Keep the Team Up? He's Not Even a Coach!
带队保级？他甚至不是一个教练！
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Warning for artsy types!
Two plot points as evidence: 1️⃣ The domestic reporter storyline is so melodramatic and strained. The protagonist acts like a victim; there's no need for this kind of plot. 2️⃣ The lousy team is about to kick the protagonist out, yet he still goes to great lengths to help the team bring in and retain young talents. How can he be so dedicated?
I've seen many of the suggestions from my readers, and I'd like to share my thoughts.
This book was actually rejected by the editor at first, and I wrote 300,000 words without any prior writing before it was signed. Because I've been running around naked all along, I've had dozens of friends who have been reading my book regularly chat with me about football. So I didn't have any expectations at the time. I just wrote according to my own preferences.
I don't think the tactical analysis is excessive. I've been watching football for almost twenty years, and this kind of detailed tactical analysis is what I enjoy. Constantly adding +5 to dribbling and +10 to speed isn't exciting.
The author should pay attention to the appropriate balance between detail and summary.
From a purely tactical perspective, this book is one of the most professional I've ever read on Qidian. However, the overall impression is that the text is somewhat disjointed and incomplete, resulting in a poor reading experience. For example, the promotion playoff match against Pescara took 19 chapters to write, from the prelude to the post-match story, and took 3 weeks.
Is the protagonist of this book some kind of despicable jerk? 😜 Aside from the fact that Team B is the author's real-life favorite team, I can't understand why it stayed. This result matches the writing style and plot—a mix of Italian Serie C, palace intrigue, and literary flair. It feels like the author is really moved by their own writing. 😭😭
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[Center Forward] Le Paulo, Espírito (winter transfer), Christian Špendi, Steven Špendi (on loan), Tula Youth Team: Herzua Winter Transfer: Popov, Mandjameli [Winger/Second Striker] Yan Diomande, Vergara Youth Team: Rontani (winter loan), Asane Sow (winter loan) Loaned: Mekhlaliev, Zefi (winter transfer) [Midfielder]
Literary youth
I can understand why the author doesn't switch teams because their favorite team is Pirlo, but you wrote the plot yourself. Are you crazy to make your football novel a palace intrigue story all the time? Do you think your protagonist is some kind of great hero? ... Seriously, you can be a literary type for everything...
What a pity
The tactics described earlier were quite good, but after promotion to Serie B, the incompetent owner and director took control and refused to leave the team, continuing on based on so-called sentimentality, engaging in those inexplicable power struggles, which directly discouraged me from playing.
Honestly, no other football writer has ever described football tactics to this extent. Lin Hai couldn't, Zhu Tou couldn't, Chen Aiting couldn't. I even suspect the author has a coaching license, and an Italian one at that.
Player Recommendations for the 25/26 Season
[Center Forward] Domestic Italy: Can sign Borelli on a free transfer (pure target man, team bankrupt), Colombo on loan, Kenan Davies uncertain. Consider Kidd, Mandjou Camara on a free transfer (team bankrupt). International Italy: Can sign Lemper on a free transfer (pre-contract signing in the winter transfer window), Giovanni (non-EU), McBurnie (English target man, Hull City's key player in…