Aldridge rarely reads newspapers. It’s not that there is no news in newspapers, but that there is too much news in newspapers. Although there are no professional football newspapers in the UK, the news about football in various broadsheets and tabloids is very exciting.
It is dizzying, from on-field to off-field tidbits, from "explosive" headlines in the club's locker room that may be true or false, to speculations about the future of team players, etc. While it is dizzying, it is impossible to determine the true reliability of the news.
Coupled with the low professional ethics of the British media, Aldridge is naturally too lazy to read newspapers and periodicals. Most of the time he reads BBC news every day while eating. Really valuable information about football, and the club has dedicated people to collect and verify it for him.
.
In the early morning of the FA Cup third round match, Aldridge got up, got dressed, and went downstairs to the dining room to have breakfast with his parents.
Although he is an adult, Aldrich still lives with his parents, probably because he has been away from home often in the past few years, so Arthur and Amelia are very happy. When they have meals together every day, the family atmosphere is always happy.
.
But this morning, Aldrich sat down at the table, and the nanny at home poured him a cup of coffee. As soon as Aldrich picked up the cup, Arthur, who was still wearing pajamas and had a big belly, puffed his beard and stared at the newspaper in his hand.
He walked to the dinner table and said angrily: "Graham, you bastard! His butt is not clean, and he is disgusting others! The Times actually published the shit that spewed out of his mouth on a large page. Damn it."
, Ross, starting from today, we will no longer subscribe to The Times at home!"
Ross is a temporary employee of his eldest brother Barnett Company, but he is assigned to work as an assistant to Arthur at Hall's house. He is in his thirties and is a reliable man. Arthur and Amelia usually travel, spend and other matters.
He manages everything single-handedly, and he can be regarded as the manager who serves Arthur Hall around the clock. At seven o'clock every morning, he will inevitably come to the villa to wait for orders.
Eating breakfast at Hall's house, which had become a habit two years ago, Ross nodded lightly.
Arthur looked at Aldrich, still angry, and said: "Son, we have to teach them a lesson in today's game, especially that Graham. Don't think that a few championships are enough. Arsenal? Huh, don't say that.
The current Millwall, even the Millwall a few years ago, plays better football than them! This ungrateful guy!"
Aldrich nodded with a smile and picked up the Times on the table.
Before reading the content, the first thing Aldridge thought of was George Graham.
Arsenal's meritorious coach still has a relationship with Millwall, but he has nothing to do with the Millwall Aldridge knows.
Before Aldridge arrived in 1986, Graham was the head coach of Millwall, taking the team from the third tier to the then English Second Division. In the 1985/86 season, Millwall established itself in the English Second Division.
He was a heel, and just after that season, he went to another team in London to take up the coach: Arsenal.
Arthur's "ungratefulness" is a bit exaggerated. After all, Graham's achievements at Millwall are not worth mentioning at all.
Graham, who joined Arsenal, helped Arsenal achieve a period of glory before the establishment of the Premier League. His extremely utilitarian and practical football started Arsenal's five-back tactical formation. Arsenal won several championship trophies under his hands.
He also won the European Cup Winners' Cup last season, but Arsenal did not flourish under his leadership. Not to mention that neutral fans recognized Arsenal. Even Arsenal's own fans felt dissatisfied with Arsenal under Graham's coaching.
Despair and 1:0ism are the main themes of Arsenal. The defense that only conceded a record 18 goals in the championship season only makes people feel numb. Watching Arsenal games is as drowsy as walking into a library.
Aldrich read the news carefully, his expression lukewarm.
The apparent source of Graham's bluster comes from Millwall's upcoming squad for the FA Cup.
Millwall has two lineups. This is no secret. Predicting the starting lineup before the game is also a boring thing that the media likes to do. Thomson of "The Sun" wrote an article looking forward to this game. As one of the first to tell Audrey
Thomson, a reporter who is acquainted with Qi, is very familiar with Millwall's current situation. Based on the League Cup away game against Newcastle United as an example, he boldly predicted that Aldridge will still send a younger No. 1 player in this game with Arsenal.
Second lineup to deal with Arsenal.
"Compared to Newcastle United, which is at its peak, Arsenal is going downhill. The achievements of that glorious Arsenal team last season were already at the end of their game. Faced with such an opponent, Aldridge should still adopt the strategy of using the second team in the cup.
."
Such words reached Graham's ears, and the opponent began to criticize Millwall the day before the game.
It's not that it's aimless.
For example, when Aldridge took over Millwall, he forced the entire coaching staff to resign. All the players from last season, except goalkeeper Keller and rookie Lucas, were discarded.
Even Aldridge's big spending on signings has become a lever for his attack.
Aldridge is a typical deviant in the relatively conservative English football world at this stage.
After reading the cover headline of The Times, Aldridge finished his breakfast leisurely and then went to the club step by step.
The prediction of "The Sun" is correct. Aldridge does intend to use the second lineup to compete in the FA Cup. Maybe according to the current momentum, Aldridge has room to use the main lineup to compete in the FA Cup.
But he gave up the idea.
Although Millwall has 26 players in the first team, excluding the two loaned from Manchester United, there are still 24 players. However, if they are promoted to the Premier League next season, I am afraid that many young players will have difficulty adapting to the Premier League game. Even the main players are
In this way, the Premier League and English League One are separated by a thin line, but the intensity and level of competition are worlds apart.
