The Qingdao West Coast Chronicle
Squad8 Mar 2027
23 days out for Tian Yifan after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Qingdao West Coast will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Sun Jie: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Qingdao West Coast have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
He Longhai was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Davidson stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Davidson and Qingdao West Coast agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Davidson in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Qingdao West Coast this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Michael Rangel wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Qingdao West Coast know it.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Qingdao West Coast
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Tang Lei joins the Qingdao West Coast first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tang Lei is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Huang Chengrui joins the Qingdao West Coast first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Huang Chengrui is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Huang Jin steps up from the Qingdao West Coast academy
- Market Liu Xiaobin steps up from the Qingdao West Coast academy
- Match A bad afternoon for Qingdao West Coast against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger