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Marco Silva has demanded his players show him "how many men" there are in the Everton squad after their humiliation at Millwall.

Silva has refused to publicly criticise the Blues but laid down the gauntlet to prove they have long-term futures at Goodison.

Everton's season lays in tatters after they were dumped out of the FA Cup on Saturday night at The Den and Silva expects to learn if his squad has the "personality" to recover.

Silva would not be drawn on what he told the players after their embarrassing loss against the Championship strugglers but said the challenge for them is clear.

“In the bad moments, you see how many men, how many big characters you have, how many big personalities you have," Silva said.

“I'm not the type of coach who is going to point the finger in public – it's not my way," he added.

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"What I've already said to the players, and what I will say to them, stays inside the dressing room.

“But when you are playing for this club, at this level, you need to be mature and you have to take responsibility as well.

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“You talk about character - even with a big mistake from the referee, you have to keep playing your game and not give to them what they want every time and make our quality count.

“Once you show your quality, we are better than them – that is normal – but at other moments we are giving things away and giving (presents) to them.”

Everton were pinning all their hopes for the season on the FA Cup and Silva was mindful of the supporters' disappointment, saying:

"I can imagine it was a tough evening for our supporters because it is a really big disappointment for us to go out of the competition, but now we have to look forward and show more character – because the character we showed in this game was not enough, we need to show more.”