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Gareth Bale is beginning to look consistently world class - he's always had it in flashes but currently there's not many better on the world stage.

I was sat at GP on what I remember to be a horrible cold rainy day behind the goal where Ian Bogie scored the last minute equaliser - I can see it looping in over Southall's (?) head in slow motion now!

Brian McDermott's not Scottish is he? Otherwise I think all have been found looking at answers since the last update!

#1 I remember Port Vale beating us at theirs after a replay - maybe John Rudge was the long serving manager? Or Tranmere and Ronnie Moore. Or last guess would be Stockport and Dave Jones (but not sure if they actually beat us)?!

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11671/8495397

BOING BOING!!!

Own goal legends frank Sinclair and Michael duberry?!

Sadly I've given up on my laptop as it's gone really slow so only pop on on my phone nowadays and always miss the questions! Shame as I've known a lot of the answers - same could probably have been said by many when I've been in with the answers though! May I suggest a 3 strike rule on wrong answers so maybe the qu's stick about a little longer? (Then I may get a crack at some!)

Jones played at Blackburn in the prem and smalling did at Fulham but Fulham picked him up from non-league football.

I'm racking my brain for more now!!!

No they got him on a tribunal I think. Other similar examples could be wisdom from Bradford and further back villa picked Barry up from Brighton I think and Citeh got Richards from a lot lower level - not sure if either went straight in though.

Carl Jenkinson from Charlton to Arsenal - got game time pretty quickly aided by Sagna's injury.

There should be a Bainaar option when they link up like they did last night - excellent! Tore WBAs right hand side to pieces!

West Ham are denying there's a bid.

He's just waved an imaginary card at the ref - I don't want him anyway!!!

Very good player, big, dominant and good on the ball but... he's had a few injuries!!! A few of the London teams have been sniffing.

Diame's release clause has been triggered proceed to Goodison exercise...

4th Official has just tweeted that we want Negredo and........... Wanyama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surely not but please!!!! Also with Wigan looking to buy McGeady and Stones - could they be looking to sell to fund? McCarthy?!?!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfers-alvaro-negredo-is-now-1564287

Sounds a good bit of business - we are by no means solid at the back. Distin is getting on and Heitinga is making mistake after mistake. Bilbao are a good team who have played good football in recent years.

A player I can see us trying something for is Ricky van Wolfswinkel. If a loan or staggered payment is a possibility he seems to fit the bill!

Out of interest who are the 4 ahead of us - Chelsea, Man.Utd, Fulham and QPR at a guess?!

I only view neville and Distin as 'old' but they are both still valuable to EFC - Neville certainly has got Fer/Coleman to occupy his positions. Distin has Duffy maybe or this will be an area we'll strengthen in. Players like Jags, Osman, Pienaar still have at least 3 years at the top level. I would however like us to actively look to cover/compete Howard - not old in goalkeeping terms but still needs that top level competition.

To be fair he nearly got us relegated just 2 seasons later - Moyes has done a brilliant job at EFC recognised by 3 manager of the year awards. So the rebuilding overall is prob the biggest achievement or maybe breaking the top 4 - only a few clubs can claim that in the last decade, non with comparable finances to us.

Transforming us from perennial strugglers with an aging squad to perennial challengers for euro spots with some of the best players in the premiership seems the obvious reason to me!