In the four rounds of matches since the start of the Chinese Super League (CSL), the team drew at home against Meizhou Hakka and lost on the road to Qingdao Hainiu, a horse that advanced in the CSL. Back at the stadium, facing the recent negative news of losing coach Hao Wei to Shandong Taishan, Guoan not only failed to win against their rivals, but were overwhelmed by their opponents for the entire match, with the players playing in a disorganized manner on the pitch.
With such a bad performance, Beijing fans finally lost their patience. Before the game was over, the stadium was filled with slogans of "Return Guoan, Li Ming get lost".
From the recent matches of Guoan team, the team's problems are really serious, players are not familiar with each other, passing errors are frequent, attacking players, whether foreign or local players, can't find the feeling of scoring, I'm afraid that these can not only be attributed to the players' bad condition, but the problems mainly appeared in the team's training.
Guoan head coach Stanley took over the team after Xie Feng's dismissal last summer. Last season, a number of Chinese Super League (CSL) teams suffered a big drop in performance in the league due to factors such as epidemics and salary arrears. Under these circumstances, Stanley took over and led the team to perform well, eventually leading Guoan to seventh place in the league.
Going into the 2023 season, the Chinese Super League has fully restored the home-and-away system, and at the urging of the Football Association, the issue of teams' salary arrears has largely been resolved. As a result, most of the teams in the Premier League are back on track this season. In this case, the old problems of Guoan in the past three years were quickly exposed.
Guoan's recent bad results do have a lot to do with Stanley's ability. But from a deeper perspective, Stanley is just a "backstabber", the real problem of Guoan team is the club's senior. As we all know, Stanley didn't have any assistants last year after he took over at Guoan. In addition to Xie Feng together with the dismissal of Cao Jiandong, the team's coaching team is basically the original team.
In addition to assistant coach Tao Wei, two old interpreters Jiang Xiaojun, Fu Hao, team service Kang Yuming, Guoan coaching staff members and even the club's various departments are the general manager Li Ming's cronies. Even the head chef and team doctor, who have worked at Guoan for many years, were driven out of the club after Li Ming became general manager.
Many Beijing fans have long heard of the differences between the cronies and work ethic of Li Mingan's insertion into the Guoan club. For example, team medical director Zhang Zhiguo opened a private clinic that year. In recent years, a number of Guoan players have been injured constantly, poor treatment and rehabilitation, which is directly related to Zhang.
Cheng Jun of the technical department is also a generation of incompetence. As Li Ming's "white glove", the player reports he submitted to the club were full of problems, which made Guoan suffer a lot in terms of signings. Not only did he fail to buy really useful foreigners, but he also brought in a complete washout in the form of Silva and Dabbro.
In addition, Guoan's first team also has many of Li Ming's close associates, such as captain Yu Dabao and Bo Yang, as well as Jin Pengxiang, who just left the team this season. Yang Liyu, who just joined Guoan this season, was also a player in Li Ming's direct lineage when he coached the national youth team. His agency, Starlight, is also inextricably linked to Li Ming.
It can be said that today's Guoan music department has been completely controlled by Li Ming, and Coach Stanley is just Li Ming's puppet. If a truly capable coach is invited to be the Guoan coach, Li Ming may find it difficult to control.
Some senior Dalian fans are no strangers to Li Ming's operation. Because GM Li used the same tactics to gut Dalian Albion FC, the Albion team was eventually relegated and soon announced its dissolution. However, some ignorant fans blamed Chairman Zhao Mingyang for the decline of the Albins.
Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable for Beijing fans to call for "Li Ming's departure". However, if Li Ming really leaves Guoan, can he get back on track? The answer is no! The truth is simple. If Li Ming is dismissed, his cronies will surely leave Guoan together, so the club and even the team's work will come to a standstill. At that time, Guoan won't talk about winning the championship. I'm afraid that relegation will be as difficult as Albion
