Scoring duo delighted as Everton progress

Regards tonight, I thought Rom and Seamus were poor in 2nd half, Leon tried and Funes Mori did okay! Stones was average, nearly cost us a goal and his control was not great at times!

I'm not going to be overly critical when we have so many wonderfully talented players under the age of 24 eg, Rom, Ross, Gerri, Stonesy, Funes Mori, Galloway etc.... Their game management will improve with time as will their decision-making.

Let's just hope we can keep them all together.

I love the understanding those two seem to be developing. They're both young and are only going to get better the more they play. Just need to sort the bloody defence out and we could really be on to something.

We already do have one, mate... unfortunately our manager would rather play a 34-year-old who looks like he's running through treacle wide left than put Kevin Mirallas in the side.

I just hope Delboy meant what he said about wanting to play for Everton for many years, as his goal and assist were both world class last night, and he is forming an amazing attack with Rom and Ross and has a good link up play with Seamus.

I know our defence has been a bit shaky recently, but last night you could see Stones starting to take control of our back line and be more vocal. His partnership with Funes Mori is only going to get stronger.

Also, a quick word on Robles who I thought done really well, and looked sharp in goal considering his lack of opportunities.

There's still a lot of resentment, and sadness, in Spain about Barcelona selling one of the country's brightest young talents in years. All we can do is enjoy him while we can as Barcelona, or one of the other European giants, will soon come calling.

Our other creative outlets, Mirallas and McGeady, are very much out of favour and Lennon isn't getting anywhere near enough game time to contribute. Our other main striker, Naismith, is getting no game time and may well look for a transfer in January.

I don't think Mirallas and McGeady would be any great loss if we sold them in January. They're adding very little at present and both seem to have attitude problems. Naismith I would be sorry to see go but if he isn't getting enough game time he will be very unsettled and his head may go.

All three players would raise enough funds between them in January to cover most of the cost of a Yarmolenko or a Honda.

http://www.marca.com/2015/12/01/futbol/futbol_internacional/premier_league/1449008467.html

Enjoy the Deulofeu magic again in all its glory. Incidentally, the article starts off by saying (literally), that Delboy is "living a very sweet moment". Now we know why RM is always talking about 'moments' of form...!

However if and when he does eventually go, he will be missed. As we would if Rom and Stones were to move on, and indeed Ross (who often gets criticism for inconsistency but I really like and believe he would be a huge loss). These are all young and still learning, and we need to do all we can to keep them at the club for the long term.

Add to the list Galloway, Besic and Funes Mori, and we have the spine of a promising strong future team

Deulofeu, Lukaku and even Barkley for the most part have hit a new level this season and throwing the likes Osman, Naismith, McGeady et al up top with them now just looks like a painful reminder of the more limited teams of years gone by. What we need now is a left wing playmaker circa Pienaar in his prime nothing less.

There is no doubt we need a Mirallas to provide an extra scoring threat as far too often Rom is alone up front but because of the managers reluctance to employ him Rom has to battle with multiple defenders, one positive was to see Baines back although Cleverley was less than impressive, Robles while having little to do showed enough to be given more consideration.

It will be interesting to see who we get in the semis but whoever we get we must attack hard.just hope it isn't 'them' from across the park IF they get through today.

He played little first team football last year but he has matured as a player incredibly in 18 months. I think it as much to do with the way that Everton have developed as a team too, but all credit to him.

I recall being mightily impressed with Ryan Griggs and Christian Ronaldo at the same age but neither of them had the ability to pick a final pass at that age that GD shows consistently for the blues. Long may it continue.

Regarding RL, his control and ability to retain possession under pressure is light years away from last year. All credit to him and, again, the way the team have adjusted to play better balls into him.

Thinking back again, he is in my view at least on a par with Didier Drogba at the same age.

Wijnaldum, the lad at Newcastle, may be up for grabs soon. A very good player.

Doesn't matter if the lower purchase price zooms up if he stays a third or fourth season. If he continues to improve, there's not some transfer fee Barca couldn't afford.

Would like to think, his staying 2-3 seasons will provide a fine motivation for Lukaku to stay, too.

Was scrolling thru Yahoo's Home Page. There's always a lot of soccer news in there. Not the Sports section, but on their Home Page. Someone in their hierarchy loves footy.

Went to the Yahoo Soccer page and had to scroll way down to be reminded that ManCity played yesterday and won. Them playing is why BEIN didn't cover our game live; only the replay. Yet, they got a blurb today and EFC is all over the site. Having Deulofeu has amped up the media coverage of EFC.

This boy Deulofeu is football gold and is probably a No 10. The way he floated through before calmly passing the ball into the net was sheer magic. Reminded me so much of the great Roberto Baggio.

As for the Lukaku goal. Well, this time Del did a tremendous impression of Stanley Matthews and the big fella picked his spot. Class and entertainment of the highest order. I gasped with delight.

The rest of the team, especially Robles, did okay but they definitely seemed a wee bit shaky on the ball, especially 2nd half. I have no doubt that this was due to the complicated safety orders they were trying to follow. You could almost hear them thinking aloud.

Nice to see Baines back even though he needs to lose a few pounds. The same goes for Barkley. I know it's all muscle but it's very heavy and not helping his mobility and stamina. Watch the athletic slimline Kevin de Bruyne operating for Man City and you will see the difference.

Give me a whippet like Jamie Vardy to a bulked up Micah Richards any day .