"Brooking against Eintracht Frankfurt was a classic. Lots of Julian's games in a fairly poor team, especially a win against Spurs where I think he won the Player of the Match on Sky by a bigger margin than anybody else up to that time. And quite a few of Payet's performances were sublime."

I'm finding that a little bit of Irish Whisky is going down very well towards the end the day. Favourites being Teeling and the fancy Jamesons ones you usually only see in Duty Free like Triple Triple and Black Barrel.

The Clash - Sandinista. There's a lot to listen to on a triple album! I learnt a while back that early versions of the album had the words West Ham graffitied on the brick wall behind the band members on the original front cover pic.

"So does Tomas actually have the nerve to keep the money he gets paid for that ""performance""? I don't understand how a 6 foot plus bloke can make himself invisible like that when there's a stadium full of people watching. Incredible. He must be good at something, but it will never be football."

"That was dismal, but probably no worse than first half against Spurs recently. In theory some changes to lineup could still give us a chance. But it ain't going to happen."

"I won't be bothering with this one. Much better things to do with a Sunday than dedicate it to another afternoon of Moyes/Soucek anti-football, especially with the likelihood of a Row 1 drenching. TV and sofa it will be."

"West Ham Everton is a fixture that has never excited me. The only game I recall with any relish is the monster penalty shootout, with the gloveless Adrian seeing us through. Nevertheless I shall be there on Sunday hoping for a miracle (i.e. some entertaining football)."

I assume the Teamtalk piece on Tomas was written by their new journalist - Tomas Soucek's Mum.

LCD Sound System Call the Police. Absolute tune.