Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] Shatamura would be a better player if he wasn't playing for Celtic
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] A wee question to satisfy my linguistic curiosity: Does anyone know the respective foreign language abilities (or not) of Japan's overseas contingent ? Or even the Koreans for that matter ? It's well documented that Japan's Major League baseball stars are hopeless at learning English - Nomo being the classic example - but are the footy stars any better? Nakata H is supposed to be fluent in Italian, isn't he ? I heard a brief interview with him on Match of the Day in which he stumbled monosyllabically in English - I was led to believe his English was pretty good.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] Hidetoshi is fluent in Italian, his english is good, not fantastic but good. Shinji Ono is fluent in Dutch, Inamoto struggles a bit with english, Don't know if Takahara speaks fluent in german. Thats all i know about
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] I am glad how Nakamura is warmly accepted by many Celtic fans. I think Celtic Park has one of the best atmoshere in the world. Celtic has many attacking talents, so I am sure they will win Scottish League this season, and expect good performance in Europe next season. I especially like Maloney!
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] I read Nakata's pronunciation of Italian is better than Totti! Though I don't know it is true .
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] the SPL may not be a top league but it certainly does no harm to a players progress. Petrov has been with Celtic since he's 19 and he is now captain of Bulgaria, captained them at Euro 2004. Larsson spent 7 seasons at Celtic and got better every year for Sweden. No player moves to Celtic and harms his international career, if they're playing regularly they only get better. Strachan is one of the best coaches in the world for improving players. He made a £26m profit from selling his own buys in his 5 years at Coventry: Huckerby: £1m -> £5m Evtushok: £800k -> £800k Haworth: £500k -> £600k Soltvedt: £500k -> £300k Lightbourne: £500k -> £450k Johansen: Free -> Free Nilsson: £200k -> Free Boateng: £250k -> £4.5m Moldovan: £3.25m -> £4m Clement: £625k -> 775k Wallemme: £700k -> £500k Jarni: £2.6m -> £3.35m Brightwell: Free -> Free Hall: £300k -> Free Aloisi: £650k -> £1.5m Hadji: £4m -> £4.5m Keane: £6m -> £13m Bellamy: £6m -> £6.5m Hartson: £4m -> £6.5m ------ Total: £25.875m -> £52.275 Profit (in just 5 years): £26.4m
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] To be fair to Nakata, he handled his press conference on signing for Bolton in English and came across as really rather thoughtful, in what one would imagine was potentially a pretty darn stressful situation. Those MOTD interviews are a little bit weird, too, if you don't know how to play that game. The format of them is basically just for the interviewer to make a statement (i.e. not ask a question) and then expect the player / coach / whoever just to roll with it, e.g. "A good win for Bolton today, Hide." Doesn't give much to go on, does it - especially if you're a bit unconfident of your language skills, never mind getting to grips with a new culture. Gamba 2005, how do you get your information about Inamoto?
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] Nomo was hopeless to reporters in English, he's much better than he led on to be. He hates the press so he feigned it.......robert Whiting talks about it in the Meaning of Ichiro.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] So far Matsui has best rating among all players(except GKs) in this season of France League by France Football Magazine. Amazing! http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/stats/Etoiles472.html
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] Another thing about Nakata is that he has a bit of an "attitude", and often gives monosyllabic answers to reporters when he gets the sense that they are asking stupid questions. I have seen him do this in Japanese too. Reporter: Well, your team won the match today, and you scored the winning goal! Nakata "I did?" Reporter: "Uhhh, yes, you did. It was a great goal too. What did you think when you scored it? Nakata: "Go00000oall" etc. Were the questions thoughtful and insightful? If so, then maybe it had something to do with his English. If they were the usual dumb questions, I think maybe he was just playing his usual game of "snub the reporter".
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] No, he's answering the questions as they should be answered. If the reporter wants answers with insight, he should ask open-ended questions that can't be answered in one or two words. I remember learning that back in the day ... high school journalism class, if memory serves.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] By the by, aren't we about due for Japanese Abroad 2005-06 II, Electric Boogaloo [R]?
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] It is actually, amazing. If Zico doesnt take him out for WC 06 Zico cant count his days.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] http://www.cdcastellon.com/asp/web/actualidad.asp?CodNotaPrensa=817 C.D.CASTELLON? I don't know this team at all.....
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] Here's a compilation of Nakamura's first 3 months at Celtic: http://rapidshare.de/files/9191974/Naka_comp.wmv.html I didn't make it, just found it on a Celtic forum. Its more to do with his overall play than his goals and assists. He sets up a load of goals though, most of which aren't in this comp.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] One thing I am not content with him is his (lacking) scoring ability, though he is not a striker. Anyway I think he even deserve starter in Japan NT.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] Thank you. Very nice clip. Though I personally want Nakamura become more aggressive and score goals, he seems to collaborate very well with other Celtic players.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] Roy Keane is aquired by Celtics... How will that affect Nakamura?
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] hopefully it'll make him even better! not sure exactly where keane's going to play but certainly no threat to nakamura's place in the team, he's been possibly our most important player this season. certainly when he doesn't play we're nowhere near as good. even though he seems to play within himself at times, he's just such a good player who never misplaces a pass. I love watching him.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] Not sure where to put this... but ONO Shinji is coming back to URAWA: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/flash/KFullFlash20051215047.html Also Fukuda is transfering to Spain from Mexico: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/flash/KFullFlash20051215051.html
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] If the best midfield is going to be played then Keane, Petrov and Nakamura will all be involved. Its between Lennon and McGeady for the drop. It'll probably be McGeady dropped in the short term and Lennon in the long term unless Strachan plays 3 at the back or 1 up front.
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2005-06 [R] If ture, very disappointed. He is no doubt talented, but Ono is extreemly prone to be injured.