It is a normal thing for professional football clubs to loan young players out for training, but Aldridge is very strict in this regard. In the past few seasons, players who were unable to play in Millwall, such as Fan last season,
Nick has played very few games, and some low-level teams wanted to loan him out, but Aldridge rejected them after careful consideration.
He couldn't let a tragedy like Larmour happen again.
The purpose of renting out players is to gain game experience and practice and improve their abilities. However, this has a major premise, that is, the players have a place in the team of the loaning club and can display their strengths. If a technical player like Larmore is loaned out,
Playing the role of a high forward in a team that plays high and long passes, the players will obviously not gain much experience in the game, and the failure of the loan will also undermine their confidence, which is contrary to the original intention of the loan.
Because of this, Aldridge needs to have in-depth exchanges with Moyes to understand the other party's tactical assumptions and the players' role on the field, so that he can have a general understanding, and then make a judgment based on the player's characteristics: whether it is suitable for the player to be loaned for training.
Moyes is a Scotsman, which is the birthplace of short passing and coordination tactics, and is also a football town that emphasizes teamwork. Under the concept of Scottish miners culture, the Scots emphasize team, wholeness, and unity, although Moyes will not show it in the future.
There is too much delicate football coaching style, but at least it is not a simple and crude football style.
In front of Aldridge, the champion coach, Moyes is more like a primary school student. When explaining his tactical ideas, he always uses a questioning tone, seeming to seek Aldridge's opinion.
Aldridge only listened but did not speak. He was very self-aware and would not really put on airs to teach the other party. Maybe Moyes was really asking for advice now, but after thinking about it, the other party was about 15 years younger than him.
Not convinced? Aldrich doesn’t know, but there’s no need to pretend to be a superior person.
After Aldridge understood Moyes' coaching ideas, Aldridge was shocked by the first name Moyes said he wanted to rent.
Ronaldinho.
Aldrich kept shaking his head. He kept shaking his head and kept repeating: no, no, no...
It's as if others are here to steal his treasure.
Not to mention, Ronaldinho is really like Aldridge's baby bump at Millwall.
The whole team, from the first team to the youth team, coaches and players, everyone knows that Aldridge trains Ronaldinho the most strictly. When Ronaldinho was still in the youth team, Aldridge would train him when he had time.
I went to watch him train, and from time to time I would call him to the sidelines for individual guidance.
Ronaldinho is also the least afraid of Aldridge among all players, as long as it is not training time. Ronaldinho dares to make jokes about Aldridge, dares to go to his house to steal food, and repeatedly "embarrasses" Aldridge in full view of the public.
For example, playing a mascot and pulling Aldrich to dance on the sidelines.
But it is this kind of relationship that makes everyone understand how high Aldrich's expectations are for Ronaldinho, and how good the relationship between Ronaldinho and Aldrich is!
After his stunning debut in the FA Cup final last season, Ronaldinho did not appear in the official first-team games again. Everyone knows that this is Aldridge's more cautious approach to Ronaldinho's growth, allowing him to transition to the reserve team.
, to avoid directly landing in the Premier League and being destroyed by fierce confrontation.
This road has been traveled by many players who Aldridge has high hopes for, such as Pirlo and Shevchenko. When they came to the team, their technical ability was enough to play the game, but in order to allow them to adapt to the English football environment,
You must go through the youth team and reserve team step by step, and judge whether you can enter the Premier League stage based on your results.
Among the players who did not play at Millwall, who attracted the most attention? Of course it was Ronaldinho. He made such a stunning debut, but was placed in the reserve team by Aldridge. The outside world is looking forward to it.
Ronaldinho's performance after officially debuting on the Premier League stage.
So Moyes wanted to loan Ronaldinho, but Aldridge refused without thinking. Not only was he afraid that the other side would be useless, at least Aldridge planned to let Ronaldinho appear on the first-team match list in the second half of the season.
Moyes was a little disappointed. He had learned about Ronaldinho's performance in the reserve team, and lamented that Millwall has so many talents. Is it interesting that such a good player is sitting in the reserve team to collect statistics?
He then proposed many names, and Aldridge deleted them one by one. Some were young, and some had technical characteristics that were definitely not in line with Moyes' tactical concepts. In the end, he only agreed to the loan of four players.
Goalkeeper Paul Robinson, full-back Paul Ferreira, frontcourt versatile Mark Bresciano and Tim Cahill.
They are all players around 18 years old, and their physical fitness is better than other young players. They will not suffer in confrontations, but this kind of loan is a bit troublesome for them, because the club will require them to take time to come back every week to receive special training.
Technical coach, Toni, who was loaned out for the first half of the season, is like that. Every week, he returns to the club's training ground and Moniz trains on technique alone, for 2-4 hours each time.
Moyes left with satisfaction. He strengthened the team's lineup in the winter without spending a penny from the club. He was very happy to get the help of Aldrich at the beginning of his coaching career. At the same time,
I will also keep this kindness in my heart. After all, he is a rookie in the coaching world. Other clubs will not abandon him and will not trust him to loan players to him. Even if they are willing to rent, they will ask for a rental fee or bear the player's loan period.
salary.
