The Kashima Antlers Sentinel
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Kashima Antlers
Naomichi Ueda was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Kashima Antlers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aleksandar Cavric is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Yuma Suzuki has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Kashima Antlers will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market23 Nov 2026
The Koki Machida question follows Kashima Antlers around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Koki Machida’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
A door opens for Kento Misao
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Taiki Yamada knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kashima Antlers, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Naomichi Ueda is training like a man with a point to make
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Kyosuke Tagawa
- Squad Yosuke Tanaka back in training