22 Jun 2025 08:20:26
I did a quick Twitter search for Shin Yamada after I saw we were linked with him. Interestingly, one of the first things that came up was some sort of Rangers fan analytics account that seems to have been touting him as a player who could do extremely well in Scotland.
22 Jun 2025 10:21:21
His statistics aren't that great for a 25year old.
22 Jun 2025 13:03:17
Oooh, sounds like a task for oor BuzzBomb.
☘️ ☘️ ☘️.
22 Jun 2025 13:22:58
Pretty sure they don’t start football until after uni in Japan? Usually they don’t have that many apps at 25.
{Ed007's Note - You're right, Ken, Hatate had only played around 50/60 J-League games before he signed for us at 24.}
22 Jun 2025 13:39:02
That’s right I would be more excited with us signing a forward player from Japan than a defender . Of course this is posting blind as I am not aware of either players ability.
22 Jun 2025 14:27:42
People questioned kyogo before he arrived and that turned out OK.
I have watched the guys videos and he is good with both feet and in the air.
For the price quoted, he would potentially be a good buy.
22 Jun 2025 16:02:05
I don't remember much negativity about Kyogo tbh. I remember people being quite excited, especially as it was announced in the middle of the night. I was nightshift that night so like to tell myself I was the first to know ?.
22 Jun 2025 16:17:48
One thing our attacking Japanese players have had in bucketfuls is pace and continuous movement . This is very useful for our whole attacking process and can really create holes in opponent’s defence.