It was a warm April evening that greeted the 200 individually selected Everton supporters who were invited to attend the Club's inaugural Fan Conference. Sceptics will suggest that this is a poor replacement for the sidelined AGM and only those who had renewed their season tickets for 2011-12 were deemed eligible for invitation.

Camera's in football were last weekends top two talking points, unfortunately the main focus of the media's attention was on Wayne Rooney's mind-boggling lack of class and limited grasp of his native tongue. Playing second fiddle to the mouth of England's most gifted footballer was a further example for those that argue for the introduction of "Goal line technology".