Everton provides advice on when to speak, as the manager of Bournemouth said

Rob Edwards, manager of Luton Town, admitted something similar to the Spaniard in the build-up to this game just a week before. In addition, it had also been a whopping 132 days since Everton last won on home soil.

During that time, the Blues have been beaten by Fulham, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and the Hatters. So it is easy to understand why Iraola was so bullish.

“The first chance we have to obtain the first win is tomorrow, Everton away,” the Spaniard remarked. “A club that is with us in the standings, it’s a good chance.”

Iraola was correct at the time of speaking on Friday afternoon. Now, however, the Blues are four points ahead of the Cherries in the table after this 3-0 victory here. The first on home soil this season.

Everton were quite simply superb. Sean Dyche’s side dominated from the first whistle to the last.

And it was no surprise when, as a result of that pressing, the Blues opened the scoring with Garner pouncing on Illia Zabarnyi’s slip deep inside his own half before finishing smartly past Neto.

Jack Harrison’s cracker then made it two before the break as the Blues finally put a side to the sword. Doucoure would add a third in the second-half – because scoring against Bournemouth is what he does.

The only negative for Blues supporters as they left Goodison on Saturday evening was that they hadn’t seen their side score more. It is no exaggeration to say that Everton could have won by five or six here.

The result should teach Iraola a valuable lesson. It is probably best to do your talking after the event.

His comments also caused a stir on social media in the build-up to this game. One fan, upon seeing them, remarked, “Well, that should be Sean Dyche’s team talk sorted then!”

Whether the Everton boss did just that remains to be seen. But for Iraola, he just became the latest figure to say something that has come back to bite him.