The Centre Circle

The race for fourth place is bubbling along nicely and everyone assumes that the fight for the last Champions league spot will be between Spurs, Liverpool, Aston Villa, and Manchester City. However, just below them and coming up on the rails like an express train is Everton. David Moyes’ team is in tremendous form right now, having gone to Eastlands last night and shocked Man City with an emphatic 2-0 victory. It is no surprise to me that they are on the charge. On paper they and when all fit, Everton have a powerful squad, and with Arteta (who I rate hugely) and Cahill (always dangerous) in excellent form and both scoring, great prospects in Rodwell and Gosling, and Jagielka now back to full fitness at the back, they rolled past Man City with ease.

Everton have also in recent weeks turned over the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea and their run in of Wolves, West Ham, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Fulham Stoke & Portsmouth, hardly looks that daunting. Compare this with Tottenham who are now only seven points ahead of Everton and have to face the current top three. Man City still have the Manchester derby, Arsenal, Spurs and Villa to play, Aston Villa have drawn seven out of their last ten games and can’t buy a win and Liverpool right now are really struggling too, plus there seems to be general unrest in the dressing room.

It is not beyond the realms of possibility that Everton could sneak into a Champions League spot if they have a near faultless end to the season. I think they will certainly get close. What do you think? Who do you think will get that final Champions League? Post on my poll on the right hand side or please leave a comment.