Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 4, 2017 New season has just started. Scolari's Guangzhou Evergrande are current champions. But AVB is incharge of Shanghai SIPG who have Oscar and Hulk. Shanghai Shenhua who came 4th last season have Tevez and are managed by Poyet. Pellegrini is incharge of Hebei China Fortune who have Lavezzi. Felix Magath is at Shandong Luneng who have signed Pellé. Fabio Cannavaro manages Tianjin Quanjian who have signed Axel Witsel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Batard 1,921 Posted March 4, 2017 You look at the exalted company Pelle is playing against in China and think ... you're the odd man out here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 4, 2017 I could have made him fit by also mentioning the team whose star player is Jelavic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 6, 2017 Tevez scored on his debut. Fans seem to have got names of players they'd like on their shirts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mel81x 1,915 Posted March 6, 2017 1 minute ago, HoneyNUFC said: Tevez scored on his debut. Fans seem to have got names of players they'd like on their shirts They can have the guy on the left from us for free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 1,297 Posted March 11, 2017 As if Sven has ended up in the lower leagues of China Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Batard 1,921 Posted March 11, 2017 Tevez, now there's a lying shite of a player. Complains of homesickness in England ... moves to Italy ... complains again and Juve write off money to release him back to Boca ... where he claimed he'd retire and then he promptly fucks off to China. Duplicitous money grabbing gimp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 11, 2017 Shanghai v Tianjin is live on Sky sports 3 right now. Chance to see what the quality is like. Shanghai keeper looks 40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Batard 1,921 Posted March 11, 2017 The Chinese super league looks a bit like the old NASL, players past their prime collecting a tasty pay check Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Machado 1,208 Posted March 11, 2017 Most exciting thing that could happen here would be Hulk transforming. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 11, 2017 This is becoming an enjoyable watch, not for the football but because Shanghai are losing the plot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 11, 2017 Pato just blasted a penalty over the bar in the last minute and cost his side the chance to win the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 13, 2017 The lad who stamped on Witsel has been fined £35k, dropped to the reserves and told he now faces a pay cut. That's how communists do things. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4308672/Axel-Witsel-stamp-leaves-Qin-Sheng-35-000-fine.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 28, 2017 Major fire at Shanghai Shenhua stadium. Stadium was empty, no one hurt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mel81x 1,915 Posted March 28, 2017 Looks like an alien invasion is happening or maybe thats how they get a new stadium built. Saves money on demolition costs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebird Hewitt 646 Posted March 28, 2017 On 06/03/2017 at 2:06 PM, HoneyNUFC said: Tevez scored on his debut. Fans seem to have got names of players they'd like on their shirts Didn't realise Happy Blue was chinese. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spike 2,538 Posted April 11, 2017 I wonder how many of these players won't be payed. I know how the Chinese operate in business and they will do everything in their power to screw the other party(s) out of money. A contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on in China. They manipulate, twist, turn, and force people into corners they can't escape from. A con-artists paradise. It doesn't matter what you do because screwing over someone in a contract isn't even a criminal offence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berserker 1,298 Posted May 13, 2017 22 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Quite a character El Pocho,, love him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted May 26, 2017 What was he expecting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandoEFC 4,267 Posted May 26, 2017 Yawn. Whining little scrote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted June 12, 2017 Quote Former England manager Fabio Capello is the latest high-profile coach to move to the Chinese Super League, signing a contract with Jiangsu Suning. The 70-year-old, who led England for four years before resigning in 2012, joins former Premier League managers Luis Felipe Scolari, Andre Villas-Boas, Gus Poyet and Felix Magath in China. Former Chelsea manager Scolari coaches current champions Guangzhou Evergrande. Capello's fellow Italian Marcello Lippi is in charge of China's national team. A Jiangsu statement confirmed: "We have signed a working contract with Mr Fabio Capello. He will be the head coach. Welcome Fabio!" Capello made his name at AC Milan in the 1990s, winning four Serie A titles and the Champions League. He went on to win two La Liga titles in separate spells with Real Madrid and another Italian league crown with Roma. He also won Serie A twice with Juventus but both were revoked and they were demoted to the second division for their involvement in Italy's match-fixing scandal. England reached the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup under Capello, losing to Germany, and he resigned two years later after a disagreement over the stripping of the captaincy from John Terry. He went on to spend three years as Russia coach before being sacked. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40241560 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Gonzo 4,154 Posted June 12, 2017 Postman Pat was my favourite show as a kid... so I thought this was some kind of like weird sponsorship or something. Turns out I'm just an idiot and they've appointed Fabio Capello. Going on his Wikipedia page is quite amusing... because he's a fucking legendary manager, then he takes over England and goes to total shite. Considering that this is a club team, and while I'm sure he doesn't know a whole lot about Chinese football, he might actually do well again after his shite stints at Russia and England. Seems like international football and his management style aren't a great mix... or England and Russia have fucking stupid players. Either one of those seems likely to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 9,061 Posted June 19, 2017 100% tax for Chinese clubs to curb extravagant spending https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40325496 Quote Chinese Super League clubs face a 100% tax on signings as their mid-season transfer window opens on Monday. The country's Football Association (CFA) is proposing the measure for loss-making clubs in order to try to curb the league's extravagant spending. Chinese clubs spent £331m during the country's winter transfer window, which was more than their English Premier League counterparts in January. The proceeds from the tax would go into a government-run fund. If enforced, the measure would in effect double the fee for any player. Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and Chelsea striker Diego Costa are among the high-profile players to be linked with the Chinese Super League (CSL), with the transfer window open until 14 July. In the last transfer window, Shanghai SIPG bought Brazil international Oscar for £60m from Chelsea, while Shanghai Shenhua spent £40m on Carlos Tevez. The Argentina striker signed a deal worth a reported £310,000 a week. At the time, a spokesperson for China's General Administration of Sport said clubs in the country were "burning money". Limits on the number foreign players in squads were put in place for the current season, which runs from March to November. Only three non-Chinese players can now be fielded in a fixture in a move the CFA hoped would tackle "irrational" spending. Costa was a target for Tianjin Quanjian but the club's owner, Shu Yuhui, said in January that a bid to sign the forward had been scuppered by new CSL rules limiting the number of foreign players. In each game next year, clubs will also have to field as many Chinese under-23 players as overseas players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero 3,549 Posted June 19, 2017 Was fun while it lasted. Cheers for the 90 million from Oscar+Ramires Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 9,061 Posted July 9, 2017 23 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Christ the standard in this league is bad, Sky Sports HQ are showing the goals as they go in from the match between Changchun and Shanghai and a good half of them are as a result of Sunday League defending. I know that you get the usual idiots claiming that they could make it in these silly leagues but I'm convinced that I could have done a better effort in goal than the two clowns out there today. Whilst the standard continues to be this low there is no way that the rest of the world will embrace Chinese football. i watched the full game. it was terrible. Worse than the A-League. Pitch looked horrible too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted July 9, 2017 I think these games are really on tv for gambling addicts. Not for the actual football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 9,061 Posted July 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, HoneyNUFC said: I think these games are really on tv for gambling addicts. Not for the actual football. and i don't think Sky envisaged Oscar and Hulk and AVB would be suspended as that would have pulled in some viewers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted July 30, 2017 Well, that didn't last long Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero 3,549 Posted July 30, 2017 The next Kaka mate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
