catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
They’re still three points ahead lads. No one can celebrate given what that lot are like until it’s mathematically impossible for them to win it. It’s early February, the situation is better than it was but a long way to go. As deluded as they were to claim they’d go unbeaten and had already won it, it’s equally deluded to say they’ll choke it when they sit in all probability with a 3 point lead at the top.
They are very nervous though mate. That's what is fuelling the frankly ridiculous assertions that there needs to be some sort of enquiry as to why Everton put in their best home performance in about 3 months.
You can feel the momentum slipping from them. They need to turn it around very quickly. Lots of tough games to come as well, Wolves, Chelsea, United, Newcastle away etc.
The critical point for them at this season is whether this is actually just the mid season blip they tend to get under Klopp or whether they have really ran out of steam having been worked into the ground. I wouldn't wish to prejudice the outcome either way by suggesting at this stage, but it's an open question. Even if it's a blip the secondary question is how quickly do they come out of it? Their game in hand is away at OT, if they lose that then their advantage is completely gone. Even if they defeat Watford and Bournemouth (neither of which will be straightforward given how they are playing).
I remember saying earlier in the season they are 1 loss away from wheels coming off, around the time of the red star game. Fortunately for them they won at Watford that week and went onto a winning run that stabilised things very quickly. Bournemouth at the weekend feels very similar. If they lose that game I suspect things will begin to unravel big time.