The J-Talk Podcast

A podcast of two halves - Jon Steele on hand for the drama at the top of J2, and Stuart Smith available to MC the Blaublitz Akita title celebrations in J3. 

Of course, everything you need to know about J2 & J3 is covered, including a look at the upcoming fixtures this weekend. 

Thank you all for your support! 

Stuart Woodward guests to revel in Yokohama F.Marinos closing out their home J1 slate with a thumping of Urawa, and also to look ahead to how F.Marinos might get on in the ACL over in Qatar (to 33:51).

Then all we can do is marvel at Super Shun Nagasawa's hat trick in Sendai's dismantling of Gamba Osaka, before we work our way through the other Matchday 27 games.

Enjoy! And if you like what we're about you could consider supporting us on Patreon (patreon.com/jtalkpod) and following the J-Talk crew on Twitter:

Stuart - @sushi_football

Jon - @J2KantoBites

Ben - @JTalkPod

Sam - @FRSoccerSam

Jon Steele and Stuart Smith are back together and ready to cast their eyes over: 

The promotion battle (including controversy in Tokyo)

A volcanic atmosphere in Omiya

The rise of Vinicius Araujo

Why no-one seems to want the second promotion spot in J2

Enjoy! And if you like what we're about you could consider supporting us on Patreon (patreon.com/jtalkpod) and following us all on Twitter:

Stuart - @sushi_football

Jon - @J2KantoBites

Ben - @JTalkPod

Sam - @FRSoccerSam

The Levain Cup final scheduled for Saturday was postponed after a COVID-19 outbreak at Kashiwa Reysol, and Dan Orlowitz from The Japan Times guests to discuss the timeline of events from last week, and what the J.League might do in terms of shoehorning Kashiwa's postponed league fixtures and the rescheduled final in to an already epically busy fixture list.

We also chat about what lies ahead for Reysol's final opponents, FC Tokyo, as well as Kobe and Yokohama F.Marinos in the ACL bubble in Qatar beginning at the end of the month, and give our thoughts on a question on Kobe from a supporter on Patreon (to 41:25).

Then in Part 2 your regular co-hosts round up the top flight fixtures from the past week - we said we'd be brief, but we really weren't.

Jon Steele looks back at the midweek round of action, and previews the weekend matches, including a game-of-the-season contender in Nagano.

Jon Steele in the driver's seat looking at the state of play in J3. As you were at the top (of course) but the fascinating game of musical chairs for that crucial 2nd place took another turn at the weekend. 

Jon will fill you in on that, ANOTHER win for Kamatamare Sanuki, Shota Fujio's latest star turn and all the rest of the news, as well as a look ahead to the next games. 

Enjoy!

Stuart Smith is back with a sub-eight minute wrap up of the chaos that took place in J2 at the weekend. 

You want to know about Tokushima leapfrogging Avispa Fukuoka at the top? V-Varen Nagasaki's Samba celebrations? Disaro dismantling Kanazawa? Ehime showing signs of life? 

Then step right this way! Thank you, as always, for your support/feedback. We really appreciate it. 

Another matchday, another win for top flight leaders Kawasaki, but Saturday's was a little extra special as it came in a Tamagawa Classico against FC Tokyo, with Frontale icon Kengo Nakamura scoring the winner.

Neil Debnam guests for an extended chat on the game, and Kawasaki's historic season as they look set to smash all kinds of J1 records - marks that are likely to stand for years (decades?) to come (to 49:02).

After Neil departs, we wrap up the other six games played on Saturday, and look ahead to a busy week in the top flight.

Stuart Smith is at the wheel for this very brief flying lap around J2, touching on transfer news, the top of the table, and a look ahead to the upcoming weekend of big games. 

As always, thank you for listening, and thank you for all your support.