Romey 1878

Goals are what he brings to the team, and seeing as that's his job he brings a lot to the team.

Carrick is very over-rated, please don't compare Rodwell to that shite when he already has far more to his game than Carrick.

2-0 to us - Fellaini, Saha.

All the best mate .

Unlike Villa they still made a good fist of it though.

Good luck to him. Hopefully he'll bang in a few goals for them and come back and be the James Vaughan we all know is in there.

Well that was a breeze last night. I expected a lot more from AEK tbh but you've still got to beat what's infront of you and we've struggled in the past to put crap teams away, so last night's performance was very pleasing. I loved every minute of that game because the hoofing was down to pretty much nothing and we passed along the ground. Not only that but we were patient with the ball too and instead of it being aimless passing for the sake of it there was penetration too and we looked threatening. Obviously some players impressed more than others but I can't think of any of the starters that had a bad game. Hopefully that will give us confidence for thr weekend and we can do the same to another poor side in Blackburn. Oh and Saha's ban will be for 3 games because it's for violent conduct. Howard - He must have been freezing his nonsense off because he had nothing to do. Gosling - I'm not a fan of Gosling but he showed the benefit of having a right-back who can actually play football. His link-up play with Pienaar was superb and it was nice to see us attacking down both sides of the pitch for a change. Yobo - Only hoofed the ball a couple of times and put in a very solid display. I didn't want him as captain but he did actually talk to is defence last night so I hope that's how it'll stay. Nice to see him score as well. Distin - Wants too much time on the ball sometimes and puts himself under needless pressure but he had a solid game just like Yobo. Their partnership seems to be shaping up well. Also got his first goal for us and goals from defence are going to be needed of Lescott leaving. Baines - Looked like the Baines of last season again, and showed that it's not just Pienaar he links up well with because him and Bily worked excellently together. Pienaar - Typical Pienaar performance; worked his arse off for the side and was always a threat going forward for us. What a clean strike for his goal as well, it was a peach. Rodwell - It's scary just how good this boy looks in Europe. I don't remember him putting a foot wrong all game tbh. His passing range is just immense and he's got a great engine on him, he just seems to glide around the pitch and everything seems so effortless to him. Cahill - As I've said in another thread, Cahill can play a proper midfield role in Europe and I thought he had a decent game last night, nothing stand-out but he did his job without too much bother. Bilyaletdinov - I'm loving Bily already if I'm honest, he is such an improvement on Osman it's unbelievable. He seems to be as quick of mind as Osman but is quicker than Osman for actually being able to put that into action just as quick too. He can cross too! I hope his injury isn't too bad so we can see him do the same against Blackburn. Fellaini - I thought he was fucking brilliant. I've been on his back lately but that was a faultless performance IMO. It may have been poor opposition but he dominated the game in my eyes, and showed signs that he could actually play the defensive midfield that he was originally bought for - he broke up play with absolute ease, and for the majority of the game he was quick to get the ball moving. My MOTM. Jo - I'm glad he got a goal because I think we all know Jo is a confidence player. He may not have been one of our better players last night and was a bit sloppy at times but he really worked hard last night.

Just get Bily .

Not a bad performance last night for someone who can't shoot for crap and has no end product .

Anything that gets Hibbert out of our starting line-up is more than fine with me .

Fellaini gets my vote.

Groin strain but it's not thought to be too serious. I thought he was excellent last night and I love him already.

In Europe he can certainly play a traditional midfield role and he showed that last night IMO. Because he's given more time on the ball his limited control of the football isn't punished as often so he can afford not to have as good a first touch.

Garth Nix - Sir Thursday

http://www.nsno.co.uk/news.php?item.5210 4 years seems a bit too long to me.

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/neville-out-until-christmas.html Thankfully he shouldn't need an operation.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2009/09/17/everton-boost-over-phil-neville-as-david-moyes-eyes-lucas-neill-swoop-100252-24711242/ Also says Neville doesn't need an operation.

If he'd been guaranteed first-team football at either one of those clubs then I wouldn't have blamed him for choosing one of them over us.

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8696_5563845,00.html If he's expecting us to play quickly then he's in for a very pleasant surprise.

Maybe this will see the end of Hibbert finally? It seems Moyes doesn't want to play Heitinga at RB so I'll take pretty much anyone half decent to replace Hibbert tbh.

Thank God for that. I wonder if he'll just come in for Pip in the centre or be switched with one of the wing boys.

http://www.clubcall.com/queens-park-rangers/chairman-may-be-forced-quit-post-over-f1-row-947243.html You could be right Mike.

It's on Kipper that he's having a medical today.

He couldn't play in the Europa anyway because the squad's already been registered.

Seconded.