Cornish Steve

Didn't realize that Swansea have never beaten Everton in the league.

Watch him score a hat-trick tomorrow!

It's a couple of hours away from here, and many many people travel to watch. I used to have a colleague from Canada, and he put his name into the lottery each year for the right to attend. Many more want to attend than can actually attend.

Just happened to look at the player roster for Bournemouth, currently at the top of the Championship. Of their 28 players, two are on loan from other teams, so let's exclude them. This means that all but two players are from the British Isles and most from England. The exceptions are one player from France and one from South Africa. Which just goes to show that teams can do well with homegrown talent without the FA having to come in and disrupt the transfer market.

And it was a goal, and it means the England team make it to the finals.

Swansea 1-1 Everton Baines

In a sense it's a good time to experiment. When every league position is worth a million, which is what someone else quoted, then you don't experiment. Injuries will force some changes, otherwise play the first team every time.

It was a tongue in cheek question. For the record, though, 5S.

Surprised in that Echo article about whom to keep and whom to release that most people want Gibson to stay.

Why don't I have it?

I'm becoming increasingly convinced that you two are brothers. Either that, or, with reference to whipping boy, ex-lovers.

Mirallas out, and use the funds to buy Deulofeu. Younger player, knows the team, respects the manager, and even MC said earlier in this thread he can be better than Mirallas. A win-win all round, I'd say.

What was the topic again?

Reading manager comments after the game, you have to give credit to Pellegrini for being absolute class. Despite what appears to have been poor refereeing for the first Palace goal, he won't be drawn into it.

I thought Long was being recalled.

December? At this point, I expect to be in that range by the end of the season.

When, not if. I can't believe for one moment that he'll be playing for Everton next season, and you can take that one to the vault!

I can't remember the number of posts a few months ago hoping for "ugly wins". Now we get them, and it's deflating! Just look at United. They have played terribly all season, yet they've made ugly wins their trademark as they move into third.

Tim Howard with a couple of marvelous saves to preserve the lead.

Congratulations to Elston Gunnn and Romey for each collecting 5 points today. Romey predicted the correct score but not the correct goalscorer, whereas Elston Gunnn predicted a one-goal difference and identified Jagielka as the first goalscorer. For the season, Romey has extended his lead, and he's caught Deacs for Points per Prediction. Incidentally, apologies for the empty white space in the table. Something happened to my Apple laptop, and I can no longer select 'Custom Size' when doing Page Setup (I had to reduce the font size to 11 and choose A3). If anyone knows how to fix this, do let me know. Thanks.

Laces a fraction of an inch away from the surface of the ball, whistle in mouth as referee inhales, and...Btay makes his prediction!

Move further ahead at the top of the table since the international break, move up to 11th place, and we're going to finish above West Ham. Looking good. (Can't believe so few people are posting to this thread. Who cares that we can't finish in the top four? Each position up the table means a million or so pounds, right? Stay focused!)

A bit of a dying breed, maybe, but I don't believe in the mantra of winning at all costs. Teams can win by spending billions in cash. They can win by intimidating and threatening. They can win by cheating. Some just look at the final score. Rightly or wrongly, I don't.

So why is Besic way up there in our MotM season totals?