THE recession may continue to bite, but David Moyes would like nothing more than to deny his local Chinese takeaway some welcome income.

And every Evertonian will be similarly hopeful their manager steers clear of the prawn crackers and spring rolls this evening.

It’s nothing against Oriental cuisine, however. Merely an insight of how the life of a Premier League manager can by influenced by results on the pitch.

With Everton having gone five games without a win, Moyes admits it has been some time since he has been able to enjoy the “Saturday night feeling” of revelling in victory.

The visit of Aston Villa this afternoon gives the Goodison outfit a chance to arrest a slump that saw them lose three games in six days, the most recent of which saw them slip out of the Carling Cup at Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday.

And Moyes does not want to be left picking up the telephone and ordering his tea once again.

“Managers are always under pressure to get a result,” says the Everton manager. “That is my job and there is nobody who hurts more than me, and nobody who examines himself more than me, when we don’t get them.

“Whatever anyone thinks or says, I have already thought about it and tried to correct it.

“I used to talk about the Saturday night feeling. If you’ve won you can enjoy a meal with the wife and a bottle of wine if you fancy it or there’s the alternative, which is to pull the curtains and get a Chinese in and hope nobody sees you when you’ve lost.

“There have been a few nights with the curtains drawn this season that’s for sure, but that’s football management. As a manager you want the positive Saturday night feeling more often.”

Such positivity has been sadly lacking around Finch Farm during recent weeks, with a lengthy injury list finally starting to bite into Everton’s ambitions for the campaign.