Source: Liverpool_Echo
Everton’s Phil Jagielka wants to use Aston Villa game as a launchpad to success
THIS time last winter Everton lost a tumultuous football match to tomorrow's visitors to Goodison Park.[LNB]It proved a launch pad for the kind of unbeaten run which sets up whole seasons.[LNB]But not for the victors, Aston Villa.[LNB]Everton were the team which rallied from that heartbreak to embark upon a stirring run of results.[LNB]After the crushing disappointment of that last minute defeat to Martin O'Neill's side, Everton dusted themselves down and lost just once in their next 23 games - a run which included a revenge victory over Villa and a first appearance in a Cup Final for 14 years.[LNB]Everton desperately need another springboard tomorrow, but this time with the platform of a victory over Villa.[LNB]One man who featured in last season's games but will not play tomorrow is Phil Jagielka but Everton's player of the year is keeping his fingers crossed for his team-mates.[LNB]He said: 'The last couple of seasons we've not started as we would have liked for one reason or another, but we'd definitely like to win the game on Saturday to give us a springboard this time rather than lose it![LNB]'We need to go on a decent run now.[LNB]'We have lost a couple of games recently, but the morale in the camp is still quite high.[LNB]'It just takes one good result, which will hopefully be on Saturday, to turn things around, and we have been known to go on these long unbeaten runs when we don't lose many games - if any.[LNB]'But that's what we've got to do. We've got to win on Saturday and then climb up the table to where we feel that we belong.'
