Chapter 850 Confidence
Hu Lai changed into the clothes for training in the locker room, and walked onto the training field chatting and laughing with his teammates, preparing to start a new day of training.
After defeating Stan Park Rangers away from home, everyone was in a good mood. The atmosphere within the team is unprecedentedly relaxed and comfortable.
The biggest goal of this season - relegation - has been achieved. Judging from the team's current points and rankings, there is a high possibility of qualifying for the Champions League next season.
For them, the rest of the season is no different than entering the holidays early.
Think about it again, if you finally qualify for the Champions League, the bonus will definitely be indispensable.
Everyone was naturally in a relaxed and happy mood.
This kind of relaxation and joy is reflected in daily training, and everyone is talking and laughing.
It’s not like before that I feel like training is very hard.
Although the training intensity has not decreased.
After the players arrived at the training ground, the training had not yet started. They continued to chat while making preparations for training.
That was until assistant coach Sam Landill signaled everyone to assemble with a whistle.
When all the players gathered together, head coach Clark announced a new message to them:
"We defeated Stan Park Rangers away from home, which proved several things - first, Stan Park is not an 'invincible home team'; second, Stan Park Rangers is not an invincible team; third, we are fully qualified. Ability to compete with the defending champion of the league! ”
Clark held up three fingers.
Because of the tactical manual, everyone has now developed a conditioned reflex to the boss's action of raising his hands and extending his fingers. As soon as I see my boss raising his hand, I will count the number of fingers the boss has raised.
But this time Clark's gesture simply represented the number three and did not have any other special meaning.
"Since we have the ability, why not try to go one step further? Our original goal this season was to avoid relegation, but we didn't expect that we achieved this goal ahead of schedule half the season. So... what to do next? I've talked to you about this before, and that conversation was successful. We then defeated Stan Park Rangers away from home, but in my opinion, it was just a temporary conversation. It is impossible for me to emphasize the importance of 'pursuing victory' with you before every game. ? I'm afraid you will find me annoying then..."
Clark spread his hands.
The players were a little confused and didn't understand why the head coach was telling them this.
Some of them looked at the other coaches behind the head coach, seemingly trying to guess some useful information from the expressions of those coaches.
But they only saw a group of serious coaches and couldn't guess anything from them.
Clark himself soon revealed the answer.
"After that game away at Stan Park Rangers I realized we can do a lot more than people give us credit for. So why don't we try... to compete for the league title?"
When Clark said these words, he stared at the Leeds City players present, intending to read their true thoughts from their faces.
He did see something.
Most people's first reaction is to stare in surprise.
This is human nature.
Then someone got excited and their eyes lit up.
But some people frowned slightly, seeming a little troubled.
Others seemed to have not recovered from the news that the team was going to win the championship, and they kept looking shocked.
Everyone's different expressions must represent their different thoughts. Clark tried his best to keep these people's reactions in mind, and found a result that made him somewhat gratified.
That is to say, the vast majority of the players are still excited about this goal, rather than frowning upon hearing it, thinking that he, the head coach, has put too much pressure on them and that the goal of winning the championship is unrealistic...
Especially young players, they are obviously more interested in championships than older players.
After seeing the excited expressions on the faces of Hulay, Williams, Porter, Kamara and others, Clark breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and knew that this matter could be done.
After giving the players time to digest the news and allowing himself to fully observe their reactions, Clark continued:
"I know it's two different things to beat Stan Park Rangers in a single game than to beat Stan Park Rangers in the title race for a whole season. But I think the former puts us in a position to try and challenge each other, which is important. We're not Blind confidence is supported by actual results - when any of you doubt that you can't do it, then think carefully about how we defeated Stan Park Rangers in the last round of the league at the 'undefeated home court' Invincible myth?
"I am making this goal public now, hoping to unite everyone without differences. Only in this way can we truly achieve our goals in the league. To put it simply, that is to make 'winning' become the consensus of all of us, and It's not just me, or the 'targets' set by the club's management. To be honest, at the beginning of the season, we didn't consider this situation at all, so we didn't set a championship bonus... Of course, the club will definitely come up with a championship bonus package next, but I still have to say, even so. Can't we fight for the championship without additional bonuses?
