Chapter 58 The Spell
Gary Cook has no disgust for Lin Sen, but he must admit that he did not have much affection for Lin Sen at the beginning. Although he has worked for Nike before and has no in-depth understanding of football, since football has become a business, soccer must also follow the business model and separate the transfer work from the coaching work is the general trend. Therefore, Gary Cook can't like Lin Sen, who asks for the transfer right as soon as he meets.
Even Mancini, who has won so many championships in Italy, did not dare to ask for the transfer right during negotiations. Linson? Why? Just rely on his King's Copa del Rey? However, it was not him who made the decision, but Mubarak. So, after Mubarak made the decision, he put down his personal opinion and respected the club's decision.
Although the result was not what he wanted most, the acceptance process was particularly simple. After all, no one was born to block others' path, and the head coach and general manager were the same. The subsequent cooperation was quite pleasant. Although Robben and David Silva were the signing targets of Linsen, Cook still tried his best to make the deal. Of course, Linsen did not let Cook's efforts be wasted. Both Robben and David Silva were the best players in Manchester City's current position.
Therefore, for Lin Sen, Cook's perception is changing to the positive side. Ribero's visit was a bit out of place at this time, but Cook still couldn't refuse.
To be honest, Lin Sen couldn't understand the arrival of Gary Cook. If he threw Robinho into the cold palace, then Cook might have reason to ask, but now? He really can't think of what Cook can do. Could it be that he would guarantee Robinho's position? If that's the case, then Lin Sen is really not afraid to turn against him.
Fortunately, Cook also knew which side he should be on.
The two first exchanged false greetings, and then Cook explained his purpose. He told Lin Sen directly that Ribero had come to him to express his dissatisfaction with Lin Sen's use of Robinho. Then, as the senior club executive who introduced Robinho at that time, he agreed to help inquire.
It's that simple? It's that simple. On behalf of the club, Cook hopes Linson will handle Robinho's affairs properly.
proper.
When Lin Sen heard these two words, he frowned. What is the right thing to do? It's very simple. It's called proper if both parties are satisfied. But to be honest, Lin Sen doesn't think this matter is proper. Because from the beginning, Robinho's attitude fell into a dead end.
Obviously, Lin Sen cannot sit idly by Ade's affairs, so it means that he cannot sit idly by Robinho, but Robinho is different from Ade. Ade can accept his punishment, and even if he is transferred to the reserve team, he can have no complaints, but Robinho cannot accept it. Not only can he not accept it, he doesn't even want to hear Lin Sen's "nonsense". As soon as Lin Sen spoke, he stood up and opened the door and left.
When others mention it, they will be furious. People call this a negative scale. That is Robinho's anti-scale. Once the reverse scale is uncovered, there will be no scars because it will not heal at all.
Lin Sen thought that he had been accommodating Robinho in this matter, and gave up a long enough step to get the opponent to step down decently. But now it seems that his accommodating did not bring the other party's understanding, and even caused the other party to misunderstand. Robinho's actions in yesterday's game and Cook's arrival today proved this.
Then, there is a saying that is impolite without being rude to Lin Sen. Without that level of understanding, the handling of things will only be simpler. If a person insists on Nirvana, others will not be able to stop him from self-harm.
"I don't think there is any proper way to deal with this matter." Just as Cook was waiting for Lin Sen to nod, Lin Sen spoke, "If so, my current way to deal with it is already the most appropriate way. Ask a question that may not be appropriate. Mr. Cook, do you think Robinho has less time to play this season?"
"My opinion is not important." Cook was stunned, but obviously he could not give an attitude toward the issue.
"Then let the facts speak." Lin Sen had long expected that although Cook agreed to Ribero, he would definitely not get involved in this muddy water. So he said, "So far this season, Manchester City has played a total of 16 games in the third line. Robinho's playing time has been 1,165 minutes. In other words, he has been missing for no more than three games. Therefore, I think the so-called playing time issue does not exist."
"About this." Cook didn't expect Lin to remember Robinho's playing time so clearly. He was a little surprised. Then he thought for a moment and said, "Robinho is dissatisfied with how to use it."
"That's not my problem." Lin Sen shook his head and spread his hands. "Don't say I'm arrogant, but Manchester City hasn't lost even a game yet. I don't think there is anything wrong with my way of using people."
