Calvert-Lewin over the moon to be fit and firing again

Not only can he score goals, he works his socks off for the team, his hold-up play and aerial power mean we have an outlet up front and that quality allows the team to keep its shape and stay organised.

Important he's back and also that we have good quality back-up for rotation in Beto. These two will help more than anything else keeping the club in safe waters.

A message to Dominic: it obviously hurt getting booed by a few dozen supporters, probably born out of a general frustration more than a personal attack. But I think it's fair to say 99.9 % of fans love him, support him and appreciate his selfless workrate and goals for the club.

Let him prove his fitness over the first half of the season and then tie him down to a long-term contract before the likes of Arsenal come sniffing.

For now, let's enjoy him being back and give him our full support. Beto must be sick as a parrot.

Hopefully Beto adapts and then Dyche can find a system that can pair two 6ft-4in centre forwards into the same forward line because they are both quick, they are both strong, they can both play with their backs to goal or run in behind, but can they form a lethal partnership?

Loads of people have criticised Dominic for not being fit but this wasn't valid, imo. How can it be when he has been the only genuine centre-forward at the club for years? No wonder we have been fighting relegation these past two seasons.

I think too many people (especially pundits) wrote us off this season without factoring in the possibility of Calvert-Lewin getting time on the pitch.

Sure, he is not the second-coming of Romario, but he has been an effective focal point for some pretty decent football since at least the time of Ancelotti. We didn't get to see much of that last season but the home win against Palace was pretty much the standout example of how the whole team can play when he is fit.

We're still pretty terrible but, if we carry on in this vein, we'll be comfortably safe. Beto looks like a decent backup for now but it would be nice to see him get more minutes when the scoreline is (not often) looking safe.

Beto's a big unit which is definitely good after having Tyrion Lannister as our back up to Dominic, but I do look forward to seeing him improve.

Let's pray Dom stays fit.

I'd love to see us play with 2 up top, nobody would want to face those two, just need Sean Dyche to coach them how to play together and not occupy the same spaces.

Seeing him fit and back in the team is truly like seeing a newly signed player. He looks lean and hungry. I hope he prospers with the likes of Garner and Harrison now in the team for him to feed off. A ray of hope for us going forward this season. He's a class act.

As Tony has said, for years he was Everton's only centre-forward. Pushed forward, badly and changeably coached, little or no third-quarter play, and with all the pressure that an Everton centre-forward will traditionally get from highly expectant fans.

He will be selected before Beto when fit, purely on financial grounds, which is now the root of any decisions at Everton. If he plays to the end of the season, he will be off-loaded, being of value. Beto is a better sub than Maupay.

I still think Calvert-Lewin comes too deep and can't get into the right attacking position as a result and not able to challenge the goalkeeper. This means a defensive line can push up on him, compacting forward play. He rarely attacks the near post and is not a threat on the ground or going past players. He is good at heading the ball and can look good with his flicks.

I think he should concentrate on Ancelotti's one-touch advice, but he does not have the required focus that Ancelotti said is essential. But now at Everton we have other scorers which helps a lot, and were non-existent, except for Richarlison's out-of-the-blue goals. Richarlison never was a passer, which has proved his downfall.

Beto should develop better, having been better coached before he arrived at Everton, with less pressure than Calvert-Lewin had to endure.

The good thing is that Calvert-Lewin's mental health should be a lot better, something Dyche managed well.

Unless you (not you personally) had been at Villa that day, then the fans in attendance would not have known the true extent of Calvert-Lewin's injury. Most, if not all, thought his hamstring had gone again.

I don't condone any booing of players, and to be fair, it was only a very small minority out of the 3,000 Blues in attendance who did boo. We didn't have the benefit of seeing his face close up on a TV screen, as he walked away down the opposite touchline to the tunnel in the opposite corner.

However, I regularly complain about the service to him which to my mind is generally the one-dimensional kick up the middle with Dominic left battling for a knock-on. I also feel that our corners and free kicks lack variety and are simply aimed at our Big Boys in the middle. If we can add a little more variety and quality to our play, then I think we will get the very best from him.

But it is great to see him enjoying playing, and I hope he has the good luck to stay clear of injury.

I don't think focus is the weakness with Calvert-Lewin he lacks top-quality technique to slot like Aguerro and others of that ilk.

His goal at Villa was a case in point: he looked far from comfortable approaching the keeper one-on-one but managed to score. The same game saw him with an open goal from an acute angle but the side netting copped it rather than the onion bag. He just can't get his feet sorted quick enough

But I hope it works out he does good work in other areas and we're certainly better for having him in the side.

The fans booed because they thought his hamstring had gone? That's okay, is it?

A player gets injured and as a fan he or she thinks "Fuck it, I'll boo him off." Nothing quite like kicking a man when he's down.

