Episodes

Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
J-Talk: Short Corner – Emperor’s Cup 3rd Round & J3 Round 21
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Mike Innes returns with another packed episode of J-Talk: Short Corner. Mike starts with a review of Tegevajaro Miyazaki’s Emperor’s Cup match from last Wednesday (to 01:55), rounds up all the league games from round 21 of J3 (to 13:30), and previews the weekend’s fixtures.
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Saturday Jul 13, 2024
JTET - J2 Round 23 Review
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Time was against the JTET crew this week, so please accept this humble, 10-minute micro-pod as a review of last weekend's J2 action!
Jon Steele, flying solo this week, rounds up the three biggest games from last weekend in J2, names his Most Bravo Player for Round 23, and looks ahead to this weekend's Round 24 fixtures (the last round before a short summer break for J2 and J1).
Hope everyone enjoys the quick hit, and their summer break - normal service will be resumed soon!

Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Episode 528 - J1 Matchday 22
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
We begin this episode by rounding up a dirty week for Yokohama F.Marinos, who lost twice in four days, Gamba Osaka putting them to the sword on Saturday night to ramp up the pressure on Harry Kewell (to 21:00), before we round up victories for the other top four sides (to 35:50).
Then in Part 2 Lewis White returns to the pod to chat about Tokyo Verdy's 1-1 draw with Cerezo Osaka and their tremendous first season back in the top flight (to 59:10), before we review a good weekend for most of the relegation dogfighters (to 1:31:25), chat about Japan's Olympic squad named late last week, and preview Wednesday night's third round of the Emperor's Cup, and the weekend's J1 Matchday 23.

Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 20
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
In this week’s standalone J-Talk: Short Corner, Mike Innes rounds up another exciting weekend of J3 football (to 13:25) and looks ahead to the midweek Emperor’s Cup and weekend league games.
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Friday Jul 05, 2024
JTET - J2 Round 22 Review
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
The JTET 'dream team' of James Taylor and Jon Steele are back again to cover all of the latest action from J2!
In Part 1, the boys discuss Sendai's pulsating victory over Tochigi (Start to 08:20), Shimizu's return to winning ways against Okayama (08:20 to 15:00), and Nagasaki's exciting 2-2 draw on the road at Tokushima (15:00 to 23:50).
After that, Jon and James nominate their Most Bravo Players for Round 22 (23:50 to 29:30), and chat about recent transfer news plus Kofu's change of manager (29:30 to 37:00).
Bringing up the rear, there's a preview of the upcoming Round 23 fixtures this weekend (37:00 to 41:00), and a look ahead to the Emperor's Cup 3rd Round next Wednesday night (41:00 to Finish).
We hope everyone enjoys the show, and the weekend football!

Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 19
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
In this week’s J-Talk: Short Corner, Mike Innes reviews the rescheduled J3 round 16 game (to 2:10) and all of the weekend’s round 19 action (to 13:55), checks both ends of the league table, and ends with a round 20 preview.
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Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Episode 527 - J1 Matchdays 20 & 21, Team of the (Half) Season
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Sean Carroll returns to the pod as we review the past two top flight matchdays (with a focus on the weekend's Matchday 21), and then piece together the Team of the (Half) Season.
In Part 1 we review Machida's massive win at Gamba Osaka and Kobe seeing off Kashima in the other battle between top four teams (to 24:00), then chat about the good recent runs Cerezo Osaka and Fukuoka are enjoying (to 35:15), before discussing Hiroshima, and where they might improve after a couple more frustrating draws (to 41:30).
Then in Part 2 its Team of the (Half) Season time (to 1:28:00), before we run through the other five games from the weekend, the changes in personnel at Urawa, what's going wrong at F.Marinos, and the Relegation Dogfight.

Friday Jun 28, 2024
J-Talk: Extra Time – Emperor’s Cup 2nd Round & J2 Round 21
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
James Taylor and Jon Steele begin this episode with a very quick look back at the Emperor’s Cup 2nd round games involving J2 teams (to 07:40). Then they move onto league action and discuss Akita v Shimizu (to 15:45) and Yamaguchi v Iwaki (to 26:55), pick their Most Bravo Players (to 34:10), and look ahead to the weekend’s fixtures (to end).
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Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Episode 526 - J1 Matchday 19
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
We reached the halfway mark of the J1 season on the weekend, and Fukuoka correspondent Daniel Hawkins joined Jonny and Ben in Part 1 to chat about Avispa's Matchday 19 draw away at leaders Machida, and his thoughts on his side's progress in the first half of the season (to 20:22).
Then Part 2 begins with a pair of results for Yokohama F.Marinos and Hiroshima after they squared off in their game in hand last Wednesday (to 34:40), before we review the two big games on the slate: Gamba Osaka's gutsy win at home over Kobe in the Kansai Derby; and Urawa fighting back late to earn a draw at home against a Yuma Suzuki-inspired Kashima (to 59:20).
Next we run through the other results (to 1:26:30), before looking ahead to the next two rounds of fixtures, each featuring a pair of clashes involving the top four teams in the league.

Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 19
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Things are still tight at both ends of J3, and Mike Innes is back to guide you through all the twists and turns (and splashes) of an exciting weekend of J3 football in this week’s standalone J-Talk: Short Corner. Mike’s matchday 19 roundup runs to 13:55, then he runs through the table and looks ahead to midweek and weekend action.
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