JSoccer.Com’s Alan Gibson looks at the controversy surrounding red cards, the two-footed tackle, and how it COULD be a lot easier to understand for all of us!

JSoccer Magazine Editor Alan Gibson posits a rule change in the Laws of the Game.Is a PK enough? Or is the red card, the down-to-ten-men syndrome AND a ban REALLY necessary!? Please read on and comment on FaceBook or Twitter.

Opening day games (Matchday 1) J1:Consadole Sapporo v. Jubilo IwataVegalta Sendai v. Kashima AntlersOmiya Ardija v. FC TokyoKawasaki Frontale v. Albirex NiigataNagoya Grampus v. Shimizu S-PulseGamba Osaka v. Vissel KobeSanfrecce Hiroshima v. Urawa RedsSagan Tosu v. Cerezo OsakaSanfrecce welcoming back ex-manager Petrovic, complete with Makino in tow!Sagan will be looking to start their J1 history with a win over Cerezo!March 11thKashiwa Reysol v. Yokohama F.MarinosMatchday 2 – all Saturday March 17thKashima Antlers v. Kawasaki FrontaleUrawa Reds v. Kashiwa ReysolFC Tokyo v. Nagoya GrampusYokohama F. Marinos v. Vegalta SendaiAlbirex Niigata v. Omiya ArdijaShimizu S-Pulse v. Sanfrecce HiroshimaJubilo Iwata v. Sagan TosuCerezo Osaka v. Gamba OsakaVissel Kobe v. Consadole SapporoThe Osaka Derby will be a big one, although Reds might be in with a chance of upsetting Reysol and showing us they are BACK!?

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Rumours abound that Gamba Osaka are finally taking my advice of more than two years ago and making an offer for Takafumi Miyayoshi of Kyoto Sanga FC. What a player he is going to be! Good luck prising him away from Kyoto, though. He, along with Kubo, Ito et al, is needed as the future of Kyoto, to bring that team out of the doldrums. That and dumping overpaid, under-achieving foreigners like Diego and Dutra!Meanwhile, Gamba also looking for that long-term Endo replacement in Shu Kurata and Shinishi Terada (both returned from loan periods away from Osaka) and having a good look at Cerezo’s Hotaru YAMAGUCHI!, we hear! A year of building a new team for Wagner Lopes to take over in 2013? A new ground also ready that season? A new beginning for Gamba Osaka is on the horizon!

As he is featured on the cover and inside Issue 3 of JSoccer Magazine, I thought I’d better dig out the video for this superb goal by Tsune! Enjoy this, then order your Issue 3 of the magazine for some exclusive pictures over 15 years in the game.The best goal Tsuneyasu Miyamoto scored in his long and fabled career was caught live on camera by a Vissel Kobe fan behind the goal…. here it is.

Yasuyuki Konno is finally confirmed a Gamba Osaka player today – plus a look at the Ins and Outs at FC Tokyo and Gamba, and some news on great CWC Barca, Messi, Neymar, pics for Issue 3 of JSoccer Magazine!

YOKOHAMA F- MARINOS – Transfer Updates – January 17thIN:Manabu SAITO – returned from loan at Ehime FCKosuke NAKAMACHI – from Avispa FukuokaYuji ROKUTAN – from Avispa FukuokaMARQUINHOS de Araujo – from Atletico MineiroSeitaro TOMISAWA – from Tokyo VerdyKota MIZUNUMA – returned from loan at Tochigi SCRyota SUZUKI – from Yokohama F. Marinos YouthAndrew KUMAGAI – from Yokohama F. Marinos YouthYusuke HIGA – from Ryutsu Keizai UniversityNEW COACH – Yashiro HIGUCHI (replaces Kazushi KIMURA).OUT:Masato FUJITA – to Kashiwa ReysolKazuma WATANABE – to FC TokyoAria Jasura HASEGAWA – to FC TokyoYota AKIMOTO – to Ehime FCMasakazu TASHIRO – loan extended at Machida ZelviaKun Hoan KIM – loan to Sagan TosuEijiro TAKEDA – loan to JEF UnitedJin HANATO – loan to Giravanz KitakyushuYasuhiro HATO – retiredREAD MORE HERE – click that button for ALL the teams in one easy to read format

VEGALTA SENDAI Transfer Updates – January 17thIN:WILSON Rodrigues Fonseca – from Shaanxi Chanba, ChinaTaikai UEMOTO – from Cerezo OsakaToshihiro MATSUSHITA – loan became a full transfer from FC TokyoToshihiko UCHIYAMA – from Ventforet KofuKeita Fujimura – from High SchoolHiroaki OKUNO – from Sendai UniversityYuta ECHIGO – from Vegalta Sendai YouthOUT:DIEGO de Souza Gama Silva – loan ended, back to Kyoto SangaShinichiro KAWAMATA – loan ended, back to Kashima AntlersByung Kuk CHO – to Jubilo IwataGoshi OKUBO – to Sony SendaiToshio SHIMAKAWA – loan to Tokyo VerdyKentaro SEKI – loan to Yokohama FCYuki NAKASHIMA – loan to Montedio YamagataYoshiki TAKAHASHI – loan to Sagan Tosuand the full story so far with other teams combined in one post can be seen if you click the READ MORE HERE button