Felli, Mirrallas, Coleman, Gibson, Oviedo, Duffy, Junior, Fer (supposedly), Velios.... Then theres bringing the likes of Rodwell, Barkley, Duffy, Maggie through.
I suppose we could always compare them to the likes of Marcus Bent, Kevin Kilbane, Mark Pembridge.... Oh wait....
And yes, keeping us up in the top half has helped stem the financial mess as well as giving Evertonians hope and higher expectations for the first time in my memory. 1 off event (which was one hell of a feat) does not 'beat' years and years of massive improvement....