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He was a good player in the Championship, is well out of form currently. What sort of special dispensation would be required for this given the window is now closed? Emergency?

me shin pads are now a pair of pants.. Which is fitting because I wore them on Sunday and they were pants.. Kept coming down, came flying out a few times when running. The socks I was wearing didn't help.. will need to tape them up next time. They feel great when you put them on - nice and light and whatnot - but man the amount of times I had to adjust them was ridiculous.

I'm not great on heights. Did not enjoy the lift up the tower at all. Fantastic view from the top though. Felt great to be on solid ground again afterwards, for some reason the lift on the way down seemed worse. I'm much better than I used to be though, but the effect it can have on your body can be very offputting.

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Thought Lovenkrands run on this play was excellent. Got into a great position, just couldn't get to the ball. They closed down Best pretty well with the follow up.

CT your enthusiasm is admirable in many ways but you honestly shouldn't bother with your 'analysis' of players and tactics. Better off just posting about how the atmosphere was. You've blown your credibility on so many occasions now it's no longer funny. The melodramatic posts don't help your cause.

Enrique, did get beat twice. Once by Sturridge with a good move leaving Enrique stranded, the other was when Elmander shocked him with his pace. Elmander and Sturridge up front is a pretty good pairing if I'm honest, though Elmander is was too inconsistent. A couple of the runs he made forward were fantastic, including the one near the end where he beat the same two players on three occassions before sending in the cross that Ranger headed home. Unfortunately ranger was half a yard offside though I wouldn;t say we deserved three points by anmy stretch.

1-1 in the end. We didn't deserve any more. They didn't make anything of their one man advantage.

Enrique just then.. lol Ranger mm offside, otherwise we won it.

Kuqi with a good attempt at earning a penalty

Tiote with a cramp in his weveonlygotten muscle. Cooch finally on.

Best in the box.. rips out the stepover combo...

The Kooch is coming on.. Best took a knock.

Worked, didn't it? It was so good he almost beat himself and only just managed to get an ordinary ball in.

Bullshit foul called by the ref. Best showing some intent going for headers...

Saylor goose step count: 1

Ranger on as well for Lovenkrands (twas Jonas off for Taylor).

Saylor getting ready to come on.. Prepare for Saturday Night Fever

Can still get a win here. Raylor wasn't doing much anyway. Need to calm things down. Move Lovelyhands back, and teach Leon the offside rules.

Taylor red card. He knew it as soon as he did it.

The amount of offsides Best gets is almost unbelievable.

Enrique bursting in, good shot in the box, sharp save.

He was offside.

Everton are 2 up from a ... beckford double..

Half time 1-1. We really shouldn't have conceded like we did. We've had more chances. Overall it's been scrappy but end to end stuff. Nothing much happening in the centre of the field.