Chapter 22 Can this little guy do it?
Derby County is facing Ferencvaros with the intention of "scoring as many goals as possible".
This game must be won, and Wan Sheng did not have the idea of testing a new formation. In order to eliminate the opponent as much as possible and perform better than testing a new formation, Derby County's formation is still 442, with all the main players such as Morris, Ribery, Van der Fate, Ivan Krue and others starting.
Derby County uses such a solemn attitude to deal with a Hungarian team, and the results of the game can be expected.
Ferenkvaros is a strong team in the Hungarian League One, but they are just Hungarian teams after all. Even those Derby County hostile media must admit that Derby County can definitely be regarded as a mid-range strength even in the Premier League, so there is almost no suspense in the game between the two teams.
3:0, this is the final score.
Derby County performed quite strongly at Pride Stadium. They controlled the game from the first minute of the game. After that, a total of three goals in the first and second half were scored, leaving Ferenkvaros without any strength to fight back. By the end of the game, Ferenkvaros's performance was like sleepwalking.
Anyone can see that this is a game with huge differences in strength.
In fact, Ferencvaros did not expect the game to turn out like this. They basically had no idea about Derby County. The news they knew was that Derby County qualified for the UEFA Cup with the FA Cup. In addition, Derby County was a second-tier team in the England League last season and was a Premier League team this season. So before the game, they thought the team had a chance to win away games. Unfortunately, there was a gap between imagination and reality. As Ferencvaros players lost in Derby County, the gap between the two became even bigger.
So Derby County easily got 3:0.
But in fact, Wan Sheng was still a little dissatisfied with this result, and 3:0 did not guarantee an absolute victory. If one more goal could be scored, there would be no suspense in the second round, and the 3:0 score would still give Ferenkvaros a glimmer of hope.
If Coach Ferenkvaros knew Wan Sheng’s thoughts, he would definitely vomit blood in depression, but there was such a gap between the two teams.
After the game, Derby County did not celebrate at all, just like it was just a warm-up match. Soon they ushered in the fifth round of the league, with Derby County challenging Everton away.
Facing David Moyes's team, Wan Sheng once again used a new formation, and the only change from the previous league game was that the core of the backcourt started became Peter Kennedy.
After the game started, seeing the starting lineup of Derby County, many Derby County fans thought of previous media reports. They believed that Derby County's defense was problematic and they were worried that Everton would score a goal, especially in the away game.
But this game was smooth.
Perhaps because in early September, before the transfer window closed, Wayne Rooney, their best young genius in ten years, was sold, or because he had just experienced North London Derby County, and lost to Arsenal with a big score of 1:4. Everton was completely lost in the game. Their overall performance was extremely poor, even if head coach David Moyes made two consecutive adjustments in the game. As a result, Derby County took the opportunity to score three goals, if it weren't for the end of the game. Forward Kevin Campbell used his counterattack opportunity to break through Vidic's defense with his personal ability and scored the ball against goalkeeper Karachi. Tottenham Hotspur could not even save a trace of face at home.
1:3.
Derby County easily won the game, both before and after the visit.
In the game, Wan Sheng was quite satisfied with Peter Kennedy's defensive performance. He considered letting Peter Kennedy be the core of offense and defense, but it was too early to draw such a conclusion. After all, Everton's performance in this game was indeed very bad, and Peter Kennedy didn't need to face too much pressure, so there was nothing strange about the team's stable defense. To prove the correctness of the conclusion, more game tests are needed.
After the game, the media that made a voice that thought there was something wrong with the Derby County defense was silent.
When Derby County performed very well, no matter how many voices they made, it would be useless, because the result of the game was right in front of them. It was impossible for Derby County to defeat its opponent 3-1 away. They also said that Derby County had various problems, and this statement is difficult for fans and readers to believe.
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Soon, on September 25, the Premier League ushered in the sixth round, with Derby playing against Fulham at home.
Fulham had a strong momentum last season. They got rid of the image of a weak team in the relegation and finally won the ninth place. However, the facts proved that their "rich chairman" Fayed completely regarded Fulham as a tool for making money. In the summer, the "farmers" did not have any strength to strengthen, but instead sold key players such as Simon Davis. Their strength naturally declined, and their results also declined. Fulham's results in the first five rounds were not worth mentioning. The score of 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses can only be compared with the promoted Manovic and Crystal Palace. They have been on the verge of the relegation circle. It seems that they are going to fight for relegation at the beginning of now.
