The J-Talk Podcast

We kick off our previews of the new J1 season with seven clubs, and Seamus Johnston joined Jonny and Ben to chat about the first cab off the rank, 2025 runners-up Kashiwa (to 30:57).

Then, with a ten minute time limit per club experiment in place, we stay in Kanto, and run the rule over defending champions Kashima (to 41:15) and their promoted Ibaraki chums Mito (to 50:55), before we switch our attentions to Machida (to 1:00:45) and the two remaining Kanagawa clubs - Kawasaki (to 1:09:15) and Yokohama F.Marinos (to 1:18:20) - rounding things off with a trip down the Tokaido Line and into Shizuoka to preview Shimizu.

After a week away Jonny and Ben are back as we begin to look forward to kickoff of the new J1 season. We start the episode with some World Cup chat, and reaction to the news that Hajime Moriyasu will stay on as Japan manager through the Asian Cup before departing (to 12:30), then we move on to discuss J1 managerial musical chairs, and the players who have left the J.League for pastures new ahead of the new campaign (to 36:35). We finish with thoughts on new kit hits and misses, and the league doing a better job of promoting themselves on the back of World Cup buzz.

Jon Steele and James Taylor reconvened for the second part of their HYVL review. In this episode, they each chose one outstanding goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, attacker, and manager from the four regional groups (Jon covered the East; James the West.)

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In this episode of JTET, Jon Steele and James Taylor begin their review of the J2/J3 100 Year Vision League by discussing the teams that overachieved and underachieved.

 

Stay tuned for part 2!

 

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After Japan's heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Brazil, Ryo Nakagawara joined Jonny and Ben for a post mortem/therapy session as we discuss the Samurai Blue's latest World Cup knockout stage failure. Starting from the end, and Gabriel Martinelli's stoppage time winner for Brazil, we work our way back through the game, taking some time out (from 30:00) to discuss whether or not Hajime Moriyasu should continue as Japan manager through January's Asian Cup and beyond.

We also share our general reflections on Japan's tournament, and thoughts on their best performers throughout the four games they played.

In this episode of JTET, James Taylor tells Jon Steele about his trip to the cinema to see One Creature, the documentary about the Japan men's national team.

 

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Ep626 of J-Talk (recorded on 6/26!) features the dulcet tones and positive vibes of Alan Gibson, who joined Jonny and Ben to review Japan's draw with Sweden* (to 21:05) and look ahead to the Samurai Blue's cataclysmic meeting with Brazil this Tuesday morning Japan time.

Unfortunately, the * is above because we had significant issues with the audio file - as touched on in the intro before the episode begins - but once you reach the six minute mark its all smooth sailing from there.

In this episode of J-Talk: Extra Time, Jon Steele tells James Taylor about his experience at the All Star Cup.

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Jonny and Ben were thrilled to welcome former J-Talk co-host Sam Robson back to the pod to review Japan's superb 4-0 romp over Tunisia in their second Group F match at the World Cup. We chat about Hajime Moriyasu's changes from the Netherlands game, and bask in the glory of Ayase Ueda's tour de force (to 48:20), before wrapping up the episode with a general look at the early stages of the World Cup.

While we're focused on the World Cup, the wheels have started to spin in the transfer market, and Jonny has his summer J.League transfer Google doc up and running, check back periodically as Jonny adds each confirmed coming and going.

Jonny and Ben were joined by Ryo Nakagawara to run the rule over Japan's World Cup opener against the Netherlands. We cover all of the major incidents from the game, Japan's best performers, and some players who will need to buck up their ideas in the next match vs Tunisia.