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Joffa
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Quote:Struggling Japan organise emergency warm-up Reuters - June 6, 2010, 10:49 pm TOKYO, June 6 (Reuters) - Japan have lined up an extra match on the eve of the World Cup to make some late tweaks after an alarming run of form in the build-up to the finals. Japan slumped to their fourth defeat in a row against Ivory Coast last Friday and coach Takeshi Okada has pencilled in a game at their World Cup base before the tournament begins on June 11. "We have asked for a practice game and I think it will be okay," Okada told Japanese reporters before leaving their Swiss training camp for their South African base in George. "We are looking at playing a national side," added Okada, whose Blue Samurai face Cameroon in their Group E opener on June 14. "If that can't happen we will look at some local team." Possible teams Okada will look to play in George include Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and even Madagascar. Japan, who have never won a World Cup game on foreign soil, also play the Netherlands and Denmark in the first round. http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/7354313/struggling-japan-organise-emergency-warmup Probably something we should do as well.
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Gooner4life_8
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you can't really 'tweak' much or judge a players performance against teams like that, maybe angola though
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zimbos_05
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was thinking if australia could this. would be good if they could.....
play zimbabwe:p :p :p :p
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sydneycroatia58
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Gooner4life_8 wrote:you can't really 'tweak' much or judge a players performance against teams like that, maybe angola though I think it's more of a confidence building thing. Okada probably thinks if they can put 4 or 5 past one of these teams than his team can go into their first WC game high in confidence. That's very important to Japan because they are very much a confidence team.
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Heineken
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They should play Rwanda....they'd get thrashed. Japan that is :lol: ;p
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afromanGT
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sydneycroatia58 wrote:Gooner4life_8 wrote:you can't really 'tweak' much or judge a players performance against teams like that, maybe angola though I think it's more of a confidence building thing. Okada probably thinks if they can put 4 or 5 past one of these teams than his team can go into their first WC game high in confidence. That's very important to Japan because they are very much a confidence team. It'll be embarrassing if they play the way they have been and don't wallop them though. Could backfire immensely.
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Diegos Son
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zimbos_05 wrote:was thinking if australia could this. would be good if they could.....
play zimbabwe:p :p :p :p Won't happen, politics will get in the way here, I was surprised Brazil even played them.
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PK75AU
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Diego's Son wrote:zimbos_05 wrote:was thinking if australia could this. would be good if they could.....
play zimbabwe:p :p :p :p Won't happen, politics will get in the way here, I was surprised Brazil even played them. be very interesting to know what was brazil's incentive to play in zimbabwe (of all places!?!?), and WHO provided that incentive :-k
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PK75AU wrote:Diego's Son wrote:zimbos_05 wrote:was thinking if australia could this. would be good if they could.....
play zimbabwe:p :p :p :p Won't happen, politics will get in the way here, I was surprised Brazil even played them. be very interesting to know what was brazil's incentive to play in zimbabwe (of all places!?!?), and WHO provided that incentive :-k It was foreign policy driven.
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socceroossupporter
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I hate you Okada.
I can't believe the so-called experts in Japan are using Honda as a scapegoat for all their losses.
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General Ashnak
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socceroossupporter wrote:I hate you Okada.
I can't believe the so-called experts in Japan are using Honda as a scapegoat for all their losses. Well to blame the coach would not show deference to his obvious age and wisdom ... Edited by General Ashnak: 7/6/2010 01:41:39 PM
The thing about football - the important thing about football - is its not just about football.
- Sir Terry Pratchett in Unseen Academicals
For pro/rel in Australia across the entire pyramid, the removal of artificial impediments to the development of the game and its players.
On sabbatical Youth Coach and formerly part of The Cove FC
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road warrior
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Interestingly Brazil doesn’t seem to play strong teams in friendlies leading up to World Cups:
2002 - won 4-0 against Malaysia
2006 - won 4-0 against New Zealand
2010 - won 3-0 against Zimbabwe, have a game to come against Tanzania
It seems to work for them.
Hope Japan can turn it around.
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zimbos_05
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PK75AU wrote:Diego's Son wrote:zimbos_05 wrote:was thinking if australia could this. would be good if they could.....
play zimbabwe:p :p :p :p Won't happen, politics will get in the way here, I was surprised Brazil even played them. be very interesting to know what was brazil's incentive to play in zimbabwe (of all places!?!?), and WHO provided that incentive :-k because zimbabwe is awesome. brazil were the smart ones here taking up the opportunity to play in such a great country. granted the govt is messed up, but everything else, brilliant. hahaha, ZIFA offered Brazil a 1.5mill us deal to play in zim. Brazil fa accepted and duly obliged. just quickly on the politics note. whats so wrong about playing zimbabwe. there are other countries out there with far worse human rights records and yet countries still play them. whenever zimbabwe gets thrown into the picture, there is a big uproar, but no one gives a shit about israel, north korea, china, iran just to name a few. and zimbabwe is safe. far safer than india, pakistan, some parts of the us, heck some part os australia also.
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