While the football world has been quiet this week, EPL Talk has been “under the cosh” as the Brits would say (i.e. insanely busy).

First, congratulations to Aaron Fennimore for being the lucky recipient of the World Soccer Shop T-shirt for correctly answering the question posed on the EPL Talk Podcast. Keep on reading this blog over the next few days to learn how you can win the second T-shirt we’re giving away.

Second, the next episode of the EPL Talk Podcast will feature an interview with South Florida Sun-Sentinel soccer columnist Jeff Rusnak. If you have any questions you’d like me to pose to him, please e-mail them to thegaffer@epltalk.com before Thursday at 5pm ET.

Third, I mentioned on the most recent EPL Talk Podcast that we’ll have two surprise announcements to unveil this week. I can now announce the first of those. EPL Talk will be unveiling a discussion forum so you can read and post messages with fellow EPL Talk fans from around the world. Just like everything that EPL Talk does however, these discussion forums won’t be ordinary. I’m anticipating that they’ll be live this weekend, but I’ll update the blog as soon as they’re live.

The second surprise announcement will also be made during the next few days.

Fourth, I hope to make some time this weekend to work on the next issue of the EPL Talk Magazine. I have some incredible story ideas, some of which have never been explored before, so I’ll make every effort to get the next issue ready for primetime in the future.

Thanks for your support!