The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 685 I Found a Henry!
The so-called player training practice center, to put it bluntly, is one of the data application departments of the research center.

But it is very different from other departments that rely solely on data for analysis and results. This department has a low degree of dependence on data. On the contrary, it attaches great importance to the experience of practitioners.

Interestingly, in the research center, the player training practice center and the tactical library are arranged at the opposite door. Although there is a garden in the middle, the two sides of the garden are completely different.

The Tactical Library is often full of noise, and sometimes their faces are red-faced, just like the so-called parliament in Taiwan, China. Hear the roar of the Tactical Library from inside the sealed doors and windows.

To use Ye Qiu's joking words, this is not a library, it is simply a vegetable market, so the Tactical Library also has an internal nickname, called the Tactical Vegetable Market, which is specially used to ridicule those guys who specialize in quarreling.

Of course, the quarrels of these people are purposeful. They are a group of guys with outstanding understanding and analysis ability on tactics. They are basically young, but their tactical theory is very solid, and they have an understanding of modern and past football tactics. , all have their own set of unique insights, which leads them to have their own set of ideas and concepts about future football tactics, so they argue all day long for their own set of ideas and concepts, trying to convince each other.

The end result is that after such a long time in the past, we often quarreled, but no one could convince anyone.

But this does not mean that the tactical library is meaningless, because although their quarrels are sometimes biased, if you look at them from a more neutral perspective, you will find that they all have their own reasons. But there are also some weaknesses and shortcomings, so how to use them depends not on the person who quarrels, but the person who makes them quarrel.

If it is said that the tactical library is a group of scholars and analysts immersed in the study of football tactics, but they are basically unknown, then go to the player training practice center.

The entire department of the Player Training Practice Center has only five people, which is the smallest department in the entire research center, but everyone here has a very prominent past experience.

As the director of the player development practice center, Bobby Harms' abilities needless to say, Peter Dewissell has also worked in Tottenham Hotspur for many years, and his abilities are also very good, but there is another The same veteran Italian as him, Philipo Favini, although the 75-year-old man did not have a brilliant resume as a player, he has served in the famous Italian youth training club Atlanta for 30 years. youth training director.

It can be said that since the 90s, Atlanta has been able to produce batch after batch of stars, and Philipo Favini has played an indispensable role behind him. He and the equally veteran Bobby Hames from Ajax The relationship is good, and it was Tottenham Hotspur who came to Tottenham Hotspur under the guidance of Bobby Hames.

Another old man who is also 75 years old, his name is even louder, that is Eric Harrison, the direct founder of Manchester United's Class of [-], and also served as a youth trainer for FIFA and UEFA Lecturer, and served as the head of the FA's grassroots youth training program a few years ago, but after the program was cancelled, Eric Harrison was invited by Ye Qiu to come to Theobald.

It can be said that Manchester United's off-the-ball running system and the entire youth training system were created by Eric Harrison. Back then, there was a photo of Class [-] and the coach. The coach was taken by everyone, even reporters. Mistakenly thought it was Ferguson, but in fact the coach in the photo is Eric Harrison.

The former Brian Clough player spent nearly a decade at Everton after retiring from football before being invited to Manchester United by manager Ron Atkinson in 1981 and has been at United since then Stayed for ten years.

There was also a very famous gamble in this process, that is, after Ferguson took over Manchester United, he wanted to abolish Eric Harrison with the idea of ​​being the emperor and courtiers, but Eric Harrison After getting angry with him, the two sides made a bet, and then Class [-] was born.

Therefore, many players in Class [-] have repeatedly stated in interviews that Eric Harrison is the head coach they are most grateful for in their life, even ranking ahead of Ferguson. importance.

Ye Qiu has a long-standing relationship with Eric Harrison. After the grassroots football project failed, Ye Qiu invited this talent to Tottenham Hotspur, and entered the player training practice center, which is responsible for player training. Cultivate hands-on research work and work for Tottenham Hotspur's youth ladder.

Bobby Harms, Peter Dewissel, Philipmo Favini, and Eric Harrison are all antiques, and they all played for old teams. They all have a lot of experience, and this kind of Experience is constantly accumulating and precipitating with age, so in terms of player training, they are definitely the most authoritative youth training experts.

Sevilla, on the other hand, is a youth training team that has been very popular in La Liga in the past few years. Some people know that there is a 60-year-old Spanish man named Pablo Blanco standing behind Monchi.

He is the director of youth training in Seville, and he also spent his career in Seville. He has very deep feelings for this team. At that time, almost everyone in Seville knew that he was in the media. Although Monchi and his scouting system are an important talent delivery channel for the club, their role is only to dig out rough jade.

