Monk is right though isn't he? I was absolutely fuming until Cole scored about how abject we'd been after they went to ten men. Let's face it, when Lukaku scored it was nothing less than Everton deserved, and while I loved the character we showed to come back, it does seem to me that our level has dropped from that early part of the season.

I'm not tactically astute enough to know if it's to do with Carroll but I thought that back then we looked so dangerous with Valencia and Sahko in tandem and Downing getting free rein through the middle. Now, we seem more pedestrian and certainly less threatening going forward. Still, Sam has been making me eat humble pie all year, but I really wouldn't mind if we ripped Hull apart on Saturday, just to let us all know that 2014 wasn't a mirage.

PS: The glove thing was brilliant. I think he's a bit dodgy from time to time but I love Adrian.