It’s quite something for the JFA to be calling on fans to boo the team isn’t it? There’s no question that the pressure is mounting on Takeshi Okada quite considerably. 0-0 with Venezuela, 0-0 with China. Hong Kong next on Thursday…another 0-0 is unthinkable. Hong Kong were dispatched 6-0 and 4-0 last year in Asian Cup qualifiers and we shouldn’t settle for anything less than a repeat of those in Thursdays match, otherwise Okada’s position will begin to look untenable – not that I think a change just prior to the World Cup is a great idea, but as things stand Japan are in for a beating in the summer.

And as for playing South Korea after that…it doesn’t bear thinking about right now, which is a real worry.