Next week is FIFA 10 Ultimate Team Week. You heard it here first - a whole new name for a week. We should call it FIFA Ultimate Week, really. And then we could be the FIFA Ultimate Week Team.
Anyway...
Thursday 25th February is when a whole new Ultimate Team adventure begins, so to lead us up to that day we poked a microphone under the noses of the guys behind the game and had them answer a few of your questions. Not only can you hear selected highlights of those answers in this week's main FIFA Podcast, we've also provided them in their entirety as a whole extra podcast in its own right!
You can play that separately at the bottom of this page, or grab it in iTunes of course.
Press Play: Listen to Episode 52
The Big Shout - Have Your Say
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Stevie Morgan asks: Should the Premier League adopt a play-off for its fourth Champions League spot?
In the FIFA 10 podcast this week Romily Broad and myself discussed whether or not there should be a play off for the fourth Champions League spot, featuring the teams that finish fourth to seventh in the league.
The Premier League has discussed the idea and it seems to have been met with general disdain by managers such as David Moyes and Rafa Benitez. But the idea was welcomed by Romily Broad, who, as far as I know, has yet to manage at the very highest level. He believes that it would create more excitement in the game and would be an added spectacle at the end of the season.
Alas the harmony that reigned on last week's podcast couldn't last, as he's clearly wrong.
Aren't there enough dead games in The Champions League already, before we get to any enticing fixtures? Play offs would just drag it out further. In addition to that, why should a team that's been on sparkling form all season and finished in fourth place lose out to a team that's finished 20 points behind in seventh?
If play offs were to happen I'd like to see one take place between the team that finishes fourth and the winner of The FA Cup in a post-season clash. And yes, that may mean Stoke in The Champions League, but that's the beauty of the cup - anyone can win it.
And let's be honest, who wouldn't love to see Stoke play host to Barcelona at The Britannia Stadium?
But what do you think? Have your say in the comments below.
Press Play: Listen to the FIFA 10 Ultimate Team Special








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