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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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01:48:24

Episode 487 - J1 Matchday 30

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2023/10/24

After a big weekend of action at both ends of the top flight table, Sean Carroll joined Jonny and Ben to round it all up. We begin at the National Stadium, where table toppers Kobe passed another huge test on their way to a maiden J1 title when they comfortably saw off Kashima on Saturday (to 30:50), while Yokohama F.Marinos stayed four points adrift with a home win over Sapporo (to 45:50). Next we link the top three to the relegation dogfight by chatting about Urawa's home win over Kashiwa on

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JTET - J2 Round-Up / J3 Round 31 Review

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2023/10/18

JTET is back with a streamlined episode this week, thanks to the relatively light slate of J2 games last weekend! In Part 1 of this week's show (Start to 09:50), Jon Steele review the pair of rearranged J2 fixtures that took place last Saturday (Akita v Machida, plus Fujieda v Gunma), and looks ahead to a very intriguing Round 39 slate coming up on Saturday and Sunday. Then in Part 2 (09:55 to Finish), normal service is well and truly resumed as Mike 'The Magic' Innes takes you on a J3 journey in

01:04:00

Episode 486 - Moriyasu’s (Asian) Cup Runneth Over

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2023/10/18

Jonny and Ben chat about Japan's win over Tunisia on Tuesday night, and the battle for places in the Asian Cup squad (to 21:15), then move on to a brief review of the Levain Cup semi finals (to 33:00) before finishing with a look ahead to J1 Matchday 30 and the top flight run-in at both ends of the table.

01:09:40

JTET - J2 Round 38 / J3 Round 30 Review

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2023/10/13

Ready for the weekend, another all-new JTET episode is ready for launch! To get things underway this week, Jon Steele and James Taylor look back at a busy weekend of J2 matches in Round 38 (Start to 14:30) - Jon also reports on Kumamoto's big day out at Kashiwa in their Emperor's Cup Semi-Final last Sunday. In the 'J2 Chat' segment (14:30 to 51:00), Jon and James got together to discuss some of the main talking points from the weekend action. The gents talked in detail about Shimizu v Iwata (14:30

53:30

Episode 485 - Weekly Round-Up

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2023/10/10

With the international break in full swing, Jonny and Ben got together to review Sunday's Emperor's Cup semi finals (to 21:00) and the ACL action from last midweek (to 35:10), before looking ahead to the Levain Cup semis (to 42:10) and the upcoming Japan national team friendlies.

01:41:28

JTET - J2 Round 37 / J3 Round 29 Review

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2023/10/06

Once again, the good ship JTET sets sail with a full review of the latest J2 and J3 action. To start things off this week, Jon Steele and James Taylor team up to run through all of the J2 action from Round 37 (Start to 15:20) - James also includes a quick report on Kofu's big ACL home debut against Buriram United in Tokyo from Wednesday night. After that, Jon sat down with Sean Carroll for some serious J2 discussion. The boys (alright, technically men) began with a review of Kofu's big night at the

01:48:03

Episode 484 - Kobe Prove Their Mettle

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2023/10/04

After the top of the clash at the Nissan Stadium last Friday night, Ryo Nakagawara joined Jonny and Ben for a deep dive on what went so right for leaders Kobe, who strengthened their hold on top spot with a 2-0 win away at an off-colour Yokohama F.Marinos (to 38:50). Then the guys chat about FC Tokyo's 3-0 win over Gamba Osaka, and Ryo shares his thoughts on what might be done to freshen up an aging Tokyo squad (to 1:13:05). Later on in the episode Jonny and Ben round up the rest of the J1 Matchday

01:12:13

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 36 & J3 Round 28

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2023/09/28

Jon Steele, James Taylor and Mike Innes return with a look back at all the action from J2 and J3. Jon takes care of Saturday’s J2 round 36 games in part 1 (start to 14:10), while part 2 sees James round up Sunday’s games and two rearranged Wednesday matches (14:10 to 21:00). In part 3, the guys got together for the first time in a while to talk about the state of play in J2 overall and preview the coming weekend’s fixtures (21:00 to 54:15), and then Mike Innes rounds off the episode as ever with the

01:28:00

Episode 483 - J1 Matchday 28

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2023/09/26

The top two did the business in J1 Matchday 28, setting up an epic clash at the Nissan Stadium this Friday night, and on this episode we review all the action from the top flight weekend, beginning with Kobe's win in the Kansai Derby over Cerezo Osaka, and Yokohama F.Marinos's come-from-behind triumph at Kashima. Then it's 10-man Urawa assuming nearest challenger status after a terrific win at Gamba Osaka, while the rest of the title chasers stumbled. After that we move on to a disappointing weekend

01:38:28

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 35 & J3 Round 27

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2023/09/22

The JTET team is back with a full review of J2 round 35 and J3 round 27. In part 1, James Taylor reviews 6 games (start to 07:35) and in part 2, Jon Steele covers the other 5 league games and Kofu’s Champions League debut (07:35 to 13:30). Part 3 sees Jon talk to Martin Spivey about Blaublitz Akita’s season (13:30 to 1:17:35). Then Mike Innes has all the J3 action in J-Talk: Short Corner (1:17:35 to end). Invite link to JLeagueChat Discord Server: https://discord.gg/e6cKcRDv

