Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] (part II) Hi VN! Wow, fantastic you posted links. I think the first half link is blocked already though -- I guess...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] (part II) The bureaucracy in Japan has truly evolved into an art form. The story you had about your friend in...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] (part II) I think this is the biggest problem with the ref issue -- no one knows exactly WHAT to do about it....
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] Hi RichardL, I got a few good chuckles out of your post, thanks for that on this droopy Monday afternoon! :)...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] It's almost too painful to watch. Ardiles is not the kind of manager who can rah rah the team back to life --...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] Actually I don't think Leao slipped out the back... he was called up suddenly after the losses in the Nabisco,...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] Yup, Ardiles took full blame for that disaster. I think he wanted to give the team a sense of fighting spirit...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] I know, I watched this game and most of the goals were counter-attack type goals -- fast and using only two/three...
Hi RedTommo, welcome to the AsiaZone! I have to agree with Kami-Kakashi about the danger of thinking your overseas players will "carry" your...
hey Virulent, thanks for upping these links. Really appreciate it! :)
wow, i think sacking Sidka was the worst thing they could have done. I mean, no one knows the Bahrain team like he does (his history with the...
Re: Confed cup, Japan won't add Okubo or Matsui? You're absolutely right -- but still, you'd think they would avoid using words like...
Confed cup, Japan won't add Okubo or Matsui? http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050604-00020602-jij-spo well, it's rather disappointing, but...
The bone break was a result of wear, not anything that anyone did -- no tackling, no weird fall. From the video I saw of the moment it happened,...
That's right, the numbers don't add up, so needless to say some players will inevitably be cut. I guess that will be decided after the two...
I'm not sure how the reporter who wrote this got this information, but here is some very exciting news for people who are fans of Yoshito Okubo...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] um....?!?!?! what makes you wonder that? Your question caught me completely by surprise, definitely not...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] sure, my pleasure! Get info: some standing around bookstores reading sports mags but mostly reading what's on the...
Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R] Verdy is in 14th place in the rankings, but with 14 points only 6 points behind the 2nd place team (Sanfrecce...
Sorry, I should have included the translation in the first place. Here it is, very rough, but complete (I don't like to summarize b/c the meaning...
Re: Official Japanese Abroad Thread 2004-05 [R] mad? where did you hear that?
Ah, well...here's something new -- a lot of it's speculation, but it is an interesting turn of events....
I think Yana has definitely become stronger since going to Italy. And right now he has certain strengths over the other forwards on the NT, so if...
I can understand your protectiveness of Shunsuke, but really...not calling him up for these two games? I think it would break his heart. And...
nope, Zico loves Kubo. He really had shown his stuff last year before his injury. If there are two people in Japan that I think have an almost...