Japanese Abroad 2010/11 [R] - Part I

But it's... FC Saturn man... It's not Zenit, Spartak, CSKA or even Lokomotiv and Dynamo. It's a bottom feader with small stadium and 5000 "crowds".

Honda wanted out of Russia the secod CSKA CL campaign ended. No offence man but it seems like he is one selfish glamour loving SOB.

 

On the other hand i started reading wiki pages about these guys and yea its seems they pretty average. The amount of games they played for Japanese NT kinda confused me. Can't imagine any regular NT player from a top 20 nation signing with Amkar.

 

nah not regular neither Yano or Maki. Maki was a bench-warmer for JEF Chiba (J2) this season but he does have a lot of passion for the game which you can't but help respect.

Yano may be missed. For games Kisho Yano's played for Niigata they've been unbeaten in a long long time, ended this weekend.

 

Don't know about Lee Ho but Dong-ji had a great time in Zenit.

It's weird that none of the best japanese players go abroad to good clubs. I only see normal players to small clubs. Really boring.

 

I care for the J.League so it doesn't bother me.
Hey guys, Takahara has scored is first goal for Suwon !

 

Kagawa starts in the German cup against Burghausen. Game starts in 10 minutes.

 

I hope he open his official goal account today

 

Kagawa had an assist

 

just so people get what happened. It was more like, GK overcommmits to another player, player passes to kagawa right infront of goal at teh edge of the box, kagawa f*cks up the shot and it trickles towards the boundary where thankfully another player bundled it in. Wasn't particularly glorious.

 

Hm, I recall that scene a bit differently? Kagawa's assist was a nice cross from the right...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lNitCJSJoI"]YouTube- Wacker Burghausen:Borussia Dortmund (0:3) DFB-Pokal 2010[/ame]

On German TV digest, the commentator namely mentions that Kagawa was great in the first half. Note that he was the only new player of several new signings starting.

 

Lucas Barios was the one with the f*ck up shot here =))

 

Oh, i only saw after they were 2-0 up i didn't see his assist. I thought he was the one on the 3rd goal who stuffed it up, or was that barrios the stream wasn't too flash.

 

I think you mean that weak shot by Barrios which became a pass/assist...
However, Kagawa may have not scored yesterday, but he looks already part of the team which is good.

 

Sk Lierse lost again yesterday

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYOVjfasnnA"]YouTube- Lierse 0 vs 1 fc mechelen[/ame]

Kawashima should shoulder some responsibility, but when your team scores
1 goal in 3 games it can't just be the GK's fault.

 

Honda injured today, dunno about the gravity.

 

A little bit depressing the sitation right now.

Kawashima looks so so, they are a bad team we all know that now, but.

Honda injured, and he will probably stay in Moscow right? And I don't even think he will impress more over there. Sad.

 

It was a knock only, was subbed to avoid the risk while the team was winning 4:0 already. Keisuke got an assist and hit the bar with a long shot this match.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpJKbdQi0mo"]Keisuke Honda | CSKA[/ame]

 

Mhhh i think it`s all fine with the japanese players abroad =)...look:

Hasebe: Its antoher hard year for him but he will get his starting place back like every year,he is a fighter.The important thing is that he is no wordclass player but very solid in any position,hes a allrounder and always defend his starter place.He is one of the most important players in Wolfsburg.

Kagawa: is doing very very well in germany,i think this would be a very good season for him.It seems like he has no problems in the Bundesliga

Uchida: Was one of the best players on the field in the game Bayern - Schalke when you listen to "Kicker.de".Ge got the mark 3 and i think thats totally okay ,especially when you know its his first "real" game and that`s against Bayern München.I fell no worries about him,he would be a starter for the hole season.

I think 3 japanese players in the Bundesliga which doing a good job is not so bad ;D ?


Kawashima : Lierse SK seems to be a poor club but Kawashima do the second step after Kawaguchi for japanese goalkeepers to show that they can compete. It`s not important that`s Kawasaki Frontale is miles better than Lierse or that the J-League is better than the Jupiler Pro League.....it`s important that so many japanese players change to europe as possible because the whole world must know that japanese players can compete to the rest of the world and thats why i think Kawashima want to stay in europe and maybe get a better offer after this season.
Kawashima was not bad in his first 3 games,not worldclass but on the other hand no desaster.

Nagatomo : It looks like he has no problems in Italy,everbody talks the best things about him. Thats another good thing for japanese football.

Morimoto: Maybe he stay another year at Catania but this season he would get another chance and i think he will use it.We all know he is young and last season he lose his starter place but was at least a good subber with 7 goals and 4 assists in 37 games,thats not to bad.I have no worries about him ( he is 22 ;D).

Honda : I dont know where`s the problem ? He is doing very well in the russian Premiere League and after my opinion this league is very very good.Not worldclass but physical very hard and thats the thing japanese players need to learn.The russion top clubs compete with the rest of europe and this league is getting stronger an stronger every year.In 1-2 years Honda change to another good club in europe =) I`m sure.

Maki :He`s very very underrated.Maki is a solid player and it`s good to see that some of the "lower" players of japan change to europe to give the younger generations a chance and maybe he suprised us with 10-15 goals ?

Takahito Soma : The next player for Energie Cottbus in the 2 league in Germany.This League is sooo strong this year,its right that this called "the best second league of the world" and especially this league is great for new and young japanese players to start in european or german football.He would be a starter for the whole season when he stay away from injuries.


Im getting tired =) but they are much more players they are ready for a change to europe like Endo or Tulio maybe Yano like a second Maki to Russia or Okubo and do not forget Matsui.I`m sure he stays in Ligue 1 for this season. We need no worries about our Blue Samurai =)

 

Yeah I don't even want to talk about it.

 

But he's very close to Sporting Lisbon.

edit : thanks Senior Tigr

 

Eurocentric rubbish.
J-League players moving to Europe always has been and continues to be an unmitigated clusterf***.
It's holding Japan back in a big way.

 

Honda against Anzhi
http://www.youtube.com/user/spss2010#p/a/u/0/nJ_iZkoWhzw
Honda, with his wife in St. Petersburg at the match Russia-Bulgaria.

 

OK