Cornish Steve

Vault, vault, vault!!!

So many good performances, and I have to say that, given the importance of the game, Galloway did really well. Still, it's not often someone scores a hattrick against Chelsea!

Love the comment on the BBC site: "Why should John Stones leave a top four club for a team fighting relegation?"

I'm guessing he looked lost because he was following Roy Hodgson's directives. He seemed very constrained in his movements.

I may be anti-royal in general, but congratulations to the queen for becoming the nation's long-serving monarch.

Water-proof, shock-proof, tamper-proof, never runs down, always accurate, and....you lost it.

Everton 2-2 Chelsea Barkley

The Pebble is fully waterproof. That's one of its main selling points.

Bought a Pebble for my daughter's birthday, and she's been pleased with it. Low end, but works very well.

Not too late at all. Welcome!

What makes a good squad a great squad is how they gel as a team. Only time will tell whether that happens this year.

Can't believe Belgium are #2.

Wales now above England in the FIFA rankings. The Celts are coming, the Celts are coming...

Agreed. I was surprised 8m didn't land him for Norwich.

Reminds me of this classic.

Nope. Newty posted some numbers and I correlated with league position. I'm simply too lazy to calculate net spend for all teams.

Made a slight modification for your benefit.

When I were a lad.... Harry Catterick was manager. I cheered for Everton in the Cup final against West Brom because I like the blue colour. I was very disappointed when they lost in extra time. I can still remember most of the players, though, such was the impact.

Pretty decent, don't you think? Henen is probably borderline to be included.

You'll have to ask Newty that one, since I used his spending list.

The biggest surprises for me were Stoke at the top and Soton at the bottom.

Fantastic summary!

Since Newty posted each club's total spending over the previous five years, I thought I would correlate with final league position. (I made adjustments for relegation and left out Watford and Bournemouth.) The results are quite revealing - and surprising. The first number shows total spend and the second is a rating based on average league position. The third shows just how much teams are punching above or below their weight. Man City 473(1) 455(1) - Chelsea 462(2) 428(2) - Man Utd 413(3) 428(3) - Liverpool 349(4) 365(6) -2 Arsenal 254(5) 414(4) +1 Spurs 254(6) 383(5) +1 Soton 164(7) 167(14) -7 N'castle 136(8) 234(9) -1 Villa 122(9) 171(13) -4 S'land 108(10) 180(12) -2 W'Ham 107(11) 149(15) -4 Everton 92(12) 333(7) +5 Swansea 80(13) 216(11) +2 Palace 75(14) 104(17) -3 WBA 75(15) 230(10) +5 Stoke 70(16) 234(8) +8 Norwich 63(17) 113(16) +1 Leicester 55(18) 36(18) - So, here's the league table in terms of best bang for the buck. 1. Stoke 2. Everton 3. WBA 4. Swansea 5. Arsenal 6. Norwich 7. Spurs 8. Chelsea 9. Leicester 10. Man City 11. Man Utd 12. Newcastle 13. Liverpool 14. Sunderland 15. Palace 16. Villa 17. West Ham 18. Soton Quite revealing, isn't it?

We shall see. You're equating net spend with final league position. Which reminds me that someone posted net spend of every team over the last four years and wondered how it correlates with league position over that same period. I had meant to do that just to see.

He lives in Rio. Someone from Brazil commenting about Uruguay is akin to someone from Britain commenting about the French. No one knows how these guys will do. Time will tell.