Today’s post could also be called “Get the hell back here ASAP Koji because without you it appears that we might be following our city rivals into the bowels of J2 hell.”
Alright, so maybe I am exagerrating a little but the unconvincing pre-season form has finally caught up with us and a 2-0 loss to [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 27, 2008
Ko-oh-oji’s Magic
February 22, 2008
Chinese Human Rights Issues
Not content with imprisoning politcal prisoners and dissenters against the communist regime, China decided this week to show the world how it deals with people it doesn’t like.
Tuesday saw Koji score his 4th goal in 6 caps for Japan but his achievement overshadowed by the outrageous performance of both the Chinese players and the Korean [...]
February 20, 2008
Still Unbeaten
The pre-season rumbles on and the Marinos remain unbeaten after two victories on Saturday. Now, convincing isn’t the word MOIST would use to describe either of the wins but it’s only practice games and we’re still missing 4 of our first team players.
The first game of the day was against Tochigi SC of the JFL. Kuwahara [...]
February 15, 2008
Captain Marvel
Don’t worry, this isn’t a post about ex-Manchester United injury prone midfielder and ex-[insert numerous football clubs names here] failure of a manager, Bryan Robson, it’s a post about MOIST 2007 Player of the Season and 2008 January Player of the Month, the one, the only, Kawai Ryuji
Kawai has recently been announced as Marinos captan [...]
February 15, 2008
Tricolore Body Tricolore Soul
After being labelled the spawn of Satan on these very blog pages, Nike have stepped up operations aimed at winning over MOIST to their cause. First they made a kit which didn’t suck donkeys balls a la Kashima Antlers and second they made this advert which, if we’re being honest, is pretty lucrative. The only [...]
February 13, 2008
Goals Galore and Beijing Bound
The boys have returned from Miyazaki after a successful training camp that saw them win all 3 of their scheduled games, scoring 19 goals into the bargain.
As MOIST has already reported the opening game was a 3-0 victory of AJH’s coiffured Icons. The two other games saw a 13-1 win against Kanoya University and a [...]
February 8, 2008
Icons-outclassed-tic
Good news from Miyazaki where the Marinos kick started their pre-season with a thumping win over former striker Ahn Jung Hwan’s Busan Icons on Wednesday. Newspapers have not reported any notable increase in great hair and missed chances in the Kyushu area so it is unsure as to whether AJH made the trip or not.
The game [...]
February 7, 2008
Unlucky for some?
Not for Yuji, though. Wednesday night saw him score his 13th international goal, one that helped see off an overly cliched brave challenge from plucky underdogs, Thailand. A well placed header from a free-kick made it 3-1 to Japan and ended any real threat Thailand had of staging a comeback. In fact, minutes earlier Yuji was [...]
February 1, 2008
Marinos 3 – 0 Bosnia
A fantastic start to the pre-season schedule for a rampant Marinos side. Whilst the Reds may be laying claim to being the best club side in Asia, it is clear the Marinos have set their sights on a loftier goal: World Cup Champions or bust.
After the drab display against Chile, Oka-chan [...]
