Will break before Brentford help or hinder Everton?

A look at the small break, which could go either way for EFC.

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00:00Looking at Everton's 10-day break between games due to the FA Cup weekend, how will

00:06that impact Everton with their current squad? Obviously, we've mentioned injuries prior

00:10as well. If you fast forward, rewind a couple of months or so, that relegation running that

00:17they were looking at, now they've sort of come out of the end of that, maybe a nice

00:21break between games could do the world of good. How do you feel about that?

00:26Yes, it's a funny one really because we're speaking before the Brentford game and Everton

00:31are six games in the league unbeaten at the moment. They are building a little bit of

00:36momentum. They were unlucky against Man Utd. They were by far the better team and obviously

00:40had the penalty controversially overturned. But how short of players David Moyes is at

00:49some point, I think it will catch up to them. The Crystal Palace win was even better than

00:55the draw in the derby for me. They had 13 senior outfield players available. The game

01:02was three days after going to the well in the derby and they did it again. But I think

01:10eventually it will catch up on the players, to be honest with you. The break probably

01:16does come at a good time. Some of these players do need a bit of respite. They need to put

01:22their feet up and replenish and it's a chance to get some injured players back as well for

01:27Everton because David Moyes is incredibly short of options. Nathan Paterson is back

01:31in training but as we speak, he's not going to be involved in the Brentford game. Yusef

01:36Chimiti is back in some sort of training but he's still not available. It means that Everton

01:44are maybe 10 days closer to getting a Dwight McNeil back or an Ileman and Dagu. There's

01:51been a little bit of good news about his injury. He's not as bad as the first. We're

01:57concerned about Everton. Armando Brozier, when is he going to be back? Is that going

02:01to be a little bit closer? So that's another boost for Everton as well. In the 10 days

02:08to Everton go out, there's some reports, some suggestions that they'll go and get a bit

02:12of warm weather training in them. That's always good for a player, isn't it? And a good for

02:16a little bit of team bonding as well because it has been half of Everton this season.

02:21Van Gushing down the bottom, they'll want to keep that feel good factor going and a

02:25bit of sun on the back will do them well, I suppose.