Chapter 494: Youth training is a technical job

Knock~ knock~ knock
"Come in!"
Yang Huan sat behind the desk and looked up, just in time to see Martin Hunter opening the door and entering. Hey, interesting college Baidu interesting college
The middle-aged England looks much older than two years ago, which shows that the pressure on the first team is indeed considerable.
It can be said that Martin Hunter came from Bradford shortly before Yang Huan bought Southampton.
In the past two years, in addition to helping Bielsa in the first team, he is also responsible for the operation of the Saints Youth Training Camp.
Southampton’s youth academy has a large number of talents. Although there are teams who are eagerly poaching outstanding talents from all over the European continent, the concerted efforts of Martin Hunter, Griffa and Madoni cannot be ignored.
It took them a full two years to build the youth academy in Southampton into a top youth academy that is not at all lost to other teams on the European continent, regardless of the technical and tactical style or the meticulousness of the players. Think, Southampton has its own uniqueness.
This has also created the status and influence of the Southampton Youth Training in the entire English football scene.
Even surpassed the Red Devils Manchester United!
"Master Huan, are you looking for me?" Martin Hunter entered the door, smiled at Long Wu who was sitting in the corner playing games, and walked directly to Yang Huan's desk.
"Sit!" Yang Huan smiled and pointed to the other side, "Are the first team busy with work?"
When asked, he stood up.
Seeing Martin Hunter also stand up, Yang Huan smiled and motioned for him to sit while he walked to the corner to make tea.
"It's okay, but the team's performance is not very satisfactory recently, and the pressure is quite high. Marcelo has been living at the training base in the past few days!" When it comes to the Argentine lunatic, Martin Hunt is a look of admiration.
When it comes to this obsession with football, Bielsa is unparalleled in the world.
Yang Huan made two cups of tea, walked back, put one in front of him, and took a sip from the other.
"I don't pay much attention to the team's performance. I believe in Marcelo's coaching ability."
Martin Heng said: "Yes, in fact, the team's performance is not too bad, especially for a newly promoted horse, but it may be that the media, fans and the team themselves have too high expectations for the results, leading to The gap is huge now."
Yang Huan smiled, "Normally, we are a team with pursuits!"
Martin Hunt also followed with a smile, "If we hadn't had the impact of the Olympics and the national team, we would have won at least two or three games more than we do now, so our ranking would be quite high."
To put it bluntly, Southampton is definitely the biggest disaster in the London Olympics. Ten players have been transferred to the Olympics. There is almost no available player on the right side. How does Bielsa use his troops?
If you can win two more games and six more league points, you will be ranked very high now. If you win three more games, you will be in the top four of the league.
"Don't worry, I can understand all these things, and I believe you!" Yang Huan smiled.
Martin Heng has a special head, but he is strange in his heart. Young Master Huan asked me to come for no reason. Isn't it just to ask about the team?
You know, in the weekdays, Young Master Huan understands the team's affairs, and he passes directly through Bielsa. Why do you want to make a roundabout now?
"Martin, have you been with the team for two years?" Yang Huan sat back in his seat.
"Well, a little earlier than Master Huan." Martin Hunter replied.
"In the past two years, you have done a very good job with us. All of us feel that you have a lot of insights in youth training, such as the three-point youth training philosophy you summarized."
Martin Hunter smiled slightly, wondering what Master Huan meant by mentioning this.
But when it comes to the three-point youth training concept, his face is somewhat complacent.
He put forward three points in the youth training camp.
Sweat on the field, smile on the field, learn something from it, this is a successful youth training!
If you want to use Yang Huan's words, ah, this is Milu's happy football.
It is quite rare to have such insights in English football.
The English youth academies these days are either rigid or barbaric, or they simply don't know what they want.
But these three concepts in Southampton proved to be quite helpful to the youth training.
After all, training players, especially young players under the age of ten, the most important thing is to cultivate their interest in football.
Then let them have fun from football and smile from the heart.
"Master Huan, this is actually not the credit of me alone, Griffa and Madoni. They brought us the essence of the Argentine youth training in South America and let us see their unique skills and methods for cultivating players. "
Yang Huan can't help nodding. Griffa and Madoni are youth training consultants and chief scouts. Their contribution to Southampton is also quite obvious, especially in youth training and young player training.
"Also, our youth training director Les Reid, he is also very famous in England, and our youth academy director Matt Crocker, his role is also very important, precisely because of our common Working hard, the youth training of the saints began to go on the right track."
To put it bluntly, after two years of high investment, the youth training of the Saints is on the right track.
Unless Yang Huan's head cramps and destroys the city wall, the youth training in Southampton is an endless treasure house and an inexhaustible gold mine.
Of course, every year we still have to continue to invest, innovate and upgrade software and hardware, and search for small beets and talented people.
Yang Huan smiled faintly and said nothing.
Martin Hunter is a bit modest, but he is indispensable as the leader of the youth academy.
This credit is seen by everyone and can't escape.
"Have you heard of the English youth training reform plan?" Yang Huan asked.