So how is rough jade carved into brilliant gemstones?
When Daniel Alves communicated with Ye Qiu, he mentioned Pablo Blanco. He is regarded as a craftsman of Seville, that is, he will include Alves, Baptista, Stars such as Ramos have been cultivated and carved from semi-finished products, and they have become an indispensable and important member of the team's first team, and then become first-class stars.

In the eyes of the media and reporters, when mentioning Sevilla, only Monchi will be mentioned, as if everything is the credit of Monchi, but in fact, it is not difficult to dig out the rough jade. There is no shortage of geniuses, but how to turn raw jade into gems is the key to the success of a team's youth training.

Ye Qiu used his connections several times in a row to contact Pablo Blanco. Later, he even visited Spain in person and explained his thoughts to him. This made his relationship with the domineering general manager Monchi always difficult. Well done Pablo Blanco was moved and eventually switched to Tottenham Hotspur.

Bobby Harms, Peter Dewissel, Philipmo Favini, Eric Harrison and Pablo Blanco, these five people are the five veterans of the player development practice center, the entire department There are only five of them working here.

Here we must mention the division of labor and cooperation of Tottenham Hotspur. The work of the five people in the player training practice center is not to personally participate in the daily training of the players, and to personally supervise and guide the player training. Create a custom training plan.

For example, Ramsey, this player has improved a lot since he became the main force. At the beginning, the player training practice center proposed after Ye Qiu considered making Ramsey the main force. Ramsey's running and coverage are very good, but the offense and defense They all rely too much on running, causing a lot of running to become useless, so they think that Ramsey should be allowed to raise his consciousness.

But at the same time, they feel that a player who has a wide range of movement and is very active and can run the entire 10 minutes, if he has excellent ball handling skills, can protect the ball at the same time, and pass the ball , If he has the ability to organize and penetrate the ball, then this player will play a huge role.

In fact, the training of Ramsey by Tottenham Hotspur is carried out in accordance with the direction and plan given by the practice center.

And Neymar, many people are very surprised, why did Tottenham Hotspur not focus on carving Neymar's physical fitness in the past few years?Even now, Neymar's physical fitness is still not strong?

This involves an analysis of the player training practice center. They believe that Neymar does not need to deliberately strengthen physical training now, because it will be easier for Neymar to learn how to do better when his body is at a disadvantage. Use your own body, such as improving prediction, positioning, and even some simple but practical skills.

The most important thing for Neymar now is to make his skills and consciousness more adaptable to the Premier League, and more integrated into the existing Tottenham Hotspur tactical system. When he is good enough in both aspects, his body can easily After practicing, even with the accumulation of competitions, his body will naturally improve.

For a player's career, the body means the lower limit. You can't play modern football without a body. But, the body is the easiest to train. Consciousness is the upper limit of a player. What kind of height a player can reach, and awareness is the most difficult to train.

Therefore, including Neymar, many players under the age of 20 focus on awareness and technology, and the body will always be at the bottom.

It is precisely because of the existence of this group of youth training experts with rich experience and sharp vision that Tottenham Hotspur have been very targeted in the training of young players in the past few years, and they have drawn up a plan for targeting young players. The following coaches are responsible for implementing the revolutionary plan. With the assistance of Tottenham Hotspur's series of high-tech training equipment, as long as the players are willing to cooperate with the training, the progress and effect will be very obvious.

There is no doubt that the heyday of Tottenham Hotspur players, and even the emergence of team talents, is not a coincidence. At least the team invests at least 1000 million euros a year in this area, which is better than any other team. These are impossible numbers.

If it is said that Florentino's introduction of superstars created a high-input, high-risk, high-yield business model, then Ye Qiu developed another model, that is, high-input, low-risk, high-yield training stars, and also Pipeline operation is possible.

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After Ye Qiu arrived in Theobald, he handed over his two children to the staff and took them to the club's specially opened playground for children, while he himself was in Rick Link and the player training practice center. Accompanied by the veteran of the Five Tigers, he inspected the various venues for the talent day selection.

"Why are there so many people over there?" Ye Qiu noticed a lot of people in one of the venues, "Go and have a look!"

The appearance of Ye Qiu and others immediately attracted the attention of the fans at the scene, but they saw the notice when they entered Theobald, and they were not allowed to ask for autographs and photos when they met the head coach and stars here, and they were not allowed to go forward to harass them. So when they saw Ye Qiu, they all took the initiative to give up a space so that they could lean over the barbed wire to watch the training ground.

