Clinical Yakubu crushes feeble Fulham

EVERTON have become wearily accustomed to seeing high hopes dashed at the last, but the air of expectation at Goodison Park is mushrooming by the week.

David Moyes’ team are now firmly-established as one of the top flight’s genuine heavyweights and Yakubu, the striker who single-handedly crushed Fulham with a hat-trick on Saturday, believes they are on the cusp of genuine league achievement and a Wembley final.

The Nigerian, who arrived at Goodison Park in August for €18million, has silenced the whispers that he is not the hardest working footballer in the Premier League.