This week The Elastico welcomes Simon Walsh of Roker Report, Cristian Nyari of Bundesliga Fanatic and Gary Al-Smith of SuperSport to discuss some of the week's big talking points.

Part 1 includes a results round-up from around Europe, some Premier League discussion, a debate on the merits of the 'Rooney Rule' in football, as well as talk on Asamoah Gyan and Sunderland AFC, with Simon's specialist knowledge and Gary revealing insight into the thoughts of the Ghanaian striker.

In Part 2, Gary discusses the African Cup of Nations Qualifiers, Cristian talks Bundesliga action as well as Dortmund and Leverkusen's chances against Arsenal and Chelsea respectively in the Champions League. The team then finish off the show with a prediction competition. Send us your predictions too.