Issey Nakijima-Farran

[Stuckey]

Brisbane Roar's Issey Nakijima-Farran has attracted Adelaide's interest for a pending contract next season

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/soc ... 6268210282
Haven't seen a lot of him but here appears decent.

[Adam]

I saw a lot of him earlier in the season (not so much recently), and he didnt exactly set the world on fire! He gets into good goal scoring positions, but he wastes sooooooo many chances lol i remember he scored a nice goal against us though at Hindmarsh. He wouldnt be a bad pick up, but i wont be too upset if we dont get him.

[Stuckey]

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Nakajima-Farran, who was told by Postecoglou this week that he did not fit in with the club's style of football.

Having taken no part in first team action for the past two weeks, the Canadian international will today suffer the indignity of playing in the National Youth League - as an over-age player - for the Roar against Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

Despite having already been told he is free to go if an offer comes his way before his Roar contract expires in April, Nakajima said he would "proudly fulfil" his commitments with Brisbane.

"I gave up a lot to come here - friends, family, other clubs," said the winger, who joined the Roar from Danish club AC Horsens.

"(But) my job is still at the club no matter how far they push me to the sidelines."

It's understood Adelaide are keen on the services of Nakajima-Farran, but he insisted that he had only heard "a little something" about the Reds' mooted interest.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/soc ... 6268185635

[Hammerzeit]

Pass. Good feet, but wasteful. Bad hair. He seems like a twunt and I don't want him.

[Stuckey]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issey_Nakajima-Farran

He has a pretty good record where ever he's played it appears. Personally I reckon we should go for him as we're desperate for wingers!

[offshorejack]

hmmm... when i first heard he could be on the outer, i immediately thought we should go for him. it's no secret that we are dearly missing standout wingers.

if he was an aussie citizen then i would be very keen - he is quality, imo. but probably not enough to take up a precious foreign spot.

[Irish]

Would take him ONLY as a straight swap for Dario. The guy isn't a star but we need a winger.

Free up wages and free up the #10 jersey for the man who it's been kept warm for... Because I've been hearing its not a matter of "If" anymore. It may just be a matter of "when"... and it fingers crosed it might even be sooner than we've all been expecting. But again... Just rumors

[terry tibbs]

Be nice wouldn't it? The Flores debacle was the first real football lesson for the new owners, so let's hope they've learnt.

Issey could prove a shrewd pickup, if the squad and structure was right for him. And it could only boost shirt sales in Japan and Canada.

[shinAUFC]

Would love him here at adelaide!

[craketo]

Would be a good pick up imo, a good right sided wingers who can rotate as a second striker, would allow ramsey a little relief as we wouldn't be so dependent on going down the left all the time. Didn't have a great start at Brisbane, but has worked at it and has played some decent football this season. Could work well with Dario which is a bonus, might finally get the best out of him!

[Stuckey]

Be nice wouldn't it? The Flores debacle was the first real football lesson for the new owners, so let's hope they've learnt.

Issey could prove a shrewd pickup, if the squad and structure was right for him. And it could only boost shirt sales in Japan and Canada.

I would be surprised if that would do anything for sales!
I was surprised to see he has played for Canada 26 times!

[terry tibbs]

That was sarcasm, Stuckey

[Stuckey]

That was sarcasm, Stuckey

idiot! I thought that after I posted!

[Stuckey]

Well at least he is in good form!

Brisbane Roar taught the AIS a salutary lesson in Week 14 of the Hyundai National Youth League running riot in Canberra with Issey Nakajima-Farran, Anthony Proia and Matthew Thurtell all scoring hat-tricks as the visitors romped to an 11-2 victory against a very young home team in a goal-fest in the Nations Capital

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/bri ... -AIS/45280

[Irish]

And so he should.

Does he have Yapanesse citizenship? We don't have our asian spot in use for the ACL at the moment.