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Six years on, Japan has progressed past Australia

14 Sep 2012

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Six years on, Japan has progressed past Australia

They certainly show a lot of faith in their local league. It has to be noted though that we want to develop a virtuous cycle rather than a vicious one. A virtuous cycle could start anywhere, but we need courage and determination to start it. E.g. A-League players start being picked for the national team. This inspires young people to choose soccer as their sport of choice and fight for a place in the A-League. This then helps drive higher levels of coaching resulting in better young players. This then results in better players coming through the A-League which feeds back to the first point: more A-League players being picked for the national team. Alternatively it could start with more investment into a paradigm shift in grassroots development. This I feel could have a greater impact, but is more expensive and difficult to implement. Better coaching leads to better young players. These players enter the A-League and improve the competition. More players from the A-League get picked for the national team which in turn drives the first point, more interest at grassroots levels and better young players. I admit it's an oversimplification, but we need to implement change and drastic change at some level. We seem to currently have a fairly vicious cycle of a local league that is viewed as mediocre resulting in little international recognition - including from our national team coaches - which drives young players overseas and actually makes it harder to pick a national team. Does Osieck have time to keep up to date with the big European leagues, the minor European leagues, the Asian leagues and the A-League? Our players are dispersed through all of them.

14 Sep 2012

Six years on, Japan has progressed past Australia

It is also important to note that we have an adundance of fields and green space for people to play sports like football. This is not the case in many Asian countries.

14 Sep 2012

Six years on, Japan has progressed past Australia

That is the crux of it. Young players have to be given a chance to improve. Even if our present performance suffers, there's no point playing guys well into their thirties - their abilities are going to atrophy and we're still two years away from the World Cup (if we qualify).

14 Sep 2012

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