Former Everton defender Alan Stubbs, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live about the Toffees' survival chances and David Moyes' return as manager: "I think this Everton squad is slightly better than last season and I just look at the teams below, even though they have picked up points, I still do think there are three teams worse than Everton.

There had been a comforting positivity around Everton since David Moyes’ appointment as manager last week; the sombre, almost resigned atmosphere initially replaced by warm, fuzzy nostalgia. But for this Everton right now,

David Moyes said he had witnessed the scale of the task he faces to keep Everton in the Premier League after a dismal 1-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa on Wednesday.We have started the year winning at home,