An impromptu treat for the massive this week – the “pubcast” returns! With Bcheng down Shanghai way for a week and dropping in on Mr Ultra, the lads take advantage to get together and mutter away about the CSL. Not only that, the treats don’t end there – contributor and Shenhua fan Steve Crooks gets in on the action for some serious three-way discussion of various matters of incredible unimportance. On the agenda this week: all three participants barely conceal their envy that their sides are not taking part in the biggest CSL game of the season this weekend – Sainty v Guangzhou – a mouth-watering clash. The two sides’ business and football models are compared – night and day it seems. Elsewhere, there’s time to talk about some wagers, Qingdao beach, Evergrande’s ACL exit, and with two British lads in the pub there’s plenty of Viz-style arse and bum jokes about a Tianjin striker, much to Bcheng’s consternation. Listen on for the finest English language Chinese football podcast in the entire universe, and as always leave your comments and remarks below.
Great podcast, boys, very entertaining and informative. I disagree a bit though about what was said about Evergrande. Watched the whole match against Al-Ittihad, they slipped once in their defense, but were relentless going forward, looked physically better than the Saudis which appeared exhausted and run out-of-depth to me and Al-Ittihad did win the competition twice in a row a few seasons ago. Looked like a good ACL campaign for me, enjoyed watching Hengda. But for a bit of fun and making things more interestingly in the domestic picture, go on Jiangsu!
Another good show. I hope we can get one more before the end of the season.
Nice sesh lads.
Interesting segment about Man U supporters at CSL matches/commercialisation of the game. It happens here in Wgtn to a lesser degree. Not any chanting/singing but plenty of Man U, Woolwich, Liverpool shirts at our A-League games.
“Euro snobs”
I reckon give it another 50 years and Asia and Australasia will have developed real tribal cultures around teams – not cities.
Bcheng – boo hiss! More Ars jokes needed.