Anyway, in the pub I was at here in the US we deliriously belted out this classic number after the goal:

"Oh, oh oh, he's magic,
You Know,
Gerard Deu-lo-fe-u"

I know that Deulofeu ended up making the goal but when the game started and the first half progressed I was struggling with his lack of motivation to track back or make any attempt to put any pressure on the defenders, especially when he had lost the ball. Even Seamus started to get on his back and that may have got him moving. When he came on against Arsenal he was putting on the pressure, albeit at a very late time in the game, but as a sub he seems to get in their faces a bit more.

Stones continues to impress and when Jagielka returns I would have to say that I would be dropping Distin (as good as he has been). He prevented the goal which would have made it into a very different game. Stones would have to be Moyes’ going away present!

Seven games in a row. Nothing more to say......other than bring on bring on Palace at Goodison and COYB!

As always seems to be the case, when you're at the bottom nothing seems to go your way and when you're up near the top you get the breaks.

I might still be getting post Moyes flashbacks or maybe I just can't believe our luck, whatever, but I suspect a few of the last 7 games would not 've been won under the old regime, maybe not lost, but not won.

It could be that the old Arnold Palmer adage applies... people call me lucky, but it seems the harder I practice, the luckier I get.

Great result for the boys; for me, Barry was MotM just from the wonderful to watch John Stones. Yes, he makes the odd mistake, but I get such a happy warm feeling inside when he is on the ball, the feeling has only happened a few times in 63 years. So he is in great company already for me.

Long way to go yet but we couldn’t do any more than win.

COYB

It was a tough game - there were some meaty tackles going in from Sunderland, and Probert - who I can't decide if I don't mind or detest - was letting a lot go.

The definition of scraping a win, but that's the mark of a good side.

I feel that we shall need Coleman at his marauding best against Palace as they will be very difficult to break down, as all Pulis sides are.

BTW, Derek@679, I don't follow golf much, but do live in South Africa. I'm sure it was Gary Player who made the practice/lucky comment.

Derek - wasn't that a Gary Player quote?

What is "Blackadder's Elizabethan Puritan Auntie"?

Seems there is some dispute re Player/Palmer.

Where will it end?

It would be an utter joy to have GD at The Old Lady next season.

Mirallas suffers from the same malady but he does make assists on occasion and has scored a few. I would love to see a player with the ability to pick a pass in that frontline.

Strangely enough, even though Baines did not shine, he made the best pass of the game through to Naismith when he missed his best chance. Naismith's turn to beat Brown deserved a goal!

PS to all those shouting liar, I never let the truth get in the way of a good story!!!!

Erm Trevor - 63 - no mate! If you were perhaps to put it like this; what do you prefer, owning Sterling or loaning Del, then I might also plump for Sterling. But on a wish-list and purely comparative basis, it would be Del all day long.

They both share the same sort of 'youthful' indiscretions, - running at defenders perhaps once too often, not releasing the ball, not tracking back enough - and they also share the flair abilities to do the spectacular every now and then, and here Del might be the better of the two.

I would also throw the little I know about respective character into the mix. Yep, Brenda has done some couch sitting with him but Sterling always strikes me like an accident waiting to happen or a bomb that might go off - temperament (not good/volatile), attitude (can stink), two brushes with the law.

Nope GD for me mate.