Japan talent seam

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I saw “Japan first country to qualify for 2026 Word Cup” and quickly clicked on the line-up for their win against Bahrain.  Neither Daizen Maeda nor Reo Hatate made it off the bench.

Japan top their group with 19 points, Australia are second, nine points adrift.  Reo and Daizen did not get into the team because Japan have an ever-expanding talent pool of excellent players to choose from.

Celtic used links to City Football Group to align with the Japanese market in 2021.  Ange Postecoglou, Koygo, Daizen and Reo came and transformed the club.  The years since would be unrecognisable without this influence from Japan.  Despite this, Japan is no longer on our radar; Korea has also slipped from our scope.

We had First Mover Advantage in 2021.  The value available may not be exactly the same as then, but it feels like we have walked away from the richest seam of talent we have seen pull on Celtic shirts in decades.

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  1. King Luboo,

     

    Really?.Don’t think I have ever heard you decry Putin.Or maybe you are just a tad selective.

  2. bigrailroadblues on

    Well I walk on hot coals, sleep on a bed of nails

     

    Walk on thin ice, skate on razor blades…..

  3. garygillespieshamstring on

    BRRB

     

     

    Hope you didn’t lose your shirt at a a card game.

     

     

    The small doll would be less than impressed.

  4. Turkeybhoy on 23rd March 2025 3:23 pm

     

     

    I think the vast majority is ` a tad selective ` when it comes to political issues ( and football , for that matter).

  5. bournesouprecipe on

    “ I’ve never seen a situation Police Scotland couldn’t make worse “

     

     

    Brendan Behan I think 🤔

  6. Greenpinata – about OJ

     

     

    I don’t understand many of their posts.

     

    Sometimes I think I know what they have to say and I think , ok, that’s a valid football point (if my interpretation is appropriate).

     

     

    In one post recently, I think they said BR’s appointment won’t work out in the long run – nothing wrong with that opinion and coming across many angles is a treasured part of the blog.

     

     

    What I don’t get is why it’s shrouded in impenetrable speak.

  7. bigrailroadblues on

    BSR 4.32

     

    Seen the auction live on Web. His amps were going for at least £20000. 😳

  8. Hate to hear, once again the Scottish supporters version of Loch Lomond……an abomination

     

    And ah blame Runrig

  9. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    “Apologies for the lack of commentary”

     

     

    There’s honestly no need!!

  10. Scotland lol

     

     

    Land of midgy’s and dim Tims lol

     

     

    The Krankie Kurse lol

     

     

    The great Celtic connection lol

     

     

    First sight of Imperialism is Tartan lol

     

     

    First sound of Imperialism is the unbearable Bagpipes lol

     

     

    Scotland the country is a slum because of sleekit anti Tim Nationalism lol

     

     

    Last quality player Scotland had was John Collins and like his Cellik days he was playing by himself and useless Grant and a done Maestro.

     

     

    Christie lol

     

     

    Get Ralston aff before he gets the blame somehow thats what they dae.

     

     

    Booooo….Booooo….Booooo….lol

  11. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    Did McFadden just say “Greece are an emerging nation”??

     

     

    What does that make Scotland??

  12. bournesouprecipe on

    GGS @ 5.37

     

     

    Not sure about that to be fair, but Billy Gilmour is definitely a wee Diddy

  13. One player you do not want to leave on his own is the young Karetsas, but that is what Andy Robertson just did

     

    0-2

  14. BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 23RD MARCH 2025 5:44 PM

     

    GGS @ 5.37

     

     

    Not sure about that to be fair, but Billy Gilmour is definitely a wee Diddy

     

     

    *yet according to the beeb for the first 20 minutes or so it was looking ling the bully gulmur show

  15. bigrailroadblues on

    The hun media looks for ways to blame the Tank for both goals. Naismith is a small brain stuck inside a baked potato.

  16. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    Yep, there you go.

     

     

    2nd goal was Ralston’s fault- slid in a threw the rest of the defence out of kilter.

  17. Midfield giving way the ball in danger areas, not all the time, but too often

     

    And ceding too much space when not on the ball

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