He was super today... My MOTM.. Made all those intelligent runs.. hit the post...Attacked.. Defended wel..
PARK-A true unsung hero
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Absolutely amazing.
I don't like to see him confined to the wings because he is so much better when he has the freedom to roam. He showed great desire, movement and threat in the final third and was right up there with our best performers tonight.
I don't like to see him confined to the wings because he is so much better when he has the freedom to roam. He showed great desire, movement and threat in the final third and was right up there with our best performers tonight.
Excellent today.
Another player coming into form. We need you too Park, one of his best games in a while!
@ Allforone.
Erm why? he was very good today, dosnt change the fact he was very poor against Wolves midweek.
@ Addis...Finally, so refreshing to see a good display from him. Brave in the tackle but more importantly very useful going forward... he might not be a goal threat for the most part but when he is carrying the ball like that and his passing is accurate, then he is very useful. Back to basics, but a good display.
we have 20 pages of singing his praise...he can no longer be considered an unsung hero, Ji Sung Hero.
Finally stepped up for the first time this season. He was fantastic in the first half, probably the best player on the field. Not quite so good in the second, but still a vast improvement over his previous efforts this season.
just goes to show what getting match time can do for players.
very good today.
very good today.
was brilliant for an hour today, looked a real danger through the middle and was unlucky to hit the post
my MOTM
my MOTM
I thought he was our best attacker today, easily his best performance of the season.
He's done well today. Thing is, he did most of his good work through the center, because that's probably where the attirubtes he does have - which do not really match those you need from a winger - shine through. So that's the problem for us facing a Valencialess season.
Very refreshing to see him trying to thread some through ball to the likes of Hernandez during the game. Even though some didn't come off, but it can be very useful with Hernandez's style of play.
MOM by a country mile today IMO. Absolutely superb performance. He's been poor for most of the season so far but tonight was one of his best games in a red shirt, incisive in attack and his usual busy self tracking back and getting tackles in.
Belongs in a lower table team or Championship ... waiting for pos to come say so.
He has had a poor start but, very good for us if he can continue building on the last 2 performances.
He has had a poor start but, very good for us if he can continue building on the last 2 performances.
Erm why? he was very good today, dosnt change the fact he was very poor against Wolves midweek.
@ Your face!I think Park was out of frog's lung supply until the Carling Cup Wolves' match. Now he is ready to kick-on.
Very good performance indeed
It's good to see him back at his best.
I'm liking him in the central role.
Its no wonder that a couple of his best games have come in that attacking midfield free role mode. Lets cut the bullshit, his crosses and long passes aren't that crash hot, but he's got great movement, ball control, not a bad shot. He plays in that role for South Korea and plays well.
He has an excellent football brain, but a poor physique..
Everytime I have seen him play for South Korea in a free role or just behind the front line, he excels.
Problem is that we can't play him as a winger since he lacks pace or the ability to shrug off a challenge..very weak when it comes to upper body strength..
I would love to see him play for us more in the center, after Scholes, Giggs, Berbatov and Rooney, I reckon he has the best eye for a pass...i.e
again, that's EYE for a pass, not necessarily the ability to deliver it!
Scholes, Giggs, Berbatov, Carrick and Fletcher are better passers than him,
but Park actually is a very creative player, we just don't see it cause he has not played much in the center for us..
Everytime I have seen him play for South Korea in a free role or just behind the front line, he excels.
Problem is that we can't play him as a winger since he lacks pace or the ability to shrug off a challenge..very weak when it comes to upper body strength..
I would love to see him play for us more in the center, after Scholes, Giggs, Berbatov and Rooney, I reckon he has the best eye for a pass...i.e
again, that's EYE for a pass, not necessarily the ability to deliver it!
Scholes, Giggs, Berbatov, Carrick and Fletcher are better passers than him,
but Park actually is a very creative player, we just don't see it cause he has not played much in the center for us..
Park plays the Tevez role effectively. Second attacker who harasses the opposition defence into losing possession and letting United counter-attack.
Just to mentioned, re-watched the game, Park made no crosses at all with his left foot.
Certainly his best position isn't LW but is playing there as Nani has been excellent on the Right.
The thing is, he never found his footing for the latter quarter half of the season... Then he pops up and does the damage from mainly drifting to the center.