Just like the previous talent day selection activities, there will be several first-team players participating in each area, and they will conduct joint training with these young players, which can be regarded as an incentive for players participating in the selection activities.

"Those three brats seem to be triplets!" Although Peter Dewissel was very old, his eyes hidden behind the glasses were very sharp, and he immediately saw the focus of everyone's attention.

There were three teenagers aged [-] or [-] on the training ground. They looked shorter than some British teenagers on the field. They had yellow skin, but they were not Asian. They looked a bit Latin American. Although they were shorter, they were He is very flexible, and his skills at his feet are also quite good. The key is that the three of them cooperate with each other very well.

Ye Qiu and the others watched from outside the barbed wire fence. From time to time, fans around cheered for the performance of the three brothers. Many people even introduced to Ye Qiu that they should sign the three star players. Only then did Ye Qiu discover that the fans knew more about the situation than he did. The three brothers were from Brazil, but they had already been naturalized in England.

All three have excellent foot skills and are very flexible, but their characteristics are different.

One of them is very fierce, passionate and imposing. Although he is physically disadvantaged, his technique is quite good. The other one is shorter, but his technique is very delicate, and he has the ability to handle the ball in a narrow range. Very thin, moving and turning, but the ball is always stuck to his feet, which is really impressive.

There is another one that is very special. He is the smallest of the three and looks the thinnest, but what is interesting is that he has the most physical confrontation, and his success rate is very high, which makes him look as if he is physically fit very good.

"These three guys are really interesting!" Bobby Harms said with a chuckle, "especially the little guy, who is so small and thin, but he is not at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation. Being able to maintain the use of technical details must not be from playing wild football, but from formal youth training!"

Many people have a misunderstanding about physical confrontation. They think that players with stronger bodies and better strength can win the confrontation.

Both physical confrontation and air superiority on the football field depend on a very important factor, space!

To give a simple example, Thiago Silva is not tall, but his air superiority is obvious. Especially in recent years, his air superiority has not become a weakness because he can predict well Know where the ball lands and stay in the most powerful position.

Likewise, physical confrontation depends on the occupation of space.

Manchester United's Benzema, this player is not slow, his body is relatively flexible, his feet are good, he looks a bit thin, and he is not tall, but he plays the center forward position with the most strength in Manchester United, and what is interesting is that, He can also become the fulcrum of the team's frontcourt attack with the ball, why?
The reason is that Benzema's physical confrontation is very smart. He is very good at using his body to maximize his physical advantages, and he knows how to use his body to cover his own ball and dribbling, so he basically does not Conceding the ball can also become the fulcrum of the team's frontcourt attack.

Rick Link waved at a staff member in the training ground through the barbed wire, and he quickly ran over.

"Where did those three boys come from?" Rick Link asked.

The staff immediately checked the number on the field, looked it up from the list in their hands, and found it quickly.

These are indeed three brothers, and they are indeed from Brazil. The 13-year-old eldest is Jay Da Silva, the boy who plays football with great momentum, and the second is Cole Da Silva, the most A player who is short but very good at using his body. The third child is called Leo Da Silva. He is the player with the most delicate skills. The second and third are twins. They are both 12 years old this year. They come from Luton Youth training camp.

"Pay attention to them!" Rick Link told the staff.

Ye Qiu nodded at Rick Link, and the group left the scene and went elsewhere.

To be honest, although the talent day selection event is held by Tottenham Hotspur, and although all visitors must hold a Tottenham Hotspur membership card, it is inevitable that some scouts from other teams will Infiltration, for example, they will enter the selection activity site through reporters and other methods and channels.

This group of people is all-pervasive spies, hard to guard against.

"Peter, I heard that you recommended another over-age player this year?" Ye Qiu and his group walked and watched, and asked casually. You know, the talents recommended by Peter DeVissel are all very good, such as that Yu Lee Thielemans.

Devisell nodded after listening, "I found a Henry!"

"Henry?" Ye Qiu didn't believe it.

"At least it's Walcott!" Devisel was very confident. Judging by his posture, it seemed that the player he was looking at had Walcott as the lower limit and Henry as the upper limit, and might even surpass Henry.

If someone else said that, Ye Qiu would think it was a bit exaggerated, but De Vessel said that, he believed it a little bit, because the old Dutch scouts have always had a very sharp eye, and they almost never make mistakes. He said yes In this way, it basically does not go there.

"Then let's go and see your Henry!" Ye Qiu became interested.

(End of this chapter)