What does a Rafa Benitez Everton side really look like?
You could argue that supporters haven't really had the answer to that question despite what has been a very promising start to life under the new manager.
Four games unbeaten, three wins and progression in the League Cup - that's about as good as it could have gotten for the Spaniard and he'd have snapped your hand off if offered it at the beginning of the campaign.
But those results have been very different games. They've showcased different systems and highlighted separated strengths and weaknesses across the Everton squad.
Recovering from early adversity against Southampton took a large amount of fight and desire, helped no doubt by a raucous Goodison Park atmosphere.
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That noise was turned on its head against Leeds and demanded a different side of the Blues to secure a hard-fought draw, in a game that so easily could have been a win on another day.
Ringing the changes and introducing a third formation against Huddersfield threatened for large parts to perhaps derail the strong beginning to the term, before yet more heart and passion saw the visitors recover with ten men to progress.
And then, we come to Brighton. Arguably the strongest performance of them all, just for how confident and comfortable the side looked.
Everton dominated large portions of their win on Saturday and made that superiority count, marrying more qualities together that they hadn't quite been able to knit previously.
After the game, Benitez faced the media and said: "The reality is that we've had difficult games.
"This one because we have maybe more control and we have especially more control at the end, it seems it could be better.
"But it's just a little evolution of what the team is trying to do, what we are trying to do.
"We are improving, and hopefully we can continue improving if the players continue working in the same way that they are already."
The attacking football on display from the Blues is part of that improvement, as suddenly the attacking players are showing simultaneously much more freedom and a lot more purpose in their play.
All of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison, Demarai Gray, Andros Townsend and Alex Iwobi have found the back of the net in the opening four matches of the campaign.
That shows a cohesive but fluid unit up front in which chances can befall anyone, and it also displays the quality that those players have to put the ball in the back of the net.
Each of Everton's opening three matches of the campaign displayed those characteristics, but it was often a different story defensively.
Often individual errors prove costly at the back, and the Blues were finding that to be the case.
However, against Brighton, they took the next step to finding much more improvement in that sense - with both Mason Holgate and Michael Keane particularly showcasing their abilities once again.
Carlo Ancelotti's Everton were often praised for their defensive solidity, but sometimes criticised for not creating enough chances on certain occasions.
What Benitez has done so far this term is introduce much more balance to the side as a whole. The transitions between attack and defence are much quicker and cleaner on the whole, there's a direct feel to the way the Blues are shaping up.
Things are not yet perfect, and that's why the Spaniard is still striving for improvement.
If his side had taken all of their chances against Brighton, they could have been looking at a much larger scoreline in their favour for example. There are still creases that need to be ironed out.
Of course the remaining days of the transfer market could be ideal in that sense, but it's also about the continuation of the work already taking place off the pitch.
Everton's structured and hard training sessions are already promising results on the pitch this term, and there is room for that to get even better.
A "little evolution", as Benitez himself called it, is what the side needed to improve. Continue that throughout the campaign, and fans will be satisfied.
