416 Kirkby who can't see hope

If someone asks, what are Liverpool’s values?

Integrate into the collective, advance and retreat together, and never give up!

Anyone can see these four slogans on the training ground of Kirkby's youth training camp. Its function is to remind the kids who come to participate in the training at all times. This is the measurement standard for Liverpool youth training camp. If you don't meet the requirements, you will get out of here!

When Yang Cheng came to the door of Kirkbee's youth training camp, the deepest feeling was not anything else, but that it was too crowded here.

There were cars on both sides of the road, which was so crowded that it was a bit like Yang Cheng’s previous life. He passed by the gate of a key middle school at noon on Saturday. The scene at that time was the same as it is now.

"What's going on? Is this a parking lot?" Yang Cheng frowned and asked.

"No, these are all cars for parents who pick up and drop off their children!" the staff said with a smile.

"Pick up?" Yang Cheng was stunned.

Ian Rush, who was standing beside him, immediately came over, "We don't have a special way to pick up and drop off here, and parents are responsible for picking up and dropping off to the club."

Yang Cheng shook his head with a chuckle. This was too awesome.

"We are good. If it is in Carrington, Manchester United or in Arsenal youth training camp in London, there are cars everywhere. After they send their children to train, they will stay in the youth training camp and watch them when the training is over, and then take them back." Ian Rush continued to explain with a smile.

Yang Cheng finally understood why they all like to arrange youth training camps in the suburbs, 80% because of the parking lot.

As for the youth training ban issued by the FA, players aged 8-11 must not drive more than 60 minutes from home to the training ground, and those aged 12-16 cannot drive more than 90 minutes from the time they are 12-16. Are there any considerations for parents to pick up and drop off?

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng couldn't help but shake his head and laugh. It really has English characteristics!

Steve Heway, a typical middle-aged Englishman, was once a great wing attacker at Liverpool. Later, he took charge of the club's youth training camp and became Kirkby's youth training director.

"Hello, Mr. Yang Cheng!" Steve Haiwei took the initiative to reach out, but it looked a little less friendly.

If, according to previous practice, the first team will be in charge of Melwood and the youth training will be in charge of Kirkby, the two families will not be in conflict with the river.

But now, Haiwei obviously felt Yang Cheng’s threat. At least this guy came to Kirkby directly whenever he had time. What does this mean?

This is a former meritorious man written by fans on the song [On the Field in Anfield]. With Kenny Dalglish, Shankley and others, Ian Rush reminded Yang Cheng before he was about to come to Kirkbee that Steve Haeway is not a good guy to get along with.

For young players, Steve Haeway is undoubtedly a very good coach. He treats young players very well and is a former star. However, when treating first-team visitors, especially those from outside head coaches, he seems less friendly.

Therefore, what he insisted most was that the first team coach was Melwood, and he was in charge of Kirkby.

"I'm just here to take a look!" Yang Cheng said casually.

"Then come with me!" Haiwei walked in front with a serious smile.

Yang Cheng followed, and Ian Rush looked worried, while Paul Bayer, Tim Hank and others also felt a headache. They were all outsiders, so they naturally felt that since they were not welcome, why bother causing such thankless things?

But if Yang Cheng wants to do it, they can only follow him.

As soon as I walked into the foyer of the training building, there was a nameplate hanging in the most conspicuous place. This was a monumental nameplate commemorating Steve Haewell's contribution to the club's youth training. As I passed by, Haewell also gave a special introduction.

"Is this considered a warning?" Tim Hank behind him whispered to Paul Bayer.

Paul Baier shook his head and sighed in his heart. Yang Cheng has always been a person who is soft but not hard.

It should be said that Kirkby's training is still very formal. Compared with most English youth training camps, Kirkby is undoubtedly very outstanding. The children and teenagers also look very good at playing football on the court. They also have a good team in the game and have good tactical qualities.

