A defender and another forward before the end of the window aside, l'm hoping one of our midfielders actually learns to put his foot on the ball. All too frequently we cede possession. I think for this reason, if he stays fit, we may see more of Delph who bought some assurance when he came on.

Gray gets about a bit but l don't think l want to see many more starts from lwobi. From the bench maybe...

Are James, Gomes and Godfrey available for Tuesday?

Actually, both him and Mina were quite good in defence and looked as if they could get up to speed with a pushing forward Everton. As Rafa said, with more games and training, they should improve.

Originally, I did think that Everton would be defensively minded this season and was quite disbelieving of a poster who advocated an attacking Everton. He was right and I was wrong.

The midfield is better. The need to play without dominating possession is a remnant from last season, which is in Rafa's game plan as well. No doubt Gray adds pace and ability, but Iowbi has played two games at a high level that we had only seen once before when he was a second-half sub for Silva. Iowbi did tell us that he was not been played in his best position under Ancelotti.

More chances are being created and Calvert-Lewin is getting into the right positions and attacking the near post at last. Shots are coming in from various sources. Again improvement is possible with more games and training, as Rafa stated. Maybe Calvert-Lewin will get his feet sorted out and get that right one-touch that Ancelotti talked about.

I just wish someone would improve Keane's sharpness. Once he's settled, he's okay... but the first few seconds when he gets the ball or if he's turned in a different direction, he seems to go through a brain freeze.

Gray proves the benefit of having pacey wingers. Moise Kean is a disgrace to the Everton shirt when he came on. Again, he showed no interest in chasing players or enthusiasm compared to when he was playing in Paris.

Richarlison has earned my respect – he chased lost causes all day

I'm a bit old school in terms of the modern use of statistics and rather call a performance how I see it. But using the BBC statistics, barring a couple of defensive lapses (the latter punished by an elegant finish) and a few missed chances, this was almost the complete away performance as we knew them.

70% possession for Leeds, 30% for Everton. We've been there with Martinez right? But even though I only had extended highlights to go off and reports on here, it didn't feel like that?? What a difference it makes when you attack with intent when you do have possession.

17 attempts on goal for both teams. We go to watch football to be entertained. Well that sounds like, and looked like, it made for an entertaining match.

But, despite the possession, Everton's 8 shots on target to the home team's 4.

Like I say, almost the complete smash-and-grab away performance.

I watched the full game live and it didn't feel like a 70/30 split in possession. If we'd won, it definitely wouldn't have been a smash and grab.

I know it's hard to believe after all these years but Everton seemed to actually have a positive game plan. We used the ball much better than Leeds over the 90 minutes and created the better chances. I think Bielsa's post match comments said as much.

At least 25% of their extra possession was passing between defenders which is something we have seen way too much of.

I'm not however too disappointed at the 2 points dropped as I reckon we passed the ball forwards more in this game than we managed in the last 10 games combined under Carlo.

If we carry on like this, it might actually be fun to watch Everton this season!

It could have been 3, but a good away point and early days.

As always, the season ends in May and I've no doubt there will be the inevitable rollercoaster ride on the way to Wembley and European qualification. Let's just hope we can enjoy this one and not have our spirit and balloon popped with a pin and fizzle out like last time out.

Under the last manager every team could do a walking or static press such was the ineffectiveness of the draining sidesways, back and across and back techniques deployed in most of the games. The reluctance to shoot from outside the box, was numbing too.

The spiritin the squad and belief is there, and Duke shooting on site is great, long may it last.

So a good start and let’s see what can be russled up in the next week, in view of FFP, bearings., and any transfers in and out of Everton.

I recall a few seasons back that Chelsea couldn’t spend, but they always have at least x3 squads of players whom are always on loan.

But I’m pleased so far and Rafa, has brought some belief and work ethic into Everton, and are cutting their cloth to suit. Hopefully the financial prudence will evolve and there will be no more £30M, duff transfers and has been players.

Now for Huddersfield.

We also have 3 central mids that haven't played a minute so far. Rafa has a good squad already in my opinion. All in all it's going well so far as long as the players remain mentally strong and confidence grows, we can have a good season. Although still pissed we missed out on Dumfries.

I agree with those here, that it's definitely not smash and grab (which usually entails direct balls, and purely counter-attacking); there was a bit passing. To see that at the end of the game is pleasing.

Still we have been under pressure against Southampton due to Keane's error and the team collectively responded. Leeds is an awkward fixture for any team and we showed good mental strength there too.

We are looking more like an organised team with players knowing their roles. Instruction and advice is clearly being taken on board and is helping. Demarai Gray's quality, pace and directness has given us something we have been crying out for. At £1.8M, he is the best signing of the summer! There's a confidence building and a team spirit forming. The transfer business over the next week will give us more strength in depth which will be definitely needed as the season progresses.