About Chungy

[BlueWanderer]

Before I begin, I registered just now. I'm a Korean fan of the Wanderers,and also Chungy.
I can surely say I will still cheer for Bolton even if chungy leaves the team.
However, I'm not here to blame on Miller, but I wanna hear honest opinions about Chungy from the locan fans. Frankly, I think the loss of Chungy will bring a quite difference to the play.
Korean Bolton fans often says that Chungy changed the playing style of Bolton from long ball
to a compact style. Maybe we are overestimating him just because he's Korean.
Anyways, after goofing around in the forum, I got the feeling that local fans don't take loss of Chungy as serious as the Korean fans. Is it because he's a player from Asia? Or is this just the feeling of a newcomer?

[seanworth]

I rate Chungy very highly but for much of last season we did not see the best out of him partly because of the Asian Cup, and simply largely due to his extensive National team commitments, fatigue. Our best midfielder last season was Holden by a long ways. When both he and then M Davies got injured the midfield fell apart and Chungy was unable to help that in anyway. Right now our biggest priority is a striker or two as the midfield has more depth than last season. Chungy is a big loss but I doubt his loss is the one that will make the difference between Bolton having a good season and a clunker. If Petrov keeps up his pre season form, Holden is able to come back and contribute, and our new signings of Pratley, Reo Coker and Eagles live up even close to expectations we should be o.k. in that department. Of course we would have been better if Chungy hadn't gotten that injury. Let's see if we get someone on loan more likely a strker who can also play out wide.

[Tombwfc]

It's probably because if we took it as seriously as Korean fans seem too, we'd all have killed ourselves by now. Two weeks before the start of the season is too early to start getting despondant.

I do think it's a huge blow though, as Lee is one of two players I'd consider good enough to play for a top four side. I thought it was a large ask to expect Eagles to come in as a bit-part player and not completely out of his depth, it's now a massive one to expect him to come anywhere close to replacing Lee.

[jimbo_bwfc]

Chung is VERY highly rated and well liked by, I think it's fair to say, all Bolton fans.

It's perhaps the English football fan's mentality that's different. We've lost him for a year now, so we move on and look for the best and hope other players can take his place.

It was the same when Stuart Holden got injured, rather than mourn and lament the loss, we had to move on and accept he was out of action.

[Choppers]

I think almost every Bolton fan will be devastated by losing Chung-Yong for 9 months. I'm personally just praying he comes back the same player, because for a change, that really will be like signing a new player.

[Armchair Wanderer]

Not that many English players play overseas, but it might have been similar when David Beckham played at Real Madrid / LA Galaxy. When the team loses it's because he was only on the bench. He starts and the team wins and it's because he played.

LCY is definitely one of our better players and is a handful when he plays, but like the others have said, there's nothing we can do to bring him back so we have to look at what we got and make the best of it.

Can anyone imagine what we'd have done last season if we'd have had Chungy, Holden and Sturridge fit and playing for the whole season? That's why this is particularly disappointing. If Klasnic does well or we get a decent striker from somewhere, Holden is coming back soon, Petrov sounds like he's playing well, things were starting seem like they were clicking into place.

[BL3]

I got the feeling that local fans don't take loss of Chungy as serious as the Korean fans. Is it because he's a player from Asia? Or is this just the feeling of a newcomer?

No, it's because we are not scousers, or geordies, otherwise we'd all be stood outside the ground in ill-fitting replica shirts, or proposing a minute's silence and a candlelight vigil. He's broken his leg. Nobody has died.

[thebish]

Not that many English players play overseas,

I can't actually think of any at the moment! there must be some I guess!!

[TANGODANCER]

In answer to your main question.Chungy is tops. He's settled in very well here and has a mate in Park of the red lot which must have helped. He seems to get on with everybody and is very well thought of both by the manager and fans. Wouldn't want to lose him. His injury won't change anything regarding feelings and we all want him back as soon as possible.

[Armchair Wanderer]

Not that many English players play overseas,

I can't actually think of any at the moment! there must be some I guess!!

I think Beckham is still playing for LA Galaxy at 36 (inbetween royal weddings and other celebrity appearances)

[thebish]

Not that many English players play overseas,

I can't actually think of any at the moment! there must be some I guess!!

I think Beckham is still playing for LA Galaxy at 36 (inbetween royal weddings and other celebrity appearances)

ahh - yes - kinda forgotten about him!

[Relentless09]

Players get injured all the time no matter what level of competition it is, its horrible whats happened to Chung but we have to get over it and just hope he as a speedy recovery and comes back the same player

[seanworth]

Robbie Fowler is playing in the Thai Premier League.

[Annoyed Grunt]

I got the feeling that local fans don't take loss of Chungy as serious as the Korean fans. Is it because he's a player from Asia? Or is this just the feeling of a newcomer?

No, it's because we are not geordies, otherwise we'd all be stood outside the ground in ill-fitting replica shirts, or proposing a minute's silence and a candlelight vigil. He's broken his leg. Nobody has died.

Fixed it for you.

[hi there, i'm chris]

Korean Bolton fans often says that Chungy changed the playing style of Bolton from long ball
to a compact style. Maybe we are overestimating him just because he's Korean.

Definitely overestimating him there! We were playing long ball with Chungy in the team for quite a while under Megson. It only changed when Owen Coyle came in.

[BL3]

I got the feeling that local fans don't take loss of Chungy as serious as the Korean fans. Is it because he's a player from Asia? Or is this just the feeling of a newcomer?

No, it's because we are not geordies, otherwise we'd all be stood outside the ground in ill-fitting replica shirts, or proposing a minute's silence and a candlelight vigil. He's broken his leg. Nobody has died.

Fixed it for you.

It didn't need fixing.

[Annoyed Grunt]

I got the feeling that local fans don't take loss of Chungy as serious as the Korean fans. Is it because he's a player from Asia? Or is this just the feeling of a newcomer?

No, it's because we are not geordies, otherwise we'd all be stood outside the ground in ill-fitting replica shirts, or proposing a minute's silence and a candlelight vigil. He's broken his leg. Nobody has died.

Fixed it for you.

It didn't need fixing.

Have only ever seen the geordies do it.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Now now girls

[Worthy4England]

Players get injured all the time no matter what level of competition it is, its horrible whats happened to Chung but we have to get over it and just hope he as a speedy recovery and comes back the same player

I wouldn't mind too much if he came back as a 25 goal a season striker, instead...

[SonsOfThunder]

안녕하세요! 저는 미국 교포 팬입니다.

I personally think it's because you're new and have only come on here to read the reactions to Chungy's injury. If you had been here for a while you would know that everyone here appreciates him. There are one or two other Korean fans that post on here that I'm sure can vouch for that as well.

As others have said, Chungy is great but he isn't a one-man team. I think he was definitely an integral piece of the puzzle in changing up the style of football a bit, and even when all the critics were praising this new style it was still a very effective mix of long and short ball.

And are you guys sure it's an English thing to 'move on?' Here I was all along thinking that it was the Bolton way to be used to devastation and disappointment.