Chapter 469: Wenger, Don’t Proclaim Injustice

Standing in front of the window of the head coach's office at Newcastle's Longton training base, Alan Pattu looked at a freight train rumbling slowly past in the east, with white smoke puffing out of the front of the train. His eyes were filled with deep anticipation.

In his eyes, Newcastle is like a train slowly moving towards a bright future.

In the past season, he led Newcastle to successfully finish fifth in the league, shocking the entire English football world, and even many people were full of expectations for his future.

Over the past few years, except for Ferguson, the head coach positions of the top Premier League teams have almost been monopolized by foreigners.

For example, Wenger of France, Benítez of Spain, Mourinho and Villas-Boas of Portugal, or Ancelotti and Mancini of Italy, etc.

Even Ferguson and Moyes are Scottish

The only local coach who has achieved outstanding results is Tottenham Hotspur coach Redknapp, but he has been sacked by Tottenham Hotspur.

Compared with the old coach Redknapp, Alan Padu is younger and has more advantages

Newcastle is the most popular team among local fans in England. Before relegation, it was a top team on par with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and other teams. After experiencing the nightmare of relegation, the Magpies returned to the Premier League and are ambitious to revive their past glory and honor.

Last season, Alan Paidoo gave all the Magpies fans a glimmer of hope.

Similarly, Alan Padu himself is full of confidence and expectations for the future. He even hopes that the Premier League will come soon.

In the new season, the Magpies' goal is to maintain the top five in the league and strive for the top four in the league

As long as they return to the European arena, Newcastle will have a higher stage, and Alan Padu will have a better platform

Thinking of this, the local young coach who is highly expected by countless English fans smiled confidently.

"This time, in order to support the team's fight for the Champions League qualification, even the miserly chairman Ashley promised to give us a transfer budget of 10 million pounds. We have to think carefully about how to spend this money."

Alan patted Du Huoran and turned around, laughing at the assistants behind him.

That momentum is indeed very handsome.

Especially that confidence, coupled with his good looks, he has a convincing temperament.

"Our most important signing right now is the midfielder, and we must complete the transfer as soon as possible."

The assistants nodded one by one at the coach's instructions and wrote them down carefully.

As for the target of midfield recruitment, the coaching staff has already held a meeting to discuss it, and everyone knows who the target is.

Today's Newcastle can be said to be strong in both men and horses.

The goalkeeper is Dutch national goalkeeper Tim Krul, and the defense also includes powerful stars such as Coloccini, David Thornton, Stephen Taylor, and the midfield includes famous players such as Moussa Sissoko, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, and Gutierrez.

The forward line is also composed of players including Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba, Obertan and others.

Even players like former Manchester United player Alan Smith and goalkeeper Foster were unable to gain a foothold in the Magpies and were forced to transfer.

It can be seen that Alan Padu's team is indeed strong.

In terms of fame, Newcastle may not have many big-name stars, but in terms of strength, the Magpies definitely have the opportunity to compete with the Premier League giants.

Chief Assistant Coach John Carver nodded and said, "The Premier League will start soon. The fourth qualifying round of the Europa League will be in late August. We must adjust the team by then."

Alan nodded repeatedly, "You're right. The Premier League schedule is out. The first match against Tottenham Hotspur is crucial. If we play well, we will have less pressure in the second round away against Chelsea."

We won the first game, and in the second round we played away from home against Chelsea, so it didn’t matter if we lost.

"The schedule is very favorable for us. In the seventh round, we will play Manchester United at home. In the tenth round, although we will play Liverpool away, Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion before us are not strong. After that, West Ham United and Swansea are both home games."

On the table in the coaching staff's office, there is a carefully prepared schedule.

Everyone only needs to glance at the schedule to immediately see the matchups.

Alan Paddy has been able to stay in the Premier League for many years, he is definitely not a pushover.

As soon as the schedule came out, he could immediately see that Newcastle's schedule was quite favorable.

Especially the 13th round of the league, the most important decisive battle in his mind, away to Southampton

It was his return to St Mary's Stadium after a two-year absence.

This time, he led the powerful Newcastle United to destroy St. Mary's Stadium and avenge the previous humiliation.

"In the 13th round of the league, we will play Southampton away. I will win this game at all costs and show our momentum, and then beat Stoke City, Wigan and Fulham in one go."

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

If that time comes, Newcastle will be able to rank at least in the top five, and even in the top four if they perform better against strong teams.

John Carver was well aware of the feud between Alan Paddy and Southampton, and was also aware of the head coach's thoughts.

This is a rare opportunity to avenge his previous shame face to face, so how could Alan Paidu miss it?

"Show me Southampton's schedule," said John Carver.

Soon, an assistant pulled up Southampton's schedule.

As a result, when the schedule was released, everyone was stunned.

"My goodness, does Southampton have a grudge against the English Football Association?"

"Isn't it?"

“Isn’t this a bit too outrageous?”

"From the first round, Manchester City, Wigan Athletic, Manchester United, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Fulham, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Swansea..."

"This is a race where you're taught a lesson every minute."

"Who says it's not? Especially in the first four rounds, we faced Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal one after another. This schedule is really devilish."

