The J-Talk Podcast

In this special standalone episode of 'J-Talk: Short Corner', Mike 'The Magic' Innes kicks off a 3-part review of the 2022 J3 season.

In Part 1, Mike trains his analytical gaze on six teams from Japan's northeast region that plied their trade in the third tier this year.

Hope everyone enjoys the episode - Parts 2 and 3 are coming soon!

Timecodes

01:00 to 04:20 - Vanraure Hachinohe

04:20 to 07:25 - Fukushima United

07:25 to 11:05 - Iwaki FC

11:10 to 14:40 - YSCC

14:40 to 18:00 - SC Sagamihara

18:00 to Finish - Nagano Parceiro

Against all the odds, the Samurai Blue made it through to the Round of 16 with a stunning 2-1 win over Spain in the early hours of Friday morning, and Sam and Ben recorded this pretty much straight after the full time whistle.

The dust has settled on an exciting J2 season, and in the first of a series of season review episodes, James Taylor and Jon Steele looked back on the top 8, with help from a few special guests: @YokohamaFSG, Garry Irwin, and @Vegalta_Blog. James and Jon also answered a question from Mike Innes to end the episode.

 

00:00-06:13 Albirex Niigata (James and Jon)

06:14-11:39 Yokohama FC (@YokohamaFSG)

11:40-16:37 Fagiano Okayama (James and Jon)

16:38-25:24 Roasso Kumamoto (Garry Irwin)

25:25-31:45 Oita Trinita (James and Jon)

31:46-37:10 Montedio Yamagata (James and Jon)

37:11-41:12 Vegalta Sendai (@Vegalta_Blog’s thoughts read by James)

41:13-49:05 Tokushima Vortis

49:06-end Question from Mike

 

NB: There are a couple of naughty words in the Sendai section.

 

Stats were courtesy of jleague.jp, transfermarkt.com, football-lab.jp, sporteria.jp, and @Data_Swan.

 

Thanks to our guests for their contributions, and to everyone who supports the pod on Patreon. We hope you enjoy this episode. Look out for more J2 and J3 review pods over the next few weeks.

What's your favourite adjective for this Japan 'performance'? Whichever way you slice it, they blew a golden opportunity here, failing to build on the win over Germany.

This episode was recorded right after the full time whistle of the greatest result in the history of the Japan Men's National Team, Japan 2-1 Germany. Enjoy! Asanooooooooo!!!

After a grueling 9-month campaign, the J3 season reached its climax last weekend with Round 34.

To run through all of the major events on the pitch, including an incredible promotion to the second tier for Fujieda MYFC, Mike 'the Magic' Innes is back and banging with a special 'J-Talk: Short Corner' episode.

We hope everyone enjoys the show, & thank you again for all the support in 2022.

Keep an eye out for J2 & J3 season review episodes - coming up over the next few weeks!

The J2 season ended in dramatic fashion, and James Taylor was joined by Garry Irwin to discuss Roasso Kumamoto’s playoff final against Kyoto Sanga in part 1 of this week’s episode. Then, in part 2 James welcomed Jon Steele for a chat about the J.League Awards, including the team of the season, MVP, best manager, best rookie and goal of the season. In part 3, Mike Innes takes you through a pretty decisive penultimate round of the J3 season in J-Talk: Short Corner.

 

00:00-21:23 Kyoto v Kumamoto with James and Garry

21:24-54:53 J.League Awards with James and Jon

54:55-end J-Talk: Short Corner with Mike

 

We’re interested to hear listeners’ best XIs, MVPs, best managers, rookies and goals of the season, so feel free to share them with us on Twitter.

 

Thanks to all the fantastic guests who’ve given up their time to appear on the pod this season; we really appreciate it. And thanks to everyone who supports us on Patreon, and of course to everyone who listens. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Kyoto got the result they needed in Sunday's playoff final, and Sanga correspondent Nick Bolton guests in Part 1 to relive the drama of the draw with Kumamoto, and to reflect on an eventful first season back in the top flight (to 16:35).

Then Jonny Nicol hops for an epic Part 2, in which we go over the past week's poll results, and piece together the J-Talk J1 Team of the Season (to 1:26:40), before we finish the episode with a fitness update on some key Samurai Blue personnel, and look ahead to the World Cup opener vs Germany.

The JTET are back at it again, bringing you up to date on all of the latest J2 and J3 news!

For the J2 segment of the pod, Jon Steele was joined again by Garry Irwin (@GarryIrwin on Twitter) to look back on another tense and exciting J2 Play-Off match, with Garry's beloved Kumamoto just about making it through to the Final after their 2-2 draw with Yamagata.

Garry also helped Jon to preview the Final, where Kumamoto will take on J1's 16th-placed side Kyoto Sanga (that game is coming up on Sunday 13th November).

After that, Mike 'The Magic' Innes is on deck for 'J-Talk: Short Corner', rounding up another eyebrow-raising weekend of J3 results (including Iwaki sealing promotion to J2 as champions, and mixed results for most of the other teams at the top).

Hope everyone enjoys the show!

It was truly an amazing final day of the J1 season, and when the dust settled, Yokohama F.Marinos were crowned top flight champions, and Stuart Woodward guests in Part 1 to revel in the triumph, sealed with a 3-1 away win over Kobe (to 36:25).

Then in Part 2 your regular co-hosts chat about Kawasaki, who finished two points behind the champions, before moving on to talk about Shimizu's relegation after the barnburner up at the Sapporo Dome, and look ahead to Sunday's playoff final, where incumbents Kyoto will battle upstarts Kumamoto for a spot in the top flight in 2023.

We round up all of the other games, and then move on to the Japan squad for the World Cup (with news breaking on Tuesday afternoon that Shuto Machino has been called up to replace Yuta Nakayama), and hand out our final four club Player of the Season awards.