Awaydays, recovery times and Robert Elstone

The Royal Blue team are showing they can play twice a week - with a second podcast in a matter of days. And there was plenty for the panel to get stuck into today. Everton Reporter Phil Kirkbride is joined by Head of Sport Dave Prentice, the BBC's Greg O'Keeffe and stats man Gavin Buckland and the agenda was bursting at the seams. The trip to Stoke City, a sweary Sam Allardyce press conference, away form, Sigurdsson and Xherdan Shaqiri are all on the agenda before matters turn to off the field. This is where the panel discuss the expected departure of long-serving chief executive Robert Elstone, his legacy, the future of a stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in his absence and who should replace him. There's the usual round of big match predictions with three members of the panel confident of a win - with the other thinking it'll end all square on Saturday.