"But there is also an advantage. They have no strong teams to play against during the Christmas season except Arsenal."

"Yes, look at the future. After the 24th away game against Manchester United, the remaining 14 rounds will be quite easy. We will only face three teams, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, but they are all at home."

Alan Patty nodded and said, "That's true, but you have to know that if the league doesn't start well, no matter how good the schedule is, it may not be of any use. When people's morale is low, that's scarier than anything else."

As a head coach with many years of experience in the Premier League, Alan knows better than anyone how important the morale of the team is in a long-term league system.

"But it's better this way. By the time they meet us, they will probably be exhausted." Alan Pattu laughed, as if he saw an exhausted Southampton team.

It is no wonder that, before the 13th round when they met Newcastle, Southampton had almost all the teams in the top ten of the Premier League except Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic, including giants like Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal, as well as strong teams like Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.

In the past two years, even teams like West Ham United, Swansea City and Fulham have had a hard time beating them in the Premier League.

Thinking of this, Alan Paidu couldn't help but reveal a cold smile.

The smile was filled with a chilling, gnashing hatred.

"Yang Huan, ah Yang Huan, this time I will make you pay the most painful price"

"Hey, David, are you kidding me?"

While Alan Paidu was brewing hatred and preparing for revenge at the Changdon training base, Yang Huan appeared in the royal box of London's Wembley Stadium, staring at the pitiful old English man in front of him with dissatisfaction.

It looked as if they were going to throw FA chairman David Bernstein right out of the stands.

David Bernstein's face was covered with cold sweat and his back was soaked.

The whole world knows that whoever offends Young Master Huan will be in trouble.

"Master Huan, how dare I? Right?"

"You don't dare? Damn it, go check the schedule yourself and see what kind of shitty schedule you arranged for Southampton? Damn it, we faced three big clubs in the first four rounds. Could it be that I have wronged you?"

Yang Huan got a little angry when he heard that the old guy dared to complain.

Prince William, who was sitting next to him, was not very happy after hearing this.

"David, if you really do this, it's a bit unfair of you. After all, we are still friends."

David Bernstein was very depressed, thinking that he had flattered the wrong person.

"Master Huan, Your Highness, I have my reasons."

"Difficulties?" Yang Huan was stunned. "Okay, tell me, what are your difficulties?"

As he spoke, he also gestured to roll up his sleeves.

It seems that if what you say doesn't please him, he will take action directly.

Prince William also looked concerned.

In their view, the following Community Shield match was insignificant.

Anyway, it's just a preliminary match of the Premier League, a warm-up match, and it's not very important.

Besides, didn't someone say that whoever wins the Community Shield will lose the Premier League title?

"As we all know, the biggest challenge for the Premier League is the schedule from Christmas to January. Many newly promoted teams or newly appointed head coaches have failed in the Christmas schedule."

"Yeah, so what?" Yang Huan curled his lips.

This one makes sense.

Although Southampton has played in the English League for two seasons, the English League One and the English Championship are completely different from the Premier League. Even the Christmas schedule is different.

"Master Huan, go check again. Are there any other strong teams in Southampton's Christmas schedule besides Arsenal?"

Yang Huan thought about it, took out his cell phone and looked at it again, but there was really nothing.

Also, Arsenal isn't really a strong team these days.

At least he is the weakest among the Premier League giants.

If Yang Huan were asked to pick an opponent from all the strong teams, he would definitely choose Arsenal

The reason is simple. You must pick the softest persimmon.

Wenger, don't complain. Who made you so disappointing?

"January is crucial for a team that has just come through a tough Christmas schedule. Throughout January, Southampton did not face Manchester United until the end of the month, which was the 24th round of the league. In the dozen or so rounds that followed, Southampton faced strong teams at home or against teams they were confident of winning."

When Yang Huan heard what he said and looked at the schedule, he felt that it made sense.

"My dear Master Huan, think about it. If we don't want to face strong teams during the Christmas schedule, we must arrange to face strong teams in other matches. Also, it's not good to face strong teams in the late season, because that period is the key time to achieve results."

At this point, David Bernstein felt like crying.

"There's really no way to move it anymore, so we can only move it to the beginning of the season."

When Prince William heard this, he felt that there was some truth to it. It was not easy for others as well. The rules of the competition were like this, and they could only try their best to help you deal with it within the rules.

You can't just arrange for Southampton not to play against strong teams, right?

Yang Huan was not the kind of person who was ignorant of tact. When he heard what he said, he immediately understood.

It is indeed acceptable to arrange a strong dialogue at the beginning of the season.

On the other hand, if they were all arranged in the later stage, people would probably curse at me.

Besides, the Premier League is not La Liga. There are only two or three teams in La Liga that have the ability to win the championship. There are only two or three games to watch throughout the year. It doesn’t matter who plays against whom in the other games.

But the competition in the Premier League is too fierce, there are so many strong teams, and you have to face them all the time.

Thinking of this, Yang Huan also nodded.

"Okay, okay, David, stop acting like a bitch. I misunderstood you. I owe you a favor."

"Really?" David Bernstein was finally vindicated.

"nonsense"

The old man hesitated for a while, and finally spoke timidly.

"Then... could you please, Master Huan, do me a favor?"