Official Chinese Abroad Part IV [R]

that gonna be a huge boost for his confidence and for the coach, coz so far the team awas a bit disapointed since the begining, and Gao Leilei just made some sub show. SO that great hope he's continu like this and if u find the VDO that will be very great

 

Does anyone know the status of Yu da bao?

 

Europeans need to stop thinking that they can sell shirts to Chinese people by signing Chinese players. That may be the case with Japan and Korea, but not China.

LosMerengues89: You're from Britain, but you cheer for Real?

 

...GAO LEILEI MATCH UPDATE...

05.14.07 - Played full match. Scored 47' and 72'. 4-1. W [@FC Viikingit]
05.10.07 - Subsituted out 46'. 2-0. W
05.03.07 - Subsituted out 75'. 0-0. D
04.26.07 - Subsituted out 62'. 0-2. L
04.22.07 - Subsituted in 46'. 1-2. L
04.10.07 [Friendly] - Did not play. 2-0. W
04.04.07 [Friendly] - Did not play. 0-1. L
03.31.07 [Friendly] - Subsituted out 81'. 4-0. W
03.23.07 [Friendly] - Subsituted out 73'. 3-0. W

Next match 05.21.07 - MYPA are 3rd and 3 points from 1st.

 

I think he signed a permanent deal with Benfica.

 

Yea well they are not highly rated because ... they are not world class players... we like them here because they are the top class for us not because they are the cream of the crop in the EPL.

Sun Jihai's future depends on the takeover and its effects on the transfer budget as well as the new manager's plan for the future.

 

http://www.psv.nl/web/show/id=118705/contentid=20882

I can't read dutch, but it seems that it is a bad news.

 

As I already expected, PSV will NOT buy Sun Xiang, so he will return to his former team

 

Too bad.

According to some articles, Sun Xiang is noticed by other European teams. Hope that he will have a good future.

 

I really hope he can find a good team, I really like him. Unfortunately he isn't good enough as defender and we have enough midfielders..

 

that sucks

 

zheng zhi and sun xiang can be replaced by our Under 21 squad or the olympic squad if we want.

 

ive only watched a handful of Charlton games, but ZZ seemed to be a good player. in the last game although he did miss two very good chances (at least one of which he should have got) he was involved in a lot of the plays.

shame Charlton is relegated. Wonder what his future is. any news? is he gonna play in the Colaship?

as for Dong, i doubt we will much of him next year. Reckon Ferguson is gonna spend some serious money this summer, and Dong is gonna go even further down the pecking order. Dong's gonna have to make a decision soon; play reserve team for couple of seasons, or get transfered/loaned to another club for some league action.

Sun Jihai slightly underachieved in terms of starts with around a dozen games appearances only. with Man City looking for a new manager and there being takeover talks, everything is in the air. But i feel any new manager can find a role for Sun Jihai next season. Of course it will depend on the money available and the vision of the manager/club owner.

Sun Xiang, ive seen the least of, but was not impressed. It seems neither was PSV.

 

is ZZ going back to Shangdong?

 

are you serious? the term 'shirt seller' was first coined after the Chinese players all those years ago, or was it Inamoto when he was loaned to Arsenal, without playing a single game for the whole season?

infact China is still the biggest market for football business, and not only in shirt sales. look at ManU, look at Chelsea etc trying to get into the Chinese market.

out of the 3 countries you mentioned in terms of number of shirts sold:

China>>>>>>Japan>>Korea

 

you guys have a billion people, someone with logic should reckon that china sells more t-shirts than anyone in Asia.

Chelsea didn’t invite China to train with them because they’re nice; they did it because they want money.

Even Tottenham is going to add Mandarin Script to their jerseys to get more Chinese people to buy it.

Face it, Sun Xiang and Dong are t-shirt sellers.

 

Sun Xiang is not

 

Hi Folk ... get with the program, with the sate. TV nowadays the real money is in the tv rights and sponsorships and not with jersey sales.

Do you realize how much more one team is to gain from staying in the prem?? Do you think clubs such as Charlton, Sheff Utd, Man City or even PSV can generate 30 million in jersey sales?

The Sun Jihai vs Li Tie game a few years ago drew 360 million viewers. Man City vs Everton?!

Its all real simple and its the same with Japanese and Koreans too...

Buy/loan player, then ppl will care about the team on a regular basis (just look at BS), gain fans, more viewers, increase price on bids to tv rights, go on tour to gain money from the gates. Plus when you have 200 million asian viewers a week (lets say man utd with dong and park) guess how much more your shirt sponsor has to pay??

Just by having an east asian you already got your money's worth - typical Korean wouldnt care about Reading/boro, Japanese fan for Bolton/Perguia and Chinese fans for Charlton/Sheff Utd/Crystal Palace.

 

i don't think in china they r crazy to by a shirt like 40£ !!!! they sell fake shirt for 5 or maybe less, and like is fake no money for the clubs. All this is just for the fame of the club, for the pple to know the club but for sure not for official jersey selling coz that is a non sense, even in Thailand u will never find an official jersey (They r more crazy of EPL than china) excepted for the stupid tourist from europe or from australia who go to the official shop of the EPL in Siam Discovery (a Shopping Mall in BKK center)

and just for ur knowledge read that u gonna be disapointed about the asian jersey seller , even the Korean r not good shirt sellers

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=409570&type=story&cc=5901

 

Good point. One thing I was wondering about was TV rights. In the EPL, I thought that teams sold all their TV rights to Sky Sports so if an EPL team signs an asian player, Sky Sports will make more $$$ off of selling that team's tv rights to an asian nation, not the EPL club.

Oh yeah and I had no idea that the shirt sponsor could be forced to pay more $$$ due to a larger viewing audience. I forgot to consider that

 

I'm not impugning a "shirt seller" player. I would love it if an European team played with eleven Chinese "shirt sellers". I simply challenge the veracity of such a term when applied to Chinese players.

One question: which fans wear real shirts when Man Utd comes to town?

 

This is only evidence from Shanghai Greatsports Channel, but Zheng Zhi and Sun Jihai are televised every week. Also, Premiership TV money is distributed equally initially, then more money goes to teams that are televised more. You would have to be a good team that actually plays your "shirt seller" to make significant profit. Celtic has made money with Nakamura. But I'm sure Man City hasn't with Sun Jihai. You need to be a big team and the "shirt seller" has to play a big role.

Caring about a team ≠ profit.

How much profit could a team like Reading, Bolton, Perugia, Charlton, Sheffield United, or Crystal Palace generate on a tour? Certainly, Asian tours are experiencing diminishing returns, especially when big teams come every other year.

 

european teams are getting annoying nowadayz

 

I could see more fans going to CSL than an European friendly.

 

The biggest problem in Asian countries are the large number of fake shirts, when I searched in China for a jersey/shirt/kit ( Man Utd) 90% was a fake one.