If there is one thing that has been made clear in the past week it is that Everton's players have some fight within them.

Before Monday, only once had the Blues avoided defeat having gone behind this season - the comeback 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at Hill Dickinson Stadium at the start of October. On Monday, against Leeds United, and again on Saturday, at Brighton and Hove Albion, Everton rescued useful points after going behind.

Hard work will not be enough to secure the spot in Europe that David Moyes covets and parts of the fanbase, understandably after years of wretched torment, want to be the goal for a season that feels like a turning point for the club.

But it is a valuable asset that was on...