Source: Liverpool_Echo
Leighton Baines: Everton FC must focus to turn season into a success
Leighton Baines 300[LNB]LEIGHTON Baines has warned his Everton team-mates to eradicate the 'what-if' factor if they want to achieve something this season.[LNB]The defender is determined the Blues do not fail to live up to expectations, and wants to get last weekend's opening day defeat by Blackburn out of his system with three points tomorrow at Goodison.[LNB]Baines, who will once again hope to use his club form as a springboard to international recognition this season, said: 'It's all well and good beating Man U, Chelsea and Man City last season but then we let ourselves down in other games.[LNB]'It's no use looking at those games wondering where we might have been. We don't want to do that again. It's vital we beat the sides we're expected to.[LNB] 'We expect to win all our home games but we struggled against the likes of Wolves and Stoke at home last season. It's about time we started doing it now. No more room for what ifs.'[LNB]Baines, who was an ever-present for manager David Moyes last term, hopes his team-mates rise to the challenge of a hard-to-beat Wolves outfit, which held Everton to two draws in the last campaign.[LNB]He said: 'The Blackburn game was a reality check. It puts things into perspective and makes you realise that every game is tough. We had some great results against some of the top sides last year and struggled against some of the sides you'd expect us to beat.[LNB]'That was an area you'd want us to improve upon this time around, and we didn't at Ewood Park. With all due respect, now we're at home to Wolves and it's a game you'd expect us to win, so it's important we actually do it this time rather than being another one of those games.'
