Comments on: Japan’s Attempt to Curb Arsenal-itis http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/japans-attempt-to-curb-arsenal-itis.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jeremy http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/japans-attempt-to-curb-arsenal-itis.html#comment-136255 Jeremy Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:47 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/japans-attempt-to-curb-arsenal-itis.html#comment-136255 The J-League's schedule for teams is pretty backloaded every year. The quarterfinals of the Nabisco League Cup are from September, the Emperor's Cup starts in November and ends in January with 5 matches for the top teams if they continue winning. The League ends the first weekend in December. How about the teams that made the Asian Champions League quarterfinals, who also had matches in September, October and November midweek? Last year Urawa was about on fumes when the won the Asian Champions League (Nov. 7 & 14), lost a big lead in the league (ended in second on Dec. 1), got eliminated in the Emperors Cup (Nov. 28), and played in three matches of the FIFA Club World Cup (Dec. 10, 13 & 16) From Sept. 1 to Dec. 16 the Reds played 11 league matches, 2 league cup matches, 3 FIFA Club World Cup games, and 6 AFC Champions League matches. 22 matches in 105 days give or take, 1 match every 5 days, no rest and international travel. JFA give Oita and Chiba a break. The J-League’s schedule for teams is pretty backloaded every year. The quarterfinals of the Nabisco League Cup are from September, the Emperor’s Cup starts in November and ends in January with 5 matches for the top teams if they continue winning. The League ends the first weekend in December.
How about the teams that made the Asian Champions League quarterfinals, who also had matches in September, October and November midweek?

Last year Urawa was about on fumes when the won the Asian Champions League (Nov. 7 & 14), lost a big lead in the league (ended in second on Dec. 1), got eliminated in the Emperors Cup (Nov. 28), and played in three matches of the FIFA Club World Cup (Dec. 10, 13 & 16)

From Sept. 1 to Dec. 16 the Reds played 11 league matches, 2 league cup matches, 3 FIFA Club World Cup games, and 6 AFC Champions League matches.
22 matches in 105 days give or take, 1 match every 5 days, no rest and international travel.

JFA give Oita and Chiba a break.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/japans-attempt-to-curb-arsenal-itis.html#comment-136243 Andrew Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:58:29 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/japans-attempt-to-curb-arsenal-itis.html#comment-136243 This is stupid. managers should be able to put whoever they want on the field whenever they want to- thats what the job means. its easy for a manager to say "he was bad in training, im not playing him" Its also an unintelligent idea, bc no player wants to be overworked. its not hard for a player to say "im injured" or "im sick" to avoid playing in a lowly cup game. This is stupid. managers should be able to put whoever they want on the field whenever they want to- thats what the job means. its easy for a manager to say “he was bad in training, im not playing him”

Its also an unintelligent idea, bc no player wants to be overworked. its not hard for a player to say “im injured” or “im sick” to avoid playing in a lowly cup game.

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