FOR long spells this season, the talk has been of what a disappointing, frustrating campaign it has been for Everton.
Yet with seven league games to go, Everton find themselves in their highest position of the season, the prospect of yet another top-eight finish looming large and an FA Cup semi final round the corner.
To me, the fact that there has never been any sense of panic emanating from Goodison says a great deal about the way the club is run, and the fact that David Moyes now has a squad in good shape, ahead of what will be a very challenging eight days or so.
It is fair to say that in recent weeks David has had the luxury of being able to rotate key players in key positions, and whoever has been selected has done superbly well, helping the club embark upon an excellent, season-changing run of form.
So, without wishing to look too far ahead, it appears that David may very well have the nicest of problems next weekend, in that he will have serious, and important, selection headaches.
Of course that will inevitably mean that somebody who has played well in recent weeks may have to miss out at Wembley, but that is part and parcel of football I guess.
As for this weekend, there is the suspicion that the recent league form may well have made it more difficult for David to rest personnel over the Easter period.
Even with two games in three days, and two tricky ones at that, there seems like there will be little chance of wholesale changes.
Every point is vital, if Everton are to finish in the ‘Best of the Rest’ positions in the Premier League.
Hardly a poor season, and just imagine how good it might have been had they started it in better form.
