Deisler123

Hogso, unscrupulous is a good word there. Not sure about 'Dog Chai' tho.... I think my translation is proper-er. Only joking

Exactly!

A difficult one to translate as it contains some words that are not commonly used. Trying my best: ‘最近切身感受英国的无良媒体信口开河程度比中国更甚。有人知道英媒的狗仔传统始于何时，谁是鼻祖？ ’ Recently I got an experience of ’British Media talking about things that they have no evidence of‘, which is much worse than Chinese media (note he has had bad experience with Chinese media already). Can anyone tell me (note this is not a question, it is a sarcasm), when 'the tradition of paparazzi of British Media' started, and who the originator (of that tradition) is? In China, we call those irresponsible sports journalists as 'those who will write a piece of sports news when they defecate in the loo', so defecator (if that is a word?)

They can buy as may as they want - but they can only register limited number of foreign players.

Sure, I didn't doubt on if they are good enough to play in Chinese top league. They are certainly good enough, for the clubs in the lower half of the table (not the top clubs IMHO). but now they may find it very hard to get a contract in Chinese Super league . Reasons are: 1) There are only 3 non-asian foreigners who can play on the pitch - and all clubs use their 3 tickets on Strikers/wingers/Box-to-box/central mid. Only a few clubs have non-asian defenders in their squad (because it is economically not worth). 2) Chinese clubs always favor Brazilian and East European footballers (such as ex-Yugoslavia countries) (because of the success of players from those countries in the past). 80% of the non-asian football players are from those countries. 3) Paul Gascoigne's story had a quite negative influence in China - although both he and his club in China were not completely innocent.

If you don't mind me being completely honest, all names you have mentioned will not get any offers from the clubs in the super league in China. In the second division, maybe - But I doubt it.

I think Xia will be somewhere between Type 2 and Type 5, depending on how rich he is and if Villa can return back to PL asap (in 1st attempt). The longer it takes Villa to return back to PL, the less financial confidence and beliefs Xia may have on Villa. PS: There is no news at all about him wanting to buy a club in China. No one wants to sell Super league clubs at the moment - perhaps he can buy a club in the 2nd division and build up from that. It is highly possible that Xia is aiming to buy a club in India - for his business development in India.

4 points to get the one lad below (on the left) will see a guaranteed pay-off. Arguably the best Chinese player now (24 yo) Of course the other two would do too!

Not if the player has played in the top league in EU for a few years, or the transfer fee is over 10M. IMO, (ofc I am a little biased), an investment on Zhang will see huge profit (after Villa returns back to PL). But in Zhang's case it is difficult to sell him back to China with premium transfer fee. His father is a millionaire, who has said a few times in front of media that his son will not return back to Chinese super league because of money in the near future.

Nice to see you have mentioned Zhang. He is indeed a very talented player. I watched 10+ Vitesse's games in the last few months - Compared to Chelsea's top youth scorer Dominic Solanke, Zhang is as good, maybe even better.

more and more news coming out in the last couple of hours, all pointing to RDM as the manager for Villa next seaon. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3611434/Roberto-Di-Matteo-inching-closer-named-Aston-Villa-manager.html http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-manager-latest-update-11391988 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/roberto-di-matteo-set-aston-8059781 http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/26/roberto-di-matteo-on-the-verge-of-being-appointed-aston-villa-manager-5907335/ Sounds like the deal almost done to me

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/26/roberto-di-matteo-on-brink-of-being-appointed-aston-villa-manage/

Xia: How about a free season ticket and free beer at VP? Clippit: hmmmm... let me think

Thanks, Gary. Will watch it, albeit a very old one - 1989. Will post the link to chinese fan site and I am sure some translation groups will be interested in working on that, once the take over is approved by FA. It would make a lot sense if Villa can make use things like AVTV or online streaming websites in the first season, as there is very little coverage about English Championships football in China.

Hey guys, just noticed AVFC has its only TV Channel (or more like a video platform?). Has this TV channel had any documentaries about the history of Villa (I mean the whole history- ups and downs, rather than just the highlights), the legends in the club history etc... PS: there seems to one on youtube that BBC made in 1989. Any latest ones?

OK, then. SAF it is.

Interestingly, they are both in China now. They were almost sacked by clubs a few weeks ago. Now their are safer now after a few wins. How about Marcelo Lippi then? who also has had direct link with China and Chinese owners

Ahha, I think I found where all information that has been questioned in the last week came from. There is a link in the webpage (S3) to Recon Chinese website. http://www.reconig.com/htm/11.htm The last paragraph, first few sentences: 关于联合睿康集团（RECON）：是一家业务遍布全球的智慧经济产业及资本运营集团，集团旗下包括智慧城市、智能制造和装备、健康农业、智慧物流及新能源交通、智慧旅游及金融投资6大完整产业平台，22个独立品牌及百余家独立运营企业。通过控股中国A股及海外五家上市公司及参股十余家产业生态链相关上市公司，资产规模超过1000亿，业务覆盖中国500个城市和1/3以上的城市人口..... Let me try my best to translate accurately: About RECON: it is a capital-running group that focuses on smart economy industry and has business across the globe. The group include: Smart City, Smart manufacturing and equipment, Healthy Agriculture, Smart Logistics and new energy transport, Smart Tourism, as well as financial investment which are our 6 main and complete product platforms; 22 standalone brands and over 100 standalone companies. THROUGH STAKE HOLDINGS, it controls 5 listed company in China and overseas and participates (in stakeholding) in more than 10 listed companies. The group has more than 100 billion CNY (approx. 10 billion GBP), and our business covers 500 cities and over 1/3 population in China, So, RECON indeed claimed that they have 5 listed companies. There seems to be incorrect information that Forbes has published a few days ago I checked some information on Chinese Stock Market, I am convinced that at least two listed companies in China are controlled by Xia, which are 000662 (in Shenzhen Market) and 600186 (Lotus health, in Shanghai market). However Forbes claimed Xia is only in control of 1, which is 600186. Something is wrong, but whom is wrong remains to be seen....

What you said in my opinion, quite rightly, applies to subjects that involve more communication, as traditionally classified as 'soft science'. However, in 'hard science' such as Maths, Physics and Chemistry, writing skills are more important (for scientific publication purpose).

Too late to make it up, mate. I hate you.

We need to take into account the fact that the degree he did in the US is a research degree. I got my PhD in an English-speaking country too, and I know writting skills are more important than how well you speak English.

Or to make it even easier, it has almost the identical pronounciation as 'Xa' of 'Xavier' (ex Barca player) or 'Xabi' (current Bayern Munich player) in Spanish. Sh-ee-a (one sound) with fourth tone (sound always going down)

Yes, but don't have a break in between. It is one sound (instead of two), if that makes sense.

If you guys are interested, check this out: An almost accurate pronounciation, but the '/Ts/' sound at the beginning should really be weakened to almost like 'Sh' (, like Shhhh (asking someone to be quiet)... which is 'X' in Mandarin's Roman letter rules).

Depending on what tone the 'SHA' was pronounced though. But mostly likely to be either Mr. 'Stupid' or Mr. 'Killer' - neither sounds good. The Sky reporter made his name sound like Mr. Zi, a sound in Chinese we used to mimic how the mouse/rats 'speak'. No good. The CNN journalist pronounciate his name very well though (in the most recent interview done in Beijing) - but his attitude as a journalist is very annoying. Xia's English certainly needs to be improved, but IMHO, if the journalists can't even pronouciate the interviewee's name correctly, what can we expect from the interview?