Arsène Wenger actually knew that the media reporters weren't really buying his act.
Even he himself didn't have the confidence to win the championship this season!
But he had to make a statement.
Because Arsenal fans around the world wouldn't want to see their favorite team lack the ambition to compete for the championship.
If the players in Arsenal saw that their Boss didn't have much hope for this season.
Then why should they fight?
Anyway, the Boss doesn't have much hope, so why should they, a bunch of lousy footballers, think so much?
Just do your own thing.
Even if you can't stay at Arsenal, you can still sign a good contract with another club then.
Players, to put it bluntly, are just highly paid workers.....
While you are young and can play football, seizing every moment to make money is the way to go!
Only then can you guarantee a worry-free life after retirement.
Most professional footballers around the world hold this idea.
Even among players from top clubs like Arsenal, there are quite a few such people!
Arsène Wenger has been coaching for many years, he knows too well what these players are thinking.
So he must show his attitude.
Only this way can he urge the players in the team to train seriously and not slack off!
....
News of Arsenal's 9-0 thrashing of Blackpool spread throughout England that day.
Fly's first career hat-trick was also frequently mentioned by the media.
"The Times: Arsenal Massacre Blackpool 9-0 at Home, Walcott and Fly Both Score Hat-tricks!"
"The Telegraph: Gone Wild! Arsenal Massacre Blackpool 9-0, Arsène Wenger States After the Match That Not Winning the Championship This Season Will Be a Failure!"
"Daily Mail: Arsenal's Genius Player Fly Adams, Achieves First Career Hat-trick in His Second League Game, Future Looks Promising!"
"The Sun: It is Rumored That United States Country Pop Princess Taylor Swift's New Album is Suspected to Be Related to Arsenal's Genius Player Fly"
Although the opponent was just a newly promoted team, the title of 'first career hat-trick' was still attractive enough!
Many fans who had an impression of Fly started browsing related content.
Fly's Twitter followers also increased from 200,000 when he first appeared to 500,000.
Tens of thousands of people follow Fly's account on average every day.
Every time he saw his follower count grow day by day, Fly couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
"Indeed, only formal matches have exposure!"
"I've only played two League games, and the number of new followers is already more than the total number before."
"Keep up the good work!!!"
After silently cheering himself on, Fly still felt a bit regretful.
Because the system didn't give Fly any rewards!
Perhaps it was because the opponent in this match was too weak.
Even though Fly completed his first career hat-trick, the system showed no reaction whatsoever.
After repeatedly confirming that his first formal match hat-trick in his life received no response from the system.
Fly could only give up helplessly!
From this match, it can be seen that the system is very picky about opponents.
If the opponent is too rubbish, even if it's Fly's first career hat-trick.
It won't give him a single cent!
"Stingy, so damn stingy..." Muttering a few times, Fly glanced at his system points.
He currently has 300 Intermediate 'Soft Rice' points and 100 Advanced 'Soft Rice' points.
These were the rewards after the settlement of Fly's debut match against Liverpool.
However, Fly hadn't used them at the time because he hadn't decided which attribute to add points to.
Looking at the ability values of his various attributes, Fly decided to add points to Dribbling and Shooting first.
These two attributes are simply too important for a forward.
Just like last time, Fly exchanged the 300 Intermediate 'Soft Rice' points for 3 ability points, adding 2 points to Dribbling and 1 point to Shooting.
[Dribbling] increased from 87 to 89, and [Shooting] increased from 84 to 85.
As for the Advanced 'Soft Rice' points, Fly could only add them to [Explosiveness].
The Explosiveness attribute also climbed from 94 to 95.
The accompanying [Jumping] ability value also rose from 86 to 87.
Fly's various attributes now reached the following values:
[Physical Data: Speed 99, Acceleration 99, Explosiveness 95, Strength 72, Jumping 87, Hang Time 75, Stamina 70, Balance 80, Agility 78, Injury Resistance 99]
[Technical Data: Shooting 85, Dribbling 89, First Touch 81, Short Passing 82, Long Passing 50, Crossing 65, Long Shots 70, Heading 55, Shot Power 75, Set Pieces 60]
[Other Data: Mentality 80, Football IQ 75, Poaching 75, Vision 63, Anticipation 60, Creativity 72, Aggression 75, Off-ball Movement 60, Tackling 40, Interceptions 25, Sliding Tackle 20, Goalkeeping 10]
Seeing his stats, Fly couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
Currently, his various attributes as a forward, except for Heading which is indeed a bit lacking, are all good or above.
Strength is slightly weak, but Fly can improve it through training.
After all, strength is not directly related to football talent.
If Fly gained weight, his strength limit would definitely not be only 75, 80+ wouldn't be a problem.
But considering that gaining weight would inevitably affect his ball feel, Fly wouldn't be foolish enough to gain weight.
Even with the system's guarantee, Fly wouldn't experience a situation where he suddenly couldn't play football after gaining weight.
But to say there would be absolutely no impact, that's also impossible.
At least Fly would need time to adapt to his weight.
During the adaptation period, his performance on the field would inevitably decline.
Fly was afraid that his decline at that time would lead the media to label him with a "Fly Rookie Wall".
What if Arsène Wenger also believed it, thought Fly still needed time to develop, and continued to put him on the bench.
That would truly be trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice!
At this stage, what Fly needs to do is perform as well as possible on the field.
Only this way will Arsène Wenger completely trust him and promote Fly to be Arsenal's starting forward.
By then, when he is firmly established as a starter, Fly will start thinking about other things.