James Richardson gets down in the pod with Barry Glendenning, John Ashdown and Paul MacInnes to:
• deliver a vaguely bewildered response to the last 16 draw for the Champions League, and the British teams' prospects.
• get the hot chat on with Sid Lowe about the Spanish teams' Champions League hopes and to wish Barcelona Tito Vilanova a swift recovery.
• offer a rare mention of Tottenham
• give a Premier League weekend preview
• and discuss who the pod would sing a duet with at a Christmas party.
The pod crew are back on Christmas Eve, when the subject of the Guardian's top 100 footballers in the world list will be up for discussion. Until then …