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Evertonians are all too fully aware that this season marks 25 years without a trophy.

That's the longest run without success in the club's 141-year history.

To put it into context, half of Everton’s starting eleven against Sheffield Wednesday in midweek weren’t even born the last time Everton lifted a trophy!

Since that glorious day in May 1995, we’ve witnessed Walter Smith, Howard Kendall, David Moyes, Roberto Martinez, Ronald Koeman, Sam Allardyce and now Marco Silva trying and put this club back where it belongs.

Why it hasn’t happened is the million dollar question.

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In Farhad Moshiri's case, the half-a-billion pound question.

A flurry of payers have been signed via Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United and Real Madrid but still their winning mentality just hasn’t rubbed off.

What irritates me - and I’m probably guilty of it myself - is the constant negative attitude we have towards our club.

“It’s Everton all over this."

“Typical Everton."

This whole mind-set has simply got to change.

On social media some fans laughed at Marco Silva’s quotes pre-Sheffield Wednesday. “What we should be, is to go there and be Everton Football Club," he said.

It fuelled a response of negativity online and beyond.

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That’s the manager trying to generate a positive attitude going into one of the most pressurised matches of his tenure so far.

The Carabao Cup this season is a trophy Everton have to simply go all out to win.

If it means forfeiting a league match to rest players then so be it.

The draw has been very kind to us so far. Lincoln City, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford are more evidence to put to bed this lazy, typical shout of “We’ll get Manchester City away or Liverpool at home."

We’ve been handed a favourable draw – embrace it.

If Goodison Park is absolutely rocking against Watford, Everton will find themselves in the quarter-final.

Five more Premier League teams will join the other nine already out of the competition including either Arsenal or Liverpool and Chelsea or Manchester United.

Some lesser teams such as Crawley Town or Colchester and Sunderland or Oxford will be in the last eight too.

Silva is trying to change the philosophy at this great club.

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The fans on the road are without doubt the best in the country.

The Goodison Park crowd over the past eight months have been brilliant.

A cocktail of that with a positive mindset and who knows?

Players have been signed and will take time to settle, some quicker than others.

It takes time – ask the manager across the park.

Everton have a massive opportunity in the League Cup this season if the players, coach and the fans all deliver that same positive mind-set.

If they do, they’ll have better chance of ending the 25 year run, not extending it.