Abdoulaye Doucouré

Our mailbag covers the intrigue swirling around Everton's takeover to the latest on the club's appeal - and memories of Goodison Park

Everton have been a revelation away from home this season, but struggled horribly at Goodison Park where they would traditionally be strong

Having Doucoure as their No 10 entrenches the feeling that Everton are better without the ball than they are with it...

Everton carried out their game plan for long periods at Liverpool but again can bemoan events conspiring against them

In our latest Everton mailbag, Patrick Boyland answers questions on Dyche's tactical plan, transfer spending and the prospective takeover

The midfielder talks losing his place under Frank Lampard, reviving under Sean Dyche and how this season has to be different at Everton

Everton needed to prove they could function in midfield without the banned midfielder but got overrun by Manchester United

Doucoure and McNeil, who were both struggling for game time, have been central to Everton's upturn in form under Sean Dyche

Abdoulaye Doucoure could depart Everton during the January transfer window. The Premier League strugglers are open to negotiating a permanent sale of the 30-year-old Mali international. Everton are unlikely to loan out Doucoure as his contract is due to expire in the summer, although the Merseyside...

Everton have no director of football, no head of recruitment and no scouting manager. And now no Abdoulaye Doucoure for at least four weeks

Everton remain susceptible to any side that plays with a midfield three or drops an attacking midfielder into the space in between the lines

For as long as Doucoure is out, Everton won't quite be the same. Manager Rafa Benitez faces an unenviable task trying to replace him

Andros Townsend's equaliser at Old Trafford was an electric demonstration of how Benitez's message is sinking into the Everton team

On a meagre budget, Benitez has revitalised a flagging Everton midfield by focusing on improving the resources at his disposal

Abdoulaye Doucoure was hugely missed by Everton against Chelsea - and they must decide how to play without him to keep top-four hopes alive

Abdoulaye Doucoure is missing the match against Leicester, which leaves Carlo Ancelotti a tough decision on his replacement

Everton's summer signings of Rodriguez, Doucoure, Godfrey and Allan are proving to be their best transfer business in years

Doucoure describes Watford's problems during their Premier League relegation season and what it's like now playing with Rodriguez at Everton