Phil McNulty - BBC
Where do you start? Everton is a club never slow or shy of telling the world how right they get it off the field but supporters have every right to ask when they might actually deliver something on it.
Everton, under Carlo Ancelotti, allied an outstanding away record to utterly wretched stuff at home to end in a league position that cannot be regarded as anything other than a disappointment.
Big moments came such as winning at Liverpool for the first time since 1999 but then there were home losses to Newcastle United, Fulham and Sheffield United, among others.
Too inconsistent and often close to unwatchable at Goodison Park. Shafts of light for the future in the outstanding signings Ben Godfrey, Everton's player of the season, and Abdoulaye Doucoure.
Still too much deadwood and Ancelotti, who missed out on his target of European football, may well be spending big again this summer.
Pete Hall - i News
Not so long ago, as Dominic Calvert-Lewin was scoring for fun and James Rodriguez was picking sumptuous passes out with unfathomable regularity, Everton were talked about as surprise title contenders.
Fans were pinching themselves. They had one of the best managers in the world at the helm, flanked by fan favourite assistant Duncan Ferguson, and buoyed by notable wins over Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, title talk was not looking quite so ridiculous.
That optimism evaporated in the New Year on the back of an horrendous run of results at home that produced a shocking six points from 11 games.
Rodriguez had done his usual disappearing act, culminating in the Colombian announcing he “felt a bit too tired” to play in their penultimate game against Wolves.
The fact that Rodriguez was brazen enough to post a picture of himself on a private jet returning to Colombia before the final day trip to the Etihad tells you all you need to know about his commitment.
Carlo Ancelotti has either performed a miracle to make an average squad more competitive, or under-performed with a team capable of qualifying for Europe. It’s more the former.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin built on last year to prove he is no one-season wonder. Everton need more players of his level. On too many occasions he has been starved of quality service.
Fabian Delph.... is [also] still at Everton, making a grand total of eight Premier League appearances. Call it bad luck with injuries, but whatever the circumstances he’s the kind of signing that keeps causing Everton to haemorrhage cash.
Jamie Jackson - The Guardian
Everton were being made to play the role of unwilling patsies by a relentless blue wave.
A bullet-paced Fernandinho header was coolly pulled down by Mahrez before his ball, which was aimed at a lurking Sterling at the far post, was somehow cleared by the visitors.
There was no way out for Carlo Ancelotti’s men. Even when Lucas Digne broke from a Foden corner he looked up to see no black-shirted teammate there to support him.
Instead Kyle Walker and John Stones led the cavalry back to protect Ederson and Everton’s spirit was further punctured.
