Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 11
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Mysterious Oriental Shaman
“We will notify you of the results by tomorrow.”
The tryout ended with the club staff’s final words. Dozens of fans applauded and cheered for the participants. Kishin asked the staff to finish up and went straight into a meeting with the coaches.
“I like Sam Turner. He has great reflexes. In fact, in the lower leagues, a goalkeeper with quick reactions is more effective than one with solid fundamentals.”
“I thought Antu looked good. He had good concentration and stamina. He could compete for the starting spot at right fullback. However, he still lacks a lot of attacking ability.”
“Sven Eriksson, his 100-meter speed is 11.3 seconds. And when I checked during the game, his dribbling speed wasn’t slow either. However, he’s not good at physical combat, so I think he should be used as a winger.”
“He doesn’t cross at all. He’s not good as a winger. I think he’d be great as a counterattack when playing against a team that likes to press. At the very least, he’d be able to draw fouls.”
“I’m looking at two people. Peter Gray and Richard Hunter. Peter Gray is very good at frontal defense and man-marking, and his physical ability is already close to perfection. Richard Hunter is a little slower than Sven at 11.5 seconds for the 100 meters. He’s also 192cm tall and very strong in physical combat.”
The defensive coach spoke first at Kishin’s words. He is also the leader of the defensive faction.
“Peter Gray has some notable flaws. First of all, he is not good at passing. He is not very accurate with short and long passes. Next is his range of activity. When he is asked to man-mark, he follows the person he is marking, but he does not consider the team situation and follows the person all the time. And when he is asked to play general defense, he does not move far from his position. He is completely unsuitable as a center back.”
“How about a defensive midfielder?”
“It seems like he can only defend. His tendency to not leave his position is unlikely to change with a change in position. Then, in an attacking situation, you have to push one of the centre-backs up. It seems too risky.”
In an attacking situation, the midfielder should also move up his position appropriately. However, if Gray insists on his position and does not move up, the center back should move up instead. This switch itself is not a problem, but it is questionable whether the players can handle this method well.
“Then let’s talk about Richard Hunter. Richard Hunter is a very famous player. He has a very good physique. But he is a coward. He missed all his headers today. It’s not like he is good at dribbling or has great shooting skills. A person who is afraid of the ball cannot become a professional player.”
The technical coach is the leader of the attacking faction. And like most football officials, he despises Hunter for being afraid of the ball. That may be why his tone is so aggressive.
“You said he was a coward, but he was completely fearless when dealing with physical contact or tackles, except for heading. His heading is most likely a psychological problem. If we can fix that, wouldn’t we have a great striker?”
“However, I was released from the original youth team a few months ago. They decided that there was no hope for the team in the second division, so they released me. I don’t think our team’s youth coaches are much more competent than those in the second division.”
“That’s because they measured the Hunter based on the 2nd division. Now, think about it based on the 4th division. An attacker who can’t head the ball but is good at physical combat and has a physical condition that is at the level of a premier league player, a tall player who can draw the opponent’s attention to some extent in set-piece situations, if you just train him hard for shooting, wouldn’t he be somewhat useful?”
“That’s true, but he’s a player with limitations. That’s why other clubs have ignored him. He has to compete for a starting spot in the fourth division, and at best, he’ll end up in the third division. Even if you raise him, he’s a player you can’t use much and you won’t be able to transfer him for a good price. It’s much more economical to put that much effort into another promising player.”
Hunter’s shooting and dribbling are also below average. A coach needs to keep an eye on him and train him to shoot, but that kind of effort would be better spent on another promising player. Usually, when young players are transferred at a high price, there are expectations for the player’s future. However, Hunter has no expectations for the future, so he only gets paid for his skills.
After that, we discussed several players and gathered everyone’s opinions. In the end, Sam Turner and Sven Eriksson, who received the majority of approval, decided to negotiate a five-year professional contract, and Antuyi, an Italian national who had not played football for three years due to his exile in South Africa, decided to negotiate a three-year professional contract. Hunter and Gray decided to negotiate a youth contract at Gisin’s insistence.
“By the way, what kind of tactics do you plan to use mainly this season?”
The eyes of the defense coach and the technical coach sparkled at someone’s question. The technical coach believes that the club’s circumstances require that they entertain the fans with flashy attacking football, while the defensive coach believes that professional football is all about results, so they should make the fans happy by achieving good results with defensive-oriented football.
“I plan to use winning tactics. Depending on the opposing team, I will choose either a pressure tactic or a counterattack tactic, and I will change tactics depending on the situation during the game.”
The coaches were shocked by Kishin’s answer. Who doesn’t know that and doesn’t do it? How much effort is needed to master just one tactic, and how many players have the ability to adapt to a sudden change in tactics during a game? Even at the premier level, some players’ ability to digest tactics would not meet Kishin’s demands.
