I like that reasoning

He pretty much scored the first 3, after which Phil Brown finally realised 2 strikers up front might be a slightly better way to score goals (rather than have 1 weighing the same as 2). Unfortunately, this left us light at the back, and 2 more goals materialised.

Have you seen our away record? More proof not to get carried away

Bar the odd game here and there Everton have played like that since Donovan signed. Certainly at home we've beaten City, United and Chelsea.

Spot on, we play our best football when 4-4-2 as has been proved against Man City/Chelsea and many more occasions. We simply dont have the players that are good enough to play 4-5-1 and get a result yet Brown still plays it

you simply dont have the players that are good enough to play full stop

I don't think there was anything wrong with Hull's formation, it's the players. They are just dumb lower league standard players. Whenever Baines, Neville, Jagielka or Distin got the ball they had a choice between Arteta, Heitinga and Yakubu all the time. Hull just didn't get close enough.

Defending in football is generally a choice between man marking and zonal marking. Hull were doing neither, they were getting 10 men behind the ball, but leaving Arteta completely unmarked.

If you are playing against Everton you man mark Arteta, you man mark Pienaar and you push up to stop Baines getting down the wing. Hull sat deep and ignored Everton's dangermen.

You will also find that gun crime has risen as the popularity of Buckaroo has fallen.

How many international caps has the world class midfielder got?

I think Klasnic is a smashing player. Would love to see him and CY Lee at City. Lee is my favourite non-City player at the moment. I like watching him play. Genuinely clever and skillful footballer.

Quote mutt1="mutt1" Oh and speaking of the tubby peice of lard Johnson www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... d-fan.html'" More than one of your players have been arrested for sexual assault in the past. Probably a higher proportion than any other club... Quote mutt1="ash4hullfc"Please, please, please tell me you didn't write that you'd pick Nicky Shorey ahead of Leighton Baines? I'm positive you didn't write that, it surely can't be right. If it is, I'll have whatever you've been taking.'" Based on composure in international games, then I would. Baines looked like a little boy lost against the mighty Egyptian team. Could you imagine Maicon running at him full-pelt? Scary thought

Quote mutt1="mutt1" Oh and speaking of the tubby peice of lard Johnson www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... d-fan.html'" More than one of your players have been arrested for sexual assault in the past. Probably a higher proportion than any other club... Quote mutt1="ash4hullfc"Please, please, please tell me you didn't write that you'd pick Nicky Shorey ahead of Leighton Baines? I'm positive you didn't write that, it surely can't be right. If it is, I'll have whatever you've been taking.'" Based on composure in international games, then I would. Baines looked like a little boy lost against the mighty Egyptian team. Could you imagine Maicon running at him full-pelt? Scary thought

ah the destitute mans xabi alonso...............

Remind me who Alonso plays for? Arteta is better than any Liverpool midfielder bar Stevie G. Care to answer back to that?

Lucas> Arteta