Neil

Get out, it was a blatant red. Bassong's got away with plenty this season, this time he didn't. Harsh but true.

Ronaldo didn't mention it once.

In today's game, that's a foul. Generally, it shouldn't be.

Shreeves interviewing Ronaldo. Talking about the CL final a lot; not one mention of Hull.

You'd go into the final game being safe, yeah, but the most dangerously tense position imaginable.

IMO Bassong gets away with a lot of criticism because of a few good performances earlier in the season. I think he makes a lot of mistakes, but gets away with it sometimes.

1-1, Saha pen, Tomkins sent off for West Ham.

Another semi-bump. Fairly important

All the best lads. In a way, this is bigger than Monday.

I think he has the air of a man who knows he's average and can't believe his luck that the thick-as-shit England setup actually called him up.

Think some people are underestimating Fulham - they'll be a class above Boro. But, I think given Monday's result. you'll just get it. Word of warning though. All it takes is for Hull to better your result then you're in the shit again. Cautious optimism ftw.

If it pisses down it'll disrupt my flowing passing style... Looking forward to it. 49 hours to go...

Absolutely come along if you fancy it mate. As Rich says there's bound to be at least 1 who doesn't turn up, plus a rolling sub or 2 will be needed. Plus it's not like the subs will have to wait till the 2nd half, I imagine people will be rotating every 5-10 minutes.

Got beat tonight but had a decent performance, passing it well, just the stamina side of things knackered me at the end, unsurprisingly. Dave: Trust me I don't play much (unfortunately), certainly not every week like a lot here seem to. Finally, I'll buy Gimp back for 100 gamer points, the 4-3-3 formation card, and a bag of Doritos.

Gonna be sharpening my skillzzzzz in a 6 a side at Coach Lane tonight. That's the plan anyway...

My little offering, which is probably over 100 words: There was once a club in the north-east Who teams never used to beat But Big Mike came in Committed some sins And now they looked like dead meat Kinnear and Hughton had a go "WTF!?", said N-O The team were doomed The R word loomed And Viduka was still more than likely fucking injured. But there was no need to fear The local messiah was here Wise booted out There was no doubt That Tyne would prevail over Wear So what does the future hold? Ashley out in the cold? If lessons are learnt Structures are burnt Then Jonas, Martins, GOAL!

If you play like you did on Monday then all this talk may well be irrelevant.

Intelligent.

It would be fantastic for the country and the local area, surely?

Most Everton forums are full of mongs tbh.

I fucking hate Pilko for telling me about Sporcle, it's got me addicted. Similarly: http://www.sporcle.com/games/footballleague.php Less ironic after Monday.* *probable misuse of the term 'ironic'.

I think we should stuff the teams and pick teams one by one, so that the last few can be frowned upon, only for them to ultimately overcome this initial disappointment and inevitably prove to be the best players there.

42/42

Late to the post-match reaction but yeah, thoroughly enjoyed it as you can imagine. Almost lost my voice from all the chanting/screaming, but was worth it. Generally electric atmosphere, and a surprisingly impressive performance. Honestly thought it was going to be doom and gloom after the unfortunate Boro goal, but nothing like it - you came right back into it and in the end, could have had more than 3.

That was a pretty big fail there, stupeedo. Only 4 days away. My preparation may consist of getting pissed on Saturday. Go team.