Daizen Maeda

He was injured til recently if I remember right..

He'll deffo get game time. Too good to no get anything..

As mentioned, his versatility is another of his benefits as he can slot in left or right wing or as the furthest forward in central midfield..

He's technically quality. That goal against Ross County was filth..

 

The world cup came at a bad time for him and then he got injured after it. It's a shame. I'm sure we will see more of him soon though

 

I've ran out of words to describe my love.

He's my everything

 

He's no a bad player furra Bond villain.

 

FFS, Union Berlin will come for him in the summer. Either that, or Juranović will return after winning the Bundesliga title.

 

He is a hard man not to like, even though he butchers the footy from time to time there's no doubting his energy or his effort.

A top signing and a really valuable, not overly expensive part of the squad. Love to see him do well.

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Have you noticed an increase in Daizen Maeda's confidence since the World Cup?

I think that is a fair assessment. I obviously Daizen from coaching him in Japan. I have never thought that he lacked confidence and have always felt he had a lot of self-belief. I just think he is now taking a lot of responsibility. The one thing people have noticed since day one is that he is a very selfless player. He will do things for the team and will work hard both defensively and offensively. Harry Kewell has done a lot of work with him that has helped him. The World Cup has added an air of confidence to him but I think it is more about Daizen wanting to take more responsibility and an active role in being a protagonist And still doing selfless work for his team-mates. He has been outstanding for us

 

Thank you Daizen eh

 

Thought we were doing a nirvana celtic top like the huns with acdc there for a minute

 

Actually.... lol

 

Read it too quickly lol

 

Celtic star Daizen Maeda has credited Hoops coach Harry Kewell as the man behind his dramatic improvement this season after admitting he's made him rethink the way he approaches the game.



Ange Postecoglou this week credited his countryman Kewell for helping with Maeda's impressive burst of form after scoring eight goals for Celtic and also providing five league assists.

And Meada has revealed how former Liverpool and Leeds United forward Kewell helped him improve his all-round game this season after taking him under his wing.




Maeda said: "I came to Celtic a year ago, but at first I didn't set any chances up at all. Even for most of this season, I wasn't the type of player who could set things up or dribble or anything like that.

"But Harry Kewell, the coach who came this season, started saying, 'You're fast, why don't you use it?'

"Just before the World Cup, I started having individual meetings with him after every game and he started accompanying me to training on my own.

"After that, I changed. He told me 'it doesn't matter if you make mistakes, just keep trying' and 'just take the initiative. If you can't do it, you can drop back' and I started to dribble more and more.

"I still don't speak English that well and I didn't want to have too many meetings - I was the type of person who used to think that I didn't even need to watch football.

"But after meetings with Harry and watching videos of my game, I realised that just by being aware of my own abilities, I could make such a big difference.

"Harry explains things clearly to me in simple English and the content of the videos are wide-ranging. It's not just scenes of dribbling, but also positioning in front of the ball, the timing of the start of the move, the course of the move, the process leading up to the goal.

"It's all very carefully selected, so when I'm on for a full match, it's quite long.




"I do that for every match, so I learn a lot. I've changed the way I look at football myself, and I'm at the stage where I'm learning the depth of football all over again."

And Maeda, in an interview in his homeland, revealed he's been studying countryman Kaoru Mitoma at Brighton and Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior in a bid to get better.

He said: "I haven't really tried to set up goals before, so I've been watching videos of Kaoru and watching the dribbling of other left-sided players. I watched Vinicius Junior the other day, mainly left-sided players, and I pay attention to how they set up. I'm also trying to test that out in training.

"I've certainly started to think about football a lot more. Once I played in the World Cup, I felt a strong desire to learn again. So I think I naturally wanted to know more about football.

"The season is going well, but I want to get both my goals and assists up to about ten for each.

"Up until now, even if I scored double-digit goals, I had no assists at all, but if I can do both, I can broaden my range as an attacker.

"I want to take it one day at a time, one game at a time so that I can become a player who can do many different jobs."

 

Great stuff from all!

 

@Notorious

Good sir, what was that VPN you recommended again? My ones want about £45! (gone up by 50%)

 

Have a wee look online mate is my advice

 

Him improving his technical side of the game and positional is a frightening prospect for this league. He has the raw pace and stamina that some world class players would die for. If he adds to his game he'll be unstoppable