Welcome to the Tuesday recap of the show. There is no slowing in the feverish pace we got rolling here at World Football Daily and with Kenny and Steven back together, they had some things to talk about and argue over. For one, the Ballon D'Or winner debate rages on with Steven calling Kenny a Neanderthal for an email he sent the staff following the decision yesterday. It's no secret that Kenny is not a fan of the “Ticky Tacka” Passing style of Xavi and this simply outraged Steven.

In my own opinion, I have to disagree with Kenny's criticism of the constant passing that he thinks is over kill at times. The thing is though, there is never a pass that is not important, as long as you keep possession. With every pass you make, the opposing team is made to react and move to defend against it. Whether you think a four yard pass to someone directly next to you, who then passes it back only for you to do the same to someone on the other side of you maybe six yards away is worth it or not, the fact is that the other team has to move and defend those movements of the ball. If you play any sport, you know its not easy to defend and when you see someone passing the ball around your team with ease, it mentally breaks you down until you make the mistake which leads to a goal. The constant passing that makes up the Barcelona style of play is a very primordial and predatory attack tactic. Like a wolf pack who is stalking their herd, scaring them into a run and picking out the weakest link, Barcelona finds that chink in the armor of any defense to exploit it.

Luckily enough, we had a true expert join the boys to give us his opinion. The great Graham Hunter of Sky Sports in Spain, stopped by the show ahead of a filming session for Sky to give us his perspective and thoughts on the Ballon D'Or winner, as well as telling our hosts and audience about his “best ever tales”.

Graham Hunter recently wrote a piece that made a case for this current Barcelona squad being amongst the best ever and he definitely made his case on our show. “I've seen three absolutely outstanding sides in my life. That'd be Brazil, AC Milan of '88, '89, and '90, and this Barcelona side”.

Next, Graham and the boys tried to break down what goes in to the voting process for the Ballon D'Or winner and what arguments there were for Xavi and Messi individually. There is no doubt that Lionel Messi is one of the world's best, especially in the eyes of Mr. Hunter, but there was something inside the Scotsman who wanted the award to go to Xavi. “Xavi has done something magical for me. He has been utterly brilliant for 10-12 years. He represents the entire bottled ethos and brilliance that is Barcelona Football Club.”

We now all know who won the award and it is tough to argue. As much as Graham wanted to see the older Xavi win for being the puppeteer behind the Barcelona show, he will be the first to admit that we are bearing witness to a talent beyond anything that could be put into word on paper or on air. “As much as I was hoping for Xavi, when Pep read the name of Lionel Messi, my heart skipped a beat and I recognized that we are privileged to be living in the time of somebody who will become an all-time great, possibly the greatest ever.”

Its hard to follow Graham Hunter who speaks so eloquently about the beautiful game, but with any beauty, there is a dark side, and the dark side of the beautiful game is where we went next. Declan Hill, author of “The Fix”, joined the show to discuss the recent allegations of Champions League match fixing between Schalke and Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Unfortunately, this is a part of our game and professional sports in general. Declan is an investigative journalist who has done extensive research on match fixing in the game around the world. If you can bear it, his book will shed light on this dark corner in hopes of clearing out the criminals of football.

Lastly, we bring on Max Patrick who commentated for the Serie A in English. The man did well to brighten our spirits back up and cover some tremendous scorelines coming out of Italy, including the 4-4 draw between AC Milan and Udinese as well as the whipping that Juventus took from the weekend. The boys discussed where some of these Italian squads do the majority of their scouting for players, as well as what we can expect to see from the truly dynamic duo of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Antonio Cassano.

There was much more discussed on the show but too much to try and cover in words. World Football Daily gives you an hour and a half of show a day filled with top quality guests that cover the current events from around the game. Today we covered Spain and Italy with a little time spent on England, Germany and even Israel. Tomorrow, we are pleased to bring you the manager of PSV Eindhoven, Bobby McMahon, and two bloggers who write about the game in Europe outside of the UK. The point is that WFD does it like no other regular podcast or blog can do it. If you are not a part of this community, it isn't too late to join.