It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Yeah my grandad used to rave about him :-)

Now look ere you -): What's the latest on your Caruffers then?... who's coming and going?

Lionel Messi video

Lionel Messi video - out of this world

P. GD. Pts.
1 Burnley 11 14 26
2 QPR 10 10 26
3 Leicester 11 6 23
4 Nottm F. 11 8 22
5 Watford 11 11 21
6 Blackpool 11 4 20

Still top after nearly 3 weeks now, but the table topping Clarets are unlikely to get much if anything from bogey ground Portman Road tomorrow.

Thank god I didnt go to trafford today. My pals just got back and said they were dire though SHampton played very well.

Under Fergie we would have had them.

No confidence in the team. Im beginning to wonder if Moyes got it wrong bringing in his own team, and never rated Neville as a player never mind a coach.

Ooops GF, no sympathy I'm afraid. David Moyes football genius, the chosen one :O) Still Fergies team with dithering davies tactics. Eleven years without a trophy, twelve looking odds on.

Looks that way chris mind youve forgotten we have a trophy the charity sheild LOL.

Glad I didnt go up, let a lad whos just lost his dad have my place.

Got to buy in January 2 central midfielders and a centre back, and offload the wingers and evans. Flog Fellani aswel, though dont think hes playing far enough forward.

What was Everton score?, been cleaning up a cellar all day.

Wouldn't sell Fellaini, on his day he is unplayable, looks like a fish out of water at mo. Going by the report in the Telegraph EFC didn't play that well either today, Hull didn't get any luck and Gareth Barry should have seen Red. They won 2-1 :O)

At least you won. When you pay bad and still win your going the right way imo.

Burnley go clear at the Top.

Burnley moved two points clear at the top of the Championship after a late winner at Ipswich.
The game at Portman Road seemed to be drifting towards a goalless draw until Scott Arfield headed home Kieran Trippier's 80th-minute cross to seal a sixth straight league win for Sean Dyche's side.

From my seat: Hull City (H)
By Ken Buckley :: 19/10/2013
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Football – back after the International break to a ‘Retro Theme’ with lots going on in the Fan Zone. However, our match day ritual built up over what seems like a million years won the day: we all assembled in the room of nonsense and, over a few bevies, all things Everton where discussed and argued over. With it being ‘Retro day’, my Brown over Bitter seemed to suit the theme... Time for the walk to the ground and getting in just before Z-Cars, cans of Coke being given away by Everton 1. And the Fan Zone being in full swing didn’t stop the patrons of the ‘Fat Van’ – ‘Scarf and badge stall’ – ‘Blue Dragon’ and ‘The Café’ having to form queues. Shame to see the ‘Winslow’ boarded up. Through the turnstile and a rack of shirts and other merchandise on sale. After scrutiny by a youngster I heard his Dad exclaim "50 quid! Yer 'avin' a laff" as I made my way to my seat.

Over 38 thousand of us gathered and gave the players a warm welcome and, on the ref's whistle, we were underway; strangely, after appearing to win the toss, we attacked the Gwladys Street end. Right away, we looked a touch jaded and out of sorts as Hull came storming forward and some of our keep-ball play was a touch off, shall we say... But, in true footy fashion, nothing is as it appears to be; within 10 mins we were one-up when we forced a corner which Baines played in – not very well, I need to report – but the upshot was that the cleared ball fell to Osman who, with spatial awareness, fed Mirallas who clipped a daisy-cutter home via the upright. Much celebrating and noise ensued, amongst which, I wondered why the keeper didn’t make an effort and after watching our big screen could still find no answer; one of those things, I suppose.

I said to my mate, "We need a good 10 minutes as they are now bound to throw things forward" and we did manage that, thus allowing things to settle a little. Hull were looking decent and not like a team that might go straight back down and we had more than a few nervy moments. As I wished for Lukaku to burst into Rambo mode, he seemed to fade away more than a little and the back-line wasn’t looking that calm either; but for McCarthy and Barry in centre-mid, they would have been under more pressure. Barry got booked for what appeared from my seat no more than winning the ball... yet the Hull striker Graham was stretchered off and replaced by Sagbo. Aluko then had a couple of goes at lying on the turf to get the game stopped each time he was robbed, which infuriated the faithful, but our players did the modern thing and kicked it out.

We had a spell of looking more than shaky from set pieces; twice in a short space of time, Faye wasted two good opportunities to level the scores. On the half-hour mark, we buckled after another lying-on-the-turf incident, Aluko went past the sleeping Baines and from the by-line whipped in a cross that the unattended sub Sagbo rifled home. The goodly number of Hull fans present enquired as to who we were. The Park Ends grasp of ‘Anglo Saxon’ was demonstrated.

The remaining 15 or so mins of the half in truth belonged to Hull who had the best of the chances, especially from corners where we looked vulnerable, Baines headed off the line and Distin deflected a dipping rocket over the bar. Hull players were still lying on the turf as 4 mins of added went up and the exodus for bars and bogs missed nothing.

Half-time and, in keeping with the retro theme, we had the great Ray Wilson also Derek Temple and Geoff "Was it over the line?" Hurst presented to us. They received a tremendous if wet reception as God opened the heavens and Everton opened the sprinklers!

