In the end, Patton left Guoan. Counting Zhang Yu, who left Guoan last year, and Du Mingyang, who was previously gone, the guoan echelon of 93-96 was completely broken in the first team of Guoan.
Don't always say that Guoan doesn't have youth training, and even if there is, it will have to be dug up.
For example, Patton, a national security youth training soldier who has become a national footballer, has left guoan like this. And he is also the most lacking mesozoic player and the most lacking wing attacker in Guoan.
Age and position are scarce in national security, how can someone say that Patton can't play in national security?
A few days ago, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger officially announced Barton's joining, and then guoan sent a blessing, and then Patton himself issued a speech to express his gratitude to guoan.
In his testimonial, the very moralistic Patton also said the words "fans do not blame the club", and it is this sentence that has attracted some unreasonable people to attack, believing that Patton is afraid of competition before leaving the national security.
What those people said was.
If Barton had been afraid of competition, he would have gone long ago, maybe two years earlier, and would have played more games and made more money. The reason why he stayed in Guoan was because he felt that he was not worse than others and that he could win a place through competition.
And in the end it turns out that as long as Barton is given a chance, he is no worse than anyone. It's just that Guoan didn't give him enough opportunities.
When they heard that Barton was leaving, some Guoan fans also said sourly: "Let's go, come back is also a substitute." "If you say this because you can't eat grapes, it's actually understandable, if you really think that Barton is still a substitute who can't play in Guoan, it's a big mistake."
Why? Because it was clearly stated earlier, Patton's age and location are simply what Guoan lacks the most.
Some say that neither Schmidt nor Genesio can play with Baton, nor will he have a place in Bilic's tactical system. This is indeed a fact. But don't forget that Schmidt, Genesio and Bilic are all in the past tense, and the current head coach is Xie Feng.
When Schmidt played 4222, Barton had a position. But when he wasn't an U23 player, he had to give up his position, because it was true that Guoan's midfield at that time was very strong.
During the Schmidt period, Guoan's midfielders included Augusto and Vieira, as well as Jang Se-jeol, Park Sung, Chi Chung-kook and Lee Ke, all of whom were at the main level of the national team, plus forward Bakambu. With such foreign aid and international footballers, Guoan's playing style must be based on conduction control and infiltration in the middle, so the formation is a 4321 formation without wingers and full-backs.
After Genesio took over, although he added a striker and reduced a midfielder, the increase in the number of forwards was given to Zhang Yuning of U23, and Guoan still had excellent midfielders and internationals, so the main formation was 4312, which was still a formation without wingers and full-backs.
Bilic coached in Guoan, experienced the change of foreign aid, and after random operation together, the formation simply became 5 defenders, and in the 532 formation, there was still no winger or full-back, and the wing attack only relied on wingbacks.
In the above three formations, Patton really has no place to play.
However, now that Guoan's head coach has become Xie Feng, and there is no Augusto and Vieira, two midfielders, at the same time, Park Sung is getting older and has just recovered from serious injuries, Li Ke has not recovered from ankle surgery, and Chi Zhongguo's state has also declined compared with the previous two years. In this case, Guoan's past midfield advantage lineup was only one Zhang Xizhe, although Gao Tianyi's performance last year was unexpected, but it did not reach the level of Park Sung and others in the past. Therefore, Guoan's midfield tactics will inevitably no longer take the same approach of conduction control and middle-way penetration as Schmidt and Genesio did.
The outbreak of Cao Yongjing in the final stage of last year made Guoan clubs, fans and Xie Feng realize that Guoan had an excellent wing player. If Barton returns, Guoan will have two wingers, Cao Yongjing and Barton, which will also provide Xie Feng with more choices, and Guoan will have the capital to play a winger or full-back lineup.
Xie Feng previously coached in Guoan, and the lineup was mainly 4231. In a 4231 or 433 formation, there are two wingers or full-backs on the left and right. Then Cao Yongjing and Patton will be useful.
Some people say that Guoan will definitely buy foreign aid, but Barton still can't play.
But don't forget, even if Guoan buys foreign aid from the side, it is only possible to buy one, and the possibility of buying two side aid at the same time is extremely small. If you count a winger, plus Cao Yongjing and Barton, in fact, three players compete for two positions on the left and right sides, and this competitive pressure is actually very small.
What's more, under the current intensive format of the Chinese Super League and the rule of 5 substitutions, there is no absolute competition. It can be said that as long as the players who are not the fourth and fifth person in the position can have a lot of playing time.
