No sugar coating things here - Japan were poor in their latest World Cup qualifiers, and Scott McIntyre guests for a discussion on some of the problems the Samurai Blue are having under Hajime Moriyasu, while we also touch on Japan's next two opponents, Saudi Arabia and Australia (to 35:05).

Then we return to domestic matters, firstly rounding up the Levain Cup quarter finals, then moving on to discuss the run-in at both the top and bottom of J1.