Formby

To be fair, that was the case with Moshiri / Usmanov. No one really bothered till they were made to bother.

Faced with serious competition from 0 other bidders, we get over the line! Hurray!!! Good for the economy, I guess.

Back on track today. Hopefully, can even up the NRR a bit. That will be absolutely vital, I think.

Well, it was a close-run thing but Fiji's bonus point does the trick.

Thought of Frank Carson saying that - 'It's a cracker!' France v South Africa will be just as good, I think.

Can we really lose the first five home games of the season? A record of 1-1-6? The form says yes, Boston Toffee says yes, but Formby is made of sterner stuff. Everton 3-1 Bournemouth Doucoure

Anyone with with the magic formula (1) world do, really.

A very charitable description.

Northern leg of HS2 to be scrapped. What a farce. 25 billion and we've half-built a railway from Acton to somewhere near Birmingham.

It wasn't. Due to the ongoing regulatory approvals being sought, it was not appropriate to record the meeting nor discuss outside of the meeting any of 777’s answers relating specifically to Everton. So a whole load of questions and no clear answers.

Was expecting a win yesterday and a win next week. A 3-1-4 record and an International break to come - positive signs. Instead, a 1-1-5 record and possibly 1-1-6 next week. Should that be the case, we need someone else in. We hung on to Benitez too long. Tum ti tum scenario: we thump Bournemouth 4-0 and return to the Brentford / Villa level of performance.

I'll do your prediction for next week for you! Boston Toffee Everton 0-3 Bournemouth

Everton 3-1 Luton DCL

Hurray!

After the guitar make (seeing as she's amongst them)? Or just coincidence?

A great age!

Absolutely gutted Australia will be leaving us in the group stage.

Edge of your seat stuff.

Shukes is a young'un????

I wish we had the Dave Thomas / Bob Latchford combo from 1978. What a joy that was!

This was a very insightful interview about the British political system - particularly in regard to voting records and why MPs have to tow party lines. if only all interviews were conducted this way; if only all interviewees were as informed.

I hear this so often from fans of all teams these days. Do you think there will ever be a tipping point where people leave their clubs behind or do you think it's still too ingrained? I used to think the latter but I'm not so sure any more. My connection to Everton is really to its past (and mine), not to what it is.

The game's too sanitised now, sadly. Players get touched and they fall over. It lends itself to the possession-based stuff. Boring as hell, though. Would love to see the game return to what it was (on the pitch, anyway) - fouls and all, pitches like quagmires, wingers crossing from the byline, no VAR - a proper atmosphere. The NBA and the NHL in the States has gone the same way - they whistle for everything now and the excitement (and the game people remember from the 70s/80s) is gone.

I'll do the hoping for you! Brentford 1-5 Everton Beto

Oh, come on - not again!