Keeping Mina fit for the remainder of the season will indeed be an enormous help. Achieving that almost certainly requires he should only start one game per week. More than that almost always leads to a muscle strain. Lampard has big decisions to make in terms of which games he should start. Does he select him for Leicester and rest him for Watford? Does he select him for Brentford and rest him for Palace?

If Mina can only play in two of the next 4 games then I would play him at the weekends as that gives him a week's rest before Arsenal.

In my view Holgate (for whom I rarely have a compliment) and Mykolenko are also due a special mention for their disciplined man-marking, particularly on Werner who was so smothered that he was subbed out before 70 minutes. Holgate's focus, so often a weakness, was absolutely impeccable yesterday.

Pickford was the standout - he stopped it being 3 -1 to Chelsea. I was right in line from the Main Stand and still don't know how he kept them out. I honestly think I didn't breath for 10 minutes.

Mina marshalled the defence. We've missed him. Mykolenko is going to be a player that Evertonians will love. He's got a bite in him as well as a bit of fight.

Paul, your eloquent report gives us a clear insight into that impact.

That game was home to Arsenal, when protests against the board were organised, the fans stayed in their seats and instead roared the team on, we won the game 2-1.

Don't get me wrong, I am not defending our former manager, but at the same time I do wonder had the players got that same backing at home, would we have picked more points up, for me the players had the perfect excuse, to hide behind the Manager who was getting all the abuse.

We made the right choice bringing Frank in, for me the former Manager should have gone, after the Goodison Derby, but I do not put the whole blame down to him, early results showed we were capable, but when you then start losing key players all the way through out the season, it would have been tough for any Manager, then no backing from the crowd makes it even tougher.

What does show is when The old lady is up for it, we always seem to raise our game and pick points up.

Make no mistake, the fans got us this win, they got the players up for it, every player raised their game.

That’s why part of me thinks, what if we had got the fans up for the earlier games at Goodison, would our previous manager got the effort and results from the players, in hindsight we gave the away team a huge advantage, venting our frustration at the Manager instead of making Goodison rock.

Teams coming to Goodison with only half their ticket allocation taken, but still being out sung by is this a Library.

What we do know is that instead of groans, when a player makes a mistake and the crowd sing, it raises the players performance.

Everything yesterday was perfect, the crowd, the players, we pulled together.

We need this for our remaining two home games, even if we go a goal down, we have to rally the players and roar them on, I do not want to hear Palace fans singing is this a Library.

Once the season is over there is the question of the fans patience and how thin it will wear.

I looked at that too and I can see Southampton not picking up another point but it's still a tall ask to expect us, Burnley and Leeds to all get 40 plus points – especially with Leeds's next 2 games.

I will be happy for us to get to 40 and hopefully safety.

It's weird. Until a month ago, we were trending to where 30 points would be enough for safety. It would be pretty hilarious if Aston Villa or more specifically Stevie G got relegated on 40 points.

But I agree with you, Jay, I can't see Leeds getting many more points, and then there's Everton. After Leeds, Newcastle and Man Utd, I felt positive then we went away and capitulated. So, with two away games on the horizon, let's not get carried away.

It's a weird mix of teams down there. Obviously I support Everton but, if we weren't in the mix, I would be rooting for the underdogs Burnley and Brentford, as well as the big clubs with long suffering fans: Leeds and Villa. So I guess, if it was up to me, Southampton would be for the drop.

To be honest, I'd like the top flight to consist of Northern clubs, old clubs, and London clubs. All these half baked regional provincial teams like Norwich, Leicester and Southampton can do one!

Chanting abuse at the manager gave home teams and fans encouragement while lowering the morale of our own players. If we suffer relegation it is fair to say the seeds of failure were sown in the autumn.

Meanwhile, we're by no means out of the woods yet. The Leicester game will be... interesting.

I've always been keen to leave Goodison; much as I love the memories I've accumulated since my first visit in 1969, it's a bit of a shit hole. But I'm really starting to worry about it now. It's in our DNA. West Ham's move to the London Stadium has ripped the soul out of that club in my opinion, and I think we're reasonably similar fanbases in some ways.

Sure, I'm excited about Bramley Moore Dock, but how long will it take to become home, and how do we go about making that happen?

We do need to leave, but when it finally comes, to leaving Goodison Pk, it will be a lot harder than just moving house, for many of us, and I just hope and pray that our famous old stadium goes out with a fucking great bang🤞