Digne is loving life at Everton

I've gone from absolute despair under Sam Allardyce to hope and excitement and always looking forward to the next game.

Long may it last. And a huge Thank You to Mr Moshiri. You're the man!

I was disappointed when we didn't get Tierney from Celtic in the summer, Digne came out of left field but he's been brilliant; long may it continue.

Very encouraging too, to both hear and see a player enjoying being at the Club, as opposed to the mercenaries of the past, and present, who will all soon be gone.

He is more accomplished than Baines was at his age. Though it's still some distance for him to get to Baines' level (at least in terms of attacking play and set pieces) of the 2012-13-14 seasons.

We probably can't expect a like-for-like replacement (Baines's set-pieces are quite something), but he doesn't have to be.

What a fantastic signing Lucas Digne has been, a quality player with a personality to match. You just know, when a player has his quality, you are going to get consistent performances from him.

Left-backs don't get as much of the limelight as a striker but I am every bit as pleased with the signing of Digne as Richarlison.

By contrast, Silva seems to be a great man-manager.

Gomes's recent social media comments imply that he too is loving it here. Richarlison falls into that bracket, Mina as well. Zouma seems content, but more in line with how previous signings have been happy.

Can anyone ever recall where so many new signings all came in and immediately seemed so happy to be here? It's been one of the most surprising aspects of this season, which is very refreshing after how long it took each of them to get into the side.

How rare for 6 new signings to come in and all seem to be 'hits', and none have flopped. Bernard still has much to improve, and Mina is still settling, but that is some record.

Look at Liverpool, spent 㿔 million on Fabinho and looks like he'll soon be gone. Man Utd spent 㿞 million on Fred, and he isn't getting in the team and has looked poor when playing. And there are countless examples of seemingly top players signed for big money and it quite simply not working out.

Shows how Silva & Brands having a 6 out of 6 'hit' record is quite the achievement.

All the right comments seem to be coming out of our club, the signings all look like they've improved us dramatically, and the manager seems to not only want to play the football the fans want to see, but deliver results whilst doing so.

I can accept being a team who are the best of the rest, especially if it's with a view to catching up to the big boys, but if we have to settle for 6th to 8th then I want to watch attractive football whilst doing so.

We pay the money to enjoy our matches, this is something I've not really done since Roberto's first season. I was only speaking to my dad about the Cardiff game today, saying although we weren't quite at it, I still enjoyed the game, and the funny thing was I'd watch Koeman's team win games 3-0 and not have the same feeling.

Digne is a part of what makes the game so good to watch nowadays, his attacking play is great, he's like a breath of fresh air especially as poor Bainesy has suffered with injuries over the last year or two, leaving us watching Martina playing left-back.

I'd also like to give Bainesy a bit of credit too for the Digne situation as he started the season in decent form, so Digne had to earn the spot and also has to maintain a good level as I'm sure Baines is showing plenty of ability in training too.

It's genuinely great to hear Digne speak so highly of his short time at the Blues and long may it continue. He seems like he's a driven footballer, he's played at the top level with Barca, PSG, Roma and the French national side and he is still just 25 years old. Players like this don't come around all the time and signing him was very astute.

Pickford, Coleman, Mina, Keane, Digne is a back 5 that can be together at the peak of their powers over the next couple of years, table that with Gana and hopefully Gomes in front of them, throw in Lookman, Sigurdsson, Theo, and Richarlison and we have a bright few years coming up.

Hopefully Moshiri will continue to back Silva and Brands and allow us to have a real go at catching the top few, because looking at the above, along with the exciting group of talented lads we have coming through, we genuinely have a chance at a bit of success at long last.

I think we are 3 players away from having a team capable of breaking the top 4:

Right-wing — I'd like Lozano whom Brands knows well or Malcolm from Barca who isn't getting much game time

Right-back — No idea... but I'm sure Brands has a few in his book

Finally, that all elusive >20-goal-a-season centre-forward.

We had Lukaku, Andy, but we hadn't got the squad to suit him and now our squad is better but wouldn't suit Lukaku.

Those 3 players of the same quality we have already signed would push us close if not into the top 4.