2019/23 Wataru Endo | 2021- Hiroki Ito | 2022- Anrie Chase @ VfB Stuttgart (GER)

If we weren't having a drought in full-/wing-backs, a passage to a 3-CBs formation should be considered.

 

We have good fullbacks like Sugawara for AZ and Sakai is still solid and has a few years but Moriyasu hasn’t got a clue. Consistently playing Osako who offers nothing over Furuhashi etc...

 

Ito just scored

 

Was a nice one, well taken.
http://livetv.sx/enx/showvideo/983773__/

 

Hiroki Ito is a really good surprise.

 

We live in a time where Japan has countless numbers of talented defenders. Imagine if they were present in WC 18, there's no way they could've fallen that easy to Belgium.

Even with all the negativity that surrounds JNT in the WCQ, the defense is doing a pretty solid job so far by only allowing 3 goals in in 6 matches played.

Sad that Gen Shoji fell out of favor despite showing some promise in his early days.

 

Its kind of funny, he is a starter in Bundesliga but nowhere close to the nt.

 

To be fair this happened in the last two months and before that nobody was seriously expecting that to happen so smoothly (especially all during the precarious situation Stuttgart is in right now). So give it time.

 

Sure, but I doubt Moriyasu gives a fck.

 

He was supposed to be playing Regionalliga (4th division) right now so everyone is quite pleasantly surprised.

 

From being a Japanese 2nd division player to being named in the team of the week in Bundesliga.

https://www.kicker.de/bundesliga/elf-des-tages

 

YEES💪

Hiroki #Ito named #BLRookie rookie of the month!
Congrats, Hiroki🙌⚪️🔴#VfB #BLRookie pic.twitter.com/HaHJp8t1rv

— VfB Stuttgart_int (@VfB_int) December 10, 2021

 

Pleasant surprise to see him doing well in BL. Remembered seeing him briefly while in J league and recalled him being bit slow to change direction while facing off against speedy attackers/wingers who can change direction fast and getting nutmegged at times.

 

I hope he could transfer to a Serie A club soon to improve more on his defending skills, but he's been doing great so far in the Bundesliga.
Take note, Moriyasu!

 

Hopefully he gets ignored until Moriyasu is finished. Last thing Ito (and Itakura) needs is to fly halfway across the world to sit on the bench for JNT for two games and come back to Stuttgart jet lagged.

 

Despite the expected thrashing against Bayern (which team hasn't, though? lol), he was one of their decent performers in the match.

 

Antoine Coupland (18, OM) könnte demnächst unsere U21 verstärken.

Transfer von Anrie Chase (17, IV) rückt näher, entweder jetzt im Winter oder im Sommer.#VfB
(STN/MeinVfB)

— Ron1893 | Europa wir kommen (@VfBrustring) January 16, 2022

Rumor that Chase Anrie will be joining either winter or summer.

 

No chance Stuttgart is letting him leave this winter. Maybe at the end of the season, though he'll be hard to replace. And having dropped to the second last place Stuttgart can use any help they can get right now.

 

With Kalajdzic they already have one, who scored 16 times last season but was injured this season, being back for only three matches now. Stuttgart has been hit by plenty injuries affecting results which is also the reason why the club so far had been calm and confident of finding its groove again.

 

Gladbach want to sign Wataru Endo as replacemant for Dennis Zakkaria.

 

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/288b67d3d274318a8413e3aefb423395a7da1103

Chase Anrie will be joining

 

Having 3 countrymen (Endo, Ito, and the American coach Matarazzo) will hopefully make it easy for Chase to adapt.

 

Goal by Ito!