00:00Looking at Everton and their injury crisis as of late, we've mentioned that the forward
00:09line has really struggled. It's quite strange how there's been a bit of a resurgence in
00:15the goals despite the injuries continuing under David Moyes and especially from the
00:20forward line. Is there any sign of return as of late and what sort of latest you can
00:26give us in terms of Everton injuries this season?
00:29Yeah, it's not looking good to be honest. I asked David Moyes before the derby about
00:36Dwight McNeill who had minor knee surgery earlier this month but he said that it's looking
00:43like roughly six weeks for Dwight McNeill which is a massive blow because he's been
00:49out since the start of December with a knee injury which I don't think there was a lot
00:55of concern about at the time. It was described as maybe a niggly injury but it just didn't
01:01get any better and eventually he had to go under the knife. Maybe in hindsight he should
01:07have had an operation before but the medical team obviously thought that McNeill, the way
01:12he's reacting, probably thought that was not too bad but that's a blow. Armando Brogia
01:19looks like he's going to be back a little bit early in that initial time frame when
01:24you stretch it off with an ankle injury against Peterborough. I think it was 10 to 12 weeks
01:28so you're looking at the start of April, maybe a couple of weeks before that potentially.
01:35Dominic Calvert-Lewins, a big one, he obviously suffers a serious hamstring injury. If he
01:43gets back for the last few weeks of the season I think that's a good aim for him. I think
01:50he will play again this season but again with Calvert-Lewins it's a case of if there's
01:54a few games left, if touch was ever safe does he look at it and think, well do I risk it
02:00because I'm out of contract at the end of the season or do I build my fitness up and
02:04if I'm not staying in Everton, which at the moment it's looking like he'll be leaving
02:08then he might want to go and he might be erring on the side of caution. Nathan Paterson's
02:16a little bit of a disappointing one. He's had a minor issue, he hasn't played a lot,
02:19he's come off the bench for Moyes a couple of times with a minor hamstring injury. James
02:25Cole just hasn't managed to stay fit all season, he's been struggling with his calf and he's
02:31got a real decision on what he does with his future now at the end of the season, whether
02:36he wants to carry on playing or not. He's been an absolute warrior for Everton down
02:41the years but he has had a couple of long-term injuries. It's not great, the injury situation
02:47for David Moyes, especially in the final third but Everton made that decision in January.
02:52They didn't think there was a striker available and I think you can understand why, they didn't
02:57go and get one.
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