Chapter 4: I'm not a friend anyway

In the farewell match of Eastwood, all the players in Nottingham Forest were stimulated by the scene where Eastwood shed tears. They seemed to have collectively used stimulants, and they beat their rival Arsenal 2:1 at their home court, which was a farewell gift for Eastwood.

But no one cares much about the outcome of the game. At the post-match press conference, the reporters asked more questions about Eastwood.

There are rumors that Nottingham Forest gave Eastwood a staff contract and he will continue to stay in the Forest team. Journalists asked for confirmation whether the news was true.

Donn told them that it was true and Eastwood would remain on the team as a member of the first team coaching staff.

Another reporter is concerned about whether losing a main shooter in the season will have a bad impact on the team's prospects. After all, the team's current performance is not ideal, and it is almost December, and Nottingham Forest ranks sixth in the league.

Donn denied this statement. Although Eastwood's departure was a big blow to him, it would not have ruined his plans for the whole season.

The atmosphere at the venue was pretty good. Tang En did not take his anger at the reporter because he lost his beloved general. He tried his best to answer everyone's questions, and his mentality was surprisingly good.

But if this continues, it will not be Tony Don't be at the press conference.

Finally someone stood up and asked a question that made Tang En furious.

"Mr. Done. Do you agree with this view-Eastwood's retirement today was decided before he joined Nottingham Forest. If it weren't for George Wood's fierce and rough foul, the Gypsy's career would have lasted at least until the age of thirty-four." The person who stood up to ask a question smiled, but his face was particularly ugly in Done's eyes.

The person who asked such a vicious question was Tang En's old rival, Carl Spike, who is still bare-headed.

Some media have mentioned this before, saying that Eastwood chose to retire so early, and the culprit was George Wood, not Michael Dawson. For this reason, they found out Eastwood's resume when playing football for the West Ham youth team, proving that what they said was true.

Although Donn would not blame Dawson for being the murderer of Eastwood's career, he firmly disagrees with the statement that Wood is the culprit.  The reason why he did not fight verbal battles with other media in the column and refuted this issue was not because he was guilty, but because he did not want to fall into the media's trick. This matter was hyped up and was not a good thing for Wood and Eastwood.   It was not a good thing for the entire Forest team.

But now, it is obvious that some people are no longer happy to see Tang En's silence.

If you don’t say it, I will force you to say it in public!

After hearing Spike ask such a question, the reporters were a little upset.                                                                                                                      

Now the "hero" in their hearts has appeared! Carl Spike obviously does not expect Tang En's answer. The reason why he asked this question was very simple - he was going to make Tang En angry, and all his news materials came from this. He didn't care whether Tang En answered this question or not. As long as Tang En reacted, there would be something good about "Soccer Things" in the evening.

Donn glared at Spike. He now wanted to smash the microphone in front of him at the other party, then get up and pick up the chair and jump over and push the other party to the ground and slap hard - he did have the urge to kill the other party.

He finally held back and didn't do it. He just stood up slowly and pointed at Spike. He spoke very slowly so that he could hear it as clearly as possible for the questioner and others: "I agree with one thing, Mr. Carl Spike."

"What is it?" Spike asked with a smile, waiting for Donn to answer.

"You are a stinky bastard who deserves to go to hell!"

After Tang En scolded this, he turned around and left the press conference.

His answer made the reporters present extremely excited, and Wenger, who was sitting next to him, smiled bitterly.  In the battle between the reporters and Don Eun, he became a complete foil...

Hearing Tang En gritting his teeth and cursing the swear words, Carl Spike was not angry but happy. He clenched his fists and said happily: "Great!" Then he turned around and looked at the cameraman of his show: "Has it been recorded?"

The cameraman nodded.

Spike gave his partner a thumbs up. He got the result he wanted, and the press conference was finally in vain.

"Eastwood's retirement made Forests fans feel sad, but even the hardest-core fans can't deny this fact - who caused the early retirement of this promising gypsy shooter? It's not someone else, but their most beloved captain George Wood." In the evening show, Carl Spike talked in front of the camera. Perhaps the most regrettable thing he now is that Don't punch him in the nose on the spot, so that he can silently accuse the audience of Tony with a conspicuous band sticker. Don't be a dangerous violent person.

"Am I talking nonsense? Let's see the evidence."

The picture was cut to the afternoon press conference of the City Stadium. Carl Spike looked polite in the camera. When he raised that question, he answered him with Tang En's vicious face and swear words. The images of the two people are really different.

