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

[king1010]

Macnaughton on the bench

[Lansdude]

4-4-2 with Piette and Hutchinson in the middle?

[narduch]

4 minutes ago, Lansdude said:

4-4-2 with Piette and Hutchinson in the middle?

I guess you could still do 3-5-2 if you play Hoilett centrally

[ensco]

Walking into the Al Maktoum now… more Canadians wearing gear, but there are a LOT more expat Japanese in Dubai than expat Canadians

[narduch]

Just now, ensco said:

Walking into the Al Maktoum now… more Canadians wearing gear, but there are a LOT more expat Japanese in Dubai than expat Canadians

How does the pitch look?

[Gian-Luca]

Basically the starting line-up against Belgium except Davies will play instead of Hoilett and Eustaquio instead of Piette. Assuming everyone is healthy to start of course.

[Ally McCoist]

This is basically our WC starting line up barring Davies and Eustaquio (our 2 game changers to be fair lol)

[Ally McCoist]

2 minutes ago, narduch said:

How does the pitch look?

Somebody posted a pic near the beginning of the thread but the stadium is basically a first world pitch. Not third world garbage like Bahrain and Honduras.

[Jack1997]

Would’ve preferred Kone over Piette.

[canuckgbp]

 

[Gian-Luca]

Anyone know who Jordan Wilson is?

[narduch]

2 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said:

Anyone know who Jordan Wilson is?

He plays for York United lol

[scullion44]

A few of the japanese starters don't even play regular football

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

25 minutes ago, king1010 said:

Macnaughton on the bench

Lol, that twitter roster has 26 names.

CSA gonna CSA.

[CCrTFC]

Kubo terrifies me. Movement is Messi-esque, He sometimes dribbles himself into a hole but admittedly I haven't seen his most recent form, perhaps he has fixed that habit. 

[JamboAl]

6 minutes ago, scullion44 said:

A few of the japanese starters don't even play regular football

Neither do ours.

[narduch]

2 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

Lol, that twitter roster has 26 names.

CSA gonna CSA.

Surprised they didn't list Davies 

[ensco]

18 minutes ago, narduch said:

How does the pitch look?

Perfect 

[Lansdude]

Told myself I'd bet against us if we didn't run three CMs but I bet on us anyway!

[ensco]

Japan have drums and probably 50-100 real noise making supporters. They will be doing more in game than us, I suspect

[Ally McCoist]

2 minutes ago, ensco said:

Japan have drums and probably 50-100 real noise making supporters. They will be doing more in game than us, I suspect

Good practice for Qatar when we will be outnumbered.

[jonovision]

30 minutes ago, scullion44 said:

A few of the japanese starters don't even play regular football

I went through their roster the other day. Lots of guys on good teams but many aren't regulars.

[Gian-Luca]

If onesoccer kept the camera on our subs warming up longer, their hosts would not have to speculate whether or not Eustaquio will see any action today - I didn’t see him in the one and a half second shot they had of the subs warming up so I don’t think think he is even dressed

[jhoops__]

Let’s go boys!!!!!

[Floortom]

1 minute ago, Gian-Luca said:

If onesoccer kept the camera on our subs warming up longer, their hosts would not have to speculate whether or not Eustaquio will see any action today - I didn’t see him in the one and a half second shot they had of the subs warming up so I don’t think think he is even dressed

He’s not on the bench for todays match