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It's the run-in to the end of the season. Who is going to win? Who is going to fail? Our experts give their roundups of the Bundesliga and the Premier League. In addition the languagecaster team:

• Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Have a new Vox Pops topic
• Continue the David Beckham update in Beckham Watch
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition

For learners of English there are also:

• Worksheets and transcripts
• Vocabulary lists
• Online quizzes and crossword puzzles
• Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fans’ forum

On this week's show Damian and Damon focus on the Champions League knock out stage. In addition the languagecaster team:

• Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Have a new Vox Pops topic
• Continue the David Beckham update in Beckham Watch
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition

For learners of English there are also:

• Worksheets and transcripts
• Vocabulary lists
• Online quizzes and crossword puzzles
• Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fans’ forum

2007 is coming to an end and on this week's show Damon and Damian look back at some of the highs and lows of the footballing world.

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They also:

• Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Have a new Vox Pops topic
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition

For learners of English there are also

• Worksheets and transcripts
• Vocabulary lists
• Online quizzes and crossword puzzles
• Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fans’ forum

England coach, Steve McClaren, looks like he has decided that the crunch game against Croatia tonight is the time to stamp his authority on the team and drop some big names. Out go David Beckham, painfully two short of a hundred caps, and Paul Robinson after some high profile blunders in goal. I'll tell you what, a bit more of this strong management style might have been welcome earlier in the campaign: remember the two recent selection successes, Barry and Heskey, both came because injuries forced the manager's hands.

Carson should be an able replacement for Robinson and Shaun Wright-Phillips , although he blows hot and cold should have the pace to get behind the Croat defence and get some balls into the box. The only question mark is whether those balls will be first time balls whipped to the far post for Crouch, or slid along the face of the goal between the keeper and the six yard line for... Owen...

Oh yeah, he's not playing.

This week's new podcast focuses on the many issues surrounding the England team including the futures of Beckham, McClaren and the contentious issue of restrictions on overseas players.

In addition, Damon and Damian review the footballing week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, explain a new footballing phrase and continue their weekly predictions battle.

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