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J1 2023 Predicted Lineups
Hello Everyone, Happy New Year and all the best to you and your team in 2023! This is my fourth year in a row putting out a J1 starting lineups preview post and the response I’ve received to the previous 3 editions continues to blow me away. The 2023 version follows a pattern that those…
2023 Season Kick-off Event sees squad named, new Hummel kit revealed
Welcome to the final installment of this little mini-series analysing all of Gamba’s moves during the 2022-23 off-season. Monday 9 January is Coming of Age Day here in Japan which means a national holiday, and this year from 18:00 (JST) we were able to witness Gamba’s 2023 season kick-off event, complete with the new kit…
2023 Gamba squad starting to take shape
Happy New Year everyone, all the best for 2023! This is intended to be the penultimate entry in this pre-season series, with the final article being published after Gamba’s 2023 kick-off event which will take place on Monday 9 January at 18:00 (JST) and will be streamed live on the club’s official YouTube channel.Once again…
Comings and Goings: The build up to 2023
This blog entry comes to you a day later than I’d hoped with less than 36 hours of 2022 remaining at the time of publication in Japan. I’ve been busy lately and so have Gamba which is why things have been pushed back a touch. According to trustworthy sources, Tunisian forward Issam Jebali and Montedio…
Gamba gossip and tidbits while we wait for the main course
I’d hoped to bring you news of Gamba wrapping up deals for up-and-coming defenders, Yusei Egawa (Nagasaki) and Riku Handa (Yamagata) in this post, but it appears those transfers are still at the ‘in the oven’ stage. The club are confirmed to be in negotiations with Tunisian international forward Issam Jebali, and anyone that Moneyball…
Gamba News Update: Sugiyama in, Shoji out…and more
Hello again everyone, I hope you’ve all been enjoying watching the World Cup, where a number of the traditional big names have flexed their muscles while several of the supporting cast, including Japan, have demonstrated ample potential to become heavyweights in future competitions. However, I’m not here to discuss the ins and outs of Qatar…
Gamba appoint Daniel Poyatos as new boss…plus general news roundup
Gamba announced on the afternoon of 23 November that Tokushima Vortis kantoku Daniel Poyatos would be taking over as Nerazzurri boss for the 2023 season in tandem with his assistant Marcel Sans. The Spaniard becomes only the third foreigner to hold the reigns in Suita in the past 2 decades and moves north-east from Shikoku…
Kashima Antlers vs Gamba Osaka 5 November 2022 Match Preview
Kashima Antlers vs Gamba Osaka 2022 J1 Season Round 34 Saturday 5 November 2022 Kashima Soccer Stadium Kick Off: 14:00 (JST) The 2022 J1 season finishes just the way it started for both Kashima and Gamba with a clash against one another. This will be the fifth meeting of the two this calendar year and…
Gamba Osaka vs Júbilo Iwata 29 October 2022 Match Preview
Gamba Osaka vs Júbilo Iwata 2022 J1 Season Round 33 Saturday 29 October 2022 Panasonic Stadium Suita Kick Off: 15:00 (JST) Seventeenth hosts eighteenth in the penultimate round of J1 2022 this weekend with both sides knowing that anything other than a win is simply not good enough. A 5th home victory of the year…
J1 Rookie Review 2022
With just 2 rounds of J1 action remaining this season and the league currently on a mini-hiatus, I thought now was the appropriate time for this article which is a look at some of the top performing rookies in Japan’s top flight in 2022. I’ve divided the players into 3 categories, university rookies, high school…
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