Everton March On

Just a quick post following Everton's second win in Group A of the UEFA Cup. It was generally a comfortable game for them with another strong finish to put them at the top of the table. It should be enough to progress to the knock out stage which is a mouth watering prospect when you consider all the Champions League drop outs plop into the mix. A lot of Everton's success so far in the competition has come from Moyes bringing on Victor Anichebe as a one match wrecking machine late on in the game. The way he took his goal tonight was a brilliant display of power, speed and deadly finishing. I felt a bit for FC Nurnburg midfielder Jawhar Mnari who was made to look like a weakling when Anichebe bumped him aside before calmly slotted the ball past the keeper. And best of all he's only 19!

I didn't know much about FC Nurnberg going into the match tonight. I was amused to hear the name of their stadium is The Easy Credit Stadion and the fact their shirt sponsor read Mister*Lady only complimented my ridicule. I wasn't expecting to recognised any of their players but then I was alarmed to see one name on the team-sheet I knew... Marek "Scourge of the Welsh" Mintal. This swine has scored four goals in two games for Slovakia against Wales and part of me was anticipating him to be a goal scorer tonight. Luckily he was kept under control tonight but I reckon I haven't seen the last of him. All in all plenty to be pleased about if you're an Everton fan.

RANDOM MOAN - Ian Wright is currently appearing in adverts for Wii, Asda, Kelloggs and Ladbrokes. Every time it went to an ad break tonight his face popped up trying to convince me to buy something. Throw in those bad memories of him flapping his arms in those Chicken Tonite adverts in the 90s and you can safely say this man has no integrity. Maybe he can sense his punditry work is coming to an end so he's making as much money as possible. He is after all the worst football pundit ever. To say he is impartial would be an understatement. When England lose he just sits there slumped in his chair mumbling one word answers like a moody child. And the way he says "we" instead of "England" really annoys me, he's meant to be a journalist. I don't know why the BBC just doesn't let him dress up as a Beefeater and have done with it.