We are definitely better, with everyone fit I’m sure we can knock City, out the cup, and the next two league games are also winnable, but these are the games that probably put the most fear into Evertonians right now?

Great news today on the ground, and it was great to win at Anfield, especially because a couple of our players were below form, but the difference was that where Schniederlin, shrugged his shoulders, Doucoure shakes his head at his own mistakes, and just keeps working even harder!

Meanwhile, no Siggy & James double-act in the derby win. One or the other. Not both. And Tom is coming of age, just as Dom already has.

I also felt really lucky to get in to all 3 home games in those 10 days under big Sam, hired to save us from the drop, for fuck's sake. 1 win (Swansea), 1 loss (Man Utd) & I remember thinking our best effort of the three, holding Chelsea to a nil-nil draw. How things have changed.

You're so right, Ell. It's coming. It really is this time.

It’s interesting talking about the catalyst. The lyst could be a long one! I think that Farhad Moshiri is the catalyst. He gives the appearance and body language of a shy and retiring accountant. The reality is that he is tough, determined and focused beyond belief.

He is like a boxer that has been punched, counted and keeps getting up. He has a plan and he is going to execute it no matter what. That incredible determination is start to bear fruit.

I think the confidence is redoubled by Usmanov being in his corner. Whatever the structure really is you have got to admire the relentless progress of the Everton FC project against the odds. He hasn’t wavered.

Being an Evertonian of course, the thought of it all going t#ts up is never far from your thoughts, however, it's been a long time since we dared to dream realistically so I'm going to enjoy it for as long as it lasts.

There have been mistakes, very expensive ones, and we are far from the finished article as proven by the games against Fulham etc.
But it is genuinely exciting and positive!

Our manager gets the club in the same way that another successful guy across the park does, that's truly positive.
We have some players that really seem to get it that this club has got the potential to be one of Europe's best and that they can be instrumental in achieving it.
Finally, I think us fans are starting to get it as well, that we might finally be turning a very long corner to sustained success.

There will still be dead ends and wrong turnings However, this season we have 40 points with 14 games to go and we are in a cup quarter final.
In 3 seasons we will be in the best ground in the country with, we hope, a manager and players to grace it in the way that so many have done in Goodison Park.

Great post.
Bursting with positive vibes.
Cheered me right up that.

Cheered myself up as well as I've spent the morning angsting about stupidity of Brexit and the damage it is doing to my business.

Better to concentrate on Ancelotti, Richarlison, Godfrey and the future possibility of slaying a European giant in a Champions League Semi-Final at a bouncing Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium!

Cheaper than therapy...

Best of luck.

I previously stated restoration of our historical seat as kings of the city and winning silverware are my only metrics of success

The first tentative step has been taken, booting the arse of the shite, and hope is higher than ever that silverware is no longer just a pipe dream.

How long it lasts... who knows? But I'm loving it!

Without stamping on your positive chips, I said a few weeks back that for every last gasp equaliser at Old Trafford and late winner against Tottenham, this team/squad still has a Newcastle (now Fulham) moment in it.

Fortunately in the main, those are in the minority now as the league position suggests and should become less so as we progress. We are not there yet but there is so much to be genuinely positive about. And it's great that the younger fans feel that way too, as they are the future just as much so (more so) as the players.

My Dad told me about the 80s but I've only ever seen the 1995 FA Cup win. But that didn't stop me from visualising us winning the League when I was in the shower the other night!!

People, quite rightly, talk about Moshiri or Carlo being the (hopefully) turning point but, for me, it's the Cup game against Spurs.

I haven't got a single doubt in my mind that we'd have lost that game if it was played anywhere between 1997 and 2019!! Not a single, shred of doubt.

Even watching the game, I was convinced we'd lose after it went to 3 apiece. I've just seen it too many times before.

But this time... we won.

It's a bit like yesterday on the forum, as soon as the RS scored various people said "here we go" "now the floodgates open" or words to that effect. The inevitable would happen after Sheff Utd had a goal disallowed then conceded one. The inevitable did happen. That kind of mentality has plagued us for too long with regard to our own games. In the past the "inevitable" turning point would be Utd taking the lead, or Kane equalizing in the cup. We would have then capitulated and the manager would have given a braveheart speech and talked of guns and knife fights. The difference now is that we are saying "it's not over until the fat lady sings." Of course we've a ways to go but getting past this mentality that six away games are lost every season before we kick a ball is a nice development.