Crack!! Ouch!! Crack!! Twat!!! Crack!! MOFO!! Crack!! Gimme that whip cos I`m gonna $%&# you up!!

Where d` whitey boys at??!!

Is the sound of the work whip being cracked on the back of Tokyo Nerdy 1969 this week readers, hence the ridiculously late update on last weeks trip down to the soon to be Atlantis island of Kyushu (why do they get so knackered by rain EVERY year??) for a trot about with the Horsefanciers from Kumamoto. Although Kumamoto were able to complete the double over The Boys this week with a 3-2 scoreline, Verdy have come a long way since the opening game defeat. On that first day, Hiramoto was at left back, Doi was on the bench and we looked anything but the team that is currently (thanks to JEF`s defeat by this weeks opponents Gifu) still only 6 points from a promotion spot.  It took a good while for Kawakatsu to get the team into a cohesive unit and even with the first victory against Gifu we were still terrible only winning with a grass cutter from Iio in the 89th minute after an absolute borefest. However, since then due to the limited attacking options (though we have 4 goals in the last 2 games...) Kawakatsu has concentrated on making us difficult to beat. Stoke City had their Iron Curtain under Freddie Steele in the 50`s well Verdy have had a bit of a Chicken Wire Net Blind with Kawakatsu guarding the drawstring this term. The words "Tokyo Verdy" and "Solid back line" have never been uttered in the same sentence in the tenure of us at Tokyo Nerdy.
Verdy have (until the departure of Hulk) always gone for "a let`s try and score as many as we can and hopefully they will score one less" approach. Though not this year as we haven`t got the attacking prowess of players in years gone by. Who knows what will happen in the end of season shake up, we might be involved but more than likely will be looking on in envy but, I for one am enjoying even being in with a shout. It`s exciting, JEF look ropey and we have a chance. Starting with this weeks last home league game at Nishigaoka. Gotta love Nishigaoka. Right next to the pitch, (which is lucky for Kawakatsu as he got sent off after the game and is banned from the touchline this week) and even with 3,000 there is an atmos. Tokyo Nerdy are off to Nishigaoka tomorrow night and after 2 weeks of solid non stop work, we goddamn deserve it. Win, lose or draw, it`s summer, it`s live J-League, they have beer and that`s enough for me!! C`mon The Boys!!! It`s good to be alive!!