His reading of the game was excellent, making numerous timely interceptions. He looked comfortable bringing the ball out from the backline in an attempt to engineer a counter-attack, and his distribution (except for one misplaced pass) was very sound.

Heitinga looked equally as comfortable, playing cente-back for the Dutch but ofcoarse he wasn’t extended as much as Neill.

Cahill played up front supporting Josh Kennedy. The two were often isolated and our Timmy didn’t really get a look in. All in all, a solid hit out for our boys and most importantly no injuries to report.

Which raises an interesting question: who will Evertonians support if (please, please) a Cahill and Neill enhanced Socceroos are drawn against an Everton-less (neither Jags nor anyone of our other English fellas have any realistic chance, do they?) Free Lions at the World Cup?

Don’t get me wrong, I am the biggest Evertonian you will find, but when it comes to an international tournament, I will support my country and want them to do well.

Neill was a bit shakey (1 reserve game in 4 months!) at the start but got much better later on. I was impressed with him especially as we were up against decent opposition.

Johnny H was very good too. Most of the game he played a sweeping role as Australia had only one up front (if that).

If you think Moyes is conservative, you should see Pim Verbeek.

To support a national team against your own because a player from your club plays for them is sad to be honest. Said player would piss off out the door for another club if offered a bigger pay day.

The Aussies have the luxury of supporting who they want at national level because all their decent players play abroad. As for ex-pats, you should be ashamed if you support Australia over England. Would an Aussie do the same if he lived over here? No he wouldn’t! In that respect I’ll take an Aussie over a turncoat ex-pat anyday of the week.