01:33:15

Episode 482 - J1 Matchday 27 & The Return of the ACL

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2023/09/19

After a weekend of surprising results at both ends of the J1 table, Stuart Woodward and Ralf Seidl joined Jonny and Ben to chat about missed opportunities, but improved league positions for both Yokohama F.Marinos and Urawa Reds after matchday 27, while also looking ahead to the commencement of the ACL group stage. In Part 1 Stuart guests following F.Marinos's 1-1 home draw against Tosu on Friday night, and chats about the pressure on Kevin Muscat to do well on the continental stage (to 23:23), then

01:14:11

JTET - J2 Round 34 / J3 Round 26 Review

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2023/09/15

Just in time for the weekend's games, another all-new JTET episode is ready for launch! This week, we begin with Jon Steele reviewing all of the action from the most recent round of J2 matches (Start to 17:00). After that, Jon was joined by special guest Daniel Kuroda (@NagaSapo_EN on Twitter) for an in-depth discussion about Nagasaki's season so far. The boys talked about Nagasaki's come-from-behind home win against Gunma (17:00 to 23:50), then chatted about how Daniel is feeling about the 2023

01:02:35

Episode 481 - Germany 1-4 Japan

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2023/09/12

Japan turned on the style in their first friendly of this international break, claiming a comprehensive and thoroughly deserved 4-1 victory over Germany in Wolfsburg, and Alan Gibson and Brett Bobysud (in a storming J-Talk debut) guest to chat about the game and its standout performers. We also briefly look ahead to Tuesday night's game against Turkey, and wrap up the Levain Cup quarter finals, before rounding off the episode by previewing the weekend's J1 Matchday 27.

01:04:40

JTET - J2 Round 33 / J3 Round 25 Review

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2023/09/08

A brand new JTET episode is ready for launch! This week, the pod starts with Jon Steele reviewing all of the action from Round 33 in J2 (plus a look at Kumamoto's glorious PK shootout win over Kobe in the Emperor's Cup last midweek). That runs until 16:50. After that, Jon sat down with JTET's Official Kumamoto Correspondent, Garry Irwin, to chat about the latest events at Egao-Kenko Stadium. The boys discussed the Emperor's Cup win (16:50 to 26:00), and Kumamoto's defeat at JEF Chiba in the league

01:07:40

Episode 480 - J1 Matchday 26: Kobe Back on Top

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2023/09/04

Sam makes a triumphant return to J-Talk to help Ben run through all of the games from a wild top flight weekend. We begin with the top two, Kobe taking advantage of Yokohama F.Marinos's latest wobble by returning to the summit with a 2-1 home win over Kyoto on Sunday night, with the picture looking very murky for F.Marinos after back-to-back defeats against lowly opponents and the rumoured move of Anderson Lopes to Saudi Arabia. Elsewhere Cerezo Osaka vaulted up to fourth and might just be the

01:14:31

JTET - J2 Round 32 / J3 Round 24 Review

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2023/09/01

This week's soaraway JTET has finally landed! To kick things off, there's a full review of last weekend's J2 action with James Taylor (Start to 06:30), and Jon Steele (06:35 to 15:50). After that, Jon had the chance to sit down and chat with Richy Palmer about some of the big talking points from the 2nd tier. The gents talked about Tochigi v Mito (15:55 to 26:00), Yamaguchi v Kofu (26:00 to 32:45), and Kumamoto v Iwaki (32:45 to 42:15). Jon and Richy then previewed the midweek Emperor's Cup tie

01:19:58

Episode 479 - The Fulie Fly in J1 Matchday 25

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2023/08/29

On a momentous evening at Mitsuzawa, Yokohama FC stormed back from a goal down to claim a famous 4-1 victory over city rivals F.Marinos on Saturday, the standout result from a Matchday 25 slate that saw the situation in the title race tighten further, with six teams now in with a realistic shot with nine games to play. We take you through all of the games from the weekend, then look ahead to Wednesday's Emperor's Cup quarter finals, and the games to watch in the upcoming Matchday 26.

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J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 31 & J3 Round 23

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2023/08/23

James Taylor and Mike Innes are back to bring you a complete review of all the latest action from J2 and J3. Part 1 of this episode sees James round up all 11 games from J2 round 31 (start to 17:30). Then in part 2, James had a chat with Mike Innes about a new Discord server that’s been set up for those who want to chat about Japanese football online but away from Twitter (17:30 to 22:10). And as ever, Mike took the reins for J-Talk: Short Corner, a comprehensive review of another entertaining

45:15

Episode 478 – J1 Matchday 24

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2023/08/21

Jonny Nicol is back to take you through another action-packed weekend of J1 football. In part 1 (start to 16:30), Jonny was joined by Neil Debnam to discuss Hiroshima against Kawasaki, and Frontale more generally. In part 2 (16:30 to 30:05), Jonny reviews 4 games (Fukuoka v Niigata, Urawa v Nagoya, Kashima v Tosu, Gamba v Shonan) and reveals his Player of the Round. Then, in part 3 (30:05 to end), Jonny looks at the remaining 4 games (Kyoto v Sapporo, Kobe v Kashiwa, Yokohama F

37:48

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 30 & J3 Round 22

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2023/08/17

The big games in J2 and J3 just keep coming, and the JTET team has them all covered. In part 1, James Taylor rounds up 6 games from J2 round 30 (to 08:25), and Jon Steele has the other 5 games and a quick preview of the coming weekend’s fixtures in part 2 (to 18:50). Part 3 is J-Talk: Short Corner with Mike Innes; he’s got a full review of J3 round 22 (to end).

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