The Shandong Taishan Courier
Match4 Mar 2028
21 unbeaten for Shandong Taishan
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 21 matches without defeat is a foundation Shandong Taishan did not have in the autumn.
Match4 Mar 2028
The run at home goes on for Shandong Taishan
11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
Xie Chengdong signs on for the long haul
Shandong Taishan moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Xie Chengdong, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
Graduation day at Shandong Taishan
1 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Gao Zhunyi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gao Zhunyi commits to Shandong Taishan for another 2 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Words at Shandong Taishan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Camilo Salazar is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout6 Mar 2028
Dylan Gorosito back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Shandong Taishan has worked with Dylan Gorosito before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Li Ang joins the Shandong Taishan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Li Ang is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Huang Chengjian joins the Shandong Taishan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Huang Chengjian 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 Shandong Taishan promote Peng Zhen from within
- Market Shandong Taishan promote Ma Peng from within
- Player ratings One of those days for Juan Camilo Salazar