Tottenham V Everton | David Moyes' Preview

Good evening everyone. Welcome to our pre-match press conference to preview all game against Tottenham. We start off at home from just >> I'm just wondering your assessment of start of the season I suppose because glass half full you know it's unbeaten and amazing comebacks but glass off empty space supposed you needed amazing comebacks and >> pleased in pleased in some aspects I think we've played quite well in some of the games uh yeah I'm I'm not unhappy and I'd like to get another win rather than a draw somewhere along the the the way but uh but nevertheless know the players have done a a good job at the moment and uh we hope they can continue. >> There's I think it's fair to say excitement is building around Tyreek George. Would you urge sort of caution around that the not putting too much pressure and expectation on such young fair or or you okay to be excited about the young talent in his potential? >> Well, I think there's some great young players around the world who are playing who are younger than Tyreek and exciting everybody. Uh I think Tyreek started well. He's I think he's still got a lot to learn and and he will in the time he's here. So uh but he's come into the team done very well for us and hope it continues. >> Jack Reish hasn't started a game I think since January. Is he ready to start a game? And what are the risks and sort of considerations you have to take into mind if you're going to do >> uh I think Jack's a special because I think Jack is ready to play. Yeah. I think Jack's probably a boy who needs the football more than he needs the training. Sometimes uh I think game playing game time helps Jack, but in ways that's him still building up to get to his best. But uh I've got to say he's a he's a good week's training and uh beginning to look ready to start. >> Certainly that for you to be able to say that you could have him potentially in the starting line. >> Incredibly exciting if he gives us what he gave us at the start of last season. If we get that level from him, then we'll be we'll be thrilled. >> I'm just wondering this penultimate game before the the international break, the elongated international break. You got various players in the squad at various sorts of levels of of manage sharpness. How difficult is that going to be to manage when some players going to be away for three weeks playing games and some players maybe knock it both? >> I think it is difficult this this window but I think everybody was fully aware of it because of after the World Cup that we were going to have a I think we've missed the the month what was it September probably uh in the international break there. So, it's tightened up more games and uh the players are there'll be a lot of players who will end up playing a lot more minutes than others. So, that'll be that'll be something. But, I'm sure all the clubs will be looking looking to play, you know, behind closed doors games or or games at the training ground. But, obviously, there's a lot of games for for the players going away and obviously injuries could be a problem as well. So, we've got to hope that our boys who do go away, uh I want them to play, but maybe not the four games. I mean there's going to be a lot of talk around whether Jared Brad should or shouldn't be in the Sting England squad. If he is called up, for example, would he be ready to to be able to do that and that he's sort of been through the last sort of years? >> Well, I think everybody now is looking to manage their players and look after them as best they can. We certainly are. And I'm sure if Jared was called up by England, England would look after him the best they can as well. >> Exactly. >> Cheers. >> Thanks Tom. We'll go to Fraser at Premier League Studios. >> Hi David. Um, just following on from that, obviously a lot's been made about the size of your squad. Is there anything you can do or look at or change or are you considering any of those things with regards to minimizing risk of of injury to police? >> We can't really do an awful lot to minimize the risk because obviously games are games come and that happens and players can get injured or players can get injured in training. That's part parcel of it. But obviously having a having a bigger squad then helps. Well, you've got a smaller squad then it but you know you you've got a concern if if anything goes wrong. Uh obviously you're talking about probably you're looking in the free transfer market. Are you looking for players out there? But of course we're looking to see if there's anything which uh could be any of use. But I I think to be at the level we're at, you know, to get some which would really make a big difference. It's not an easy not an easy thing to to pluck from that free transfer group >> and having the smallest squads. Um there seems to be a real sense of strength and resilience and unity about the players. Is is are the two interlin do you think? Does one come from the other? >> I think it is actually interlin. I think that a small group you know together the tightness which can happen as said I think I mentioned Leicester City winning the league a few years ago and uh and what it was like uh it looked like a small small group of players who done that. It's probably less and less likely because of the amount of games, the extra Champions League games there is, the extra uh know international