THERE’S already been plenty to forget for Everton this season – so here’s a couple more things.

Forget about playing good football. Forget about entertainment. Forget about all the problems that have plagued this campaign so far.

Just concentrate on one thing – making yourselves difficult to beat.

That characteristic has always served Everton so well under David Moyes and has been the basis for much of their success during his reign.

Now it’s time to go back to it. Cut out the mistakes and set the team up so that it’s tough to break down because at the moment it’s just far too easy.

It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that Everton can sort things out. Even now, they still haven’t lost back-to-back games in the Premier League for a year.

But what are the chances of that record being extended much further with Arsenal away then Manchester United at home after the international break? Defending the way they are, not great.

However, I do believe that those games will give Moyes the opportunity to discover the system that will work best with the squad of players he currently has.

And for me, that would involve having two midfielders protecting the back four instead of one.

Let’s face it, Lee Carsley has never really been properly replaced and Everton have suffered badly for it.

When a team runs at them down the middle, they look like they’re going to score every time and it makes you shudder to think what Arsenal and United will do if they are allowed to play through them.