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This!

This is where Osman comes into his own, much more creative and can still put in a tackle. Seems to be the whipping boy of the moment but still miles above Naismith, I can't see how he even gets into the squad even with his goal yesterday.

Sky Sports match analysis. 'Playing in a role not dissimilar to Leon Britton at Swansea, he ticked things over and topped Everton's rankings for tackles (6), interceptions (4) and passes (47).'

Gareth Barry by a mile, his reading of the game was outstanding. Given that he's the replacement for Fellaini, do we think he played better than Fellaini would have done? My answer is defensively he's better in that he gets his foot on the ball better, but Fellaini would give us a more physical presence up front which will be given to us by Lukaku. So no big loss if we could make two signings in the summer with the money from his transfer.

Reid!

I had occasion to buy a day pass to their new venture (emails were sent out to contact old members apparently). Just to let you know that although the quality was good, but however the stream didn't appear till 25 minutes into the game. There was no prior advertisement of the game on their calendar, and the cost is now double what it was before (30 Euros for 3 months subscription!). If anyone has any better sites please let me know?