Villa send blues packing

AFTER SUCH a productive summer of transfer business, David Moyes cannot have envisaged such a miserable start to the season.

Only the undoubted backing of his board will have prevented the Everton manager from more vigorous scrutiny by the doom and gloom merchants.

Moyes is undoubtedly now facing one of the most important months in his largely successful reign at Goodison, after one win in six league games and a daunting trip to Metalist Kharkiv in the UEFA Cup to come.