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Football Weekly: Ronaldinho to Rovers and other tall tales

And so 2011 can now offically begin as AC Jimbo, Barry Glendenning and co return with the first Football Weekly of the new year.

Rafa Honigstein muses on the continuing crisis at Chelsea and dismisses the prospects of Roy Hodgson being replaced by some of the Bundesliga’s finest.

John Ashdown makes his long-awaited return to near-earth orbit to round up all the action from the Championship – not least the problems with Preston North End’s Deepdale Duck.

Sid Lowe tells us about Royston Drenthe’s latest spot of bother and finally – with the transfer window open once more – we run the rule over the latest rumours including David Beckham popping over to Tottenham Hotspur and Ronaldinho taking advantage of the Blackburn nightlife by joining Rovers.

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Football Weekly: Will England be caught with their pants down?

It’s a special international edition of Football Weekly, with your charming host James Richardson joined in the pod by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson and Raphael Honigstein.

First things first, we ask whether Montenegro will continue their excellent form with a result against England at Wembley, and round up all the other Euro 2012 qualifiers.

Elsewhere, we find out about the Bavarian Olympics, eavesdrop on Barry’s poolside chat with an, ahem, madame from Ukraine, and wonder if it’s possible to fly to Japan from Argentina without a stop-over.

Finally, we discuss Danny Murphy’s polemic against Sam Allardyce, Mick McCarthy and Tony Pulis , and – ahead of our trip to Merseyside next weekend – we bring you the latest on NESV’s takeover of Liverpool.

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Football Weekly: Brilliant Berbatov hat-trick sinks Liverpool

On the latest Football Weekly, James Richardson and the pod squad drool over Dimitar Berbatov’s sumptuous hat-trick as Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-2 at the weekend. Gregg Roughley wipes away the tears to tell us what’s going so wrong at Anfield under Roy Hodgson.

Elsewhere, we analyse the rest of the action from the Premier League, including Arsenal’s last-minute surrender to Sunderland; the unknown (in Alan Shearer’s case) Hatem Ben Arfa’s thunderbolt for Newcastle United; and Sam Allardyce’s come-and-get-me plea to Real Madrid.

Paul MacInnes rounds up an eventful weekend in the Championship, including a 6-1 away win for Watford at Millwall, while Raf Honigstein tells us about Steve McClaren’s first win in the Bundesliga, and Sid Lowe brings us the latest on Lionel Messi’s injured ankle after a bruising weekend in La Liga.

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