Chapter 181 Volume 2 The Sky of Nottingham Do You Want to Bet? (Below) (Asking for Monthly Ticket Support, It Has Been Overtaken!)

Forest team won the League Cup, which is a big event in Nottingham. Although there is still a deadly rival in the same city, this does not prevent Forest fans from driving the Forest team bus all the way back to Nottingham from Cardiff.

This is quite a grand welcome ceremony! You must know that when the Forest team won the European Champions Cup, there was such a scene-the fans spontaneously gathered outside Derby County Airport and drove to follow the team bus.

Nottingham Forest, which is now in decline, has already forgotten the taste of the championship, and even the glory of the European championship has gradually been forgotten. At this moment, Tang En asked them to relive this classic moment, how could it not drive people crazy? So although it is only the League Cup champion with the lightest weight among the three champions in England, the Nottingham Foresters also gave enough enthusiasm.

champion! No matter what the champion is, we only want the champion now! Nottingham Foresters have had enough without a champion!

Pierce Bruce published an impassioned article in the extra issue of the Nottingham Evening Post that afternoon. He wrote in it: "...only the championship can make us remember again - we were once the kings of Europe! We were once glorious! But the difference is that now we don't have to linger in the old dreams, we have new pride — Coach Tony Twain and his Nottingham Forest!"

Almost all the local media in Nottingham - except those who support Notts County - reported on the front page of Forest's grand occasion after winning the championship. For the Forest team, which was almost on the verge of relegation in the first half of the season, their fans seemed to have been on a thrilling roller coaster, with ups and downs, pain and joy.

Not only the local media in Nottingham, because it has become the first domestic champion in England this season, other media have attached great importance to it. Ms. Barbara Lucy was almost too busy to keep her professional smile... The Forest Club received interview requests from fifty-six media in just two days, and some of them even foreign media.

If every family lined up, they would probably wait until the end of the season. Moreover, the time for such celebration-related activities is too long, which will seriously affect the team's preparations for the league. After discussing with Allen Adams, Dunn decided to collectively hold a press conference to satisfy all the media's requests.

The effect of the press conference is very good, the image of the Forest team has been further improved, the young and promising head coach, and the American-style owner are the focus of attention, plus the legendary experience of the Forest team so far this season— —In England for a period of time, "the rise of Nottingham Forest" will become a topic of chat among many people after dinner.

Of course, not all the good things Tang En and Evan heard were good.

For example, Mr. Eon Carter, the "football critic" who published commentary articles on ESPN's official website. In his post-match comments, he complained for Middlesbrough, arguing that Forest won the championship in a very ugly way. They were not aggressive in the game, played conservative and backward football, and even won the championship. It was a disgrace in the League Cup final. At the end, he also poked fun at Forest's place in the First Division:

"Who can imagine a team that isn't playing in the top flight of their country representing a country in the UEFA Cup? Let Nottingham Forest play in the UEFA Cup, what will people in other countries think? They will laugh at England There is no team that can take a shot! Don’t you believe it? Let’s wait and see!”

In addition, Mark Lawrenson, who was not optimistic about Twain at the end of last season, once again talked about the prospects of the Forest team on the "Today's Game" program. He is still not optimistic that this team can be promoted to the Super League after the end of the season. . The reason looks very good and convincing-because the Forest team spent too much energy in the League Cup, the smart head coach will definitely give up the league. After all, they have already qualified for the League Cup next season. UEFA does not say that teams in a country's second-tier league cannot participate in the UEFA Cup.

The former was Eon Carter, Dunn had never heard of this person's name before. He is rarely on the ESPN website, and the traditional media does not have this person's name. He felt very upset that, as a "champion coach", he was pointed at his nose and scolded by an unknown soldier. So he asked Pierce Bruce, "Which bastard came from where?"

Bruce told him the answer - Eon Carter is not well-known in the English football commentary circle, and this may be the first time he has commented on real football. Because he has been publishing articles on the ESPN website in the past, commenting on various football games, such as how "FIFA07" can surpass "Pro Evolution Football Series", which game is more playable between "Champion Football Manager Series" and "Football Experience Series"... This kind of article.

