Godfather Of Champions

The departure of Pikwe allowed Dunn to see the current situation clearly-he originally thought the team was weak in the left and right full-backs, but now he suddenly realized that his central defender was already a little stretched. It turns out that the team's main match is Pepe and Pikwe, and Kompany and Ayala do the second plan. Now that Pikwe is gone, Ayala is old. Pepe and Pikwe are the ones who can really play. Mogan can only get the chance to play in the League Cup and the FA Cup. Important matches cannot be expected.

So now the schedule of finding a full-back must be put aside, and the center-back should be solved first. Full-backs can be slightly weaker, but central defenders must not be weaker.

Time has entered August, less than half a month before the opening of the new season. The Charity Shield Cup is less than ten days away.

This summer, the team's signings progressed slowly. This is caused by many reasons. First of all, due to the success of these two seasons, Dunn believes that the team's structure is very reasonable and is unwilling to adjust too much, so it is destined to not buy a large number of new players this summer. Secondly, most of the players that Dunn admired were “famous” and they were reluctant to leave the new club. Third, Nottingham Forest Club can't spend too much money to support Dunn's actions in the transfer market. Not only that, they also need Dunn to use the money earned by selling players to "subsidize the family."

This is how the European championship lives, and Nottingham Forest is the only one.

As for the guards, Dunn had been salivating for someone four years ago. This summer he thought it was a good time to start, but he didn't expect to be closed doors again.

Micah Richards of Manchester City. Being tall and mammoth, he can play both central and right back, which is in line with Dunn's desire for players to be versatile.

When he asked Stuart Pierce to buy someone a few years ago, he was simply rejected. In desperation, he had to buy Sun Jihai. Now that Pierce has left Manchester City, the Manchester City club is also in another crisis. Dunn thinks this is a good time to buy Richards. Isn't it the same to summon Richards with the reputation of the Nottingham Forest double crown?

He was wrong.

The Manchester City club has indeed encountered some difficulties. The Thai government has issued an announcement to freeze Thaksin’s property. Thaksin, who has lost most of his fortune, will find it difficult to maintain the operation of the Manchester City club. Who can take care of a small football club under a scorched amount? There are many rumors outside, saying that a certain consortium has taken a fancy to Manchester City and wants to acquire. However, he denied it by Thaksin himself. He admitted that the situation is not good now, but the Manchester City club is still under his name and everything is under control.

Dunn didn't believe the Thai man's words. There must be something wrong with the Manchester City club. So when you go to buy people at this time, you may be able to move people that you can't usually move, such as Richards.

His happy offer, the Manchester City club refused without even hearing it-"Richards is not for sale."

Raise the offer before going, but the sentence is still waiting for him-"Micah Richards is not for sale."

Going for the third time, this time is slightly different. "We are not willing to sell Richards to direct competitors."

These words made Dunn very popular. Manchester City and my team dare to call themselves "direct competitors"? You look down on yourself too much, right? ! Lao Tzu’s team is a double champion and has won the European Champions Cup for two consecutive years. How old is your little Manchester City? I have never been the only one who refuses people so hard, that Mark Hughes dare to stand in front of me! (He has long forgotten the fact that Hughes is older than him...)

He won't make a fourth offer anymore, because in front of the domineering Manchester City, doing so will make people feel that Nottingham Forest is very cheap. Dunn didn't want to bow his head to anyone. Who do you love to sell? Even if it **** in your own mouth, it's none of my business!

In this way, Dunn planted the seeds of hatred for Manchester City. When Pierce was in office, the friendly relationship between the two clubs became a reality because of one Richards.

So some media said that Dunn is a prudent person, this is correct...

The business is gone and the favor is gone, Dunn can only continue to look for other candidates.

He wants to buy Carvalho, but Scolari will not let go. The reason is the same as Manchester City-"We will not sell important players to direct competitors." Chelsea said Dunn is not angry at all, because Chelsea is indeed a competitor of Nottingham Forest.

Argentine Garre is booked by Real Madrid; Juan Roma will not let go; Nardo is unwilling to leave Bremen...

In the end, Dunn had to look back at England.

This time, Dunn did not plan to buy a young central defender anymore. What is important in the back line is experience, and experience is often directly proportional to age. Therefore, Dunn plans to have a slightly younger central defender.

He turned his eyes to Jonathan Woodgate who was still in Middlesbrough.

Although in Real Madrid, due to frequent injuries, he only played nine games for Real Madrid in two years, and was called the "British patient" by the Spanish media. For a time he even became a model of the glass man in world football. But in recent years he has done a good job in Middlesbrough. The injuries seem to have gone away from him. Under the training of Southgate, a famous England defender, his level has also improved a lot. Became the captain of Middlesbrough. There will be at least two chances to play each season. Dunn is naturally very concerned about the former Real Madrid player. After observing a few seasons, Dunn found that Woodgate is the right candidate for the team now. He decided to shoot.

