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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."
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Cracking attitude, bit mad that he basically admitted to not thinking he needed to watch football or study other players until now in a way that explains his strange, instinctive style.

You can see huge progression in him this season though. During pre-season I predicted he would become the player this season who was totally undroppable from the team. Still think it's going that way.

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Notorious said: ↑

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."
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No wonder all he could do was close people down and his passing, crossing etc was brutal!! That’s unbelievable from a pro footballer!!! Well we should continue to see massive improvement in him now he has realised he can’t just run fast and be not very good with the ball at his feet.
I think his admission more or less sums up how many have viewed him, fast as * but clueless with the ball.

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Big C said: ↑

No wonder all he could do was close people down and his passing, crossing etc was brutal!! That’s unbelievable from a pro footballer!!! Well we should continue to see massive improvement in him now he has realised he can’t just run fast and be not very good with the ball at his feet.
I think his admission more or less sums up how many have viewed him, fast as * but clueless with the ball.
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Its more unbelievable that no other coaches at the club told him to use his pace or dribble players until Kewell arrived.

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Notorious said: ↑

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."
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He's definitely improved don't think anyone will argue with that but surprisingly he has 1 assist since August. So as much as he is improving he actually has to start backing it up with the stats too particularly given the quality of players he's playing left wing ahead of

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Ryanm1984 said: ↑

He's definitely improved don't think anyone will argue with that but surprisingly he has 1 assist since August. So as much as he is improving he actually has to start backing it up with the stats too particularly given the quality of players he's playing left wing ahead of
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There are stats behind goals and assists, how many times has be been the pass before the assist because of the position he has put things in or ots had a touch from a defender that sclaffed it to one of ours, those don't translate to shiny goals or assists but are crucial

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He should have more assists but that's not always down to him, as much as he can put a wild cross into the stands, how many near perfect balls has he fizzed across the 6 yard box with nobody getting on the end of it, like that ridiculous tap in Jota missed last week, even considering how high our goal difference is we're still missing a stupid amount of good chances in front of goal this season.

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Stats for him this season are:

8 goals
5 assists
33 appearances
1767 minutes

Averaging goal/assist every 135 minutes, 1 every game and a half.

Every 110 minutes if you include domestic only.

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I prefer him in the starting 11 to Abada.. he offers more.
Abada still needing to find that next step up in level and overall consistency for me.

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I will hear no bad words or even slight criticism against my Maeda.

I will curse anyone who dares to speak ill of my King.

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I will hear no bad words or even slight criticism against my Maeda.

I will curse anyone who dares to speak ill of my King.
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There were no kings in Japan... only Daimyo 大名...who were... basically Kings of their prefectures (areas) so..Kings lol

Daimyou were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period (1868) ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

A Daimyou ruled each area of this map up until the Meji restoration (when modern Japan was born) Each area had it's own history and culture from the 10th century right up until 1868 = fascinating history.

Tune in next week for more random Japanese knowledge from a south Londoner now living in Inverness.

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NakamuraTastic said: ↑

There were no kings in Japan... only Daimyo 大名...who were... basically Kings of their prefectures (areas) so..Kings lol

Daimyou were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period (1868) ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

A Daimyou ruled each area of this map up until the Meji restoration (when modern Japan was born) Each area had it's own history and culture from the 10th century right up until 1868 = fascinating history.

Tune in next week for more random Japanese knowledge from a south Londoner now living in Inverness.

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ありがとうございます Zander-San!

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Keeps improving..

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Love him. So important to us.

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The most Maeda goal ever was that one last week when it went in off his face.

The second most Maeda goal ever would have been his mishit cross in the first half that almost lobbed the keeper

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Finishing is getting alot better

Top player for us atm

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* is an absolute machine.

I’ll always have reservations over his technique, but then again if that was top quality then he’d be playing for Real Madrid.

I appreciate what he offers us, his willingness to press is surely amongst the best in the world in his position.

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