First, As has been stated before our home form compared to the equivalent fixtures last year has actually improved (although clearly not good!). The equivalent first six fixtures including tomorrow reaping 3 points (the Fulham win) so it is not a total disaster.

Secondly, Zola is clearly passionate about 4-3-3. Last year he tried DDM and Etherington up front with Cole on a number of occasions and it didn't often work. The signings this sumer appear to have been an attempt to get more appropriate players for the system but could not be considered a success! I agree with many posters that two forwards working closer together better suits our squad and therir ability. I think we should be patient with these imports particularly Jiminez who is clearly taking time to adjust but I think is a real talent. Few overseas players make an immediate impact and Diamanti has surprised me at how relatively well he has done

I just watched the Villa highlights to have a closer look at the penalties as my seat in the Doctor Martins Stand is not close to the Trevor Borooking end You can see Beye gets the ball but it looks to me that he gets Hines first. Hines certainly looks offside but they get missed all the time. Watching the da Costa pen I can only assume that Steve Bennett could not believe he could get so high and assumed he had climbed…either that or he felt he made a ricket for ours and wanted to even the score.

Finally I thought da Costa was excellent on Wednesday (really handled Carew well) and whilst I am a great fan of James Collins he demonstrated once again that he is very flat footed against quicker forwards.

So glass half full for me and hopefully we get something from Everton tomorrow. It is long overdue.

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