JOE.ie football podcast: Guillem Balague chats Messi, sacking season claims another victim, and a festive football feast awaits

The panel are here with the last football podcast of the year, but never fear, because...something else that rhymes

DOWNLOAD OR SUBSCRIBE HERE This week's episode will be up real soon. It's the last podcast of 2013 (how time flies) but there's a whole lot of football to talk about. Andre Villas Boas has had the cat taken out of the sack and then shown to him (we mean that he got the sack), and Steve Clarke has also bitten the bullet at West Brom. There's a festive fixture list that's packed to the brim with huge fixtures, and may well decide who it is that is top, and who is top, top as the Christmas comes to a close. The panel look ahead to the standout games that lie ahead, as well as chat about how to approach your fantasy team management, with so many gameweeks coming up so quickly. Last, but certainly not least, there's also a brilliant interview with Guillem Balague about his fantastic new book Messi, where he outlines the sacrifices made by the Argentine international to get to where he is today, and chats a little bit about La Liga this season. Will it be the year of Cristiano for the Ballon D'Or and do Atlético Madrid have enough in the tank to sustain their title push? So plug in your headphones and enjoy as the gang bring you the last podcast this year, but fear not, we'll be back in 2014 with plenty more highly researched claptrap and banter.