Moyes pleased with his youngsters as Everton seal a trip to Wloves after 2-0 Mansfield win

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Moyes pleased with his youngsters as Everton seal a trip to Wloves after 2-0 Mansfield win  27/08/2025  Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool, UK

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00:00That's better questions than some of you do.

00:07David, you started the second half really well.

00:10What could have become an awkward fixture?

00:12You managed to kind of avoid that with Isle Coraz's goal.

00:15I just wanted to know what your message was at half-time

00:17and how pleased you were to see them put it into action.

00:19I thought we played well in the first half as well.

00:21I thought, I was just telling the media there,

00:23I've probably had 100 of these games over my career

00:25and probably 99 of them have been rubbish.

00:28I thought tonight we actually played well enough.

00:31We weren't clinical enough, that would be what I would say about it.

00:34But football was fine.

00:35For the best part of 40 minutes we dominated.

00:37They probably had three or four minutes before half-time.

00:42So I had lots of things in it which I quite liked.

00:46Lots of things we could have done much better.

00:48But ultimately we had to navigate a side who had just won four in the bounce

00:52and started the league quite well.

00:55The players done okay.

00:58Really did, yeah.

00:59Was that your thinking behind naming such a strong side then?

01:01Just make sure you don't leave anything to do?

01:02Well, let's be fair.

01:03We wanted to try and give many players a game.

01:06But as you well know, I've not got any defenders.

01:09So I'm very limited to what I can choose defensive-wise really.

01:13Jake O'Brien, for example, has played every minute, I think,

01:16just a bit of every game in pre-season.

01:18So we're trying to find a little bit.

01:20We're trying to get Mikko back.

01:21We're trying to get Sheamus back for his first time.

01:25Who I thought has done really well.

01:27Just trying to get enough defenders really, that's the thing.

01:31One of the players who got a chance was Harrison Armstrong.

01:33He looked very good.

01:34I was wondering what you thought of his performance.

01:36Has he done enough in that to stay around the squad

01:39for the season beyond the transfer?

01:41We'll see.

01:42I thought Harrison played well.

01:43I thought Jimmy Gardner played very well as well.

01:45I thought both of them done.

01:46But Harrison, for his age, has done really well tonight

01:49and played well.

01:50So, yeah, there's a couple of options we've got for Harrison.

01:53So we'll decide over the next few days what we're going to do.

01:56I can just ask on Yusuf Chimiti.

01:58He wasn't in the squad.

01:59Was he injured or was that tactical?

02:00No, it was just a reason we've got.

02:02There might be a chance that he leaves.

02:04And if he does, then we'll just sort of make sure he's okay.

02:08Any further questions, Joyce?

02:11It was noticeable in your programme notes

02:14you spoke about Newcastle and Crystal Palace

02:16and they have to serve as inspiration.

02:18Is that all part of the raising the expectations

02:21that you want here?

02:23I know it's a long way to go, but it's good

02:25that you're sort of talking about that.

02:27Look, I want us to...

02:28We've not got European football here,

02:29and I'm saying I've had it for three or four years

02:32and I know how difficult it is to play Thursday, Sunday.

02:36So, I'm hoping that I don't see it too difficult

02:38if we've got a cup game on a Tuesday or Wednesday night

02:40to play again and go again.

02:42So I want us to try and be as strong as we can.

02:45But, I mean, you only need to...

02:47I listened to the radio going home last night

02:49from the training ground

02:50and every team had changed eight players,

02:52nine players, ten players.

02:54In some way, I think the media sometimes see that as a...

02:58Well, why are they doing that?

03:00What would they be doing that for?

03:01Why are they not playing their strongest team?

03:03Well, as a coach, you've got to manage all the players.

03:06You've got to manage everybody at the club.

03:07You've got to make sure everybody's included

03:09if you possibly can.

03:10So, that's why all the managers do it,

03:12keep changing their team.

03:13And look, in some occasions,

03:15quite a few teams come a cropper with it.

03:17But the managers see greater strength

03:21in giving all the players an opportunity

03:23to show what they can do.

03:24In terms of embracing the competition,

03:27that's a target for this new Everton and new...

03:29Yeah.

03:30I think that...

03:32Look, let's be fair,

03:33we're not a side which is going to be competitive enough,

03:36probably at the top end of the league.

03:37So we have to make sure that we try

03:39and be as competitive as we can in the Cups.

03:41But look, you could get a terrible Cup draw

03:43and you could be out.

03:44It's not because you don't want to be competitive.

03:46I think everybody wants to win the Cups.

03:48I don't think there's anybody who doesn't want to win them.

03:50Your draws in the Cups are very decisive

03:56in what you get.

03:57You could be saying you want to be a Cup team

03:59and you could get knocked out quite early.

04:02Harry?

04:03The second game in the new stadium,

04:05is it starting to feel like home?

04:07Yeah, I think everybody will be starting.

04:09But again, probably tonight,

04:1115 minutes late at the kick-off,

04:13probably due to everybody getting used to travelling in,

04:15for an evening game.

04:17You know, just about a sell-out tonight.

04:19It's amazing to get the numbers we got in tonight

04:22and for the game level we've got.

04:24But I really think that the crowd are playing a big part here

04:29and I think they're seen as trying to evolve

04:31and we're trying to get better.

04:33We're trying to bring in good attacking options

04:35and hopefully build on the strong defensive units

04:40that we've had over the last few years here

04:42and see if we can get a few more attacking players in as well.

04:46You mentioned Mansfield, four games on the top.

04:48What did you make of them tonight?

04:50I thought Mansfield done a good job.

04:53I thought they were...

04:54I thought we mainly controlled the game, if I was being honest.

04:56I thought they had some moments,

04:58but for most of it we were the side who were on top.

05:02But they've done a great job defensively

05:05and it'll stand them in good stead, you know,

05:08if they have to play against teams

05:09who are going to have a lot of the ball against them.

05:11I think they'll have a good bit of practice on how to defend.

05:15Finally, we'll go to Paddy.

05:18David, you mentioned the lack of defensive cover.

05:21Because of how the injury situation has been,

05:23is that something that might have to change

05:25with your transfer plans over the next week or so?

05:28Well, it already has changed a lot of my plans

05:30because obviously we're without Jared

05:33and we have been without Mikko for certainly the first couple of games.

05:37But you have to remember we had this at the end of last season as well.

05:39We've had it all through the summer.

05:41So it's not as if we've necessarily got it better.

05:44We've got people back but maybe they're injured.

05:47So I've just got to make sure that we're not short again if I can help it.

05:51Certainly we were short for the first two games in the Premier League.

05:55OK, thanks folks.

05:56Cheers, thank you.

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