Second half started and most agreed we needed to up our game as the opening half had been sort of half-throttle with many citing the international duties of many being the cause. Well, we did start the faster and with more coherence but were soon brought back to earth as Hull almost took the lead with a shot that just evaded the upright with Howard nowhere. The manager had seen enough and didn’t hesitate to swop Osman for Pienaar before the hour mark; "Good on him," I mused...

What a sub it turned out to be as, within seconds, a move begun by Howard and through proper joined-up stuff found its way to Mirallas out wide right. He cut in and out and fed one across goal to find the in-rushing South African who slotted with some aplomb. Much celebrating by players and fans alike took place down the Park End culminating with a raucous rendition of ‘Who are yer’ 30-odd minutes still to go and with Hull looking dangerous from corners and free kicks the 12th man tried a rallying call but that just sort of died away. Although not playing badly, we did look vulnerable which transmitted to the fans and the playing of the ball across the back was starting to be frowned upon.

Barry and especially McCarthy were doing sterling work all across the park and some of McCarthy’s lung-busting work reminded me a little of Tommy Gravesen in his pomp. Corners were always a scary time for fans assembled and Hull came close a couple of times.

I don’t know if it’s a Belgian thing or not but, yet again, both Lukaku and Mirallas were looking shot just after the hour mark. Our new manager noticed this and replaced Lukaku with Kone before the 70-min mark. Mirallas was left on and given encouragement. We still played the ball about at the back up until the point where Hull had pressed right up on us and someone had to hoof! A bit of fine tuning required, methinks.

A good break on the left saw Kone come infield at pace and into the six-yard box. He shot with venom and beat the keeper but not the post; he did retrieve the ball but this time fired at the keeper who parried away; drat – a goal would have done him the world of good.

We were now playing the clock down but still time for Mirallas to hit the ball into an opponent and Distin to head over from a corner when more could have been expected. Final whistle and I am sure most in attendance put it down as three points gained from a patchy performance – but you take these wins no matter what.

MotM – McCarthy.

Overall, a good day out... albeit, to watch, a game that never reached any heights. The Martinez Way was well tolerated with understanding until about three quarters of the way through the second half, when – after one spell that became more than hairy as Hull closed us down – the faithful reacted and a fan near me succinctly put it: "Stop piss-balling about, Everton!"

I enjoyed the combination of McCarthy and Barry in midfield as they played with a commitment to join up back to front and Barry, although receiving a yellow early on, never shirked any tackles or tussles.

It will be interesting to see how we handle Villa away as we will need to be more ‘at it’ than we were today. Hopefully after a week’s rest, we should have shaken off any lethargy that may have been caused by the international excursions. We have had a fair start to the season in my book and I will be interested to take my first meaningful look at the league table come beginning of December which usually gives a good indication of possible league finishes.

Plenty of games to go and plenty to play for — Bring it on!
UP THE BLUES

World Cup 2014: France meet Ukraine in European play-offs

Former world champions France have been drawn against Ukraine in the European play-offs for the 2014 World Cup.

Portugal face Sweden, which means either Cristiano Ronaldo or Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not take part in next summer's tournament in Brazil.

Iceland, the lowest-ranked team in the play-offs, must beat Croatia to reach their first finals, while Greece meet Romania.

The two-legged ties will be played on 15 November and 19 November.

More to follow.

Pos. Team. pld w d l f a gd pts

1 BURNLEY. 12. 9. 2. 1. 22. 7. 15. 29.
2 QPR 11 8 3 0 14 4 10 27
3 LEICESTER 12 8 2 2 19 12 7 26
4 NOTT. F. 12 6 5 1 20 12 8 23
5 BLACKPOOL 12 6 5 1 14 9 5 23
6 READING 12 6 4 2 19 11 8 22

A rather wonderful sight ... I think you'll agree -):

No. Lol. How's Sheff wed doing Stan?

Sheff Wed? or as they are now referred to as Sheff "no wins" Wed are absolutely useless... Only a matter of time before the boy Jones gets the gooner -):

I will stick with arsenal then. oh dear. Thanks Stan. :-))

Can't go wrong with them this season D/C. IMHO.

PUBLISHED
16:27 22nd October 2013

Burnley striker Danny Ings has been shortlisted for the Goal of the Year at the Northwest Football Awards 2013.

The Clarets striker will battle it out alongside last year’s winner, Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Robin Van Persie (Manchester United), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Leighton Baines (Everton) and Cristian Montano of Oldham for the award next month.

Ings’ was shortlisted for his sensational opening strike against Nottingham Forest at Turf Moor in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday, September 24, when his shot on the turn levelled the scores and proved a catalyst for the 2-1 victory.

All six contenders will be hoping their goal is the winner at the annual Awards' night at Lancashire Cricket Club's The Point Conference Centre on November 4.

Guests will be asked to vote for their favourite strike, with the winning goal announced on the night by Awards' host and BBC TV's Football Focus host, Dan Walker.

Bet it wasn't a patch on this : Mark Hudson ... wonder goal

Not bad opportunism there Dil, but if you want to see pure skill from one end of the pitch to the other, then this is what Danny Ings is capable of:

Just feast your eyes on the first 15 seconds of this match (after skipping the Ads.) to see the best away goal of the season so far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5uHEqUuaNY