Disco Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Looking forward to seeing Japan to be honest. They've supposedly made fantastic efforts in improving their youth coaching over the last 10 years. Don't follow Asian football much but there progressive performances at the world cup would definitely suggest so and there seems to be a lot more young Japanese lads playing for big western clubs these days. Can only be a good thing really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Looking forward to seeing Japan to be honest. They've supposedly made fantastic efforts in improving their youth coaching over the last 10 years. Don't follow Asian football much but there progressive performances at the world cup would definitely suggest so and there seems to be a lot more young Japanese lads playing for big western clubs these days. Can only be a good thing really. There was a decent article in FourFourTwo (for once) about Youth Coaching around the world, looked at various countries (Germany, England, Spain) one of them was Japan. Well worth the read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Man, Brazil Vs Japan should make for a lush atmosphere in the town tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Hang on. iamalsolookingforwardtoseeingsouthkoreaplaytoo. We're pretty good. Honest. We've basically been keeping the exact same group of kids together and drilled them for the 2009 U-20 World Cup, the 2010 Asian Games, and the 2012 Olympics in succession. They might not be the best players out there but they know each other's movement by heart and will graft their asses off for the team. Lad in my avatar might potentially be starting up front Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Women's #olympicfootball at St James' Park. July 31 Canada v Sweden, France v Colombia. Aug 3, 1/4 final G1 v E3/F3 Canada v Sweden should be epic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Looking forward to seeing Japan to be honest. They've supposedly made fantastic efforts in improving their youth coaching over the last 10 years. Don't follow Asian football much but there progressive performances at the world cup would definitely suggest so and there seems to be a lot more young Japanese lads playing for big western clubs these days. Can only be a good thing really. There was a decent article in FourFourTwo (for once) about Youth Coaching around the world, looked at various countries (Germany, England, Spain) one of them was Japan. Well worth the read. Shall check it out. Thing I admired most from Japan and wether this comes froma youth development structure they've put in place or from the Brazilian influences they've had on the game over there is that they try and play it the 'right way' too. High energy, passing football but not exclusively so. Think I'll probably end up caving in and going to all the blokes football, be interested to see Mexico too. Were impressive in the u17s and iirc they did well at the u20s too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Looking forward to seeing Japan to be honest. They've supposedly made fantastic efforts in improving their youth coaching over the last 10 years. Don't follow Asian football much but there progressive performances at the world cup would definitely suggest so and there seems to be a lot more young Japanese lads playing for big western clubs these days. Can only be a good thing really. There was a decent article in FourFourTwo (for once) about Youth Coaching around the world, looked at various countries (Germany, England, Spain) one of them was Japan. Well worth the read. Shall check it out. Thing I admired most from Japan and wether this comes froma youth development structure they've put in place or from the Brazilian influences they've had on the game over there is that they try and play it the 'right way' too. High energy, passing football but not exclusively so. Think I'll probably end up caving in and going to all the blokes football, be interested to see Mexico too. Yeah, they said that their coaches went all over the world to watch the best teams train and coach. They took all the best ideas and worked them into their own philosophy. Basically, they're aware that they're not the most physically imposing of nations, so they had to develop a football system that would work well for them - basically pass the ball and use their stamina and work ethic to their advantage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Would love to take in the Spain and Brazil games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR15 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Are they going to take down the Sports Direct signs and shit around the ground if these games are live on TV? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 2:30 kick off on a Wednesday? Are they asking for a sparse as fuck crowd? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 We're pretty good. Honest. We've basically been keeping the exact same group of kids together and drilled them for the 2009 U-20 World Cup, the 2010 Asian Games, and the 2012 Olympics in succession. They might not be the best players out there but they know each other's movement by heart and will graft their asses off for the team. This is why GB will more than likely suck. While all the other sides are essentially under-21 sides who have played together in a set system for a good few years we're having to cobble together the best of what is available from 4 different nations (while taking into account those going to the Euros) into a cohesive unit literally weeks before the tournament starts. Not to mention the likely inclusion of a few trophy geriatrics just to make things extra fun. Oh yeah, and Stuart Pearce is the man instrusted to do all this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Sewelly hates Britain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Definitely going to try and get to the Brazil and Spain games as well as the quarter, might even get along to the Mexico v South Korea game too. If you buy tickets for the Spain match, do you get in for the Japan game player later in the day too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Definitely going to try and get to the Brazil and Spain games as well as the quarter, might even get along to the Mexico v South Korea game too. If you buy tickets for the Spain match, do you get in for the Japan game player later in the day too? If you hide in the Bathroom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Looking forward to seeing Neymar at SJP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Definitely going to try and get to the Brazil and Spain games as well as the quarter, might even get along to the Mexico v South Korea game too. If you buy tickets for the Spain match, do you get in for the Japan game player later in the day too? Aye the tickets I got for the 29th are for both games that day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Looking forward to seeing Neymar at SJP Aye, guessing the Brazilian's will have a very strong squad considering they've no other distractions over the summer. Really looking forward to seeing them. Definitely going to try and get to the Brazil and Spain games as well as the quarter, might even get along to the Mexico v South Korea game too. If you buy tickets for the Spain match, do you get in for the Japan game player later in the day too? Aye the tickets I got for the 29th are for both games that day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Canny draw and line up there. Unfortunately though, the draw hasn't been so nice for Team GB. I can see them struggling due to that muppet, Pearce being in charge. Senegal and Uruguay will be massive tests (Crooks must have been high when he said it was an "easy group"). That warm-up game with Brazil will be a sure indicator of where GB will be at, level-wise (though it'll be better if GB can get other friendlies sorted). If Pearce can get the players working as a team then fair play (but judging from his performance in the U21 Championships last year, I'm not so confident). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Am I the only one who would prefer we had British football team rather than the individual countries? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Am I the only one who would prefer we had British football team rather than the individual countries? Probably. I can understand calls for a British Football team for the Olympics but for actual football events (the Euros and the World Cup), individual countries are definitely the way to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I seemed to have missed something here...did S/land not get any olympic matches?.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Nope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I seemed to have missed something here...did S/land not get any olympic matches?.. Yes, mate. The Toon is close enough, they'll claim St James' Park's matches as their own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Am I the only one who would prefer we had British football team rather than the individual countries? Probably. I can understand calls for a British Football team for the Olympics but for actual football events (the Euros and the World Cup), individual countries are definitely the way to go. Out identities are too strong to be represented by the same football team. Slightly different for Geordies maybe as we don't identify with the rest of England as much in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 We don't even celebrate St. George's day. I don't feel any particular identity with England tbh. There's literally 3 things that make me think in terms of England, and it's mostly sports sides filled with wankers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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