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 Aww yeah, every pony's favourite country is comin to Brazil.  The Japanese football team are current champions of Asia. They are called Samurai Blue. There's probably going to be some serious  with Korea, because the Japanese people chose a phrase for the buses the team will use in Rio that tells the samurai to go to war. They are currently ranked 47th in the world, ahead of Wales but behind Slovakia. FIFA rankings are utter horseshit.Their manager is an Italian named Alberto Zaccheroni.  Their mascot for the World Cup is literally Pikachu.  THE 23 SAMURAI Japan are a fairly decent side. They are competent all around without really excelling anywhere, but on the other hand they have no glaring weaknesses either. The average height of the side has increased in recent years, so they're not going to get pushed around and physically outmatched like the racist stereotype that actually kind of held true. Most of the squad play in Europe, the others in the J-league. They have a capable midfield which plays neat triangles, and two legitimate world class players in Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa. Thanks to injuries they have had to call up veterans in defence from the J-League which could be troubling. They lack a quality striker who will consistently bang in the goals the midfield sets up. Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege/BEL), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo) Defenders: Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan/ITA), Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke/GER), Maya Yoshida (Southampton/ENG), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover 96/GER), Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart/GER) Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Makoto Hasebe (Nuremberg/GER), Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Keisuke Honda (AC Milan/ITA), Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United/ENG) Forwards: Yoshito Okubo (Kawasaki Frontale), Shinji Okazaki (Mainz/GER), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Nurnberg/GER), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka), Manabu Saito (Yokohama F-Marinos), Yuya Osako (1860 Munich/GER) But lets get closer in depth!!!  Eiji Kawashima is the first choice goalkeeper. He is alright. He plays in Belgium, and the one thing I know about him is that after the 2011 earthquake the Belgian fans started chanting "Kawashima? Fukushima!" at him until he cried, so gently caress Belgium I guess.  Atsuto Uchida is the first choice rightback. He plays in Germany for Schalke. He was voted Sexy Samurai #1 by the women of Japan recently.  Yuto Nagatomo is the left back and plays for Inter Milan, where everyone is really patronising to him and bows whenever he does something good.  Yasuhito Endo plays in Japan, but he is actually quite good. He plays the holding midfielder role and is basically the dude who makes the team tick. He is like Xabi Alonso with less ability and a moorhen for hair.  Keisuke Honda is Japan's David Beckham. He sells everything from coffee to gum. He loves fashion and hangs out in white suits unironically all the time. He loving loves cheeseburgers but is never pictured with one. He has bleached his hair for years, and consequently now the team is full of mini-Keisuke's trying to rag on his style. Got in trouble a while back for saying some nationalist things, and is otherwise regarded as rude in some sections of the Japanese press because he is prepared to have opinions. Japan's best player, attacking midfielder who plays for Milan who has a good free kick, is good at passing and has a pretty decent finish on him. Occasionally hogs the ball because he loves attention.  Bingin' Shinji Kagawa Attacking midfielder, prefers playing through the middle behind the striker but so does Honda so he is likely to be shunted to the left or the right. Super pro dude. Dad is a whale, uncle is a dog. Missed a game this season thanks to getting super depressed about having to take orders from David Moyes and ate himself into hospital.  Shinji Okazaki, who plays in Europe, who I know gently caress all about. Here he is practicing his headers though, so expect some serious bullets to go flying in off that big spacious bonce. Not going is goon hero Mike Havenaar, a white man who grew up in Japan and has a ridiculous haircut, and whose sole use to the side was being tall:  GROUP  Japan are in group C. It is a pretty interesting group with no obvious favourite, so Japan stand a reasonable chance of getting onto the knockouts. Columbia's Cool Dude Falcao got his knee knacked by a French farmer and even if he is fit he will not have played for six months. Ivory Coast have forum favourite Yaya 'Dogshit' Toure in the centre of their midfield, but African teams are about as reliable as African economies. Greece are a loving blight on football and would literally combine all their players into a wad of flesh the exact size of the goal if it was legally/ethically permitted, but this is a tactic that works some of the time. So ganbarre, samurai blue! Ganbarre! If you are down with Japan, feel free to use this sig during the world cup!:  Also feel free to post any sexy anime babes holding or loving footballs/racist caricatures of Ronaldinho! say no to anime Eau de MacGowan fucked around with this message at 17:15 on May 25, 2014 |
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anime ftw
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May 25, 2014 14:05
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Screw the world cup, there should be a dedicated stream for japanese fan reactions
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May 25, 2014 14:06
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In our defense, only Beerschot fans were shouting at Kawashima cause they're racist.
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May 25, 2014 14:07
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gently caress, I forgot to post look out for these guys: I don't even know what the hell's going on but they are true loyal buru----.
