With the international break now over, attention is swiftly turning back to the Premier League as we enter the final two months of the campaign. It's going to be a crucial period in the history of Everton football club with relegation still a lingering and real possibility.
As things stand, the Toffees sit only one place and three points above the relegation zone, albeit with games in hand on almost all of their nearby rivals. Yet even so, there's little faith in this Everton side turning those games into valuable points.
Frank Lampard's men did of course secure a crucial three points just before the international break, beating Newcastle 1-0 at Goodison Park, despite going down to ten men. The shine was taken off of that result though three days later when the Toffees were well beaten 4-0 away at Crystal Palace in the FA Cup quarter-final.
