Something in the air

September is the month where we wrapped it all up, despite clinching the championship up with 3 games to go, we still had to keep our heads focused and not lose any games w should not be losing because of complacency.
we finished the season off with a comfortable win over 3rd place Jiangsu

this is how the ladder looked at seasons end, Peter Crouch won the Golden boot and was rarely challenged for it during the campaign

once again Elkeson was a vital cog in the way we played the game, with his direct running and ability to finish really helped our cause. we will speaking with his agent to discuss exteding Elkesons contract with aims of lifting the Asian Champions League next season

the annual meeting between the Chinese Super League winners and the Super League All-Stars, this season it involved Guangzhou Evergrande. we got off to a flying start thanks to a great header by our leading marksmen Peter Crouch, Elkeson wrapped up the game with a close range effort

our star player Elkeson has today outlined his ambition to move to a bigger club, i personally tried my hardest to keep a player who has almost single handedly won us the last two league titles.

as you can see here by our all time dream team Elkeson has scored goals for fun since joining the club

Elkeson has finally bought his 4 year spell at Guangzhou Evergrande to an end signing a 3 year deal with Brazilian club [color=#3465A4]Corinthians for a fee of 3.4m, we are very saddened by his departure by respect the fact Elkeson wanted to play at a higher level[/color]

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with the departure of Elkeson we were quick to move for free agent Diego Forlan, we firmly believe that despite his age can still perform at a very high level for a few season at least

for the second year running weve been given the hardest possible group alongside Japanese champions Nagoya Grampus and current Asian Champions League League holders Jeonbuk Motors, Muangthong United from Thailand make up the group and shouldnt really prove much resistance

all i have to say about the Chinese FA Super Cup against Tianjin is we were robbed, a stupid own goal by Linpeng late on was enough for Tianjin to win despite being camped in there half for the majority of the match

matchday 1 saw us take on current J-League and Asian Champions League holders Jeonbuk Motors, i set my team out with 3 at the back and were constantly caught out at the back because of jeonbuks wingbacks, after 30 minutes i made a change and we changed to a 4-5-1 formation to nullify that threat, we continued to play on the counter which saw us take the lead through a cheeky lob by Zheng Xinze, Jeonbuk continued to flood players forward in search for an equaliser and it was that man again Zheng Xinze who put them to the sword with a second goal. we held out for the rest of the match and claimed our first win on Japanese Soil in 3 attempts

that win put us in second place behind Nagoya Grampus on goal difference, though being early in the group stage this win has put us in contention already