The J-Talk Podcast

James Taylor and Jon Steele joined forces to bring you all the action from J2 matchday 10. In part 1, James rounds up 6 matches, and in part 2 Jon takes care of the other 5. In part 3 there’s analysis of both ends of the table: Machida v Oita, Tokushima v Nagasaki, and Yamagata v Kanazawa, and a preview of matchday 11. Then, Mike Innes guides you through another action-packed round of J3 in J-Talk: Short Corner.

 

00:00 to 07:40 James’ roundup

07:40 to 18:35 Jon’s roundup

18:35 to 27:30 Machida v Oita

27:30 to 38:45 Tokushima v Nagasaki

38:45 to 50:40 Yamagata v Kanazawa

50:40 to 1:00:10 Matchday 11 preview

1:00:10 to end J-Talk: Short Corner (Mike)

Goals galore, and some absolute humdingers amongst them, Saturday's top flight matchday had the lot, and Ralf Seidl guests in Part 1 to chat about Urawa's big win at home over Sapporo, Maciej Skorza hitting the ground running in the Saitama Stadium dugout (that he was finally able to sit in on Saturday), and the upcoming ACL Final vs Al Hilal (to 27:00).

Then we cover Kobe's crushing of Kashima, and Nagoya and Hiroshima keeping pace with the leaders with away wins of their own (to 48:10), before we sweep through the rest of the round, and look ahead to the weekend's Matchday 9.

After a full round of midweek J2 games, James Taylor and Jon Steele divide and conquer to bring you up to speed with all of the Wednesday night action.

To start, James guides you through 5 of the midweek games, before Jon covers the remaining 6 matches (including a change at the top with Oita leapfrogging Machida).

There's also a quick preview of the upcoming Round 10 fixtures (all on Sunday this week, including possibly the biggest fixture of the season so far), and a mention for Iwata and Shimizu's Levain Cup commitments next midweek.

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We'll be back to review the Round 10 news next week, along with all of the latest J3 updates from Mike Innes in 'J-Talk: Short Corner'.

In this brief but jam-packed episode, Jon Steele (start to 11:30) and James Taylor (11:30 to 18:45) review the action from J2 matchday 8 and last week’s Levain Cup matches involving J2 teams. Then, Mike Innes takes you through J3 matchday 6 in J-Talk: Short Corner (18:45 to end).

 

There’s no guest this week due to the midweek J2 round, but Jon and James will be back later in the week with a full roundup of those games.

 

Thanks as ever to Patreon subscribers and all listeners.

Dan Orlowitz from The Japan Times guests in Part 1 of this episode, after another big top flight weekend.

We begin with first wins of the season for Gamba Osaka and Kashiwa, with warning signs flashing for their conquered opposition, Kawasaki and Kashima, respectively, before we move on to Yokohama F.Marinos' big win in the Yokohama derby, and FC Tokyo's draw with Shonan, while in amongst it all we get Dan's thoughts on a number of bigger picture J.League and Samurai Blue topics (to 54:10).

In Part 2 we cover the goalless draws at Kobe and Nagoya, then move on to wins for Fukuoka and Hiroshima, who sit joint-3rd in the table, and finish with a positive result for Jekyll and Hyde Sapporo.

JTET is back with another packed review of J2 and J3 action, including a 'live' (face-to-face) guest chat for the very first time!

In Part 1 (Start to 08:15), Jon Steele looks back on the 5 games played in J2 last Saturday in Round 7, while James Taylor does the same for the Sunday fixtures in Part 2 (08:20 to 14:40).

After that, Jon Steele had the unmissable chance to take Kanazawa superfan Victor Arroyo to karaoke, where he picked his brains on a range of J2 topics for Part 3. The boys started with a Kanazawa special (14:45 to 27:30), then discussed the recent sackings of Shimizu boss Ze Ricardo and Yamagata's Australian manager Peter Cklamovski (27:30 to 36:30).

