Everton: ten points, four draws, and a cup tie at Fleetwood for David Moyes

Everton have 10 points, four draws in eight and a League Cup quarter-final at Fleetwood in December. Moyes, the squad, Friedkin's money and Newcastle on Monday.

Everton are not losing much, and they are not winning much either.

After eight league games they have two wins, four draws and two defeats, which makes ten points and had them 13th before Spurs v Palace kicked off today. The goal difference is minus one (8 scored, 9 conceded). Hard to beat, hard to excite. That is Moyes.

What the draws say

Four of the eight were draws: 1-1 at Bournemouth, 2-2 at home to Manchester United, 0-0 at Spurs and 2-2 at Hull. The defeats came in the past fortnight, 2-0 to Chelsea and 2-0 at Arsenal. On Thursday they beat Newcastle 3-1 in the League Cup, with James Garner, Hayden Hackney and Thierno Barry scoring.

The cup is the cheerful bit. The quarter-final, in the week of 14 December, is at League Two Fleetwood Town, who knocked Arsenal out on penalties on Tuesday.

The squad

David Moyes is in charge, and James Tarkowski is captain. Names to know:

Tarkowski, the Fantasy Premier League points leader in the squad, one goal and three clean sheets.
Thierno Barry, three league goals from a chance profile that points to more: his expected goals is above five.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, two goals and an assist, and a scorer in the draw at Hull.
Jordan Pickford, in goal, also on three clean sheets. Jarrad Branthwaite is listed with a concussion at a 75 per cent chance of playing.

The outside noise is Jack Grealish, on loan from Manchester City. The Guardian reports he was dropped for the Newcastle cup tie for "a breach of club discipline" and says his career is in limbo.

Friedkin's money

Dan Friedkin owns Everton through Roundhouse Capital Holdings and is chairman. The new Hill Dickinson Stadium holds 52,769, and the club has new commercial terms: CMC Markets as its main partner from July, and Stake moved from the shirt front to the sleeve.

The summer books lean towards sales. Everton took in about £102m for Iliman Ndiaye (£65m, Manchester City), Tim Iroegbunam (£22m, Hull) and Beto (£15.4m, Fiorentina), and spent about £52m on three signings before add-ons: Hackney arrived from Middlesbrough for £16.5m (plus up to £8m in add-ons), Tyrique George from Chelsea for £18m (plus add-ons of up to £6m) and Merlin Röhl from Freiburg for £17m. Christian Nørgaard also arrived from Arsenal for £7m. Selling more than you buy is good for the books, and a test for the table: Everton have scored eight league goals in eight games.

What to watch next

Newcastle away on Monday 2 November at 20:00, four days after knocking them out of the cup. Then Coventry at home on Friday 6 November. Before Spurs v Palace, Everton were three points above the bottom three.

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