We begin this episode by rounding up a dirty week for Yokohama F.Marinos, who lost twice in four days, Gamba Osaka putting them to the sword on Saturday night to ramp up the pressure on Harry Kewell (to 21:00), before we round up victories for the other top four sides (to 35:50).

Then in Part 2 Lewis White returns to the pod to chat about Tokyo Verdy's 1-1 draw with Cerezo Osaka and their tremendous first season back in the top flight (to 59:10), before we review a good weekend for most of the relegation dogfighters (to 1:31:25), chat about Japan's Olympic squad named late last week, and preview Wednesday night's third round of the Emperor's Cup, and the weekend's J1 Matchday 23.