"As I said before, professional players are born to pursue victory. Professional players are also born to pursue championships. Regardless of our strength, whether we can win this championship does not hinder our desire to win the championship. Idea. If you all agree to strive for the championship in the rest of this season, then our training content will be slightly adjusted to ensure that we still have sufficient physical fitness for the final league sprint..."< br>
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Clark's speech has ended, and the players are warming up under the leadership of assistant coaches and physical coaches.
During the warm-up, the players gathered together in small groups, excitedly discussing what the boss had just said while warming up.
"League championship! The boss really dares to think! But think about it carefully... we can indeed compete with Stan Park Rangers for the championship..."
"Yes, and actually even if we fail in the championship, we have nothing to lose. Anyway, we have accomplished our biggest goal this season. I think we can really try!"
"When I think about how we will celebrate if we win the league championship, I get excited! When I go to the nightclub, those beauties will definitely be eager to throw themselves into their arms, hey!"
"Charlie, don't think about it. Even if you win the Champions League, women will not take the initiative to throw themselves at you. Your matter has nothing to do with the championship..."
"Hu, what qualifications do you have to speak against me? You are a virgin who doesn't even have a girlfriend yet!"
Hu Lai touched Williams and Kamala on the left and right: "Hey, guys, Charlie looks down on you! Let me tell you first, I am not the one who makes trouble, you two. But if this matter changes I really can’t bear it when it comes to my head..."
"FUCK, Hu!" Charlie Potter angrily scolded Hu Lai for instigating dissension.
Williams was unmoved and glanced at him: "Isn't this matter on your head now, Hu?"
Kamala showed a slightly proud smile: "I am not a virgin, Hu."
"???" Not only Hu Lai, but this time even Charlie Potter, Williams and other people around him looked at Kamala with wide eyes.
"My first girlfriend and I were when I was fifteen..." Kamala has learned English for more than half a season and has made some progress, but is still not fluent, but his words are understood by everyone. Got it.
Charlie Potter's eyes widened and he looked at Kamala with his mouth open and looked like a clown.
Hu Lai was also surprised and turned to look at Kamala.
This kid is the youngest among their group, but unexpectedly he is the first to lift the seal...
"Hell! Ismail, you are fifteen years old...then your girlfriend is younger? You have committed a crime. I tell you Ismail, you have committed a crime!" Porter pointed at Kamala seriously. said.
Kamala shook her head: "My first girlfriend was five years older than me..."
"Oh my God!"
"My God!"
"Kamala, I really don't know how you feel about this!"
Amid the roars of his teammates around him, Williams raised his arms: "Let's end this topic, guys. Otherwise we'll let Ismail show off!"
They heard the term "pretending to be cool" from Hu Lai, and they also learned a new English word from Hu Lai: Zhuangbility.
Now they are very proficient in using the borrowed word "pretentious" to express themselves.
Sure enough, when he said this, everyone else understood what he meant and burst into laughter.
The laughter of young people echoed over the training ground.
The coaches who were placing training props elsewhere in the training ground were attracted by the laughter. They stopped what they were doing and turned to look.
Clark also cast his gaze in the direction where the laughter came from, with a smile on his face.
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The players returned to the court after warm-up to prepare for training, and assistant coach Sam Landier also returned to head coach Tony Clark's side.
The latter looked at the players who were about to start training and said with emotion: "These young people are so good! I thought they would be frightened and nervous after hearing that they were going to win the championship... Unexpectedly, they laughed excitedly instead Sound..."
Randhir frowned at him.
"What's wrong, Sam?"
"I don't want to pour cold water on you, Tony. But...well, they didn't laugh out loud because they won the championship." Randhir, who just led the team to warm up, said, "They were talking about Kamala losing the championship at the age of fifteen. The matter of virginity..."
Clark was stunned when he heard this, and it took a long time before he laughed again: "Ha! Isn't that better, Sam? This fully shows that the goal of winning the championship does not put any pressure on them!"
As he spoke, he cast his pleased eyes on the players.
"Sam, I am now more and more confident about achieving my goals!"
Randhir complained: "Your confidence comes out of nowhere..." (End of Chapter)