The J-Talk Podcast

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.

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!

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)

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.

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)

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.

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'.

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.

Dan Orlowitz from The Japan Times guests in Part 1 of this episode, after another big top flight weekend.

We begin with first wins of the season for Gamba Osaka and Kashiwa, with warning signs flashing for their conquered opposition, Kawasaki and Kashima, respectively, before we move on to Yokohama F.Marinos' big win in the Yokohama derby, and FC Tokyo's draw with Shonan, while in amongst it all we get Dan's thoughts on a number of bigger picture J.League and Samurai Blue topics (to 54:10).

In Part 2 we cover the goalless draws at Kobe and Nagoya, then move on to wins for Fukuoka and Hiroshima, who sit joint-3rd in the table, and finish with a positive result for Jekyll and Hyde Sapporo.

JTET is back with another packed review of J2 and J3 action, including a 'live' (face-to-face) guest chat for the very first time!

In Part 1 (Start to 08:15), Jon Steele looks back on the 5 games played in J2 last Saturday in Round 7, while James Taylor does the same for the Sunday fixtures in Part 2 (08:20 to 14:40).

After that, Jon Steele had the unmissable chance to take Kanazawa superfan Victor Arroyo to karaoke, where he picked his brains on a range of J2 topics for Part 3. The boys started with a Kanazawa special (14:45 to 27:30), then discussed the recent sackings of Shimizu boss Ze Ricardo and Yamagata's Australian manager Peter Cklamovski (27:30 to 36:30).

Jon and Victor then took a look ahead to a very exciting slate of J2 fixtures coming up this weekend in Round 8 (36:30 to 42:30).

To wrap things up, Mike 'The Magic' Innes is on hand to take you through all of the big stories from Round 3 in J3, and to look ahead to Round 6, in 'J-Talk: Short Corner' (42:30 to Finish).

*You can find Victor on Twitter @JFootballAnaly1 - thanks for taking time out of your vacation to chat to us, Victor!