I'm going to do a rolling prediction in which I change week by week
Here's how I see the league now
1. Nagoya- I hate Tulio, I hate Tamada, and I hate Kennedy.....the J League was created to make me angry so it's this collection of diving twats that will take the crown.
2. Kashiwa- Alot of people seem to be talking down their offseason but I think Nasu and Lobo are going to make them a better squad.
3. Gamba- They always seem to steady out and rise to the top.
4. Vissel- I'm a bit nervous about a huge collection of near 30's and over 30's. The one thing that nobody is mentioning about the Hashimoto, Nozawa, Tashiro triumvirate is that they are players with a lot of miles on the odometer.
5. Urawa- I think they need a shrink more than a coach. hopefully this pick is high.
6. FC Tokyo- Good they looked good this week.
7. Kashima- Transition time. They seem to never get too bad though.
8a. Omiya- It's gotta happen sometime, right? Cho and Carlinhos were good pickups and if Kikuchi keeps Kataoka in Shiki, he's a positive as well.
8. Cerezo- I think they improved with the Kempes pickup. If they can play defense, they should be good
9. Sendai- I think the Uemoto signing is a drop in quality for them. Have no idea how their two Brazilians will do.
10. Yokohama- Why again are we taking Higuchi seriously when he says he wants to play attacking soccer? Did you not witness his ultra cautious display in 2008?
11. Ohhh my god, I'm tired.......is there really that much difference between 6th and 16th? No?
Jubilo- I think the young guys took people by surprise last year....as a known quantity, it's gonna be tougher for them.
12. Shimizu S Pulse- They signed another young keeper and lost another former gloriously old midfielder. Shinji Ono is still a god though
13B. Omiya- Always seem to be here.
14. Sanfrecce Hiroshima- Naoki Ishihara will fill the void left by Lee, but I'm not sure how Sanfrecce does with daddy gone to Urawa.
15. Kawasaki Frontale- First coach fired is Soma. Nishino to slot in? They don't like defense in Kawasaki either. 15b,c, and d. Sagan, Consadole, and Albirex-predicting relegation is bad juju. I learned my lesson with Montedio.
15e. Omiya- Starting Daigo Watanabe or Hayato Hashimoto leaves a dead spot on the field. Jun Suzuki sucks