Park is a LW who is good at drifting in the center and roaming... which I think suits him because he has the stamina and pace to track back. He should play Leftwing but should be allowed to drift in the center as much as possible for me.
Good job Park... Best Asian player ever.
Certainly his best position isn't LW but is playing there as Nani has been excellent on the Right.
The thing is, he never found his footing for the latter quarter half of the season... Then he pops up and does the damage from mainly drifting to the center.
Park is a LW who is good at drifting in the center and roaming... which I think suits him because he has the stamina and pace to track back. He should play Leftwing but should be allowed to drift in the center as much as possible for me.
Good job Park... Best Asian player ever.
I wouldn't say an "unsung" hero
but a Ji Sung hero
but a Ji Sung hero
I wouldn't say an "unsung" hero
but a Ji Sung hero
AHEM
I'm sure it's been done a couple of times in the previous 20 pages too...but no way are you stealing my thunder in the same page
oh well - it amused me for all of 15 mins
I wouldn't say an "unsung" hero
but a Ji Sung hero
Am I missing something or are you folks making a pun on a pun on a pun, thereby not only completely missing the point of the original pun on the pun, but also negating that original pun by returning to the source of that pun but without the irony and therefore without the humor.
He was our main goal threat first half!
They couldn't cope with his movement at all, he was popping up in unorthodox positions all over the pitch. Hopefully he can maintain this form as we need him to produce with the absence of Valencia for most of the season.
remember seeing him tear AC Milan to shreds in that role when he was at PSV
I thought yesterday was one of his best ever performances for United. By his own admission, his form wasn't great at the start of the season but if he can keep that kind of performance level up, we'll be pretty sorted this season.
you lost me there mate - I just thought I was being incredibly witty until it was pointed out that the same line had probably been trotted out 738 times previously
Also scored in the Semi 2005 against Ac I believe even though they still got knocked out. Amazing guy who deserves a lot of plaudits and I know a lot of people that appreciate his work rate who don't support united. Keep it up Park.
Time for Park to seek a central role
By John Duerden
November 1, 2010
Sitting close to Park Ji-Sung and getting a look at his legs, in a professional way of course, provides a stark reminder of what footballers go through: stud marks, scars, bumps and who-knows-what else pepper the leggy landscape like the surface of the moon.
Park Ji-sung: Despite his impressive work-rate the midfielder has not become a key player
It is a wonder how he walks but instead these appendages are the physical manifestations of an energy and stamina that earned him the nickname 'Three Lung Park' in Manchester and 'The Oxygen Tank' back in his homeland - monikers meant in good faith but ones that narrowly define and simplify the qualities that the Korean has. If you're lucky (or perhaps not) you can catch a glimpse of his mangled feet. As everyone in Korea knows, these are 'flat', a condition that didn't stop him springing into the arms of Korea coach Guus Hiddink after his well-taken goal against Portugal at the 2002 World Cup.
It was an embrace that took the player to Europe, PSV Eindhoven and cheesy instant noodle TV commercials before it was broken by the call of Manchester United in the summer of 2005. In England, Park has won trophies and achieved success that no Asian player has experienced before - three Premier League medals, Carling Cups, World Club Cups, an appearance in the UEFA Champions League final in 2009 and a pivotal role in United's march to Moscow in 2008.
I should declare that I like Park. From Kyoto 2000 to Manchester 2010, he has remained down-to-earth and generous with his time. After every game in South Africa in June, where the player became the only Asian to score at three separate World Cups, he talked at length to the legions of Korean journalists before patiently answering question after question from the English-speaking media.
As an ambassador for Asian football, he has been perfect. The fact that he has yet to be recognized for this by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - the Player of the Year prize only goes to those who go to the ceremony in Kuala Lumpur - says more about the system than the star (though as the award comes with an offer of a trial with Chelsea, it could be slightly awkward). Recently when I put it to AFC chief Mohamed Bin Hammam that there should at least be a separate prize to honour the likes of Park, he answered that it was a good idea.
