 Ie Although I'm a Manlywedd Eich Llywodraeth Ynnu'r Ffalu Eich Llywodraeth Eich Llywodraeth Eich Llywodraeth Eich Llywodraeth Eich Llywodraeth Eich Llywodraeth Eich Llywodraeth Eich Llywodraeth Rwy'n ddod i'r hynny'n un iddi a'u'r cyfle Ie, have we been due over the last season and I have not seen the the relentless attitude of players to keep performing that's a key factor for the results coming your way that you can't just wait for them to have to make up and I think the last two performances have done that Fy enw i'r ymweld, eich gydfodd o'r cyffredin iawn yma? Nid oedd am dda i wedi gynhyrchu ni'n gwennau! Rwy'n fydden i chi, mae'n gwybod yn rhoi'r cymdeithasol wedi gair oedd ymddangos yn gyfleoedd. Mae'r cymdeithasol yn y gallu gydig o'r cymdeithasol. Rydyn ni'n dechrau gwneud ar y cyju. Ond oedd nid o'r gweithio yma, a'r gweithio'n gweithio.Your spoken about the last two games about intense and desire and body language too. Do you feel you've got all of that from the players from the last couple of games? I think so, and I think particularly a number of changes for the game last night, the change of formation, the delivery of it, and the open-mindedness towards it from the group. That's a good sign, I think it's the squad mentality. We've been within our numbers slightly and we've got bodies coming back to full fitness. Ond fel yw'r hunrhaeth gyda argyngyrch. Mae'n gafso'i gael sydd yn gweithio ar gyfyrdd yn gweithi ac yn gweithio gallu gael gael. Iechyd mae'n gwybod gyda'r peth yn gweithio a'r piwgr yn ei gael i'r sgwyl. Ac mae'n cyhoednau gwahanol iawn sy'n iawn i gael holl o'r mentalau. Yn amser o'r cymdeithasol yng Nghaerliau, os ei ddweud i ymwneud mewn ar hyn a'r teislo? Dyma ym wneud eich wneud ei gael a'r gwneud eich gwneud o'n gweithio a'r company? a wnaeth bod yn gweithio i'r rhai gael ymddangos. Felly, hefyd, rydyn ni'n gweithio ar gyfer y gwaith yn y training. Rwy'n credu bod yw'r gweithio, yn fwy o'r gweithio, yn y fwy o'r gweithio, yn ymddangos, a'r gweithio ac yn ymddangos, yn ymddangos y ffordd. Rwy'n gweithio i'r gweithio i'r Domnick Calvert-Lewin. Rwy'n gweithio i'r gweithio i'r gweithio i'r gweithio, rwy'n gweithio i'r gweithio i'r gweithio. Jack Harrison. I thought it was excellent, I said after the game, not because, not necessarily because of his technical and tactical performance in the sense of being as sharp as he will get, but for someone who's hardly had any football really, he's had training time, I must be clear, but actual footballers in playing games at this level, then it's been minimal for a long period and I thought he was really sharp and did really well. Are you pleased that you've got options then because, you know, there's been a lot of onus and responsibility in a way on Dominic Calvurn delivering for you, hasn't it? Now you've got better as well. I know you've talked about possibly playing the two together at some stage, it might be too early, but you've got options there and I don't think the crowd, the fans at Goodison, well, they'd understand if Dominic didn't start on Saturday. I think we've been trying to work on the attacking team shape and options. As you know, you know from last season getting more bodies into the box, getting more quality going forwards, more quality chances, so I've been pleased with that and then obviously if you've got more people who you think can deliver in them areas then that's important, but it's not just down to one player or two players, you want the whole team to understand the delivery of performances. I mean Jimmy Garner thought it was excellent last night. It gets his first goal and a very good goal it was too, you know, getting goals from midfield, from set pieces with Tarky's last weekend, but of course, you know, your strikers are there as your hope anyway to score goals. They love it, we love it, the fans love it, so it's a good mixture when that can happen, but it's really a team mentality and we've been constantly reinforcing that to the group. So on the back of two wins, it's Luton Town on Saturday at Goodison. Is there an added expectation now on winning that game? I think the fans will expect it to beat it. There's an expectation at Everton Football Club at every game. That's certainly been very, very clear to me since I've been here. Every game is a winnable game, every game we should expect to win, every game we go in it to win it, and that is the expectation of being at Everton Football Club. I've learned that very quickly. What have you made of Luton? They can't be high on confidence given what happened to them in the League Cup as well this week? I don't think they'll be too worried about that in the sense that they've made a lot of changes. They're working very hard in games, they're playing structured, they're trying to get the ball forwards, they're trying to ask questions of the opposition. It's always a tough ask coming up, but they're working hard in games, so we've certainly got to deliver a performance. We certainly take no lightly. That's for sure, and the players know that. It was your 500th game as a manager last night. How does that make you feel? Older. Fancy another 500? No, they come my way, great. You're not going to make the 1000 club. Who knows? I won't be going as long as Roy. That's for sure. Amazing as he is, and he knows that I've told him that a hundred times. It bounced in last night after that win. Oh yeah, a lot of work to be done. Well good luck against a Luton handball with Pitcher can change quickly, can't it? Hi Sean. What have you made of Luton's start in the Premier League? You've been in that position. You know how difficult it is to step up. How do you think they've done? Well they're certainly working as a team. I know that. They're working hard. They haven't been put off, I don't think, by their start. They're still taking the challenge on. It is difficult. As you said, I've been down that road. It is difficult. It feels different, obviously, because the beginning is exciting for everyone, for the fans, the club and everything. As the games go by, if you're not getting them wins, it feels difficult. At the end of the day, I've watched them two or three times already this season, and they're fighting, they're working. They haven't lost that, and I'll be reminding the players. The players know that anyway. We're constantly