Boss wants to go FULL throttle

MOYES NOT SCARED OF A BLOWOUT

- By JOE THOMAS

DAVID Moyes is keen for Everton to push for Europe this season despite a difficult week of results.

Everton missed a golden opportunity to consolidate their position in the top half of the league after a home defeat to Brentford and a draw with bottom-of-the-table Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The FA Cup defeat to Sunderland on Saturday rounded off a miserable six days for the club, leaving it at a crossroads for the rest of the campaign.

For Moyes, the hope is that his team can use the success of the season so far as a platform to push for further progress given that the Premier League table is so congested, with his side still just four points from fifth despite recent tough results.

He said: "I want us to be full-throttle all the time."

That proximity to the upper echelons of the table follows an impressive 12 months for Moyes, who returned to Everton one year ago on Sunday.

He took over a club just two points clear of the bottom three and destined for a fifth consecutive relegation fight but inspired a surge of form that carried the club to safety well before Easter.

One of the primary goals of his second stint is to ensure a trait he felt he inherited at the start of his first reign does not undermine the rest of a season he believes remains full of potential.