Early Season Blow For Jang

The weekly Soccer Magazine has been carrying out an early look at the 2010 squads across J1, awarding each club marks out of five against six different criteria, such as coach, players, gameplay, etc. Perhaps unsurprisingly, champions Kashima Antlers come out on top with a total score of 29/30 - but it makes unpleasant reading for Squirrels coach Jang Wae Ryong, who sees his team rated in sixteenth place, level with Vegalta Sendai and above only Shonan Bellmare. The full list of clubs and their scores is as follows:

1. Kashima 29/30
2. Gamba 26
3. Hiroshima 24
4. Nagoya 22
5. FC Tokyo 21
6. = Kawasaki 20
6. = S-Pulse 20
6. = Yamagata 20
9. = Cerezo 19
9. = Kyoto 19
9. = Urawa 19
12. Jubilo 18
13. = Kobe 17
13. = Marinos 17
13. = Niigata 17
16. = Omiya 16
16. = Sendai 16
18. Shonan 15

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