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A weekly Japanese football podcast focusing on the J.League.
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Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
On this terrific new episode of J-Talk Sean Carroll and Sam Robson review J1 Matchday 10, and we chat about the major top flight storylines almost a third of the way through the season.
We begin with the top three - FC Tokyo continue to lead the way despite a goalless draw at Gamba Osaka on Saturday, with Nagoya (held away at Shonan) and Oita (comfortable home winners over troubled Tosu) leading the chasing pack.
Next we move on to the rest of the teams in the top half of the table, with Kawasaki lurking ominously, Sapporo and Yokohama well placed after a fruitful Golden Week, and the other three ACL clubs struggling to hit consistent form, with a chat about Kobe (not quite as wonky as Tosu but in serious disarray) thrown in here too after their dismal loss at Sapporo on Saturday.
The final part of the podcast looks ahead to this week's ACL (& Levain Cup) fixtures, before we finish with Cerezo Osaka's away win over Matsumoto.
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Sean - @seankyaroru
Sam - @FRsoccerSam
The J-Talk Podcast is now on Patreon - all support is greatly appreciated. For more information please visit patreon.com/jtalkpod
Gabriele Anello was kind enough to feature the podcast on J.League Regista, our Q & A can be found here.
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 2019
It wouldn't be a J-Talk J2 Special without Stuart Smith and Jon Steele sharing their thoughts on the second tier, so in this, our second episode of the week, we give the people what they want. And whether they know it or not, the people want an hour of the dynamic duo riffing on the movers and shakers in the league two months - a quarter of the way - into this 42 game marathon.
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Stuart - @sushi_football
Jon - @J2KantoBites
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 2019
To round out the Heisei Era, and welcome in the new Emperor, we're going large for all you J2 aficionados out there: Two April J2 Special episodes for the price of one, and all the second tier chatter you need.
This is Part 1, with Stuart Smith riding shotgun throughout as we chat in-depth with three terrific guests. First cab is Steve Fryer on Omiya's tremendous surge up the table (to 23:35), then Geoff Osborne returns to discuss goings-on at FC Ryukyu (to 45:05), and we wrap things up with first time guest Nick Bolton, who brings the knowledge on Kyoto.
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Stuart - @sushi_football
Steve - @ardija01talk
Geoff - @OkinawaOzzy
Nick - @UkSangaUltra
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Scott McIntyre guests for a full review of J1 Matchday 8.
We begin with the top of the table clash in Hiroshima last Friday night, as FC Tokyo went three points clear at the summit thanks to a moment of magic from Diego Oliveira, then we move on to the other game from Friday as Kawasaki won at home for the first time this season in a Kanagawa derby against Shonan (to 15:47).
Next we cover home wins for Nagoya, Sapporo, Kashima and Matsumoto (to 48:18), before finishing with more upheaval at Kobe and another underwhelming weekend for the three Kansai clubs.
Follow Scott on twitter - @mcintinhos
Check out The Asian Game podcast, featuring Scott and Paul Williams.
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
This week's episode wraps up J1 Matchday 7 with Sam Robson and Tobias Dreimann.
In Part 1 Tobias shares his thoughts on the season to date for top flight leaders Hiroshima, after they retained their hold on top spot with a come from behind 4-2 win at Kobe on Sunday. We then move on to the contrasting victory secured by second-placed FC Tokyo, who burst out of the gates and put Kashima away in the first half hour at Ajinomoto Stadium, before moving on to preview the crunch clash between the top two in Hiroshima on Friday night (to 41:35).
Then after we bid Tobias farewell, Sam runs through the other results from the round, beginning with Oita going third after their home win over Sendai, and including the action-packed draw between Yokohama and Nagoya, and Shimizu claiming a huge first win of the season in the Shizuoka Derby against Iwata.
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Sam - @FRsoccerSam
Tobias - @ConDrei
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Sam Robson, Dan Orlowitz and Stuart Smith guest on this week's podcast to round up another weekend of J.League action.
In Part 1 Dan joins Sam to chat about FC Tokyo's 2-1 home win over Shimizu on Saturday, and new table toppers Hiroshima, who climbed to the summit on goal difference ahead of Tokyo after sweeping aside Gamba Osaka 3-0 at home (to 30:12).
Then after we bid Dan farewell Sam and I round up the rest of the J1 Matchday 6 action, beginning with the three games last Friday night, and finishing with first wins of the season for Iwata and Sendai (to 1:00:50).