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May 25, 2014 14:08
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It's Nihon you bakagaijin
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May 25, 2014 14:23
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i hope your happy op i had to sign up to pixiv to find this
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May 25, 2014 14:24
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Kurtofan posted:It's Nihon you bakagaijin No its Olive and Tom
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May 25, 2014 14:28
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Eau de MacGowan posted:legitimate world class players in Shinji Kagawa mm not sure about that
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May 25, 2014 14:29
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You didn't even post the picutre of Mike Havenaar's proper bad hair op, still voted 5
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May 25, 2014 14:40
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I loving love this video and I'm going to post it even though you linked it in your OP because lazy people who don't click links also deserve to watch it again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Htaizroq0
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May 25, 2014 14:42
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Bogan Krkic posted:You didn't even post the picutre of Mike Havenaar's proper bad hair op, still voted 5 harroo, iz ittu me you looking for? 
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May 25, 2014 14:57
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Eau de MacGowan posted:harroo, iz ittu me you looking for? Japanese Mike Havenaar, who has a Dutch name, plays in the Dutch league, and speaks Dutch.
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May 25, 2014 14:59
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It's quite funny that as soon as Hāfunā Maiku stopped playing in Japan he stopped being picked despite making GBS threads all over the rest of their strikers (because he is taller than them)
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May 25, 2014 15:01
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Spangly A posted:Hāfunā Maiku What a wonderful Phrase.
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May 25, 2014 15:03
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oliwan posted:Japanese Mike Havenaar, who has a Dutch name, plays in the Dutch league, and speaks Dutch. His father is Dutch, came over when the J-League started. Mike was either born in Japan or was just a baby. Japanese is his first language, and he is incredibly ridiculously Japanese in mannerisms, which is hilarious to see in a lanky 6 foot white guy. Interesting Questions About Immigration and National Identity.
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May 25, 2014 15:04
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Honda is slow as poo poo but he's really good when he plays in the right position. Zaccheroni used to play a back three exclusively but I guess he's softened his stance on using a back four. This team nearly put an absolute mauling on Italy at the confederations cup and I'm excited to see them play in a real tournament.
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May 25, 2014 15:20
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Spangly A posted:It's quite funny that as soon as Hāfunā Maiku stopped playing in Japan he stopped being picked despite making GBS threads all over the rest of their strikers (because he is taller than them) Is he related to Hatsune Mikku?
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May 25, 2014 15:25
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Reminder that Kagawa literally ate so much food he had to have his stomach pumped and couldn't play this season
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May 25, 2014 15:26
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Jose posted:Reminder that Kagawa literally ate so much food he had to have his stomach pumped and couldn't play this season "ate so much food"
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oliwan posted:Japanese Mike Havenaar, who has a Dutch name, plays in the Dutch league, and speaks Dutch. I watched an interview with some poo poo Dutch channel and he couldn't answer everything in Dutch and had to resort to answering in English, a clearly superior language
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May 25, 2014 15:29
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tetsman posted:I watched an interview with some poo poo Dutch channel and he couldn't answer everything in Dutch and had to resort to answering in English, a clearly superior language You are right op
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May 25, 2014 15:29
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Bogan Krkic posted:"ate so much food" stomach pumping: a thing done for eating so much because you can't just make them vomit normally although otoh you dont stomach pump for drugs either because charcoal is just superior. I conclude that the entire story may have been fake and gay.
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May 25, 2014 15:35
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Will Kagawa be played Out Of Position at the WC?
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May 25, 2014 15:51
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Spangly A posted:stomach pumping: a thing done for eating so much because you can't just make them vomit normally Alcohol poisoning m8
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May 25, 2014 15:59
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Feel like Nagatomo has been doing really well for inter. Incredible runner that can play anywhere on the pitch, very good passing and technical abilites. If he went to europe at a younger age he could have turned in to the best left back in the entire world or something.
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May 25, 2014 17:19
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i love anime op and will be rooting for japan
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May 25, 2014 17:31
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Post a sexy anime babe holding a football then, I am deadly serious, this is my kokoro wish. edit: ok i typed sexy anime shinji kagawa into google image search and i got this, kind of wish I'd found it while I was doing the OP: 
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May 25, 2014 17:33
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Eau de MacGowan posted:Post a sexy anime babe holding a football then, I am deadly serious, this is my kokoro wish. lmao
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May 25, 2014 20:02
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Japan's kit is nice. I wish them well 
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May 25, 2014 22:17
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I'm bewildered because Havenaar is literally better than all those strikers
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May 25, 2014 22:20
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This is the second result if you google 'anime keisuke honda' This is the 13th: 
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May 25, 2014 22:21
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A small group of FC Tokyo fans showed up to support the brisbane roar at the A League final for some reason I don't fully comprehend. As a result I will support Japan when Australia get bounced out of the groups hilariously.
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May 26, 2014 02:15
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I'm here for the Japanese Babes.
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May 26, 2014 02:16
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unG_bktw0bkOsu the samurai blues!
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May 26, 2014 02:59
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Is double dragon set in Japan?
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May 26, 2014 08:31
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vyelkin posted:This is the 13th: Ozil is so cute 
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May 26, 2014 09:05
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NNick posted:Ozil is so cute It's a definite improvement tbh.
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May 26, 2014 09:55
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anime and football, thats some win
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May 26, 2014 10:27
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Machinegunboyo posted:anime and football, thats some win this!!!
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