Steve Haewei introduced the situation on the scene with a little smugness, and told Yang Cheng one by one about the outstanding achievements made by some young people. The most eye-catching one was that in 1996, Kirkby won the Youth FA Youth Cup, which was almost the Premier League champion in the Youth Team.

"Now these 14-year-old boys are very powerful. I have a premonition that in two or three years, they will be the pillars of our country and will be our favorites to win the Youth FA Cup again!" Steve Haiwei introduced with a smile.

Yang Cheng also saw the performance of this group of 14-year-old youth teams, with cooperation, routines, and conscientiousness. The most rare thing is that their playing style is obviously emphasizing confrontation, so the teenagers in the game do not rely more on skills, but habitually rely on their own bodies to suppress their opponents.

Even the children are still sturdy than their peers in southern Europe, making the game look a bit like the Premier League. The parents on the sidelines were excited and cheering from time to time, but not because of the players' skills, but because they defeated an opponent with their bodies.

"Their head coach is Hugh McAurre, who was also the head coach of Fowler, Gerald, Carragher and Irving back then. He has rich experience in commanding and playing games and tactical qualities. He has outstanding achievements in coaching the youth team!"

The glory of his subordinates is the glory of his supervisor. Steve Hayway is obviously very satisfied with everything Kirk has like today.

Just as he was about to continue talking, Yang Cheng suddenly asked, "Have you ever visited their youth training system in Germany?"

Hewie shook his head, "No, but we have played against France and the Netherlands. You know, they are outstanding in youth training, and our team can always win them with big scores, so the kids here are excellent."

"Is it really outstanding?" Yang Cheng shook his head and sighed.

"What's the problem?" Haiwei's expression immediately became a little cold.

Yang Cheng pointed to the players on the court and asked: "Why do I think they can't even stop the minimum stop?"

"Also, their passes are too mechanical and lack creativity!"

"Let me come back, I don't think I can see a little bit of the minimum flash from them."

After a pause, Yang Cheng smiled and said, "I know, you have publicly criticized my signing strategy, believing that 18-year-old Ronaldo, Robben and other players are not worth my spending so much money to introduce, because there are better rookies in Kirk than in."

"Yes!" Steve Haewei is a man and is not afraid of admitting it.

"But in my opinion, these players are useless!" Yang Cheng said directly.

"What did you say?" Steve Haeway was a little angry. He was a typical English man with a hot temper, like a firecracker, just one at a glance.

"I said, they are useless!" Yang Cheng stared at him and said again.

Ian Rush blocked Hiway before, "Calm down, Steve, calm down!"

"Calm down? This bastard is insulting our work results!" Haiwei was furious.

Yang Cheng shrugged, "I'm just telling the truth!"

After a pause, he explained: "I don't think how can a group of guys who can't even stop the ball and play in the professional league? Such an environment like the youth team without pressing is like this. When they are in the Premier League? When the opponent presses, they can't even stop the ball. How can they play?"

"Tell me how to kick?"

Yang Cheng did not leave Haiwei the opportunity to refute, and continued: "Maybe you want to say that technology can be slowly trained, but I tell you that a player's technology has been completely fixed between the ages of 18 and 20, that is, everything they learned from the age of 11 to 18 will determine what height they can reach in the future."

"But, at the age when others improve their personal technical level, is it meaningful that you are training the players' tactical qualities?"

Haiwei sneered, "If you don't have tactical literacy and team awareness, even if the player's personal skills are good, can it be used?"

Yang Cheng patted his forehead hard and laughed. He felt that the biggest problem with English football now is that he is still using the old methods from decades ago to perform youth training. The most obvious thing is that when more and more youth training adopt small venues, they are still stubbornly sticking to their large venue youth training.

"It's like Cristiano Ronaldo. No matter how good the skills are, he is a scumbag!" Hewi seems to be very disdainful of the Portuguese.

He is a very stubborn and traditional Englishman. He prefers localized players, so he is very puzzled by Yang Cheng's approach. He spent so much money to introduce a Portuguese who had no sense of cooperation and gave him so many opportunities to play. Why can't he train a local English and Liverpool youth training?

