The J-Talk Podcast

Episode 465 - Reds Rule Asia Again, Golden Week Wrap

Oops, they did it again! Urawa claimed the third ACL title in their history with a 2-1 aggregate triumph in the Final over Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, and Ralf Seidl returns to the pod to give us a taste of the atmosphere of the second leg at a rollicking Saitama Stadium (to 23:50).

Then we shift our attention to the eight games played in J1 Matchday 12 over the weekend, with several teams wrapping up a very 'Golden' Week. Others... not so much.

JTET - J2 Round 13 / J2 Round 9 Review

Phew, that was a hectic 'holiday' period (especially on the J.League beat)!

To help everyone catch up with a breathless midweek of J2 and J3 action, JTET is back and banging with Jon Steele and Mike Innes at the controls.

First of all, Jon looks back at the Wednesday afternoon J2 matches, comprising Round 13 of the season (Start to 15:15). 

There's also a brief-but-hopefully-useful preview of this Sunday's Round 14 games too (15:15 to 17:30).

After that, Mike 'The Magic' Innes has the J3 lowdown from a busy Wednesday and Thursday programme, which made up Round 9 of the third tier season (18:00 to 24:00). 

Mike also casts his forensic eye over this weekend's Emperor's Cup qualifying matches that involve J3 teams (24:00 to Finish).

We hope everyone had a nice Golden Week break, and enjoys this mini-pod! 

JTET will be back again (with a 'regular' episode) next week.

Episode 464 - J1 Matchday 10

Reds get the result they were after in Saudi Arabia, sleeping giants rouse from their slumber, movement in the top flight top four, and the rest of the J1 matchday - it's all in our new pod.

We begin with Urawa's battling draw away at Al Hilal in the first leg of the ACL Final, leaving it all to play for at Saitama Stadium this Saturday night (to 10:00), then move on to convincing wins on Saturday - that took them both out of the bottom six - for Kashima and Kawasaki (to 27:35).

Next its on to the top four, with Kobe still top of the pile, and Hiroshima now their closest challengers after the draw at the Nissan Stadium (to 45:00), before we finish with wins for FC Tokyo and Sapporo, and the draw between Kashiwa and Kyoto.

JTET - J2 Round 12 / J3 Round 8 Review

With the busy Golden Week fixture schedule upon us, Jon Steele and Mike 'The Magic' Innes guide you through all of the thrills and spills from last weekend in J2 and J3.

First off, Jon covers all of the J2 action from Round 12 (Start to 16:45), and previews the full program of midweek games in Round 13 (16:45 to 19:20).

After that, Mike takes control for 'J-Talk: Short Corner' to cover a very exciting set of J3 games from Round 8 (19:20 to 37:00), and to give us all a heads-up on the midweek fixtures in Round 9 (37:00 to Finish).

Hope everyone enjoys the round-ups, and the Golden Week holidays - we'll back to review all of the midweek action soon!

J-Talk: Extra Time J2 Round 11 & J-Talk: Short Corner

Jon Steele and James Taylor teamed up to review J2 matchday 11. In part 1, Jon covers Levain Cup matches featuring Shimizu and Iwata and Saturday’s league games, and in part 2 James rounds up Sunday’s games. In part 3 they discussed 3 games in detail: Nagasaki v Akita, Fujieda v Sendai, and Tochigi v Iwaki, and looked ahead to the start of the busy Golden Week football schedule. Then in J-Talk: Short Corner, Mike Innes has details of J3 teams who were involved in qualifiers for the Emperor’s Cup and a preview of J3 round 8.

 

00:00 to 14:30 Jon’s roundup

14:30 to 20:00 James’ roundup

20:00 to 29:35 Nagasaki v Akita

29:35 to 39:20 Fujieda v Sendai

39:20 to 49:50 Tochigi v Iwaki

49:50 to 58:25 Matchday 12 preview

58:25 to end J-Talk: Short Corner (Mike)

Episode 463 - J1 Matchday 9 with Ryo Nakagawara

It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Ryo Nakagawara on for his J-Talk debut, to chat about the two games he attended in the Kansai region over the weekend, as well as FC Tokyo's win away at Hiroshima.

First up is the huge clash at the Noevir Stadium on Saturday night, which saw Yokohama F.Marinos come out on top against leaders Kobe (to 32:20), then Gamba Osaka's draw with Yokohama FC on Sunday (to 51:10), before we finish up with Ryo on the Tokyo win, and how the capital club are traveling under Albert Puig (to 1:09:25).

Then in Part 2 we cover the rest of the J1 Matchday 9 games, including some of nuttiest VAR stuff you've ever seen.

J-Talk: Extra Time J2 Round 10 & J3 Round 7

James Taylor and Jon Steele joined forces to bring you all the action from J2 matchday 10. In part 1, James rounds up 6 matches, and in part 2 Jon takes care of the other 5. In part 3 there’s analysis of both ends of the table: Machida v Oita, Tokushima v Nagasaki, and Yamagata v Kanazawa, and a preview of matchday 11. Then, Mike Innes guides you through another action-packed round of J3 in J-Talk: Short Corner.

 

00:00 to 07:40 James’ roundup

07:40 to 18:35 Jon’s roundup

18:35 to 27:30 Machida v Oita

27:30 to 38:45 Tokushima v Nagasaki

38:45 to 50:40 Yamagata v Kanazawa

50:40 to 1:00:10 Matchday 11 preview

1:00:10 to end J-Talk: Short Corner (Mike)

Episode 462 - J1 Matchday 8

Goals galore, and some absolute humdingers amongst them, Saturday's top flight matchday had the lot, and Ralf Seidl guests in Part 1 to chat about Urawa's big win at home over Sapporo, Maciej Skorza hitting the ground running in the Saitama Stadium dugout (that he was finally able to sit in on Saturday), and the upcoming ACL Final vs Al Hilal (to 27:00).

Then we cover Kobe's crushing of Kashima, and Nagoya and Hiroshima keeping pace with the leaders with away wins of their own (to 48:10), before we sweep through the rest of the round, and look ahead to the weekend's Matchday 9.

JTET - J2 Round 9 Review

After a full round of midweek J2 games, James Taylor and Jon Steele divide and conquer to bring you up to speed with all of the Wednesday night action.

To start, James guides you through 5 of the midweek games, before Jon covers the remaining 6 matches (including a change at the top with Oita leapfrogging Machida).

There's also a quick preview of the upcoming Round 10 fixtures (all on Sunday this week, including possibly the biggest fixture of the season so far), and a mention for Iwata and Shimizu's Levain Cup commitments next midweek.

Thank you for all of your support for JTET, and The J-Talk Podcast! 

We'll be back to review the Round 10 news next week, along with all of the latest J3 updates from Mike Innes in 'J-Talk: Short Corner'.

J-Talk: Extra Time J2 Round 8 & J3 Round 6

In this brief but jam-packed episode, Jon Steele (start to 11:30) and James Taylor (11:30 to 18:45) review the action from J2 matchday 8 and last week’s Levain Cup matches involving J2 teams. Then, Mike Innes takes you through J3 matchday 6 in J-Talk: Short Corner (18:45 to end).

 

There’s no guest this week due to the midweek J2 round, but Jon and James will be back later in the week with a full roundup of those games.

 

Thanks as ever to Patreon subscribers and all listeners.