Everton boss David Moyes on the drama of their late draw with Liverpool, the injury to Ndiaye and the challenge of travelling to Crystal Palace
Finch Farm, Liverpool, UK
Finch Farm, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Good morning
00:03Morning
00:10Morning everyone welcome to our pre-match press conference to preview our game against Crystal Palace
00:15We'll start off with Fraser from Premier League Productions. Morning David, you okay? Hi Fraser
00:20I'm assuming things have been pretty smiley amongst everybody here at the training ground since Wednesday night
00:24How would you describe the atmosphere at the moment?
00:27Yeah, we're smiley
00:29We weren't smiling a minute to go in the game, but we were smiling in the last minute and since then we have been
00:35but
00:37We took a point from the game. We didn't take three points in the game. So we're also realistic that
00:42We got something when it looked as if it was going to be difficult to get anything at all
00:46So I think that made it a little bit more special and and yeah, it's given us a good feeling it really has
00:52Yeah
00:54In terms of the games that you've been involved in, in terms of atmosphere and big events and stages and
01:00Drama and comebacks right at the end there. Where does this sit as far as some of the big games that you've been involved in?
01:05I've been asked these sort of questions quite a lot and I've been fortunate recently to have played in the European final and semi-finals, etc
01:13and the FA Cup finals here
01:16But I think at the moment it's a different situation for me here
01:20Every game you play as a manager is nearly your biggest game. It always is because
01:26You could be fighting for your job, or you could be fighting to stay up. You could be fighting for a league title
01:32In recent years maybe fighting for European places
01:35So it's difficult to put things into what game is bigger than the other but I
01:41Think at the moment it feels really big game because I've come back
01:44and when you're a new manager coming in you hope that you can make a good start and
01:49You know get the crowd on your side and get everybody behind you and we've done that at the moment
01:54It's been a good start we've had
01:56Sadly one of the negatives was Illywin and DIA's injury. Can you give us any idea in terms of how it's looking?
02:03Yeah, Illy's got a medial ligament injury
02:07It's not looking great at the moment
02:09We're probably not sure about how long it's going to be
02:12We'll maybe get a bit more than that, but it's certainly going to be a few weeks anyway
02:18Will it take anything special for you now in terms of trying to bring everybody back down to earth to face what is going to be
02:23Probably a very difficult trip to kick off?
02:26By the way over the over recent years everybody's brought Everton back down to earth
02:31So why don't we just try and keep Everton high for a wee while?
02:35Isn't it good that there's positive talk about Everton for a change? You know we're suddenly getting great support people behind us
02:46But I take your point greatly
02:48I have to have to make sure that we are ready and
02:50No, we're not good that good that we're going to keep everything's going to be rosy
02:54But I'm going to try and keep things up beat as much as we can and see if we can change the whole feeling
02:59around Everton as much as we can and
03:01Look at new owners, and we we want to start looking forward in and seeing if we can build the club up again
03:12You just gave me a great way to go into it, that was it
03:16So
03:17But hey, no we do I take your point is they I mean I think the biggest thing for us is a quick turnaround
03:23We've not played as many games as most teams because we're not in Europe yet
03:30The point is to hopefully find that we'll get more games in the future, but
03:34We're we're squad is very very tight at the moment with with what we've got so it'd be difficult to
03:40To do more in this three games in a week for us is quite a tough tough week
03:46Just finally for me after a month in charge now
03:48How do you assess how the players are adapting to your style to your needs to what you want well?
03:54I think the players are the players have done brilliantly well. I couldn't praise them enough for what they've done
03:58They've got so many good qualities. We're trying to make things better
04:02we're trying to become better than every other aspect if we can and
04:07We're we're trusting them. We're giving them the opportunity to show what they can do I
04:12Think a lot of them. I've done it. You know players have committed a team bettas come in and scored some goals. You know
04:18it's a
04:20Jimmy Gardner's come back from injury which is out and has done well in the games recently and
04:25So we need to we need to try and keep building we need to get some players back from injury hopefully
04:29In the coming weeks and so and add to what we've got
04:35Hi there hi there with that renewed sense of optimism and sort of that never say die
04:41Attitude do you think it sort of sent a message and when you're looking for fine margins in football sometimes in football games this renewed
04:48Optimism around Everton will that help going into this game against Crystal Palace?
