The week in football

Hello there,

on this week's action packed The Week in Football we have the following for your aural pleasure:

• Interviews with a Cardiff City fan and a Portsmouth fan ahead of this weekend's FA Cup final
• Gabriele in Italy on the upcoming final day of the Serie A season and some controversy surrounding travelling fans. Can Inter hold on to win the league or will Roma sneak it?
• Luigi looks at the battle for relegation in Spain - one of Real Zaragoza, Vallodolid, Osasuna or Reacreativo Huelva must go down
• Tom and I discuss the UEFA Cup final and the Championship play-offs as well as the final day the Premier League season, United as champions and Fulham's great escape
• The Champions League final next Wednesday

All that and more on this week's show. As well as that we're looking for your Premier League team of the season - you can leave it in the comments here or email it podcast@oleole.com

Cheers and from today you can listen to the podcast via this very page - bookmark it now.

Hello OleOle'ers,

welcome to the new look blog on the new look OleOle.com. On this week's The Week in Football we have a pile of aural goodness for you.

• Champions League discussion and Tom Thom(p)son is gutted after Chelsea beat Liverpool
• Luigi talks about the poor quality of the Spanish league
• Gabriele looks forward to the Milan derby and the rest of the Serie A games
• Tom and I discuss the final day of the Championship with promotion and relegation still on the cards for lots of teams
• And we talk about Ronaldo's dalliances with the 'ladies' of the night in Brazil (see below)

As well as that there's the usual review and preview of the Premier League including our predictions game which Tom won with a score of 3 this week. I am really bad at it - although one day I'll get all 10. Oh yes.

Don't forget you can email us on podcast@oleole.com or leave a comment here on the blog about anything you'd like us to mention or discuss on the show.

Finally, if you listen to the Ronaldo section of the podcast this is the picture we're referring to.

Mmmm, sexy.

To listen to the podcast simply go to the 'channels' menu at the top and choose podcast or just click the podcasts tab on the main page.

cheers

John Johnson

Ok OleOle folk, for Podcast 50, coming up this Thursday, we'd like your thoughts on the title race after the events of 'grand slam Sunday'.

Is there any way United can be caught? Have Arsenal imploded? Should they have bought in January and not let Diarra go? Can Chelsea beat United to throw it wide open? What about the sending off of Mascherano - harsh, justified? You tell us.

You can leave comments here on the blog or email your thoughts to podcast@oleole.com and we'll get through them on Thursday's episode of The week in football.

Hello Weekinfootballers,

on this week's action packed show:

• Discussion of the Champions League draw and the match up between Arsenal and Liverpool
• Gabriele talks about how Inter aren't in crisis and we look at the possibility of AC Milan not qualifying for next season's Champions League
• From Spain Luigi wonders how Sevilla's season would have gone without the Antonio Puerta tragedy plus some insight on what's happening with Ronaldinho
• And, of course, Premier League reviews and previews including our prediction game

With Tom Thom(p)son still on his holidays (it is holidays I promise, not prison) and Paul Paulson also on holidays we welcome new presenter for the week Glenn Glenson.

So, check out this week's show and as always your comments and feedback are very welcome - podcast@oleole.com

Cheers

John Johnson

Howdy listener,

just to give you a heads up about this week's podcast. With Tom Thom(p)son away on his travels we welcome new host Paul Paulson (he's a Chelsea fan). On this week's show:

• Gabriele talks Champions League and the fickleness of fans
• Luigi in Spain tells us about managerial changes at Zaragoza and the topsy-turvy race for La Liga
• Paul Paulson and I review the Champions League action, including Arsenal's great win in Milan
• We preview the FA Cup fixtures, especially Chelsea's sure to be easy win over Barnsley (haha)
• And we look ahead to the Premier League fixtures this week

Remember that we're always looking for your contributions to the podcast, so if you have any comments, suggestions or anything else just email podcast@oleole.com

cheers

John Johnson

Howdy OleOle-ers, on this week's The Week in Football we'll be discussing the proposed foreign round in the Premier League. I'm sure you've read all about it by now but what do you think?

With OleOle members from all over the world we'd love to get your comments for this week's show.

Is it a terrible idea that will start the game on a slippy slope from which it might never recover?

Is it a great idea that will allow fans from all over the world to see their favourite teams in the flesh?

Will it damage local leagues?

Is there a fair way of making the draw for the 39th game? 

Would you pay to see United v Arsenal or would you pay to see Derby v Sunderland?

Whatever you think about it leave a comment here on the blog or email your comments to podcast@oleole.com and we'll discuss them on this week's show.

Thanks in advance,

John Johnson and Tom Thom(p)son.

Happy Thursday to you all, here's a quick peek inside this week's The Week in Football.

• We're in Ghana again to talk to Teo about the football and an incredible booze shortage caused by Ghana's win over Nigeria
• Who are Almeria? Why are they beating the likes of Real Madrid and Valencia in consecutive weeks. Luigi in Spain tries to find some answers
• Gabriele tells us about a book being written about the match fixing scandal in Italy a couple of years ago. Interestingly it's written by the Chairman of Bologna, a team very heavily affected by the whole scandal.
• Tom and I look at Capello's bow as England coach, the ongoing search for the Republic of Ireland manager, there are some of your emails about last week's Champions League discussion plus our usual round-up and look at the Premier League.

So there you. Don't forget - if you've got comments, suggestions, complaints or questions just email us - podcast@oleole.com. We're always happy to hear from you.

Mostly because we're very lonely but does it really matter why once we're happy? Exactly.

Well, not us but just a heads-up about podcast coming up this Thursday. As I'm sure you all know OleOle's correspondent Teo is in Ghana covering the tournament and we'll be talking to him about the football, which players we should be watching out for and some behind the scenes info on the tournament itself.

That's the Week in Football, this Thursday.

JJ

Firstly, apologies for the lack of blogging around these parts. We've had cruciate ligament injuries of the fingers but we're better now, oh yes.

Secondly, Podcast 41 is on the way and it features a lively discussion about the merits, or lack thereof, of the Carling Cup. Gabriele tells us about controversy surrounding league leaders Inter Milan in Italy while Luigi has news of the managerial and off-the-field problems for Valencia and Real Zaragoza.

As well as that we look at the latest Premier League transfer news (are Fulham really going to sign Jari Litmanen?) and we preview the upcoming FA Cup games this weekend.

And that's not all. We respond to a couple of listener's emails and questions and we'd love to hear from any of you who have questions/suggestions/comments about The Week in the Football. You can leave comments here or send us an email to podcast@oleole.com

The podcast should be live this afternoon, enjoy.

John Johnson

Hello dear reader (yes, that's singular). Apologies for the lack of blog posts in recent times.

Now that that's out of the way can I recommend you listen to podcast32 for a very interesting chat with Gabriele, our Italian correspondent, about the tragic events in Italy last Sunday and the state of Italian football. It's very honest and there are obviously some serious problems to sort out there.

The podcast will be available later today from the usual place.

And don't forget if you want to drop us a line you can do so by emailing podcast@oleole.com

cheers

John Johnson