Japan football 2023 (J-League, J2, J3, Emperors Cup & Levain Cup)

[SBW]

This is too good to be true, Frank Farina being rumoured to be the next church Fagiano Okayama

 

 

[Sithslayer1991]

8 hours ago, SBW said:

This is too good to be true, Frank Farina being rumoured to be the next church Fagiano Okayama

 

 

 

SAY WHAT??? that would be such WTF signing hahhaa.

So is Japan just keen on Aussie coaches now after the success of Postecoglu, Muscat and Cklamovski?

[StringerBellend]

9 hours ago, SBW said:

This is too good to be true, Frank Farina being rumoured to be the next church Fagiano Okayama

 

 

 

Coach or church?

 

Church would be better the Church of Frank Farina. He would get stuck in to the altar wine (allegedly)

[Sithslayer1991]

https://www.nippon.com/en/news/kd1051859858632262613/

 

Yokohama F Marinos lost 4-1 to Machida Zelvia. Duke scored in 5th minute for Machida

[SBW]

Machida Zelvia are coming first in the J2 and their coach has them playing the best football. It will be interesting to see if they can keep the core of their players, with added improvements to the squad for the J-League

[SBW]

Kevin Muscat beats Brendan Rogers 

 

[pseudonym]

Informative tweet about Yokohama Marino's style of play

 

[Sithslayer1991]

Yokohama F Marinos friendlies so far:

W 6-4 vs Celtic

L 3-5 vs Manchester City

Tactics. How should we attack? Muscat: Yes

How should we defend? Muscat: By attacking

[SBW]

47 minutes ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

Yokohama F Marinos friendlies so far:

W 6-4 vs Celtic

L 3-5 vs Manchester City

Tactics. How should we attack? Muscat: Yes

How should we defend? Muscat: By attacking

To quote my old coach… The best form of defence is attack.

And Muscat had the best defence in the J-League last season along with the best attack.

[SBW]

This was a pretty good match to watch between Muscat and Cklamovski. Musky getting the upper hand puts his Yokohama FC on top.

and this goal from Watanabe is a rocket.

 

 

[SBW]

Juan Mata signs for Vissel Kobe

https://twitter.com/visselkobe/status/1698169472333562068

[Sithslayer1991]

19 hours ago, SBW said:

Juan Mata signs for Vissel Kobe

https://twitter.com/visselkobe/status/1698169472333562068

How much money does that club have? Iniesta, Torres, Podolski in past seasons now Juan Mata. Literally every season Kobe is the one with the big Marquee signing.

[SBW]

Torres never played for Vissel Kobe, he played for Sagan Tosu.

And Kobe are owned by the Rakuten owner

[SBW]

Semi final draw for the YBC Levain Cup.

https://twitter.com/J_League_En/status/1701053022389030994

[SBW]

Besart Berisha joins Yokohama Fmarinos coaching staff with Kevin Muscat

 

 

[SBW]

Massive game tonight between Yokohama F.Marinos and Vissel Kobe, 2nd v 1st.

If Muscat wins tonight, he's most likely got the J-League title.

[SBW]

Musky's team got knocked out the YBC Levain Cup semi final against Urawa Red Diamonds, his team have gone backwards since losing 4-1 in the derby and winning only 4 games in the last 12 in all competitions.

Seems like the criticism is aimed at Musky and the club for failing to properly recruit or replace players that have left the club.

 

[SBW]

Mitch Duke going to the J-League next season

 

Battle for the title between Vissel Kobe and Yokohama FC is still on after they both won on the weekend, only 4pts separates 1st and 2nd with 4 games to go 

[SBW]

Yokohama win on Saturday and Vissel Kobe drop 2 points, now there's only 2 pts between Yokohama and Vissel Kobe with 3 games to go.

[SBW]

Avispa Fukuoka win the J-League cup over Urawa Red Diamonds

Some amazing scenes from the game

 

[SBW]

So @mack are you able to explain the 2nd last man rule and why this goal should have been ruled offside? There seems to be confusion and debate about this last minute goal from Kobe.

 

[Sithslayer1991]

So why did Urawa really try and go for it even though they would have been 6 points behind anyway with 2 games to go?

Camera angle is inconclusive as to where the runner starts. 

[SBW]

Hard to say, fans at the ground probably have the better angle, this is the reverse angle.

 

[Sithslayer1991]

41 minutes ago, SBW said:

Hard to say, fans at the ground probably have the better angle, this is the reverse angle.

 

Ah give the striker benefit of the doubt it looks like his on the defensive half when he starts and for Urawa being so naive and leaving themselves so open.

[pseudonym]

2 hours ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

So why did Urawa really try and go for it even though they would have been 6 points behind anyway with 2 games to go?

BANZAI!!!!

[mack]

As said above, if he's in his own half it's not offside, and he probably was based on the replays I've seen. If they score, they keep a slim chance of winning title. If they lose, they hurt Kevin Muscat's chances of winning with Yokohama .

And since they lost the J-League Cup final getting to 2nd place is only way they'd get an ACL spot.

[SBW]

Musky drops points last night, Vissel Kobe went on to win the J-League this afternoon against Nagoya grampus

 

 

[Sithslayer1991]

Harry Kewel is the front runner to replace Muscat at Marinos. Japanese and Scottish media are all over it.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/harry-kewell-set-for-celtic-exit-as-coach-lined-up-as-front-runner-for-yokohama-marinos-job/ar-AA1la2ri

[Carns]

Interesting thread on J-league shifting their season to line up with Europe.

 

[mack]

That's an extremely bold move considering how harsh the winters can be, especially in the northern regions. Players won't enjoy needing to do two pre-seasons and having their post-season breaks reduced. Long term goal might be smaller indoor stadiums that can host training & matches during winter.