Six points from six. The Blue Frontier's entertainment value gets put to the test with a relatively dull but crucial 2–0 Everton win over a hapless Burnley side, and Ryan, James, and Shan do their cautious, reluctant best to celebrate without losing the plot. James Garner's pinpoint set-piece delivery unlocked the low block (Tarkowski's 20th career goal), Kiernan Dewsbury Hall's emphatic overlapping run doubled the lead, and Jordan Pickford's late heroics kept the clean sheet intact on 48 hours rest. The trio debates whether Dwight McNeil deserved that standing ovation, why 37 combined ball losses from the wingers didn't matter against this Burnley side, and whether Iliman Ndiaye at left wing is the most fun Everton have looked in years. With the Toffees sitting eighth (one point off Brentford, two behind Chelsea) the boys take a fair, unromantic look at what Arsenal, Chelsea, Brentford, and the Merseyside Derby actually mean for a team still figuring out how to score from open play. The pod is possibly more entertaining than the match. That's not nothing.

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