Doucouré header enough for Everton in home finale

Poor Gomes, an eye that looked like he'd been in with the two Tysons, never mind one — why injure an opponent in a no-matter match?

Safe with games to go, we stopped the Red Shite winning the league, no new owners… but hope springs eternal.

Maybe it's a sign. Don't let let Danny go to the last Goodison game of the season!!

Surely you didn't think there was any intent??

With regard to our final standing, I note Brentford are home to Newcastle next weekend in the final round of games: I am hopeful the Magpies will be well motivated for this one, as they jostle for a European place. If we manage to finish above Brentford it would bring in a tad more cash towards the operating costs.

I just hope we don't end the season with one of our Emirates horror shows, we've had more than our fill of those over the years. One last big hurrah please, Mr Dyche!

We watched the 'lap of honour' which seems to have become a sort of family day out these days for the players. Realised, with a sinking feeling, I will never witness a game at the The Old Lady again. It's the first time it has really hit me.

We emigrated in 2001 and since then the family have all moved at various times. Goodison and my grandparents' graves opposite in Anfield cemetery have been the few constants I have been able to revisit whenever we are in the UK.

For me, it's always been an evening match that is special. Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, beats the sheer exhilaration of going up to a seat in the main stand and walking out of the concourse to take your seat.

The majestic sight of a beautiful green pitch, the lights, crowd chanting and the smile across my face. It was and still is something that gives me a spring in my step, I swear I take the stairs two at a time despite the years.

Goodison will always lift me and, while I will never forget those moments, the crush of the crowd leaving, lifting my legs off the floor and the crowd so packed would carry me through the gates.

This is not a stadium, it's a home to millions through the years, a pilgrimage to others. To so many of us expats, it's so much more, it's the link that bonds us to who we are.

Progress should respect memories and the bigger the volume of memory, the bigger the respect. Goodison has made man woman and child argue and embrace each other no matter creed or country, a commonality we all understand.

The bricks, mortar, seats and sounds are etched into every supporter's heart. I don't know what heaven is like but, to me, it's the sight and sound that greets you as you emerge to take your seat from the top of the Main Stand. I'll let you know if it's as good as that...

Talking with our sons, who are keen on us doing a 'families' trip late 2025 to go watch a game at the new stadium. But I have so many good memories of The Old Lady from the mid-fifties onwards.

Moved to Australia late '86 and been able to get across for about 10 games since due to work trips in Europe. But now getting on in years. At least I was in Rotterdam for the Cup Winners Cup Final.

Thanks to you both and others posting on TW. Thanks to Lyndon and Michael for your great presence.

Everton were relaxed during the game and did play okay. I often think that in today's Premier League, it is hard for teams to be consistent, since a lot of opposition analysis goes into play and some teams have strengths that may suit that analysis, like Chelsea, but then have trouble the following week. Everton going on a good run after that.

But I must say that Goodison has looked run-down when I have been there, a thought that even occurs to me as I approach the stadium and, like the team, it has a decayed look about it. At the prices being charged, you would expect better.

For me, it has come to symbolise the self-serving management that enriched themselves at the club’s cos, Moshiri being a fortunate or unfortunate idiot. Take your pick – he will end up unfortunate anyway.

To a certain extent, the current crisis in the face of the new stadium opening has a silver lining in that many of the culprits will not survive the move. The good old times had highlights and memories but they weren't all good and you would not want to live in them now.

Such are the finances that the main heritage will be the pubs, if they survive. That industry has it's own problems. In Ireland, 84% of families don't want their family pub. It is going to take something like the Turkish barbers to run them. Most of them are Muslims, so there is no chance with them.

I keep saying it as the day gets closer, but it's going to hurt. I'm going to need friends and family around to console me, or I'll be doing a Bill Kenwright.

I don't want to think about it too much right now. We have Arsenal on Sunday.

In years to come, Moshiri will be thought more kindly of, this dreadful phase will pass and he will have his legacy, whether he wants it or not.

It will grace the city and the Mersey, it will inspire those who come, those who play. Moshiri was a fool to place his trust in Kenwright, if indeed he did, but an even bigger fool with his money.

The new Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock may well turn out to be a folly for him personally but, my god, what a folly! What a magnificent home we will have. The next generation will not remember the pain and that's good.

Goodison Park will not be remembered except in old video reels long after all of us have gone. The baton will be passed to those who will revel in owning the city for the generations to come. We take the strain and feel the pain, for those yet to come.

I watched the Arsenal game against Man Utd, looking for the flaws, the weaknesses. They play football like Arteta did, classy, sharp and incisive, but they have issues against those who disrupt the flow, physical, stop them playing.

I can see Dyche's game plan: sit back, keep it tight and use set-pieces to out-muscle them.

Arsenal gang up on the danger men, three at a time. Perversely, we don't have danger men, all sort of average, no outstanding threat, which sort of makes it difficult for them (never mind us).

They will be desperate to keep us in our own half, not to give corners or stupid free kicks away. Because this is where I think they are vulnerable.

For once, Dyche should play with someone within 10 yards of Calvert-Lewin for the knock-downs. We have no pace out wide so play Dobbin next to Calvert-Lewin in the middle for the flick-ons.

No one expects us to win, everyone expects the same team to play the same way. So will Arsenal... we have nothing to lose.

As I continue to age gracefully, and as my passion for my team dwindles just a little as the modern game becomes less attractive and a little disenchantment sets in, I do take great pleasure from the elegance and style with which your posts are crafted.

It speaks of the joy of Alex Young and his teammates, of the class of Howard Kendall's team of the eighties, and of the resilience and grit of Big Joe's battlers of the nineties.

Surrounding those memories and many more, is our stadium, our home, where our history lies and all the varying experiences we have enjoyed or suffered and anything in between.

I wish that the football of tomorrow could match the language of yesterday. No abbreviations, no sat, no stood, just proper footie played fairly, without the cheating and histrionics which appear to be acceptable. Without VAR.

All described and evaluated by you and others of a similar persuasion. All befitting what appears to be a stunning new stadium fit for a Grand Old Team. In my dreams and maybe in yours too.

We will have to defend and rely on set-pieces. Those free-kicks and deep corners to the back post for Tarkowski to nod it back.

Be there with us global blues.

We are safe and have a say in the outcome of the title.

Be brave Everton.

I think Dyche has to start a strong line-up but, if things go pear-shaped early, I think the subs will appear.

We have had good success lately after a miserable run, so it would be nice to see a good performance to finish up with.

I think most teams are aware we like to hit the far post with corners; although we have had a lot of success from it, I would imagine Arteta will be very aware of that threat.

As always, you have reminded me of the best spirit of Evertonians. Yes, he gave them a new stadium and it will turn into a legacy against all odds.

'To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?'

The latter being your contribution to Evertonian's mantra. Something which gives me faith and hope in my own life.