### I am the absurd dividing line ###
The contract was all done smoothly. Turner was just happy to be independent and out of his father’s shadow, while Sven was nervous about his previous ankle injury being discovered. Other clubs refused to sign Sven because of his ankle injury. As a result of the ankle injury, Sven was unable to cross.
Antuy was moved to tears when he heard that it was a three-year contract, not a two-year contract. Other clubs offered only one-year contracts, but Antuy insisted on a two-year contract. If he made money for two consecutive years, he could bring his brother from South Africa. However, Antuy always insisted on a two-year contract because he thought that if he signed a one-year contract, he might not be able to find a job again, and then he might never see his brother again.
Hunter and Gray became very close during that time. Other people really hated talking to Gray, but Hunter had a lot of fun talking to Gray and asked him a lot of questions. They both signed a two-year contract with the youth team. Kishin insisted on three years, and the coaches insisted on one year, but eventually compromised to two years.
The first friendly match opponent, Phoenix, is not an official team, but a temporary team formed every summer and winter. All players are free agents, and they test their skills through friendly matches and appeal to professional teams. The Phoenix manager, who was playing a friendly match against Notts County, was troubled by the unprecedented situation.
When Notts County suggested not to limit the number of substitutes, I wondered why they were bringing up such an obvious topic. However, the explanation that followed gave me a headache. They said that a player who was subbed off could be brought back on. Even though it was a friendly match, I couldn’t understand why a player who was taken off could be brought back on.
However, Phoenix, which was in the position of ‘乙’, had no choice but to agree. Most of the team’s players were released from the team due to injuries or other reasons, or refused to renew their contracts because they were not satisfied with the contract amount. If there was a competent agent, they would not have joined the Phoenix team. Even if it was incomprehensible, they had no choice but to accept it, unless Notts County wanted to hire one more person.
After the game started, the Phoenix coach became a spectator. Not doing nothing, but being a spectator of the magic performed by the god.
Five minutes into the game, Kishin made three substitutions. Two of those three players soon combined to score a goal. Phoenix coach ordered a tactical change, but Kishin made two substitutions and scored another goal in eight minutes.
The Phoenix coach ordered a few players who looked unwell to be replaced and warmed up properly. The substitutes warmed up hard outside the stadium after being told that they could come back up. Then Kishin made three more replacements and scored the third goal.
Phoenix pulled one back in the 20th minute. Kishin immediately changed a defender and changed the formation from 433 to 352. After that, Phoenix had only three shots until the end of the first half, only one of them was on target. Notts County, on the other hand, scored two more goals to take a 5-1 lead.
In the second half, Kishin made five substitutions and brought in nine players. The Phoenix team’s morale was completely down and they could not show a decent performance in the second half, while the Notts players obediently followed Kishin’s instructions and scored three more goals in the second half.
More than 2,000 home fans cheered loudly for the team’s hopeful appearance. The home stadium, which can accommodate 20,300 people, had just over 2,000 spectators. Since it was a friendly match and the opponent was the Phoenix team, most people were not interested. However, the fans who watched it in person at the stadium were satisfied enough that they did not go to waste.
### I am the absurd dividing line ###
– Notts County have called on an oriental sorcerer to be their manager this season. The mysterious oriental sorcerer has chanted an absolute spell to secure victory against Phoenix.
– The spell daunted the opposition and excited the Notts County warriors. Five goals were scored in the first half and three in the second. What was especially promising was that these eight goals were scored by eight different players in various situations. Five of them were scored within two minutes of substitution, leaving no one to doubt the magician’s spell.
– But there are still some problems. The sorcerer substituted 13 players in the first half of this match and 9 in the second half. In a regular match, only 3 players can be substituted, and like today’s match, the substituted players cannot return to the field.
– But we still saw hope. The players still don’t understand the Shaman’s tactics properly, so the Shaman changed the tactics through substitution. The fact that all attempts were effective means that the Shaman’s tactical ability is very outstanding and his understanding of the players is already complete. If we recruit more capable players and the current players understand the Shaman’s tactics more deeply, I am confident that we can expect this year’s Knotts.
While Cham was writing an article praising Kisin, Kisin was also scribbling something on his notebook. Normally, it is hard to even remember the names of players. I didn’t understand when they said that Westerners have difficulty distinguishing Asian faces, but I understood when I came to England. However, when I stand at the stadium, my head becomes clear and various thoughts come to mind.
‘Yes, this player’s strength is his physical strength and his weakness is his positioning. After a few more games, we should have a meeting with the coaches and figure out how to improve the players’ individual skills.’
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