I understand and completely get that we were all frustrated with the lad's progress and we were all willing him to get back onto the pitch but finally, on the day he gets a start, he pulls up again. Face, hamstring or lost bollock – how can you differentiate?

He didn't plan to get injured but some booed him off thinking it was his hamstring. It's the modern supporter. It's how they are. Stop booing our own players when they get injured. That's all I would ask. Be frustrated but don't boo him as he heads off the pitch en route to the local A & E. All rather unnecessary and does nothing to rally the rest of the team at that particular moment.

It's no coincidence we've won 3 of our last 4 since he's been back. We've created more, scored more, played better with him in the team.

He's maturing, coming to the prime years now, I just hope he can stay fit, we need him. The breaks probably come at a good time for him to recharge after a few starts on the bounce.

We could see the best of him towards Christmas when he's back to full match fitness. He's going to get 12 - 18 goals I reckon.

Surely, despite whatever shortcomings some of you seek to identify, his name has to be one of the very first when the teamsheet is published.

I've slagged him and Dyche off a lot the last few months, but they both deserve huge credit for holding their nerve and not rushing him back when the temptation to do that must have been almost overpowering.

I think the club haven't treated him very well either, I suspect it will come out that a lot of his injuries have been as a result of being played when he wasn't quite right.

I think the damage between player and fans is probably done now; I don't see him signing a new contract but at least now we will get a proper fee for him in the next few months.

For me Dominic has always given 100% when fit, I understood when he was going through that lean spell and breaking down with his hamstring injuries.

Yes he has his faults but if he stays fit I have no doubt there will be plenty of clubs, top ones at that, who will pay handsomely for his services, until then I hope he helps us up the league but won’t be surprised if or when he moves on.

I think sometimes tensions boil over when we see time and time again a player breaking down and, whilst we cannot take our frustration out on everyone else, it is the player who gets both barrels.

I would simply urge some restraint when we might think it's time to boo. I've never booed but then my Dad would have clipped me round the back of the head if I had. I didn't grow up with it.

Anyway, enough of that and back to Calvert-Lewin. He's a class act on his day and so I feel, if we can keep him fit, he'll be the reason we stay up. He gives us that much IMO.

I suspect his early years in the first team hampered him, and took a toll on him physically, because he was asked to do the running of two players, out on the wings and as a target man. Ancelotti helped him by telling him to remain in an area roughly the width of the penalty box.

He probably won't end up in the pantheon of great Everton number nines, mostly due to the paucity of Everton's squads in recent years, however, he is and has been a very important element of the current Everton team.

We have seen how poor Everton have been without him, and whilst I preferred Richarlison for his knack of scoring goals from barely half-chances, I was always of the opinion that we would miss Dominic more should he have been sold instead of the Brazilian.

I hope that Beto improves markedly in the next few months, because if Dominic does leave the club in the coming year, he will need to be replaced, and there aren't that many of his type available for the fees that Everton can afford. If Beto doesn't improve and Everton don't change their style of play, we will be back to square one.

Would Dominic choose to berate the Evertonians when he eventually leaves Goodison? I doubt he'd do that and it would be totally out of character for the bloke and whilst some may deserve both-barrels, I think Calvert-Lewin is far more popular with fans, than social media would have us believe.

You're not my long lost brother are you? My Dad would moan and whinge in the pub before and after the game but, when the 11 in blue shirts crossed the touchline, they got his unwavering support for the full 90 minutes and he expected nothing less from me.

Calvert-Lewin is for me a fabulous centre-forward on his day, the midfield must love him, there is always an out ball, he is quick, strong, brilliant in the air and, despite what Jerome says, is good on the ground. If we keep him fit, we stay up – simple as.

Isn't it great to have been brought up proper!!!!!

Calvert-Lewin knows he has to perform each week now and doesn't just walk into the side as Beto is there as a better option than what has been before (Maupay, Simms etc). Competition for places is healthy and drives players to be better!

Beto has potential but on Saturday he reminded me of Rondon with a bit smaller waistline. He looked lethargic and certainly wasn't busting a gut to make an impact. Chermiti certainly was.

Fair play to Dyche. He's got these German trainers to help Calvert-Lewin successfully thus far. Long may his fitness and stellar form continue.

Because of the type of player he is, in my opinion, we will see the best of him as he gets older & wiser.

Think of Giroud, Dzeko & Ibrahimavic these players get better with experience.

I think his all-round game has improved massively, he relishes the responsibility now. He's had it on his shoulders for a while, prematurely in my view.

We should be celebrating the way this lad has played through the pain, through the injuries, rushed back even, when we had no striker, played when his mental health wasn't right, but the lads never complained, never moaned never uttered a word against the club or fans.

Even in the face of boos when he's tried to keep playing with a fracture to his cheek. Even when fans berate him for his fashion sense, taking crap while doing his best, giving his all.

Oh and scoring the goal that saved us from relegation under Lampard.

And people boo him!!

