Naismith injury doesn't look serious

I'd go with Eto'o and Lukaku on Thursday, with Barkley next to McCarthy (if he's fit enough) or maybe Besic.

Anyway Ozzie had a fine game and I noticed his run half the length of the pitch to slide home Eto'o's pass. He is a clever player and may well blossom in the Barry role where he can direct play and make some space for himself. We may well have stumbled upon his best position.

That's seven games without defeat so let's make it eight against the big bad Wolves of Wolfsburg.

Should have a couple more back for Thursday so looking good at the minute.

Yeah no shit Roberto. Anyone who'd watched Scotland v England could have told you this was likely to happen. Eto'o has retired from international football so should have been the first name on the team sheet after an international break.

Martinez has continually made baffling team selections this season. He strengthened the squad so that he had two first-team players in every position, then proceeded to run some of them into the ground whilst others look woefully short of game time.

Atsu and Besic must be wondering why they bothered signing for us, whilst Naismith and Barry have played nearly every minute they've been available.

"ANOTHER hamstring?"

With the exceptions before this week of Barry and Baines, who hasn't gotten any rest for the brutal holiday stretch? Jimmy Mac doesn't rest need a period. The only way to slow him down is with a cast.

As for Naisy, I love his engine and commitment to the cause but, if he didn't bring that every week, how in any God's earth can you start him before Eto'o and Barkley?

No sadly most of us haven't seen anything about Atsu to suggest

1) He has got anything to offer.

2) He is not going to explode after Christmas unless he has a total transformation into a man that looks like a Premier League footballer.

3) He will even stay at Everton beyond January when he is likely to go to the African Nations Cup.

The fact is that Chelsea loaned him to us because he wasn't getting games at the Bridge yet he is in the same boat here.

All-in-all, Atsu has had no impact whatsoever, not even a cameo impact like Deulofeu. At least Gerry was a player that made sparks fly when he got on the ball, even though he was a tad selfish – he was 20 and could have ironed that out. Atsu is 23 and looks like little boy lost.

I said in the summer that the player Everton should have tried moving for was Yannick Bolasie of Palace; I still say the same now only that other clubs are going to start seeing this is an underrated player. We may have missed the boat.

Bobby's stopped mentioning Kone, hasn't he?