Originally, in January this year, Ramos wanted to take the former England main central defender to White Hart Lane, but Tottenham Hotspur and Middlesbrough failed to negotiate the transfer fee, and in the winter transfer window Before the closure, the two parties announced that the transfer was officially broken. So Woodgate stayed in Middlesbrough.

The "British patient" who has walked out of the shadow of Real Madrid has regained confidence in Middlesbrough, and it is time to look forward to a new future. Not being able to join Tottenham Hotspur, who is aspiring to qualify for the Champions League, made Woodgate a little frustrated, but it doesn't matter, he will soon know the meaning of the Chinese idiom "lost the East, reaps the mulberry".

Nottingham Forest offered eight million pounds to Middlesbrough, hoping to take Woodgate away. Anyway, if the money is not spent, it must be returned to the club. Dunn doesn’t care about the loss of one million or two million at this time. Tottenham Hotspur reported 6.5 million to Middlesbrough, and finally Increased to seven million, refused to increase life and death.

Eight million is the price Middlesbrough wants. And Southgate has already known one thing, that is-Woodgate's heart is no longer on the riverside court. He was very happy when the Tottenham team wanted to buy him. Now that he has changed to a higher level of Nottingham Forest, how could the 28-year-old central defender be unmoved?

Soon the head coach of Middlesbrough saw in the newspaper what Woodgate said in an interview with local media in Nottingham: "...I think it's time to go to a bigger stage to pursue my dream..."

Although somewhat reluctant, but Southgate knows what to do with what status, Middlesbrough absolutely can't keep the players who are favored by big teams.

In the end Woodgate joined Nottingham Forest for eight million pounds. The two sides signed a three-year contract. The details of the treatment were not disclosed to the outside world, but it is said that it must be higher than when he was in Middlesbrough.

His joining was dubbed by the English media as "Nottingham Forest has become a veritable forest, with piles of wood in the team." It refers to George Wood and Freddie Eastwood in the team. And Jonathan Woodgate who just joined. And it's a coincidence that these three "woods" just form the team's central axis-forward, central midfielder and central defender.

The Chinese media even explained this interesting coincidence in their own way: "Two trees form a forest, and three trees form a forest. There is a ‘forest’ and a ‘forest’ is there, and the Nottingham Forest is finally worthy of being a ‘forest.’

Dunn, who solved the central defender’s problem, was in a good mood. He also joked to reporters at the press conference welcoming Woodgate to join: "If there is'Wood' in the player's name, then congratulations to that person. He has a high chance of joining. We Nottingham Forest!"

Woodgate also expressed his opinion: "I am very happy to join Nottingham Forest. I don't mind everyone joking about my name, which shows that I have a tacit understanding with Nottingham Forest. Come here I hope to help the team win more championships. Injuries? That's past..."

When these words were still echoing in everyone's ears, Woodgate was injured in training and left the game the day after joining the team...

Fortunately, the post-match inspection is just a minor injury and does not affect the new season. It's just that multiple injuries made Woodgate a little sensitive.

Dunn let out a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, otherwise I will be the laughingstock of England."

"This was originally a gamble. Woodgate has never been a strong central defender." Tang said. "If you decide to buy him, you have to take care of the psychological pressure he brings to you after his injury.

"Anyway, we rotate." Dunn shrugged.

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When Woodgate came to Nottingham Forest four days later, the team ushered in the first game of the new season-with FA Cup champion Portsmouth in the new Wembley Stadium Charity Shield.

Although this is the first time Dunn and his team have participated in the Charity Shield, they have shown the momentum of defending both the league and the Champions League. Portsmouth could not resist.

And the rotation of the new season has been implemented since the beginning of this game.

Thiago, who has joined the team, replaced George Wood in the team's starting lineup. Woodgate and Shaheen were sitting in the stands. They were not selected for the big list.

Shaheen is still undergoing psychotherapy, while Woodgate was injured the second day after joining.

Petrov replaced Ribery in the starting position, with Van der Vaart on the front midfielder and the young Lennon on the right. The forwards are Bendtner and Arshavin. From the beginning of this season, Dunn will continue to increase Bendtner's chances of playing, allowing him to gradually become the team's best center.

At the center back, Ayala and Kompany are combined, and Pepe, who has lost a fixed partner, sits on the bench. The left guard is Bell, and the right guard is Sun Jihai. The goalkeeper was replaced by Akinfeev.

From the beginning of this season, the English League has made a major reform. For many years, the English league's bench is only allowed to be five people at most, so many players have lost the opportunity to enter the big list and look forward to coming off the bench. To a certain extent, this rule is not suitable for the development of the level of English football, because the lack of two positions means two fewer opportunities to train players. Ferguson proposed last season that he hoped that the FA would increase the bench seats to the seven international players. His suggestion was immediately responded to by the seven clubs. And Tony Dunn was the first coach to stand up and express his approval and support. Even Ferguson's mortal enemy Wenger stood in the same trench as Ferguson this time.

Therefore, the English Football Association has been doing good, and at the beginning of the new season, the bench position has been increased from five to seven.

