Thought we were quite lucky to get a draw vs Porto - still can't make up my mind if we underperformed - or Porto were really up for it and were on form. They had a lot of possession in dangerous places - but thankfully their final pass was off/poor.
The B'ham game for me is the 1st game where I tohught we'd let ourselves down - fair play to Blues for defending well and resolutely - yet even with Torres on the bench I thought that the XI sent out there by Rafa should have been good enough to beat them. Was surprised that Crouch didn't start - as thought he'd be more effective against a team defending their own 18 yard box and not letting any space behind them.
Thought Torres showed his class last night vs Reading - after getting kicked around the floor and no protection from yet another inane ref he really impressed. Think it's about time Finnan and Arbeloa are given a rest - they did lokk a bit heavy legged at stages. Leto looked promising - a nice pass on him, though tired towards the end. Lucas did look class - kept things simple alongside Momo, so some more promising stuff from the younger lads too
