The J-Talk Podcast

J-Talk: Extra Time - J2 Round 33 / J3 Round 22

We are coming down to the business end of the season, and things are becoming pretty desperate across great swathes of J2 & J3. Stuart Smith is on hand to bring you the latest on J2 - including the wild & wacky relegation dogfight, Hikaru Nakahara's fantastic season and a look ahead to an interesting weekend slate of games.

 

Mike Innes' "Short Corner" segment goes over all the need-to-know information on J3, including how the promotion race is really hotting up. 

Episode 388 - Samurai Blue Stay Alive

Samurai Blue supporters sat through another couple of difficult watches in this international break, but the 2-1 win over Australia on Tuesday night appears to have kept the wolves from Hajime Moriyasu's door, and kept Japan in the hunt for a spot at the 2022 World Cup.

Scott McIntyre guests for a (very brief, thankfully) look back at the loss in Saudi Arabia last week, and then a more thorough review of the clash against the Socceroos, before a chat about some of the wider issues surrounding the national team, and Moriyasu's future (to 37:40).

Then in Part 2 we round up the Levain Cup semi finals (to 49:20), and chat about the J1 title race, before a brief look ahead to the weekend's top flight fixtures.

JTET - J2 Round 32 / J3 Round 21 Review

Once again, the JTET team assemble to look back on the latest action from J2 & J3.

To review last weekend's slate of J2 fixtures, Jon was joined by Sean Carroll. The boys discussed the complication relegation picture in the second tier (focusing in particular on a crazy game between Sagamihara and Mito), and the (seemingly much more straightforward) promotion race.

As usual, 'Magic' Mike Innes is on hand for all of the latest J3 news (including a stonking 9-goal thriller) in 'J-Talk: Short Corner'.

Enjoy the show!

Episode 387 - J1 Matchday 31

After another goal-filled weekend in the top flight, Sam and Ben reconvene to review all of the J1 Matchday 31 action.

We begin with the top two looking slightly off-colour, but still doing enough to win their respective games, before moving on to a bumper weekend in the #RelegationDogfight, which saw four of the bottom six win (Part 1 runs to 39:05).

Then we run through the rest of the games leaving the best, or at least highest-scoring games 'til last - though Urawa and Gamba Osaka supporters would probably argue with that designation!

JTET - J2 Round 31 /3 Round 20 Review

The boys are back in town to review another action-packed weekend from J2 & J3.

Joining Jon to look back over J2 Round 31 (including a bad day for the match officials at Matsumoto) was Jonny Nicol (@BlogGamba on Twitter). 

Meanwhile, all of the latest J3 news is covered by 'Magic' Mike Innes in 'J-Talk: Short Corner'.

Hope everyone enjoys the show!

P.S. The managerial changes at Yamaguchi (J2) and Imabari (J3) came up after recording, so they will be discussed in more detail next week!

Episode 386 - J1 Matchday 30

What a week of top flight action! Kawasaki won at the death twice in five days to re-establish a comfortable buffer at the top, after Yokohama F.Marinos dropped two points late on against city rivals Yokohama FC on Saturday. We begin Part 1 with the top two (to 20:35), and then move on to the Relegation Dogfight, which further tightened after Tokushima's last gasp win at Sendai (to 27:07).

Later in Part 2 we round up the results for the teams still in the hunt for third, and review the rest of the Matchday 30 fixtures, before looking ahead to the weekend's slate.

JTET - J2 Round 30 / J3 Round 19 Review

The team are back in town to bring you up to date with all of the latest news from J2 & J3!

For the second week running, Stuart Smith joined Jon Steele to look over the big news stories from J2. 

Back and banging after a short holiday, 'Magic' Mike Innes is back on J3 duty in the 'J-Talk: Short Corner' segment.

Hope everyone enjoys the show!

Episode 385 - J1 Matchday 29

Jonny Nicol joined Ben to run through all of the games, and major talking points from the weekend's J1 Matchday 29.

After beginning with the results and performances of their respective teams, Gamba Osaka and FC Tokyo (to 15:20), attention is then turned to the top of the table, and in the see-sawing battle between Kawasaki and Yokohama F.Marinos its advantage Frontale again (to 34:35).

Then the battle for third and the relegation dogfight are covered in detail as the remainder of the games are reviewed (to 1:03:40), before a look ahead to midweek action and the weekend's Matchday 30 (to 1:08:00), before some bonus Gamba content as we try to make sense of a lost season for the black and blue half of Osaka.

JTET - J2 Round 29 / J3 Round 18 Review

Slightly later than usual, the JTET team are back to bring you up to date with all the latest J2 & J3 news.

This week, Jon & Stuart run through all of the key points from last weekend's J2 fixtures (Round 29 of the season). 

After that, Jon makes a brief cameo to wrap up the two rearranged J2 games from midweek (Round 25).

With 'Magic' Mike Innes taking a well-earned holiday this week, Jon goes for the hat-trick by standing in as the host of 'J-Talk: Short Corner', and reviewing all of the J3 action from Round 18 as well. 

Come back soon, Mike - Jon misses his sleep! 

Hope everyone enjoys the show!

Episode 384 - J1 Matchday 28, WE League Launch

On this week's episode we welcome Dan Orlowitz back to the pod to recap his terrific experiences at the Olympics and Paralympics, and also to chat about the long-awaited first matchweek of the WE League, before we finish Part 1 by discussing Yuto Nagatomo's return to FC Tokyo (to 49:26).

Then in Part 2 we review all nine games from the top flight weekend.