Goodbye Huang Bowen
The Times They Are A Changing
Neimenggu Zhongyou
This one started off with a bang. We won a penalty in the first 15 seconds of the match, after which Kwon Hyeok-Kyu scored the first goal. And it was downhill from there.
We wound up winning 6-1. Mr. Kwon wound up with two goals, and everybody had a good match.
Neimenggu did wind up with a consolation goal, due to a really poor piece of goaltending by Liu Shaoziyang. I guess we’ll have to keep an eye on him in the future. It wasn’t quite as bad as some of the howlers that Hou Yu let in, but it still wasn’t good enough for a player of his caliber.
Still, we got the victory, and have improved to 29 wins in a row. I can’t complain about that.
This was the debut match for João Victor, who looked excellent despite not scoring. I think we have a truly great player on our hands.
Goodbye Huang Bowen
It’s official now. Huang Bowen has been signed by Kitchee.
You might wonder what in the world happened. He scored 17 goals in 19 appearances for us, and suddenly has found himself playing for an obscure team in Hong Kong.
The problem was never his skill. The problem was always his attitude. I don’t care how skilled you are. If you’re not going to fall in line and try your hardest, you don’t have a spot on my squad.
The sad truth is that he is easy to replace.
Oh — Kitchee also came in with a 3.25 million RMB offer for Fan Xiang. He’s still our captain and our most influential player, but he also is not likely to start any games for us. I’m going to let them talk with him to see what happens. We don’t need the money, but I would also rather have an everyday player like Liu Shaoziyang take over the captain’s armband from our fringe player Fan Xiang.
Perhaps we will break up the Three Musketeers after all.
Shaanxi Guoli
We’re back on the road again, this time taking on Shaanxi Guoli.
We’ll win this match as well. I don’t think we’ll lose again this season. Also, once Mueanta is recovered from injury, we really will be unstoppable.