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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    Cheers Gene.

     

     

    Thought UEFA was in the fifties, didn’t know exact number.

     

     

    So, theoretically, there could be six levels of seeding with 9 clubs in each …

     

     

    … and each club plays six matches (3 home, 3 away) against 6 different opponents ??

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    The Herald’s M.O. with respect to Celtic fans

     

     

    ©️ Andrew Lloyd Webber

     

     

    Take that look off your face

     

    I can see through your smile

     

    You would love to be right

     

    I bet you didn’t sleep good last night

     

    Couldn’t wait to bring all of that bad news to my door

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    Agree Gene.

     

     

    He’s a goalie.

     

     

    If Kasper is down … time to go to work.

     

     

    If Kasper has taught him how to bark?

     

     

    … He’s on his way.

  4. Hey hey sinisola (hu ha)

     

    I wanna know can you save a ball…

     

    😁

     

     

    I’ll get my gilet 😜

  5. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Tierney flopped.

     

    Ralston failed.

     

    Schmeichel at death’s door.

     

    Johnston and CCV fell out spectacularly.

     

    Idah couldn’t get a start.

     

    Engels dropped for Tubby.

     

    Daizen and Reo snubbed.

     

     

    How am I doing?

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    Bull5h1t clickbait.

     

     

    They can’t deliver negative news on the domestic front … the evidence just isn’t there …

     

     

    Got to take your opportunities when you can

  7. There we have it.

     

     

    This is not hindsight. Sinisalo should have had much more preparation.

     

    This scenario was mentioned many times on here.

     

     

    HH.

  8. BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL @ 11:24 AM,

     

     

    Pretty good – you forgot Sonisalo flops…

     

     

    Hail Hail

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