Tatsuya Tanaka (1982-11-27) ´ Height 1.67 m Appearances 151 Goals (50) JNT 4 (1) Yuichiro Nagai (1979-2-14) Height 1.84 m Appearances 221 Goals (46) JNT 8 (1) Urawa play with Washington and another forward, who you prefer?
uhm, as much as I like Nagai, I prefer Tatstuya alongside Washington. Tatsuya got great speed and acceleration, as well as a "nose for goal". He's more a natural goalscorer than Nagai. If Tatsuya hadn't been injured that much, he would probably have been a regular for the NT a long time ago. Nagai got great technique, but tend to overdo it at times. still, he's a joy to watch and one of my favorite strikers in J.League he's quite good in the air as well. Who will forget his 3 Maradona goals some years ago? it takes skill to do that. you know what, throw out Washington and play with Nagai and Tatsuya instead
On current form i'd say Nagai is better at the moment, but overall i think Tatsuya is a better goalscorer, brings more to the game, is more consistant and generally better than Nagai. Having said that i do think Nagai is underated.
I have a thing for hardworking and consistent players, so I'd pick Tatsuya over Nagai. But that takes nothing from the fact that they, like so many other Japanese strikers, need about 98 chances to score.
It might just happen next season though, if the front office somehow decide not to replace Washington. Unlikely, but who knows?