TARKOWSKI: IT IS A STICKY TIME... BUT WE WILL NOT PANIC

Toffees captain insists Blues won't lose heads after Xmas slump

- IAN BAKER

JAMES TARKOWSKI vowed not to panic after Everton's nightmare Christmas The Toffees lost all three games over the festive period, culminating in Saturday's shocker at Wolves. They are suddenly just a point above the drop zone with their four-game winning sequence at the start of December looking like a distant memory.

But captain Tarkowski insists the squad is in far better shape going into 2024 than 2023 after a tough year, which included 10 points being deducted for financial rule breaches.

The experienced defender, 31, said: "The table at the end of the season is important - not the one mid-season. We're halfway through. How many points are there to play for? "My maths isn't great! But there's way more points to win. It definitely feels like we've made big strides in this year for me.