The Tokyo Verdy 1969 official website is reporting that Jun Tamano (2 goals in 26 career games) and Gang-Jin Lee (1 goal in 25 career matches) will not be coming back to the team next year. Tamano, a 21 year old MF will be heading to Tokushima Vortis. Lee, a 19 year old Korean U-20 national teamer, is returning to Korea to play for Busan I-Park.
I'm not crazy about letting more young guys go. I understand the need for Ramos to get Verdy back into J-1 but I feel he's sacrificing the future for a quick fix. This has been a pattern that Verdy has fallen into time and time again. I'll be the first to say that Lee had a train wreck of a year but who in that defense didn't? Everybody stunk, and letting Tamano go to a potential rival for one of three promotion spots is a huge mistake. I don't see the wisdom in letting Tamano go for a 34 year old midfielder who was on (the equivalent of) a 4th division team last year.
These were two guys who had their first taste of meaningful action, they had the perfect opportunity to earn a spot and play in J2 and they're gone........why? They kept Uemura, he's pushing 33 and he had arguably a worse season than Lee. I get the fact that Daigo and Soma got offers to play J1........they wanted to go and further their first division careers, but Tamano was not in that position.
Bad moves, Self inflicted wound............this is the offseason version of an own goal.
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The longer this break goes on,the more I fear for our chances next season.At the moment, I have only seen ONE reason to be optimistic for next year and that is the feeling of blind faith in my team even when all the signs point to an impending disaster. I have always looked forward to pre season with the prospect of looking over the new signings. However this seasons crop are the most uninspiring ever. Of course we can`t afford to or even attract the big name signings of the past to J2 but man!! No more old guys please!! We need youth,exuberance mixed with maturity not selinity.Also we need to keep some players from last year even if only to tell the new guys where to park their cars and show them round the canteen. If Kazu comes back (again!!!!) it will be the biggest joke ever. Retire that man.Taxi for Miura!! If he was a horse,the farmer would have called the vet,taken him round the back of the stable,administered both barrels and he`d be in the glue factory or in tins of dog food as we speak. Hopefully our blind faith will see us through and all the evidence pointing the other way will turn out to be like OJ Simpsons black gloves.C`mon the Boys!!!
Lee, I expected but Tamano was a stupid, stupid move. Ramos keeps bringing in his peers for some awful reason. Nagai?
Yeah......it's going to be a long season.....right now I only see Sapporo as a J2 team that's improved itself though so maybe it'll be promotion by default.
36 roster changes and counting
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