With Carl Craig as a guest, this was always going to be a football-centric show, and yet here are three of the biggest takeaways: It's the collective over the individual...chocolate solves the problems of the world...and US Newcastle Brown Ale is not the same as UK Newcastle Brown Ale. We demand answers!

The boys closed out the year in fine style with musings and observations on Rob Edwards (good), Bruno Fernandes (not so good), Mother Nature (not to be messed with), the new Minnesota state flag (your call), and Wynton Rufer (look him up). Oh, and the boys are bringing NYE back. So, enjoy it.

Festivus for the rest of us! The boys were in festive form the week before Christmas. Along with the usual football/futbol/soccer/sahhkerrr talk, there were rare mentions of Bruce Hornsby, Jim Reeves, Beyonce, and Scritti Politti. Yep, Scritti Politti. Look 'em up.

John revealed an outstanding holiday season hack...a professional athlete displayed some creative accounting skills...and Quinno kept calling Cristian Romero 'Sergio'...Clearly, it's been a long year. It's a pretty tasty show, just the same.

Here's a partial list of topics on this week's show: beige flags, Hobnobs, the Premier League TV deal, Luis Suarez, Taylor Swift, Mayo (the county, not the condiment), Christine Sinclair, Trevor Noah, and Ange Postecoglou's rizz. Look it up.

Try finding all of these topics in the same podcast: Downtown Saint Paul...nametags...stolen champagne...kidnapped KitKats...xenophobia...Billy Connolly...Gaelic football. Actually, don't bother looking. Just listen to this week's Crafty Rogues episode instead. Tasty.

This show went a bit 'off piste' and then some. Topics discussed included Blindboy, Derry Girls, Spanish tax authorities, Father TED Talks, funerals, Everton's points deduction, and Thanksgiving. Basically, the craic was mighty!

John's in Ireland. Quinno's not. And the show references Sligo pubs, David Cameron, Bruce Lee, Gotham FC, French fashion, dressing room politics, muscle memory, and Brendan from the rental car desk. You know, the usual

John's about to be on tour back home. Harry Kane wears football boots he can't pronounce. And Megan Rapinoe will close out her career on the stage she's built for. Really, was there ever any doubt?

There should be something for everyone in this week's show. Especially fans of Queen concerts, Kansas City, Korean movies set in Minnesota, Eddie Nketiah's mum, quality art, and kangaroos attacking dogs. Have at it.