Ye Qiu once said that his ideal perfect football should be like this.

It has the passion of English football and the integrity of German football, but it also has the rigorous tactics of Italian football and the delicate footwork skills of Spanish football.

This is indeed a very demanding requirement. It may only exist in ideas or fantasies, and cannot become a reality. But for Ye Qiu, this is his pursuit, and he has been walking on the road to pursuing this dream for many years, and for this reason he has been making various attempts.

Today, Tottenham Hotspur combines many advantages, such as they play a very strong overall football and a rigorous tactical system. At the same time, many players have very delicate skills and the players' passion for the game is also quite good, but he still feels that these things cannot be well integrated.

Of course, there is no perfection in this world, but we should do our best to pursue perfection.

This is Ye Qiu's mentality.

When he entered the Premier League, English football was actually very behind the European continent. It was still advocating 44 and still advocating fierce game rhythms, high-intensity physical strength confrontation, and even barbaric foul movements were everywhere. Premier League teams seriously lacked core competitiveness in the European arena.

At that time, Ye Qiu was thinking that this was simply a hell for technical players, and it was impossible for players with delicate skills to appear. Even the Arsenal team, which had the most gorgeous style of the Premier League, was filled with famous players such as Vieira, Gilberto, Silva, and Palor. At that time, the Premier League looked like a desert of technical football.

Ye Qiu clearly realized that it was impossible to transform all this in a short period of time. Just like Wenger, it took several years to transform Arsenal to usher in Arsenal's unbeaten season, but it was a pity that he failed to win the championship in the end.

So, Ye Qiu made a compromise at that time. While introducing technical geniuses like Ronaldinho, he also introduced power-type players such as Essin, Drogba, and Rooney. In addition, local players such as Lampard and Terry who were originally in the team, he then relied on players such as Davis, Deco, Marklele, Cannavaro to combine them into a whole.

In the eyes of many people, the Chelsea at that time had a sense of power conquest, but also had the gorgeous technology. It seemed that a balance was found in the brutal violence and delicate tenderness. Therefore, the Chelsea at that time still lived in the dreams of countless Chelsea fans. Even now, they still longed for a head coach to bring out such a Chelsea.

But Ye Qiu's view is obviously different from that of the fans. He thinks such a team is difficult to maintain for a long time because they have high requirements for players, and this fusion is relatively simple, rough, without sustainability, and no replication.

During his time at Chelsea, Ye Qiu had a new understanding of Premier League football.

He used to think that the so-called passion in the Premier League should be born from the fast pace and emphasis on physical confrontation and other league styles. But later when he came to Chelsea, he found that it was not, but the people here.

Ye Qiu has read a lot of videos of Chelsea during Ranieri's period. He noticed a very interesting phenomenon. Behind the central defender combination of Leboff and Deselli, John Terry did not have many opportunities when he was young, but this young player is very interesting. He tries his best every time he plays. As long as he appears on the court, he will not stop for a minute or a second.

Even Terry, who was young at that time, dared to scold the main players in the team who were older than him, which was unimaginable in any team at any time, because football has always been a field that emphasizes ranking, especially in England. In the past, England had the so-called tradition of rookies in helping veterans polish their sneakers.

Later, I saw Gerald, Rooney, Lampard, and even as the biggest brand in England, fans around the world regarded Beckham as the scented and sporting betham. This group of people actually have a unique temperament of English players. You may occasionally see this temperament in players in other leagues, but it is rare.

England seems to be rich in this type of players. Ye Qiu even wondered if this has something to do with the climate in England? So you see, Spain and Portugal in the warmest south are rich in technical players. Then the northward, we can't say that there is no one, we can only say that the overall technical level is lower.

Ye Qiu had not done any special research on this aspect, but he clearly realized that the passion of English football was actually not created by any tactic or the style of this national league, but by the people here.

Manchester United is a team that Ye Qiu highly praised. Ferguson's team is always full of passion. This is because Ferguson created this team and injected this passion in his heart into this team.

Therefore, when Ye Qiu left Chelsea and was thinking about why he failed, he knew very well that from the very beginning, he had to build a team into an extension of his will and instill his ideas, ideas, and ideas into this team. Only in this way can he realize his wishes.

If he continues to work for others and continues to coach other people's teams, he will find it difficult to last and continue his pursuit.

After acquiring Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu has been observing it. He found an interesting thing, that is, with the gradual continentalization of English football, especially with the commercialization of the Premier League, the unique temperament of English players has become increasingly rare.

Rooney is the player Ye Qiu has ever seen who meets his tactical requirements and is also the most passionate player of English football. Unfortunately, his value is too high, so high that Tottenham Hotspur can't afford it. After Rooney, let's look at those players, such as Walcott, Ashley O'Jan, Lennon, and even Wright O'Phillips, Carroll and others, who have become very vulnerable.

