Everton, were it not for their points deduction, would be just three points off seventh place after 17 Premier League games. To have been within touching distance of the European places, and thriving in the form table too, would have had fans genuinely excited about what magic might occur this campaign. However, they have been robbed of that potential by the harshest ruling in the history of the division, and Sean Dyche has worked veritable miracles in keeping a squad surely crushed by such news motivated. If anything, things have actually reached new unforeseen heights since that sanction, ha…
