Chapter 180: Millwall's signature

In the second game after entering the New Year, the third round of the FA Cup, Millwall went to the away to challenge the weaker Port of Virg. With the goals of Fanny and Glenshire, Millwall's soldiers took the victory and moved to the next stage. wheel.
The next day after returning to London, Phillips and Andrew came to Aldridge's office.
Seeing the two come together, Aldridge understood what was happening.
Phillips was a substitute from the first day he came to the team. Two and a half years later, he is still a substitute, but he is 24 years old in half a year.
Putting it on other teams may not be a big deal, but his strength is advancing by leaps and bounds, and he is older than many forwards in the team, but his forward rank has been counted down.
It’s not that Aldridge didn’t give him a chance, but his performance on the court was unsatisfactory. In the first season, Millwall played 442. One of his double forwards performed well. Last season, Millwall’s tactics Switching between 442 and 4231, he still can only play one of the double forwards.
Let him play a single arrow, then the team's tactical system must surround him to create opportunities for him, other teammates attract defense through running position, and after he gets the ball, he will take a shot if he has the chance.
Playing 433 this season, Aldridge let him try the lower winger, the effect is very bad, he is different from Larson and Shevchenko after the response to see the right time to insert the penalty area, he will instinctively rely on the middle of the field , Squeezing the center's active area.
Is Phillips good as a striker? Excellent, can you score? Can score!
But he was increasingly out of tune with Millwall.
This is probably the typical conflict between team tactics and player characteristics.
It has nothing to do with Phillips' personal ability.
Because of the scarcity of playing opportunities, in the first half of the season, he stayed in the reserve team and scored 23 goals in 12 games. This performance made the media marvel: Phillips was a waste in Millwall!
Phillips himself also felt that his life in Millwall was more difficult, because the gap between him and his teammates was getting bigger and bigger, and he could not play together on the football field. It seems that everyone's thinking is not in a world.
When his teammates worked hard to create opportunities and waited for him to play a role of tandem or cover, he directly chose to end the offense by himself. Teammates with better positions and better opportunities are helpless, which hinders the qualifications of the team. For this reason, they can only keep their complaints in their stomachs.
After discussing with Andrew, Phillips decided to showdown with Aldridge.
The atmosphere in the office is relatively harmonious. Phillips was brought back from the regional league team by Audridge. Phillips also admired the young coach. If the young coach and the magic make him show his grand intentions in Millwall, then He would never leave.
But Aldridge is not a god, probably because of his age when Phillips came to the team, the playing habits have been difficult to change, it is very difficult to transform, and it is possible to abolish him if the change is not good. Aldridge has always been When he is used as an adventurer, or when he trains a young lineup, he puts the team on the defensive, Phillips rushes ahead, and the effect has always been passable.
In the face of Phillips, the two sides did not tear their faces apart, but communicated calmly.
Aldrich patiently analyzed his playing characteristics, his position on the field, the most threatening area, what tactical environment he needs to stand on, and so on.
Phillips is more like a pure shooter, like Owen, but this pure shooter player is not the mainstream of the future football forward template, so in the British 442, Phillips is more suitable for one tall one short One of the strikers needs a partner to cover him, and he plays the killer role.
After Aldrich patiently analyzed it, he said to him with earnestness: "Kevin, you want to leave, I can understand, I also think that with your strength, you can act as a main shooter in other clubs and stay in Millwall , Will delay your future, but I hope that you can follow my arrangements in the transfer, I can promise you that I will not try to sell you to the club with the highest price, but send you to the most A club suitable for your professional development, I don’t want you to go to a team that is not suitable for your characteristics, and then cause you to sink there."
Phillips was so moved that he nodded solemnly and agreed to come down.
In any case, Aldridge’s approach is for his own good. As for personal treatment after the transfer, Andrew should go to help him, and the transfer fee has nothing to do with him.
Aldrich's behavior seemed to be a little careless about eating salty carrots.
Well, if the player transfers, he will leave. What else does it have to do with you?
Moreover, the transfer fee should not be too high. Isn't this a brain influx?
On the contrary, Aldridge believes that every player who leaves and transfers has something to do with him, and Millwall has a great relationship, not just the transfer fee.
Like the four players who left last summer, in addition to Pire’s poor situation in Arsenal, the other three players have performed well, which directly affects Millwall’s signboard. They are all from Mill. Wall's out player.
Thuram may have become famous in Ligue 1 long ago.
The excellent performances of Solskjaer and Vieira have brought Millwall to cultivate color.
Aldridge needs Millwall to cultivate the image of an elite, and he needs a good reputation. Just like Ajax, people will not only think of this as a top Dutch club, but also think of it when they hear this name. : This is a hotbed for the birth of genius.
Therefore, for each transfer, he can't just stare at the transfer fee, leaving the players here, he should also worry about the continuation of his career.
