Chapter 8 The Impossible Job
Wan Sheng studied football training masters in a cool spirit. After being excited for half a night, he fell tired on the bed and fell asleep quickly.
He had a dream.
In my dream, there is a large football field with a podium set up in the center of the stadium.
Wan Sheng took his players to the podium one by one. He walked in front, stepped up the steps step by step, stood on the high podium, and looked at the countless fans everywhere, a sense of pride arose.
The fans shouted his name and everyone was watching him.
Everyone was applauding him.
Wan Sheng waved around, causing even more enthusiastic cheers. He smiled and turned around, and under everyone's expectation gaze, he took the trophy from a football celebrity.
That trophy is so beautiful!
Gradually, the trophy turned into a beauty, with a perfect face, a Heat figure, and a seductive smile. He was hooked all over his body and mind, only staring at her face, and then... he woke up.
Opening his eyes and staring at the ceiling, Wan Sheng woke up.
He knew it was a dream, a beautiful dream, but unfortunately, what the beauty in the dream looked like, he could never remember it.
Wan Sheng shook his head with a wry smile and looked at it was already eight o'clock in the morning. He quickly got up, put on his clothes and washed up, and was about to go out.
Walking on the streets of Derby Town, Wansheng had to adjust his mindset.
Despite the football training master system and the trophy dream of yesterday, the reality that must be faced is that he is now just a temporary assistant coach at Derby County Club and it is unknown how long it will take to really lead a team to the championship honor.
Wan Sheng was going to the first team to meet Gregory in the morning, and then waited for Gregory to arrange tasks for himself and be an assistant coach. He didn't know what Gregory would arrange for him to do, but just hoped that it would be a job he liked, rather than doing all kinds of things on the court.
He was a little worried.
The assistant coach is to share the work of the head coach. Generally speaking, the work tasks are to guide players in training, arrange training tasks with the head coach, and plan competitions with the head coach. In short, he may involve the work content of the head coach.
Wan Sheng was somewhat confident.
The goal he set for himself is to gain the trust of several players, so that he can turn on the task system and arrange training or something at that time. It will be no problem to do it according to the task prompts.
His path to upgrading will begin here.
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Derby County's head coach is Gregory.
Gregory is not well-known in English football, but his resume is very good. He has coached Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Waicombe Wanderers. He coached the Premier League team Aston Villa last year, but in February this year, he was fired by Aston Villa for his leadership results, and then he was invited to coach Derby County.
Until now, Gregory has coached in Derby County for seven months.
The summer transfer to Reedbee County has not changed much, but Gregory still has more control over the team, and most players trust him. Team chairman Ji Smith also hopes that Gregory can improve the team's performance.
No one hopes that Gregory can bring Derby County to the Premier League in one season, which can improve some results and rank well.
On the surface, Gregory works well in Derby County. In fact, Gregory still has some complaints about club chairman Ji Smith. He cares very much about the right to control the team. He hopes to fully control the team, not just lead the team. An English club head coach should have the power to operate transfers, sign contracts and other powers, which is considered to be completely controlling the team.
In the summer, the team's transfer work seems to have nothing to do with him.
Gregory did not receive a penny transfer fee, and Ji Smith did not mention this matter to him at all. Although the overall team staff did not change much, Gregory was still dissatisfied - he didn't buy the people he needed, and the people he didn't need were still on the team.
Now that the League One has passed thirteenth rounds, Derby County is only ranked 16th in the standings.
This result is the same as last season, but Gregory attributed the reason to the summer transfer - the team has no personnel adjustments, and it is still the same group of players, so it is normal that the results cannot be improved.
But Gregory is the head coach, and the team's performance is not good, so he is under a lot of pressure.
The head coach's job is very heavy, and Derby County has only one assistant coach, so Gregory hopes to find another assistant coach to help him share the work. He mentioned it a little with Ji Smith. In fact, he wanted to find an assistant coach himself, not Ji Smith to help him arrange one.
"25 years old? Are you kidding?"
When he heard the news last night, Gregory was quite surprised and a little angry. Even if Ji-Smith assured him that 'If you are not satisfied, you can fire him at any time', he felt that it was an excuse - an assistant coach arranged by the chairman of the club, can he fire him without reason?
Definitely not possible!
So when Gregory saw Wan Sheng, it was not surprising that he would show off any face.
"You're younger than you thought." Gregory said looking at Wansheng.
Wan Sheng shrugged, he didn't know how many times he heard this sentence, "Mr. Gregory, age does not mean ability. I believe I can do this job well."
"Are you very confident?"
Gregory smiled sarcastically, then shook his head and turned his head and left. Before leaving, he only left one sentence, "You can adapt to the environment of the training ground in the morning, and I will arrange specific work for you in the afternoon."
"All right."
