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The J-Talk Podcast

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A weekly Japanese football podcast focusing on the J.League.

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01:37:30

Episode 525 - J1 Matchday 18

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2024/06/18

Alan Gibson of JSoccer Magazine joined Jonny and Ben in Part 1 of this new episode, after a great weekend for the four Kansai clubs. We begin with wins for Gamba Osaka and Kobe, before previewing their 3rd vs 4th clash this upcoming weekend (to 28:45), then discuss victories for Cerezo Osaka and Kyoto (to 51:30). We kick off Part 2 with the leaders Machida passing another test with their win away at Yokohama F.Marinos (to 1:03:00), discuss comfortable wins for Hiroshima and Fukuoka, and wrap up our

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Episode 524 - Cup Roundups & High Fives for the...

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2024/06/13

This week's episode kicks off with a roundup of the cupsets from Wednesday night's second round of the Emperor's Cup (to 11:45), continues with a review of the major talking points from Japan's comfortable victories over Myanmar and Syria (to 24:30), and concludes with a Levain Cup Playoff Round roundup, and a look ahead to the weekend's J1 Matchday 18.

49:14

J-Talk: Extra Time – Levain Cup & J2 Round 19

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2024/06/13

In this week’s JTET, James Taylor and Jon Steele reviewed Niigata v Nagasaki in the Levain Cup playoff round (to 12:55), and a couple of league games: Yamaguchi v JEF (to 22:10) and Kagoshima v Okayama (to 36:05). They picked their Most Bravo Players (to 41:20) and looked ahead to J2 round 20 (to end).*To get some pass notes on any of the games that we don't discuss on the pod, feel free to join our dedicated JTET/JTSC Discord server here: https://discord.gg/pngqMZ7hwD

18:50

J-Talk: Short Corner - Levain Cup & J3 Round 16

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2024/06/11

Mike Innes returns with another packed episode of J-Talk: Short Corner. Mike begins by reviewing Kataller Toyama's exploits against J1 opposition in the Levain Cup (to 03:45), then rounds up the weekend's J3 round 16 games (to 14:55). After that, Mike previews a busy Wednesday for J3 teams in the Emperor's Cup (to 17:05) and ends with a look ahead to J3 round 17 next weekend.

46:32

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 18

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2024/06/06

Jon Steele and James Taylor reconvened after a couple of weeks apart for a review of J2 round 18. First, James and Jon discussed the dramatic/farcical end to Mito v Nagasaki and the exciting game that came before it (start to 14:50), an impressive win for Yamauchi over league leaders Shimizu (to 20:40), and a big game at the bottom between Tochigi and Kumamoto (to 29:15). That’s followed by Most Bravo Player (to 34:25), and a preview of a busy week for J2 teams in Levain Cup, league and Emperor’s

01:34:13

Episode 523 - J1 Matchday 17

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2024/06/04

Jonny and Ben round up the latest top flight matchday, beginning with games involving the top four (to 46:05), before running through the other games, and looking ahead to what's on the docket during the international break.

17:59

JTET Short Corner Special - J3 Round 15 Review

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2024/06/04

With J3 Toyama still alive in the Levain Cup, and taking on Sapporo in the 1st Leg of the Play-Off Round this midweek, we've decided to put out Mike Innes' 'J-Talk: Short Corner' as a standalone pod again this time!After a quick intro from Jon (to preview J2 Nagasaki's Levain Cup tie against Niigata the same evening), Mike takes his usual forensic look at the weekend's J3 action. Mike then turns his attentions to Toyama's midweek date with destiny, and previews all of the upcoming weekend action in

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JTET - J2 R17 / Levain Cup R3 / Emp. Cup R1 Review

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2024/05/31

Fashionably late again this week (apologies, it's Jon's fault!), the JTET team are back in town with all the J2 and J3 news that you need to know about.Scheduling constraints mean that Jon and James had to record separately this time, so in Part 1 (Start to 11:00) Jon looks back at the recent Levain Cup games that had a J2 participant, along with the four J2 games that were played last Saturday (and names his personal MBP for Round 17). In Part 2 (11:00 to 17:20), James steps in to review the six

01:43:15

Episode 522 - ACL Heartbreak for F.Marinos, Levain...

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2024/05/28

In this week's episode Stuart Woodward joins Jonny and Ben to chat about the disappointment of Yokohama F.Marinos stumbling at the final hurdle in the Asian Champions League, as they lost 5-1 to Al Ain in the second leg, and went down 6-3 on aggregate (to 31:23).Then in Part 2 your co-hosts round up a ripping midweek set of Levain Cup ties, and chat briefly about the latest Japan National Team squad (to 51:55), before moving on to the weekend's J1 Matchday 16, beginning with the results for the top

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JTET - J2 Round 16 Review

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2024/05/25

Screamingly late this week (apologies!), Jon Steele presents a solo review of all of last weekend's J2 action (Round 16) in a 17-minute mini-pod.As well as reviewing the on-field action, Jon picks a 'Most Bravo Player' (14:00 to 15:00), and previews all of the upcoming Round 17 matches (15:00 to Finish). The sound quality of this week's episode is noticeably worse than usual, so apologies for that too - not sure exactly what the issue is, but we'll try to get it sorted for future pods!

