Morning all. Much speculation surrounds the future of Thomas Vermaelen but here’s a big hint that he’s staying put whilst talking about his manager and his 1000th game: It’s incredible – not a lot of managers do that nowadays because they come in and out, so for him to achieve 1,000 games is something unbelievable. […]

Morning all. It is a fantastic occasion – always was to play in these games. I don’t think there is much blood and thunder these days – I want it to be more of that. I think that gives us the edge. We are possibly more functional than they are, but if they get into their […]

Just two days short to the day, exactly one year ago, we travelled to Germany needing three goals to knock-out Bayern Munich. We managed two but couldn’t get that final goal to see us through. We return to the same ground tonight needing at least two goals to give us a chance…. And of course, […]

Morning all. Soft penalty says Martinez, dead cert says Peter Reid, an Everton man…. I’m not sure you’d find one more clear cut and and easy for Mark Clattenburg to give than Barry’s foul on Oxlade-Chamberlain… Lucky say the pundits, pointing to a couple of misses by Barkley when the scores were 1-1… Don’t you […]