"Okay. First of all, we need to answer this question - why did Mr. Tony Tangen be so angry after hearing my question? If he has no ghost in his heart, will anyone believe it? Obviously. He is like me in his heart, and thinks what I said is right, and he absolutely agrees with me. That's why his reaction is so intense - we all know Mr. Tony Tangen is a person with good face and strong self-esteem. He agrees with some things, but he will not express them. For example, this matter."

Spike smiled and was very proud. He felt that the dart he threw out hit Bull's eye. The screen played a very timely replaying the swear words of Don Eun at the press conference.

"Of course, we have to look at things separately. George Wood's foul when he was still in the youth team did lead to Eastwood's early retirement, but without him, Eastwood might not have had such a successful career - he might not have met Tony Don in another team, and he would not be able to come to Nottingham Forest..."

It seems that Spike is making excuses for George Wood, but in fact it is just his usual tricks to package himself as a "fair and objective commentator". When he needs to defame a person, he often does this.

for example:

"XXX's performance on the court is so bad. I really doubt whether he went to a nightclub for fun last night. Of course, it is normal for young people to vent. After all, playing in a wealthy team is a very hard thing. Whether physically or psychologically, you need to find a way to vent the accumulated pressure..."

Look, no word mentioned sensitive words, and it sounded like it was for the player. But the "rumor" of XXX going out to visit prostitutes on the night of the game was confirmed.

So now he says this. It is to turn the matter of "Wood is the culprit in the retirement of his teammates" into a fait accompli.

He never concealed his disgust for Tony Donne. As the Forest Team with a deep impression on Tony Donne, he naturally did not like Mr. Carl Spike. If his words and this episode could make the Forest Team fall into chaos, then he would be happy.

"You've been tricked by him again, Uncle Tony." Shania, who was watching TV shows at home, curled up on the sofa. She complained to Don Eun.

"I did it on purpose." Tang En shrugged.

"Where did you get caught intentionally?"

"It's so frustrating for me that I'm worried about being used by him and not daring to scold him on the spot. Of course I have to scold him, so I won't lose money. As for his tricks, I have my own way." Tang En said it for granted.

Shania pouted. She knew that Uncle Tony was just stubborn. What could he do? He only cared about the pleasure at that time. Since she was not married yet, she had lived with Uncle Tony for ten years, and she was very familiar with the man around her.

Don't want to hear Spike make a fuss in the public media, so he took out his remote control and changed it to the station.

"I feel that my scolding is not heavy enough now. Now I can at least come up with fifteen ways to scold him without repeating it."

"You are still like a child, Uncle Tony." Shania laughed when she heard him say this. "Why are you angry with him?"

In dealing with the media, the younger Shania's way is more mature than Tang En. Perhaps it was because she was trained by her model mother since childhood and was influenced by her. No one can be loved by everyone in the world. There are people like Shania who don't like her. When these people speak nonsense in the media, she always ignores her and continues to do whatever she wants.

Tang En did not answer, after the Q&A with Shania. He had to start thinking about how to reduce the impact of Spike's episode on the team.

He knew that Spike was definitely not talking nonsense. Because Wood's performance has fluctuated recently. He seemed to never flow out, and there would be no new water coming in a pool of stagnant water. Now it is frequent ripples.

Hope this is not a sign of an earthquake...

"Uncle Tony?"

"Um?"

"What is the relationship between Freddy and George?" Shania suddenly became concerned about the team, which surprised Tang En.

Shania has always been jealous of football. Although she is a Brazilian, she does not like football very much because football has snatched Uncle Tony's love. Naturally, she pays attention to her husband's team, and only knows that the results are good or bad.

Don En thought about it because he was also thinking about what the relationship between these two people was. In the meantime, George Wood rarely spoke, and was an action-oriented person, and Eastwood talked a lot. It was a pistachio in the locker room and had a very good popularity. However, they rarely talked alone. If they had to say something, it was also related to the team.

Donn knew that Eastwood had a knot and was unwilling to greet Wood with a smile. He also knew what Wood's personality was. Because of his life experience, his taciturn seemed to be the shell of his fragile self-esteem, so he seemed a little arrogant. It sounds nice and called "pride". So don't expect Wood to take the initiative to find Eastwood, and then stretched out his hand to him and said, "Hey, Freddy. That accident was my fault, I'm sorry, and I'm sorry... But since we are teammates, I hope we can still get along with each other happily..."

George Wood, who is both inferior and proud, sensitive and dull, will never be able to do such things. Since Eastwood clearly doesn't like him, he will not salivate and put it on.

