THE postponement of Everton’s opening game at Tottenham Hotspur last weekend at least gave David Moyes some extra time to work with his players.
That further spell of fine-tuning and team bonding should mean the Goodison side are raring to go when they entertain Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
Promoted QPR got a shock last week when they were thrashed 4-0 by Bolton Wanderers.
They discovered that mistakes that go unpunished in the Championship can often prove costly in the Premier League, while at the other end they created little.
Their manager, Neil Warnock, came straight out afterwards and said he needs two or three top players to compete at this level.
That is quite a statement to make after the evidence of just one game, but it shows that QPR are not in great shape right now.
And they won’t have played at Everton for a long, long time. Goodison is a difficult ground to play, and it’s a venue where the weaknesses of opponents are often soon found out.
