Source: Liverpool_Echo
Fulham 0 Everton 0: Greg O'Keeffe sees the Blues hit the bottom after drawing a blank
THERE have been 157 goals scored in the Premier League so far this season - sometimes it feels like Everton waste that many chances in a single game.[LNB]Now they've paid the biggest price for their consistent failure to hit the back of the net, namely hitting rock bottom in the table for the first time in five years.[LNB]Of course it's a false position, for at least three of their opening six fixtures they have been the better side.[LNB]Just as at Craven Cottage on Saturday, they have dominated possession and created the clearer opportunities. But while the rest of the top flight has witnessed a goal rush, converted chances remain an endangered species for the Toffees.[LNB] The biggest test David Moyes faces now is preventing this pattern of results to become a vicious circle. With each passing win-less fixture, it gets harder to stop confidence sinking.[LNB]After the Carling Cup debacle, Phil Neville used the metaphor that Everton must be prepared to climb a mountain. The Premier League table must look like Kilimanjaro to him at the moment.[LNB]This season continues to make supporters of the blue faith feel like children who have woken up on Christmas morning to find only rocks in their stockings.[LNB]The excitement and optimism of the summer might still be waning, but somewhere in this cagey encounter with Mark Hughes side were sources of optimism.[LNB]Ayegbini Yakubu played a full game, and showed flickers of the Yak who scored 21 goals in his first season in royal blue. He might never regain the moderate but effective short burst of pace he had at his disposal back then, it certainly wasn't there on Saturday, but his instincts look like they're becoming re-honed.[LNB]The Nigerian had three strong chances to grab those elusive points, tried repeatedly to get into the right positions, and turned his marker slickly on a couple of occasions.
