2009 J. League Transfers & Off-the-field News Thread - Part II

Re: 2009 J. League Transfers & Off-the-field News Thread

Ok, thank you

To the Kazu thing,
Maybe Kazu wanted to renew the contract?!
Let them play if they feel fit to play one more year.

without Gon, the league would be not so funny

 

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Does anyone have any information on William Yoshikawa? Seems like is half Brazilian and half Japanese drafted out of Akatsuki High School by Roasso Kumamoto. Apparently he is a forward... Maybe the next Tulio?

 

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I just saw the Marinos slogan. Enjoy, Growing, Victory. What are the other slogans from other teams this year?

 

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http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/soccer/jleague/headlines/20090119-00000167-jij-spo.html

Nippon Television is considering selling Tokyo Verdy.

http://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2009/0119_6.html

Kawasaki Frontale renewed the contract of Brazilian Juninho.

http://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2009/0119_5.html

Vitor Junior completed a permanent move to Kawasaki Frontale from Santos FC.

 

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god I swore I wouldn't advertise my own site but here's what I wrote about the possible sale for Verdy

http://brilliantomiya.blogspot.com/2009/01/40-years-is-enough-for-one-company.html

 

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Interestingly, no mention of Renatinho on the Frontale site...yet. Pretty sure he's under contract til the summer, but so was Vitor.

Hope he doesn't get in a huff like a certain other Brazilian striker.

 

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Good news for Cerezo: Kaio will spend atleast one more year with us Gilton has been loaded off to Albirex Niigata, while Nagoya's Jun Aoyama's loan-deal has ended.

Now we only need a goalkeeper...

 

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Seems Hulk (former Verdy striker) is doing well in Portugal.
Deco praised him.

Di Maria and Hulk tipped for world superstardom
http://www.portugoal.net/Benfica0809/200901162-Di-Maria-Hulk-Appraisals.htm

 

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http://www.cerezo.co.jp/news/news.php?f=200901206

Cerezo Osaka midfielder Germano moves to Santos FC.

http://www.cerezo.co.jp/news/news.php?f=200901205

Cerezo Osaka midfielder Ale returns to Sao Paulo FC.

 

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http://mainichi.jp/area/hiroshima/news/20090117ddlk34010511000c.html

Hiroshima Football Association requested to build a football stadium at the site of Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium but Hiroshima city turned it down.

 

Re: 2009 J. League Transfers & Off-the-field News Thread

why they want to build a new one?
Big Arch is not old, it is big enough...
I really like that stadium, it looks like the small kokuritsu

 

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They probably don't like the track? That's the only reason I can come up with.

 

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Look at the crowds they get.

For one thing Big Arch is miles out of town and takes about forty minutes to get to.

Then there is the fact that there is no protection from the elements. If it rains, you get wet. If it's hot, you get sun-burned.

There's no atmosphere because the fans behind the goals are about a billion kilometres away from the pitch. And it's about 25,000 over-capacity.

For general 'sports' fans in Hiroshima it's a pretty easy choice to make. Their old ball park was in the middle of downtown, and I'm lead to believe their new one is too.

I was under the impression that the local council helped pay for the new baseball stadium, so it's a bit rich for them to turn around and knock back a new football ground. But then Hiroshima Carp often attract big crowds and Big Arch Stadium was only built in 1994.

Until Sanfrecce get a new ground I don't think they'll ever be a force in the J. League... but then I doubt that's of much concern to the local council and even the people of Hiroshima themselves.

 

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On top of that, while the design of the stadium looks really cool... the arch plus a running track makes it feels like you're miles from the action.

 

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I really like the design of Big Arch, but I agree that the seating is too far from the field. I'm pretty sure that even the Kokuritsu is closer to the field from goal side than Big Arch is from the sidelines, which is really bad.

Big Arch's design is possibly one of the best of all stadia used in the league. Just a shame that such an excellent idea wasn't executed very well.

This whole situation is almost an inside-out version of Nagoya and Toyota Stadium.

Though the situation kind of reminds me of Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League. For those who watched the final of the AFC Champions League, you might have noticed that Adelaide's Hindmarsh Stadium is incredibly small - the sold-out match hosted a total of 17,000 - and despite the fact that there have been numerous requests from both the club and public to build a new stadium, or just improve the current one, the Government have their hands over their ears, and are happy to improve a stadium that doesn't have any potential for growth. It's a mixture of being blind, and a failure to understand the phrase, "If you build it, they will come."


That's the problem with sports and stadiums; you can and will never have everyone happy at the same time.


Hiroshima's council may just need their eyes open. If Hiroshima get a bit more success than they have in past years - say a few years in the top 8, and/or possibly a spot in the ACL - then perhaps they might start to understand exactly how it will benefit the city as a whole.

 

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I guess that they put the track in because they weren't sure whether the J-League would survive...

Big mistake now.

 

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Park Joo-ho of Mito Hollyhock to Kashima Antlers.

 

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Hello! I want to know how the Japanese footballer "Osama Elsamni" is good?
He is currently on a trial with Czech team FK Teplice.
According to this site, he is of Egyptian descent and played for Tokyo Verdy until last year.

http://www.fkteplice.cz/A-tym/zpravy/22_01_09_teplice_zkouseji_osamu_elsamniho.html

 

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Steve ( Koshigaya) is better suited to answer this one, but he never really managed to break into Verdy's team, let alone make it to the bench. As far as I recall though, Osamu was sidelined with a long-term injury, which if course didn't make things easier.

 

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Doesn't he have a brother that plays on the team too?

I'm pretty sure that he is a striker. This could turn out to be an interesting move. I wonder if he decided to play for Japan or not.