Goodbye Goodison.

First thing first. A big thank you to everybody in Liverpool who made my trip to Goodison on Saturday so enjoyable. Enjoyable? Perhaps that’s not the right word. I can’t think of one that is though.

It’s a day I’ll never forget that’s for sure. Yea, actually it was enjoyable, but it was also tinged with sadness. It’s not my club, but even I had a lump in my throat as they played Z-cars for the last time That was special.

Top marks to the club and everybody who worked so hard to make it such a good day for everybody lucky enough to be there. It was pitched perfectly.

What a line-up of Goodison greats they had. It was amazing. As I stood putting names to faces I realised that actually everybody was there. Dixie Dean. He was there. And Bally. And Howard Kendall. And the Golden Vision, Alex Young. And too many more to mention. You could feel their presence. What a club. Good luck to you all in your new home.

Big congrats to Palace. I’m delighted for Steve Parish and Brighty, his loyal lieutenant. It’s a long overdue success for another club that I’ve got a huge soft spot for. It was also a great result for football, proving you can still succeed and do things sensibly at the same time.

What was Guardiola doing? We’ve got to stop managers going on the pitch at the end of games. I thought Dean Henderson handled himself really well He should’ve told him to fuck off. How dare he complain? What does he mean ‘It’s not fair play. You should not - it’s not fair’? Of course he was referring to Henderson’s time-wasting. And it is fair. It worked. It disturbed City and their rhythm.

I know it can be infuriating, but it’s all part of the game. What does Guardiola expect - that teams should the way he wants them to? So City can beat the living daylights out of them? Get off. You play the way that you believe will get you a result. That’s exactly what Palace did. That it irritated Guardiola was a bonus.

He should be more concerned about why Haaland didn’t take the pen City were awarded. What’s happened to him? Was he scared or is he bored? Something isn’t right. The Haaland that arrived at City would never have passed up that opportunity.

I think the result also hastens Guardiola’s departure. If they lose to Bournemouth tomorrow the winning coach will be in pole position to replace him.

I read that teams are facing a clampdown on confronting and bullying refs? What again? This makes me laugh. Every season ffs. And nothing ever happens to stop it.

I’ll tell you what should be addressed - along with stopping coaches enter the field of play at the end - the ridiculous way players mark at corners now. All the holding and blocking is a nonsense. And there’s an easy way to stop it - give penalties. I don’t care if they give half a dozen a game - we’ve got to stop players doing it.

I didn’t see the West Ham game. How’s the semi-automated off-side system working? I told you it didn’t work. I understand it took six minutes to reach one decision, after they had to revert protractors and crayons? Well done guys.

And let’s hope there’s a re-think about when a flag goes up after the horrendous injury to Forest’s Awoniyi This was the accident we’ve all been expecting to happen.

It was nice to see Jamie Vardy bow out in style. He’s been a big presence at a Leicester - sometimes too big behind the scenes, but there’s no doubt about what he contributed on the pitch. He deserved his goal and the send off. By the way - what a run by Justin and a lovely ball to make the chance.

I’ll leave you with a little teaser. Stand by for a cross town transfer that would cause a real storm, but at the same time be good for all parties. This week will determine whether it happens