Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] I'm not going to jump up and down given that they let Yemen score twice, but good job by Hirayama. If Yamada didn't get injured, Japan might have lost...
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] The most amazing thing about this match is that Hisato Sato scored a hat trick without ever even leaving Japan. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2010/January/06/sato-hat-trick-lifts-japan-into-asian-cup/
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] haha, i saw that link in google news, sighed at their incompetence and moved on. on another note, Shinji okazaki is the top international goalscorer of 2009
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] To be fair, They both have the same initials kinda.... Sota Hirayama Hisato Sato I guess to them Sota=Sato
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] Yeah, I suppose youre right. The names are so similar. I mean, people are always confusing Gareth Barry with Barry Ferguson, and every time I write about Wayne Rooney I make a mistake and call him Mickey Rooney. Its such an easy mistake to make . . . .
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] You mean they aren't same player?? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. The person who wrote the article probably hasn't even heard of any of the players who played.
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] Oh dear. Soccerway's statistics seem to have gone haywire. I've been trying to ask them why they keep crediting Hisato Sato's goals to (goalkeeper) Akihiro Sato, but they never replied. They have him as having scored two goals against Kyoto, for example.
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] Well, it's six of one and a half dozen of the other. That is an egregiously bad tackle, a real knee buster. The perpetrator should be dealt with severely. A fine and a ban is in order. However, the comment by kaba about it is almost as bad. I'd forgive the guy for getting carried away with the racist remark in the heat of the moment, but that's it.
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] omg I'm so angry right now. I hope Naoki's career isn't broken. It's terrible. And no card ? AFC .
Re: Japanese NT @ ACQ 2011 [R] Well he sure took one for the team. Got Japan in the Asian cup, and Hirayama possibly in the World Cup.
Re: Official 2010 Japanese NT Thread [R] Japanese squad for match against Bahrain http://www.jsgoal.jp/news/jsgoal/00097057.html. 【GK】楢崎正剛、川島永嗣 【DF】中澤佑二、田中マルクス闘莉王、駒野友一、今野泰幸、長友佑都、内田篤人 【MF】中村俊輔、稲本潤一、遠藤保仁、松井大輔、阿部勇樹、長谷部誠、本田圭佑 【FW】玉田圭司、平山相太、岡崎慎司、興梠慎三、森本貴幸 At first I thought that Okada had finally gotten rid of Okubo, but then I remembered that he was injured... Why is Abe back? Is it because Kengo got injured? Why is Kagawa gone? The only two offensive midfielders left are Matsui and Honda. Tamada is still there hopefully Okada will play Okazaki and Morimoto up top. But I doubt it...
Re: Official 2010 Japanese NT Thread [R] Abe as a replacement for Kengo? Talk about a drop in quality... Who needs attacking midfielders when you have Naka, Koroki, Hirayama, and Tamada? 森本貴幸 平山相太 興梠慎三 阿部勇樹 中村俊輔 今野泰幸
Re: Official 2010 Japanese NT Thread [R] [GK] Seigo Narazaki, Eiji Kawashima [DF] Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yuichi Komano, Yasuyuki Konno, Yuto Nagatomo, Atsuto Uchida [MF] Shunsuke Nakamura, Junichi Inamoto, Yasuhito Endo, Daisuke Matsui, Yuki Abe, Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda [FW] Keiji Tamada, Sota Hirayama, Shinji Okazaki, Shinzo Koroki, Takayuki Morimoto