Time flies by, and a few days fly by. The 2010-2011 Premier League season is coming soon, and the press conference against Wigan in the first round was held as scheduled at the Beckenham training base.

Crystal Palace is now a complete gimmick team, with an extremely young coach, nearly 40 million pounds of transfer investment, and a unique and beautiful cheerleading team. These are all gimmicks.

After the end of last season, the gag order on the Collins family was lifted, and Wen Sheng's image in front of the public has gradually become fuller. Reporters are full of expectations for the Chinese coach's debut in the new season, so this pre-match press conference

The hall was very lively.

The people in the Crystal Palace are poor, and the hardware facilities are average. The press conference hall is not large, only about sixty or seventy square meters. Because reporters from all walks of life fill the room and photographers are busy, the room seems particularly crowded.

"There are so many people today. It seems that I have suggested to the boss to change to a larger room as the press conference room." With a joke, Wen Sheng led Delhi and Boateng sat down in front of the reporters.

Derry is a regular visitor to press conferences, and Boateng's attendance is much less. However, he was in Portsmouth last season and is no stranger to this kind of formation.

The three of them sat down and the press conference began.

"Target, target!" "Target!"

There have been so many questions about the goals for the new season recently. Many media outlets, including Crystal Palace from top to bottom, have talked about the goals for the new season. Unfortunately, at today's press conference, this group of reporters still asked again.

Wen Sheng felt that these reporters should shut up and take a good look at the recent news before attending the press conference.

"The goal of the new season is to avoid relegation!" Wen Sheng had no choice but to repeat what he has been saying all along. "For a new team like us, the league is unfamiliar, and the Premier League is one of the most difficult leagues in the world. As a newly promoted team,

We really don’t have much capital to pursue more things! Don’t we?”

"Wen, do you think your team will achieve this goal?!" a reporter asked.

"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't have worked so hard in pre-season training!"

"So, may I ask, how was your pre-season training?"

"We are very good now, and the results of the training camp are satisfactory!" Even if Wen Sheng is dissatisfied, it is obviously impossible to say it, not to mention the results of the team's training, Wen Sheng will give a positive evaluation.

The only thing that worries Wen Sheng is that the team members still need some time to adjust.

"Patrick McCarthy was unfortunately injured before the season. Has the team considered reinforcements?! How much impact do you think his long-term absence will have on your team? We all know that McCarthy was the protagonist under you last season!"

Another reporter thought of this topic.

Speaking of this matter, Wen Sheng was inevitably a little unhappy. According to his idea, he still wanted to train new players and did not want to introduce a main player in his prime. Now the teams in all major leagues are preparing for the final round.

At this stage, such players are difficult to find, not to mention expensive. Now that the transfer fee is almost spent, Crystal Palace may not be able to afford the money.

So Wen Sheng wanted to bring in an older central defender who was similar to goalkeeper Patrick Taylor. He had the ability to play but would not be too pretentious about his playing time. However, the key to the problem was the length of the contract. Unlike the goalkeeper, the complementary central defender

A defender does not need three years. According to Wen Sheng's position as a reinforcement, general manager Morelli insisted on only giving him a one-year contract. Wen Sheng also understood. In fact, he did not want to give a contract that was too long. A short-term contract of one year was most suitable.

Wen Sheng and the others negotiated with four players in a very short period of time, but in the end they were still unable to agree on a price.

"Patrick is the third captain of the team. His absence has indeed caused us a lot of trouble. We also want to find a suitable replacement in the market, but this does not happen overnight! We have no results yet, but

I think even if we don’t introduce a new central defender, the current personnel can make up for the negative impact of Patrick’s absence!” Wen Sheng wants to promote Chris Morrison, who was pushed back from the first team to the youth team, to the first team.

Team.

Morrison is a black player, about the same height as Van Dijk, but as far as the current level is concerned, he is not even as good as the unupgraded version of Van Dijk. Of course, he is also a little smaller than Van Dijk. He still made a lot of money last season.

There were no bright spots in his performance every time he had the opportunity to play. Wen Sheng didn’t know what role Morrison would play in the future if he continued to practice like this. Anyway, Wen Sheng had never heard of him in his previous life.

After almost finishing talking about the pre-season training, the group of reporters got down to business and asked questions about their opponent Wigan to the trio who attended the press conference at Crystal Palace.

Wigan is a typical team that "has never been rich". It was founded late, in 1932, and has been in the lower leagues for a long time. It was not until Dave Whelan took over the team in 1995 that the team

They gradually started to improve, and in the 2004-05 season they were promoted to the Premier League.

Their life in the Premier League was not easy. Except for the first year when the team finished tenth, Wigan were the main force in relegation every other season. There were one or two times when they were almost relegated.

Including last season.

In the 2008-09 season, Steve Bruce was poached by Sunderland after leading Wigan to avoid relegation. Whelan invited his old acquaintance Roberto Martinez back.

Just after Whelan acquired Wigan that year, he made a big move and brought in Roberto Martinez, Isidro Diaz and Jesus Seba from Spain. These three made up the team.

The poor man's version of the "Troika" helped Wigan gain promotion and gained a high reputation among Wigan fans.

Wigan under the leadership of Martinez did not play well in the first half and have been lingering in the relegation zone for a long time. Fortunately, the team woke up in the second half of the season and caught up, eventually ranking 16th in the league, barely able to survive.

Premier League berth.

So far in the new season, Wigan's investment has only been a few million pounds. Their foundation was poor to begin with, and then they didn't invest, so now they can't catch up with Crystal Palace in terms of popularity.

Of course, in terms of their own strength, everyone has different opinions. Some say that Crystal Palace is stronger, while others say that Wigan are stronger than Crystal Palace and have sufficient experience in relegation.

"They have been playing in the Premier League for many years. They have rich experience and strong strength! It will definitely be a big challenge for us!"

"I hope we can be more proactive on the road, because for the whole season, I think they will be one of our biggest competitors. If we can beat them on the road, it will be a very good result!"

Wen Sheng's words made everyone feel a bit provocative. Of course, many reporters also guessed that Wen Sheng did it on purpose.

In the new season, Crystal Palace, Wigan, and West Brom are definitely the most direct competitors for relegation. This is a lice on a bald man's head - it's obvious.

But when Wen Sheng said this, he looked like he was going to shout and kill others in front of their homes. Isn't this just to stimulate others?!

Of course Wen Sheng means this. As far as this opening match is concerned, there is actually no need for excitement or excitement. Wen Sheng understands that, and Martinez also understands that the two of them know very well that they are competitors, and they have to work hard to avoid relegation.

To step on competitors.

Wen Sheng's words were just to add fuel to the fire. He didn't care whether Martinez cared about it or not. The purpose of fanning the flames was not only to target Martinez but also to target Wigan players.

The head coach may not be angry, but as for the players, those Wigan players may not despise the newcomers from Crystal Palace. They will not be "brainwashed" by coach Wen Sheng every day like the Crystal Palace players!

"Do you know that what I just said was just to irritate my opponent and had no other meaning!" After the press conference, Wen Sheng and the others walked out of the press room, and he said this to Deli and Boateng with a smile.

Boateng and Deli looked at each other and smiled.

"we know!"

If you really don’t know, it means that Wen Sheng has failed as a coach. This means that Wen Sheng still has not implemented his team’s tactical design, and the tactics are still not recognized by the players, so the players will feel that our training

This is the case when facing different opponents, but we may use another tactic when facing different opponents.
Chapter completed!