04:52I don't know if it'll necessarily help against this game
04:54But I think that I think the feeling that we we want around here is that we're we're on the up
04:59We're trying to football you never win every game and you try and win every game, but everybody
05:04Tries to do the same to you
05:06Crystal Palace is a tough game for us. It's never been easy for any team going to Crystal Palace
05:10So we'll need to go there and play well be hard to play against and and make enough opportunities
05:16But I think the the bigger thing about it is just to say you know we had we picked up a good point in midweek
05:21when we came from behind and
05:24And scored late on it's always nice when you score a late winner
05:28You mentioned Beto there. He'd been speaking after the game about the work that's going on with him inside Finch Farm
05:34How much is he benefiting now from from this run of games?
05:37And he's had three goals since you've come in and is that what a striker just needs just a run and get some goals
05:43Well the people who played striker will tell you they need a little bit of time to get settled in they
05:49They live off their goals as well because they judge themselves on that
05:52I'd have to say a better was judging himself on goals at the moment. You see he's doing great
05:56You know he's come into the team and got goals
06:00I
06:01thought he was a
06:03He was a difficult opponent for the opposition in midweek, and I have to say started very well for us
06:09So I hope he keeps it up
06:11Jack Harrison had to come on maybe not planned so soon because of elements injury just a word for him
06:18How he took that opportunity I?
06:21Thought he came on and played really well in the Bournemouth game when he came on
06:25And he's been needing a bit of confidence
06:26You know we've had Jesper who was a little bit the same when I came in
06:29They were telling me, but I think both players are beginning to show a lot more
06:33you know I thought Jack Harrison done really well when he come on the other night as well, and you know and
06:39Showed some good signs so hopefully he might be beginning to get a wee bit of confidence back like a lot of the players have
06:44been doing and
06:46They done well Jack just generally on injuries is everyone else okay?
06:51And also when you are looking for numbers if you had any time appreciate you've been really busy since you arrived
06:56But have you had any time to look at the Academy and see if they might help now when you need numbers?
07:01Well, I'm really fortunate. I've got Leighton Baines who's been working with 18s and the 21s and knows most of the younger players so
07:07Baines he's been the one who's been able to keep me up to date of course
07:10We're having to bring young players up because we're struggling to fill our bench at the moment as well
07:15So we're seeing bits of them seeing bits of them in training
07:18we're not doing greats amount of training at the moment because of the games, but
07:22But you know if I think that it's it's needed then they'll play that's that's why they're here and
07:29This club's probably had a problem because of the financial situation where they've started to sell enough a lot of work
07:34We're really good young players, so we hope that the ones we've got
07:37When they get given the opportunity they can step up. It's just some claims about recalls for Harrison Armstrong
07:43That's not in the plan then well. I've not discussed it at the moment anyway
07:47And just finally for me Abdullahi de Corre obviously has been in the headlines
07:52There has been the statement put out by both clubs after Wednesday about comments that were sent to him racist comments
07:59Just how is he in Finch Farm at the moment?
08:02He's he's fine. You know I said after the game, and I still remain the same
08:07I says you know I was disappointed that he got himself sent off and
08:12You know the club will look at the situation
08:15As we go along his situation here
08:18but
08:20Look, it was an emotional night. You know it was a it was a game where everybody was involved in it
08:27You know we're playing against a really good Liverpool team at the moment
08:30I've mentioned probably the best in Europe probably the best and certainly the best in our country at the moment and
08:38We we had to do as good a job as we could in Liverpool to get a result and we just about got there on
08:43the night
08:44so it was an emotional night for everybody and
08:49I actually feel a bit for Arnie Slott because this is the sort of thing which
08:54When I was a younger manager, I was always getting involved in heated things so
08:59And it also tells me a little bit that he cares a lot about his club and he's fighting for his players
09:03So you know everybody has to do what they do and he was doing that for his team
09:08Do you naturally mellow out then as a manager the more games you've had?
09:12Yeah, I
09:14Think when you get a bit older you stand back and you say what was I doing there and I've had plenty of moments
09:20let me tell you and
09:21Lots that I'm not proud of
09:24But we all have to fight our own corner and you know I was disappointed which I'm just repeating myself
09:30I was disappointed in Dukes because he'd played so well in the game. He'd done a great job for the team
09:36But it still doesn't
09:38Mean that people are allowed to abuse you you know and if that's the case then it's completely wrong and
09:45you know I think
09:48Dukes if he had it again. He would he would have probably not done what he's done
09:53Thanks, Julia any further questions in the open section before we move on
09:57No, okay