The diplomatic Qatari is a fan of Park and there are many more in England. Bryan Robson, one of Manchester United's best-ever midfielders told Soccernet in September, "He's a top player and such an intelligent footballer. Sir Alex likes him a lot and he takes on whatever role he is asked to do for the team and does it very well. He works ever so hard and he has obviously got a lot of natural talent. He's a real players' player." Arsene Wenger agreed, though perhaps through slightly gritted teeth after Park's vital goal against Arsenal in the semi-final of the 2009 UEFA Champions League: "He's a very hardworking player who sacrifices for the team but as well has good skill and scores important goals, unfortunately, against us. I'm convinced by his quality."
Maybe now though, it is time to move on for the player who looks to have done pretty much all there is to do at the club. He has proved the doubters wrong, such as Hiddink, who said he shouldn't go for football reasons (though as coach of PSV at the time, the Dutchman had a vested interest), and the cynics, who said he was going for non-football reasons. The one thing he hasn't managed - though he has come close at times - is to become a member of the team's strongest XI on a consistent basis. This season has seen just two Premier League starts.
Last weekend's performance against Tottenham may have been his best of the current campaign, as the player has admitted that he has not been in great form of late, but none would be surprised if Park plays no part against Bursaspor on Tuesday. The ultimate example, and one still not forgotten or quite forgiven in Korea, came in the knockout stages of the 2008 Champions League when Park's reward for fine displays in the quarter and semi-finals was a complete omission from the squad for the main match in Moscow.
There is no doubt that Park still has a part to play at Old Trafford if he wishes but it is one as a squad player and after more than five years, pastures new would offer more time on the green stuff. Leaving a huge club like Manchester United is not an easy thing to do and Park has publicly and recently said that he has no wish to do so. In this he has the backing of the vast majority back home. Not only are fans in Korea are delighted to see their compatriot in the famous red shirt but before the game against Argentina in Soccer City in June, journalists too spoke of the pride they still feel when they see 'Manchester United' among the clubs on the Korean side of official FIFA team sheets.
But sometimes you have to let go and, were the player to do so in search of a regular starting spot, there would be no shortage of offers. For disappointed fans in the east there is no shortage of successors either with a new generation of Korean and Asian players making the transition to European football more quickly and smootly than their predecessors, Park included, ever did. As well as the likes of Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa making headlines, Lee Chung-Yong has established himself as a crucial part of the attack at Bolton Wanderers and is likely to be on the move at the end of the season. While Park was hitting the post against Spurs - his lack of goals has been an Achilles' heel in England - highly-rated teenager Son Heung-Min marked his Bundesliga debut for SV Hamburg with a fine finish, one not a million miles away from the famous Portugal strike in 2002.
Next summer will mark the ninth anniversary of that goal, and it will be time to swap the rigours of rotation for the rewards of regular football. As lumpy as his legs may be, you know that Park Ji-Sung can handle it.
John Duerden: Time for Park to seek a central role - Global - ESPN Soccernet
By John Duerden
November 1, 2010
Sitting close to Park Ji-Sung and getting a look at his legs, in a professional way of course, provides a stark reminder of what footballers go through: stud marks, scars, bumps and who-knows-what else pepper the leggy landscape like the surface of the moon.
Park Ji-sung: Despite his impressive work-rate the midfielder has not become a key player
It is a wonder how he walks but instead these appendages are the physical manifestations of an energy and stamina that earned him the nickname 'Three Lung Park' in Manchester and 'The Oxygen Tank' back in his homeland - monikers meant in good faith but ones that narrowly define and simplify the qualities that the Korean has. If you're lucky (or perhaps not) you can catch a glimpse of his mangled feet. As everyone in Korea knows, these are 'flat', a condition that didn't stop him springing into the arms of Korea coach Guus Hiddink after his well-taken goal against Portugal at the 2002 World Cup.
It was an embrace that took the player to Europe, PSV Eindhoven and cheesy instant noodle TV commercials before it was broken by the call of Manchester United in the summer of 2005. In England, Park has won trophies and achieved success that no Asian player has experienced before - three Premier League medals, Carling Cups, World Club Cups, an appearance in the UEFA Champions League final in 2009 and a pivotal role in United's march to Moscow in 2008.
I should declare that I like Park. From Kyoto 2000 to Manchester 2010, he has remained down-to-earth and generous with his time. After every game in South Africa in June, where the player became the only Asian to score at three separate World Cups, he talked at length to the legions of Korean journalists before patiently answering question after question from the English-speaking media.
