This season, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers' performance is decent, basically the same as last season, after the first 21 rounds, they have 7 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, accumulating 27 points, ranking 7th in the Chinese Super League, and have not yet been completely relegated. However, with the current squad configuration of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, local coach Yu Genwei can deliver such a record, which is already quite good. Therefore, only for the time being, Yu Genwei's coaching ability has been affirmed by the outside world, and his position is quite stable.
However, despite this, there are also debatable points in some of Yu Genwei's employment arrangements this season. For example, snubbing Xie Weijun, the son of Chinese football legend Xie Yuxin.
The numbers speak for themselves. According to statistics, after the first 21 rounds of this season, although Xie Weijun has 18 chances to play, there are few opportunities to start, only a pitiful 5. Xie Weijun is 26 years old this year, is in the golden age of his career, and needs relatively stable playing time to exercise and improve himself, but now in Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, he can not get Yu Genwei's full trust, and can only sit on the bench for a long time, which will be very detrimental to Xie Weijun's career in the long run. Therefore, Xie Weijun's current situation in Tianjin Jinmen Tiger is deeply worrying.
As the son of Xie Yuxin, a famous figure in Chinese football, Xie Weijun has strong genes and his own football talent, which has attracted attention since he was a child. As a striker, he is not only tall and very confrontational, but also fast, powerful and has a super ability to seize opportunities in front of goal. Coupled with his outstanding physical condition, he has become the fulcrum center forward that many Chinese Super League teams dream of.
The data shows that since being promoted to the first team of the Tianjin team in 2018, Xie Weijun has played for the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers for more than 6 seasons, and in the past 6 seasons, Xie Weijun has contributed 16 goals and 6 assists to the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers in the past 139 appearances. Especially in the 2022 season, he ushered in a peak of his career, with 28 appearances, 15 starts, and a total of 7 goals and 2 assists for the team, showing good attacking efficiency.
Due to the fact that there has not been a high-school striker like Xie Weijun in Chinese football for many years, many Chinese fans are very optimistic about Xie Weijun's future, believing that he is the future star of the national football team and can become the leader of the national football team in the future. In fact, both Jankovic and Ivankovic have called him up to the national team. Unfortunately, because it is difficult to get the opportunity to play, Xie Weijun has always been a spectator of the national team. Now, Xie Weijun has so limited playing time in Tianjin Jinmen Tigers that he has no way to show his ability, and I am afraid it will be difficult to get Ivan's favor, so in the upcoming World Preliminary Round of 18, Xie Weijun will most likely be excluded from the national team lineup.
If he has not been able to get consistent playing time in the Tianjin team, Xie Weijun's career may gradually be wasted. Therefore, in order to change his fate as soon as possible, the 26-year-old Xie Weijun must show a better performance to impress Yu Genwei, otherwise, he may not be able to stand out in the Tianjin team. And once Xie Weijun can't play in the Tianjin team, there is no way to talk about playing in the national team.