It’s not that they have no talent or strength, but that they have the temperament of Rooney, Beckham and others.

Until Ye Qiu saw Phil O Jones, the most impressive thing about this Blackburn youth team player was his passion. He was very young, but he had a newborn calf's temperament that was not afraid of a tiger. He was always full of fighting spirit on the court. You can defeat him, you can defeat him, but he will soon stand up again.

This psychological quality, this spiritual temperament, made Ye Qiu think of Terry, Rooney, and Gerald.

But Phil O Jones has many disadvantages of English rookies, that is, his skills are not detailed enough, so Ye Qiu decided to take him to Tottenham Hotspur early and arrange him to join the first team and let him train with the team so that he can supervise and guide anytime and anywhere.

Phil Jones' height can almost be regarded as a disabled person among the defenders in the Premier League. He is almost crushed with Drogba, Ibrahimovic and even Crouch, because his height is shorter than Thiago Silva. Even though his body is fast and flexible and his jumping ability is excellent, the objective height gap destined to make it difficult for him to gain a foothold in the central defender position. Moreover, he used to play in the midfield in the Blackburn youth team, so Ye Qiu arranged him in the midfield position.

Fast reaction, flexible turn, and neat footing. This is the advantage of Phil O Jones, but he also has his own shortcomings, that is, he has not learned how to play. Once he goes to the court, he is like a chicken blood, rushing around, chasing the ball everywhere, rushing, rushing, and rushing, and rushing, and he is Terry and Lampard when he was young.

Ye Qiu often told him that you should learn how to slow down, because according to the Phil O'Jones style of a young man, his appearance will only make the pace of the game faster and faster, and in the end, he will drag yourself to death when he drags his opponent to death, and he will not be able to stop him at all.

But this kid understood it, but he completely forgot when he arrived on the court.

This reminded Ye Qiu of Ramsey earlier. He ran around like this when he first came to Tottenham Hotspur, but now he has begun to learn how to slow down, how to adapt to and assist his teammates, and how to help the team. This is an improvement, and this progress has greatly improved his performance.

Visiting Blackburn Ewood Park Stadium, Ye Qiu arranged for Phil Jones to start and partner with Fabregas and David Silva in the midfield. As a result, the kid ran all the way from the backcourt to the frontcourt, from the left winger to the right back, from the right back to the left back, and then rushed to the right winger.

Working hard is hard, diligence is also very hardworking, and this kind of running all over the field does have great effect in interception and steals. But the problem is that while he messes up his opponent, he is also messing up Tottenham's own tactics. He has seen him block his teammate's pass and receiving and running routes several times.

The most eye-catching game was that he lost his position in the midfield. Blackburn midfielder David Dunn passed by looking for Manchester United to loan in Blackburn forward Diouf, who was fighting against Kompany at the bottom of the game. As a result, Phil Jones used his own speed to forcefully overtake from the side, snatched the ball away before the two, but he also fell out of the baseline and hit the billboard on the sideline.

But soon, the kid jumped up from the side of the field like a cheetah and shrugged, as if he had nothing to do, only the face that turned red because he tried his best was very impressive. Then he slowly walked back to the court. The actions just now seemed to him as a very ordinary thing.

When Ye Qiu saw him like this on the sidelines, he spread his hands helplessly. He loved and hated this English player.

Diouf's speed is also very fast among the Premier League strikers. After all, he is an African player. Manchester United fell in love with his speed back then, but Phil O-Jones was able to forcibly overtake him and carry the Senegalese strong man with his body. It is indeed surprising, but is this a bit too fierce?

"Just talking about him, you see, it's coming again. This kid seems to have to do something before he can stop."

Mauro Tasotti also laughed. If it was compared with Yaya Toure, then there was a big gap between Phil Jones, but if it was compared with his peers, he could be comparable to any peer. You know, he was only eighteen years old, and Terry and Gerald might not have performed as well as he was eighteen years old.

At least, he was not at a disadvantage in the violent group of Kong Wu's powerful adult players, and he was not afraid at all, which shows how outstanding his physical and strong his psychological qualities are.

"He has not learned how to compete yet, and he has not yet realized where his talent lies and in which direction he should tap potential. He is still exploring."

Ye Qiu certainly knew that this was a stage that all young players would definitely go through. Maybe Phil or Jones didn't know what he could do now, so he worked hard as soon as he got on the court and ran around. He felt that doing so would be the greatest contribution to the team. But when he really had to wait until he matured in the future and found his own path, he would look back and see how stupid his thoughts were.

