Everton’s Moyes on Goodison sendoff, Newcastle achievements and contracts (Full Presser)

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Everton boss David Moyes on the send off they gave Goodison Park last week, the achievements of Newcastle and summer plans involving contracts and transfers Finch Farm, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to our pre-match press conference to preview our game against Newcastle United.

00:18We'll start off with Vinny from Scotland.

00:19David, first of all, can we take a check on Jarrod Branthwaite? How serious is the injury?

00:23And was it a case of the injury keeping him out of the England squad this time around?

00:27Yeah, well, I don't know if he's been named in England squad, but I can tell you that he's injured and he won't be available.

00:33It's probably an injury probably four or five weeks, his hamstring, so there's not much we can do about it.

00:40It's a big loss to us, but we have to live with it just now.

00:44Seamus Coleman as well?

00:45Seamus Coleman's got a thigh strain, yes, so Seamus is not available either.

00:49Obviously, it's been announced this week that Abdelai Dekore would be leaving the club. How do you feel about that now?

00:54Well, I think he's been a great servant for the club. He's done a great job over many years here.

01:01We've made him an offer and he's got a better one to go elsewhere, so from that point of view, we have to live with that as well.

01:09So we're quite comfortable with that.

01:11Obviously, we're also trying to look to rebuild and make things better and try to see what we can do more.

01:20So we wanted him to stay, but obviously he's chosen to take a better offer.

01:25Given you wanted him to stay, how difficult a player is he to replace, given what he brings and his ability to get around the pitch as much as anything?

01:31More Evertonians than a lot of people who've watched Everton over the years will tell me how good he's been for the club.

01:36I remember him greatly from his Watford days and obviously here as well.

01:40And I can only say since I've been here, he's been really, really good.

01:44We've just a bit selected him in every game we've played.

01:47So we'll miss him, but I've got no hard feelings from his decision.

01:52It's a decision he chose which he thought was best.

01:55Anything further on those others out of contract?

01:58Drissa Garnagay, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Michael Keane as well?

02:01Yeah, we'll probably, we'll certainly do something by, we'll put something out on Monday after the game.

02:06We'll get one more game to play and try to keep a focus on that.

02:11The club obviously made a statement though about online abuse received by Dominic.

02:15Have you spoken to him? How is he?

02:16I've not spoken to Dom directly about it, but obviously the club made me well aware of it.

02:21We're aware of the situation, what happened in there.

02:25And obviously it's something which we completely condemn.

02:28I don't do social media, so I try to stay away from it completely.

02:32But I do know that getting any form of abuse is not correct.

02:37Just with the loan players as well, do they fall into the same bracket as maybe an announcement on Mondo?

02:41Is this effectively where their association ends?

02:44Yeah, well, everybody will know their position.

02:47As I say, while you'll still get games to play, it's quite difficult.

02:50So we need a lot of the players to play for us and be ready to play.

02:54But most of the players are well aware of other situations.

02:57You're now secure in 13th place as well with that final victory at Goodison Park as well.

03:03How do you feel about getting to that position now, given what the position was when you took over?

03:08Well, I think that I don't know if we could have got much, much better than where we are when we first came in.

03:15Crystal Palace, they've been in a really good second half of the season and obviously have gone and won the cup as well.

03:19So they were about the only team who were sort of in there that we could have even thought about catching at the time.

03:25But I have to say I'm really, really pleased for us to get the point.

03:29So we've finished them with an awful lot of big sides, good sides.

03:33And the players have done a brilliant job.

03:35They really have.

03:36We now need to pick that up again, start the next season and hopefully take it into the new stadium, but also into the new season.

03:44I think you've said about what you want to get back to.

03:46I mean, I remember in 2005, obviously beating Newcastle at Goodison Park to effectively qualify for Champions League.

03:52Newcastle have that opportunity, obviously, this weekend as well.

03:55Yeah, it's a great achievement for Newcastle.

03:58It could be a great achievement for Newcastle.

04:00And, you know, they've already won a trophy this year, so they've done a remarkable job at Newcastle.

04:05They really have done.

04:06And, you know, it's become a football club which is challenging all the big sides.

04:13So they'll give us a really good game.

04:15It'll be a tough day for us to go to Newcastle.

04:17But we've been good away from home.

04:19We want to keep our form going.

04:22Obviously, we're missing a few players, but we'll go there, hopefully, with that confidence that we can get a result.

04:27And when you are missing players, it's opportunities for others.

04:29What are you hoping to see, given that, obviously, you are secure in that position,

04:32but Newcastle have so much to play for in terms of their league position?

04:36Yeah, well, we've seen most of the players now, and I think we know most of the players.

04:39So, you know, we'll need to make sure that we've got the right players there and give us every opportunity.

04:45But, yeah, it might be an opportunity for the odd one because of some injuries.

04:50But, no, we want to go there and put on a good show.

04:53Thanks, David.

04:53Cheers.

04:54Thanks, Finney.

04:55Well, God's a silent.

04:56It's sure to be an incredible atmosphere up there as well.

04:59As far as your lads are concerned, do you need to get them to sort of match the passion that they will show

05:05and the players will undoubtedly show as well?

05:07Or is there arguably less pressure on your lads and they can just go out and be free?

05:11Well, there's certainly less pressure because the players over the years have been in a much difficult position at this time.

05:17So I see that a little bit.

05:20But I think every football game, you're out there.

05:23You've got to perform.

05:23There's no hiding place.

05:25You have the media.

05:26You have your own families to play.

05:27You've got your manager to play in front of.

05:29So you've got to put on a show and you've got to play well.

05:31Part of your job as a player is to do that.

05:35But let's be fair.

