AFTER helping see off a Spanish platter before devouring some Swedes, Everton FC midfielder Jack Rodwell returns to his bread and butter at the weekend.

And the Everton midfielder acknowledges that only by continuing his impressive club form will the chance come to enjoy the just desserts of a place in next summer’s European Championships.

Not since Wayne Rooney has an Everton player made as immediate an impact in an England shirt as Rodwell has this week.

Called up by Fabio Capello on the strength of his improving form in central midfield for the Goodison outfit this season, the 20-year-old was a second-half substitute in the 1-0 win over Spain at Wembley on Saturday and started the similar triumph against Sweden four days later.

Such victories have been hard to come by for Rodwell at Everton in recent times, with David Moyes’s side having lost six of their last seven games to slump to 17th in the Premier League table and out of the Carling Cup.

They aim to arrest that slide when they entertain Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, with Rodwell hoping he and fellow England call-ups Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines can capitalise on a morale-boosting few days.

“We need a win,” admits Rodwell. “We’re lacking points at the moment. Hopefully I can take my confidence to the pitch for Everton. Jags and Bainesy played well too and we’ll be focused on three points against Wolves.

“The results we’ve had can happen when you’ve had a tough run of fixtures like we’ve had. We’ve had United, Liverpool and Chelsea back to back and the fixture list hasn’t been great to us, but we need to turn it around now.”