Chapter 137 The voice belonging to Leeds United
Chapter 137 The Voice of Leeds United
The "Three Musketeers of Leeds" made England fans very inspired. Last season, everyone saw how amazing the "Youth Guards" performed.
The offensive system created by the "Three Leeds Musketeers" on the left is simply a god-blocking killing gods. The Buddha blocking killing Buddhas. Any Leeds United opponent will be troubled by this. Even if it sets up heavy defense, it cannot be stopped. Shaq scored 28 goals and assisted 18 times in a total of 61 games. Jonny Hausen scored 10 goals and assisted 25 times in 53 games, Ben Parker scored 7 goals and assisted 21 times in 56 games. The "Three Leeds Musketeers" directly contributed 45 goals and 64 assists to the team.
Such a stunning and powerful combination is a waste not to be taken to the national team to exert its power. Before, Hodgson only recruited Shaq and Jonny Hausen at the same time at most, and even most of the time he only recruited Shaq to join the team, which also disappointed England fans.
This time, Hodgson recruited three people into the "Three Lions" at the same time, and the effect was quite good. As the Brazil World Cup was approaching, it was a great thing to find the English team to fly on the left.
Simon Grayson took the game and flew back to England immediately, but he wanted to transfer to Italy first. The three boys were one day late when they returned to Leeds and returned with the England team. Simon Grayson gave the three boys more holidays to rest. Anyway, the training camp before the season was mainly to adjust the players' state, and the condition of these three boys was completely fine.
The three kids were very leisurely. After a day of purchase, they invited their teammates to Shaq's house to eat barbecue together. The reputation of the "Three Musketeers of Leeds" in the team was so great. Who dared not give them face? So the whole Leeds team came.
Before the start, Jonny Hausen, the captain of Leeds, said something exciting: "Guys, we did a pretty good job last season, but this season, we have become stronger. I hope all of us can do our best to win a championship! The chances of the Champions League are too great, but the league... I think we will definitely have a chance this season. Manchester United and Manchester City have just replaced new head coaches. Although Chelsea welcomed coach Mourinho, their lineup is already very old! Speaking of which, maybe we only have one opponent, but we have already suppressed them last season. Are we still afraid of them this season?"
"Not afraid!"
"Of course I'm not afraid anymore. Arsenal's strength is far inferior to ours!"
"Yes! Arsenal is not our opponent! So we have no opponents! Guys, as long as we can work as hard as last season, we will definitely win the championship trophy this season!" Jonny Hausen waved his fists and raised the champagne in his hand: "Come on, let's work hard towards the championship...! Cheers!"
"effort!"
"cheers----"
Leeds United players raised their glasses one by one, clinked with Jonny Hausen one by one and drank them...
After this supper, not only the new and old Leeds United players found a unified goal, but will strive for the championship this season, but also further expanded the scale of the "Swordsman Group". With the addition of Kevin Vogt, John Flake, "Little Ben" Chris Farley and third goalkeeper Kovami Artta, the number of "Swordsman Group" expanded to 14, and all the bachelors in the first team joined.
The existence of the Leeds United locker room "Swordsman" is an open secret. Head coach Simon Grayson knew it early in the morning, but he turned a blind eye and allowed the scale of the "Swordsman" to gradually expand because it has no conflict with his interests. The combat effectiveness of the "Swordsman" is still what he relies on, and Shaq, Jonny Hausen, Ben Parker are also the main players of the team. They also created a small group to make the team more cohesive. People like Tevez, Ameobe, Bentley and others can only unite around this group. Such a team's locker room is really easy to control.
Under the leadership of the Leeds captain, the training condition of the "Youth Guards" has become better. Barnetta, Kevin Vogt, Madias Carruzzo, and John Fleck, who have joined this season, are also happy to see this ambition in the new team. Otherwise, they are in their year of playing and have unlimited potential to transfer to Leeds United?
Simon Grayson was also secretly happy to see everything. The experience and lessons from last season were enough. This season, he really wanted to lead the team to take advantage of the retirement of "Old Sir" Ferguson to break out of the siege in the chaotic Premier League situation.
To win the championship, you naturally need to have big-name stars to support the team. Pure **Steel team will not have a chance. Although there are no big-name stars in the signing this summer,... Is the "Three Musketeers of Leeds" not a big-name star?
