Everton, after their torrid start to the Premier League season, were expected to endure another year of relegation scrapping. However, few expected it to then be dominated by financial issues, with the subsequent sanctions actually the reason why they kept being dragged back into the mire. Were it not for their accumulated eight-point deduction, survival would have been assured weeks ago. And yet, only on Saturday did they confirm it with a comfortable win over Brentford. Ian Wright thinks that they deserve huge praise for persisting through such turmoil when other clubs might have folded unde…
