• 'I want to see how we do,' admits Everton manager • Moyes wary of FA Cup shock at hands of Oldham

David Moyes appears poised to wait until the end of the season before clearing the air over his Everton future.

Moyes celebrates the 11th anniversary of his tenure at Goodison Park in four weeks' time, but there remains a question mark over whether he will extend a contract that expires this summer.

The 49-year-old Scot, who has been a revelation throughout his time in charge of a club that has continually punched above its weight, on Friday refused to shed any light on his situation.

Instead, Moyes looks likely to keep chairman Bill Kenwright, the players and fans in the dark over the closing three months of the campaign.

"I'll give as much as I can, but I've said – and I've spoken with the chairman – that I want to see how the team do," said Moyes. "I want to see how we do in the cups, I want to see how we do in the league, and it's more than likely I won't make a decision until the end of the season. So you can ask me every week, but I'll probably give you the same answer."

Moyes's immediate focus on Saturday will be on an FA Cup fifth-round tie at League One Oldham, who last month pulled off a stunning upset with a 3-2 victory over Liverpool.

The Latics have changed manager since that shock win at Boundary Park, with Tony Philliskirk stepping in as caretaker after Paul Dickov resigned in the wake of a 3-1 defeat at Walsall a fortnight ago.

Under Philliskirk, Oldham triumphed 3-1 at home to MK Dons last weekend, but remain in the bottom four.

The tie with Everton represents a pleasant distraction for Philliskirk and his players, but Moyes knows the danger at hand. He can also recall his side's own harrowing defeat to Oldham five years ago when the underdogs won a third-round clash 1-0 at Goodison Park.

"We know what they can do as they did very well against Liverpool. It was a great result, but that's what the cup does," said Moyes. "We've been knocked out by Shrewsbury (in the third round in 2003), knocked out by Oldham. We have been there, done that, we know what it's like and we don't want it to happen again. We'll do everything we possibly can to make sure it doesn't."

Unsurprisingly, however, given a choice between qualifying for next season's Champions League and winning the FA Cup, there is no contest as far as Moyes is concerned. Everton remain in the hunt for a top-four finish in the Premier League, although they have slipped of late and now trail Spurs by six points and Arsenal by two.

"Qualifying for the Champions League always means more because the financial rewards from that are far greater than what you get from the FA Cup," said Moyes. "We can think of a lot of teams who have won the FA Cup and it's not desperately changed their fortunes, whereas qualifying for the Champions League does.

Moyes should have Sylvain Distin available after the defender missed Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Manchester United through illness but Victor Anichebe is a doubt with a knock sustained in that game.