Therefore, if Barton returns to Guoan, he will definitely play less time than in Tianjin, but not much less. The competitive pressure will indeed be a little greater than in Tianjin, but it will not be much greater. As long as Xie Feng plays in the 4231, 433 or parallel 442 formations, if there are 30 league games a year, he can start at least 10-15 games.
It is understood that Xie Feng attaches great importance to Patton, because with Barton, Xie Feng has two flanks with strong forward ability, Patton and Cao Yongjing, and also has the cost of playing the side attack. In previous years, the problem of Guoan's lack of flanking attacks will likely be resolved. To this end, Xie Feng and Patton have been communicating, hoping that he can return to his command.
Since there was an opportunity and An invitation from Xie Feng, why did Patton still leave Guoan? It can only be said that the process of Barton's contract renewal is not as simple as many fans see on the surface, in the final analysis, it is caused by the unprofessional, unprofessional and personal trust and righteousness of Guoan general manager Li Ming.
Don't forget that all the above analysis that Barton has a chance and a position in Guoan is based on the basis of Guoan's change of play after Xie Feng's return. However, when did Xie Feng return? It was only a week ago. And when did Barton's contract expire? It expires on January 1.
Before Bilic broke up with Guoan, Barton did not know that Bilic was leaving, and he did not know that It was Xie Feng who would replace Bilic. What kind of national security did he see in his eyes? A team that plays 532. In this formation, there is really no place for him. Including Cao Yongjing, although the performance is outstanding, but the position in this formation is not stable.
So at this time, Barton did hesitate, which is the time when he finally decided to join Tianjin.
Maybe many fans still don't understand, so let's arrange the time in the right order, maybe we can understand why Barton made today's choice.
Barton's contract expires on December 31, 2021. Guoan provided Barton with an offer to renew his contract in June and July, although it seems to be half a year before the termination of the contract, but in fact, there has been no substantial progress and contact since the offer was issued. Because Barton was training for the national team and competing in the Round of Twelve, it was unlikely that the two sides would have had an in-depth exchange of contract details. After the end of the round of twelve, the final stage of the league began, and Barton began to prepare for the relegation of Tianjin again. At this time, Li Ming, the main general manager of the Guoan side of the club, was not in the team and left early for the Netherlands to accompany his family.
For Barton, this contract extension is very important, after all, it is difficult to compete for his own results, and it is natural to communicate with the club leaders in detail on the details of the contract. But Li Ming is not in China, and the renewal of the contract is the responsibility of the employees of the technical department, which directly leads to poor communication. In fact, not only Patton, but also Yu Yang, whose contract expires, and Wang Ziming, whose contract expires in June next year, are all the same. The slightly better thing about Yu Yang and Wang Ziming is that they are still in Guoan, and they can still communicate with the employees of the technical department, and then the technical department will send a message to Li Ming, and then feedback. And the Patton people are not in national security, and it is even more difficult to communicate.
On the one hand, the leadership of Guoan cannot be found, and the communication with the responsible employees cannot be determined, on the other hand, Bilic's team holds 532 every day, and the Tianjin team has great pressure to relegate. Therefore, Patton's contract renewal work is so protracted, which makes Barton more and more hesitant - does Guoan need me?
Although Guoan issued an offer here, because Li Ming is not in China, the renewal negotiations are procrastinating. During this time, Patton also heard some claims such as that he could not play back home. As for who said it, it is not known.
In fact, similar situations are not uncommon when players renew their contracts, and the "Ming Xiu Zhan Dao Darkness Chen Cang" thing is not the first time in Guoan. I don't know if anyone remembers Zhang Xiaobin, the tough general of the national security back who once posted a post to express his doubts when he left the national security. Mr. Zhang said at the time that he had been told he was not in Schmidt's future plans, leaving him to find another way out. But when he went to the Guoan Club a few days later to pack up his things, he met Schmidt, who asked Zhang Xiaobin very strangely why he did not report to the team. Schmidt said he did not exclude Zhang Xiaobin from the plan for the new season, he heard from the club's leaders that Zhang Xiaobin had decided to leave. At that time, Zhang Xiaobin was already a veteran of the team, and he was also the second or even third candidate for the back position, and he was on the verge of retirement, so he left and left, and no one pursued anything. Zhang Xiaobin himself was not too entangled, and he exchanged a few words of appreciation with Schmidt and scattered in one shot.
