Everton legend Neville Southall has urged the club to "suck it up" after being hit with a 10-point penalty for breaching profit and sustainability laws.
Southall insists Everton should accept the punishment and push onto making sure of Premier League security.
He said, "It has been coming so it is no surprise. But at the end of the day they knew it was coming and if they are doing Everton they are doing other clubs as well. Otherwise it is discrimination against one club.
"All it will do is galvanise the players, the manager and the fans into one, which is a good thing, but they must appeal as that is what everyone does.
"However, if I was them I would just take it and get it out of the way. They are playing well and the Premier League is not a great league from the bottom half down, so we have a chance of winning that little bit of a league.
"It sounds harsh and horrendous but if you broke the rules, you broke the rules - just suck it up."