about their opponents' lack of desire to win.
Aldridge did not criticize the players' performance after returning to the club. They showed a strong desire to win and fighting spirit. The final failure to win the game was due to hard power factors, but it reflected the deep-seated problems of Millwall's lineup.
Thickness, strictly speaking, Millwall only has 1.5 strong lineups. The first team does not count the third goalkeeper. There are 27 people in total, almost seven or eight players. The actual meaning of sending them to play is to train them.
They need to practice and improve, accumulate game experience, and digest the knowledge they learned in training. At the same time, age is approximately equal to physical fitness. In the Premier League's game environment that emphasizes physical confrontation, if you cannot give full play to your technical advantages and teamwork advantages, and fight physically,
Millwall's substitute lineup is not necessarily able to compete with many teams and it will take time to accumulate. Only when the players train and strengthen day after day will the results show.
The next day, Fleet Street sparked heated debate across English football based on the final result of the game.
To put it nicely: Tottenham tenaciously tied the defending champion at home.
But Millwall played most of the substitutes. As a result, Tottenham were beaten for 90 minutes and they didn't even fight back. The zero shot data in the game is the best proof.
Tottenham legend Lineker, who has only retired for three years, criticized the team's performance and believed that Tottenham's performance was worse than...
Celebrities from all walks of life also joined the debate, and for a while, public opinion against the "bus tactics" was rampant.
Each club will pursue a better result in each game for the practical significance of the standings, but fans, spectators, commentators, media and other spectators only want to watch exciting offensive football.
Some even wailed that "English football is on the verge of death."
However, there are also sensible people who analyze this situation in depth.
For example, Liverpool star Alan Hansen.
He published a column comment with the title: The difference between setting up a bus and defensive counterattack.
The subtitle is: The defending champions are 3 points behind Leicester City.
Hansen reviewed Leicester City's first seven league games this season. Martin O'Neill's team is unforgettable. Although his tactical play is also very conservative, it is definitely not a show of force, but Very pragmatic.
In addition to drawing with Millwall in the new season, Leicester City also won Aston Villa and Tottenham at home, captured Anfield and defeated Liverpool away from home, tied with Manchester United and Arsenal at home, and lost again on the road this round. Easily defeated Leeds United at Elland Road.
Manchester United, which has four wins and three draws in seven league rounds, also maintains its unbeaten momentum with five wins and two draws.
Judging from the results, O'Neal's team lost three games against recognized strong teams. They were a weak side, but they drew an upset against their opponents, because facing these top teams, a draw would be a minor upset. Especially for a team like Leicester City.
However, facing teams like Tottenham and Liverpool whose players are definitely better than them, Leicester City still tenaciously won three points, especially the victory at Anfield is even more shocking.
Allen Hansen believes that O'Neill's tactical use is reasonable. What's wrong with a weak player assuming a defensive posture? But on the basis of the defensive posture, the goal is to win. If Arsenal hadn't pulled two goals in a row at the last moment, The ball fixed the score at 3:3, and Leicester City had to add the name of Arsenal to the strong teams it defeated.
In the final summary, Alan Hansen believed that the huge increase in Premier League broadcast contracts in the new season, the expansion of the Champions League and other economic benefits directly stimulated all Premier League teams to become less pure in their goals when facing games.
In the past, only the champions could play in the Champions League. Once the points of other teams were lost to the leader, only one or two teams would catch up. This also prompted them to emphasize offense in their playing style to win.
But now that the runner-up can also play in the Champions League, the competition in the first group will become more intense, but it has also become worried about gains and losses, especially in strong confrontations, for fear of losing to the opponent and losing the "6-point battle" to widen the gap.
Although the middle and lower-tier teams cannot get involved in the European war, the temptation to stay in the Premier League is too great, which forces them to fight for every point. Staying in the Premier League means that each season they pocket more than 6 million pounds in broadcasting fees. It has more than doubled in the past few seasons. In this case, if you can get one point against a strong team, what is it but a victory? Maybe when you are relegated at the end of the season, it will only be one or two points away.
Aldridge ignored the outside discussion, although most people were praising Millwall. But what's the point?!
Can you give Millwall a few more points?
Millwall has become the target of public criticism in the Premier League. It is directly cheaper than Manchester United. Manchester United is not at the forefront. It is unbeaten in seven rounds in the new season and has opened a 5-point gap with Millwall. Even Leicester City is better than Millwall. 3 more points.
This directly led to the topic of Tony being brought to the forefront again. Some people also believed that if Millwall had Tony in the team, why would Aldridge use a defender to play center?
