Silva: Second half display is how we want to be

I reckon we'll continue to see these inconsistencies until Silva has his own side on the field.

I want Silva to achieve something here and I want stability back at this club, it's something we haven't had since Moyes left and we need to keep a manager in place for a number of season's now.

I'd love Silva to create a dynasty and, while it's too early to think of things like that, there's no disputing that at first glance he appears to have made pretty decent signings so far with two more yet to even play.

What does need to hit home with our players and management staff though is that Everton play at their best when we have tempo and gusto in our performance. We are not the kind of team that looks anything other than poor when we move the play about in such a lethargic manner as we did in the first half on Saturday.

The second half we let Fulham know exactly where they were, Goodison Park, and what has made Goodison a feared venue for many sides is that we make it a bear pit and get stuck in and press teams with velocity and aggression, we had that in the second half.

That is the level we must reach on a regular basis but also we need to start doing it in away games too.

I despair at the moaners who suddenly expect miracles! Let's see where we are in the New Year, I think the fans will be loving the results and football on offer.

I see this as a very similar incident to Niasse – running at pace, minimal contact and an exaggerated fall to con the ref.

Both penalties were scored, so I await the three-game ban... I fear I could be waiting a long time!!

Sadly, I look at some of the other teams, including our neighbours, and wonder why they can maintain a high level and quick game when we tend to only manage 45 minutes.

Should not the team be made ready and primed by the management to be ready to play at a high tempo and be more aggressive from the kick-off and not wait until half-time?

There are a few teams, including our neighbours and usually Leicester, who start at 100 miles an hour and if we don't match them then the game will be gone by the time the manager can sort them out at half-time.

Whatever anyone thinks of Souness, in his playing days he was regarded as super-fit. He reckons that he could last for about an hour in the current LFC playing style – and couldn't play every game.

And yet there was these reports, in The Scum I believe, that certain unnamed players were unhappy with his training, that they were being worked too hard.

Well, boo-hoo. These players have been too unfit for too long. I'm delighted Silva is making them earn their money. In order to be able to play the way he wants for a full 90, then they have to be the fittest team in the Premier League, and that means stretching the boundaries to do so. Silva will know who these moaners are, and Brands will be bouncing them out of the club come the end of the season, if not January.

I'm also awaiting with trepidation the outcome of the Watford and Cardiff youth player tapping investigations. You just know the FA will again want to make an example of the biggest side not in the Meeja Darlings Club just to demonstrate that they treat all clubs the same. Allegedly.