The J-Talk Podcast

J-Talk:Extra Time - J2 Round 20, J3 Round 13

Stuart Smith is at the helm for this week's episode on the podcast dedicated to the second and third tier of Japanese football. He welcomed James Taylor - AKA @KanazawaDreamin - to discuss Zweigen Kanazawa in depth, and go through all of the J2 results form the weekend. 

We talked JEF United, Blaublitz Akita, Omiya Ardjia, Matsumoto Yamaga and a whole host of J2 issues. Then Mike Innes enters the fray with his J3 focused Short Corner segment. Time stamps? 

0:00-26:00 - Get to know James, and we spoke in depth about the current state of Zweigen Kanazawa, including their 4-1 defeat at Montedio Yamagata

26:00-31:50 - Dissecting Kyoto Sanga & Jubilo Iwata's wins

31:50-40:40 - The chasing pack, including big wins for Ryukyu, Machida & Kofu

40:40-50:20 - The relegation battle

50:20-1:00:40 - Weekend preview

1:00:50-end - Mike Innes' J3 Short Corner

 

Big thanks to James for taking time out to speak on Kanazawa, and as usual a huge shout out to Mike for doing such a good job with J3. This J3 season is wild, and I think we're lucky to have Mike on hand to navigate us through it. 

Thank you to all of you for your continued support, we all really appreciate it! Enjoy the football this weekend. 

Episode 372 - J1 Matchday 20

Dan Orlowitz guests this week as we look forward to the Olympic football tournaments, and review the week's goings-on in Japanese football.

We begin with Tokyo 2020, looking first at Hajime Moriyasu's Under 24 squad, then chat about expectations for Asako Takakura's Nadeshiko Japan, before moving on to an excellent start to the ACL for all four J1 clubs (to 26:37).

Then we turn our attention to Sunday's J1 Matchday 20 fixtures, beginning with the VAR-dominated marathon between Shonan and Kashiwa and more inconsistency from Shimizu in the bottom half of the table, before we look up and chat about wins for Yokohama F.Marinos, Urawa, Kashima and FC Tokyo.

JTET - J2 Round 19 / J3 Round 12 Review

The boys are back in town with a comprehensive review of the latest J2 and J3 action! 

First off, Johnny Nicol sat down with Jon Steele to look back at Round 19 of the J2 season, including a change of manager for struggling Matsumoto. 

After that, 'Magic' Mike Innes runs the rule over the most recent J3 games, and rounds up some related news items, in 'J-Talk: Short Corner'.

Episode 371 - J1 Matchday 18

Just the six J1 games from the weekend to review, but still plenty of great goals and talking points from another top flight matchday.

After a brief ACL and Emperor's Cup status check off the top, we cover wins for Hiroshima, Shonan and Kobe in Part 1 (to 40:20), then chat about the Kashima vs Sendai draw, and victories for Sapporo and FC Tokyo against the bottom two.

J-Talk: Extra Time - J2 Round 18, J3 Round 15 & BONUS!

If you've waited ALL week for a podcast, it had better be worth your while, right? 

Don't worry - Jon Steele, Mike Innes & Stuart Smith are here to dissect the latest happenings in J2 & J3 in a 1hr 27m special!! All the way from Hachinohe in the far north, to the Kingdom of Ryukyu in the south, we have EVERYTHING covered.

Time stamps, you say? Sure!

 

• 00:00-17:11 - Sir Jon Steele gives an overview of what happened in the latest round of J2 games.
  
  
• 17:16-1:12.16 - Jon & Stuart Smith give a "State of the J2 Union" discussing their views on the promotion race, the relegation battle and everything in between. And breakfasts.
  
  
• 1:12.16-end - Mike gives you the news & hot gossip from J3. 

 

It's a long one, but well worth your time. Thank you for your support as always, and enjoy your football!!!

 

 

Episode 370 - J1 Team of the (Half) Season

Jonny Nicol guests as we piece together the J-Talk Best XI from the first half of the J1 season.

After a brief news and notes roundup at the start of the episode (to 13:00), we go from back to front on the pitch, beginning with goalkeeper and our four-man defence (to 37:31).

Then we stock the midfield and attack in our 4-3-3 formation, with perhaps a couple of controversial selections throughout the team, but hopefully you'll find this an enjoyable listen - it was certainly a lot of fun for the three of us during recording.

JTET - Emperor's Cup Round 2 Review

A bit later than planned, Jon Steele & Mike Innes are back to round up all of the J2 & J3-related action from last week's Emperor's Cup Round 2 ties.

Enjoy the show - a 'full' JTET episode with a review of last weekend's J2 & J3 action is coming later this week!

JTET - J2 Round 17 / J3 Round 10 Review

In this week's 'mainline' JTET, Magic Mike Innes joins Jon Steele to run the rule over last weekend's J2 action (including a new manager at Omiya in the form of ex-Yamaguchi man Masahiro Shimoda).

After a look ahead to this weekend's upcoming games, Mike goes solo for another installment of 'J-Talk: Short Corner', rounding up all of the latest J3 news.

Enjoy the show!

JTET (Bonus Episode) - Emperor's Cup Round 2 Preview

A (very short) midweek JTET special this time, with a full-to-bursting slate of Emperor's Cup games coming up on Wednesday night.

To give you a crash-course on the upcoming fixtures, we've clipped out some sections of this week's main JTET episode & uploaded them here!

First of all, Jon Steele & Mike Innes talk about the Emperor's Cup ties with J2 involvement. Then, after the traditional hit of JTET beats, Mike flies solo with a quick rundown of all of the Emperor's Cup ties with J3 interest.

We hope this enhances your enjoyment of the Emperor's Cup action tonight - the full JTET episode for this week is coming soon!

JTET - J2 Round 16 / J3 Round 9 Review

JTET is back with a new episode, rounding up the latest news and action from Japan's second and third tiers.

This week, Jon Steele was joined by Richy Palmer to look back on last weekend's J2 action (Round 16, with a bonus game from Round 15 - Sagamihara v Ehime - thrown in for good measure).

There's also a full episode of 'J-Talk: Short Corner', where Mike Innes brings you up to speed on the latest news and results from J3 (Round 9).

Enjoy the show!