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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2018.Honda signs with Melbourne Victory
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Jimizo
Good player. Still has something to offer.
socrateos
Too early to retire. Good luck to him and his new team!
goldorak
Honda's the type of player who'll put bums on seats especially among Asian-Australian soccer fans (which is atill
goldorak
Sorry ...still very much an untapped market). Shinji Ono had a very good stint at wsw a few years back, let's hope Honda does the same.
Netgrump
A good football player attracts all football fans and the r factor is for the account of the...
goldorak
@netgrump, nothing racist about that. The Australian sporting landscape is quite unique and soccer's only the 3Rd or 4th football code in the country.
I actually know quite a few Asian-Australians (from all backgrounds not only J) who attended their first football game (all codes) after Ono joined the wanderers. I asked them why and they said they never felt 'at home' in 'your' stadiums (all communities bar Asians).
Asian fans have always been under-represented in Oz stadiums.
Netgrump
@ goldorak
Thx for the explanation and not accusing anything [saw too much crap lately] so I left it open with ......... :)