Asian Football Forum

[blahblah]

Incidentally how many of the other fan sites have a dedicated Asian Football forum? I love the fact we do as it as all part of engaging with the region as fans, yet is this replicated in other clubs?

[Hammerzeit]

How many other forums do you contribute to? Therein might lie your answer.

[shinAUFC]

I dont know much about the Asian game, but i enjoy reading post from those that do.

TBH the J-league interests me more then any other in the world apart from the A-league

I wish "The world game" and the other show on 1 put more effort into the asian confederation then then telling us about La liga and the EPL, pretty embarassing that we know nothing of our own confederation honestly

[Nash]

TBH the J-league interests me more then any other in the world apart from the A-league

pretty much the same here, the J-League and the K-League. i've tried getting into it more than just reading the posts on adelaidereds (which i thoroughly enjoy), but i honestly get too lost in the player names due to my lack of involvement in those cultures. i lose track of who is who easily, which makes it difficult to follow and get involved in. love watching highlights though.

i hope we aren't the only forums which discuss Asia this in depth bcoz 1) we are a part of the AFC now, and 2) they would be missing out. there's some wonderful football being played at club level in Asia. but i do believe we benefit greatly on WATR from having a variety of United fans who are living all around the globe.

[sevengoals]

We are the "Internationals"!

[davidbloop]

would absolutely love to see J-League matches on ONE HD

[Futbol_Crazy21]

would absolutely love to see J-League matches on ONE HD

+1

Definitely then people may know some of the other teams in J-league part from the teams that compete in ACL.

I also wish Fox had a football only channel

[shinAUFC]

If everyone has an interest in the J-league, then who do we all support?

Also what made you feel a connection with the said club? Always find it interesting how people just pluck a club out of nowhere from a place and culture they know very little of lol.

Personally for it Gamba Osaka, seen them wipe the floor with us enough times to respect them and became a fan from there

[Futbol_Crazy21]

Nagoya Grampus because of J.Kennedy

[Nash]

i have (loosely) supported Gamba Osaka since spending an amazingly fun night partying @ the Rosie with their fans after we lost the ACL.

great people, although i understood very little of what they had to say lol. football unites cultures, something i had the pleasure of experiencing 1st hand that night.

[Steelinho]

I SUPPORT THE TEAM WITH ALL THOSE JAPANESE PLAYERS IN IT BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE SUSHI


Asia's okay, I guess. Can't say I'm a big fan of it.



In all honesty, I'd like to see more people feel encouraged to post, even if it's just an opinion or a comment on a game they happened to watch. (i.e. Asian Cup games that don't involve Australia, because I know a lot of you would be watching more than just the Socceroos matches.)
Any input helps the conversation. On the other forum, it was a little discouraging when it was just blahblah and myself.

[Yids]

Steelinho, in another topic you told someone that their match ratings were awful, then proceeded to tell them they should not do it altogether. You also then had a dig a David Vutopal (spelling) now you say people should be feel free to post what they want?

[blahblah]

I guess it is partly up to us to make an effort for the 2011 J-League to get a few more people engaged.

I'm having a horrid run though with V-Varen Nagasaki being told that their infrastructure (amongst other things) isn't good enough for promotion to J-2 and the other side I kept half an eye on, FC Tokyo, going to J-2 instead. I guess in a way you need to be careful what you wish for, I wanted a team in J2 and now I have one

I guess it'll be Avispa Fukuoka for 2011 (not that I could find an Avispa Fukuoka shirt when I enquired at the huge sports store at Canal City)

Anyway as Steelinho said, a little more contribution, insightful or trite, is always welcome.

[Steelinho]

Steelinho, in another topic you told someone that their match ratings were awful, then proceeded to tell them they should not do it altogether. You also then had a dig a David Vutopal (spelling) now you say people should be feel free to post what they want?

I'm a very honest person and speak my mind. I haven't had "a dig" at Votoupal, either. Not on this whole forum. If people think I have then they mustn't actually be reading my posts.

I guess it is partly up to us to make an effort for the 2011 J-League to get a few more people engaged.

Surely what I was doing last year should have been plentiful. If I were to do any more it should be a full time job. Don't know what else I could have provided, anyway. Surely it's a two-way street.

[Yids]

So you claim to be honest, fair enough. However I see a conflict between "don't post your match ratings" and "post whatever you wish".

And believe me, I have read your posts, and very clearly.

And I bet they read your blog/this forum, too. They're avid readers of all the fan blogs and they always discuss the latest posts around the one water cooler they have at FFA headquarters (but don't worry, it's a big water cooler, so nobody goes thirsty).

I see this is an unnecessary response to David. For me, you're just looking to get a reaction out of him.