They reversed Greensby midweek and successfully passed the League Cup. Aldridge once again apologized to the team on the training ground the next day. His sudden absence did have a negative impact on the team. The head coach has a negative impact on a team.
The importance needs no elaboration.
Aldrich is not a person who dwells on the past, so he takes the review and self-blame seriously, but it won't take too long.
Millwall's tight schedule means that they have just returned to London for two days and have to go to northwest England again. The highlight of the visit to defending champion Blackburn has become the focus of this round of games. The boos even exceeded Arsenal's home game against Nottingham Forest.
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Blackburn is a city in name, but more like a town in fact, because the population here is just over 100,000. After winning the first Premier League championship in the club's history last season, Blackburn still retains its main lineup this season.
, there was no loss of personnel, but their head coach was changed. The wily Dalglish quit quickly and enjoyed worship at Blackburn with a false position, receiving an annual salary of up to 300,000 pounds. Then, Blackburn ushered in
New coach: Ray Halford.
This coach is over 50 years old. He played as a central defender in his career. A coach's playing experience has a great impact on his coaching career. For example, Kevin Keegan is an offensive player. The team he coached attacked.
They play well, but their defense is a mess. Halford's style is more defensive, but this Blackburn team is not known for its defense. The reason why they were able to win the Premier League championship last season was their offense, which has the most offensive firepower in the Premier League.
, scored 3 more goals than Manchester United, but conceded 11 more goals than Manchester United. Of course, Manchester United's goal number is very high, and they have achieved incredible statistics on the underdogs, such as 9 goals to massacre Ipswich Town.
The style of the coach and the team don't match, so it's no surprise that the team's performance has been ups and downs.
In the first three rounds of the Premier League this season, Blackburn got off to a good start with a small victory over the underdogs, and then suffered two consecutive defeats. Comments from the outside world are that Blackburn will focus on the Champions League. After all, they have drawn a good team.
The opponents in the game are Spartak Moscow, Rosenborg, and Liega Warsaw.
But as the head coach, Aldridge can see that Blackburn's problems are not the focus of the season at all, because they performed extremely "amazingly" in the Champions League. They were the favorites to qualify for the group, but they were eliminated at the bottom, and they also performed
He got into a famous fight with his roommates and was humiliated in front of the whole world.
Before coming to this quiet and traditional town, Aldridge said in a formal diplomatic tone at a press conference: "Blackburn is the defending champion, Millwall is the newly promoted team, and visiting Ewood Park is a challenge for us.
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Challenge?
The media thought Aldrich was keeping a low profile as usual, but Aldrich was telling the truth.
Because of this game, he rested the main lineup and made rotations.
It is risky to let the substitutes directly face the pressure brought by the defending champion, but Aldridge feels that he should try it and let the substitutes grow up quickly and adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, which will help Millwall as a whole in the future.
of more powerful.
Halford is having a difficult time, losing two consecutive games in the league, especially the last game he lost to Manchester United at home, which put him under tremendous pressure, so this game against Millwall cannot be missed.
In the locker room, the coach earnestly asked the players to build a fence and defend first before attacking. The players should more or less listen to the coach's words to avoid being known as rebels.
In the fourth round of the Premier League that started at Ewood Park, Aldridge was supervising the battle from the sidelines as always, and Halford did not dare to neglect, always directing the players to strengthen defense from the sidelines.
Aldridge arranged a 433 formation for this game. The three midfielders of Gattuso - Vieira - Ballack have the guarantee of defensive strength. The defender was suspended for five games last season because of Materazzi, plus the original red card.
After leaving the field, he will not return until mid-September, so the defender is Richards partnered with Helguera, the full-back is sent by Gianluca Zambrotta and Mills, and the forward trident is Glenchard-Phillips-Sole.
Skja.
Blackburn was almost the starting lineup last season.
SAS striker combination, Hillel and Sutton.
Sherwood - Batty - Wilcox - Ripley formed a midfield four.
Le Saux - Hendry - Coleman - Berg formed the back line, with Flowers as the goalkeeper.
This lineup has nothing to say in terms of strength, except for being a bit top-heavy, but if Aldrich was given Blackburn's transfer budget, he would not buy these players. It's not that he has foresight which players are good prospects, quite the opposite.
, Blackburn has introduced capable players who are ready to fight and can produce results after a little polishing.
But such players are often already well-known, and Aldridge simply cannot control them, because the players' subjective will is too strong, and they have no sense of belonging to the club, and their status is more like mercenaries.
