Roberto Martinez is confident he has enough talent in his Everton squad to avoid relegation this season.
The Toffees, who finished fifth in the Premier League last term, were beaten 2-0 by Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Wednesday night to fall to 14th on the table.
Martinez is aware that the Merseyside club now have a fight on their hands to remain in the top flight but believes the quality is there to stave off a possible demotion.
When asked if his team were too good to be relegated, the Spaniard responded with: "No, but we are a team very confident in the talent we have, which had a terrific season in the last campaign.
"Everything you want in a football team is there - what we want is games and a bit of a positive feeling.
"We are not looking down. We haven't got the amount of points we wanted, but it has been very small margins and we are looking forward to the next 10 games.
"We will face the challenge straight on. We want to get as many points as we can."