Aldridge found the four players separately the next day and discussed the loan with them. He was relatively democratic in this regard and would communicate frankly with the players instead of commanding the players to obey the club's arrangements. If the players disagreed,
, Aldrich will not force it, after all, the loan period is half a season, and the players have to go to a strange environment, which will directly affect their lives.
Fortunately, these four players have all agreed to the loan, because they are invincible in the youth league and have few opponents, and the competition in the youth team is also very fierce. Some of the young players aged 16 and 17 have secured their main positions and performed well.
Much better than them, such as Alonso, Pedretti...
Just after finishing the conversation with Paulo Ferreira, before the office door was closed, someone rushed in from outside. Before he could see anyone, he could smell the stench of sweat.
"Boss!"
Ronaldinho appeared in front of Aldridge, sweating profusely in a winter jersey, and before Aldridge could ask questions. He shouted with joy on his face: "23 goals, 26 assists! I did it!"
Aldrich almost fainted from his yelling. After being stunned, he laughed and said: "It's strange. Before you returned to Brazil, you scored 19 goals and 26 assists. In the first game you just came back, you scored four goals?"
Ronaldinho went to the corner and opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of mineral water and drank it. As soon as the reserve team game ended, he ran all the way over. His teammates thought he was crazy. The referee had just blown the whistle.
I saw Ronaldinho, who had been running wildly for 90 minutes, resurrected with full health and ran away from the field.
In the deep winter, there was still steam on his head. He drank a bottle of mineral water in one go, then exhaled happily and said with a happy face: "Frank and that German are very interesting. They gave me a lot of good things today."
Qiu, eh, boss, why didn’t you send Frank and Leo to the reserve team earlier?”
Aldrich folded his arms and looked at the ceiling with a silent smile.
I bet it was Lampard and Miroslav Klose who provided assists to Ronaldinho in the reserve team.
"They have been disciplined and will return to the first team sooner or later. Okay, you can start training with the first team tomorrow and perform well. I will give you a chance at the appropriate time, but you have to remember that you are starting from the reserve team."
If you don't want to go back, don't let your performance drop."
"Don't worry, boss, are you cooking at home tonight?"
"What are you doing? You want to take advantage of me again?"
Ronaldinho chuckled, and then ran out like a gust of wind.
Starting from the preparation for the FA Cup match against Preston, the Millwall coaching staff began to adjust the tactical thinking of the second lineup. The approach returned to the 442 they played before, which was more conservative, similar to the game they had just played against.
Arsenal.
The victory over Preston was overwhelming in terms of strength, but the first leg of the League Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough was completely different.
Aldridge still sent out the substitute lineup to let the main players rest. At the Riverside Stadium, Millwall's substitute lineup received a 0:0 away game.
This is a good result. If we don't lose in the away game, we can return to the home court to decide the winner. At least we have the home court advantage.
When the Premier League war resumed, Aldridge indeed transferred Ronaldinho to the game squad, and he was a starter.
The day before the game at St. James' Park, the pre-match press conference was packed with reporters and reporters had many questions.
"Having suffered two consecutive defeats in the Premier League and the points gap with Manchester United widened to 9 points, has Millwall begun to shift its focus? For example, focus on playing well in the Champions League, or try to win three consecutive FA Cups!"
Aldridge spoke calmly and said casually: "My policy in coaching the team is to never give up any official game, so Millwall will play every game well, there is no so-called shifting of focus, that is the performance of the weak.
, even if Manchester United has won the Premier League championship, we will still take the remaining games seriously, because the game itself has meaning besides winning and losing."
"So, will Millwall field its strongest lineup against Newcastle United tomorrow?"
Hearing this question, Aldrich smiled strangely and said calmly: "I can tell you tomorrow's starting lineup now. Goalkeeper: Bute, defender: Neal, Materazzi, Helguera, Capdevila
, Midfielder: Grenjaer, Gattuso, Ballack, Ronaldinho, forward: Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gudjohnsen. This is the formation and starting lineup that Millwall will play tomorrow.
"
There was silence.
The reporter who asked the question earlier raised his hand again and said depressingly: "This is completely contradictory to what you just said. Millwall uses substitutes to fight. This is a sign that it will give up defending the Premier League title. Doesn't Millwall no longer care about the three games?"
Is the negative impact of losing streak? This is a very heavy blow to morale!"
Aldridge shook his head and said: "No, the game has not been played. You cannot draw arbitrary conclusions and think that Millwall will definitely lose. Of course, Dalglish is a great coach, and Newcastle United also has the factor of offensive football.
, I remember when Keegan was coaching, Newcastle United was called the most beautiful football team in England, and Shearer was still the killer who was a huge threat, he would definitely cause us trouble."
"Since you also know that Newcastle United is difficult to deal with, why do you still let the substitute players play? The main players have rested for so long, why not let them play?"
"Well, to be honest, because I want the main players to play in more critical games, such as the next round of the focus battle with Liverpool!"
As soon as Aldrich finished speaking, the reporters who had thought about it fell silent.
Young Marshal, there is something in these words.
Isn’t this just contempt for Newcastle United? (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
