Was the 7th most productive player in the league last season and when you consider those above him had a lot better people in front of them to finish off the chances thats no mean feat.

Top 7 were (cant remember the exact order but its to show the quality of players):

Drogba, Henry, Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Boa Morte, Milner....

Yeah forgot about that. I think because it wasn't for us a few people just write it off as "if its not in the black and white shirt then im not bothered what he does" but it showed he had the ability to do something when given a run and shown people have confidence in him. With the stupid prices of English players these days we would have been mental to flog him for £4m!

Milner is doin great recently imo...apart from some of his crosses they need improvement like. no1 can question his workrate or effort tho

Yeah, I was thinking that on the way back from the game.  We're getting ripped apart down our left time and time again; O'Brien doesn't look ready, Pattinson certainly doesn't look ready.. in the absence of Zoggy and Duff (although tbh I can't say I'm particularly missing Duff), surely Luque is worth a go, interested or not.  Robert didn't look interested for his last six months, but he still brought something to the team which the reserve lads just aren't at the minute

Okay, he scored. But answer me this; how many times did Milner put in a decent cross or get past a player today?

The Motm award baffled me. I thought Martins had a much better game, considering he was denied any service. He could have had a hat-trick today, from opportunities that were barely half-chances. Unfortunately the way he effortlessly trapped, spun and hit the ball in one swift movement was met by the quick reactions of Carroll - Whose sponsorship deal with Nobo contractually obligated him to play dressed as a highlighter pen. Carroll spoilt his impressive shot-stopping display and services to promote office supplies by blatantly wasting time every time he received the ball in open play.

Parker and Butt were poor - They just huffed and puffed to little success. They didn't provide any protection to the back four or provide any service to the forwards as Martins and Dyer dropped back deep because they wouldn't have received the ball otherwise. Martins as I said did his best to turn shit into gold, but Dyer struggled to make any impact other than win free-kicks at the edge of the box, which Rennie's inablility to move the wall the required ten yards back rendered useless.

Huntington and Edgar were the least experienced of the five who played in defence, yet looked the most composed. Solano seemed to desperately fling at everything and put us into bother with ropey clearances. Carr was played out of position, but I was particularly miffed when he let a ball go out of play for a throw-in rather than attempt to trap it with his left, needlessly putting us under pressure. And was it any coincidence that we conceded our two goals when Ramage was on the field?

Alan O'Brien's decent display made the decision to play the patently inferior Matty Pattison out of position - His natural position being in the crowd with the rest of us - even more strange.

Is Jonathan Pearce a West Ham supporter or something?!

I dont think Martin's touch yesterday was awful.He should get a goal yesterday but Carrol was at his best and the there was one time where the ball hit the post.Anyway back to the game,the 1st half was poor,I thought we were going to get humiliated again,but thank god we didnt.Milner's goal should be ruled off but I dont care.We played much much better in the 2nd half,and I think we were unlucky not to win the game.I also hope that Given's injury is not a serious one.

some of his touches in fashioning chances were world-class, though in open play he was a little bit sloppy but it would be harsh to say awful.

Honestly thought it was one of Martins' liveliest games. Touch was better than before and was very involved unlike many of his other games.

His touch on the ball is bad, and he lost the ball several times when he shouldn't have done. But we have to be realistic and accept the package he's offering. Great finisher but not very good during the build up.