Ever going to change?

I like to bore Jen by talking about football with her. I have no one else here that is a) interested or b) will actually listen. Jen is not interested but because she loves me she is willing to listen to me go on about football. Also I tend to start talking about it when I am in the car so she has no obvious escape path.

Yesterday I was taking great pleasure in explaining that my team were 4th in the league and could well hold out and beat their city rivals Liverpool to the last Champions League place. Jen pointed out that Everton seemed to have done quite well over the last couple of seasons (I knew she had been listening) in fact ever since I had left the country. That kept me quiet for the rest of the journey.

I sometimes wished I supported a very successful team. It must be a great feeling watching the game absolutely convinced that you will win. The start of the season would be full of the expectation of winning a cup or two as well as the league. Supporting Everton is not like that. At the beginning of each season, I am always praying that we win at least one of our 1st 5 games. The next goal is to try and get to 40 points as quickly as possible to ensure that we will not get relegated. As I write this Everton are 4th having earned 53 points, and seem to be pushing hard for a European place. However, I am just happy that we are going to be safe from relegation this year. I have found in the past that if I expect very little from Everton, I will not be disappointed. I guess it could be worse…I could follow Newcastle United.