Bill Kenwright still holds a European dream for Everton FC

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.Saturday's draw at Craven Cottage, coupled with West Ham's victory over Tottenham, has left the Blues rock bottom.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.'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. '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.'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.'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.'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.'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