It takes 20 seconds to type that you know... Not anymore Interesting theory (which I wish was true also for those who sack coaches after few results, and in general those who have power in football) but how do the changes a coach makes ultimately matter (for the fans, especially) if not by doing well in the competitions\matches you're tasked? Genuine question.
True but like I said they recently went to Portugal and got a 1-0 win, a team which is in the Euro's and has a great history. They are no mugs, they had a lot of the ball, Japan were just too strong for them.
There's a correlation between internet use and libido I heard (I feel it). Either way the argument was so ridiculous that, eh.
I like at how we make a certain vertical pass today, one moment when Yoshida was being pressed, and his body angle is at disadvantage, he still manage to make a pass that resulting in our counter attack, not simply make some no-nonsense clearence, that's improvement, i'm happy that we didn't concedes possession that easily in those condition. And they also used half-space efficiently. But still one or two lousy defending that need to be adressed quickly. BIH are certainly tougher opponents, but their team are not that cohesive anyway, but still Pjanic is a great Footballers, so... Yes, but, a certain Italia and Croatia who did managed to qualify for euros didn't manage o tore Bulgaria apart like we did today. Sure, jetlag or certain impending sunbathing maybe did have a certain impact, but surely, they are not that bad as you suggesting though.
Don't know, I don't see any correlation apart from the fact that one can't have sex in a office but I can have internet haha. The argument was ridiculous, which is why I had fun posting in rhymes instead of pointing it out directly. Has Vahid said anything post-match? I had to cut after the last goal Ah, so like Zac with the 3-4-3. Guess both experiments failed lol
Being jet lagged is a key factor, about Italy struggling with Bulgaria you are right, but that is not a surprise to me; we always struggle against mediocre teams when we faced them in the beginning of the season, cause the players are rusty. Bulgaria can give you trouble in their homeland, not when they play away...expecially playing in Japan.
great, we used up all our goals again... And as mentioned, Eiji made another PK stop to disguise the 2 easy ones he let in.
I'm not sure, you often see huge scorelines like 7-1. 6-1 etc. For example the South Korea Spain match the other day,a consolation goal making it 6-1. The second goal was scored when Japan's team was completely changed and it was poor defending by the substitute Endo.
Yes, South Korea been raped by Spain is certainly mainly because they were being jet lagged. If they didn't, they should've not been beaten by such an embarassing score, because surely they're not that bad, no? Yes, maybe i'm just being greedy, afterall. But there's definitely room for improvement. Their pressing is still inconsistant that lead to some easy diagonal switch that luckily were badly executed by the Bulgarians.
Haha, yes, certain things happened when we outplayed the Dutch in a neutral place and beaten Belgium away from home in a Mondiali 2014 prep. But fingers crossed that it does end well this time. Hey, it's just Bulgaria, afterall. We shouldn't dwelling with some overjoyment just because of this.
No reason to be worried until the world cup comes anyway. Even the next qualifiers are, sadly, not a big indicator (unless we 7-2 everyone haha), especially given the low quality of the opponents, compared to the world cup. And at the same time, even a bad performance prior to it wouldn't necessarily reflect on the world cup itself (Costa Rica didn't exactly look too good before...) At the moment I'd just like to see how the team will evolve in the next 2 years even though sadly there's no Conf. Cup to play. Hope the JFA starts scheduling "big" friendlies soon =)
Spain vs South Korea did indeed turn ugly for the koreans, but has to be said that the 1 a 0 was a superb freekick by David Silva and the 2 a 0 an embarassing mistake,everything in a few minutes. I bet that if Japan, Iran and other asian powers would have come to play european top national teams in europe...the result would be very, very similar to the korean one.
Aside from Spain, since I've never seen the two play, I think Japan is capable of beating any team in the world, aside from Brazil, who I think they have a mental weakness against and just get overpowered. But the problem is belief and being mentally strong, these top teams have over 100 years of history and depth, Japan have been playing catch up since they took things seriously in the 1990's but boy are they catching up fast.
The Spain result came down to that goalkeeper being rubbish. Once again, you keep pushing this narrative of Asian teams being utterly inept and hapless to European opposition, when that is simply not the case. As for me, Japan's 7-2 drubbing is really of very little significance, and I suggest you don't give friendly results so much weight.
France - Japan 0-1 Netherlands - Japan 2-2 Belgium - Japan 2-3 all played in their nations So no, not necessarily. Japan seems to do better against European sides than South americans maybe that's a stretch, but I can agree that the potential for an upset is there when everything clicks, I'm thinking about the infamous match against Italy.
The result in France was impressive, as the other two... when did Japan played them? Recently netherlands is not a top team, while Belgium its just a potential big team. To me, in europe, the big teams are Germany, Spain and France.
They were played at the end of 2013, just a bit before the last world cup. Ned wasn't a shitty as now yet Btw, nobody has mentioned that Honda was missing today... he's always been fundamental but I wonder. Good old 4-2-3-1 lookin' good so as usual if Kagawa plays he has to be moved somewhere else