636. Lunch gossip
"Welcome to the newcomers. How about I treat you at noon today?!" After the meeting ended, Wensheng took the initiative to invite the commentators who were working for lunch together. Anyway, everyone had been familiar with each other before, there was nothing to be arbitrary.
As a result, Sonnes and the others had already made arrangements, and only Little Ray, Carragher, Neville and Henry had time, so they went to a Turkish restaurant outside Sky Sports Headquarters to have barbecue.
"Daniel, are you planning to make a comeback this time?!" Xiao Lei asked Wensheng, and this question was probably the answer that several other people wanted to know.
"I can't say it either! I haven't thought about it yet! I accept the invitation from Sky Sports because I think commentary is also an interesting job! I am very happy to make a guest appearance! As for the comeback, let's see the opportunity! If there is a good opportunity, I don't rule out that I will come back to coach!" Wensheng replied.
"It's fun to be a commentator?! I feel so boring!" Henry complained, "Sometimes you have to be busy for a long time!"
The work of the commentator is actually quite hard.
As soon as the game day comes, they will come to the scene early, prepare in the backstage, put on makeup, sort out the pre-match information of the day, and analyze the on-field form at the half and after the game, and interviews with players and coaches after the game, and sometimes the time is very tight, so they can only rest for a short time and the next game begins.
Those friends who were sent to the commentary room for commentary may have to go to the studio to meet with their colleagues to analyze the game after the game. Time is so tight that they can only change their clothes on the backstage... It can be said that their work is like a star rushing to announce, and it is not easy to go on the fly.
But when Henry spoke, Wen Sheng's mouth slightly raised. He knew very well whether it was Gary, Neville or Henry, they all had a coaching dream in their hearts. In fact, they all wanted to be coaches, and the commentator's job was not enough.
Henry had previously been a coach in the Arsenal youth team, but his teacher Wenger did not want him to be a coach and a commentator. For the sake of money, Henry chose to be a commentator.
When he retired in 2014, Sky Sports provided Henry with an annual salary of up to 4 million pounds in order to invite Henry. This is the top salary among commentators. However, two years have passed, Henry is restless and doesn't want to continue his commentary career. He wants to become a coach.
"You are all temporary guest appearances, and if you have been in this profession for a long time, you won't find it interesting!" Neville also said.
"No wonder you want to go to be the head coach!" Carragher mocked him again.
"I'm helping my friend! I know I may not be suitable for being a head coach, but I trust me, so I can't refuse!" Neville's face is indeed good, and she is quite gigging on her face.
"But your friend is really not interesting enough, how can you just give you that little time?" Xiao Lei said.
"I agree!" Wen Sheng raised his hand, "It's obvious that the root cause of the unrest in Valencia lies in your friends! It's hard to turn the world if anyone else!"
"It doesn't matter! I found that compared with the two, it's still interesting to be a commentator, but it's not interesting to be a head coach! Staying on the training ground all day long makes me a little crazy! Being a commentator is different. Every game day, you will encounter different situations and different people!" Valencia's experience has a great harm to Neville's little heart. Looking at his current state, it is obvious that he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of a rope.
Henry has not been fooled yet, so he is full of longing for coaching and wants to see if he can coach. Of course, Neville's experience also told him that it is 80% bad to be a head coach rashly, so his current expectation is still to start with an assistant coach, gradually become familiar with the team's overall planning, and then become a head coach.
"Daniel, you are very successful as a head coach. Can't you teach us some secrets?! In this way, maybe we can have more ways out in the future!" Xiao Lei asked Wensheng again.
Most of them, former professional players, have received coaching certificates, and coaching can be done.
"The experience is not enough, let's discuss it together!" Wen Sheng didn't mind telling them about coaching. In fact, these guys all followed the famous coach, but Wen Sheng knew that it was an old calendar.
In their era, the head coach was the father, and the players were disobedient. But now, is the head coach a father?! Not necessarily! In the eyes of different players, their head coach has different labels.
Some players regard you as a father, and he must do whatever you say!
Some players regard you as a staff member who has a contract with the club, and you only have a cooperative relationship with him.
With the addition of agents, social media and other things, the relationship between players and head coaches will become more complicated and the trends are difficult to control, which is a world of difference from the previous era.
Take Neville for example. When he first arrived in Valencia, he thought about his tactical concept and regarded it as a piece of paper. It was purely a fantasy and could not be realized at all. He didn't know what his players were thinking. He wanted to use the authority of the head coach to implement his concept, so he naturally felt disappointed.
"When it comes to experience, I want to talk about the type of coach! In my eyes, football coaches have two directions. The first is the representative of reality, and the second is the ideal head coach!"
"I won't talk about the reality. For example, I must take the team's performance as the core priority! The second type may be Bielsa and Guardiola! They have their own understanding of football and want to realize it in the real world of football!"
"Belsa's tactical playing style often kills one thousand enemies and hurts himself for 800. It can be taken or not, and it can be considered by yourself! As for Guardiola, his tactics must have high quality of players, so if the relegation team asks Guardiola to lead the team, they may be relegated!"
"So if you really want to be a head coach, you must be clear about this. Do you want to succeed and want your noble tactical idea to be realized?! Hey, you will definitely tell me why I can't have both ideals and reality? Because the football world itself is realistic! For example, Valencia found Gary, they didn't let Gary enjoy it, and no matter how good your friends are, they probably won't think so. They will definitely hope you can improve the team!"
"It's difficult to take into account both ideals and reality! Of course, it's not impossible! So I think the first thing to do is to talk about reality. In fact, Guardiola did the same. He also inherited Rijcalde's legacy in Barcelona! It's also a tradition. Only by gradually making achievements, hey, the players recognize your tactics, and public opinion says that your tactics are good, then you have a foundation to gain a foothold!"
Chapter completed!