The 2019 CSL season is finally off the mark, with all of last season’s title contenders avoiding some potential banana-skin openers – we look back on easy wins for last year’s top two and some tight victories for Shandong and Guoan. We discuss the demise of the Shanghai derby as a competitive fixture and a promising start for some key new signings ahead of the first round of Champions League fixtures.
There’s time for a pod discussion on the media hype surrounding Wu Lei’s first goal in Spain – is the media and fan obsession unhealthy and patronizing, or an understandable source of pride? As ever, the answer isn’t black and white for the panel.
There’s a great undercover fanzine name which comes up in the Phenomenon of the Week discussion before we switch gears to explain and lament the CFA’s latest rule-switching confusion around newly-naturalized players and wrap up by looking forward to another tasty weekend of fixtures and the start of the continental campaign.
Host Steve Crooks is joined by Chinese football experts Cameron Wilson in Shanghai and Brandon Chemers in Beijing for this week’s episode.
If you enjoy listening to the pod and appreciate the considerable time and effort which goes into producing each episode, please consider supporting us financially via Patreon.
You can also subscribe on Patreon, and on itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or various other platforms. You can also download the pod to your device.
We are also very pleased to be hosted and broadcast on Football Nation Radio.
Don’t miss the chance to get involved in the discussion on Twitter at #chinafootypod – we love hearing feedback and do our best to field your questions and suggested topics every week.
Steve hosts the Chinese Football Podcast, having joined the WEF team as correspondent for Shanghai Shenhua, the side he has followed since moving to Shanghai in 2010. Exiled from the Victorian town-centre idyll of Feethams along with his childhood football team, Steve spent many an (un)happy year on Hongkou's North Terrace along with the Shenhua Element Crew and Blue Devils before relocating to Sydney from where he continues to follow the Chinese game from afar.
Join in the discussion on #chinafootypod
Previous Podcasts
Resisting the urge to talk about the China Cup until the dust has settled, the pod takes the extended international break as a chance to catch up on some lesser-discussed …
Two rounds in with the season picking up momentum – what better time could there be for an extended break to accommodate the China Cup in Nanning? With no squad …
The best of the rest, the worst of the rest, and everything in between – it’s a bumper preview this week as the pod runs the rule over the challenging …
With the clock ticking the the season’s start on March 1st, the pod runs the rule over the title contenders for what is shaping up to be a very unpredictable …
The pod rings in the new lunar year with a return to matters club football. We double down on the big news stories which have been developing during our recent …
There’s only one story to start with this week, with the pod running the rule over Wu Lei’s move to La Liga – despite concerns over the step up in …
The pod is back to give some credit to a newly resilient China – coming from behind once again against Thailand to win their first tournament knockout game since 2004. …
We’re looking back on a grounding experience for Marcelo Lippi’s somewhat-experimental China side against a full-strength South Korea finally hitting their stride – was this an opportunity missed by China, …
The pod is back to celebrate an all-too-rare routine win for the national team, with some feelgood vibes spreading as the Chinese team pick up confidence following a professional 3-0 …
The WEF boys run the rule over China’s come-from-behind win against Kyrgyzstan – did China ultimately deserve the win after a big second-half improvement or was goalkeeper Pavel Matiash’s remarkable …
You must be logged in to post a comment Login
You must log in to post a comment.