Who's going to walk off with this year's title, then? With only eight games to go, I'm going to go with the top five, but feel free to select other and state your claim for a late surge from Nagoya / Urawa / Niigata etc. The poll will close before the final three games are played. Who will be champions?
Re: Who's going to win it then? Still think Antlers have got too much quality to throw it away. Oliveira will steady the ship in the nick of time.
Re: Who's going to win it then? Nice to see either Hiroshima or Shimzu win it. What a story would it be for Hiroshima to win it though, J2 Champions last year and J1 Champions this year.
Re: Who's going to win it then? If Sanfrecce players were serious about winning, after equalizing in Kashiwa they wouldn't have wasted one minute celebrating... Sato Hisato (him alone) was furious. I still say Antlers, but I hope S-Pulse--without any "Amazing J" help, thou!
Re: Who's going to win it then? Well, Shimizu's next four games are three at home and a trip to Oita. No ACL, no Nabisco. They must make 12 points there if they want hope, because overall they don't have an easy schedule (still must face Marinos, Grampus, Sanfrecce, Gamba and Reysol in Kashiwa...). Also don't forget that virtually Frontale has the same points. Sure they have more games, but their J1 calendar is rather comfortable for Kawasaki.
Re: Who's going to win it then? Sanfrecce has tough match ups ahead. like to see them win but realistically, I think Antlers will win it...
Re: Who's going to win it then? Hisato's a very good captain. I was very surprised to see he has such a low leadership score in the new Championship Manager. But then I suppose that's why Football Manager is ichi-ban. I went for Sanfrecce (of course), but really I agree that they are not professional enough. (Agent Orange's comments about them playing boy band football cracked me up though.)
Re: Who's going to win it then? I just hope that Sanfrecce don't get too carried away with whatever they've achieved this season, and then go on to get relegated next year because of the same lack of professionalism.
Re: Who's going to win it then? Shimizu S-Pulse. I'd like to see new champion. Hiroshima have 5 league titles during JSL era.
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] Don't suppose you know of a stream? I wasn't able to find it on justintv
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] http://www.justin.tv/himehime Atmark isn't showing, but this one should work.
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] Awesome! I haven't seen this one before. I got dazed for about 10m watching a show on the zombie20 channel.
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] Okazaki and Sato both adding to their goal records. Okazakis was especially sweet... I thought Sato got a little lucky with the keeper.
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] I love Shimizu's stadium name. "Outsourcing stadium" Shouldn't they be playing in another country?
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] Not that you can tell with the really fuzzy picture, but at least there are some cute girls at Ecopa.
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] Ehh... The one on the left kinda looks like an alien or a female Anpanman.
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] FT Shimizu 1-1 Hiroshima disappointing result for both sides.
Re: Official 2009 J1 Thread - part II [R] But Shimizu move up to the top anyways. 1. Shimizu - 50 (+14) 2. Kashima - 50 (+12)