Few people think that such a team can pose a threat to Derby County at Pride Stadium, which is also a newly promoted team, but their performance is much better than Norwich and Crystal Palace. They have three wins and two draws in five leagues, and can even compare with Manchester United.
But the result of the game was unexpected, and Fulham tied Derby County 3:3 at Pride Stadium!
Derby County played in this game extremely difficult.
Fulham established a score advantage in the first half. They scored two goals in a row, which made the entire Derby team a little lost. The defense issues in the backcourt were maximized. As a result, after the halftime break, Wan Sheng replaced Peter Kennedy almost immediately because he could be 100% sure, which is Peter Kennedy's problem.
Peter Kennedy, as a core individual, lacks ability and is in a very unstable state. On two occasions, he was even directly broken through by Fulham players in front of the penalty area!
Wan Sheng knew why this was not something that he had to think about - it was not because of Peter Kennedy's defensive ability, but because he could not bear the psychological pressure as the core.
His shoulders can't bear the burden!
The last game against Everton was better. Peter Kennedy didn't have much defensive pressure, so he naturally easily dealt with it. But this game of Fulham's offense targeted the middle, so Peter Kennedy couldn't hold on. The more he hoped that he would perform, the greater the psychological pressure, and there were frequent mistakes in the game.
Wansheng has no choice in this situation.
But he is very sure that Peter Kennedy is not the kind of player who can take on heavy responsibilities. Perhaps his strength is not bad, but his psychological quality is really bad. He will definitely not be able to use it as the core.
This is not only the problem that worries Wansheng. Fei Dingnan, who came on as a substitute in the second half, also performed poorly. He also had similar problems. At the same time, Fei Dingnan's personal abilities are also much worse.
Fedinnan can be said to be a veteran player under Wan Sheng. After Wan Sheng came to Derby County, he quickly became a player who trained with Wan Sheng. This was all because of that injury. In more than a year and nearly two years, Fedinnan's personal ability has improved a lot, but the most important thing is that his strength was too poor. In Gregory's Derby County, Fedinnan can only serve as a substitute, let alone Derby County now. Even after following Wan Sheng for two years, the limitations of talent and age have led to Fedinnan's growth being limited. So far, he can only be a qualified substitute in the backcourt.
Wan Sheng still felt a little regretful. After all, Fei Dingnan followed his old player, and his respect for him exceeded 100 early, and now it is even 122. This respect for him can be said. If Wan Sheng leaves the team, as long as he waves, Fei Dingnan will follow him without hesitation.
But his strength...
Wan Sheng was not worried about Fedinnan's problem. After testing the new formation in the official game, he found that neither Ottoman, Fedinnan nor Peter Kennedy could be used as the core. In this way, if he wanted to use the 4321 formation and increase the team's offensive ability, he had to choose other players as the core.
Could it be that Morris can only retreat?
Morris can definitely do better with retreat as the core, but Morris can perform better in the frontcourt. If Morris retreat as the core of offense and defense, then the team's offense will definitely be worse.
So who is more suitable?
Wan Sheng held his chin with one hand, stared at the internal confrontation that was going on on the training ground, and observed the performance of each player.
Ribery, Morris, Ivan Kru...
When players counted one by one, Wan Sheng still couldn't decide. The main reason was that some players retreated as the core of offense and defense, while some players could not bear the heavy responsibility at all. It was difficult for Wan Sheng to find the best choice.
At this moment, Ribery, who was attacking the field, dribbled the ball and broke through Lichsteiner and Fedinnan, and cut inwardly into the middle. After running a few steps, he was about to take a shot. Suddenly, a figure rushed over and blocked the frontcourt of the football. Ribery's shot was directly blocked from the sideline.
Ribery turned his head and looked at the ball flying out of bounds, complaining to Alfred who blocked the ball, "Baker, this is just a training match, don't you need to be so serious!?"
Alfred smiled and touched his cheeks embarrassedly.
Wan Sheng, who was sitting on the grass, staring at Alfred suddenly lit up. He only considered the retreat of the frontcourt players, but did not think about the position of the backcourt players. Isn’t Baker Alfred a very suitable one?
Even if Marcus is injured, many other players, such as Ottoman, Peter Kennedy, Fedinnan, and Ruthie, can also play guest roles in central defenders, but not everyone can play guest roles in offense and defense. If Alfred's position premise is the position and becomes the offense and defense core of the entire team, will the problem be solved?
Chapter completed!