Although how can those possession stats be right? Did they say 56% to them? No way!!!

I believe!

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El Tactico

We can do it. COYB!!!

Disagree - there aren't enough positive words in the English language to aptly describe what we just witnessed.

In the last eight months we have seen a good, workmanlike 'do the numbers' team turn into one with method, control, attacking options and blimey, even a bit of pace!

Whatever happens for the rest of the season (and there'll be plenty of ups and downs), I think there will be many contributors to this site eating humble pie and questioning their judgement.

Keep up the good work, Blues — don't blow it now! Chapions League? We are having a laugh!

Nothing clever about that – it seemed obvious to me at the time. Ker-ching!!

To think I was going to put my seat on Stubhub today due to family wedding and Mrs' birthday yesterday! So glad I didn't, the drive from back in deepest Devon flew past and it feels like 1987!

Bobby, you're a genius. Can't wait for Easter Sunday. Enjoy your afternoon Blues.

"[B]ut it was Séamus Coleman and Olivier Giroud who encapsulated the difference between these teams. In the 63rd minute, the Republic of Ireland defender, a £60,000 signing from Sligo Rovers, sprinted up the field performing keep-ups for at least 30 yards of the journey. Goodison reverberated to the sound of 'Olé'. Moments later, a 50-50 ball dropped inside the Everton penalty area. Giroud pulled out of the challenge and left Gareth Barry to it."

Otherwise, great performance. Still make Arsenal slight favourites due to run-ins, but good to finally see us step up in an important game...

Surprised at Wenger's selection / tactics, delighted with our's. Only Citeh look to now be a real test in our run in if we can maintain our current form. Race for fourth really on.

Arteta seemed to connect with swinging forearm rather than an aimed elbow - frustration bubbling over rather than real nastiness in my opinion, and I think the incident will be considered as done and dusted by the authorities.

Don't take any media crap about a poor Arsenal performance. They had the possession and the shots to win a game, but not against us today.

Lukaku's celebration was interesting in a 'thank you Boss' kind of way (like Deulofeu this week) and this could be a pointer to our prospects for next season.

And was Seamus's wonderful 'keepy-uppy' run straight out of Gaelic football? More please!!

When that Lukaku shot broke for the first goal I cant think of a single player I would have wished it went to more than Naismith, great finish again by him and his work rate was once again unbelievable.

Stones was top class again and Baines had his best game for a long while.

Moment of the match for me was Colemans keepy-upies run followed by another incredible bit of skill shortly afterwards to leave the gunners defence for dead.

I cannot rembember a more satisfiying Everton performance since the 80's

Proud to be a blue

There have been a number of very good articles about the difference Martinez has made to Everton this week end, especially in The Guardian and Observer.

Credit to Kenwright for picking 2 managers who were the right people at the right time

Unless we implde and we won't Everton will be in Europe and I expect Lukaka and Barry to be signing full contracts over the summer.

Roberto is off to Brazil for the world cup so no doubt he'll pick up a few more players there.

My man of the match is Naismith

I think we are far more dangerous when playing two up front as we did with Lukaku and Naismith. Mirallas and Lukaku are top, top players and with Barkley, Naismith, Baines and Coleman we are very, very dangerous team going forward. When you add Deulofeu and (maybe) McGeady you can see that Everton can be optimistic for the next month.

Our entire defense is full of excellent players and I must admit that McCarthy is far better player then I was thinking.

Roberto Martinez you are the boss ;)

So happy. Great to see and FEEL the atmosphere, to see the team not be out of sorts by the big game, to see big ROM celebrate with Roberto like that!

Nessismith looks a player as a centre forward. He’s got decent pace and his positional play is great (something lost when out wide). He no longer looks to be a duff and could well have a decent career with us.

Lukaku out wide is a decent option. It gives him more space and the chance to run at the defense. In the long run he will definitely be at traditional no 9, but his pace and strength out wide will cause defenses much trouble, and with Nessi’s positional sense in the middle, we’ll be more dangerous.

Barkley was brilliant, very composed. Once his awareness of space and players around him (when to pick the pass or shoot) develops he’ll be a beast.

McCarthy was MotM, brilliant. Dominated the midfield and once Flamini got booked, every ball in the middle seemed to arrive at his feet. His dominance was evident in the frustration shown by Arteta at the end.

Coleman... I Love You.

It ain’t over til it’s over. We’re gonna win the league!!!!!!

Let's win the next two and put the pressure on Arsenal to follow suit.

We came of age today. To take a team like Arsenal and give them a footballing lesson, was just exhilarating. The team was truly a team and the the team and the crowd were one, It was "We're Everton mate and don't fuck with us!"

So glad it was a whole team effort and the way we took the piss out of them was truly great to experience.

We've got a difficult run in and we might not get in the Champions League but whatever happens, people are sitting up and taking notice of us now.

I am so pleased for Naismith who received a lot uninformed and vitriolic comments from some on here. I think one said the worst footballer they had seen in an Everton shirt. I hope they will now shut the fuck up and just get behind our players.

Boss curry and chips, confidently batter a top side, then come out of the ground and pick up £140 winnings from Hills - five nicker, 3-0, 28/1.

There's an episode of Bilko that sees Ernie have a day when everything goes his way.

If both boats sink in the boat race and West ham win, I'll stay in tonight, convinced Madeline Smith will arrive in a time machine from 1973 (no bra!) asking if I fancy 'a bit of the other'

Up the Toffees!

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I was that sinner !

- Lukaku sprinting to hug RM after his goal. The boy loves his manager and that is a plus for us going into next season.
- Coleman's run with the keepie-uppies. Bloke in the pub with me reminded me that while he was doing it, he was out-sprinting the defender.
- When everyone still thought Kev had scored the third goal (o.g. but he was still as much a part of it as anyone could have been) the way the players mobbed him - this team is there for each other and are clearly so happy for each other.

Giving some credit to Kev for that goal, it means that, in a manner of speaking, all three strikers that started the match for us (pretty much) scored a goal. Love it.

1) The players want to play for him

2) He improves the players and gets the most out of them during the game by using them tactically to our advantage.

With some managers, they play players out of position and those players then perform at a fraction of their potential. Often they do it with negativity in mind. Central midfielders on the wing, defenders in midfield. With Martinez he often does it because of some attacking threat they will expose.

We may or may not get CL football - it's in our hands certainly, but a tough task - however, long term I'm convinced we've got more chance of breaking the domination of the rich 6 with this man in charge.

Great win, great form, and the sight of Coleman doing the tricks was just superb. The Irish Cafu indeed.

Certainly think he is capable of playing in a central 2 at home to City when Barry is unavailable.

Got to be 30 years ago, at least!

This is a proper 'caterpillar to a butterfly' moment for this Everton side.

Awesome, Roberto. Thank You...

Unfortunately, I don't live in PDX anymore, I moved abroad. If you go to 4-4-2 on Hawethorne (I assume it's still there) to watch matches you'll run into some toffees. Beaulahland on 28th is a great place to watch the Workd Cup. Portland is a great town for football. My email is stephenkarnes@gmail.com if I can help you out with anything PDX related. It's an amazing town.