He wants to let young players grow up as quickly as possible, which requires them to play more games and warm up in advance for occasional big scenes. This is the most important thing.
As for whether to have a lucky fight with a lineup of half main force and half substitute, Aldridge has never had such an idea. The tacit understanding between the main force and substitutes will cause the team's tactical system to collapse.
At the pre-match press conference, Aldridge arrived as scheduled, and the number of reporters in the audience had exceeded 30. This game was a confrontation between the leader of English League One and one of England's traditional three giants, so it naturally attracted attention.
Aldrich sat down calmly, smiled and said, "Is there anything you want to ask?"
Thomson of "The Sun" directly raised his hand and asked: "Mr. Hall, can you tell us about the starting lineup for the game?"
When Thomson heard Aldrich announced the starting lineup, he was happy at first. His newspaper article was indeed prescient, but after hearing it, his face turned red again.
According to Aldridge, Millwall is going to play 451, which is obviously very different from the 442 he predicted.
He quickly raised his hand and asked: "Mr. Hall, who is Gattuso? And, where is Kevin Phillips?"
Aldrich replied casually: "Phillips suffered some minor injuries in training. He will be on the bench for this game. Gattuso is one of our young players. He plays as a midfielder. I think he has already
Now that he is ready to play officially, his performance in training has won the recognition of the entire coaching staff."
Gattuso had never appeared in an official game before. When the second lineup came on the field, Vieira partnered with Ballack in the midfield.
Among the reporters present today, except for Thomson who wanted to get a chance to be praised for the article he wrote, most of the other reporters had malicious smiles on their faces.
Richard, a reporter from the Daily Mail who also had a good relationship with Aldrich, asked directly: "Mr. Hall, have you read the newspaper today?"
The hall instantly became quiet.
All eyes were focused on Aldrich's face.
Aldrich blinked and said, "What? Didn't Graham already give you the news? What else do you want from me?"
Richard was just starting out but spoke unabashedly. He smiled and said: "George Graham is diverting attention. He is now facing an investigation by the Football Association about accepting bribes in player transfers. Even a fool can see that.
The purpose of attacking Millwall is to make everyone forget about his lawsuit. Haha, even if Arsenal encounters other teams instead of Millwall today, he will still lash out. This old-fashioned method cannot even fool readers.
The few words he said were not news at all, more like a poor performance."
It has to be said that Richard's words were fully recognized by his peers. Only the reporter from The Times shook his head and smiled bitterly. Today's cover headline did not increase sales much. The fans are not idiots. Everyone knows that Graham is involved in black gold.
The turmoil and the attack on Millwall are just to reduce the negative impact.
Aldridge also laughed. He didn't want to say anything else. Graham was involved in a black money scandal and might face prosecution by the FA. Arsenal was also under great pressure both internally and externally. He just wanted to be a spectator, but Graham
If they want to drag him into trouble, then Aldrich has no choice but to add insult to injury.
Originally, black money transactions like black-box operations have always existed since the birth of professional football in England. Famous coaches such as Brian Clough have been pulled down, so what does Graham mean? There will be such a scandal in the future.
It will still appear continuously.
Aldrich cleared his throat and said seriously: "Well, I understand. For the current media, dogs biting people is no longer news. People biting dogs are interesting, right?"
The reporters in the audience were delighted.
Aldrich is always like this, polite and humorous at the same time, and he always gives them some offbeat news. This trip is well worth it!
Graham was indeed like a mad dog that had lost its mind at the moment, biting anyone he saw.
Who is Aldrich?
Now he is the most famous young coach in English football!
Although he is not in the Premier League, his appearance has attracted widespread attention and has almost locked in the LMA (English Football League Coaches Association) best coach in England this season.
Attacking Millwall and belittling Aldridge will only make Graham look inferior and humiliate himself.
Because it makes no sense, Millwall's record is brilliant, while Arsenal has slipped to the middle of the Premier League and is no longer as glorious as it once was.
Aldridge tightened his face and said in a deep voice: "I am very disappointed with Mr. Graham's evaluation of Millwall. He even forgot that he was a part of Millwall back then."
"Arsenal under him is ugly!"
"He could have turned a group of outstanding young players who emerged from Arsenal in the late 1980s into the best team in Europe, but the result? Looking at Arsenal now, I can't see that they have the temperament of a champion, or even
I don’t even have the fighting spirit to challenge for the championship.”
"I won't comment on the rumors that he accepted bribes. I only know that the rumors about him have hurt the Arsenal club. Imagine that you are an Arsenal player and the head coach is disturbed by off-field troubles.
Under these conditions, can you still concentrate on playing football?"
"I hate Arsenal? No, there is no war between Millwall and Arsenal. I also admire several Arsenal players, such as Tony Adams, Seaman, etc., but they will never join Millwall, even if
We will be promoted to the Premier League next season. For this, I can only say that I appreciate it, but it does not mean that I am envious. The players at Millwall make me proud, and we still have a bright future. Arsenal now has seen
Not a ray of sunshine."
Aldridge, who has always presented a gentle image, faced the media in public for the first time and opened fire on other clubs.
After the game, major newspapers all carried out large-page reports, and the sales volume was amazing!
"Are you still watching dogs bite people? No, let's watch people bite dogs!"