His understanding of real football and his arguments that are seriously behind the times may all come from the information he got in the process of playing football games, and then he processed it with "take it for granted" and sold it.

Although Tang En is also a loyal player of various football games, it doesn't mean that he has a warm feeling for this stranger who has never met before. Tang En is now a bit famous, and suddenly wants to vent all the grievances of being besieged by the media on that poor Carter player, so he wrote a satirical encyclopedia full of cold humor and exaggeration, and made the British feel The open letter of "Chinglish", which is very novel and still unknown, made Bruce appear in the "Nottingham Evening Post" as a guy who likes to talk nonsense to those who don't understand anything, and spits when he sees something that doesn't fit his idea. A retaliation - he gave Mr. Carter a code name, "Troll".

Eon Carter, who was ridiculed by Tang En, was naturally unwilling to be humiliated, so he also published an article on ESPN to fight back. Tang En was not in a hurry to reply, so it seemed that he was eager to have a verbal battle with him. He threw a small article of a few hundred words in the Evening Post every now and then to continue to mock the "troll" Mr. who claimed that Nottingham Forest played football that was a century behind world football.

In fact, the reason for the two people's verbal battle in the media is very boring. Whether they are pursuing good-looking offensive football or pursuing utilitarian football that can bring championships, this topic, in Dunn's own words, "has been chattering for half a century." , there is absolutely no need to continue the discussion. But Tang En's amazing rhetoric and humor in his reply feasted the audience's eyes. So this became another focus of English football for a period of time.

Because the level of education of those who play football is generally relatively low, there are even many people who cannot speak fluent standard English. Therefore, a head coach like Twain who can write sharp articles by himself, and is also good at using various rhetorical techniques, has been sought after by many people.

For example, the British Plain English Campaign (Plain_English_Campaign) announced that English football players should learn from Tony Twain, because his metaphors are always just right and impressive. Because they often complain that many people in football are incomprehensible: "The 'philosophical words' of football people have always brought us great obstacles. They are used to speaking first and then thinking."

The verbal battle between the two sides was lively, and the president of the "Nottingham Evening Post" was also very smart to realize that this was an opportunity to make a big fuss. So he used the mouth of Pierce Bruce to invite Tang En to write a column in their newspaper. No fixed form, no fixed number of words, no fixed time... Whenever Tang En has an idea about something or someone and wants to share it with everyone, he can publish the article in his column. The newspaper paid Tang En the manuscript fee according to the number of words. If the contract expires and the two parties feel that they can continue to cooperate, then the contract can be renewed.

Tang En thinks this idea is very good, and he also desperately hopes to have a platform where he can express his views. It is so inefficient to hold a press conference every time...

The two sides negotiated the contract period and treatment, and immediately signed the agreement. In this way, for the first time in Tang En's life, he has his own media column and can get paid for his writing.

Tony Twain, who was supported by the royalties of the "Nottingham Evening Post", fired all his firepower, and Jon Carter was quickly defeated. So this boring, just to unilaterally show Tang En's level of ridicule officially ended. Just like on the football field, Twain also won the war on the media.

Eon Carter is an unknown little character, and he speaks lightly. For the other person, Tang En had to deal with him in a different way. He didn't criticize Mark Lawrenson's views on his team's prospects, but in his column, he clearly told Mark Lawrenson:

"... Just like many people once said that Nottingham Forest could not win the League Cup, just like many people asserted that Nottingham Forest must be relegated a few months ago, now someone jumped out and said 'Nottingham Forest can't be promoted successfully'. Although I myself have always dismissed such statements, but I don't want my players to feel that I have acquiesced in this kind of nonsense. So I sincerely invite Mr. Mark Lawrenson to make a bet with me—— I bet my team will be in the Premier League next season. If I win... remember what Mr Lawrence said last season? I'd love to see him shave his beard .If I lose, I'll shave all my hair off!"

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