Aldridge's idea of building a team is to let young players come to his team when they are broke. Even if the players leave, it is the club that has trained them and let them leave with pride and reputation. This is conducive to his management of the team.
And the persuasiveness to retain players is stronger.
Opposite Blackburn, in the main lineup, needless to say, the SAS combination will be poached in two years. Other players will also join Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United and other teams. They are mercenaries and come here to make money.
After getting money and honors, when the team's performance is not good, it is natural to transfer and leave.
This battle that was expected by the outside world did not cause sparks to fly, but instead seemed a bit dull.
The three midfielders who are good at attacking and defending effectively blocked Blackburn's positional attack, and the central defender combination of Elgra and Richards also performed with ease.
Aldridge looked around the stadium stands, thoughtfully: Maybe the atmosphere here is not as fanatical as Anfield or Old Trafford, and I don't feel much pressure.
Therefore, Millwall's young players showed no stage fright against the defending champions. Helguera, who was playing in England for the first time, was even more eye-catching. Sutton and Shearer tried to break through from him once respectively.
He was successfully intercepted and was even more calm and decisive when handling the ball.
Millwall's offense was so bad that Aldridge was speechless.
Ballack passed the ball to Phillips. Phillips turned around with the ball, passed Sherwood, and then shot a long shot from thirty yards in front of the penalty area!
This long-range shot was of extremely high quality, but it was still blocked by goalkeeper Flowers.
Aldrich turned around and sat down on the coaching bench with some helplessness. He turned around and asked Jenson: "It's been a year. Hasn't he successfully changed his playing habit?"
Jensen shrugged and said: "Didn't he show it just now? However, he is very lucky to score goals."
The two were talking about Kevin Phillips. Aldrich was not very satisfied with Phillips, but Phillips could always score goals in his limited playing time. In terms of time efficiency alone, he could even be ranked second to Solskjaer.
Front.
But just now, before Phillips took a long-range shot, both Glenjar and Solskjaer on both wings were in good positions, but he chose to take a long-range shot himself.
He is a demon sword!
He is good at grabbing long-range shots, sudden cold arrows and other skills, and his shooting skills are very good.
But he is a bit unsociable and cannot play team football together.
Aldridge needs forwards to provide support, but the way he plays is similar to England's traditional "fast" forwards of "one high and one fast". He appears in the most threatening position and takes the final hit himself.
But he was still able to score goals. Aldridge had in-depth talks with him several times, but he still played the way he was familiar with as always.
Now that he is still a substitute, Aldrich cannot be too demanding on him. The Demon Sword also has the benefits of the Demon Sword. It is not in line with the mainstream, but it is extremely powerful when used properly, but it cannot be used straightened.
Rubbing his forehead with a headache, Aldrich didn't know what choice he should make when this demon knife asked him for the main position. The more goals he scored, the more he wanted to play the main position. This was obvious.
But he's just not the type of striker Millwall needs in the future.
Substitutes are okay, but main players are not.
During the time when Aldridge was away, Blackburn launched a counterattack and completely relied on their personal ability to suppress Millwall. Shearer used his skills with his feet to deceive the young and somewhat impatient Gattuso, and then outside the penalty area.
He retaliated with a long shot. Bute pounced on the ball, but Sutton, who entered the penalty area, got in front of Richards and stabbed the ball back into the goal.
Blackburn lead Millwall 1:0 at home.
Seeing the ball lost, Aldrich stood up from his seat and shouted to the players to cheer them up. It was not unacceptable to lose the ball, but it was a lesson, a lesson for both goalkeepers and defenders. It needs to be
They try to avoid making the same mistakes again as they hone their skills and increase their awareness.
After scoring a goal in the first half, Blackburn got a little carried away in the second half. They attacked boldly and the space holes in the defense became wider and wider.
In the 73rd minute of the second half, Vieira and Ballack moved forward together and organized an effective counterattack. Finally, Glenchar assisted Phillips to complete the goal.
After the equalizer, the situation became a little out of control. Both teams wanted to win. The conservativeness in the first half of the game was thrown out of the sky, and the offensive battle started vigorously.
The game was fierce and exciting, but the goal never appeared again. In the end, the two teams shook hands and made a draw.
Aldridge's Millwall has achieved two wins and two draws in the new season's devilish schedule, with excellent results. However, in the Premier League rankings, they are 4 points behind the top team.
What caught everyone off guard was that Newcastle United, led by Kevin Keegan, won all the first four rounds and was far ahead in the standings.