If Phillips does not perform well after leaving, he will definitely be labeled as a parallel import. If he performs well, it will naturally benefit Millwall's reputation.
Phillips will not leave in the winter because of the thickness of the lineup. At the same time, he also wants to leave with the title of the championship. Even if he is not the main force, this season's Millwall four-line battle, the game density is greater than last season, the second half The rotation will be more frequent, and when the time comes to deal with injuries and suspensions, he will have more opportunities than in the first half of the season.
Compared to Phillips, Tony is in a dazed state, and Audridge wants him to be restless.
On the training ground preparing for the weekend league, Tony and Aldridge communicate on the sidelines.
He told Aldridge about the problems he encountered.
He has scored many goals in the youth team and the reserve team, but his performances in the first team's several appearances are far less impressive than Fanny.
Because he has a fatal shortcoming: speed.
Millwall played very fast on offense, rolling the ball with three passes and two turnovers. He served as the center. If he pulls out of the penalty area to respond, then he often rushes into the penalty area one shot slower.
He can’t keep up with the rhythm of his teammates, like Larson and Shevchenko, all of which are rushing into the penalty area, and the threatening ball of the deadly pass appears on the field between electro-optical flint, Tony The speed can't keep up, it can't be copied, and missed opportunities.
He works very hard, both coaches and teammates can see, but the speed thing is not a hard increase in training.
Fortunately, Tony is under 20 years old, Aldrich patiently told him: When your talents restrict you to play, then you need to use your brain to play football harder than others.
Are you calling him stupid?
Of course not. Aldrich explained to him in detail, let him calmly observe the situation on the field, and make up for the shortcoming of speed with a more reasonable running position.
Players who use their brains to play football are more promising. Some players are in good health, but like headless flies on the court, they run a lot of distance, but most of them are useless.
What's more, Tony's physical advantage allows him to become a strong center in the penalty area. When Millwall plays a tough battle, Tony will play a huge role, but this is also his limitation. You are counting on him to retreat to interfere with the opponent's attack or sports. It's too unrealistic for China to move forward from outside the penalty area and cooperate with teammates. He just has to be at the forefront, either to complete the last blow or to be a bridgehead.
Tony accepted Aldrich's suggestion: first, play football with his brain, and second, sharpen his foot skills.
He has the ability to take the ball in the penalty area, but whether shooting or playing, he still needs to further improve the ability to handle the ball.
On the weekend, sitting at the Lion's Cave Stadium, Millwall ushered in an old opponent, also a fan in the eyes of the boy: Liverpool.
In a year and a half, Aldridge led his team to face Liverpool four times, three times in the league and one in the FA Cup final, leaving Millwall fans with very good memories, and Liverpool must have left in history Millwall's name.
At 0:8, the memory of the fiasco was still fresh. At the beginning of the new season, Millwall defeated their revenge with a 4:2 at Anfield.
The outside world did not understand very much, even privately speculated that Audridge had a hatred against Liverpool. Millwall played Liverpool particularly hard, but he couldn't find Liverpool.
In fact, most of them are tactical reasons. Aldridge is most afraid of encountering a team that wants to play against him. Millwall’s defense formation shrinks and releases huge forward pressure when turning from defense to offense. A wave of offense often With the power of destruction, Liverpool attacked, it does not matter, after the attack, the backcourt is Millwall's victory avenue.
When both players entered the field, there was a little riot.
The players on both sides are preparing to debut at the exit of the player aisle, but in front of them, a dozen "sex toys" are dropped from the sky, which are male-made female lower body.
The head referee's face was green, the stadium staff immediately ran to pick it up, and at the same time warned the fans in the nearby stands, of course, who could not find who left it.
Southgate, who was wearing the captain's armband at the forefront, closed his eyes and smiled helplessly, while the other players looked out of their heads and looked curiously.
At the same time a loud slogan sounded on the side stand.
"Colimore! Can you still shoot today?"
The faces of Liverpool players collectively became ugly.
Redknapp Jr., who had a verbal confrontation with Aldridge at Anfield the year before, was afraid to raise his head anymore. Liverpool was bruised and bruised by Millwall, and his father Lao Lei could not lift his head in East London.
And the protagonist of the vortex, Collimore, this formerly known as a genius striker, although gradually deteriorating at Anfield, but outside the court, he is a different man.
A nun working in a monastery, a large number of people P, not married, but playing the game of "changing partner", and staring at the show with a star and a gun.
The most amazing thing is that these are all publicly sold to the newspaper.
The outside world discussed whether he had a neuropathy, or simply said that he was just a pervert.
Liverpool's spicy buddies, whose private life is eroding, can't stand the teammate anymore. There is news that Collymore will soon leave Anfield and switch to his home.
As a party, Collymore was grumpy. He even played with his girlfriend. Wherever he could bear the bird's temper, he rushed out and roared towards the stands, but only attracted the fans to laugh at the stands.