Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 35 New coach takes office! Brand new lineup, double starter!!

"Sheffield fires Kevin Blackwell! Gary Speed, the living fossil of British football, takes over!" - "British 442"

"Gary Speed ​​is about to start his first managerial career. It is worth mentioning that he is also a registered player of the team he coaches, Sheffield United." - The Guardian

"After three rounds of the new season, Sheffield United has only gained three points. Gary Speed's primary pressure is to complete the task of relegation!" - Sky Sports

"Arsenal's two youngsters performed well in their debut in the second round of the league. With the new coach taking office, they may immediately become Gary Speed's direct players and secure their place in the starting lineup!" - The Sheffield Times

The next day, the news that Kevin was fired and Gary Speed ​​took over caused quite a stir in the entire British football world.

Most British fans are very familiar with Gary Speed ​​and are looking forward to his first performance as a coach after retirement.

"Speed's personality is very suitable for being a coach. He just stepped down from the court, and it is a good thing for him to return to the court in another capacity this time."

"Hasn't he been an assistant coach for a while?"

"How can it be the same? Did you pay attention to him when he was an assistant coach? It's not until he became the head coach that people started paying attention to him again."

"I've been searching for news about him."

It can be said that this legendary figure, who started his playing career as a genius in 1988, has always had many fans in English football.

His appointment will definitely attract more people to pay attention to the veteran Sheffield United team, which will affect all aspects of the team, down to every player.

While other neutral fans were talking about Gary Speed.

Sheffield United fans are more concerned about the team's future performance and Gary Speed's use of players.

“Even the nickname of the Blades did not originally come from describing the sharpness of the team.

"But the fact that this nickname has survived to this day also represents the team's style of play, which is offense!"

“I agree! Including the EFL Cup, in the four games of the new season, the team has scored 3 goals and conceded 8 goals!
"Let's put aside the goal loss. This kind of offensive firepower really makes us see no hope for the future."

"Change the formation! Reshuffle the lineup and replace those who are not working hard!"

"Many people, like me, were looking forward to the two talented Arsenal boys that day, but I don't understand why Kevin didn't give them any playing time in the third round of the league?"

"There's no rush for this. Just look at the news from the Sheffield Daily. In a sense, they also represent the official opinion of the club."

"Let's hope so, those two guys are very impressive and I look forward to seeing them at the home game this week."

The names of Maher and Gilbert were mentioned again. Their amazing performance in the last league game still left a deep impression on them.

This kind of thing is indelible, and they have won the favor of many fans.

August 8th, there is one day left until the fourth round of the Championship.

At the training ground, Maher finished his morning training and went to the team cafeteria for lunch.

Tomorrow is his first home match day since joining Sheffield United. He didn't do much training today to ensure his physical condition.

[Skill: Running lv1]

[Proficiency: (42/300)]

[Skill: Balance lv1]

[Proficiency: (31/300)]

The speed and coordination skills have been revealed. The initial names of the two physical skills both sound a bit useless, but they don't affect anything.

"Level 1 skills, proficiency increases very quickly."

Maher made a simple calculation and felt confident, "By the middle of next month, both skills should be able to reach level 2."

The new skill training in the past few days made him gradually feel numb from the exercise, after all, it was followed by strength training.

Every time this happens, he would want to add a technical skill to make training more interesting.

Although it is all training and very boring, there are different levels of boredom, and people must learn to find joy in suffering.

If he didn't have strong adaptability, he would have collapsed by now. This life is really not a human life.

After much thought, Maher decided to focus on long-range shooting ability and concentrate on improving his combat effectiveness.

He wants to train on three fronts!

Try to get your long-range shooting ability to level 3 when your two physical skills reach level 4, so that you can truly possess a super outstanding characteristic!
By then, the improvement in his fighting power might give him a completely new look. "The number of fans has exceeded 3,000."

During the meal, Maher took some time to check his Facebook and found that the number of followers had increased significantly recently. He thought it might have something to do with Gary Speed's appointment.

He opened the private message column again and saw various messages.

Some encouraged and praised him, some asked him why he didn't play in the last league game, some inquired about the conflicts within the team and left their addresses and sent artistic photos. There was also an invitation for him to be the spokesperson for a Sheffield local fans' pub.

"Endorsement invitation?"

This aroused Maher's interest. He browsed through the artistic photos in the private message column, and couldn't understand why he could receive such an invitation when he had just appeared in one show.

Snapped!
He suddenly slapped his forehead, closed the artistic photo column, and opened the endorsement invitation column.

It seems that he was invited to provide some autographed photos, autographed scarves, and autograph some wine bottles and wine glasses made of suitable materials for a pub in the city, and post a Facebook message inviting fans to participate in the event.

The after-tax remuneration is 2000 pounds, and the pub will pay the taxes on your behalf.

"good."

Maher didn't mind the small amount of money and planned to go and have a look after the new round of the league. This was the first time he received such an invitation.

At night, in the conference room of the training base.

Gary Speed ​​stood in front of a tactical board, arranging the tactics and preparing to read out the starting lineup.

He has a good relationship with the players and doesn't need to announce the roster and starting lineup on his phone every time like Kevin does. He can just announce it on the spot.

"Directly activating 442 is a bold attempt."

Gary Speed ​​fiddled with the chess pieces on the tactical board while explaining: “But we have to make changes, there is no time to adapt.

"As we have been training recently, when attacking, our formation is the traditional English 4-4-2, but when defending, I need a striker to drop back to the midfield line and a midfielder to drop back to the defensive midfielder position.

"That is the more basic positioning formation, 4-1-4-1. This can prevent the 4-4-2 formation from being short of players in the middle of the midfield."

Maher and Gilbert sat together with clear eyes. This style of play is indeed a more traditional and balanced style, which is the favorite of British coaches.

There is nothing wrong with that. There is no obvious difference between strong and weak formations. What is most important is suitability.

A team's fighting spirit on the field, the players' technical and tactical levels, personal abilities, as well as the coach's ability to adjust on the spot and analyze opponents are the key to a game.

"The starting lineup."

After explaining some arrangements, Gary Speed ​​glanced at the players below, picked up a pen, and wrote names on the tactical board, saying, "Forwards Evans and Bolodanovic."

When the second name was read out, there was a small commotion in the entire conference room.

Bonodarovic, a center forward, was someone who had never been used before.

It seems that Gary Speed ​​is really preparing for a major reshuffle.

"Left midfielder."

At this time, he read out another location, causing many people to look at him nervously.

Whether to use Maher or Markarts also determines some of Gary Speed's determination and position.

"Mael!"

Gary Speed ​​simply wrote down the names, without further ado, and went straight to writing something else, "Midfielders Januhans and Gilbert, right midfielder Ward."

All first releases!

Mahel and Gilbert's faces brightened, their legs touched slightly under the table, and they finally welcomed a new moment.

Evans, Januhans and others also looked at them with congratulatory glances, as if they were happy with the situation and they still had a sense of the overall situation.

"The back line from left to right, Calvey, Steven, Chris Morgan, Lowton. Goalkeeper Robert."

After reading the entire list, Gary Speed ​​closed the tactical board. On the back were the names of the seven substitute players. "Tomorrow evening, we will play against Preston. I hope you will win and give the best ending to the opening month!

“Come on, guys!!”

"Come on! Come on!!" A burst of encouragement rang out in the conference room, many people clapped their hands, and the morale of the entire team was obviously boosted.

(End of this chapter)