Even if Unsworth wins next 2 games should he get the Everton job?

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David Unsworth believes next two matches will decide his fate as Everton manager, but even if he wins them should he get the job?

Everton’s interim manager David Unsworth gestures during the English Premier League football match against Leicester City.

David Unsworth knows that the next two matches will determine whether he is given the Everton job on a permanent basis or not.

The Toffees take on Lyon in the Europa League tonight (November 2) knowing that defeat will effectively eliminate them from the competition with two games to go.

They then host Watford in the Premier League on Sunday (November 5) before a two-week international break, during which time the club are expected to make a decision on who will succeed Ronald Koeman as manager.

Ronald Koeman looks on prior to the Premier League match between Everton and Arsenal.

“That doesn’t scare me, because I know the game, and I know that in the end you will be judged, I know, on performances – and I think performances have improved for a game and a half, certainly second half against Leicester – but within those performances, you’ve got to try and dig out some results, so I want to win the game tomorrow, I want to perform, and Sunday’s a massive game as well,” Unsworth told the Liverpool Echo.

“Sunday’s a cup final for me and I think we’ve got to play it like a cup final, I certainly want the players to play it like a cup final.”

David Unsworth, caretaker manager of Everton, gives his team instructions during the Carabao Cup Fourth Round match against Chelsea.

Unsworth has lost his first two fixtures since taking charge as a caretaker following the sacking of Koeman, losing 2-1 to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup and then 2-0 to Leicester City in the league.

While there were signs of improvements at Stamford Bridge, against the Foxes the team was woeful and there is little to suggest the 44-year-old is the man to turn things around after that loss at the King Power Stadium saw the Merseysiders slip into the drop zone.

Unsworth has made no secret about the fact he wants to take charge full-time, but with his managerial experience limited to interim roles to date, does the former defender have what it takes to succeed at Goodison Park?

Even if the next two matches end in victory, surely the club’s hierarchy will want someone who has at least managed at a top level to try and guide them out of what is undoubtedly now a relegation battle.