Jon and Victor then took a look ahead to a very exciting slate of J2 fixtures coming up this weekend in Round 8 (36:30 to 42:30).

To wrap things up, Mike 'The Magic' Innes is on hand to take you through all of the big stories from Round 3 in J3, and to look ahead to Round 6, in 'J-Talk: Short Corner' (42:30 to Finish).

*You can find Victor on Twitter @JFootballAnaly1 - thanks for taking time out of your vacation to chat to us, Victor!

J1 returned after the international break with a brilliant round of matches stacked with talking points.

Our first guest is Chris from J.League Journeys after he and his cohort Lolo headed up to Kashima to see Hiroshima stun Antlers in the last five minutes, and then hung with the Sanfrecce players in the convenience store for a while afterwards (to 20:25).

Next we round up comfortable victories for Kobe, Nagoya and Urawa (to 36:35), before Yokohama FC correspondent Manny Padovan guests after the Sky Blues drew at home with Fukuoka (to 54:25).

In Part 4 we run through the final four games, including that instant classic up at the Sapporo Dome, and Shuto Machino single-handedly putting Gamba Osaka and former teammate Kosei Tani to the sword.

Later than usual this week (due to school holidays - apologies!), the JTET team bring you up to date with another packed week of J2 and J3 action.

In Part 1 (Start to 08:20), James Taylor looks back at all of the J2 action from last Saturday, when six of the Round 6 matches took place. He also casts his discerning gaze over Iwata's game against Sapporo in the Levain Cup.

Then in Part 2 (08:20 to 22:00), Jon Steele covers the rest of the J2 games from Round 6 - three matches from Sunday (plus Urawa v Shimizu in the Levain Cup), and the two Wednesday night games (including a shock home defeat for Shimizu against an impressive Gunma). Jon also takes a brief look at the J2 games on the weekend slate for Round 7.

As usual, Mike 'The Magic' Innes brings us home with 'J-Talk: Short Corner' (22:00 to Finish), reviewing all of the J3 talking points from a very busy Round 4, as well as previewing Round 5.

No guest this week, due to spring holiday scheduling issues, but normal service (alright, as normal as it gets around here) will resume next episode!

Japan got their year started with a couple of friendlies against South American opposition, and while a number of players performed well across the two games, we were left with familiar questions about personnel and formation.

We chat Samurai Blue to 34:15, then look ahead to the return of J1, with a terrific slate of games coming up in Matchday 6.

After some sterling work on the main 'J-Talk Podcast' this season, we were finally able to book J.League expert Jonny Nicol (@BlogGamba) for a JTET appearance this week!

The episode begins with Jon Steele and James Taylor teaming up to review all of the match action from the Round 5 games played in J2 last weekend (Start to 16:40).

After that, Jon sat down with Jonny for the first 'Two Jonnies' chat of 2023, with in-depth discussion of Iwata v Shimizu (16:50 to 27:40) and Oita v JEF Chiba (27:40 to 36:50).

Keenly aware that it could be some time before we're able to pick Jonny's brains on a J2 tip again, Jon pressed him for some overall thoughts on the state of the second tier as well (36:50 to 50:40) - Tochigi supporters might want to skip this bit.

Jonny then exacted instant revenge by asking Jon about which J2 players could find themselves on the fringes of the Japan national team squad this time next year (50:40 to 01:00:15).

To finish off the chat, the Jonnies previewed the upcoming J2 games in Round 6, with a pair of Levain Cup matches for Iwata and Shimizu thrown in for good measure (01:00:15 to 01:09:35).

After all that, the pod concludes, as ever, with another superb edition of 'J-Talk: Short Corner' from Mike 'The Magic Innes' (01:09:35 to Finish) - Mike talks us through a fascinating weekend of action in J3 (Round 3), and looks ahead to the Round 4 games coming up soon.

Hope everyone enjoys the episode - arigato gozaimasu to all guests, contributors, and listeners!