If the final 48 hours of the transfer window matches the intensity of this clash at Elland Road then Finch Farm will be a busy place. It needs to be.
Everton are not a bad side. Progress has been visible across the first five performances of this season.
Yet once again they were undone by the same issues that continue to make them vulnerable. There was no lack of fight, no lack of desire and no lack of willingness from Frank Lampard's side.
