On this week's episode we begin with our now weekly look at ACL goings-on over in Qatar, with this podcast recorded in between Kobe's and Yokohama F.Marinos' Round of 16 games on Monday night - Kobe are through to the quarter finals but F.Marinos will join FC Tokyo on an early flight home after their loss to Suwon (to 7:50).

Then Jonny Nicol returns to chat about Gamba Osaka's vital 2-1 away win at Shonan on Sunday, a particularly gutsy result considering their untimely injury list (to 32:45).

In Part 2 we discuss the other five games from the weekend (to 49:00), before continuing our J-Talk Players of the Season series with Oita, Urawa, F.Marinos and Kashiwa on the docket this week.