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The J-Talk Podcast

Ben Maxwell

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

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01:48:22

Episode 528 - J1 Matchday 22

The J-Talk Podcast ·

2024/07/09

We begin this episode by rounding up a dirty week for Yokohama F.Marinos, who lost twice in four days, Gamba Osaka putting them to the sword on Saturday night to ramp up the pressure on Harry Kewell (to 21:00), before we round up victories for the other top four sides (to 35:50).Then in Part 2 Lewis White returns to the pod to chat about Tokyo Verdy's 1-1 draw with Cerezo Osaka and their tremendous first season back in the top flight (to 59:10), before we review a good weekend for most of the

16:20

J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 20

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2024/07/09

In this week’s standalone J-Talk: Short Corner, Mike Innes rounds up another exciting weekend of J3 football (to 13:25) and looks ahead to the midweek Emperor’s Cup and weekend league games. Open invitation to join our dedicated JTET/JTSC Discord server here: https://discord.gg/pngqMZ7hwD

47:54

JTET - J2 Round 22 Review

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2024/07/05

The JTET 'dream team' of James Taylor and Jon Steele are back again to cover all of the latest action from J2!In Part 1, the boys discuss Sendai's pulsating victory over Tochigi (Start to 08:20), Shimizu's return to winning ways against Okayama (08:20 to 15:00), and Nagasaki's exciting 2-2 draw on the road at Tokushima (15:00 to 23:50). After that, Jon and James nominate their Most Bravo Players for Round 22 (23:50 to 29:30), and chat about recent transfer news plus Kofu's change of manager

16:17

J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 19

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2024/07/03

In this week’s J-Talk: Short Corner, Mike Innes reviews the rescheduled J3 round 16 game (to 2:10) and all of the weekend’s round 19 action (to 13:55), checks both ends of the league table, and ends with a round 20 preview.Open invitation to join our dedicated JTET/JTSC Discord server here: https://discord.gg/pngqMZ7hwD

02:02:20

Episode 527 - J1 Matchdays 20 & 21, Team of the...

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2024/07/02

Sean Carroll returns to the pod as we review the past two top flight matchdays (with a focus on the weekend's Matchday 21), and then piece together the Team of the (Half) Season. In Part 1 we review Machida's massive win at Gamba Osaka and Kobe seeing off Kashima in the other battle between top four teams (to 24:00), then chat about the good recent runs Cerezo Osaka and Fukuoka are enjoying (to 35:15), before discussing Hiroshima, and where they might improve after a couple more frustrating draws

44:48

J-Talk: Extra Time – Emperor’s Cup 2nd Round & J2...

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2024/06/28

James Taylor and Jon Steele begin this episode with a very quick look back at the Emperor’s Cup 2nd round games involving J2 teams (to 07:40). Then they move onto league action and discuss Akita v Shimizu (to 15:45) and Yamaguchi v Iwaki (to 26:55), pick their Most Bravo Players (to 34:10), and look ahead to the weekend’s fixtures (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

01:39:43

Episode 526 - J1 Matchday 19

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2024/06/25

We reached the halfway mark of the J1 season on the weekend, and Fukuoka correspondent Daniel Hawkins joined Jonny and Ben in Part 1 to chat about Avispa's Matchday 19 draw away at leaders Machida, and his thoughts on his side's progress in the first half of the season (to 20:22).Then Part 2 begins with a pair of results for Yokohama F.Marinos and Hiroshima after they squared off in their game in hand last Wednesday (to 34:40), before we review the two big games on the slate: Gamba Osaka's gutsy

16:43

J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 19

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2024/06/25

Things are still tight at both ends of J3, and Mike Innes is back to guide you through all the twists and turns (and splashes) of an exciting weekend of J3 football in this week’s standalone J-Talk: Short Corner. Mike’s matchday 19 roundup runs to 13:55, then he runs through the table and looks ahead to midweek and weekend action. Open invitation to join our dedicated JTET/JTSC Discord server here: https://discord.gg/pngqMZ7hwD

01:14:46

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 20 & J3 Round 17

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2024/06/21

There were big results at both ends of J2 last weekend, so James Taylor and Jon Steele had plenty of talking points to get their teeth into. They start by discussing Ehime’s shock win over Shimizu (to 09:30) and Sendai’s dramatic draw with Nagasaki (to 17:30), then cover important wins for Tochigi over Oita (to 24:20) and Kagoshima over Yamagata (to 34:30). That’s followed by Most Bravo Player (to 39:00) and a preview of the next set of fixtures (to 47:10). After that it’s J-Talk: Short Corner –

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

43:13

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

30:08

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

17:12

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.

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