Episode 216 - 2018 J1 Season Preview

With the new J1 season getting underway on Friday night, Sean Carroll and Scott McIntyre guest to preview the new campaign.

We begin with deserved plaudits for Kawasaki and Cerezo Osaka on their first-ever top flight trophies, and celebrate (well, at least two of us do) Urawa for their ACL triumph in a wrap-up of 2017 (to 22:30), before moving on to look ahead at the prospects of all 18 J1 clubs this season. Scott springs a surprise when he unveils his predicted top four, and as we work our way down his predicted table major offseason acquisitions (both on the pitch and in the dugout) are discussed, while in amongst a chat about J.League boyfriends Sean reveals he's just in the friend zone with a certain Kashima midfielder.

#Request# Volume levels sounded better to me throughout the editing process (& in finished mp3) this week, but as with the J2 Preview pod please let me know in the comments or on twitter @JTalkPod if you have any issues with volume level/quality in this episode.