The J-Talk Podcast

Jon Steele rounds up the midweek J2 action in this solo JTET episode. There's also J3 content with a mention of Gifu's rearranged game at home to Numazu, and a managerial change at Tottori.

Enjoy the show! And apologies to Matsumoto's Toyofumi SAKANO, who I refer to as Toyofumi Suzuki in Part 2.

It is Golden Week in Japan - and that means loads of football. Stuart Smith - you remember him, right? - is back on the mic to give you a whirlwind round-up of last weekend's action in J2 plus a brief look ahead to a mighty Wednesday evening clash, and of course Magic Mike Innes is giving you the latest J3 action in his 'Short Corner".

Enjoy!!

Alan Gibson guests in Part 1 of this new episode to discuss the Kansai J1 contingent, and a very head scratching VARdi VAR VAR moment from the end of the Shonan vs Sapporo game.

We begin with another superb performance by Kyogo Furuhashi in Kobe's 3-0 home cruise over Hiroshima, then move on to Sunday's Osaka derby and a look at Gamba Osaka's early season struggles in front of goal (Part 1 runs to 45:17).

In Part 2 your regular co-hosts run through the other six games and look ahead to this weekend's Matchday 13.

This week, Jon is joined by Mike Innes to run through all of the latest J2 action.

Mike is also on hand to bring you up to date with all of the J3 news in 'J-Talk: Short Corner' at the end of the episode.

Hope everyone enjoys the show!

Jonny Nicol guests for a full review of J1 Matchday 11, and a look ahead to the blockbuster top of the table clash coming up on Thursday night.

Part 1 features a look back at wins for Nagoya, Tosu and Yokohama F.Marinos, and Kobe's draw at Kashima (to 51:04).

Part 2 begins with Fukuoka and Urawa keeping the good times rolling, then we move on to Kashiwa clicking in to gear, Sapporo's home win over Sendai and the Shimizu v Shonan draw. We finish up with a Nagoya vs Kawasaki preview, and Sam's Pick of the Weekend.

Magic' Mike Innes takes the reigns for a solo roundup of an explosive midweek in J2, with some of the best games of the season having taken place on Wednesday night.

There's also a look back to the rearranged J3 game between Tottori and Gifu, played on the same evening, and some general J3 news!

Just in time for the midweek round of 2nd-tier fixtures (Round 9), Jon Steele looks back over the weekend's J2 action (Round 8) in a solo pod this time.

After Jon talks happily to himself for about 18 minutes, Mike Innes brings you up to date on J3 and Emperor's Cup qualifying news in the regular  'J-Talk: Short Corner segment'.

Happy listening, and enjoy the midweek games!

Dan Orlowitz guests for an overview of all the major talking points in the Japanese game, before a full review of J1 Matchday 10.

We kick off our look at the top flight action (from 16:00) with Nagoya's shock home defeat at the hands of Tosu, while leaders Kawasaki also dropped points on their home patch - Hiroshima decent value for their point at Todoroki.

This Week in VAR is back, and we also debut a promising new segment at the end of the podcast.

In this week's JTET episode, Stuart Smith returns to the pod to review the latest J2 action with Jon Steele, as well as looking ahead to the upcoming fixtures in the 2nd tier this weekend.

There's also the usual J3 roundup with Mike Innes in 'J-Talk: Short Corner'!

On this week's episode we chat about all of the games and major - mostly VAR-related - talking points from Matchday 9 of the top flight season, as we reached the (roughly) 1/4 point of the season over the weekend.