Season › 2011-12 › News Everton vs Tamworth Lyndon Lloyd , 7 January, 28comments | Jump to most recent FA Cup 3rd Round Preview With their four-match unbeaten run brought to a shuddering halt by the blustery debacle against Bolton Wanderers in midweek, Everton get either a welcome distraction or disaster-in-waiting in the form of an FA Cup tie against non-league Tamworth. With injuries piling up, David Moyes will have few options available to him as he looks to sidestep this Third Round banana skin and attempt to right the ship again ahead of a daunting looking trip to White Hart Lane next Wednesday. Phil Jagielka's price for making a typically impressive saving tackle against the Trotters is up to six weeks on the sidelines with medial knee ligament damage and that will reduce the Blues' defence to just two senior central defenders in Sylvain Distin and John Heitinga. Shane Duffy has been recalled from his loan spell with Scunthorpe United as cover, but there are more problems in midfield. Jack Rodwell and Leon Osman are almost certainly ruled out with hamstring and knee injuries respectively, while Tim Cahill and Ross Barkley (knee) are fresh doubts. Seamus Coleman and Royston Drenthe could return, Marouane Fellaini will also undergo a late fitness test, and the likes of Magaye Gueye, James McFadden and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov could be in line to start as the manager sifts through the walking wounded to see who is fit enough to play. Article continues below video content Despite his struggle for form in midfield, Phil Neville would seem to be an obvious choice for one of the central spots and, depending on who is fit, Landon Donovan could either be deployed in Cahill's role behind a striker or wide right. Who gets the nod up front will be another interesting conundrum for Moyes and with Louis Saha turning in another poor display against Bolton and Denis Stracqualursi still without a goal, it could be Victor Anichebe who gets the nod after his goalscoring exploits on New Year's Day at West Bromwich Albion. Tamworth, 96 places below Everton in the football pyramid coming into this one, will be playing in the third round for the third time in seven seasons and though they've made a habit of knocking out Football League teams, they have yet to take a Premier League scalp. "The Lambs" will, of course, be hoping to capitalise on Everton's shattered morale and make history with an unthinkable upset but the Blues should have enough to overcome the minnows no matter what team Moyes is able to put out. Quotes or other material sourced from ToffeeWeb Match Report Page Live Matchday Forum Reader Comments (28) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads