http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/ Your one-stop shop* for FC Tokyo match reports, news and views with no punches pulled. ja Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:37:49 +0900 Weblog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 90 On the Gas & Aishiteru Tokyo http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1680028.html In this Gas Talk Special, we hear from FC Tokyo manager Ranko Popovic before and after the away match against Brisbane in the Asian Champions League. And yes, he's speaking English rather than Serbian! Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:37:49 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 0:15:41 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1675600.html Chadd Friend, the man behind the Brisbane Roar podcast, Roar Cast, joined me in Part 1 (via Skype, last night) to talk about the Roar squad, Brisbane's unique footballing philosophy, and just what it means for the club to be entering the A.C.L. for the first time, while in Part 2 David Ashkanasy, the man with a foot in both camps as a Queenslander now living in Tokyo, spoke about how the game might go, Brisbane's strengths and ways for The Gasmen to counter them. Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:07:15 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 00:43:02 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1650333.html At the end of November I wrote about the first two issues of JSoccer Magazine, and to coincide with the release of Issue 3, it was my absolute pleasure to welcome the man behind the magazine, Alan Gibson, to Gas Talk.Recorded via Skype on Saturday morning, we talked for just over 45 minutes about the magazine of course but also the upcoming J1 season, Gamba, FC Tokyo, Kashiwa and much more. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:51:25 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 00:47:16 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1637986.html It was a very happy new year for us with our Emperor's Cup triumph the perfect way to kick off 2012, and Dan & I couldn't let arguably the club's finest day pass without a special Gas Talk to commemorate it. But as there have also been several personnel changes in the first three days of the offseason we had plenty of other ground to cover, while we took the opportunity to look ahead a little to our Asian Champions League debut. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:24:53 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 00:44:27 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1626988.html Recorded on Tuesday evening, Gas Talk Episode 12 is a bumper 63 minute end of season special, with Dan and I running through a whole list of topics related to our club's eventually successful 2011.After beginning with a chat about the Emperor's Cup, we discuss our boys wrapping up promotion and the J2 title.Also discussed are some possible personnel moves and what we'll need to do to become successful (again) in J1. Its a long listen, but I think we touched all the bases.Enjoy. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:02:14 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 1:03:37 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1604840.html A strong second half performance saw FC Tokyo move to within a bee's pubic of a return to J1 today, and right after the game Graham and I retired to the back stairs at Aji Sta to record Episode 11 of Gas Talk. With promotion practically sealed, we were a little disappointed not to see more of a party atmosphere inside the ground, but at the same time understanding of the fact that the home end want to wait until its 100% certain, which is likely to be next weekend, when we visit Tottori. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:57:03 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 0:16:39 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1599287.html After a stirring buildup, and with an impressive 35,911 spectators on hand, Tokyo Derby XIV ended up being another exercise in frustration for FC Tokyo,Straight afterwards, Tokyo Bairn and I were joined out on the back stairs by two special guests, Lewis (@NobuyukiTosey on twitter) Tosey and Steve (@AgentOrange2009) Barme, to discuss the game (although we didn't do that in great detail to be honest) and other J.League topics, Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:55:03 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 0:23:56 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1555424.html From 1-0 down to 6-1 winners...Wow, what a turnaround, and you can hear it in our voices throughout this Episode, as we discuss the ho-hum last six weeks out the back of Aji Sta in Part 1, then our excellent last 15 minutes of the first half inside the stadium in Part 2, before raving about the demolition job The Gasmen performed in the second half in Part 3.Enjoy. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:26:38 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 00:26:21 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1428767.html Happy days at Aji Sta, as The Gasmen roared to the top of J2 with an utterly dominant 4-0 thrashing of bottom club FC Gifu.And we were there to tell you all about it. Tokyo Bairn and Dan joined me for a three-part Gas Talk, recorded before kickoff, at half time and then fulltime out on the back stairs.Be careful of the volume levels again, in particular the difference between Parts 1 & 2 (recorded inside the stadium) and Part 3 (out the back so much quieter).Enjoy. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:52:50 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 00:27:42 Sports Talknig http://www.voiceblog.jp/gas_talk/1420626.html FC Tokyo 3-0 TottoriJ2 Matchday 14In a Gas Talk first, Tokyo Bairn and I podcasted about last night's 3-0 win over Tottori live from inside Aji Sta!Things naturally get a bit noisy during Part 1 with the fireworks going off, so watch the volume levels, but Part 2 was recorded out the back, and your eardrums shouldn't have too many troubles.This will take the place of the usual On the Gas Match Report, so at about 23 minutes long I hope it will tide you all over.Enjoy. Tue, 05 Jul 2011 01:06:51 +0900 Gas_Talk Gas_Talk 00:22:56 Sports Talknig