The J-Talk Podcast

Jon Steele & Stuart Smith are back to talk J3 and the crazy promotion race contained within. They talk: 

- Nagano going 2nd

- Sagamihara make it 16 games unbeaten, but still disappointed

- Gifu blow their chance

- Imabari showing up Akita

- Kumamoto cratering

- Looking ahead to the Wednesday fixtures

Thank you to all who listen, comment, support us. We really appreciate it!

Jon Steele (@J2KantoBites) and Stuart Smith (@sushi_football) are back together to dissect what the latest results in the incredibly tight J3 promotion race mean. The gents talk:

- Sagamihara's quiet 15 game unbeaten run

- Nagano's desperately needed win

- Gifu holding on

- A novelty goal in Fujieda

- And, a look ahead to this weekend's fixtures

As always, thank you so much for your support with this podcast - we're in the home straight now, and hopefully you'll stay with us to the climax of this intense promotion race! 

Stay safe, and enjoy the football!

Stuart Smith brings you the lowdown on YET ANOTHER midweek of games in J2, looking at:

• Tokushima nearing the promised land

Thank you for all the support you've given us throughout this year - not long to go now!! In the meantime, stay with us for the final promotion pushes in J2 & J3. Until next time, stay safe and enjoy the football. 

Jon Steele is back to navigate you all through: 

- Craziness in Kanazawa

As always, thank you for your support!! 

We begin this episode with a look back at recent goings-on in the ACL over in Qatar, recording straight after FC Tokyo's loss to Ulsan, before moving on to the six games played in Matchday 30 over the weekend, with Kashima and Cerezo Osaka gaining ground in the hunt for a top three place after both Gamba Osaka and Nagoya drew (to 33:23).

In Part 2 we continue our J1 Players of the Season series with Yokohama FC, Tosu, Sapporo and Kobe featured, before a brief look ahead to upcoming fixtures.

Jon Steele rounds up last weekend's J3 action, including a first defeat of the season for champions Akita, and a real logjam in the battle for the 2nd promotion spot.

Jon Steele is back to review the latest goings on from J2, including all the action at the top of the table. 

On this bonus midweek pod Neil Debnam guests after his Kawasaki side clinched their third J1 title in four years with a stunning 5-0 hammering of Gamba Osaka on Wednesday night.

The game, the atmosphere at Todoroki, records broken - and those that could still fall - unsung heroes and Neil's shortlist for Frontale's player of the season are all crammed in to Part 1 (to 45:48), before we briefly review Wednesday's other J1 Matchday 29 results, and cover the three ACL clubs after their first games over in Qatar.

Jon Steele brings you a "mini pod" - but no shortage of useful information on what happened at the top of J2, more bad penalty decisions, an early 2021 managerial announcement and more! 

Enjoy!!

On this bumper new episode we discuss Kawasaki's surprising loss at Oita on Saturday that saw them fluff their first chance at sealing the title, before we round up the rest of the games - including Gamba keeping the title race 'alive' with their win at Urawa.

Along the way we take stock of the teams between second and sixth that are battling it out for an Emperor's Cup semi final berth and the 2021 ACL spots, then in Part 3 we debut a new segment of the pod and look ahead to the upcoming week in both J1 and the ACL.