tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36679125.post3349005523073323838..comments2023-10-05T21:05:09.753+10:00Comments on A seat at the A-League: Osaka 3 v Adelaide 0: Lots of positivesjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12598217628490483035noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36679125.post-32740168901819958922008-11-07T13:06:00.000+10:002008-11-07T13:06:00.000+10:00well, hail to the victors (of the first leg). AU ...well, hail to the victors (of the first leg). <BR/><BR/>AU are gonna be on a knife edge in their home leg. they gotta get 3 without conceding to force extra time? hehe. should be fun. <BR/><BR/>endo is a gun. the first time i saw him play, he didn`t stand out so much (a NT game). but for gamba, he just makes the whole thing tick. <BR/><BR/>for me, the number that stands out is Gamba - 5 youth teams (on top of their own youth development league setup - could be more, Scott McIntyre`s SBS article goes into the details), AU one youth league team. i think that while we should aspire to being bigger, we can do a lot more with the money we currently have. <BR/><BR/>the only flaw in the jap development system is a lack of dominant personality forwards. they are too used to deferring to foreign front third players. but having said that, the best players in this gamba team are home grown. <BR/><BR/>claytonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com