After a nice Silver Week break, James and Jon return to look back at all of the big stories from J2 Round 7 (played last weekend).

It's a mini-pod this time (due to the holidays), so in Part 1 Jon runs through five of the fixtures from the weekend (including Yokohama's FC's dig-deep win against Imabari) and makes his selection for a Most Bravo Player for the matchday.

In Part 2, James takes over to look back at the rest of the Round 7 action - he also nominates a Most Bravo Player, and previews this weekend's Round 8 matches.

We hope everyone enjoys the episode (run time: 17 minutes)!

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Jonny and Ben are guestless on this episode, but they have plenty of help along the way, as they answer a terrific array of questions from the podcast patrons, after a controversy-tinged J1 Matchday 10. Our review begins with new leaders Hiroshima, then we make our way through the results for the rest of the top six teams (to 56:35), before wrapping up the rest of the games, with plenty of discussion on the three contentious straight red card decisions.

#There are serious audio issues in parts of this episode, some random sections vanished in the editing suite, and the last five or six minutes completely vanished.

Ryo Nakagawara joined Jonny and Ben following the final whistle of Japan 2-1 Venezuela on Monday night, to chat about the major talking points from the win in Hiroshima (to 35:20), and the 3-1 win over Uruguay in Miyagi last Thursday (to 52:05).

Then, as we turn our attention to J1, Ryo shares his thoughts on a pair of disappointing and (positively) surprising team through the first eight rounds of the season, and some promising youngsters that might be the subject of a future Scouting Report.

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Back after a week of solo pods, Jon Steele and James Taylor talk about J2 matchday 8 in this episode. The featured game is Omiya v Kofu (to 25:30), followed as usual by Most Bravo Player (to 34:30) and a preview of the weekend’s action (to end).

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After Japan defeated New Zealand to lift the Kirin Cup on Monday night, Jonny and Ben were very pleased to be joined by everyone's favorite Kiwi, Richy Palmer, to chat about the clash at the National Stadium (to 34:20).

Then in Part 2 we run through Japan's most impressive performers across the international break, and areas of concern in the squad three months out from the Asian Cup (to 44:30), before wrapping up with a roundup of the Levain Cup and Emperor's Cup, and a look ahead to the return of J1 this weekend.

In this month’s episode of J-Talk: Short Corner, regular JTET co-hosts Jon Steele and James Taylor check in on the varying fortunes of four teams from J3. They start with league leaders Kagoshima (to 10:15), then chasers Yamaguchi (to 20:00) newcomers Shiga in midtable (to 25:50) and struggling big club Matsumoto (to 35:40). Then, James picks a Most Bravo Player from those clubs and previews matchday 10 (to end).

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In a quick-&-cheerful mini-pod, Jon Steele looks back at all of the key points from last week's J2 fixtures.

Includes some Most Bravo Player chat, and a preview of this weekend's Round 10 action!

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J1 returned after the international break over the weekend, and after a brief Emperor's Cup review at the start of the pod, Jonny and Ben welcomed in Hiroshima correspondent Robert Turner, to chat about Sanfrecce's 2-0 away win over Tokyo Verdy on Sunday, and the club's best performers this season so far, as they sit just a point off the top after nine rounds (to 25:50).

Then we round up the rest of the top flight matchday, including Kashiwa going top with their win over previous leaders Kobe, and huge wins for bottom six teams Fukuoka and Nagoya.