As an ambassador for Asian football, he has been perfect. The fact that he has yet to be recognized for this by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - the Player of the Year prize only goes to those who go to the ceremony in Kuala Lumpur - says more about the system than the star (though as the award comes with an offer of a trial with Chelsea, it could be slightly awkward). Recently when I put it to AFC chief Mohamed Bin Hammam that there should at least be a separate prize to honour the likes of Park, he answered that it was a good idea.
The diplomatic Qatari is a fan of Park and there are many more in England. Bryan Robson, one of Manchester United's best-ever midfielders told Soccernet in September, "He's a top player and such an intelligent footballer. Sir Alex likes him a lot and he takes on whatever role he is asked to do for the team and does it very well. He works ever so hard and he has obviously got a lot of natural talent. He's a real players' player." Arsene Wenger agreed, though perhaps through slightly gritted teeth after Park's vital goal against Arsenal in the semi-final of the 2009 UEFA Champions League: "He's a very hardworking player who sacrifices for the team but as well has good skill and scores important goals, unfortunately, against us. I'm convinced by his quality."
Maybe now though, it is time to move on for the player who looks to have done pretty much all there is to do at the club. He has proved the doubters wrong, such as Hiddink, who said he shouldn't go for football reasons (though as coach of PSV at the time, the Dutchman had a vested interest), and the cynics, who said he was going for non-football reasons. The one thing he hasn't managed - though he has come close at times - is to become a member of the team's strongest XI on a consistent basis. This season has seen just two Premier League starts.
Last weekend's performance against Tottenham may have been his best of the current campaign, as the player has admitted that he has not been in great form of late, but none would be surprised if Park plays no part against Bursaspor on Tuesday. The ultimate example, and one still not forgotten or quite forgiven in Korea, came in the knockout stages of the 2008 Champions League when Park's reward for fine displays in the quarter and semi-finals was a complete omission from the squad for the main match in Moscow.
There is no doubt that Park still has a part to play at Old Trafford if he wishes but it is one as a squad player and after more than five years, pastures new would offer more time on the green stuff. Leaving a huge club like Manchester United is not an easy thing to do and Park has publicly and recently said that he has no wish to do so. In this he has the backing of the vast majority back home. Not only are fans in Korea are delighted to see their compatriot in the famous red shirt but before the game against Argentina in Soccer City in June, journalists too spoke of the pride they still feel when they see 'Manchester United' among the clubs on the Korean side of official FIFA team sheets.
But sometimes you have to let go and, were the player to do so in search of a regular starting spot, there would be no shortage of offers. For disappointed fans in the east there is no shortage of successors either with a new generation of Korean and Asian players making the transition to European football more quickly and smootly than their predecessors, Park included, ever did. As well as the likes of Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa making headlines, Lee Chung-Yong has established himself as a crucial part of the attack at Bolton Wanderers and is likely to be on the move at the end of the season. While Park was hitting the post against Spurs - his lack of goals has been an Achilles' heel in England - highly-rated teenager Son Heung-Min marked his Bundesliga debut for SV Hamburg with a fine finish, one not a million miles away from the famous Portugal strike in 2002.
Next summer will mark the ninth anniversary of that goal, and it will be time to swap the rigours of rotation for the rewards of regular football. As lumpy as his legs may be, you know that Park Ji-Sung can handle it.
John Duerden: Time for Park to seek a central role - Global - ESPN Soccernet
Yeah or he could stay here.
I lost myself. But it was an honest question: isn't the point of the thread title a pun on his name, so if you make a play on the thread title- Oh God, it's happening again.
Just Googled/watched that on YouTube. Pretty nifty. And he's quite young, too. Seventeen, they say.
No Ruud sightings:
He is a decent winger who keeps getting lucky and win first team chances. First it was due to Nani's immaturity now its due to Valencia's and Giggs injury. I like Park but lets face it, he's full of contradictions. He is hardworking but he is not strong, he has great positioning but he is not a scorer and he is fast but he lacks dribbling skills. With much more natural talented players coming from the ranks (I wont rule out another signing in that area either) I wont be surprised if he is either given a new role or (unfortunately) end up sold.