Former Verdy player rankings!

Ahhh days of yore.................here are stats and rankings for former Buzzards in Japan from Weekly soccer digest (WSD) and Soccer Magazine Japan (SMJ)

URAWA REDS

WASHINGTON 10 goals 2 assists 6.27 WSD 6.38 SMJ
Takahito Soma 5.5 WSD 5.75 SMJ

Washington is in the perfect position for his skills........a strong midfield behind him that allows him to cherry pick. Soma on the other hand can't get a sniff behind Golden Boy Santos......I think he should have signed in a place that would have highlighted his skills. I know he wanted to try for the national team but this isn't how it's gonna happen for him.

OMIYA ARDIJA

DAIGO KOBAYASHI 6 goals 6 assists 6.14 WSD 6.0 SMJ
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi 5.44 WSD 5.64 SMJ

Far and away, the best player Omiya has ever had. Clutch free kicks........He's already doubled his total of goals from 2005 while keeping a steady pace in assists. Soma should take a lesson from the tale of Daigo. The other Kobayashi has been far less impressive.

KAWASAKI FRONTALE

Atsushi Yoneyama 2 games 38 minutes
Tadamichi Machida RELEASED

Two non-factors for the first place squad in J1.

YOKOHAMA F MARINOS

Takashi Hirano 5.50 WSD 5.25 SMJ

Limited action in Yokohama........maybe Croatia doesn't look so bad.

CEREZO OSAKA

TAKUYA YAMADA (is an Exotic Terminater) 5.78 WSD 5.67 SMJ

Awful team, but they are looking a bit better with ET in the starting 11. Two relegations in a row? They are on a pace to finish worse than Vissel!

SANFRECCE HIROSHIMA

Kazuyuki Toda 1 assist 5.65 WSD 5.65 SMJ

Mercenary on a team that likes to pack it in. Not pretty and until recently not effective. Needless to say he's not one of my favorities.

VENTFORET KOFU

Kentaro Hayashi 5.95 WSD 5.85 SMJ

Nice pickup for the underdogs from Kofu......had a couple rough matches recently but a consistent contributor and one of the better players on VK. I thought he would flop but hayashi is coming through.

J2- TOKUSHIMA VORTIS

Jun Tamano 5.83 WSD

Dropped from the first team of the worst club in J2. Ramos might have known what he was doing with this one.

And just for fun

YOKOHAMA FC

KING KAZU 3 goals 1 assist 5.73 WSD

The old man still has a bit left in the tank I suppose! 2 PK goals.

I wonder what happened to Machida.