Football Far East

Great to see the 'Tic in Japan. Some crackin talent there a reckon, and their being introduced to the Celtic Way from an early age

 

Is that link still good? If so I will try to watch it later today.

I think that folks in Europe fail to get enough information on Asian football. Though most have heard of Nakamura and Nakata, few realise that those guys are just the few who had the interest and opportunity to go to Europe (Nakata only left Japan because his club went bankrupt, and Nakamura also might never have made the move if his club hadnt been short on cash and looking for a transfer fee).

Im especially interested to hear the comments from Alex Miller (who took over as head coach at Mizuno's old club). I heard on the publicity spots for the program that they interviewed him. It will be interesting to hear his impressions after six months in Japan.

For those of you who are not aware, Eurosport started covering J.League matches from the middle of this year, and they plan to continue next season (which starts March 7). According to their announcers the response has been great, so those of you who are interested should have a look, when the broadcasts resume.

And then, of course, theres always my website (shameless plug and link below)

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i thought he said naylor was an * but the subtitles said rubbish instead,lol

 

I saw a couple of J league games and the technical standard is very high. I think we could pick up a lot of good ball players there. Its actually nicer football than EPL etc, very quick and skillful, less physical. I could see a lot of Japanese do well in the SPL where in general the players are less big and physical than the EPL.

 

Didnt aynone else notice that lawell had got fat?

 

fat and tired looking,

ps, clips made in tictalk

 

Just watched the whole thing. Thanks for the clips!

Les Mottram looked happier than Ive ever seen him before. I guess its a relief to finally have folks stop questioning everything he does

 

good wee programme to watch, i enjoyed it

 

brilliant! loved the fans in the bar, hail hail!

 

without being patronising ,,does anyone think kouki looks like a young jackie chan


i thought his name was koki,,its kouki "cookie" there ye go i dident know that

 

aye i think he does a wee bit

 

same, i was just about to say that, lol

 

watching how relaxed he is in front of the camera and his film star looks ,hes got the world at his feet,,not bad for a 10 year old,lol

 

You had it right to start.

Koki -- rhymes with "Low key"

The spelling "kouki" is just a direct transliteration from the japanese, and the "u" is there to indicate that it should be a -long- "o" sound rather than a short "o" sound (Imagine Santa Claus saying "Hooo hooo hoooo", rather than WGS watching a goal hit the net and shouting "hohoho"

The reason why some people would add the "u" to the spelling is because Koki pronounced with a shorter "o" is also a boys name. If you see the name in Japanese characters you can tell which one is pronounced with a long O and which with a short O. But when writing in European characters, some people distinguish the long "O" sound by writing "Kouki" or "Kohki"

 

Good programme, a bit short though. I also noticed that Japanese men all have 70's hairdoos?!?!

 

I thought there would be more fans watching the game instead of 3 guys in a bar........

 

Anywhere where I could watch this? I dont think its gunna be added to iplayer

 

* the Tokyo Celtic Bar and it's supporters was class. I'd love to meet the guy screaming "SHOOT!", he was brilliant.

 

this sounds good.