Neil

Come on then, make me laugh.

Is this Nolan or Cahill?

I'll be happy with that I won't,it'll be an awful feeling. Absolutely catastrophic, really.

So, err, this team you're playing... who are they? 0-168,000

And Smith has a good engine, etc etc. Have an awful feeling you'll get a point at Goodison in a few weeks.

Well with Lovenkrands, you always have pace on the counter.

Start the same defence (barring injuries/fitness) and experiment otherwise.

Eh? Since when was your game based on counter-attacking? Genuine question.

I'm sorry mate but Villa's catastrophic defending can't be ignored today. I think that incident where the ball was going out and it bounced off the corner flag back to Enrique summed up things. But that doesn't take away from the fact you were excellent, looked far more up for it and fully deserved a comfortable win. I just hope you can repeat the level of commitment you showed today for the rest of the season.

8 hours on and I'm still unsure what to make of this game. As said earlier, I don't think the Premier League will witness a more inept defensive performance this season but hey, full credit for taking advantage of it and the confidence this brings must be huge. You've got a smashing chance of getting, say, 7 points after 4 games and I assume anyone would have absolutely taken that when the fixtures were published. Superb stuff.

Disagree with Jonas - didn't think he had a particularly great game as such, albeit it was decent and a few good runs. I can imagine he's a frustrating player to watch at times, doesn't look like he knows where he's going sometimes. That said, puts in a great shift.

Thought he was absolutely superb today. Great strike for his goal, though Friedel should have saved it.

Hughton seems sensible enough to make sure the overriding message after the game was to keep their feet on the floor. The result and performance speaks for itself. And yeah, I'd put your house on Villa beating us next week.

I'm not sure what to make of it. I've rarely seen a more disastrous defensive performance but you played well enough to take full advantage of it. Huge for the confidence it will give everyone let alone the 3 points.

What the fuck?

I found a solution to my inevitable drift forward. Start up front.

FCB : Valdes, Alves, Pique, Abidal, Maxwell, Busquets, Xavi, Keita, Messi, Bojan, Pedro, Niel Worlds most impish forward line. Cheers, Mark. Cheers.

In shock circumstances, me.

I don't not believe you.

20 pages vs 260 odd. Can it safely be deduced that Tiote is about 13 times better than HBA? I think so.

Gone before Spurs.

a visit to spurs i think Can't be any worse than last season. Well, I say that...

they played blackpool at home Arguably their most winnable game all year. 16,152 there for that one. Nothing club. Yep, said as much before. Sooner nothingness like that leaves this league, the better.

My Mackem friend said he was easily one of their better players as well. Idiots.