Neil

Inter finishing the half strongly.

Coentrao looks a good player.

Bale is looking world-class here. He's completely skinned Maicon 3 times already.

Absolutely lovely that.

It's a pretty hard thing to prove anyway as Ian says. But I agree with the general point being made: they're all good players in their own ways. Now let's all have some hot cocoa.

We still don't have a clue how he'd actually perform in this league though. (Yes, yes, I know...) If we're talking quite abstractly then yeah, he'd get into the Everton team. I think.

Remains to be seen. At the moment the only one of "top 6 quality" is Enrique IMO.

Stuff that - we've now denied we've actually signed him. Will be fun to see if we have Obinna-style problems with getting a work permit for him, assuming we do take up our option to buy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8786712.stm Aye, that's reporting first option. Him and Bily in the same team will confuse people one way or another. Edit: sigh

And we go back to:

No word of exaggeration, this was easily one of the best I've ever seen. The way it smashes into the actual side netting, the fact Mignolet flung himself completely the right way and still had no chance. Absolutely ridiculous penalty.

Decent striker who looks like he'll continue to improve. Let's hope he keeps his off-field issues away from the pitch which, to his credit, he appears to be doing. Of course, better still, he should sort his off-pitch antics out as soon as possible. It looks like you're going to have a very good striker on your hands, and a right handful for opposition defences to cope with. Whether he'll become "top class" remains to be seen.

It's all good and well saying you had a go at against Villa, us and the Mackems, but Arsenal are far superior to Villa, us and the Mackems. Playing open against them is suicide. They are guaranteed to create a few chances even if your defence and midfield are packed and working at 100% - don't give them any more encouragement. You have to be realistic here.

Hmm, there isn't really any point to the H2H league is there? I've got the joint 2nd highest 'points difference' yet I'm 21st in the H2H league itself.

Not sure how it comes up with the number for form, but N'Zogbia was apparently in better form than Nani prior to this weekend.

Shola's PELANTY btw - Mignolet produced an excellent dive and still had no chance. Deadly.

"Not a weirdo.. a paedo" has got me chuckling.

I don't have the foggiest what's going on either, really.

What the fuck? :lol:

Pretty boring front page. Leads on well to the inside pages, though.

Remember, the clocks go back tonight.

We're apparently getting ARAZ ABDULLAYEV - a teenage SENSATION who is the YOUNGEST player to have been capped for his country. Admittedly the country is Azerbaijan. But still...

Also, the way he knocked it off the bar and back to Shola - to actually mean to do that is absolutely sensational. What a player.

I thought he was arguably your best player yesterday.

Although I admire Blackpool's enthusiasm at the start of this season, even this result suggests they're starting to find their place in this league. Making a bit of a meal out of playing 9 men at home.