The Nagoya Grampus Sentinel
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ryosuke Yamanaka breaks a bone — 102 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 102 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Nagoya Grampus
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ryuji Izumi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Nagoya Grampus
Teruki Hara and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A step back for Marcus Vinicius at Nagoya Grampus
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Takuya Uchida
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Takuya Uchida, and the manager let it.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Yudai Kimura's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Yota Sato knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Yota Sato trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
When it matters, Yohei Takeda plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Looking ahead7 Sep 2026
A reunion for Yota Sato
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Urawa Reds in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- Market The Shungo Sugiura talk will not go away
- Looking ahead Nagoya Grampus host Urawa Reds