David Moyes made clear his disappointment with Everton’s recent form.
The Toffees have endured a frustrating month, dropping points after conceding late goals in matches against Liverpool (2-1 defeat), West Ham (another 2-1 loss) and [**Manchester City](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2026/05/20/premier-league/1261286-four-things-we-learnt-as-manchester-citys-title-dream-ends.html)**(a 3-3 draw)
They topped off that streak since the March international break by conceding three goals without reply in the second half against Sunderland to end the schedule at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
·‘I don't think that we've played badly, just not quite good enough’
A season free from struggle should be welcomed by the club, but Moyes wants to drive the standards of the side even higher, so there will be many lessons to learn from this lean streak.
The club have the capacity to lend a former post of Moyes a helping hand if they can defeat Tottenham in North London this weekend, but that is not the priority for the Scotsman.
"We're close to something with Vitalii Mykolenko, and we will make an announcement when ready on Idrissa Gueye. We have two players on loan, Tyrique George and Jack Grealish, they will both go to their clubs, and then we'll take it from there. Gueye, he's on the grass, I would say 50-50 chance that he could be involved. We will know a bit more once he's trained.
“I am disappointed for James Garner, but I've got to say I'm not surprised because I think the form in the last five or six weeks hasn't really encouraged players for selection. Your team, your players, need to be in form to attract England managers, so we have to take a bit of the disappointment with Jimmy as well, that we have not been able to get him to the World Cup.
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"I think we would all accept that we've had a pretty drama-free season. We've done a lot of really good things - we've still been competitive for the top end rather than the bottom end, we've not got a relegation play-off game at the end of the season.
“We haven't got to win one of the games to stay up, we've not got that situation, so lots of good things. There's a cloud hanging over me at the moment. We've not finished the last six games well enough.
“I don't think we've played particularly badly in any of the games. I just think sometimes goals change the way you feel. When you get a result, you think much better about it; when you don't get it, then you start to look at the negative side. I don't think that we've played badly, just not quite good enough to win, and that's shown in the results.
"I'd love to keep West Ham in the league, but it's more important that I get Everton a top-half finish.
"Whether it will only be a top-half finish or whether it will be something else, you never know, we're going to go there and try to win it. I don't see it any other way. I'm not turning up with a team of kids to see what they can do. They've had that opportunity to show me if I think they're ready or not."