The focus I am talking about is getting to position for the one touch. He is hit-and-miss with having to improvise in front of goal. The beauty of Ancelotti's advice was it had Calvert-Lewin focusing on getting into position in the goalmouth area. Not coming deep and not being able to get in position.

When Duncan McKenzie signed for Nottingham Forest for a huge fee in his first game he decided he had to get on the ball and came deep to receive a pass. In receiving the pass, he heard Clough shouting, “What are you doing, Sunny Jim, we are not paying you to be there.” During a World Cup in which Clough was a pundit one of the other pundits commented that Karl Heinz Rummenigge was not helping the team, he never came deep to receive a pass. Clough said “He is not interested it is not the job he is paid for.”

Ancelotti gave the example of Inzaghi who was a one-touch specialist, 313 goals in Italy and the sixth highest scorer in European Competitions with 70 goals.

Calvert-Lewin made little of Ancelotti's advice, after he left, which got his highest-scoring season. Probably influenced by know-it-alls at Finch Farm. He then got injured that Summer.

I have no doubt that the perpetrators of such verbal diarrhoea have never kicked a ball in earnest in their lives. They couldn't have. Otherwise, they could not fail to see an honest player, learning his trade, honing his skills and giving his all for the team. The frustration of the fans at his recurring injury problems are nothing compared to the frustration the player himself suffered. Please God, that is all behind him now, as frankly a fit Calvert-Lewin is the difference between success and failure for us right now.

My memory goes back to Howard Kendall's first tenure at the club. A series of dud signings and a disastrous run of results was signalling the end of his management. Then from out of nowhere an injury-prone crock of a centre-forward by the name of Andy Gray suddenly hit form. The effect throughout the team was infectious, and the rest, as they say is history.

Let's hope that particular passage of the history of EFC will repeat itself, with perhaps a good Cup run this term, before we pull the final curtain down on Goodison Park and start our new life on the waterfront.

"A fit Calvert-Lewin is the difference between success and failure for us right now." Maybe when this raw kid matures in to a top Premier League goal machine, we can start the 'legend' posts. Oh, hang on a minute – he's in his prime now and if he starts banging in the goals and one of the big boys come a calling, he will be off in a flash.

But that's me with the fairytales now. Average player with limited ability in the box, and next to none outside it. Let's hope he can stay fit and focused this season and chip in with 12 goals.

This game, again to me, was the start – not the Oxford Utd game in the next round of the League Cup.

There's quite a few people keeping very quiet on the matter when they had an awful lot to say about him being soft as shit, an injury faker, a laughing stock etc not too long ago.

Hopefully there are no plans to sell. Beto should improve once he settles in but Calvert-Lewin is still clearly our best striker by some distance – and would certainly be getting games at the likes of Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea and many others at the moment.

I am not saying that Calvert-Lewin is the greatest forward but he's ours and I'm happy we have him back playing.

There were a couple of Sheffield United fans saying that they couldn't believe he'd gone to a Premier League team and that absolutely they'd had our pants down for even the sum of £1.5M. What a bargain he's been.

I have to agree with that post. Too many on here called him 'Championship at best'. Not going to go into the comments about his clothing choices.

It is unusual for me to be correct but I posted about Calvert-Lewinafter the Arsenal game, when Silva was still manager. Calvert-Lewin gave both their centre-backs a torrid time that game and was more than a handful.

I hope he stays for a good few years and helps us actually win something.

Not coming deep, Not doing anyone else's job for them, always in position, making good on any opportunities and making any defensive line that push up pay for it.

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Unfortunately my Copy Link from YouTube fell flat on its face.

Serbia just took the lead with an unstoppable finish from Vladimir Lucic of Red Star Belgrade.

The biggest problem was the likes of Benitez who played him with a broken toe, and other managers who kept picking him when he was cleary not fit.

I have to compliment Dyche who never rushed him back, until he was completely fit, mentally and physically, and you can see Dom is back enjoying his football.

For all his critics on here, who are entitled to their opinion, but how you can look at Everton playing, like last season, when we were toothless upfront without Calvert-Lewin, and scrambling to get a goal, and not breath a sigh of relief to see him back? Remember the Brighton game?

Bugs me we haven't got a song for him. Geoff Lambert – name a better English Number 9 than Dom? I’ll give you Kane. Who else. You are talking rubbish.

Eso Beto, oooh that miss…..’

I’ll get me coat.

I'd call that a compliment, putting Calvert-Lewin on the same level as Watkins and Wilson.

'Kane is on a different planet to them all' — Spurs are playing better football without him, as the table shows.

Doucoure, Doucoure, Doucoure, Doucoure

Doucoure, Doucoure, na, na, na, na, na.

Could even tweak it to Onana, Onana, or in your case, de Beto, de Beto :-)

Other than that I can not add anymore to try and even get close to the and we love our Psycho Pat song.