OSSIE GIVES US SOMETHING TO FINALLY CHEER ABOUT!

Time to spoil the party (part II)
This has been a great season by recent Everton standards, three or four bad games aside we have been pretty good this season. We sit in fifth place with five games to go on merit. Only three teams have more Premier League wins than we do.

Then I looked at the last five games of the season and those of Pompey and Villa and even Sparky's club and got a sinking feeling in my stomach.

Two difficult games against sides above us, one game with a UEFA Cup hopeful and two against mid table cu_m relegation fodder. Normally I wouldn't put it past us to get three wins a loss and a draw from that lot. This would put us on 70 points, pretty impressive and another huge step in the right direction.

Then I look at Pompey, particularly after their away win against the Hammers tonight. They have Toon, City, Blackburn , Boro and finish against Fulham. Even with the FA Cup you wouldn't put it past Harry to snag four wins, even five isn't that much of a stretch. That would see them with as many as 71 points.

Villa and Blackburn are less of a threat and we can see of O'Neill's men with a good win against them at Goodison.

Normally we have a bad game and move on, our current run of form is hardly good.

What worries me is the terrible run of performances recently. We started March with a great win over Pompey then played awful in Italy, a win was a fair result in the North East and the 2-0 win against La Viola at Goodison was magnificent; the penalty loss aside.

Seems like we left our heart in Europe .

They maybe our 'bogey team' but the loss to Fulham was really poor. Succumbing to the Hammers at home, ditto. The Derby was really terrible, the first half we looked like a group of Sunday Leaguers. Then we win against Derby , one of the worst teams to play top flight English Football in ten odd years and we barely scrape by them, at home.
This malaise has me more worried about teams below us overhauling us and us missing out on Europe next year. That concerns me much more than an almost hopeless chase for fourth.

Of course, I stay focused on Moysie and the lads and hope that we can win out and finish strong. We have had an excellent season that has so far exceeded realistic August expectations and fifth place is in our own hands .

I just cannot help picturing Paula Radcliffe, game and in a grand position for much of the race with an odd stride that nobody else has and then someone overtakes her in the home stretch or final bend and the fans all get behind her because they love a gallant loser.

Excuse me, I'm really fu_cking fed up of following a team of gallant losers, following a team of ba_stard winners would be nice for a change.

Blue till I die.

Part one is on When Skies Are Grey for those who give a shiite!