Next we turn our attention to J2, and Stuart chats about new leaders Yamagata and the rest of the top five, including Sunday's big FC Ryukyu vs Kashiwa showdown (to 1:14:35), before we move on to some other talking points around the league (to 1:26:20), and finish with a brief check on J3.
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Sam - @FRsoccerSam
Dan - @aishiterutokyo
Stuart - @sushi_football
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
On our first J2 Special of the new second tier campaign, Geoff Osborne, Steve Barme and Jon Steele guest to review the first month of the season.
In Part 1 Geoff makes a barnstorming J-Talk debut as he chats about surprise leaders FC Ryukyu's superb start to life in J2, and also discusses some of the special challenges the club faces in establishing a football culture down in Okinawa in such a unique setting (to 24:14).
Then Steve visits to talk about Omiya's teething problems under new manager Takuya Takagi, and another underwhelming start to the season for the Squirrels (to 37:50), before Jon rounds up the rest of the big stories from Matchday 5 and the first month of the season as a whole (to 1:03:35), with a brief check on J3, who played Matchday 3 over the weekend, thrown in at the end of the episode at no extra charge.
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Geoff - @OkinawaOzzy
Geoff's FC Ryukyu Updates blog
Steve - @AgentOrange2009
Jon - @J2KantoBites
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
Sam Robson returns to the pod for a full review of J1 Matchday 4, while there's also a full debut from Alex Bishop, who joins us at the start of the episode to chat about new table toppers FC Tokyo.
Alex and Sam discuss Tokyo's home win over Nagoya that saw them leapfrog Grampus to the summit, the capital club's progression in their second season under Kenta Hasegawa, and whether that will be sustainable in the long term (to 17:03).
Then after we bid Alex farewell, Sam and I run the rule over the other results, beginning with Oita's meteoric rise to third following their excellent home win over Yokohama, and working our way down the table before finishing with the matchday's only draw, between Kobe and Shimizu (to 56:55). We finish off the episode with a chat about Hajime Moriyasu's experimental Japan squad, ahead of the friendlies against Colombia and Bolivia.
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Sam - @FRsoccerSam
Alex - @abishop32
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
In this week's episode we go east and west (and north and south?) in J1 with Scott McIntyre and Alan Gibson, and Jon Steele fills us in on another terrific J2 matchday.
In Part 1 Scott discusses Sunday's big Kanagawa Derby at the Nissan Stadium, FC Tokyo finally breaking their home league goal drought, first wins for top flight powerhouses Urawa and Kashima, and Sapporo's goalfest at home against Shimizu in all its Anderson Lopes-inspired glory, before we finish with a spot of ACL chat (to 42:45).
Then Alan chats about a mixed weekend for the Kansai clubs - home defeats for Osaka pair Gamba and Cerezo, but a strong away win for Kobe at Sendai - before we cheer plucky Oita's second away win of the new season, and look ahead to a quirky Matchday 4 fixture list (to 1:11:18).
Finally, Jon gives props to surprising J2 table-toppers FC Ryukyu and Mito, and we work our way through all of the second tier Matchday 3 action, a round of games where if you weren't winning 1-0 away you just weren't doing things right. We finish the episode by touching on J3, after the first round of the 2019 season was played over the weekend.
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Scott - @mcintinhos
The Asian Game podcast
Alan - @jsoccermagazine
Jon - @J2KantoBites
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
After another action-packed weekend in J1 and J2, Sean Carroll, Adrian Serna, Sean Galbraith and Charlie Houghton all guest (separately) on this week's episode, which is dedicated to the memory of Yokohama F.Marinos supporter Han Kessels, who tragically passed away last week at the age of just 52. Messages of condolence for Han can be left here (http://bit.ly/rememberingHan) and will be passed on to his family and friends.
In Part 1 of the podcast Sean Carroll begins with his thoughts on joint table-toppers Nagoya and Yokohama, before discussing the Kawasaki vs Kashima game that he attended last Friday night. We then move on to review six other J1 Matchday 2 games (to 37:40).
Then Adrian joins me to chat about Nagoya's improved squad and their excellent start to the new campaign (to 48:30), before Sean Galbraith shares his own memories of Han Kessels, and enthuses about Yokohama's strong first two games (to 1:02:50).
Then finally Charlie raves about Kofu's offensive outburst in their big win at Yamaguchi, and Ryukyu's burning start to life in J2, before we finish with some of the other noteworthy scores and storylines from the second round of the second tier season.
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Sean Carroll - @seankyaroru
Adrian - @758adrian
Sean Galbraith - @1amSage
Charlie - @FRsoccerCharlie