Everton injury latest as forward line continues to suffer for David Moyes

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Everton’s season has been plagued by injuries, disrupting momentum and testing squad depth. Key players have faced long spells out, impacting their performances. So, can they overcome these setbacks and finish the season strong under David Moyes.

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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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