Wan Sheng was helpless. It could be seen that Gregory had no good feelings for him. Is it because of his age? He was a little confused, but there was nothing he could do. He would not curry favor with Gregory because of this. That was not something he could do, and it was hard to say whether Gregory would appreciate it.
Wansheng doesn't need to do that with a hot face and a cold butt.
Anyway, Gregory will arrange specific jobs for him, so he just waits. As long as he can do his job well, Gregory may have changed his mind about him.
Wan Sheng was spinning in the first team training ground in the morning.
Many first-team players saw him. At first they thought Wan Sheng was a player who came to try out, or a fan who came in with connections. After inquiring, they found out that Wan Sheng was the new assistant coach of the team!
So young!?
How is that possible!
They were still very interested at first, but when they got to train, they saw Gregory's unhappy look, and the training intensity was much higher than usual, so they were not in the mood to care.
Wansheng watched from the side of the training ground.
He originally wanted to participate in helping the team's training, but Gregory and another assistant coach, Diamares, deliberately ignored him, and he had no room for intervention.
I can only wait for the afternoon.
During lunch time, Wansheng had a meal at the club restaurant, and a black player sitting next to him greeted him, "Are you the new assistant coach?"
Wan Sheng nodded and stretched out his hand, "I worked for the first day today, Wan Sheng."
"Lee-Murris, just call me Lee." Merris reached out and grabbed Wan Sheng, and asked with interest, "How old are you, are you less than thirty?"
“Twenty-five.”
Wan Sheng was a little depressed. He was only twenty-five, so why did many people ask for it thirty?
Is he that old?
"How did you become a coach? You know, you are one year younger than me." Merris's eyes were full of curiosity.
Wan Sheng shook his head with a smile.
After chatting with Murris, the two met each other, and then no one paid attention to him. Although he was about the same age as these players, he was a newcomer here and a coach, and few people took the initiative to pay attention to him.
After lunch, Wan Sheng circled around the club and returned to the first team training ground.
The afternoon training started at one o'clock, and soon the players returned to the training ground one by one, but they only did ordinary training under the leadership of Yamarez, while head coach Gregory did not appear for a long time.
Wan Sheng and others are bored.
It was not until half an hour before Gregory walked in from outside the training ground, and there was a short black man walking with his feet beside him.
He seemed to be injured.
Some of the players who were training on the court waved over, "Hey, Taylor, you're here."
"Aren't you recovering from your injuries?"
"Why did you come to the team today?"
Taylor smiled at them, but didn't answer anything, but followed Gregory towards Wansheng. The two walked directly to Wansheng. Gregory introduced, "This is Ian Taylor." Then he introduced Wansheng to Taylor.
Wan Sheng looked at the black man in front of him in surprise.
Ian Taylor?
He didn't recognize it, but he still knew this name. Aston Villa's legendary star, he had been to China ten years later and participated in many events. At that time, the football media introduced him a lot.
The two shook hands.
Gregory smiled at Wan Sheng and introduced to Taylor intimately, "Wan Sheng is only 25 years old, but he is my assistant. Mr. Smith is very optimistic about him."
Wan Sheng was shocked and confused when he heard it.
Is this guy praising himself? Didn’t he have no good feelings for him?
Then I heard Gregory say, "Wansheng is very young, but his work ability is very good. Your problem is very simple for him, and he will help you."
After saying that, Gregory walked away.
But Wan Sheng already understood that helping Taylor was the job Gregory gave him, but what was the problem with this guy? What do you need to help with?
"Can you really help me?" Ian Taylor asked in confusion. Wansheng was too young, and his questions were not something that ordinary people could help.
"Let me tell you what it is?"
Wan Sheng shrugged. Until now, he didn't know what Taylor needed to help him.
Ian Taylor explained, "My right leg was injured. The doctor said he would have to rest for at least three months if he wanted to recover. I only had surgery yesterday. I didn't want to come, but Mr. Gregory said you are a capable person."
"ah?"
Wan Sheng still doesn't understand very much... He is not a doctor, Ian Taylor's leg injury, what can he do?
"I hope you can help me with some training so that I can recover faster. I don't want to take a two-month break, so I'm likely to miss the chance to play against Aston Villa in the League Cup." Ian Taylor said, shrugging, revealing what you understand.
Wan Sheng rolled his eyes as he heard this.
I don’t want to miss the game with my old club, so I have to recover as soon as possible. It’s understandable, but I should find a doctor and what’s the use of finding him as an assistant coach.
"The doctor said it is possible to rely on training to speed up recovery, but that requires a very professional coach to do it, Mr. Grigory said you can."
Wansheng thought of his mother when he heard it.
He finally understood why Grigori praised him. It turned out that this guy dug such a pit to jump and use training to help an injured player recover faster? He had never heard of this.
This is simply impossible to accomplish!
Chapter completed!