Returning to the matter of Patton, it is obvious that Patton's inner contradictions and complexity at that time can be felt. From an inner point of view, Barton is very eager to return to Guoan, in addition to what he mentioned in his own speech, he went to school in Beijing since he was a child, played football in Beijing, and lived in Beijing for more than ten years, and he could not give up this feeling. Moreover, In order to support him, Patton's family also moved to Beijing, and if they left Beijing, it would be inconvenient for Patton and his family.
Someone once said that Patton asked Guoan for a high salary and asked for the appearance rate to be written into the contract. This is an absolute rumor. Patton is a child trained by The National Security Youth Academy, he has his own principles for salary requirements, even though he is now an international, he will never open his mouth, he only needs a reasonable annual salary. As for the guarantee of appearance rate, Barton is even more clear, from his entry into the first team in 2014, he knows that whether it is Xu Yunlong, Shao Jiayi, or Zhang Xizhe, Zhang Chengdong, there is no guarantee of appearance rate, Patton is not an ignorant person, he has to bite the appearance rate, which is impossible.
Think about Barton's situation at this time, want to renew the contract can not find the leader of the national security to talk, want to go home and hear that no one wants, watching Bilic use 532 to death. He also didn't know if Bilic would leave, nor did he know if Xie Summit would come. Can he not hesitate?
And just when Patton hesitated, Yu Genwei next to him threw an olive branch. Grateful for Yu Genwei's trust in this year, before the end of the league, Barton promised yu Genwei.
As for the later Bilic's quick goodbye, Xie Feng immediately announced it, all of which were afterwords. After hearing that Xie Feng returned, Patton must have had some ideas in his heart, but Patton was an honest child who believed in his words after all, and he did not play the set of Yang Hao Huang Bowen at that time, he said what he said. However, in the end, it is national security that suffers losses.
The fact that Barton renewed his contract was wrong in and out. For example, it is like a child who leaves home, and when he wants to come back, his parents have a cold attitude, and relatives at home even tell him: "You don't come back, and there is no food to eat when you come back." At this time, the neighbor's family, who had been staying overnight, gave the child the warmth of spring, and the hungry and cold child was touched and promised to the family. After a few days, the parents' family realized their cold violence and wanted to come back to the child, but the child had promised the neighbor's house, and that was all.
Does Guoan regret it? I believe that the vast majority of fans will feel sorry. However, I am afraid that some people may not be so.
Objectively speaking, Barton, as one of the few Mesozoic internationals in Guoan, is also a wing player that Guoan lacks, and signing tianjin for free is definitely a big loss for Guoan. There is no doubt about that.
And who caused this loss? I'm afraid everyone can understand that it is still the general manager Li Ming who was cursed by the Guoan fans. Whether it is for Barton or for Yang he Wang Ziming, although Guoan provided an offer in this renewal negotiation, it gave the outside world the feeling of being lukewarm. Especially during the most critical period of contract negotiations – late December and early January – General Manager Li Ming was still spending time with his family overseas and did not show a thirst for talent at all.
Guoan fans with a little seniority may not forget that the general manager of Guoan in order to renew the contract with the players, once personally took the contract to the national team training place to discuss the contract details with the international footballers one by one, and finally got the renewal of several international footballers. At that time, the "second uncle" was about to retire, and he was also an elder of the same generation as the players' fathers, and he could still take the initiative. And today's national security? What about the player-turned-general manager Li Ming? Staying in the Netherlands is a virtue of "love does not continue".
Of course, the climax of the kind of unprofessional, unprofessional, Li Ming's kind of called professional, professional, professional club professional manager, how can it be the general manager to rush to find employees to renew their contracts? The relationship between superiors and subordinates cannot be chaotic! (How does it feel like a state-owned enterprise?) In the end, who is the uncle of Sinobo and CITIC? ）
I just don't know why Guoan was so smooth and so positive when he renewed his contract with Dabao and Jin Pengxiang, and the contract was finalized before the end of the year.
Perhaps, it is really because Patton and Yu Yang, Wang Ziming and others can't play it.
In the end, Patton left, and he took the initiative to carry away the pot that Guoan had lost this time. I just hope that he doesn't let some ignorant fans break his heart. Maybe one day he'll be back. Just like Yu Yang, the big brother whose contract expired like him, didn't he also go away and come back.