Everton have plenty of things to contend with today, but they simply have to brush them all aside in order to get the win.
After all, surrendering ground to Nottingham Forest could prove devastating in their survival ambitions, especially after Luton Town’s heavy loss has provided an ample opportunity to extend a gap.
The Hatters were hopeless against Brentford, brushed aside by five goals to one.
Now, it’s time for Sean Dyche and his men to do their job.
However, they will have to do without a few key names, despite the injury round-up being largely a positive one.
Is Seamus Coleman injured?
Having had to go into Monday night’s mauling at Chelsea without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, already the match was off to a bad start.
And that was well before they shipped four first-half goals, with Cole Palmer enjoying a feast at Stamford Bridge.
However, the Toffees’ misery was compounded when Seamus Coleman, Jarrad Branthwaite and Nathan Patterson were all forced off with various injuries.
The latter has already reacted to the news he will be out for the season, whilst their 21-year-old centre-back remains hopeful of a return to fitness.
Coleman, though, seems set to suffer another setback, with Everton’s official website detailing Dyche’s damning comments: ‘Seamus, we’re waiting on but hopefully it will calm down quickly – but touch-and-go, at best, for this weekend.’
It does not look promising for the 35-year-old.
Sean Dyche has to start Ben Godfrey for Everton vs Nottingham Forest
So, with both Patterson and Coleman out, once again a vacuum has opened up in the right-back spot.
And this time, surely Dyche must learn from his mistakes.
After all, he has drawn some scorn from fans over the course of the season for persisting with Ashley Young, despite the 38-year-old veteran having proven himself something of a liability when forced into the backline.
At right midfield, he is the best of a bad bunch at times, but bearable.
But as part of a defence, he cannot be trusted.
Ben Godfrey is hardly much better, but at the very least the out-of-position man has the athleticism needed to inject some much-needed pace into this Everton side.
And facing up against a Forest outfit with the speed of Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga, that will be welcomed.
Dyche cannot hang Young out to dry, and it could be argued that he simply has no other choice but to start the £75k-a-week former Norwich City man to pocket one-half of that duo and lead the Toffees to victory.