The J-Talk Podcast

JTET - J2 Matchday 8 & J3 Matchday 4

There was a big refereeing controversy in J2 at the weekend, and James Taylor and Stuart Smith were on hand to talk about it – although truth be told, they really only showed their ignorance of the rules! We recorded on Monday night, and in typical fashion the story unfolded more on Tuesday. There’s also a roundup of the rest of the weekend’s action, a preview of matchday 9, and Magic Mike Innes with the latest from J3 in J-Talk Short Corner.

 

00:00-16:00 Yamagata v Okayama

16:01-26:05 Kumamoto v Niigata

26:06-35:28 MD8 Roundup

35:29-42:15 MD9 Preview

42:16 to end Short Corner

Episode 410 - J1 Matchday 6

After a VARtastic J1 weekend, Alan Gibson was the perfect guest to help us try and make sense of all the controVARsy.

We begin with Japan's World Cup group, and then kickoff our J1 wrap with Kobe's winless run to start the season continuing in the Kansai derby against Kyoto - who ran our worthy winners. Then it was happy days for both Osaka clubs, with Gamba cruising past Nagoya, and Cerezo smashing the two-time defending champions Kawasaki. Before Alan departs we get his thoughts on a couple of other officiating decisions from other games (to 52:50).

Then in Part 2 we review wins for Kashima, Yokohama F.Marinos and Kashiwa that saw them close the gap on Frontale at the top, Hiroshima pulled away from the foot of the table with their win at Shonan, and we finish with the two draws from Matchday 6 and look ahead to the midweek and weekend fixtures.

JTET - J2 Round 7 / J3 Round 3 Review

Just in time for the J.League weekend, Jon Steele and Mike 'The Magic' Innes are back to bring you up to date with all of the latest J2 and J3 news!

In Part 1 (Start to 12:35), Jon runs through all of the Wednesday night J2 action (Round 7) of the season, including a crazy finale to Tokyo Verdy's game away at Ryukyu.

Jon also gives a quick preview of all of the Round 8 games coming up on Sunday this week (12:35 to 14:15).

In Part 2 (14:20 to Finish), Mike is on hand for 'J-Talk: Short Corner', wrapping up all of last weekend's J3 fixtures (Round 3) and looking ahead to a big weekend in the third tier again in Round 4.

Hope everyone enjoys the show, and isn't panicking about Japan's World Cup draw - Spain and Germany are not invincible (although a defensively-minded Moriyasu approach might end up making them look that way...)!

Thanks for all the support for JTET and The J-Talk Podcast!

Episode 409 - Samurai Blue Through

Mission accomplished for Japan - their ticket to Qatar is punched. But so many questions remain, and the feel good factor from qualifying in some style against Australia in Sydney last Thursday was diminished a little by yet another Saitama Stadium struggle, this time against Vietnam.

J-Talk Extra Time - J2 Matchday 6

There was plenty of drama on J2 matchday 6, and James Taylor is here to talk you through it and get you up to speed before Wednesday night's games.

 

From Tokushima and Yokohama FC staying unbeaten, to Omiya's goalkeeper woes, to Sendai losing their unbeaten record, to late drama at Niigata, Yamagata and Tochigi - and more - it's all here in just under 14 minutes.

JTET - J2 Round 5 / J3 Round 2 Review

Just in time for a busy weekend of J2 and J3 fixtures, the boys are back in town to review all of the key points from the previous rounds in the second and third tiers of the Japanese game.

In Part 1, Jon Steele and Stuart Smith pick out three of the most eye-catching results from the J2 weekend, before Jon rounds up the other eight matches 'flying solo' in Part 2.

Part 3 sees Jon and Stu reunite to preview the upcoming Round 6 fixtures, then Part 4 covers all of your J3 needs in 'J-Talk: Short Corner' (with a very special guest host this time)!

Hope everyone enjoys the episode!

FC Tokyo Kai-Guys Radio Episode 3

Alex and Thomas are joined by fellow Kai-Guy Niall for a look back at FC Tokyo's last month, with the side heading into the international break on a three-game winning streak in the league. A trip to Tokyo's House of Horrors looms on the horizon, though... How do the (Kai)guys think that will turn out?

Episode 408 - J1 Matchday 5

Jonny Nicol guests on this episode, that we believe sets a new J-Talk record for our longest pod ever, with each top flight team's new arrivals (with the exception of Iwata, sorry (!)) scrutinized.

We begin with the Samurai Blue, who face a crunch World Cup Qualifier away to Australia on Thursday. We debate how Hajime Moriyasu will line his team up in the wake of three players having to withdraw from his initial 27-man squad, with several positions in the first XI seemingly up for grabs (to 13:00).

Then our round-up of J1 kicks off with more Khaos in Kobe, with Atsuhiro Miura shown the door after Vissel made it seven without a win to begin the season after drawing away at Shimizu on Saturday (to 30:20). The rest of Part 1 stays on a Kansai tip, as we cover Gamba Osaka's home defeat at the hands of Fukuoka, Cerezo's home draw with Sapporo, and Kyoto's narrow loss at home to FC Tokyo (to 1:22:55).

Part 2 leads off with Urawa's win over Iwata, and then we work our way through the other four games, including the football, or rather, water polo match at Mitsuzawa last Friday night.

J-Talk Extra Time - J2 Matchday 4 & J3 Matchday 1

James Taylor and Jon Steele got together to review J2 matchday 4. They talked about Yokohama FC v Mito (to 6:53), Nagasaki v Oita (6:54 to 12:36), and Machida v Okayama (12:37 to 18:42). There's a roundup of all the other games from last weekend (18:43 to 26:03), and a preview of matchday 5 (26:04 to 31:16). Plus, Magic Mike Innes was on hand to go through all the action from the opening J3 weekend (31:17 to end).

 

Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy the episode!

Episode 407 - J1 Matchday 4

After another eventful weekend in the top flight, we review all of the action, beginning with Kobe in Krisis, and Ragged Reds, after both ACL clubs' early season struggles continued.

We then move up to the top of the table, where Kawasaki edged their noses in front by beating Nagoya, while Yokohama F.Marinos had to settle for a point from their trip to Sapporo. From there we round up all of the other Matchday 4 games, including Kashiwa keeping the good times rolling, and a first victory of the new season for Cerezo Osaka.