SCREECH AND SPURS

By Greg O Keeffe on Oct 31, 08 12:06 PM

IT'S TOO early to say Screech has confounded his critics entirely and suddenly looks a bona-fide £15m player.

There are still some rough as Runcorn edges to the gangly Belgian's game, together with an apparent inability to sprint and a Dacourt-style knack for picking up yellow cards.
But importantly he is starting to look at home in our central midfield and contribute in the only currency that matters - goals.
A leveller against United, the late late winner against Bolton (Saved by the Bell, I'd write, if it didn't have more cobwebs on it than Moyes' cream cardie), they have started to flow.
I feared for Fellaini against United when he took an understandable ear-bashing from Phil Neville for not tracking Darren Fletcher. His response looked hurt and angry. Although Neville was right, It smacked a bit of blame the new kid.
But Screech didn't let his head drop, kept going, kept getting the ball and eventually took a more positive contribution from his skipper which he dispatched a la Duncan to get Goodison properly bouncing for the first time this season.
(I say bouncing but we don't, thankfully, bounce do we? Bouncing is a very, very Kopite trend which is already being adopted by one-game-a-season telly clappers of other colours).
So it'd be ace if Moyes now found a way to adapt Cahill and Fellaini into one attacking unit. Our aerial threat would be immense, and Saha doesn't seem to be doing much anyway so The Yak might as well play solo.
We'll see what happens after another annoyingly early kick-off tomorrow. It'd be nice, for once, if we did the expected and took three points from Fulham without any fuss.

Elsewhere, I notice (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11675_4429363,00.html) that Spurs have decided to leave White Hart Lane, their home of 109 years, for a new bigger stadium.
The North Londoners' motivations are essentially the same as Project Kirkby. Increase a way too small capacity to 60,000, and bring in new revenue.
So far, so similar. But why then, is the next bit so annoyingly easy. 'The north London outfit also confirmed that they would be staying within their current home of Tottenham, as the new stadium will be located on land adjacent to The Lane.'

Makes you bite your lip and try not to feel sorry for ourselves doesn't it?