Canada vs Japan - Thursday, November 17th - 8:40am EST / 5:40am Pacific - Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, The United Arab Emirates

[Kadenge]

Unfortunate we can't field our best starting XI (sans Davies), but if Miller is not ready to go vs Japan, hopefully Cornelius starts.  Gotta see what some of the backups can do vs high profile opponents. These injuries during training sessions, Henry & now Staq, are concerning. Hope Staq pulling out of practice is just precautionary

[pod818]

as much as we want to field our full line up against japan, in the end this is a friendly. It would be a shame to see anyone injured 6 days before the World Cup. I'm sure most of these decisions are purely precautionary. Staq has played a ton of minutes recently. Might be good to give him a rest

[tarnado1555362291]

Looks like Macnaughton is involved in the videos from training. Just filling up the numbers for scrimmages I guess?

[Joe MacCarthy]

 

Edited November 17, 2022 by Joe MacCarthy

[Joe MacCarthy]

 

[CanadaFan123]

42 minutes ago, tarnado1555362291 said:

Looks like Macnaughton is involved in the videos from training. Just filling up the numbers for scrimmages I guess?

Probably to fill the numbers for backline as well vs Japan. May not want to rush Miller and probably don’t want to give Vitoria a full 90.

[Shway]

The amount of podcasts, shows, know it alls that have sprung up in the past year….I’m feeling inspired to start my own.

Maybe I’ll get a onesoccer gig.

[Lansdude]

5 minutes ago, Shway said:

The amount of podcasts, shows, know it alls that have sprung up in the past year….I’m feeling inspired to start my own.

Maybe I’ll get a onesoccer gig.

What's funny is that they all basically repeat each other. Right or wrong the level of analysis is superficial and facile.

[Sal333]

58 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

 

I don't know if it's just on my end but the sound cuts out halfway through.

[Lansdude]

2 minutes ago, Sal333 said:

I don't know if it's just on my end but the sound cuts out halfway through.

No, they really did fuck up the sound for 80% of it.

[kacbru]

19 minutes ago, Lansdude said:

What's funny is that they all basically repeat each other. Right or wrong the level of analysis is superficial and facile.

We could collectively do a podcast where we all take turns reading the posts here.  

"Today on Canadian Soccer News, we are going to have a look at what is being posted over in the covid thread."

[GasPed]

38 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

 

Thanks, but overall this is a pretty poor analysis of Japan.  He basically just looks at the guys with lots of caps and says "Look out for xxxx".  He thinks Yoshida is the key to their defense (and he is a big part of it), but then he names Sakai as also key - but Sakai is a fullback.  The real key is their two other CB's - Itakura (Gladbach) and Tomiyasu (Arsenal).

Then he says Minamino is Japan's "goal-scoring machine" but Minamino has hardly played over the last year, and there's a good chance he won't play much in the World Cup either.  I mean, I get that research on other teams isn't easy, but just a little googling on these guys can go a long way towards being semi-informed vs. being basically clueless...

[PiedPilko]

14 minutes ago, GasPed said:

Thanks, but overall this is a pretty poor analysis of Japan.  He basically just looks at the guys with lots of caps and says "Look out for xxxx".  He thinks Yoshida is the key to their defense (and he is a big part of it), but then he names Sakai as also key - but Sakai is a fullback.  The real key is their two other CB's - Itakura (Gladbach) and Tomiyasu (Arsenal).

Then he says Minamino is Japan's "goal-scoring machine" but Minamino has hardly played over the last year, and there's a good chance he won't play much in the World Cup either.  I mean, I get that research on other teams isn't easy, but just a little googling on these guys can go a long way towards being semi-informed vs. being basically clueless...

Yup. I've accepted it's nearly impossible to get a good report on another team from one of your own. Always look for an opponent's journalist.