Aldrich was angry and didn't want to pay attention to these reporters who were watching the fun and not taking it too seriously.
Millwall did not fight tough battles in every 38 rounds of the league. Coaches such as Wenger and Dalglish all have self-esteem. Let them drive the bus? What a joke! Ferguson is even more like this. Some other teams either
The bus can't stop Millwall, or it just doesn't bother to set up the bus. The worst thing is losing, and it's not the end of the world. Why make the team look cowardly?
The key is still the issue of Millwall's lineup thickness. If he were given top-level players such as Duff Gronzal, Ruud Lampard and others to play away to Tottenham, the problem would probably have been solved long ago.
Before the start of the second round of the Champions League, Millwall has three league games and one League Cup.
The club was full of anger as they visited newly promoted Barnsley.
Aldrich let all the main players who had the weekend rest play.
The newly promoted team also came to join the team and wanted to get the Premier League points gift from the defending champion, but they overestimated their own strength.
Even with all players retreating, Millwall took a three-goal lead in the first half.
Nedvěd scored a hat trick with a head kick in the first half.
Aldridge paced back and forth on the sidelines, mumbling.
The bus is a bus, but Barnsley does not have the players of Liverpool and Tottenham, nor does it have the tactical commanding ability of Leicester City's Martin O'Neill.
The level seems to be watertight with three layers inside and three outside. The defender, forward line, plus a forward, one layer from front to back is more stable than the first layer of barrier.
However, their defenders only know how to mark people. The defenders focus on the opponent's forward. Millwall's front trident uses movement and passing to provide firepower to Nedved who comes in behind.
Leeds' bus was shattered by the goal.
In the second half, Aldrich directly replaced Nedved, and Ballack came up to continue the pressure.
Barnsley, who had conceded three goals in a row, began to counterattack, which made Millwall play even more vigorously. In the second half, under the instruction of Aldridge, they stopped playing and still scored three more goals. Larsson scored two points.
Trezeguet also scored a goal in a sports match.
Millwall defeated the newly promoted team in an away game.
The next game against Everton was another draw. The Millwall players were probably confused by the tactics of breaking the bus one after another. They thought they were an opponent and they would definitely set up the bus. As a result, they were attacked by Everton as soon as they came up at home.
Scored two goals and then came back in a tough battle.
Aldridge is not disappointed. Even if the main force attacks, it cannot guarantee absolute victory in every game. This is the law of football games.
What's more, although Everton is deteriorating, Joe Royal still spent a lot of money on the club to introduce many capable players to the team before leaving the team. The team's poor record is a problem with the head coach, not with hard power.
It doesn't matter, a team like this is still unable to win after taking a two-goal lead in an away game and then clinging to it. It's no wonder that Everton has begun to enter the rhythm of avoiding relegation every year.
In early October, Millwall challenged Southampton away. After their bloody victory over Tottenham at White Hart Lane last season, Southampton was on the verge of relegation. Southampton has been more unrestrained in their tactics this season. Perhaps they feel that in order to survive in the Premier League, they must
They must dare to fight hard, and the more unrestrained and passionate they are, the more opportunities they will have. This means that at least they will not fall into the dilemma of relegation in the new season standings at the beginning.
As a result, in a fierce offensive battle, Millwall defeated Southampton 4:1 away from home.
In the three rounds of the Premier League after being tied by Tottenham in the away game, Millwall achieved two wins and one draw. During the same period, the leader Manchester United had a win, draw and loss in each of the three rounds, narrowing the points gap between the two teams to two points.
This allowed Aldridge to breathe a little easier, at least he had a bite on Manchester United and did not let him fall into the position of a weak pursuer before the middle of the new season.
Millwall's draw for the League Cup in the new season is good. The first game is against Lincoln City, and the second game is against Notts County at home.
Since they have to face the second round of the Champions League group stage, and it will be an absolutely tough battle, Aldridge naturally chose to train new players in the League Cup.
He no longer cares much about the domestic cup competition. Millwall has so many young rookies who need to be trained. The main players are mainly in the league and the Champions League. The domestic cup competition is left to the young players. If they can reach the final, Aldridge will
Consider choosing the main player to fight for trophies.
Although Notts County plays conservatively in away games, they also have the courage to attack. Such games can train the abilities of Millwall's new players.
Directing the substitute game is more difficult than directing the main force. Aldrich has been reminding the young players on the sidelines, allowing them to move on the court and change their tactics according to the opponent's situation. In the end, he relied on Duff's brace and Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal.
, Millwall defeated Notts County with three goals at home and advanced to the next round. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