speaking to them about the opposition in the sense that there's no easy games, every game is a challenge. We want that mentality for every performance. We want to take it into the game against Luton, because that's important for our group. Do you remember what it was like at this sort of stage of your first Premier League season and getting to grips with all the changes, asking players to do completely different roles to what they've been used to in the previous campaign as well? It's a constant situation. The manager, the coaching staff, the players, they'll all be adapting as quick as they can, getting the players to adapt as quick as they can. It's just a constant workload. That's what it is. I'm not saying it's not in all of football, by the way, but the Premier League just brings that extra intensity and the media angle, the viewpoint. It just grows as the season goes on, so it does take a bit of getting used to, not just on the pitch, I mean the whole thing. But like I say, I'm well aware they're still working, they're still fighting. Do you mean in terms of the eyeballs that run your games all of a sudden? Yeah, well all of it, everything. The individual players getting more attention just because of being in the Premier League, the team and the club getting more attention being in the Premier League, getting used to that whilst delivering performances, whilst the question is good, bad and indifferent come for you as an individual, players, coaches, managers, all of it. And I think it does take an adaptation to get used to that. The blend of that, the on the pitch challenge is quite obvious. The Premier League would arguably one of the toughest in the world, so that's obvious and then the rest of it comes with it. And I think there is a period where you've got to adapt to it quickly, obviously, and that is a challenge. Do you think people underestimate that aspect of it because you talk, we talk a lot about what happens on the pitch, but that getting used to being at this level, especially for a club like Luton who have not been here for a very, very long time? I'm not sure they underestimate it, I just think you just have to get used to it. No, no, no, no, you underestimate the adaptation. I mean, I don't focus on every other club, but I think people seem to be looking at Luton and going, well, one of the things, they've put some money into it, but they're not masses because they're obviously looking at the stadium and all the things that need to be done for a club. And I presume anyway, I'm only gathering sort of from the outside looking in all the ups and downs of Luton Sound Football Club down the years and then suddenly they get back in the Premier League and we know the wealth it brings. So, I think that's one of the things, trying to juggle that, trying to find out that still to be competitive as a unit and trying to be in the Premier League against the future and all these things, you know, it's difficult. So, I don't know whether people judge, I don't know what the right word is, I think there's a bit of understanding I would suggest from football at large of their situation. From my point of view, all of that goes out the window, you know, you've got to be ruthless, you know, people do it to us, so you know, there's none of that going on, I respect it. But when the whistle blows, we've got to be ruthless, we've got to play well, we've got to deliver a performance, we've got to take on the game to win. And that's the reality of being in the Premier League, especially when you have a football club, our winning mindset has to be delivered when the whistle blows. Focusing on your team, is this the closest we've been to your version of Everton since you arrived? I think the bigger picture of it is not just performances, I think, when I got here, we know there's kind of an imbalanced squad. We've had to thin that down for some financial reasons, try and work in the market and give it more of a balance. Currently it's getting there, it's not still quite there because of injuries, but I mean, you know, we knew that we'd have to go with skinnier numbers, we knew that we'd have to get a more balanced squad, I think we've done that well. In regards to performances, I think we've been up and down at times, but I think generally the performances have been good. And the last two games you get rewarded for them performances, but I've said all along, I thought the first and the third game I think it was of the season, Fulham and Wolff's are very good performances, you know, you're a goal away from the whole thing. Referee's decision in the first one, that could change everything. But I've been pleased with the relentless attitude of my staff, myself and the players to keep working and keep delivering. And I think that's been really important, you know, I commend the players on that, because it's not easy when the noise is, you know, not so positive and the noise around the club and the noise around the situation, new owners and all the same stories get come around. I've said recently, we're the only ones that can change the story and the players are beginning to grip that, but now it's about continuation, it's about consistency. How's the squad looking injury-wise? Yeah, nothing too major, Mico came off with it, you know, someone we've got to be careful with, it was Salia's tomorrow. I think they had a few knocks or injuries, but nothing too major. Thank you. Excuse me. Hi Sean. Just on, great for Jack Harrison to get some game time now. Is he now in your thoughts for every game or do you have to be a little bit careful with him because he's only just come back? Yeah, I think it's a fine line. I mean, I spoke to him about playing. There was a game Tuesday night, we wondered whether to get him 90 minutes and that. But he was so clear-minded, he's been clear-minded in training, he's had a good training period. It was only the game schedule, we couldn't quite guarantee for him. But no, I spoke to him and he was absolutely clear-minded. And when players are like that, it's often the best way of being when you think they can play. And I thought he delivered very, very well, particularly tactically. I think he's got a good understanding of his role tactically. And we know he can play, deliver technically, and fitness and sharpness will come. But he seems