Mirallas signs new three-year contract

Stay healthy, Kevin, and go get 'em.

Maybe he'll stop sulking now and get back to the player he was 6 months ago!

A front 3 of Mirallas, Lukaku and Deulofeu is real quality. Shame they're all made of glass and we probably won't see it for more the 10 or 15 games!

Excellent news.

My 6-year-old will be thrilled. Super Kev is his favorite player.

Too much to ask?

Lost the dressing room?

Love this fella - a feisty, cocky, maverick, matchwinner.

Absolutely delighted he's signed.

Can't wait to get to Goodison tomorrow.

COYB!

Either way, it's great news; let's hope they start showing that commitment from tomorrow onwards!

In true theatre style, I wonder if Bill will have the new boys on the pitch before the game holding up their shirts????

Well done RM, never in my time supporting Everton have we managed to keep hold of so many players coveted by other teams.

COYB!

I do, Matthew. I also remember the 11 goals he scored for us which more than made up for it.

Mirallas is a cracking player on his day and even though those "days" aren't as frequent as we'd like, we're far better off with him at the club than out of it. That kind of talent would cost a lot of money to acquire these days so I'm happy as long as his heart is with us.

Hopefully it all works out.

Must admit the players seem united behind our man.

We all know who is No 6... so the question is, Who is No 1?

Roberto Martinez has done an absolutely terrific job in selling his sense/vision of the club to Kevin and James and getting them both to commit to it for the longer term.

Much maligned at times -- and often (as with uninformed and ultimately incorrect insinuations about his relationship with this pair and their views of him and his club) without any secure basis for doing so -- Martinez seems to have the players on his side (now that Distin has been booted out) and this can only be good for 2015-16.

If he can buy well in the three parts of the pitch he wants to improve then the squad will be in pretty good shape for the testing ten matches ahead (trouble is, needless to say, that there are a handful of games before the window shuts).

The 'Stones affair' rolls on but Martinez has done no wrong so far as I can see in how he has handled it and himself. Far from it, we ought to be cheered by his recent stance and words aimed at Terry and the King's Road tossers.

A very good week for Martinez up to now! But tomorrow is another day.

I have more than a few issues with Martinez but credit where credit is due and one of his strengths IMO -- in contrast to a lot of what has been said -- is his relationships with his players. The Wigan thing has been done to death and it's boring. How about a different spin: plenty of his former players seem very happy to play for Martinez again.

Come on Kev, a brace tomorrow please.

All that bollocks beginning if the season that he was off and fans saying value ١-5M. Unbelievable! One of our most valuable players and few real goal threats!

Happy!

One game does not make a season, so let's get behind the lads. COYBB.

So despite the fact that we haven't signed nobody since 1st July, stop bleeding moaning about lack of signings. Who knows what's around the corner? Exactly, NO-ONE!!

Now for Charlie Austin, Van Dych and Nolito and new owners, manager and stadium and we can become great again.

Suppose you cant have it all then eh?

Nicely done.

Where's the Arteta money, Bill?

Swiftly following up Jimmy Mc's new contract with KM's is good work.

Yes, I really would like the three new bodies as well, but keeping these 2 is far better than having to bring in replacements.

And I also most heartily agree with the comments above regarding how sweet it is to defiantly rubbish the "red rags" fairy stories.

A very good player for us to sign up on a new contract.

A nasty streak to his play as well. Nothing wrong with that.

Quality player when he's arsed hopefully he'll stay fit and if he does the we'll do well

Favorite post of the day. And I second it.

Thanks Roberto! Well done gaffer!

Things are starting to look that bit different now to the new season. it's strange how tying up a couple of player's that are all ready with us can seem like new buys.

Two further additions would give us a real chance of pushing on and competing with the top six again. In my view.

It's nice to have a player who can win you games, but they all need to be prepared to sweat blood for the cause. Having talent does not excuse lack of commitment.

I remember calling his performance at Villa the worst and least committed I have ever seen from an Everton player — I did not say that lightly. Match winner one day, complete passenger the next. Not acceptable.

I think he may have been surprised that there was not a queue of top clubs chasing his signature, that may not be a bad thing. Perhaps it will focus his mind.

Even when it isn't going well, he still needs to contribute.

When all is said and done, Kev and Rom are our match-winners - the stats say as much.

With Del and another attacking signing we carry some threat.

Give us a decent CB and a play-maker too and we're ready.

Id happily see him playing 10 role behind lukaku...think he's a bit wasted out wide

Just needs a run free from injuries now. Just keep him away from penalties!

Whatever people say about the effort he puts in, the simple fact is he's by F.A.R the most creative goal scoring threat we have in midfield. Take Rom and Mirallas out of the team and we have no goals whatsoever.

As a boringly constant supporter of Martinez (to some) to follow on from what Paul Ferry has already said the players who have the inside story of what's happening with the manager and the club in general have always seemed to be behind RM. That goes for present players and past players that have been under him at other clubs.

Make no mistake though after tomorrows game we have an awful run of fixtures which were going to struggle to get points, so lets not go into panic stations too quickly, its a long season!

If we played Matt's team above (72) though i'd be much more optimistic.

Still feel we need another top quality winger, striker and backup experienced cb.

Sorry Darren @, but that's a matching colander pair of statements.

The penalty was an isolated incident. There was one such incident.

Then, as an example of a time "when he just could not be arsed", that penalty really isn't one.

He does look too uninvolved occasionally (and that is too frequently for Me).

As a manager can Rob Mart,

Motivate?

Time, as always, will tell.

Let's back El Bob and the boys to the rafters and hope that Bobs first season was the true reflection, even the best managers have mostly had second season syndrome. I lost patience with him last season but with another CB we have a very strong squad - I certainly agree with everyone who says Mirallas can be our No. 10 and am over the moon he has signed an extension. With the Euro's coming up a lot of our young guys have a lot to prove this season and I think we will see them bust their balls to get in their national squads.

Keep the faith, let's believe something special is going to happen and the players may just believe it too.

COYB!!

Sometimes agents need to be educated by their client after the club and the fans have shown Kev we care and love him ....

Think he has got to the stage of his career that he will not go to a Champions League team ...

Now I hope he now focuses on EFC and along with Lukaku we go to town on teams ...

Take those 2 out of the squad and things would be looking very bleak.

It will give the rest of the players a big lift.

It sends a message to the other clubs that they can't just come and cherry pick players from Everton.

It may help to settle the John Stones situation down.

It also suggests that the players are behind Martinez - we fans may have differing about the manager - but the players have to believe in him.

New season - new hope that a repeat of Martinez's first season is possible.

Up the blues!

We know his faults but made up he's still here. Roll on Watford.

For me he is class and can make the difference. If we were to replace him it would cost £25 million to get the same competencies.

Now Kevin don't let me down