WITH Everton playing badly and struggling to find a win against even the most modest of opponents, hosting Tottenham Hotspur is arguably the worst fixture we could face.

Under David Moyes, the Blues have only beaten Spurs once at Goodison Park, and in the game played on February 2007, following a late goal by Jermaine Jenas, the Everton boss suffered some of the most stinging criticism of his Everton career.

In all honesty, the way things stand at the moment, especially after the desperate performance at Stoke at the weekend, another poor result is certain to provoke a similar reaction from the exasperated Goodison crowd.

Everyone has their own theory as to what needs to be done to get things back on an even keel and, crucially, move away from the bottom of the table, but however Moyes lines his side up, minus Tim Cahill, the most important thing is that all the players start to give, as Gina G famously said, just a little bit more.

Tim Howard, for instance, needs to start being braver when the ball is in the area.

Whether he catches it, punches it, or whatever, he needs to make his mind up and dominate the penalty box.