At this moment, everyone felt that it was over!

Yang Cheng must get angry!

Little Ronaldo is his reverse scale. He has long been annoyed by the Portuguese incident. Now that the scars are being uncovered in person, he must not be able to bear it. Steve Havi is going to be finished!

Yang Cheng also stared at the Englishman fiercely. Surprisingly, Steve Haewei was not afraid at all and glared back at him. Even now, he was still sticking to the persistence and persistence in his heart.

Just when everyone thought Yang Cheng would tell him to get out on the spot, Yang Cheng suddenly laughed.

"Haha~~~" He laughed louder and louder.

Everyone didn't understand what he was laughing at.

The smile made Steve Haewei unable to hold back and asked in a deep voice: "What the hell are you laughing at?"

"I fucking laughed at you for being ignorant!" Yang Cheng replied.

"What else can I tell you if a person who can't even tell the minimum order of the primary and secondary? I can tell you that tactical literacy can be slowly cultivated and can be improved with the rich experience of the game? I can tell you that after the technology is set, all basic technical training is too late? I can tell you that fucking football is no longer the same as the one decades ago?"

Yang Cheng opened his arms and asked with a sneer, "Can I?"

Then he mocked him very much, "Will you understand?"

Steve Haewell was humiliated and his face turned maroon red. He wanted to get angry, but was stopped by Ian Rush.

"I know you can't accept it, but so do I, but I can't accept your stubbornness, because it represents your past glory and tradition. I respect this very much. I just can't accept that you can't see the current situation clearly, but you are still proud of yourself. Have you ever understood the football environment and youth training model on the European continent?"

"Have you ever gone to Germany, Spain, France, and the Netherlands to really get to know the youth football training there?"

"Have you ever wondered why so many of the so-called star embryos who are around 18 years old have a bad grade when they become adult teams? Are all the head coaches blind? "

"Have you ever wondered why those who were bullied by you at the age of 18 can completely defeat you, like your proud guys in the adult team when they grow up? In the club, you can firmly press the so-called star embryos on the bench?"

"You have been calling for localization of the Premier League all day and to give local players more living space. But have you ever thought that in order to adapt to the European arena, all clubs are beginning to be technical, but you have never reflected on whether the players you have trained can adapt to the European arena?"

Yang Cheng also vented the anger in his heart, but he had no resentment towards Steve Haiwei.

To a certain extent, he felt that Steve Haewell was very similar to the East Germans he met when he was in Chemnitz. They were all a group of people who lived in the past. The difference was that Steve Haewell lived in the glory of the past.

He simply forgot one thing, that is, the glory of decades ago does not mean that it can still be awesome in decades.

The pace of the world is moving forward. If you don’t move forward, you are going backwards!

"There is a very right saying. In the world of football, there is only different opinions, and no one is right or wrong!"

"I respect you and the football in your heart, but what I want to tell you is that the current football environment is like this. If you want to keep up with the pace of the times, you can only change, otherwise you will be eliminated by the world!"

"I'll say it again. According to your training method, even if you give you another 10 years, you can't train one Zidane. No, let alone Zidane, even McManaman, you can't train one!"

The Premier League style is high-speed confrontation, very intense, and very interesting. This is also a factor that the Premier League can meet the appreciation of most fans around the world. However, using this concept to face other opponents on the European continent is undoubtedly at a comprehensive disadvantage.

Nowadays, under the leadership of head coaches such as Wenger and Ferguson, the Premier League has begun to pay attention to technical details, but due to England's youth training restrictions, the club's talent selection scope has been limited.

This restriction is very limited to cities like Manchester and London, but for offshore clubs like Liverpool, the restrictions are even greater, because to the west of Liverpool is Wales, which is equivalent to the jurisdiction of another Football Association for England.

Therefore, the giant teams began to focus more and more on talent selection overseas.
To be continued...