Cornish Steve

Spurs 2-0 Everton none

Another great result: an away win against Burnley. Congrats to Romey and Wiggytop for scoring five points. Wiggytop leads for the busy month of December. For the season, Boston Toffee still leads but only by a whisker. Bill retains a comfortable lead per prediction.

A great result against Chelsea, and three people predicted the correct score. Congratulations to London Blue, Palfy, and Wiggytop. Formby also score 5 points by predicting Doucoure as our first scorer. Boston Toffee continues to lead for the season while Bill leads per prediction.

We're soon going to find out just how crucial Doucoure has been to team success. Personally, I see him as a linchpin, so let's see how Dyche adjusts to him being out.

Totally agree. Money talks - very loudly.

I'm going back to this post from October because it might still be relevant. The irony is that, just like I'd encountered Moshiri before when selling to Megafon, I've also sold to one of the Ambani family companies in India - and I can tell you some stories (good stories, though, from a potential interest in Everton). When I was attending meetings in India, the father in the Ambani family was still alive. Since then, the two sons inherited his business empire and have been falling out. Nonetheless, they are incredibly savvy businessmen. If there is an interest in Everton, we can be sure of several things: 1) They will wait to get the very best deal, maybe hoping for 777 Partners to pull out so Moshiri is more willing to negotiate price. 2) None of their dealings will be made public. If they become our buyer, we'll hear about it only when the deal is signed. 3) They will do what it takes to be a successful owner. I'd be more than happy should they eventually become the new owners of Everton rather than our current suitor.

I'd like to hear @MC11's view on Sean Dyche. He was quite right about Lampard (hence my profile pic).

Comments from Garth Crooks on the BBC site: "Everton go from strength to strength and look like a very dangerous team whoever they play. I don't think I've seen an Everton team look so dangerous on set-pieces. James Tarkowski, Michael Keane, AmadouOnana and Abdoulaye Doucoure, all six foot-plus, attacking the six-yard box like their lives depended on it. The superb header scored by Onana was typical of the barrage of artillery the Burnley defence was under when it came to set-plays."

X? X? Where's that? My laptop filters out anything owned by or related to Elon M*** (he who shall not be named).

Thanks for sharing since I can't see the original article. This graph is very telling. Carlo was a good manager, although it took time for his style of play to take effect. Benitez was a complete and utter disaster. Lampard was unable to turn around the mess created by Benitez. Dyche has performed absolute wonders, primarily by shoring up the defence. I'd like to see this chart extended all the way back to Moyes. For example, is the "blue" period at the beginning of Ancelotti's time the result of Silva's influence or no more than a new manager bounce?

The last thing we need next season is European football. We need to walk before we can run, and right now we need stability before all else. Our squad is quite thin, certainly not as extensive as would be needed to play a couple of games every week. Remember when Roberto got us into Europe two seasons running? It was asking too much, crippled our squad, and started the decline. If the points deduction prevents us from getting into Europe, then it will have had a silver lining.

Well done to Steven Naismith. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67667757

The remaining games this month will be a real test.

Boston was the first place I lived in the US, and I still remember vividly landing at Logan airport. The smell of mulch remains nostalgic.

He showed his inexperience at times, as such a young player, but his confidence and instincts were also evident.

Unfortunately, it's behind a paywall.

A real team performance led by a fearless captain (my MoTM).

When will the press stop referring to "Burnley's former manager"? He's Everton's manager now. Next up: Celtic's former manager's current team followed by Bayern's former manager's current team. I'm looking forward to the home match next year against Dortmund's former manager's current team, whoever they are.

Just think on this for a moment: 26 points and we're not even halfway through the season. Without the points nonsense, we'd be pushing 60 points or more for the season.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way. On what fun it is to see us Scoring goals all day.

Get Trafford. He's going to be some keeper.

Another clean sheet. It's as much about organization as it is about specific players. Having said that, Tarkowski is immense.

Thank you - and to those who've passed along their best wishes in messages.

The only Premier League team with at least 5 wins in the last 6 games. 100% record over the last 4 games, each being a clean sheet. More away wins so far this season than in the whole of the prior two seasons combined. Playing today with several first-team members missing.

I’ve been traveling again this week and will update the table once I’m home. Burnley 0-3 Everton Doucoure