"Glorious Revolution?"
"Yes!" Yang Huan nodded, "According to this plan, St. George will become England's Clarefontaine. In the next few years, the entire England from the top league Premier League to the community amateur league will drive a raging fire. Youth training reform."
"This is a good thing!"
Yang Huan smiled and said: "It's a good thing, but the English football alone will never do anything at all, so this time it will be a mixed team responsible for formulating and promoting the youth training reform plan, including the FA and the Premier League. Everyone will be stationed in St. George."
Martin Hunter frowned when he heard this.
"Master Huan, youth training is never something that can be done by one person. It is a whole set of systems engineering that requires the joint efforts of many people to complete. It is impossible to do things with a mixed team alone."
"That's right, so everyone in this mixed team must not only be deeply involved in youth training, but also must be youth training experts who understand and are familiar with the English football environment, and they will be fully responsible for the entire glorious revolution of youth training. Training reform plan."
Having said that, Yang Huan smiled slightly and said: "It is estimated that starting from 2013, the annual budget of the Glorious Revolution plan will be as high as nearly 100 million pounds. If you add the professional club’s hardware and software investment in youth training. , The amount involved in this plan will be even higher."
Just kidding, one year’s Premier League broadcast rights income is deducted from the 7788 expenses and 5% of the expenses, and then invested in youth training, part of which is invested by the club, and part of it is through the Glorious Revolution Project Team To improve the youth academy throughout England, especially the community youth academy.
Martin Hunt was dumbfounded. "A hundred million?"
"Yes!" Yang Huan nodded, "So, everyone attaches great importance to this team, and currently there are only four people identified."
"Who?"
"Dave Reading, chairman of the London Olympic Organizing Committee, has been very satisfying with his work on the Olympic Organizing Committee, especially in coordination and resource mobilization, so David Bernstein strongly recommended him to join this team."
Martin Hun has the head, and Dave Reading did a great job during the preparations for the London Olympics.
"The other two are Nick Levitt and Roger Davis, who have been committed to promoting and improving the low-level league system for a long time. They are experts who are quite familiar with and understand the system and environment of the middle and lower leagues in England."
Martin Hunter has also heard of them both, and this project does require them to take charge.
"What about another one?"
"Currently the head of the FA Development Department, former England international Southgate!"
"It's him!" Martin Hunter also felt okay.
"Nick Levitt and Roger Davis are both members of the FA Development Department. They have cooperated with Southgate on many occasions in launching initiatives to reform the youth training. Now they propose a glorious revolution. , It's normal."
Yang Huan smiled and nodded, "You are right, but there are still many things missing."
"what?"
Yang Huan didn't answer, but instead smiled and asked, "Do you think just a few of them, do you know how to reform?"
Martin Hunt was really stunned.
Yes, these people, Dave Reading's ability to do things needless to say, but when it comes to youth training, he is a layman.
Although some of Southgate, Nick Levitt and Roger Davis are professional players and some are familiar with the league environment, youth training is a technical job. Can they do it?
If people who are not familiar with the road take the lead, what will they toss this plan into?
"This time is a long-term plan. Everyone is determined to stick to it for a long time. Therefore, the people in this team are basically relatively young, so the elderly including Howard Wilkinson and Eric Harrison are not used. ."
Martin Hunter frowned. "Including Les Reid?"
Southampton’s youth training director was originally behind the growth of the FA’s technical development consultants, including Gerrard, Lampard and Rooney and other world-class stars.
What's more commendable is that Les Reid is one of the few in English football who emphasizes technical youth training, and he has considerable ability in sports medicine, technical training and scouting.
Les Reid joined Martin Hunter almost at the same time, but Martin Hunter was later favored by Yang Huan and was promoted to the first team as Bielsa's assistant, and his status was relatively high.
But when it comes to respect and respect, Les Reid didn't say that, and he deserved the first place.
If you don't talk far away, just talk about closer ones.
Not long ago after the official opening of St. George, the FA hosted an exchange meeting and invited youth training experts, including Barcelona, ​​for a forum.
Three local youth training experts from Southampton~EbookFREE.me~ Martin Hunter, Matt Crocker and Les Reid were all present, and during the exchange, they shared the Barcelona youth training experts The refutation was speechless.
The reason is simple, this set of youth training model in Southampton pays more attention to flexibility, creativity and cultivating children's interest.
Relatively speaking, Barcelona’s youth training is very rigorous, but also quite rigid. It almost treats small players as workers on the assembly line and requires them to abide by the tactics of passing No. 3 to No. 6, and No. 6 to No. 7. Regulations.
That is, after this exchange meeting, the Barcelona youth training experts expressed their hope to find opportunities to visit the Staplewood Training Base in Southampton for exchanges and learning, and they also called on the Southampton youth team to visit Barcelona.
This also made the Saints Youth Training Camp once again become famous in the football circle!
Yang Huan looked at Martin Hunt with a smile, and said a word that made this middle-aged England almost fall down.
"At the summit in London, I recommend you to take charge of this project!" ()