According to the latest rankings, Taishan is worth the third place in next season's Chinese Super League, Shanghai and three towns, but all three teams exceed 10 million euros. But for Taishan, these values mean nothing, and the next step for the team is to make a choice, the choice of the team's performance, the choice of the veterans.
If the veterans' choices are no surprise, those who are under contract now will remain with the team, but their contracts will expire and not be renewed. Many of them are nearing 40.
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Darling and Chang Chee have a year left on their contracts. They're the same age and both too big, but their role is probably to talk from the bench and in the dressing room. In the FA Cup, Zhang Chi got a lot of chances and did well. When rotation isn't out of the question, Dai Lin also gets a chance. As long as the team's defenders aren't injured, Darling won't get any chances.
In fact, the main veterans are these two, with the rest of the age group okay - Song Long and Zheng Zheng, with at least a two-year contract for next season, won't see a significant drop in form. But most of the players in the backline are over 30, and that's really a troubling issue to watch out for. With Tong Lei's arrival, Wang Tong may have to slowly play the center back role.
In terms of performance options, the goal is not to win a championship if the team's funding is still not guaranteed this season
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Nowadays, in the Chinese Super League, if you are willing to invest, you will win the championship, but if you don't invest, you can't win the championship, which is the characteristic of the next Chinese Super League. Taishan is obviously no longer one of those high investment teams, so the team's goal of winning the title this season is unrealistic.
In this case, it seems more reasonable if the goal for this season becomes the AFC Champions League? In this case, the team's thinking on the introduction of foreign and internal reinforcements needs to be changed. That is to say, there is no need for the team to bring in particularly strong foreign and internal reinforcements. Except for Cressan and Lennardo who came back from loan, the rest of the foreigners are not mid-career foreigners.
The issue of young people, an issue that many have disputed coaches don't use, but the key question is how many young people can be relied on to play the game on their own these days
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This is the key part. I've said it many times. Taishan's youth players are playing on their own merit, not on policy. But now some fans always think that the coach does not give opportunities. In fact, the current coach Hao Wei has given many young people the opportunity of two seasons, but how many of them are really reliable? To be honest, today's young players will give you three consecutive opportunities to play. If the performance is not good, unless there is no one can replace your position, why would you give you a chance later?
Still need to rely on themselves to get chances, at least in 1993 these players relied on themselves to get chances rather than relying on policy, there really wasn't enough class behind the youngsters. But with the backs next season, there will be some chances, and if you can't take them, then there's nothing you can do about it.
So there will be changes in the team next season, but the team won't have youngsters and there will be steady playing time. Don't expect to win the title, there isn't that much of a budget right now to change the foreigners, probably for the best.
