Bill Kenwright still holds a European dream for Everton FC

28 September 2010 04:00
EVERTON owner Bill Kenwright is still holding onto a European dream for Everton this season, despite admitting to being 'shocked and bewildered' by the club's current position at the bottom of the Premier League.[LNB]Saturday's draw at Craven Cottage, coupled with West Ham's victory over Tottenham, has left the Blues rock bottom.[LNB]But the Goodison chairman declared: 'I can only say as a fellow fan I don't believe we will be down there for much longer.[LNB]'The name of the game isn't to get out of relegation trouble, believe me, but to get up towards the European places and I know that's what everyone, especially the manager, is aiming for.[LNB] 'We're in a state of shock rather than a state of crisis, because we went into this season with high hopes, which to be honest with you Evertonians don't normally do.[LNB]'We were all set for what we thought for the first time in a long, long time was a season when we could hopefully deliver what Evertonians want and what Evertonians should get.[LNB]'There was a real confidence so naturally there's a real feeling now almost of bewilderment at where we are, especially seeing how we've played.'[LNB]Kenwright added: 'I don't think it's confidence. I went to the team hotel on Friday just to be there with the gang - it wasn't to give them a gee up as some papers have said - it was just to be there with them and there's an absolute knowledge in the squad of where they are. No-one's hiding from that, but there's also a confidence they will get out of it.[LNB]'Of course they're feeling bewildered by it all, but they know they will get out of it. When they went on to the pitch at Fulham it wasn't a team lacking confidence. We played terrific football but we just couldn't put the ball in the net.'

Source: Liverpool_Echo