Everton have 11 matches left to ensure that their 68-year existence in the top flight of English football is not brought to a sorry end.
The Blues currently lie 17th in the Premier League table, three points above Watford and crucially with two games in hand on two of the teams below them.
But those extra games will count for nothing if Frank Lampard cannot get his side to start picking up points on a more frequent basis - and Evertonians' hopes of moving away from the drop zone look bleak.
