Rob W

i think after narrowly beating 7-0 at the end of last season, he doesnt consider us to be title contenders whcih is fair enough really. as has been said, the less everyone expects of us, the easier it is for us to be up for proving them wrong!

All the pundits had to wait and wait and wait last season for us to slip up and it never came. They so wanted to knock us down and say we told u so, u are lucky now but it wont last, but it did last and we finsished 4th. We played well against Villareal but they punished us with their only 2 attacks, maybe we are inexperienced in Europe but sorry, we can only learn by playing against Euro teams.

All the 'I told u so's' are starting to come, I read an article after the Villa game about what a joke it was that we are in the champs league and we rightly got 'stuffed' in the first leg (was i watching a different game?).

How about well done Everton, you have achieved what 90% of the Prem League would love to achieve and youve done it without spending a penny, making a huge profit even. What are we supposed to do, a bit of optimism before the season starts isnt a reason to shoot us down nor is a loss against Man Utd when we deserved to be leading at half time instead of losing.

Give us a break and let us get on with it.