Scott, Michael and Paul return to discuss the biggest issues and topics in Asian football, including the perilous state of Chinese giants Guangzhou FC (formerly Guangzhou Evergrande), FIFA's plans for a biennial FIFA World Cup...and which city in Asia has the best beaches!

Plus we talk Asian Qualifiers and whether Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu is under pressure and hear from Oman coach Branko Ivankovic.

Finally, we discuss the upcoming knockout rounds of the AFC Champions League.

We're joined by respected Asian football journalist Gabe Tan from Singapore to preview all six teams from Group B ahead of the third round of Asian Qualifiers beginning this week.

We also hear from the coach of the Saudi Arabian national team, Frenchman Herve Renard, as he prepares his side for their opening game against Vietnam.

We're joined by renowned West Asian football expert Wael Jabir to dissect all six teams - Iran, Korea Republic, UAE, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon - from Group A of the final round of Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Plus we also get expert insight on Iran from Masoud Hossein (Tehran Times), Korea Republic from Steve Han (GOAL Korea), Iraq from Hassanin Mubarak (Author, The Lions of Mesopotamia) and Lebanon from Charbel Al-Bayssari (Al Joumhouria).

We're joined this week by Tom Engelhardt in Bishkek to run the rule over the latest news in Asian football including Dick Advocaat's appointment with Iraq, Eldor Shomurodov's move to AS Roma, Kyogo Furuhashi and Ange Postecoglou flying in Scotland, Kim Min-jae finally getting his move to Europe and much more.

Paul spoke to Kitchee star Dejan Damjanovic about breaking the AFC Champions League's goal scoring record and what the future holds for the 39-year-old.

On this week's show we review the action from the recently completed group stage of the AFC Champions League (East Zone) and ask whether the new expanded format is working as intended, plus Dejan Damjanovic joins us to talk about breaking the AFC Champions League's goal scoring record.

Finally, we discuss the recent draw for the final round of FIFA World Cup qualifying for Qatar 2022 and discuss who might make it through to Qatar 2022.

Scott travels to the north of Japan to meet up with Australian coach Pete Cklamovski to talk about his recent appointment as head coach of ambitious J2 side Montedio Yamagata.

We are joined by Malaysian defender Junior Eldstål to talk about the resumption of FIFA World Cup qualifying, and his return to the national team after a five year absence.

The TAG family grows as we welcome respected veteran journalist Michael Church as a new member of The Asian Game team.

We discuss Ange Postecoglou's imminent appointment as the new coach of Scottish giants Celtic, plus look ahead to the conclusion of the second round of FIFA World Cup qualifiers, where we finish by talking with Malaysian defender Junior Eldstål from their training camp in Bahrain.

In light of recent events in the USA, we spoke to two Korean-Americans – Seo-In Kim and Steve Han – about their life as Asian-Americans and the challenges and self-exploration that came from growing up in the US.