James Garner sent a message to manager David Moyes that ‘you can go and sign who you want, but this is what I can do’ in Everton’s 4-0 thrashing of Leicester City. For me, you had to give man-of-the-match to Garner, coming in from the cold after his injury, but he showed that enthusiasm and determination we need.

That’s what you want, the determination from him not to drop his head. He’s been out for a while and we’ve got a new midfielder coming through the door with others linked in his position, so he had a point to prove and he did that fantastically.

That will be a delight for Moyes to see. That ball Garner played through to Beto was incredible, you could see it happening and while it was closing up, he still managed to get the right weight and distance on his pass. It was the kind of service that Beto has been crying out for. He’s a big, strong lad who can cause problems but we’ve been guilty of playing him like Dominic Calvert-Lewin and they’ve got different strengths.

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Beto likes to open his legs and spin behind and he likes facing the goal. If we continue to keep playing to his strengths, hopefully he can start producing the goods for us a lot more.

It’s the last season at Goodison Park and everyone is making a big noise about that and rightly so. It’s fitting that there is a record there in our final year – for the right reasons.

There have been too many records for the wrong reasons in recent seasons. It was also a great moment for Abdoulaye Doucoure as he’s had an up and down season.

He works hard and he gets around the pitch but while he’s sometimes erratic with his finishing, he has scored some important goals for us. Hopefully getting his first in the Premier League this season will give him a bit more confidence and composure in front of goal.

We had the banners from the 1878s in the Gwladys Street before kick-off and that early goal got the crowd going and the atmosphere was fantastic.

The feel-good factor is back at Everton under Moyes. Speaking to a lot of Evertonians on my way to the game, we’re all excited by the prospect of going to Goodison Park again.

However, ahead of Leicester City, when we were expecting to pick up the three points, I just had that niggling doubt because we’d blown so many big chances like that in years gone by. Thankfully, the boys produced something I’d been asking for, for a long time, and produced a fast start. I didn’t expect it to be so fast though!

After scoring the first on 10 seconds and the second after six minutes, we were able to kill the game. We showed our grit and determination, as well as our quality, but what I liked about our display was that we were able to get the business done without all the play going through Iliman Ndiaye.

I’ve said it myself this season ‘just get the ball out to Ndiaye’ but while he came good in the end after a strong second half showing, he was pretty quiet in the first half when Everton scored three goals. He wasn’t the out ball all the time – we had other options with other players who turned up.

Jesper Lindstrom has found great form under Moyes and is full of confidence, causing issues. We also had midfield runners and Beto pinning his centre-half, causing a headache for the opposition.

Leicester were poor but our threat came from all over the pitch. It wasn’t predictable and it wasn’t obvious what we were going to do.

We wondered how this team were going to attack and score goals with Sean Dyche supposedly admitting that he couldn’t get any more out of this group of players. However, they’re now adopting a style of play where they’re trying to win a football game.

They’re being positive, quick in possession and showing their quality at the right moments, getting forward and trying to cause problems for the opposition. It’s brilliant to see and a total contrast to where we previously were.

Hopefully that niggling feeling of “it’s Everton, what if?” has now finally been banished under Moyes.

Better options may emerge in the summer

Charly Alcaraz is done but by the time you read this, who knows what the final hours of the winter transfer window might have brought.

David Moyes was open from the start that he wanted to bring players in and bring quality to the football club. The fans know all about how difficult it’s been for Everton operating with the PSR restrictions in recent years and Moyes is now starting to learn about that.

It’s been difficult for Kevin Thelwell and the recruitment staff to get deals done under the constraints we’ve got. The three wins in a row have softened the blow when it comes to a desire to get people through the door, but we know how quickly football can change.

We’re finding it nice to finally be looking up the table and who we might catch rather than just over our shoulders. We’re all for it if Moyes wants to add some quality but will there be better options in the summer?

It’s a balancing act over what we fully need right now and whether we can get the right deals done. It’s a difficult window for every football club and it’s like a domino effect if one player moves, other deals follow.