Therefore, the two of them look like aliens in the forest team, which is famous for its harmonious atmosphere. Fortunately, they both focus on the overall situation and will not deliberately find fault with each other in the team.

"Uh...they are not friends anyway." Tang En thought about it but didn't know how to explain it in detail. "They almost never say three sentences together."

Shania tilted her head and looked at Tang En, "Then why don't you create the conditions for them to talk alone?"

Tang En was stunned for a moment.

Yes.                                                                                                                              

Obviously, I can't continue to do this now...

George Wood's condition fluctuations affect the team's performance. This is something Don't want to see. In addition, if this continues, someone in the team may really think so - it was the captain who harmed Eastwood. Since Eastwood has a good popularity, this idea will be terrible once it spreads, it will shake the team's unity foundation. When a captain can no longer have prestige in his teammates, it will have a bad chain reaction.

This matter must be resolved.

Shania gave him a good idea.

Tang En leaned over to Shania and leaned over.

Shania was a little wary: "What are you going to do, Uncle Tony?"

Tang En smiled: "Thank you. Xianya!"

Shania rolled her eyes: "Your wretched smile has betrayed you, Uncle Tony. Are you thinking about that again?"

Tang En put away his smile and looked serious: "I just suddenly became jealous of Freddy's two children. I want a child, Shania."

They have been married for five years. No matter how hard they try, Shaniya's body has no reaction at all. Although Tang En never shows it, Shaniya knows that he is anxious and even has some bad worries. What can she do as a wife? She can only comfort her husband with her gentle and young and sexy body. When she was in the United States, she secretly ran to check. As a result, her body had no problems...

Uncle Tony suddenly mentioned the child again. Obviously he was stimulated by Freddy's two children. Eastwood's son and daughter are indeed very cute, and everyone wants a child like that.

Hearing Tang En say this, Xianya raised her head and kissed her. The two of them lingered on the sofa...

The next morning, when Donn drove to Wilford, Eastwood was already waiting for him.

"You don't need to be so early, Freddy." Tangen looked at his watch and it was only 8:30. He usually came early, but he didn't expect Eastwood to come earlier.

"Ha, boss! You have to be more active on the first day of work, right?"

Tang En glared at him: "Don't call me boss, you are the team coach like me now."

Eastwood shook his head indifferently: "Actually, when I was waiting for you here, I kept thinking about the question of title. Later I found out that it would be better to call you 'head', and I got used to it. Are you used to it, 'head' too, 'head'?"

Tang En reluctantly acknowledged this title and no longer continued to get entangled in these minor details.

"That, boss... I'm the first time I'm a coach, do you have any job assigned to me? Or... what do you think I can do?" Eastwood clapped his hands, and his new identity still made him a little awkward. "Although I'm trained by coaches every day, I know very little about this."

If it weren't for his wife's advice yesterday, Don't originally planned to let Eastwood work and study with other coaches, not be responsible for specific matters, and then go to the coaching association to take coaching class and prepare to take a coaching license.

But now there is obviously a more important job that needs him to do.

"Well... that's it, Freddy. What do you think of... George?" Tang En asked after considering it for a moment.

Eastwood was stunned for a moment. He didn't know why the boss asked this question, but he knew that the boss was definitely not chatting with him casually. He thought it seriously and replied: "I'm not a friend anyway."

Tang En laughed, remembering what he said to Shania last night.

"Well, I can understand your thoughts. Freddy. But now I hope you can help...or not be considered a help. If you are a coach now, then the players of the team must be treated equally. I hope you do something for the team as a coach..."

"Is it related to his recent bad condition and restless performance?" After Carl Spike threw out the question directly at the press conference, the media began to follow up. In their opinion, such gossip is obviously more entertaining and attention-oriented than missing Eastwood's career.

"It's so easy to talk to smart people." Tang En exclaimed. "That's it. No matter what you think of him, I hope you can abandon this relationship, and temporarily abandon it... to find the stable and desperate wooden man for the team."

This is an unexpected "task". Eastwood has never worked as a "psychological counselor", not to mention that he is facing the "enemy" who has brought him to this point today... However, he also knows that his current identity is not allowed to be tantrums. The leader emphasizes teamwork. This requirement is not only used to restrain the team, but also to the coaching team.

What a headache job.

"Okay, boss. I agree. But... you have to let me think about how to do it better."

Seeing that he agreed, Tang En breathed a sigh of relief and laughed. “Yes, but don’t think too long. Our team’s current ranking is not very optimistic.”

"I know the boss. Don't worry, you won't let you down."

Eastwood said goodbye to Donn and turned around and left.
Chapter completed!