01:22:22

Episode 521 - J1 Matchdays 14 & 15

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2024/05/21

Jonny and Ben dive right into their round-up of the weekend's J1 Matchday 15 with Machida's big home win over Tokyo Verdy and Kashima's home triumph over champions Kobe (to 13:50), before running through the other eight games, linking in results from Matchday 14 played in midweek where appropriate. We finish the episode with a look at what's coming up in the Japanese game, including Yokohama F.Marinos' trip to the UAE for the 2nd Leg of the ACL Final.

15:44

J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 14

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2024/05/20

After another action-packed round of fixtures in Japan’s 3rd tier, JTSC host Mike Innes has a full review of J3 round 14, and a preview of Wednesday’s Levain Cup and the weekend’s Emperor’s Cup matches involving J3 teams.

01:06:24

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season So Far & JTSC

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2024/05/17

In a slight change of pace, James Taylor and Jon Steele decided to step back and take stock of the J2 season so far, focusing on 5 teams in particular: Shimizu S-Pulse (start to 07:35), Vegalta Sendai (to 14:45), Iwaki FC (to 23:45), Montedio Yamagata (to 33:15), and Tochigi SC (to 41:10). That’s followed by a preview of the matchday 16 fixtures and Levain Cup matches involving J2 teams (to 53:10). After that, J-Talk: Short Corner host Mike Innes has all the details of J3 teams’ efforts to qualify

01:30:36

Episode 520 - ACL Final 1st Leg & J1 Matchday 13

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2024/05/14

This bumper episode features Stuart Woodward on the first leg of the ACL Final, then a full review of the nine J1 games played over the weekend. In Part 1 Stuart takes us inside the Nissan Stadium for that roller coaster of a first leg, with Yokohama F.Marinos holding a slender advantage after a VAR-assisted 2-1 victory over Al Ain on Saturday night (to 31:50). Then in Part 2 Jonny and Ben run through the top flight results, beginning with the 3-3 draws involving the two Tokyo clubs (to 50:30),

01:18:07

JTET - Golden Week Review (J2 Round 13 & 14 / J3...

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2024/05/10

After a packed double-header of Golden Week matches in both J2 and J3, the JTET team are back to catch you up on all of the major talking points from last week's action. In Part 1, James and Jon look back on some of the big games from last Friday in J2 (Round 13). The focus is placed initially on Yamagata's exciting 2-2 draw against Okayama (02:00 to 10:10), then the boys talk about Fujieda's massive home win over Gunma in the relegation dogfight (10:10 to 20:50). In Part 2, the gentlemen turn

01:33:20

Episode 519 - J1 Golden Week Roundup

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2024/05/08

With Jonny back in the co-hosts chair, this new episode features a full rundown of both rounds of top flight fixtures played over Golden Week. We begin with Jonny's travels while his mum was visiting the country, and Japan's triumph in the Under 23 Asian Cup final against Uzbekistan, with their ticket to Paris stamped after the semi final win over Iraq (to 13:25). Then Jonny reviews the Osaka Derby, with Gamba earning a first victory in the fixture for five years (to 27:55), before we move on to the

01:14:35

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 12, J3 Round 11 &...

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2024/05/02

James Taylor, Jon Steele and Mike Innes joined forces for another full and frank review of all the latest J2 and J3 football. First, James and Jon discussed Okayama v Shimizu (start to 07:20), Akita v Yokohama FC (to 17:35), Mito v Fujieda (to 24:55), and Tokushima v Yamagata (to 34:20). Then, they chose their Most Bravo Players of the weekend (to 37:50), and previewed a busy weekend of Golden Week football (to 47:05). After that, Mike Innes takes over for a run through of the Levain Cup games

01:37:57

Episode 518 - F.Marinos reach ACL Final, & J1...

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2024/04/30

In this week's episode Alan Gibson slid into the co-hosts chair with Jonny away, as we reviewed a huge week in Japanese football, joined by special guest Stuart Woodward.In a brief Part 1 Alan and Ben chatted about Japan's Under 23s making it through to the semi finals of their Asian Cup with a very eventful win over Qatar (Update: Japan beat Iraq 2-0 in the semis to qualify for the Paris Olympics), and then some cupsets from the second round of the Levain Cup (to 10:18). Then Stuart joined us to

20:43

JTET - J2 Round 11 / Levain Cup Round 2 Review

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2024/04/26

Fashionably late this week, James and Jon have you covered with another review of the latest events in the second tier of the J.League. Pesky scheduling conflicts in the real world meant that the boys couldn't record together this time, so in Part 1 of this episode (Start to 10:30), James covers all of the weekend's J2 action (Round 11) in solo mode (including an important win for Nagasaki, and a five-goal thriller at Nihondaira). There's also a quick-but-vital preview of this weekends's upcoming

01:30:29

Episode 517 - J1 Matchday 9

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2024/04/23

Our new episode features a full breakdown of all nine J1 Matchday 9 games played over the weekend, beginning with Machida returning to the top of the table after a controversy-tinged Tokyo Derby victory over FC Tokyo, and Cerezo Osaka slipping off the summit after their first loss of the season, away at Nagoya. We then move on to a trio of 1-0 away wins for Gamba Osaka, Kobe and Niigata, before Tosu's big day out at home against Kashima, as Sagan hauled themselves off the foot of the table. The

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