Now the "Three Leeds Musketeers" are only Shaq enough to pick it up, but the strength of the captain Jonny Hausen and Ben Parker is absolutely unquestionable. With the three of them, Leeds United, plus Tevez, Simes, Ameobi, Nelson Olivera, Pifkowski, Clegg Dawson, Red and other players, of course, they already have the ability to compete for the championship!
After having a meeting with the coaching staff and discussing with Chairman Bielhof, Leeds United's goal this season is to strive for the league championship. Although the Champions League is a delicious big cake, for a team without background and inexperienced without experience like the "Youth Guards", it is enough to make them laugh until the knockout stage.
In order to encourage the team, the board of directors decided to offer a league championship prize of up to 6.5 million pounds. The money seems to be small, but it is actually quite high. After all, almost every player's personal contract has terms for the team's championship prize, and the 6.5 million pounds are just an extra bonus to everyone on average.
As the new season approaches, the Plums, who have already set their goals for this season? Grayson first made a voice in an interview with the website football365: "I hope my team can make progress this season. Although we were a newly promoted team last season, we have always been competitive with the championship, but in the end we failed. However, the lessons and experience of last year have made us mature, and the situation in the Super League this year is turbulent. I think we have a chance to challenge the championship!"
What Simon Grayson said is definitely after careful consideration. If a team wants to win the championship, it not only requires strength and determination, but also often requires the momentum of moving forward!
Now Simon Grayson shouted the slogan of "winning the championship" to make his team united. It is clear what the team's goal is and let everyone work towards this goal together.
The "Young Guards" are going to compete for the championship!
As soon as this news came out, English football was shocked first, and then relieved. Last season, Leeds United almost created a miracle in English football. They finally finished second only because of lack of experience and lost to "Old Sir" Ferguson at a critical moment. However, Leeds United this year has obviously been further strengthened. This last year's runner-up... is naturally qualified to compete for the championship this year!
Several teams qualified to compete for the championship were also interviewed. Many famous coaches have voices to target Leeds United's "championship".
"Professor" Wenger seemed very offensive this time: "Leeds United want to compete for the championship, which is actually not much news. They almost did it last season! But don't forget that we are also stronger than last year, and we have the hope of winning the championship this season!"
Mourinho, who returned to Stamford Bridge, seemed very calm: "Leeds United is on the right track. As long as they work hard, they will definitely win the Super League championship trophy within one or two years!"
As the defending champion, Moyes seemed a little lacking in confidence: "We are the defending champions, but we also need to pay attention to the challenges from Leeds. They did a great job last season, and maybe they can do better this season."
"Engineer" Pellegrini said: "I can understand Leeds United's ambitions very well. They are a young and energetic team. There are many outstanding young players in this team. It is very normal for them to have ambitions. However, their experience is still insufficient and they need to continue to accumulate."
The outside world's "champion competition" slogan for Leeds United is still mixed. The new season's English Premier League has already begun, and Leeds United welcomes their first-round league opponent at home... West Brom.
West Brom was ranked tenth last season, a typical mid-range team. Last season, they won and lost both sides in the two games with Leeds United. So their head coach Clark claimed before the game that he was confident that he would not return empty-handed from Elland Road Stadium.
But in the game, Clark's idea was completely subverted, and they were ruthlessly trampled by the famous "Leeds Time" last season.
Just five minutes into the game, Pivkovsky suddenly dribbled the ball in the right and when he reached the middle, he stuffed the ball into the opponent's penalty area. After "Beast" Tevez successfully counterattacked with his toes, the ball rolled into the lower left corner of West Brom's goal... 1:0!
Just seven minutes later, Leeds United pushed heavily on the right. When West Brom was about to breathe, Shaq suddenly turned sideways and sent the ball to the left. Ben Parker followed up with a long shot that was 35 meters away from the goal. The ball was shot into West Brom's goal like a cannonball... 2:0!
Twelve minutes!
Just twelve minutes!
The "Young Guards" once again defeated their opponent's fighting spirit with the "Leeds Time" they were best at. Although they failed to score again in this game, West Brom's Congolese midfielder Joseph Mrumb still pushed Pivkovsky's cross into his own goal in the 81st minute.
In the end, Leeds United defeated their first-round opponent West Brom with a score of 3:0 at home, and made a tough voice to the Premier League's strongest... Champion, here we come!
Chapter completed!