FromBelgium

We eased past Sevilla 1-0 tonight. Absolutely smashing 1st half (1-0 MBokani on 38). The Spaniards pressed in the 2nd and had decent chances, but never were a real threat apart from a superb overhead kick which was cleared off the line.

Told ya! The guy is a great for the years to come!

I think it'll be tight between Turkey and us. Spain are head and shoulders above the rest. We played them off the park for moments, but as soon they recovered the ball, they were a potentially lethal threat. Fantastic side, a damn pleasure to watch. But having a good goal disallowed and being stabbed 1 min from the final whistle hurts. You can't say one side was better than the other. Both played to their strengths and it could have gone either way with everyone saying they'd deserved a draw. That's football for you. As for Mo, i can see he's already a better footballer. Controls the ball better, more composed, eye already sharper for the pass, he's gone up a level. Better team-mates, better coach, it's no rocket science to find out.

Mo gave a suicidal back pass for Spain to equalize on 35 mins, his only (though costly) mistake of the game. He scored a perfectly good goal on 56 mins, how he was flagged for offside is beyond belief. Played 90 mins. Final score BEL 1 - 2 ESP We was robbed. FB

check www.rtlinfo.be without any guarantee. very composed control and finish in the 6 yard box, though. good goal.

Mo has just scored: 2-0

I keep that for workday lunchtime. She's a married woman.

Jagielka was very good. I'd have him on this side of the Channel anytime.

I'd say that unfortunately you paid the price for poor Belgian earlier achievements and we nearly did. This team of ours clearly deserved to make the CL outright, but with the current system and Andershite results in the previous seasons, we have a mountain to climb before we get back straight in the CL. Let's hope our results (and Bruge's) this winter give us some breathing space.

Sad, sad news. My heartfelt thoughts.

I appreciate and I hope we enjoy a pint soon. It's only a game and it should be enjoyed as such, however passionate we may be at times. I come in peace

The difference isn't the players' quality. The difference is the agents.

We have played dirty Leeds, Man C, the lot across the road, the Arse (that 0-7 home defeat still hurts), but you're the 1st English club we've got past in our history. Thank you guys Remember this is all good-humoured banter and I really look forward to visiting Goodison come mid-October, early November. What are the home fixtures? How do I sort a ticket out? A London game would do as well.

Thank you for us champions to have to play the 4th of the prem and not qualifying outright. And even against you, we weren't seeded. Back to the game: Moyes complaining because Defour was not sent off for complaining to the ref makes me lol. Has he never watched Match of the Day where players (sometimes including his own) get out of jail after scything? Didn't he ever go mad because an EFC got sent off for dangerous play? Come on Dave...

It's all in French, of course, and probably biased (who'd blame a Belgian channel showing a Belgian club?), but highlights can be watched on www.rtlinfo.be. Just follow the links while they're on page 1.

Why does Briatore invest in QPR while he has the Spa track begging for him? Can't be for the weather, surely I suspect your next Tory government Oh well...

Means we have to build over and over again. Belgian clubs have no sugar daddies like English clubs have. BTW, heard DM's interview on the BBC website. What a feckin' bad looser he is. Must make him a good manager. I'd hate losing as well, but he should admit defeat in style. Whinges on the ref, etc. My apologies to him for the weather.

Goreux (17) had an extremely promising last third of the season and Mulemo was at the Olympics, but will they be up to it come August? Bölöni seems to say we have extremely promising youngsters and I firmly believe he knows what he's talksing about. Thing is we have to keep the ones on the pitch before the ones waiting in the wings can take their bow. It takes a while to build a French-Dutch style academy. But that is what we're heading for. Sell the absolute best, reinvest the dosh, keep the ones you absolutely nedd and progress and - dreams allowed - comes a day where you can keep your Giggs and Scholes because you have secured enough money to pay thair salaries on other players' expense.

Problem WAS the squad is stretched. Now we're in the group stages, we can ask players to put club before money (with incentives, them bastards) for a while and line up replacements for the summer. It is thus very likely Defour, Witsel, Mbokani, Camozzato and Jova will stay with us through May, but they have nothing more to learn in this league and will leave. Sad, but that's how it is - you should watch a "normal" Belgian game to understand, it would send you down to the doctor's for antidepressants). But unless we make the CL group stages for 2 or 3 seasons in a row and decently compete and hence incite the players to remain at the club, we have no hope of keeping our best players. The thing is we have an excellent academy, "unfortunately" sell the absolutely best for top money and keep those who will star in the domestic league and hopefully develop before we make a profit. But we have prospective Walcotts and Llalanas, all things being equal.

I like players who, like Camozzato, never put a foot wrong. He was my man of the season. Never utterly brilliant, but always so solid, so reliable. Witsel goes without saying. If he's patient and keeps learning his trade with us for one more season, he'll shine in whatever league, but he needs one more year schooling, get pushed around, get hurt by stupid Belgian mid-league butchers before taking on Spanish bullfighters. Jovanovic is called "The Snake". Says it all. Price tags (press speculation - conservative estimates): Defour, € 8 m - Witsel, € 9 m - Jova, € 11 m - Mbokani, € 16 m, Dante & Camozzato - € 6 m

MOTM for me: Witsel and/or Camozzato.

Be honest, we were the better side over 2 legs and deserve to go through. Can't tell you how scared I was after the equalizer, weary of the sucker punch. Fortunately for us, it never came. All this being said, I really and sincerely wish you all the best and a speedy recovery in the League. Merseyside deserves one great football team.

He can cut it in the Prem. Who's worth that ridiculous amount of money? Yet we did it without him. Tells a lot about the rest of the side.

Nothing bad on Mo, but reminds me of a very old joke: black and white are colours, and I sold you a colour TV.

I think this lot ARE good. Don't wanna rub salt in it, but were EFC ever a threat? Except for Spino's howler, would you ever have scored? Ask yourself the right question. Clear pen for me, but the angle might be somewhat different. All banter aside, I was amazed by our young team's composure. Huge sigh of relieve (the second one since lunchtime ) Hope I'm still welcome around.