2012/15 Takashi Inui @ Eintracht Frankfurt (GER/EL)

naopon · Feb 20, 2014

Inui did not make the trip for the Europa League away leg at Porto.

Blue-San · Feb 20, 2014

must have missed the plane

-Kodemari · Feb 21, 2014

Sounds likely, Frankfurt airport is a fcking nightmare

seolseol · Feb 21, 2014

Yeah that is probably the reason

Dax · Feb 23, 2014

He's been subbed in in the second half anyway, today.

naopon · Feb 23, 2014

Inui just sent in a terrific cross that should have won the game but Meier blew a wide open header from 5 yards out

Dax · Feb 23, 2014

naopon · Feb 23, 2014

0-0 FT
Commentator: "A bad football game."

takeuchi · Feb 27, 2014

Inui isn't playing but heartbreak for Frankfurt. About to crash out 5-5 on aggregate..

Dax · Feb 27, 2014

indeed, they held their own pretty well, too bad.

naopon · Mar 2, 2014

Die Aufstellungen! #SGE #SGEVFB pic.twitter.com/WAIij7JugL
— Eintracht Frankfurt (@Eintracht) March 2, 2014

Whispered11 · Mar 2, 2014

How much time is he wasting on the bench?

Blue-San · Mar 3, 2014

not much, he gets the drinks ready, towels, warms the seats and ocasionally passes instructions from the coach to the field

datschge · Mar 3, 2014

Manager Veh anounced that he won't renew his contract and as such leave Frankfurt at the end of the season (he is linked with Schalke). While he did a great job getting the Eintracht to the 1. Bundesliga and sticking to attacking football, I hope the next manager is a little more capable of motivating all the talents they undoubtedly have (Inui, Kadlec, Joselu etc.).

pak_sakoorgtloh · Mar 3, 2014

how is it possible to be decline in performance by just 1 season??

Dax · Mar 3, 2014

Happened to Freiburg too. Europa League tires players, especially when you don't do a big turnover. Or maybe it's a coincidence, dunno. Doesn't happen to every club who plays in Europe of course

datschge · Mar 3, 2014

Bundesliga clubs have a very bad track record managing more than one concurrent competitions without degrading in one of them. The only club used to it is Bayern.

sc-f · Mar 16, 2014

Inui starting the first league match in decades.

Whispered11 · Mar 16, 2014

sc-f said: ↑

Inui starting the first league match in decades.
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Frankfurt got a bad loss. I think they'll be in relegation zone until the end.

datschge · Mar 16, 2014

Unfortunate loss. Frankfurt dominated until Freiburg's second goal, created a lot of chances but managed to convert none, while Freiburg needed two chances for two goals. At that point Frankfurt started playing a high defensive line, lost Maier to injury and regularly got exposed at the back.

sc-f · Apr 3, 2014

http://david-nienhaus.de/?p=4022
http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/soccer/eusoccer/1314/columndtl/201404010001-spnavi

Good read about his fall. Basically saying that he isn't trying to become part of the group.

Dax · Apr 3, 2014

Inui ziehe sich zurück, verbringt die meiste Zeit mit seiner Familie, seinem Dolmetscher Yu Nishimura oder den FFC-Damen Asuna Tanaka Kozue Andō.

hahaha
but yeah seems a spot on good article, which also touches the fact that basically he isn't trying to learn the language.
With Veh leaving, I think Inui will switch shirt at the end of the season - if they can sell him.

naopon · Apr 3, 2014

Yeah that article was so depressing...also says that Inui is lazy.

Blue-San · Apr 3, 2014

nothing new there. We heard about that before he went to Europe

Dax · Apr 3, 2014

I didn't really interpret it that way. I kinda thought it meant that since he has accepted his current condition in the team, he doesn't train too enthusiastically anymore. Not that he did overwork last year or stuff like that.
I just mean that his current mental condition basically is isolating him further, and taking away his commitment too. Of course, there is no justification for it, he's being weak.

But you know, last year he did really well despite everything