Ah yes, thanks, JFB. Had a deep-lodged memory of putting Everton's rep as our bogey team to rest last season, but had completely forgotten those two own goals.
I agree with the others - following an international break and going into our next run of games, a win is important to establish the momentum isn't broken. Also important to win against a team in this poor vein of form AND get away wins under our belt. The more away wins we get at this stage, the more home games against same opposition we have to come later on at the business end. Can't work out whether the extra few days' recovery and training will outweigh the throwing of the regular habitual Saturday afternoon game: will TV and Monday night throw us? Can we do it on a west Monday night in Birmingham? The type of game where Delph fires home a 40 yard screamer, or Agbonlahor scores a freak wondergoal and returns to zero form again for the remainder of the season.
Actually, think such a peleton is what I meant to base my change in username on - that front pack of cyclists, using slipstream to improve their efficiency. As well as the purposeful extra 'l', I inadvertently added the 'r', which seems to describe an electrostatic particle accelerator instead.
Unless, of course, a 'Pelletron' is a suave Higgs Boson - essential for producing mass, but with perfect hair
