I don't think the manga is saying that a striker is all you need, the thing it is saying however is that japan's team has never had a true striker. And also its not really the same to be an individual legend and to win a world cup. The whole point isnt to make the "best player" its to make a player who can win on the world stage with a team built around 1 player scoring. So yea i think its more saying a striker is the missing piece for the japanese team and not that a striker is the 1 thing a team needs.
Even then, I still don't agree that 1 "best striker" is the solution. What do you if that player gets injured or is just overworked? You can't build an entire national team based on one player. Seems to too individualistic when football is a team sport. Just can't agree with that ideology.
Well as it is a international play you dont play all that many games, and im not saying a agree completely with the plan they have all im saying is that what you said about them saying that they were making the best player, and instead just a greedy striker. And yes its a team sport but japan isnt bad internationally they just lack a striker thats the point of this story. And that is like saying dont work on a future star player cause they might get injured, i mean srsly what if actual football teams where like that. And overwork isnt an issue at the world cup as there isnt all that many games you need to play.
Agree. I think this "plan" would be perfect if the winner was not only 1, but like a top 10, so that various footballs teams could play with the best strikers and fight as a team, all players bettering themselves to the level of the strikers. 1 super-striker is a pretty risky strategy.
He gets some personal trouble and bye bye to all victories.
I'm a huge football fan so I'm still on the fence with this manga. I understand that a striker has to be greedy, they're there to score goals but I disagree with the believe that all a team needs is the best striker to win a world cup. The manga mentions the best players currently like CR7, Messi, and Neymar but neither one of those players is even a striker nor have they ever won a world cup. Heck most of the legends weren't/aren't strikers they were attacking midfielders. In football the best player in the team is usually given the 10 (creative attacking midfielder aka Messi) jersey not the 9 (striker). It's interesting but my knowledge of footballand my own ideology of it keep me from fully embracing the story. I'll keep reading though maybe it'll grow on me.