It started on a snowy day and ended with the sun setting on an International career. I am of course talking about the recent scandal involving FC Tokyo defender Jang Hyun-soo’s alleged ‘doctored’ community service reports.
I really shouldn’t be upset given Suwon FC are finally in the playoff places having taken 13 points from the last 15 available and have kept 5 clean sheets in a row (more of that later) but watching the Republic of Korea, or should that be the Republic of Son Heung-min, at the Asian Games…
And so began the predictable fallout from Monday night’s Korean national team defeat to Sweden with some comments scoring rather high on the outrageous scale! We had everything from IKEA being targeted to suggesting widespread changes in the domestic game and some even questioning Korean fan culture. It’s safe to say this isn’t my first…
This past weekend brought down the curtain on the AFC Under 23 Championship. It was yet again a tournament of highs and ‘could have beens’ that were unfortunately brought crashing down to Earth by the now all too familiar under-achieving that has seemed to plague Korean national teams since those dizzy heights of 2002. In…
“Don’t Cha wish your right back was Cha Duri, Don’t Cha?” It was a song sung on the terraces of Celtic Park during Cha’s time wearing the famous green and white hoops of Celtic as much in jest as in praise but I think on the 119th minute mark on Thursday most Koreans would have…
They’ve played 3 games, they’ve won all 3 and scored 3 goals so here are 3 observations from Korea’s Group A exploits. Uli chose the right captain. A lot of the talk before the tournament began was who Uli Stielike would chose as captain. The two names on most lips were Ki Sung Yeung…
The K-League Kilt 