There are Van der Sar, Pepe, Barnes, George Wood, Ribery, Van Nistelrooy and Beckham on the bench in Nottingham Forest. Last season, this is the absolute main force of the team.

Most of the season ago, when Dunn challenged Portsmouth with a lineup similar to the current starting lineup, the Portsmouth people thought they had been insulted. Nottingham Forest was too arrogant and now they never Will watch it that way. Because they have learned a very profound lesson...

So in this game, Portsmouth's new coach Tony Adams put on a defensive posture, wanting to put Nottingham Forest into a hard fight.

This summer, Tony Dunn is letting the team practice how to face the enemy's dense defensive offense, especially the central offense. He didn't feel much surprised at Portsmouth's approach. Today's Nottingham Forest is the target of public criticism, and any team will not be stupid when facing them, and they will rush up to attack. That will only make them die faster.

Defending the counterattack is king. Win like Nottingham Forest...

But they picked the wrong opponent.

Dunn asked the team to strengthen long-range shots and mid-range coordination, and continue to attack the mid-range, so that may not be able to score immediately, but it can cause tremendous psychological pressure on the opponent, and at the same time make them chaotic. In the twenty-first minute, his arrangement paid off: Nottingham Forest’s high-pressure policy made the Portsmouth people stunned, French defender Distin set his own oolong, and Nottingham Forest took a 1-0 lead.

For Nottingham Forest, the game will be easier after the lead. The opponent must be pressed out to fight so that the forest team can reclaim the opponent's counter attack. This is where their opponents have the most headache...

The lagging Portsmouth was helpless in the face of Nottingham Forest, which was waiting for their counterattack by the recovery defense-they certainly couldn't invest too much in the offense, because they had to guard against the Forest team's counterattack; but if they did not increase their attack, they would With Portsmouth’s current strength, it is really difficult to break through the forest team's iron wall... This becomes a paradox. If you don’t attack, you can’t score, you can’t equalize the score. If you can’t equalize, you will lose the game. ; But the offense may continue to lose the ball, which will still lose the game. If you don’t dare to throw in the offense because you are worried about losing the ball and you will lose, then you will lose if you throw in your troops on the offense...

Unlike the contradictory Portsmouth, it is much easier to drag the game into the Nottingham Forest where they are familiar with the track after leading. Until the end of the first half, Portsmouth did not come out of this paradox, so 1-0 Nottingham Forest ended the first half.

At halftime in the second half, Coach Adams asked the team to show courage in the locker room. Don't worry about this and worry about that, first equalize the score. What's more, it’s not long since Thiago first came to the Forest. There are still problems with the team’s coordination. Ayala is not as old as before, and her physical fitness plummets... As long as the Portsmouth players are willing to rush, they can These two people found a breakthrough!

Portsmouth, who was reinvigorated with fighting spirit and confidence, returned to the court, fighting spiritedly to tie the score. This time they found that the person standing in front of them had changed. Thiago, who was not in harmony with the team, was replaced by captain George Wood. Ayala, who was too old to keep up, was replaced by strong Pepe...

When George Wood stared at the Portsmouth players with his cold eyes, Pompeii's back spine was cold.

In the final stage of the game, Portsmouth launched a suicidal shock, there was heroism, and sadness did not have to run. After waiting for the whole game, Nottingham Forest finally caught the best chance to counterattack. George Wood made a long pass from the backcourt, and Bendtner leaned on the only central defender who stopped the ball and broke into the penalty area to force a shot. After being saved by the goalkeeper, Arshavin followed up with a supplementary shot, 2:0! Nottingham Forest completely sealed the victory and won their first championship in the new season.

"It seems that Nottingham Forest continued their good form last season. The pace of the entire game was under the control of Nottingham Forest. Poor Portsmouth, the difference in strength and experience, made them lose this game. game……"

The TV commentator summed up the game like this.

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Besides being another new trophy won by Dunn, this champion has another meaning. He let the players who join the team see the style and tradition of this Nottingham Forest-defensive counterattack and championship trophy.

This will help them to integrate into the team quickly and play their role early.

In fact, the Charity Shield Cup championship is not a big deal. In the early years, it was considered a terrible "curse"-whoever took the Charity Shield Cup this season must lose the league championship. Now the curse has been broken, and no one takes this champion too seriously.

Just like Tony Dunn showed in this game-half of the main force and half of the substitute are used for rotation, the taste of training is very strong, as if this is still a summer warm-up match. Only Portsmouth, who lacks honor, will be very hot and really play this game as a final. It's a pity that they are a little weaker, so they have to go back with hatred.

For the Nottingham Forest fans who have seen more major championships in the past two years, the Charity Shield is really a small championship. But it gave them a good reason to gather for a drink and revelry.

No matter how low the status of this champion is, he still has to pick up his wine glass and shout:

"For the endless champion! For the annoying Tony! To our dearest Nottingham Forest... Cheers!!" (To be continued, if you want to know what happens, please visit www.qidian.com, the chapter is more Many, support the author, support genuine reading!)

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