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KNT Stock Watch: Challenge Edition

November 4, 2018 Michael Welch 9

The challenge for me is simple: can I get inside head coach Paulo Bento’s head and predict his selections for the November friendlies in Australia? […]

Korean Football Reform: The Asan Crisis

October 25, 2018 Michael Welch 2

When I wrote my original article on how to the reform the military conscription system as it applies to professional footballers, I mentioned that there were […]

KNT Stock Watch: October Friendlies Wrap-up

October 24, 2018 Michael Welch 8

KNT Stock Watch is back! It’s time to look back at the highs of the Uruguay win and the lows of the Panama draw to […]

KNT Stock Watch: Bento’s Second Squad

October 8, 2018 Michael Welch 13

This new Tavern series started from a comment on our recent Patreon post from our Patron Kory Cerjak. If you have an idea for Tavern […]

Pathways for Son Heung-Min to military exemption / conscription

August 8, 2018 Roy Ghim 7

There are two parallel universes involving Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-Min. One will very soon see Son at the prime of his career leave the the […]

K League Data Analysis: A Graphic For Every K1 Club

August 5, 2018 Tim Lee 3

After years of toying around (unsuccessfully) with statistical models for the K League, the greatest thing in the world happened last week. The K League […]

Is Shin Tae-yong another sacrificial lamb?

August 3, 2018 Tim Lee 5

And poof! He’s gone. Well, not really. It was more of a drawn out process feigning faint resemblance of justice. But when putting Scolari on […]

RADIO STARS: National Team Quartet

July 19, 2018 kkim 5

Radio Star, a talk show in Korea, hosted Jo Hyeon-woo, Kim Young-gwon, Lee Yong, and Lee Seung-woo, as they shared their own personal World Cup […]

What Can Korea Learn from French and Croatian Football?

July 19, 2018 Tim Lee 2

It was a World Cup final for the record books. 6 goals, endless drama and two excellent teams going the distance. At the end of […]

The Experts: Final Word on Russia 2018 & The Future of Korean Football

July 13, 2018 Tim Lee 4

After positive reviews from the last session of The Experts (eat your heart out, Optus & Fox, we’ve got a functioning platform AND insightful pundits), […]

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