The J-Talk Podcast

JTET J2 MD14 & J3 MD8

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James Taylor was on midweek J2 duty again this week, and he’s here to review a full round of fixtures (to 11:32), and briefly preview matchday 15 this coming Sunday (11:33 to 12:38). Then Mike Innes reviews J3 matchday 8 (12:39 to 27:00) and previews J3 teams’ Emperor’s Cup qualifiers (27:01 to end) in J-Talk Short Corner.

JTET - J2 Round 13 / J3 Round 7 Review

It's another Golden Week mini-pod this week, as Jon Steele reviews all of the weekend J2 action & previews the Wednesday afternoon matches (start to 15:25).

Then Stuart Smith sits in for Mike Innes in 'J-Talk: Short Corner' (15:30 to finish), running through all of the J3 news from Round 7 last week, and looking ahead to the Round 8 games this Wednesday and Thursday.

Hope everyone enjoys the show, the midweek football, and the rest of the holidays - thanks as always for your support!

Episode 413 - J1 Matchday 10

After wrapping up the ACL group stage at the start of the episode (to 10:10), we work our way through the seven J1 games that kicked off Golden Week, including Kashima going top after winning at Cerezo Osaka and FC Tokyo settling in to their new home away from home (the National Stadium) with a win over Gamba Osaka.

Plus, has the Kashiwa bubble officially burst?

J-Talk Extra Time - J2 Matchday 12

Matchday 12 was a wild Wednesday of J2 action, and James Taylor is here to talk you through it, including 4 penalites, 4 disallowed goals, 2 red cards, and one mighty comeback (to 10:28). He also takes a quick look at the matchday 13 fixtures (10:29 to end).

The J-Talk Fantasy Show Episode 2

With roughly a quarter of the J1 season behind this, the past weekend's break in top flight action was the perfect opportunity for us to connect with Alex Bishop once again to chat about the J.League Fantasy game.

We check in on our teams, discuss what we've liked about the new game and areas we think it could be improved on, and dispense some transfer tips and gameplay advice (to 44:22).

At the end of the episode we round up the latest ACL results and try to make sense of the permutations as all four Japanese clubs chase a spot in the knockout stage.

JTET - J2 Round 11 Review (with bonus JTSC)

With the Golden Week sprint well and truly upon us, it's a solo-tastic JTET installment to start the week. 

First of all, Jon Steele runs through all of the weekend's J2 action (Round 11 of the season), and previews the full slate of midweek games that are coming up on Wednesday 27th April.

After that, Mike 'The Magic' Innes is on deck with a bonus 'J-Talk: Short Corner', looking back at the rearranged J3 game from last midweek between Hachinohe and Numazu, along with the weekend's Emperor's Cup qualifying action, and a look ahead to Round 7 in the 3rd tier (coming up on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th April).

Enjoy the show, and thanks for all of the support!

JTET J2 MD10 & J3 MD6

Jonny Nicol made his first JTET appearance of the season, and it’s a bumper episode. Jonny let James Taylor off the leash to talk about Kanazawa v Kofu, then they discussed Yokohama FC v Sendai, Okayama v Niigata and Machida v Yamagata from J2 matchday 10, as well as previewing matchday 11. In between, James reviewed the rest of the weekend’s games, and of course there’s Mike Innes with J-Talk Short Corner, reviewing J3 matchday 6 and previewing J3 teams’ Emperor’s Cup qualifiers.

 

00:00-15:05 Kanazawa v Kofu

15:06-23:02 Yokohama FC v Sendai

23:03-31:54 Okayama v Niigata

31:55-40:18 Machida v Yamagata

40:19-47:46 MD10 roundup

47:47-57:45 MD11 preview

57:46 to end Short Corner

Episode 412 - J1 Matchday 9

With only seven goals across the seven top flight games on Saturday and Sunday, and not a single VAR controversy to help us along, this week's episode is much shorter than usual, but we try to make the most of it, heaping praise on Kyoto's terrific performance away at Kashiwa in the late game on Sunday, and Shonan for their first win of the season away at Gamba Osaka earlier in the day.

Elsewhere we review the 'goalfest' - relatively speaking - at the Yamaha Stadium, and chat about Takashi Inui being placed on the naughty step by Cerezo Osaka.

JTET - J2 Round 9 / J3 Round 5 Review

This week on JTET, we welcomed a very special guest to the pod: Daniel Hartmann, creator of the 'Nagasaki Blue & Orange' blog (https://nagasakiblueorange.wordpress.com) and Twitter account (@NagaSapo_EN).

Daniel talked to Jon Steele about three of last weekend's most intriguing J2 matches, including Nagasaki's hard-fought home win over Machida. 

Jon then reviews the rest of the talking points from Round 9 in the second tier, before getting back together with Daniel to preview the upcoming Round 10 slate.

After that, Mike 'The Magic' Innes is back and banging with a full round-up of a stellar J3 weekend in 'J-Talk: Short Corner' (goals galore in Round 5)!

Hope everyone enjoys the show, and thanks to Daniel for his time and expert analysis! 

Episode 411 - J1 Matchday 8

We begin this week's episode with more upheaval (and another defeat) at Kobe, and chat about Nagoya's stuttering start to the season, before talking about Yokohama F.Marinos' big win up in Kashima. Then follow wins for Kyoto and Hiroshima (to 32:20), before Neil Debnam hops on board to chat about Kawasaki's season so far as they sit top of the table as they head off for the ACL group stage (to 56:25).

At the end of the episode we review the three draws from J1 Matchday 8, before looking ahead to the weekend's games, highlighted by an unlikely match of the round.