Ho! Ho! Ho! and welcome to a special - well, lengthy - festive edition of Football Weekly Extra, as James Richardson is joined by Barry Glendenning, Sean Ingle and Rafael Honigstein to discuss the week's big events.
We start at Manchester City to ask why Carlos Tevez stayed put and whether anyone can handle Mario Balotelli. There's a look ahead to the Boxing Day fixtures, a glance at events at Inter and Wolfsburg and an unexpected intervention from Barry to ask whether The Pogues could beat a nine-men Everton at everything except football (He says yes - including a bare-knuckle fight).
Because it can be a lonely time of year, we dial up Sid Lowe in Spain to discuss Real Madrid's 8-0 Copa del Roy win - and ask whether Andy Gray was right to be sceptical about how well Lionel Messi would fare against Stoke.
Finally, we return to events at Blackburn. Could they be about to hit a downward spiral?. Your answers on a postcard please - or perhaps tweet them, or just post them along with your feedback on the blog below.
