Osim drops his European walkers!

Coach Osim has cleared most of these guys out because....

they don't run fast enough!

Inamoto, Takahara's new Frankfurt team mate, and Nakata, who plays for Swiss side Basel, were regular fixtures under Japan's previous two coaches, Frenchman Philippe Troussier and Brazilian Zico.

But Osim appears to have decided neither has a part to play in Japan's future.

"If we'd been playing at the Asian Cup I would have taken anyone not running off after 10 minutes," Osim said, effectively spelling the end of both players' national team careers.

As it was he took both players off at half-time in the recent friendly againstColumbia.

"I'm not interested in players who aren't prepared to work for the team."

Should Australia be afraid of the new look Japan?