Official 2014 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

Uh-oh Hello, it's an honor to meet you , the Profe!　
Is it your ex- name? or nick-name?
Anyway, I 'v already understood you were a leader like a prompt and kind mother !
Now I'm reading the past threads.....from 2011.
This is a long long story ...like "Genjimonogatari" or "In search of lost time"
(I like both of them!)

Yes , I think so ,too. Rival barons in their several strongholds....
Moreover, a lot of players are retiring or leaving Iga FC kunoichi.
Nadeshiko.Football‏@Ndsk_Foot
【伊賀FCくノ一】引退・退団選手のお知らせ。http://www.igafc.jp/?p=9386
retirement:山口 絢子 ・佐藤 愛
leave: 堤 早希 ・小林 真規子 ・作元 芙美佳 ・高橋 美春 ・高島 瑠里子 ・鳥谷部 梢 ・冨樫 香織 ・岡本 莉奈

Unbelievable.

 

Well, MERRY CRISTMAS EVERYONE (without exceptions )

 

Here is some team (I think it said Cerezo) in a little "Vine" video with each team member saying "Meri-Chri" to all CLIP Not sure if you have to have a Twitter account for this to play.

Also from Twitter, did our Arsenal pair go back to London - Kinga included?!?
Merry Christmas from everyone at @ArsenalLadies. #ALFC pic.twitter.com/ZgpMBx6T7A

 

Here's the sad Iga press conference - do they give clear reasons? This is the 2nd year in a row that Iga lost key players, although last year they were able to attract as many new as they lost (including Ami Sugita).

Another famous ex-NT player retires HERE - Yayoi of Beleza. She was still on the subs bench a few days ago (by the way, both Yamaguchi and Kiryu came on as subs on Sunday, but Shimada not in the squad).

 

Sola, as a Belle fan, you may like this GK Fuhkomoto VIDEO made by And_G of our forum - the highlights are from 2010 and earlier. Am surprised that it has only 27 views, so I suppose its existence is completely unknown to Japanese Nadeshiko fans.

Edit - for people on Twitter, I am going to tweet that video (possibly to the sub Kaho Fushiki who is the only Belle player with a Twiiter account known to me) so as to wish Miho well on her recovery from injury. Your chance to re-tweet the same wishes.

 

That was a hell of eulogy, Profe. Couldn't have said it any better...

I wish Ms. Yayoi the best in all of her future endeavors.

 

If I did this right, this should be a link: HERE

Also for those here on Twitter, with the help of lechus7 who placed this video on his YT account, this Tweet is intended as a gift to my hometown club (which lost a Cup Final narrowly in 2013). Please provide your international re-tweet if your belly is full this Xmas: THIS

 

That's so weird, I just finished watching that match like a half hour ago. Crazy timing, didn't your hometown club was involved either (not that I would have known anyway). Sadly, I'm not on Twitter, but those girls earned an unlimited amount of respect for that performance, so I'll say that here at least.

 

BTR you actually watched that game?!!!
I was very surprised when i saw it first - I didnt even hear of it live, and had no idea it was on (Nov 2013), much less that it was in the national stadium or on TV. It was thanks to FullBloom that it was still available on the TV site a month later, but was then removed. But eventually a video was found.....
They were out-classed by the Dublin club, but what a fight. Like many countries though, the existenace of a league or cup system hangs by its fingernails. Even this year, one of the Dublin city clubs disapearred. And despite a good campaign, they will not be at the World Cup.

Edit:
OK just for that, and for Xmas, am going to buy you an international email-only membership in Belle for 2015, the same one that I overlooked for you when I visited Belle HQ a few weeks ago.
If Virany reads the board, then I will buy her one too - Virany?
If not her, am sure there must be someone else. I will take care of the payment (via post office, for some reason Japan barely uses credit cards yet).

 

Aww, you're sweet. Thank you, and if I am allowed to speak for Ms. Virany, I'm sure she would be very grateful for the gift as well.

Yeah, when Lech put the match up I was curious, but I never got around to watching it. I'm sitting around doing nothing so I figured why not, and I really really enjoyed it. I remember Caroline Thorpe (who they misnamed in the graphic in interview at the end) saying that at one point Raheny beat Castlebar 9-2, so I think that's a good indication of the class difference before. That said you and she were right, that next time around Castlebar came with everything they had, and it was wonderful to experience. It's my favorite time to watch a match, when the players put every drop of life force into looking for that win, and that's exactly what they did, both clubs.

Things are precarious in a lot of places, like you said, but for what they show, what they are allowed to show when everything falls into place just perfectly, you should, we should all be, incredibly proud of these steps forward.

Maybe not now, but with the talent and heart shown all around the world, the future looks bright. If not for these girls, then for the ones who are inspired by them.

 

Was there not a Christmas Charity match this year?

Some end of the year photos.
Any guesses on who this is?


Has this one been posted here before?

 

I'm terrible with faces, even worse at making out adults from kid pictures, so I have no idea who that is. Knowing me though, it's probably one of my favorite players and I'll feel really dumb for not recognizing her.

Meanwhile, that last picture wasn't posted before, but is that Ms. Blondeside looking all beach sexy?

 

A hint as I am not sure I would call her an "adult" yet. I don't think she has been called to the Senior Nadeshiko yet.

Yes, that is blondeside thanks to potato!!

 

Geez, I have to give a better nickname than "potato", that's just shameful right there.

Okay, I'm playing this game now... not an "adult", so a late teen... hmm, what club does she play for?

 

I never know if potato is her nickname or just a bad Google translation, but it is repeated many times by blondeside.

Yes, the mystery girl is one of the Beleza kids!

 

Oh God damn it! Beleza has all of the freaking kids in the league... I can't ask for position because that would probably be pushing it so... let me think, let me think... *disappears into dark corner*

 

So true, but look closely, the smile is the big giveaway!

 

Oh, 'Basco, you know me so well. You know exactly what I would look at.

Okay, nose, cheeks, and smile... nose, cheeks, and smile... with those as my guides my final answer is...

Momiki NICOLE!!!

Did I get it right?