johnh

I think I've posted this before but if it was not today then I've forgotten. Rom is not good with his back to goal, he just doesn't have the skill. The system we play which requires him to be a 'hold up' man doesn't suit. We need to get him running on to through balls, using his pace and strength. He can trap a ball further than I can kick it. (I think I have posted that before too.)

I don't think there is much argument against the fact that Blatter is the biggest prat in sport. He is closely followed by Ecclestone though.

I think they meant Buster Keaton. Also, the most serious and miserable Everton fan will be funnier than Russell Brand.

What is Rooney supposed to be doing? He's a spectator. Needs to be replaced at half=time.

Apparently, there has been a big drop in the recruitment of suicide bombers in the middle-east. The Imam's keep telling them about the 70 virgins but most potential recruits have seen the video's of Susan Boyle.

Anyone who watched the Scotland v Republic of Ireland game will know that the game on Tuesday will not be a 'friendly',

Except when he reffed at Old Trafford. Clattenburg gave three penalties in one game against Man U at Old Trafford, I don't think Webb gave a penalty against Man U in his career. Ferguson rated him, says it all really.

Last season, I watched a live game on TV refereed by Chris Foy. Can't remember the teams, but Foy was brilliant. He ignored dives, allowed good tackles, didn't book anyone and the players responded. It was a really good, end to end, game. Unfortunately, the next time I saw him he was crap.

My mother had three brothers in the first World War. Two were gassed in France. One died aged only 51 from complications caused by the gassing. The other had a mental breakdown and spent 25 years in a mental hospital. The youngest was in the Navy and when he was due to join his ship he was dropped off at an uninhabited island where stores were kept. He was told that his ship would be coming for supplies and knew he would be waiting. He was totally alone on the island and waited 2 weeks for his ship. He was 18 years old. His mother, my Grandmother, told us that they had no contact with him for 2 years. Their father, my Grandfather, was a stevedore on Liverpool docks. He died, (long before I was born), in 1921. He drank contaminated water on a ship they were unloading and died from cholera. My Grandmother was born in Liverpool but of Irish parents. She was only 4ft 11in tall. She lost two daughters aged 8 and 18 months, what a hard life. She was about 83 years old when she died. I have a photostat copy of a letter my Grandfather wrote to his son in the Navy, just after he joined up. That letter and one photograph is all I know about him. Just two stories about my Grandma. She once turned up at our house in Liverpool in the middle of an air-raid. In the black-out she had fallen and cut her hand badly (which eventually required several stitches). My mother went mad with her for coming out in an air-raid and Grandma just said 'well the Germans didn't get me'. She lived with one of my mother's sisters and after the war they moved to a house overlooking Newsham Park. I visited one Saturday and walking through Newsham Park I saw that it was packed with tents and marquees for an Orange Lodge 'do'. I went into Grandma's house (the doors were not locked in those days) but couldn't find anyone at home. Finally, I went into the 'front room' which was only used on special occasions. In there, I found Grandma kneeling down praying. I was a bit embarassed and made to leave but she said 'it's OK, come in, that's the Orange lodge over there and I'm praying for rain'. (Hope this doesn't offend anyone!) Nostalgia rant over!.

I only ever see televised games but based on the few games I have seen I don't think Lukaku fits into the system Everton play. Too often, he is a 'target man' and this is where his poor first touch lets him (and the system) down. I am also disappointed in his heading, he should do a lot better for a big lad. In a recent game he had a free header from the edge of the six yard box which he 'glanced' yards wide. A 'glancing' header is very difficult to control, he was under no pressure and could have got his full forehead on it which would have been a certain goal. His strength is when he gets a through ball to run onto and the coaches should work on how we do this instead of having him stood (like a statue) with his back to goal most of the time. I accept that he's maybe brilliant in all the games I haven't seen.

They had to come up with this result. There was too much money to pay back otherwise. This is Platini's opportunity. UEFA should declare that no UEFA clubs will participate in Qatar 2022. UEFA should break away from FIFA, most of world football would affiliate to UEFA and FIFA would be dead in the water, and good riddance.

Young 10 year old lad walking along the street. Car pulls up alongside him and the driver says 'get in and I'll give you a lollipop' Boy says 'no'. Man says 'I'll make it a bag of lollipop's', Boy says 'no way'. The boy continues on his way with the car crawling alongside. The man says 'I'll give you a fiver as well as the lollipop's'. The boy tells him to do one. The man says 'this is my final offer £20 and a bag of lollipop's'. The lad says 'listen Dad, you bought the Skoda, you live with it'.

In the late 1940's when I was about 12 or 13, some neighbours took me and my brother to the wrestling at Liverpool Stadium. Even at that age I sussed it was fixed. We went several times and it was more or less the same wrestlers every time. There was one guy called Tommy Tucker whose 'gimmick' was to burst into tears every time he lost a bout. In every bout there was a 'goody' and a 'baddie' and it changed from week to week. Never watched it since.

Was this the 'subject of the week' debate in last weeks Millwall FC programme?

W*'*e b****d S**** ***y though.

Birds (feathered kind) Red Kites (lots) Jays, Green Woodpecker, Parakeets, Magpies, Wood pigeons, plus all the usual garden birds. Squirrels, Hedgehogs, Foxes. Old Country saying: How to tell Rooks from Crows. If you see lots of Crows together, they're Rooks and if you see a Rook on its own, its a Crow.

Steve, many congratulations. Grandchildren are great, you don't have to get up in the night..

Apart from the wife and one or two of the neighbours I don't see much round where I live.

Had to smile when I saw that Rodgers had complained about Liverpool not getting a penalty. Last season they got more undeserved penalties from 'diving' than any other Premiership team. They will have to have a lot more turned down before it evens out.

Good win, could have been 5 or 6. Lukaku's first touch is a joke. He's OK on through balls but with his back to goal he is hopeless. Naismith wasn't up to his usual standard but scored a cracker. No one had a poor game, I thought Hibbert and Osman were solid throughout.

My username may seem very unoriginal but anyone who can 'touch type' will know that you can type it very quickly with one hand, so I can hold my drink with my left hand without having to put it down.

The ref didn't hesitate to send two City players off but when a Moscow player, already on a yellow, fouled a City player on the edge of the box, the ref seemed very deliberate in booking the wrong player - odd that.

I agree. He will end up like Zaha who had a very ordinary game for Palace yesterday. Sterling's main advantage is the number of penalties he wins, he does have a skill for diving.

When Baines and Coleman are 'flying' we don't need wingers.

That Westwood of Villa spent the whole game rabbiting in the ref's face. Can't believe the ref didn't book him for it.