Edited November 17, 2022 by PiedPilko

[dyslexic nam]

48 minutes ago, Lansdude said:

What's funny is that they all basically repeat each other. Right or wrong the level of analysis is superficial and facile.

I was just skimming the posts, quickly read yours and assumed it was UT (sorry UT). 

[Stryker911]

All I really wa let to see from this game is 90 minutes of Onesoccer working perfectly. No lags, no Japenese feed, no "sorry we are experiencing technical difficulties". We could get blown out and that would still be a win in my books.

[Aird25]

44 minutes ago, Sal333 said:

I don't know if it's just on my end but the sound cuts out halfway through.

It's not even up on OneSoccer

[Joe Keeper]

OneSoccer is still not archiving recent mens or womens national team games. Does anyone know if this game will be available to watch anywhere online after the live broadcast tomorrow morning?

I dont know anything about NHK.

[gator]

4 minutes ago, Joe Keeper said:

OneSoccer is still not archiving recent mens or womens national team games. Does anyone know if this game will be available to watch anywhere online after the live broadcast tomorrow morning?

I dont know anything about NHK.

I am interested as well, I'm thinking it is more likely to be posted on YouTube, I won't know the score of the match as I am playing hockey, it's not like any of my hockey bros will be checking the score on their phones and spoiling it for me!

[cornerkick]

some reports / articles from Japan:

https://www.soccerdigestweb.com/news/detail/id=120501

Sounds like Herdman admires the Japan NT, based on the translation. 

I skimmed this with CC...two reporters (?) in Qatar who are speculating on how Japan will setup for the game

 

[GasPed]

2 hours ago, cornerkick said:

some reports / articles from Japan:

https://www.soccerdigestweb.com/news/detail/id=120501

Sounds like Herdman admires the Japan NT, based on the translation. 

I skimmed this with CC...two reporters (?) in Qatar who are speculating on how Japan will setup for the game

 

That's exactly what it is.  And my Japanese is weak, but yes, I can say that they are doing a lot of guessing as to the personnel and formations.  They do mention that some key players are out - Tomiyasu at CB, Mitoma at LW, Endo and Morita at MF.  So their speculative lineup is:

                         Asano

Kubo              Kamada           Ito

              Tanaka         Shibasaki

Nagatomo Yoshida   Itakura    Sakai

                        Gonda (GK)

If I were to grade this lineup, I'd say it's a C+ to B for them - it's definitely missing their best players at midfield. and one could argue Asano should be out and instead Mitoma or Doan draw into the forwards.  Tomiyasu is arguably their best CB too.  Having said that, it's still a very formidable group especially on the attacking side.  But who knows if this is really how they'll lineup...

 

 

[Unnamed Trialist]

5 hours ago, dyslexic nam said:

I was just skimming the posts, quickly read yours and assumed it was UT (sorry UT). 

No comparison, I do "puerile".

And always have "obtuse" up a sleeve.

Edited November 17, 2022 by Unnamed Trialist

[Bertuzzi44]

I wonder why Furuhashi and Haraguchi aren't part of the Japanese team? The Japanese forwards don't blow me away, and Furuhashi in particular looks like he is on good form, with 10(!) goals in 13 league games for Celtic.

[vancanman]

19 minutes ago, Bertuzzi44 said:

I wonder why Furuhashi and Haraguchi aren't part of the Japanese team? The Japanese forwards don't blow me away, and Furuhashi in particular looks like he is on good form, with 10(!) goals in 13 league games for Celtic.

Because Moriyasu's a moron.  He plays his favourites.  Someone I worked with last year was almost at the point that he wanted Japan to not qualify just so Moriyasu would get the sack.

[narduch]

[CanadaFan123]

11 hours ago, Stryker911 said:

All I really wa let to see from this game is 90 minutes of Onesoccer working perfectly. No lags, no Japenese feed, no "sorry we are experiencing technical difficulties". We could get blown out and that would still be a win in my books.

There’s really no excuse at this stage.