But don’t everyone come out of stupidity?

Just like Ye Qiu, looking back at what he was doing when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, it was so stupid, but this is life, everyone will definitely go through such a stage.

"Let him continue to rush," Ye Qiu shook his head and said helplessly, "Continue to let him play in the next game, but, Mauro, special training丨To continue, no matter how hard he works, he must quickly craft his technical and tactical consciousness, otherwise with the accumulation of competition experience, it will be difficult to cultivate it in the future."

Phil o Jones is now in a stage of exploration and formation. If he doesn't seize the time to fill in his shortcomings and deficiencies, it will be difficult to improve them until he finds his playing habits and style in the future.

This period is expected to be about two years, so the next two years are very important for his growth.

"By the way, I thought of a way and went back to practice his header. Anyway, he was so energetic, so I practiced to death." After Ye Qiu finished speaking, he felt funny.

The method he thought of for heading was actually very simple. He hung a football at a high place to form a pendulum, and then used his head to push the football forward, backward, left and right like a pendulum, and then used his head to push the moving football to practice the feeling of heading the ball in motion.

When Mauro Tasotti heard this, he was stunned at first, then laughed, and couldn't help but give Ye Qiu a thumbs up, "This trick is amazing. In the future, those guys who like to be naughty, whoever violates discipline will let him practice this in public."

This is definitely the best way to punish players, but it must be said that using this to practice heading is indeed good, and it can even be extended. Use this pendulum equipment to create a set of special technical intensive training equipment, specifically for different technologies.

Ye Qiu also found it funny when he heard it. If Phil or Jones became a big name in the future and the header was very powerful, someone asked, hey, buddy, you are so powerful in header, how can you practice it?

I wonder how he would answer?

Tottenham Hotspur played against Blackburn away, and played very poorly. Although he finally defeated Blackburn away with Cavani's goal, Tottenham Hotspur did not show the past full of excitement.

The outside media also commented on Tottenham's performance, believing that the team still has an overwhelming advantage in strength, but the offense is a bit messy. Phil Jones, who replaced Yaya Toure, who turned to Manchester City, did not show any potential to replace the Ivorians.

At least, Yaya O Toure's skills and ball-taking are very good. He can drive the ball forward with his explosive power and physical fitness, while Phil O Jones is more about the simplest defensive dirty and tiring work.

Ye Qiu denied this statement from the outside world, saying that Phil or Jones performed well.

"I know there are many people who will definitely compare him with Yaya O Toure. I don't deny that Yaya O Toure is one of the best midfielders in football today, but what I want to say is that Yaya O Toure is almost twenty-eight years old, and Phil O Jones is only eighteen years old. I don't think there is any comparison between the two."

"Also, no matter what others say, he will continue to start in the next game."

Many people understand Ye Qiu's words as annoyed, believing that Ye Qiu protects his shortcomings and deliberately wants to oppose all media.

In fact, this really misunderstood Ye Qiu, because continuous appearances are very important for the growth of a young player, because they have no problems with their basic skills. The problem is that they have not learned how to play and have found a way to play that suits them, so they need this continuous appearance to achieve these goals.

The kind of game that is interrupted for a month or two, then plays again, and then interrupts again is definitely the big enemy of young players.

Sometimes Ye Qiu really appreciates the Premier League reserve team competition system because he can give substitutes and youth team players who have not made a debut on the first team and have the opportunity to play continuously. The reserve team's game level is not low, because many first-team famous stars appear in the reserve team due to injuries or poor condition, ensuring the reserve team's game level.

Three days later, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Bolton at its home court.

Ye Qiu did fulfill his promise this time. Phil O Jones continued to start, and Tottenham Hotspur performed averagely again. In the end, relying on the goal of Fabregas and Eriksen who replaced David O Silva, he defeated the visiting Bolton. The biggest responsibility for conceding the goal was Phil O Jones who lost his position.

Ye Qiu saw all this, but he emphasized again after the game that the next game will be Phil or Jones.

In the eyes of many media and reporters, this is simply a fight. The more they criticize Phil or Jones, the more Ye Qiu lets him start, and he starts continuously and plays for 90 minutes.

A week later, Tottenham Hotspur played against Sunderland away. This time the score was still due to Phil or Jones in the score, and the main problem was that the opponent fought back after running all over the game, and failed to come back to protect the defense line in time, which led to the goal concealment.

But when a reporter asked Ye Qiu about his opinion on Phil Jones' performance like a winner, Ye Qiu still smiled, "In the next game, he will still start."

Next game?

The reporters at the scene were stunned because the next game was the first leg of the Champions League knockout match, playing against Roma away.
Chapter completed!