clear-minded, his body certainly does, so we're very pleased for him. And you spoke earlier a little bit about the change of formation the other night. Is that something that now gives you an option to do maybe in a league game? Or how will that work in terms of what you might do? Yeah, I mean, I said for all them years everyone said I could only do 4-4-2. I said all the time, it's got to suit the players. It's got to be what the players can deliver. I think we've got a more flexible group here. You know, I think they can deliver in different tactical situations. I've said all along we've got some very good players about maximising them as individuals and the potential of the group. And you've got to win whatever tactics you play, you've got to win. But equally said to the group, tactics are one thing, it's the delivery. The delivery of a performance, that's key. It always is. You know, we can all debate tactics. We do endlessly now. Tactics when you could lose a game, you know, the tactics are still right. You just haven't delivered it. You haven't delivered what the plan was, and that's sometimes the way it goes. So I'm always quite balanced about the tactical view, but it's the intent and the desire of the performance. And I think I've been really pleased with that, no matter what shape we've changed. I've been really pleased with that side of things. And we want more to come from the group. You know, we want to establish a consistency of that kind of clear-mindedness and all knows which point of the right direction. It's an old-fashioned term, but it's a fantastic thing when that happens. And you get all players who are aligned, ready to do whatever they have to do, regardless of tactical understanding, just delivering a performance. And I think that's been intact. Maxine, we'll go to Will. Excuse me. Hi, Sean. I was going on, I was playing a little bit deeper in the past two games. Do you think that's a role that you can really find consistency and make as long as he plays there, quite a lot for Belgium, and even lend a dresser ganagay, then go on and maybe use the energy to press higher up, that sort of thing? Yeah, I mean, we've flexed that since I've been at the club, really, because they've been the mainstay of the three in midfield, not literally, but mostly they've been the mainstay. We've looked at it, flexed it, you know, the one and the two, the two and the one, and working as a three, even a flat three at times in certain games, and more often than not, they've delivered. Amadou's young, he's learning, we want him to be open minded about the difference in the three roles in midfield. I could still see him, he's got the capability, certainly the physical capability to go into the number 10 spot and crush the box from wide areas and that sort of thing. But his history suggests he's slightly better when he's slightly deeper. I thought him and Jimmy were excellent last night, we had good games at the weekend, both of them in slightly different roles. Yet again, open minded from two young players who were growing and maturing in the Premier League. Do you think some people forget how young Amadou are now? I think it's just the way the game's gone. Someone was remarking on it, if you remember, a couple of weeks ago, I don't know whether you're here, but I said, if that player was two million euros or something, everyone would be going, yeah, he's a young player, I see how he goes. As soon as you put a big price tag, the demand goes up immediately. But they're still a young player, they're still the same person. They're young in their true understanding of the Premier League and I think they've got a massive future in front of them, him and I think Pato and I think Jimmy, amongst others, are still learning their way through the Premier League and it takes a while to get that depth of knowledge. But I think they're all doing a very good job. If a young player in your squad, did you, of course, suggest that the club are in talks of maybe turning themselves with new deals or anything that you can comment on that? No, he's got a long term deal at the moment and he's settled, he's playing, he's going very nicely, he's learning as he goes. Another young player, of course, but slightly different. He went out for a season last season, abroad and did very well there. And then bringing that into the Premier League, he's getting sharper, he's seeing the picture better. Yeah, again, still not overcoaching him, that's for sure, he's going along nicely. So just let him continue to learn as he is doing. Sean, is another way, a way win last night, the results at Goodison haven't matched that yet. Is there any reason you've been able to sort of identify? Yes, scoring a goal, similar as that. Two very dominant performances at home at the beginning of the season, didn't score that one in. You know, it's the fine lines of football, and that game should have really, with the performance levels being dealt with before the end of the game, that's for sure, shouldn't be scrumming around towards the end of the game, but it wasn't, you know, you've got to score goals and we're beginning to see that the team is capable of scoring goals and I think that's a good sign. There's nothing in the mentality of the team or anything when the players are playing football? No, Goodison's been great. The crowd, the noise, the feel. So no, no, no, it's just about the final moments, you know, the clinical side of a performance. I think that's beginning to show signs. I said that cutting edge is beginning to come. Long man, continue. And you've spoken about wanting to build the bond with the fans a bit more. How important is it then with these two home games coming up to end that winless run? Well, I think it's continued building. I think there's a bond there anyway. It's happened in my times as I've been here. I've certainly encouraged it. So it's just building stronger. You know, that's what we want. We want the fans to see a team that can give everything as well as with some quality and there's been signs that earlier this season. I think once you reinforce that with winning, of course, then everyone believes more and everyone encourages each other and the bond just gets tighter. So that's something that we believe in. It's something we've got to keep delivering to keep improving that.