Cook fell silent.
Obviously, Lin Sen's toughness was a bit beyond his expectations, but after thinking about it carefully, Lin Sen was right. In any case, Lin Sen, as the head coach, was not improper in this matter. However, Ribero was a little unreasonable. He knew the rumors about this matter from the outside media, but whether it was real or not, even if it was real, with Manchester City at present, it was obviously impossible for Robinho to imagine last season like that.
Thinking of this, Cook suddenly felt that it was not a smart decision that he promised Ribero. So he forced a smile on his face and explained to Lin Sen that his purpose was not to put pressure on Lin Sen, but to be a necessary inquiries as a club's senior management. In this matter, the club will remain completely neutral.
After seeing off Cook, Lin Sen laughed in silence.
Those who can be senior executives are indeed very smart and are so decisive in advance and retreat, but the club remains neutral? Can it be neutral?
When talking to Cook, Lin Sen spoke beautifully. Manchester City is currently the only unbeaten team in the Premier League. However, Lin Sen has to consider how to solve the increasingly urgent trouble for this team.
This trouble is not Robinho, and the Brazilian's problem is only a personal problem, especially after Lin Sen no longer regards him as the core of the offensive in the tactical system.
The trouble Lin Sen has to face is that his confidence in winning the next game is not that strong. The reason is not how strong the next opponent is, but the draws in recent leagues have really puzzled him, so he even wondered if there is a law of conservation of character in the dark, because Manchester City won a score that is inconsistent against Athletic Bilbao, so God made Manchester City unlucky several games to balance it?
Whether it is the club's senior executives or fans, they are still in a stage of tolerance for Manchester City's draw. They think that the team is just bad luck, but Lin Sen is very clear in his heart that this tolerance has a prerequisite, the premise is that Manchester City's league ranking is still high. They only fall behind the top three points in one round in less games. Such a league ranking can cover up many problems.
Some futures are not so difficult to predict. If Manchester City continues like this, then other league opponents will not wait for Manchester City to slowly get out of the vicious circle, because unpopularity is not available in every round. At that time, Manchester City's ranking will inevitably decline. Once the ranking drops, Lin Sen, as the head coach, will have to face pressure from all sides. Pressure is not always motivation, and may also become a death talisman. Therefore, if Lin Sen is smart enough, he must take advantage of the initiative and solve this problem as soon as possible.
But, where to start the problem?
One draw is an accident, two draws are a coincidence, so what about the third game? What if there is a fourth game? Manchester City must have encountered some difficulty, or the bottleneck is more precise, but for the head coach, the problem is that this difficulty cannot be seen or touched, which makes Lin Sen feel so difficult.
Lin Sen is confident enough about his tactical system. Manchester City's previous six consecutive wins also proved that his confidence is not without basis. Manchester City's first draw began with the away game against Aston Villa. After that game, Lin Sen communicated with Tang Hua, excluding the objective factors at that time. The conclusion was that he was not prepared for the opponent's determination to attack on the sidelines. In the second game against Wigan, since Wigan had defeated Chelsea before, both the coach and the player were wary enough in this game, but even so, the game ended in a draw. This post-match analysis, Lin Sen directly expanded to the entire coaching staff.
What made Lin Sen the most helpless was the third draw against Fulham. Apart from explaining it with God's will, Lin Sen really had no other solution.
From the way he treated the three draws, it can be seen that Lin Sen didn't even want to make any excuses for himself. There were only two types of results for him, one was expected and the other was unexpected. There was nothing strange about the expected result, even if it was a failure, but if it was an unexpected result...
Lin Sen believes that he has never underestimated any opponent in both tactical and psychological terms, but God just loves to joke. In the dark, it seems that there is always a force to prevent you from winning. What makes Lin Sen even speechless is that this "curse" is limited to the league, because when the league is tied, Manchester City will be much smoother in the cup, the League Cup will successfully enter the quarterfinals, and the Europa League will appear in Hope.
All of this seems to be really attributed to luck.
Lin Sen believes in luck, but he cannot give his fate completely to luck, so he decided to make a bet. In the 11th round of the league, his opponent was Birmingham, and Lin Sen made a small change in his starting lineup.
At that time, when Sky TV's commentator Charles got Manchester City's starting list, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Four and four two?
No! This is four one three two.
Chapter completed!