Hieronymus Bosch

Bah!

Ant, Cobs, "GrandpaSimpson". Same dissenting voices - week in, week out. They're right, everyone here else is wrong. Stand up for the club, FFS!

Makes sense. So, if that's the case, most likely a centre midfielder who can operate on the right. Diaby?

I would be all over that. A full-back or two as well and we'd be set.

I pray this isn't some elaborate ploy being perpetrated by Hicks and Gillett, whereby they pretend to be at each other's throats, but are, in fact, colluding to get one over DIC. Maybe it's just my pre-match nerves wreaking havoc...

Sorry.

Haven't seen Bojan enough to judge, but he just scored a tap against Schalke and didn't do much else. Barca have been woeful tonight; any decent opposition would have beaten them. They need to sort themselves out if they're going to give Man Utd a game.

Came on his back, apparently.

Would be a good pairing, Crouch and Defoe.

How much would we stand to recoup if he did buy out his cone-tract?

Has anyone seen much of Rafinha. If so, how highly do you rate him?

Bound to be David James.

Reina only occasionally looks suspect when coming for crosses. I think he's quite good at it generally, but our outfield players haven't always pulled their weight when defending set-pieces this season. Arsenal aren't the best at attcking set-pieces, so hopefully there won't be too many flaps.

I don't think that's fair. We all know what a great player he is, and wax lyrical about it often enough. But I think it's fair to point our players' failings, and I think this is one of Gerrard's.

Quite a while ago.

Am watching Real Madrid beating Sevilla. The fans are singing something I hear almost every week at every Spanish game. No idea what words are, but I like the tune a lot. Anyone know what the chant is? (Admittedly, I've given you very little to go on.)

Think there's been far too much criticism in this thread. It was ultimately a comfortable win against a capable, motivated team three days before our biggest game of the season. Admittedly, Alonso and Lucas had a few wobbles, but they had their moments too. I thought Lucas was very good in the first half. He needs time to adapt; he's young and new to English football. Not everyone can settle as quickly as Torres. Alonso's not had the best season, but he hasn't suddenly lost it. If he stays, he'll rediscover his consistent best and form a great axis with Mascherano and Gerrard. Thought we were excellent in the first half, but, rather than play poorly in the second, we seemed to be prepared to sit on our lead and invite Everton to break us down. I can understand doing that if we're one up against the likes of Man Utd or Chelsea, or if we were winning by a greater margin, but I don't really like seeing this approach in situations like todays - we've attempted it before this season (Wigan springs to mind) and come unstuck. OK, it worked today, and we'll probably be fresher in midweek because of it, but Everton needed only to convert one free-kick and all our hard work would have been undone. I wish we would play at a higher tempo and attack more often, like we did in the first half - I'm sure we'd more successful for it. I'm not Riise and Kuyt's biggest fans, but I thought they were really good today. If Riise played like that every game, his place wouldn't be in any doubt. Kuyt's workrate was unbelievable. Strange, for a striker, that his worst attribute at the moment seems to be his shooting. I think, ultimately, it's this lack of end product that will see him sold in the summer or sidelined more often next season. I hope we continue to play Carra, Skrtel and Hyypia like we did today for the rest of the season (for the tough games, at least). Skrtel's developing really well and Hyypia's arguably in the form of his career. Carragher's probably the weakest of the three form-wise, but has played well at right-back of late. I'm hoping we see more of Arbeloa next season. I hope there's no friction in the camp. Carra looked upset at something at the end of the game, and Rafa and Gerrard seemed a bit gloomy in their post-match interviews. On the plus side, I'm hoping Rafa trimming his goatee means the Americans' reign is about to come to an end...

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So you think Hicks is as good as it gets?

I like the formation we played today (with Alonso instead of Lucas, although I'd prefer Benayoun to Kuyt) and, even though it didn't work against Wigan, I think it's the most effective way to accommodate Alonso, Mascherano and Gerrard (and Babel) in the same team.

I also heard that Claudio Reina made a great save for us today.

Was listening to Radio Five wishing Chris Waddle would step onto the pitch and start whipping a few balls in. His corners were legendary.

We had faith that after a long and, presumably, thorough search, Moores had found a suitable successor. He hadn't, hence why people, rightly or wrongly, are f***** off with him. Why with the blank cheques all the time? We just want our club run properly. DIC may not be a "great" alternative, but it seems they're our only alternative.

I don't think that's fair to say, based on what they've done over here so far.