http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/arsenal/article314436.ece
獨立報有篇訪問前槍手右後衛Lee Dixon的報導，蠻有趣的。
（...原來現年四十一歲的他是Mancunian）
訪問前面我就簡單提一下，就是他被問到對於現在英超到目前被認為沒有那麼吸引
人的問題他認為問題不是出在不少隊伍在用4-5-1的陣型，因為像上週西漢姆對
富咸那場其實就很精彩，即使兩隊陣型都蠻奇怪的。至於對於溫格講的話，Dixon
不表示認同，槍手的目前防守問題其實得靠溫格與球員們自己解決，何況槍手
本身已經有讓英超其他中下游球隊羨慕的雄厚資金簽球員，雖然不能跟契爾西
比，就像SWP的事情上，但是球隊表現還是得靠經理人自己想辦法解決。
我認為文章中間一段蠻有趣的
是Dixon比較溫格與之前把一批槍手青訓球員帶上來的前經理人George Graham。
Not only did Graham hate to spend the club's money, he was a notoriously
harsh taskmaster. He was also, of course, a brilliant manager who delivered
exactly what he had promised in the car at Watford Gap. So when Dixon later
found out that the manager had been taking "bungs", he felt conflicting
emotions.
Graham不但厭惡花俱樂部的錢，他還是個嚴峻的監督者。不過當Dixon知道Graham拿
球員轉會回扣的事（我猜bungs大概是這意思，精華區7->4->6有提到這事，George曾
帶領槍手九零年代左右曾一度輝煌的，卻最後因這件事落到被革職），感覺很掙扎。
"He'd made us work our socks off and earn every penny, so to learn he'd been
taking backhanders, that tainted it a bit. I've never spoken to him about
it. I've bumped into him half a dozen times since, and we get on well, but
it's still a teacher/pupil, sergeant-major/soldier relationship. I couldn't
imagine him giving me a hug."
"George讓我們訓練時很辛苦讓我們扎扎實實賺每分錢，所以當知道他有拿回扣時，
這讓我對他的印象打了一點折扣，我從來沒在他面前提到這事，我之後遇到他幾次
，我倆處的還不錯，我們的關係仍然就像是老師與學生，士官長對士兵的感情，
不過，我沒法想像他會擁抱我。"
Surely he didn't get hugs from Wenger either? "No, but you get hugs in other
ways from Arsene. His bond with the players is based on total respect, both
ways, which is warming. I should add that George was the best coach I ever
played under. He taught me how to defend, while Arsene allowed me to become
more expressive. George would never let me go over the halfway line if the
ball was wide on the left. But Arsene gives you the confidence to make up
your own mind. He says 'you're actually a very good footballer. If you think
it's right to go, then go'. His teams pass the ball and move, and his
strength is picking players to fit into that framework. Obviously he makes
tactical changes but in general we used to coach ourselves."
不過，他也不會從亞森（溫格）那得到擁抱吧..."的確，但是你會從其他方式得到溫
格的擁抱，他與球員們的感情是基於一種完全的，雙向的尊重。我必須說George是我
所效力過最好的教練，他教導我如何防守；相對地，溫格允許我在場上可以更表達我
自己。George不會讓身為右後衛的我在場上跑過半場，即使球在左路，但是亞森讓你
有信心去自己判斷該如何做。亞森常說：你是個很好的足球員。如果你認為向前推跑
是對的，那你就去做。亞森的球隊擅長傳球與跑位，而他的強處在於可以挑出契合他
戰術框架的球員。亞森當然也會做戰術上的改變，但是一般來說球員們其實才是自
己的教練。"
Dixon chuckles. "That first pre-season after Bruce Rioch [Graham's successor,
another hard taskmaster] left, Arsene came in and on the first day of
training we did two 12-minute jogs around the pitch. And he kept stopping us
because we were going too quick. Then we had a rest, then a stretch, and he
said 'off you go'. We're like 'er, when do we go on the 15-mile hike up a
hill and be sick?' After 10 days we pulled in Tony Adams.
Dixon接著笑著回憶：當第一個季前訓練（那時連接下Grahma職位的經理Rioch也離去
，溫格已經來到海布里），亞森第一天來到訓練時段，當我們在繞著球場做12分鐘的
慢跑時，亞森一直說把我們緩下來，認為我們跑得太快。跑完後，我們休息一下，
拉一下筋，然後亞森居然跟我們說"你們可以離開了"。我們都很驚訝，想說"到底何
時教練才會要我們跑那種會讓我們累倒的十五分鐘的上坡？"
這情形持續十天之後，球員們看這樣實在不行，就叫Tony Adams代表大家，去問問
亞森了....
"We said 'you've got to see him, the season starts in two weeks and we're
nowhere near fit enough'. He told Tony [cue a convincing impression of the
Frenchman], 'it will be OK'. And Tony says, 'with due respect boss, you
don't really know us. We need to do more than this.' Arsene goes 'it is OK.
You will be fine.'
我們跟Adams說：你一定要去跟亞森說一說，再兩週賽季就開始了，結果我們體能狀
況根本就不夠好。結果之後亞森只對Adams回答：沒問題的。Tony進一步再問：
我不是想冒犯您，但是您剛來隊上對我們都不瞭解，我覺得我們需要做更多的體能
準備。亞森只說：沒問題的，你們沒問題。
"Then we played the Charity Shield against Man United, and on the Friday
I'm saying to Tony 'there's no way I can get through 90 minutes'. I hadn't
played one full game in pre-season. But Arsene kept saying everything
would be fine, and sure enough we beat them 3-0. We were running for fun,
and I thought 'I can't understand where all this fitness is coming from'.
It blew me away, how he knew. I played in the Premiership until I was 38,
and there was no way I could have done that without him."
Dixon接著說"然後就是慈善盾對曼聯的比賽，在比賽前的週五，我跟Tony抱怨說，我
一定撐不過九十分鐘，整個季前準備我才打過一場全場比賽。"但是亞森一直重複說
，沒問題沒問題，然後就是比賽那天我們贏球。我們比賽中跑起來像在玩耍一樣輕鬆
，一點都沒問題，那時我納悶，我這些體力是怎麼來的？亞森又怎麼知道我有這些
體力？我在英超一直打到三十八歲，如果沒有亞森，根本不可能。"
文章後面就是Dixon談到Sven的看法，有興趣的請看原文，就這樣。
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