Kone and Oviedo feature in U21s defeat

Kone was a decent player at Wigan and Craig is spot-on – let's support him and see how he has done by the end of May.

I am resigned to giving him a few more months to show his worth. If he hasn't come good after that time we should get him off the books pronto.

It'll be good to see what Kone does this season, and the the pressure's off him to a certain extent with Lukaku and Eto'o ahead if him. Like Craig said, it's hard to judge him until he's had a run in the team. I think the main bone of contention about his signing was his age and the lack of sell-on fee.

But to be fair the way transfer prices have rocketed this summer, £6m won't look too bad if he grabs a few goals and assists.. I believe he's got that side to his game as well as being a goal scorer. It'll be good to see what Kone can do.

Good to see some of the first team absentees making come backs too; good timing.

I just friggin love Oviedo and can't wait for him to be back. He adds plenty of pace and guile and the whole team seems to love him and that pays off as the morale boosted last year when he was finally able to show his stuff.

Kone is a good player and as long as he comes back healthy he will help this team, no doubt about it. Kinda insane it's taken as long as it has... and I get if that pisses some fans off, but let's see what happens.

As a third option up top and also enough skill to play wide, I think he can prove some Wiganphobes wrong.

Fucking Wolfsburg Thursday!!! I can't wait. Sauerbraten and shit!

Let's wait and see when he is fully fit. I will reserve judgement as it is no certainty that he and others will return well from their respective long term injuries.

I promised my son I would take him.

We seem to have assembled a very strong and skilful attacking force but early high balls are causing us trouble at the back and it will need to be sorted pronto. The Baggies couldn't put away their chances but others will.

A lot of people were obsessed with Vellios playing, he went on loan to Blackpool and couldn’t get a game for a bad side like them.

Green is always injured; if you have to sacrifice a few younger players to play players like Kone and Oviedo and he was probably one of them, you can only put 11 on the pitch.

Despite it being his first 90 minutes in eight months, Oviedo’s commitment to the cause was underlined when the Costa Rican international went sliding into a 50-50 with just a minute of the game remaining.

“It was tremendous for him to go in for that ball even if a few, myself included, were wincing a little bit on the side,” admitted Unsworth. “But he came through it fantastically well and I’ve seen him afterwards and he said he’s feeling good.

“It’s brilliant to see Bryan back. His injury is in the past and now he’s well on the road to recovery."

I hope Kone can prove his worth. I thought he looked decent in his brief spell at the start of last season except for his woeful finishing. Granted that is what strikers are judged on, but if he can bag a goal or two (even a tap in) his confidence will be boosted and he will sort that side of his game out. He will have to grab any opportunity he gets as he is now third choice behind Rom and Eto'o.

Oviedo of course is a proven talent at Everton and will boost the morale of everyone on his return. COYToffeeees!