05:35If you'd given me this position when I first took over, that we were going into the last game,

05:40not needing any points at Newcastle and being as high as we possibly could be roughly,

05:46I'd have taken it all day long.

05:47So great credit we've got in that position.

05:49But we want to go and see if we can make it difficult for Newcastle.

05:54As far as you personally are concerned, it's clearly my work that you've put in here since you came back to Everton.

06:01Will you afford yourself a chance to properly switch off for a while?

06:05Did you ever do that?

06:07Well, it's never easy when you're the manager to ever switch off.

06:10You're always on the phone.

06:11You're always taking calls.

06:14As you know, we've got a lot of business probably to do or look to do in the summer.

06:18So I think we'll be pretty busy.

06:21So I don't think I'll be too far away from the phone.

06:23But I'm going to take some time off.

06:25I think we've worked hard in the three or four months we've been here to try and get ourselves in a strong position.

06:31We've certainly kept ourselves a Premier League club.

06:35And so the next part is to grow it.

06:38So that's a little bit harder that we now need to take it forward.

06:41But looking forward to it.

06:44Thanks, Simon.

06:44We'll go to Mike at Radio Merseyside.

06:46Hi, Mike.

06:47Hi, David.

06:47If you look at your return, 28 points from 19 matches since you took over.

06:55What do you think enabled you to get the very best out of the players?

06:59Because obviously you've been a manager with a lot of experience.

07:03But you took over a squad that we used to get in beta, if you like.

07:08And that's not an easy habit to get rid of.

07:12But now they look completely different.

07:15I have to say, I think the crowd played a huge part.

07:20I think getting the crowd onside here at Goodison, as everybody knows.

07:23And, you know, not just at Goodison, in the away games as well.

07:27You know, the away support was able to go and see us win at Brighton, see us win at Crystal Palace, you know, do well at Brentford.

07:32And on the road, we've picked up some really good results, which obviously, if you're in a away support and you're going to all the games, you want to see your team being competitive.

07:40Sort of, I think at home, we started great.

07:45You know, you think of how Beto came on the scene out of nowhere and got his goals.

07:49When we were, you know, in this room, everybody was asking me, how are you going to score any goals or how are you going to make any goals?

07:55We've, I think we've done pretty well in that department.

07:58I think we've always looked a threat in the games.

08:01And so I really do think that the big thing is we've got the crowd back on our side.

08:07And I really do.

08:07They play such a part to have the support there.

08:11But I would be completely out of order if I didn't mention how well the players have done.

08:15I think the players have stepped up unbelievably well.

08:18I've said many times about Sean Dyche has left a lot of really good habits, a lot of good things at the football club here.

08:24A lot of things which have been ingrained in the club, even from my earlier time and probably before as well.

08:30But I have to say that if you look at that group of players to where they are now, you would have probably said there's no chance they could do that.

08:37And I have to give them all my great credit and thank them for their efforts.

08:42Given the number of players that are out of contract and the loan situation as well,

08:48have you had to be a little bit more fluid in your thinking for what you'd like to do for next season?

08:52Because with the best will in the world, it's going to be really difficult to change things around in one window, isn't it?

08:58Absolutely.

08:59I think it's more something which we have to realise and everybody will have to realise.

09:05We've got an awful lot of players at a contract.

09:07We've got the most players on loan of any club in the Premier League.

09:11We have to find a way of starting to get back on the correct road.

09:16We'll try and do that.

09:17We'll try and sign some players, but we'll also have to keep some players as well.

09:21And if we keep them in the play as well as they've done this season, that's not a problem

09:27because our position and the way the players have played has been really good in the last couple of months.

09:34So from that point of view, I've got no problems with keeping them all at the moment because they're doing so well.

09:39But we want to add and we want to become better and we're going to try and do that.

09:43And during the summer, transfer-wise, you've got to be nimble and fleet of thought and adaptable.

09:50How much encouragement have you had so far when you've spoken to the representatives of the players that you'd like to bring in?

09:57Well, we've not spoke to many because that would be wrong and I wouldn't put myself in a position where we're breaking any rules or anything

10:05because we want to be fair and do things in the correct manner.

10:10So we've got a lot of things in place.

10:12We're obviously touching base with some people to see what their thoughts are.

10:16Would they like to join the club?

10:17And we're looking to see what situation is going to happen here with the players who we'll speak to about new contracts, etc.

10:24So there's a lot of things going on at the moment behind the scenes

10:27and we'll try and bring the supporters up to date as quickly as we possibly can.

10:32It's just not quite possible to relay all the information at the moment.

10:37Thanks, Mike.

10:37Any further questions in the open section before we move on?

10:41Yep.

10:42Damon.

10:43How special was it for you to manage the final game at Grison Park,

10:47having been in the club for 11 years prior?

10:51Incredibly special.

10:52It really was.

10:53It was a brilliant day for so many and in lots of ways.

10:57I thought the crowd were fantastic on the day.

11:02We got a result, which was the most important thing.

11:04We hadn't played at our best, but we'd done enough to win.

11:07As it is, that win's got us 13th and we can't go drop any more than that now.

11:13From that point of view, it was probably a really good day.

11:17I think the biggest thing for us all was to say,

11:21I think to have a support which comes in its numbers the way it did was immense,

11:25you know, from so early in the morning.

11:28And I was saying, you know, it makes you think what would it be like

11:31if we were really going to challenge for something and could get back in amongst it.

11:35I don't want to put myself under pressure by saying that,

11:40but the fan base what the club's got obviously is ready for success in some sort.

11:48Maybe the end of this season has given us all that feeling that we want it back.

11:55Thanks very much.

11:56We'll now move on to the embargoes.

11:59And then we'll see you guys next time.

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