Addick-ted to Mods and Walcott is a Prized Plum

Stolen from the Walcott family album

In the end, a job well done.

Cuddlychins, 6.5- Made a couple of decent saves near the end, largely untroubled.

The whole back 4, 6- Again, largely untroubled, but done what they had to pretty well.

Krankie, 5- No lack of effort, but no real end product. To be fair, the guy is a central midfielder, largely asked to play on the left wing. A very good player on his day, but he needs games.

Wilson, 4- Another shaky performance. Obviously a top draw fella, but have we outgrown what he has to offer?

Sandro, 6- Looked far better alongside Modric. Intelligent use of his body in several challenges. He’ll play a big part next season.

Townsend, 8.1- Gets the MOM over Mods simply because he played twice as long. In a team bereft of pace, he quickly established himself as our danger man. Saw him a couple of years back for Orient when they played Southend, and wasn’t mega-impressed. An off-day or quality of team-mates? Who knows, but he was very lively yesterday and his confidence grew as the game went on. Biggest praise I could give him is that he can count himself unlucky if he’s not on the bench v Manure. Well done lad.

Modders, 8 (on for Wilson at HT)- Changed the course of the game. Watching him this season has been a joy, and if he can add goals to his game, we’ll own the EPL version of Iniesta. I don’t say that lightly. Magnificent.

Defoe, 6.5- Typical Defoe performance, ran about a bit up front but delivered a couple of good finishes this time. Nice shooting practise for next weekend.

Pav, 5- Ran the channels quite nicely again, but his touch has deserted him of late. Needs to rediscover it quickly.

Not a bad F.A. Cup weekend all told. Dalgleish has started as I’m sure he’ll go on, my second team, Leyton Orient, beat a goal-happy Norwich City at their gaff, and the Geordies, Mackems and Boro got embarrassed. In fact, Leeds are now the most Northern team left in the competition, and could have been the talk of the 3^rd round again had the inevitable not come to pass. To be fair, I actually thought both of the late challenges were penalties (or at least, certainly seen them given for a lot less), so why the budget Aaron Lennon felt the need to come out and say he’d took a tumble (your honour) is beyond me. ‘I’m a good boy I am, I’m ever so ‘umble guv’. Leave it out Theodora, there’s a big difference between honesty and stupidity, and I’m afraid you’ve crossed the line on this one. Still, holding him up as the nation’s moral compass is far easier than trying to diagnose any post-match tourettes in the boy. ‘I’m not that kind of player, I don’t like diving’… well, you are, and you did. Plum.

So Beckham has arrived for training/ a medical then? After Harry publicly declared that the deal was all but complete, the news filtering through pre-match yesterday was that he was only here for some shuttle runs and cone dodging. BUT WAIT! It’s not dead yet! Wake me up when it’s sorted.