During Everton’s dull but slightly predictable 1-0 defeat away at Spurs on Monday night, Gary Neville spoke of Everton’s inferiority complex. He basically said that he feels like Everton just don’t believe they can win games away at the ‘top 6’. While we all want to pretend that this isn’t true, the statistics back his theory up. You have to go back into the 90s for the last time Everton won at some of the grounds of the ‘top 6’ clubs. But why is this?
From David Moyes to Phil Neville, Adam ponders on why Everton can’t seem to shake this defeatist attitude when it comes to playing the big boys in their own back yard.