Official 2020 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

The short answer is no in my opinion. Here is the long answer.

I think while Nadeshiko play a 4-4-2 it will always be tough for her to find a place in a Nadeshiko squad. She is quite versatile and can play on the wing, but really she plays as a support striker or as an advanced midfielder for JEF, which pits her against - re the national team - Tanaka, Ueki, Endo, Sugasawa, Kobayashi and Momiki. I have left out Hasegawa and Iwabuchi because I believe they are automatic starters when fit.

If they did look at her I think she would only have a genuine chance of making the squad as a kind of utility player, because she is incredibly versatile. Maybe they would consider her for midfield, but the system would have to change to a three woman midfield. I think she could be very effective alongside Sugita and one other midfielder (Naomoto?), but I can't see it changing anytime soon.

I like her because she works so hard off the ball, which would make her really useful defensively in central midfield against stronger opponents when applying geggenpressing. She does get a bit carried away sometimes like today where the coach could be heard screaming at her to stop pressing so much and calm down.

But she is very good on the ball and makes very few mistakes when she has it, which is no easy feet playing for JEF. Although she is short, she is very strong and keeps her feet very well.

Of course I am merely speculating here and I don't know who Takakura might pick, but despite liking Narumiya very much (probably my favourite player in the league now with Miki Itou) I doubt she will get called up for an international any time soon. I would very much like to be wrong just to see how she would go.

But first she needs to get called up to a Nadeshiko challenge camp again. The last time she was called up was in 2018 with YOKO!

The midfield situation for me has not really been settled and the postponement of the Olympics has made it even more of a problem in my opinion.

 

Today's result:

Nadeshiko League
Albi (Nagasawa, Sonoda Mizuki) 2-0 Ehime
Jef (Narumiya 2) 2-1 Inac (Tanaka)

Nadeshiko League 2
Yamato (Enokidani) 1-1 Setagaya (Horie)
Jumonji (Segi, Kojima, Simamura) 3-0 Nittaidai
Nippatsu (GonNo, Takahashi) 2-0 Chifure
Nagano (Ohkubo) 1-2 Orca (Nakajima 2)
Harima 0-0 Bunnys

 

Yokoyama is Spirit best player up front, but with little support given she is wasting her time in this club imo. Last match proved as much - she often was in good position on point of attack, waiting for a pass that never came. I expect she will be moved back to midfield role of assist maker again very quickly. Only benefit so far is that she gets minutes playing in the league but it may yet prove not enough to made Olympic roster...

 

1. Hasegawa
2. Narumiya second
3. Sonoda

 

I made a mistake.
2. Narumiys second - 2. Narumiya first

 

3 Points - Narumiya 1st vs. Inac
2 Points - Hasegawa vs. Iga
1 Point - Narumiya 2nd vs. Inac

 

Narumiya 1............3pts
Narumiya 2............2pts
Hasegawa.............1pt

 

Goal of the week contest.

Choose three best goals from each round and award it with points:

the best - 3pts
2nd best - 2pts
3rd best - 1pts

11th round highlights (12th round schedule)

My pick:

Hasegawa vs. Iga FC.... 3pts
Hamada vs. Nojima....... 2 pts
Narumiya (2) vs. INAC... 1pt



Current standings:

Hasegawa............11 pts
Narumiya (1)........11 pts
Narumiya (2).........5 pts
Hamada.................2 pts
Sonoda..................1 pt



voted by: blissett, unepommekun, KAPIJXM, Manchester Nadeshiko, Lechus7

 

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Being on a mission to restart every player's thread in the Women's Fans forum, I found this one with a gr8 video, and I have a question for you, yes, you...

Miho Fukumoto - World-Class Goalkeeper
www.bigsoccer.com/threads/miho-fukumoto-world-class-goalkeeper.1474102
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Hasegawa............3pts
Hamada................2pts
Sonoda..................1pt

 

I think she was at her peak, but I can't say is better than my favorite

 

Yes, I heard about the great World Cup Fandom Coincidence of '011.
Certainly not meaning to exclude anyone - Fukumoto also had some career highlights after that year in tournament- and medal-winning teams, didn't she?

Hope Solo? Well, she's good, but she said very rude things to interviewers and to the police after various defeats/arrest, may lose a few points for that.

...Or do you mean Kaihori?
Two world-class goalies in one team is not a bad number!

 

See you in court = )

 

Another interesting interview with Kikuko Okajima on WE League

"One of the characteristics of the WE League is that it sets a "minimum annual salary for professional contracts" (the J League does not have a minimum annual salary). The minimum annual salary is 2.7 million yen. The amount is based on the starting salary of college graduates."

- that last sentence carries a lot of weight as it does picture women pro-football as viable career path for girls to their parents, family and society as a whole.

 

Of course Kaihori, I can't stand Solo just for that you said. Ayumi had some blunders in her career (some because of sight problems, I must say), but in general she appeared when she was needed.

 

Apologies, I've been so busy bumping unpopular threads. (I had been going to vote in that one tiebreaker week, but the consequences would have been far too hilarious.)
Haven't seen the current standings, so this is just blind guesswork...

1. Hasegawa (Beleza)
2. Narumiya's first one (Jef)
3. Hamada (Mynavi)

 

Tomorrow's games:

Nadeshiko League
Nojima vs Beleza 13:00
Urawa vs Jef 14:00

Nadeshiko League 2
Bunnys vs Yamato 13:00
Jumonji vs Harima 14:00
Setagaya vs Nagano 14:00