The J-Talk Podcast

The full slate of games in J1 Matchday 28 delivered an incredible amount of terrific goals, late drama, and, once again, VAR controversy.

We begin with new leaders Hiroshima, who proved they have the mettle to stick around in the title race with a gritty win against the odds at home against Shimizu (to 13:10), before we welcome Stuart Woodward back to the pod after his Yokohama F.Marinos side were pegged back and had to settle for a 2-2 draw away at FC Tokyo (to 40:30).

Then we roll through the rest of the top flight games, with some huge results - some good (Shonan, Kyoto, Iwata), some not so good (Gamba, Kobe) - down in the relegation dogfight, and the controversial Fukuoka vs Nagoya game that had pretty much everything.

In this special episode of J-Talk, long time friend of the podcast Cesare Polenghi chats about everything that went into the process of starting his own football club, Kamui FC, and his hopes for the future for this ambitious project.

James Taylor and Jon Steele have all the latest J2 discussion and analysis, including a close look at Sendai v JEF United, Gunma v Okayama, and Kofu v Kanazawa. There’s a roundup of the rest of the weekend’s games and the much-anticipated final 79 minutes of Yamagata v Okayama, and a preview of matchday 34. Then, in J-Talk: Short Corner, Mike Innes is your guide for the J3 round 22 action, including a barnstorming game between Kagoshima and Imabari.

 

00:00-08:46 Sendai v JEF United

08:47-17:04 Gunma v Okayama

17:05-31:30 Kofu v Kanazawa

31:31-38:59 J2 MD33 roundup

39:00-47:41 J2 MD34 preview

47:42 to end Short Corner

With Japan's pro women's football league entering its second season, Alex Bishop checks in on Sarina Bolden of Chifure AS Elfen Saitama FC and the Philippine National Women's Football Team.

Sarina tells us all about her journey in Japan so far and how the technical standard and playing style of the WE League differs from an international perspective.

You can follow Sarina on Twitter @srnbldn 

 

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Ralf Seidl (@akakichinoeleven on Twitter) makes his J-Talk debut to look back on Urawa's astonishing victory on penalties over Jeonbuk in the East Region Final of the ACL last Thursday night, yet another storied occasion in Reds' love affair with the competition. Ralf also shares his thoughts on the state of the SaiSta club, and their progress under Ricardo Rodriguez (to 38:00).

Then we work our way through the six games from J1 Matchday 27 played over the weekend, notable for some big wins at either end of the table, and some woeful officiating in pretty much every game.

The JTET team are back again with a full roundup of all of the latest J2 & J3 news.

In Part 1 (02:40 to 46:40), James Taylor and Jon Steele discussed 4 of the big J2 games from last weekend, including a spirited post-match rant and a superb long-range goal.

Timecodes:

02:40 to 10:10 - Niigata v Kumamoto

10:10 to 22:30 - Gunma v Sendai

22:30 to 36:40 - Yamaguchi v Mito

36:40 to 46:40 - Ryukyu v Yamagata

In Part 2 (47:10 to 57:10), Jon reviews all of the other J2 action from the last week, including the Round 32 games from the weekend, and some of the rearranged fixtures from the last two midweeks.

After that, James and Jon return to preview all of the Round 33 fixtures coming up this weekend in Part 3(57:05 to 01:09:10).

The pod concludes, as always, with Mike 'Orlando' Innes bringing us up to date with J3 in 'J-Talk: Short Corner' (01:09:25 to Finish).

Hope everyone enjoys the show - thanks for all the support as always!

Sam welcomes Jonny Nicol to the co-hosts chair on this week's episode, for a comprehensive roundup of both continental and domestic action.

Urawa are running roughshod over their ACL opponents, but Kobe's conquerors Jeonbuk loom large in the East final on Thursday (to 31:20).

Then J1 takes centre stage, after another abbreviated matchday (A.C.L., not C.O.V.I.D.-related) that still saw plenty of drama - Hiroshima surge to second as Kawasaki lurk with intent, while down the other end an eight-way #RelegationDogfight looks set to puzzle and confound the rest of the way.

James Taylor and Jon Steele bring the noise with another action-packed weekend in J2. They discussed surprise wins for lowly Ryukyu at Nagasaki and Omiya at Sendai, as well as Machida’s victory over JEF United. James rounded up the rest of the action, and then Jon and James looked ahead to matchday 32. Mike Innes rounds up the goalfests from J3 round 20 in J-Talk: Short Corner.

 

00:00-12:08 Nagasaki v Ryukyu

12:09-22:39 Sendai v Omiya

22:40-29:15 JEF v Machida

29:16-38:15 J2 MD31 roundup

38:16-45:05 J2 MD32 preview

45:06 to end Short Corner

In this week's episode, we discuss the six games played from Matchday 25, all but one with huge ramifications at either end of the table.

James Taylor was joined by JTET debutant Steve Fryer to analyse J2 round 30, particularly Omiya’s important win over Yokohama FC, Gunma’s loss to JEF, and Niigata’s draw with Tokushima. They also tried to answer some listener questions. Then James rounded up the rest of the games, and Steve returned to preview matchday 31. As ever, Mike Innes has J3 covered in J-Talk: Short Corner.

00:00-21:05 Omiya v Yokohama FC

21:06-35:23 Gunma v JEF

35:24-56:38 Niigata v Tokushima and listener questions

56:39-1:08:41 J2 MD30 roundup

1:08:42-1:19:40 J2 MD31 preview

1:19:41 to end Short Corner