games we've just talked about is makes it that you really need the extra players in your squad. So, we've not got European football this year. So, maybe maybe we can find a way of getting through with what we've got at the moment. >> Thanks, Fraser. We'll go to G. We are ready on >> Hi, David. Great. Um, when you're talking about that squad, so 21 players in your squad, Illeman and I left. I was looking at the comparisons to your season where you finished fourth, your highest finish with Everton. >> Um, >> it was a squad of 21. Rooney had left in the summer. >> Yeah. >> What did you learn then that you might be able to use now about having that type of squad? >> Well, I think probably between then and now is it's probably the change of games and the amount of games which is more not necessarily for us, but I think if you look at all the squads, I think it's more substitutes on the bench than than probably at that time. Uh when you talk about 21 players we have at the moment, three of them are goalkeepers. So that's where you you in some ways separate your goalkeepers from your outfield players, which takes it down to 18. Uh but I do think that sometimes having a tight group can work. Uh I'm not saying it will. I think if I had my choice, I would have rather had more numbers obviously. Uh but I certainly wasn't somebody who needed 24 players or outfield players or 25 outfield players. It wasn't that I was looking for. Uh I've tried to work mainly with 21 outfield players. That's the number I've I've tried to have. And sometimes you can maybe have 22 can be a bit bigger, but round that number would have been my my choice. But uh I think more just because of the way the Premier League's gone, the changes you need. We're seeing you know more managers now making five substitutes in in lots of games and which maybe we've done in the past. And uh I think that's the reason why the squads are much bigger. >> When you are looking at this squad, there are sort of areas, you know, up front, we spoke about it last week that you you know, you're lacking in numbers there, but your midfield, you've got Harrison Armstrong, James Garner, Merlin Ro of course is is a midfielder as well. Hayden Hackne. With that choice now, how do you set about selecting who plays there? Because that is where you've got that choice. And how are you keeping the ball happy? >> Well, that's good. uh part of the job to to have decisions to make and we've got some decisions to make. Uh Hayden Hayden started well for us. Jimmy's just come back. I thought Jimmy was much better against Manchester United than he was against Bournemouth. You could see. But of all the players who get back from injury, Jimmy got himself back as quick as MD and and tried to be ready to play. was tremendous in getting himself back and we we had to use him uh partly for different reasons as well in in in the game against Bournemouth a bit sooner but yeah you're right it's good Ken Jbury Hall as well we've got one or two so we've got some competition there but uh we we're going to need it because we've just been talking about international games and and the amount of football that a lot of the players might have to play >> when you talk about the 18 outfield players it's been 17 because Norard's been injured so can I get a check on the current injuries and is he still unavailable? >> He's still unavailable. Uh we're hoping we get him back maybe somewhere after the international break. That would be that we were hope. >> Was that always the case when you signed him? >> No, I don't think we we thought I expected it to be as long as this. And uh look, it's he's hugely important for us. it was someone who were looking forward to gaining his experience uh his nouse and getting to know him and at the moment know we've not had him on the grass yet. So that's that's been the disappointing thing but hopefully it won't be too long. >> I know we've spoken before about it took you a while in the summer to get over the end of last season. Obviously it ended with with the game at Spurs. >> Yeah. When you look back now, obviously they had so much rising on that game and and how do you assess that now? And how do you think it will differ from from this weekend? >> Well, I think assessing that one game on its own wouldn't be wouldn't be what I would think would be the right thing to do when you think of what the crowd was like, the know the ferocity to to get a result on the day. I think it it was a different Spurs on that last day than maybe it is at the moment. But since then, Spurs have been gone on and spent lots of money and uh brought in players to try and make sure they're not they're not in that position again. >> On that, I know I've just seen a quote today from somebody saying it's like a cup final for them that do you expect that kind of atmosphere because they haven't scored goal and and haven't won? >> Well, look, it wasn't too long ago at this club that we were in those sort of situations, regular trying to to win games and and and been put in the position of cup final, if you want to call it that. Uh, we can only look after ourselves. I'm not too sure about Spurs. We'll try and do the best we can. Uh, we didn't quite make it there a couple of months ago. Hopefully, we can do it this time. >> Thank you. Good luck. >> Thanks, Julie. Any further questions in the open selection before we move on? >> Nope. Okay, thank you.