Shandong Taishan team, as a traditional team in the Chinese Super League, has had a bad year and ill-fated season.
However, even so, many fans still believe that the Taishan team will make a comeback. Even if they cannot win the championship, they will become an absolute disruptor of the league.
But what about the facts?
The team's poor performance in the first half of the season was caused by many reasons. But everyone still has expectations for the team, and the biggest support behind this expectation is the hope that the club can make some good signings in the summer transfer window, so as to achieve the purpose of changing the team's predicament. What about the result of
? I bought a central defender for 50,000 euros. Regardless of his strength, the transfer price alone seems to have explained a lot of problems. (As for He Xiaoke and Sun Qihang, everyone understands)
The Taishan team must have had their own helplessness in this series of operations. Let’s not pursue the reason anymore. Even if the club is unwilling to explain to the outside world, I believe everyone has already guessed it.
However, it has set two major tone for this veteran team invisibly, and this is definitely not what everyone wants to see, especially the fans of the Taishan team.
1. This season, we can only keep the FA Cup.
At the beginning of the season, Cui Kangxi was very confident due to his outstanding performance in the AFC Champions League and frankly said that he would definitely win all the domestic championships. In other words, once again recreate the glory of the double crown. And in the new season's AFC Champions League, they once again achieved better results.
But now, when everyone looks at the current Taishan team, and then thinks of the oath made at the beginning of the season, everything seems to have become a joke.
The league is about to reach two-thirds, but the point gap between the Taishan team and the top spot is 20 points, leaving only theoretical hope. However, combined with the team's state, the performance of its opponents, and the fact that there are Shanghai Shenhua and Chengdu Chengdu in the middle, it basically declares that the Taishan team will bid farewell to the league championship in advance.
Let’s look at the AFC Champions League again. If the AFC Champions League is still the previous competition system, it is possible for the Taishan team to create miracles.
But in the AFC Champions League after the restructuring, the number of teams has decreased, but the number of powerful teams has decreased. According to the current state of the Taishan team, even the domestic mid-range teams dare not win 100%, so how can they compete with the Asian giants? Not to mention
, there is a qualifying competition in the middle.
According to the Taishan team's idea, the team actually wants to give up the AFC Champions League, that is, lose in the play-offs, and concentrate on preparing for the domestic league. But the current competition system is that even if they lose, they still have to play in the AFC Champions League (second-level league), and they still cannot escape the fate of fighting on multiple fronts.
What's more, the prize money and training value of participating in the AFC Champions League are higher. Therefore, the team will definitely go all out in the play-offs, but after entering the main game, it depends on the specific situation. In other words, if you can win one game, it counts.
Therefore, for the Shandong Taishan team this season, the only possibility left is the Football Association Cup.
has a relatively good draw division, and the rest are basically home games. It has a huge psychological advantage in the cup, and the time adjustment is sufficient. Based on these reasons, if the Taishan team wants to give fans an explanation this season, they must strive for the FA Cup!
It is indeed depressing to think back on the ambitions at the beginning of the season and the current abysmal situation, which may even lead to nothing.
2, Taishan team's problem is not only lack of money
but poor performance, it is also the trigger of the team's downturn. The club's lack of money is the root of all problems.
But, is it really just a lack of money? Are there any other reasons?
has it!
Whether it is State Grid, Lufa, or other shareholders, there is actually no shortage of money, but many issues are still unclear. The first one is the issue of equity liability, which everyone knows.
Another point is also a new focus of controversy at the moment, namely: what is the goal of the Taishan team and how to develop the team in the future.
In short: Does Shandong Taishan want to continue its status as a wealthy club, or can it just lower its investment from now on and keep the club stable?
Everyone definitely wants the Taishan team to maintain the competitiveness of the league championship and maintain its status as a giant. But such a price requires a steady stream of large capital investment. According to the current situation, the issue of equity responsibilities cannot be clearly distinguished, so how can it be fully invested?
If the team wants to survive in the future, small capital investment will definitely be no problem. There is an inexhaustible supply of talents in football schools, and there are also overseas training bases. It won't cost too much to introduce some more cost-effective foreign aid.
Once it really takes this path, the Taishan team will officially embark on mediocrity. The brand reputation that the team has accumulated over the years will be destroyed in an instant.
But the club is not willing to have such a result, and the fans are even less willing!
3, written at the end
Giving up on the league, giving up the AFC Champions League, and barely guaranteeing the Football Association Cup, Shandong Taishan has lost all face this season;
In the days to come, will it continue to maintain its identity as a giant and let everyone There are more worries and even disappointments about the fate of Shandong Taishan.
