As interim manager Duncan Ferguson prowled the Goodison touchline, barking instructions to his players and conducting the home crowd into a crescendo, it was hard not to draw a direct comparison with the man he had just replaced — on a temporary basis at least.



Under Marco Silva, Everton’s players and staff were actively discouraged from raising their voices in the home dressing room. Regardless of the circumstances, shouting was strictly prohibited. Passionate and vocal by nature, then first-team coach Ferguson was one of those forced to curb his natural instincts to fit in with the manager’s policy.



Silva, of course, was relieved of his duties last Thursday, and with responsibility for first-team affairs falling firmly on Ferguson’s shoulders, Saturday’s display against Chelsea became the very antithesis to what had come before.



Everton’s players hunted in packs and fought for every knock-down, eliciting a cacophony of...