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Christian, you are telling us that quality of Australian football is going down. Because we do not have players starting at top European clubs.
“The overall standard in Asia has decreased over the years, Japan are a perfect example of that”
And now you say this. Japan’s quality is also decreasing.
But did you know which Japanese players are first team players in Europe?
Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund)
Yuya Osaka (Koln)
Yoshinori Muto (Mainz)
Makoto Hasebe (Frankfurt)
Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg)
Hiroki Sakai (Marseilles)
Takashi Inui (Eibar)
Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe)
Yuya Kubo (Gent)
Ritsu Doan (Groningen)
Yuto Nagatomo (Inter)
Takumi Minamino (Salzburg)
Shinji Okazaki (Leicester)
So by your logic, should the quality of Japanese football be on the rise? The names provided play week in week out in top European leagues!
Lack of Aussies playing regular football overseas a cause for concern
Can you please back up your statements? You’re not making any sense.
Lack of Aussies playing regular football overseas a cause for concern
So why did you not write he has a chance of playing Champions League football. Celtic may not even make it to the group stage yet. They have to beat Astana.
Lack of Aussies playing regular football overseas a cause for concern
“Going forward he is going to be playing Champions League football.”
Celtic will be playing two legs against Astana of Kazakhstan before qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League.
Lack of Aussies playing regular football overseas a cause for concern
Good morning. You state the quality of Australian footballers has reduced dramatically compared to the previous generation based on the reduced number of Australians playing in top tier clubs in Europe?
You have no clue what you are talking about.
“If we’re developing good players, then why are only two Aussies playing in England, two Aussies playing in Germany, zero playing in Italy, France and Spain ?”
The number of top tier European leagues has not increased in the last 20 years. Germany, Spain, England, Italy and France. That will never change in the near future.
But the scouting network of each European club and the number of competitive footballing nations has increased. That is fact. Scouts are swarming all over Africa and South America. Asian football has also improved to the point where Korean and Japanese footballers are being extensively scouted.
So in conclusion, the number of playing spots in Europe has not changed. But the scouting and number of improving footballing nations has increased.
So one would think the quality of every footballing nation is going up and becoming more competitive. Instead of Australian footballers declining in quality.
Lack of Aussies playing regular football overseas a cause for concern
“It’s all good searching these names up on Wikipedia, but what’s the point if they aren’t playing ?”
As an enthusiastic fan of Japanese football, I closely follow all the players I mentioned above.
Therefore, it was not just “simply looking up players at Wikipedia”. Any observer of the Bundesliga would tell you all those Japanese players are important first team players at their respective clubs.
Like I said (and Gavin has told you) the players are all regulars. Simple. Please understand this and get that through your head.
Lack of Aussies playing regular football overseas a cause for concern