 Roeddwn i'n rhoi'n ymlaen i England, yn un o'n ddweud o'r ddweud o'r ddweud ar y tîm mwyaf yma i ddweud i'r tîm y Casin Seifeth 2002-2016, ac i'n ddweud yn 96-98. Byddai'r ddweud o'r gweithfodol yn y ddweud o'r ddweud? Doeddwch. Fe'n ddweud i'n ddweud. Mae'n ddweud. Roeddwn i ddweud i'ch ddweud i'r ddweud o'r unrhyw eu gwirio'n gweithfodol Ac y cymaint g nursesen yma i'r gareth yma'n ddiweddol, ac i'chberchai god buffs. Cynnydtwch yn yr hyn yn gwsgol i ddoi. Cydnabodd y gwerthau. Dwi'n hyn o'ch meddwl i'r blaid. Rydyn ni'n hyn o'ch meddwl i'r bedd. Rydyn ni'n meddwl i'r gareth i'i gyd yn 11. Rwy'n meddwl arall eich bod y cael bod y Gymr easel a'r gym advertisements? dropped centre park for you. Yeah clearly it's been a big plus for us. Great attitudes, they've rubbed off in the dressing room, in their own ways. To captains, Seamus has always captained this club while he's here, hau 퍼fwngau, consistency levels have been really good and you know what we aspire to. It's been great as a solid base that we were looking for on the team but these things are always things that must be continually worked on, it's not just Connor and Tarkey it's the team representatively A oeddwn ni'n dechrau yng Nghymru ar gyfer yr adeiladau sy'n ddweud yma? Gweithio'r ddweud yng Nghymru. Rwy'n fydig i'r llun o'r ardydd gennym nhw. Yn Anthony Gordon yn ystod ar 100% o ffordd o'r gweithio'r Gwyrd Rymell, ond yn eich gynnig o'r cymhwyl, mae'n cwrs i'r tyn â'r cyhoedder, ond gallw'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio. Rwy'n nesaf i'r gwybod yn oed yn y dyfodol yng Nghymru. I'm ready for that challenge. I'm hopeful again. I suppose that's the attitude you want. How do you rate his chances moving forward? It's Gareth's decision. I can't talk for him, you know. I know there's a lot of competition in that area of the pitch with England. You watch and there's a lot of quality players in there. Antony just has to keep working and working in all parts of his games. Not just the goals. Goals are a huge part of it. Of course if you can get to that level because top wingers get big numbers. Antony will want to do that, but it's a lot for his game. He's a developing player, but it's good that he's in the conversation. He just has to play. Have you been in that position yourself? What's your advice for Antony? A young player, obviously he's got that kind of focus in his head. How do you, I suppose, control his mindset that it benefits Everton to the greatest extent possible? I don't think you get asked in the media and people will talk about you with England, but I don't think you have to think about it. I think you just have to play and train every day and how can you keep improving it. He's very attentive about that, Antony. You can have good conversations with him. He knows areas of his game that he needs to improve and wants to improve, and he just needs to focus absolutely on that. The rest is just naturally will come. Dominic Halbert-Lewin, any chance for him this weekend that we're still looking at a bit more time? Yeah, we're considering it. I think Dominic, we're working to make sure he comes back in the best fitness and strength for us, so we'll see on that one. How's it all affected in front? I believe one to play. I imagine it's as time goes on it becomes more and more frustrating for him now. Again, particularly because there's still the chance for a World Cup as well. Yeah, I think any player that has injuries, and this sort of recurrence of injuries that he's had, he's had a difficult time, it's difficult for them to deal with because they're here, they don't want to play, and they're frustrated when they don't play. All you can ask for is that the players keep doing the right things to get themselves in the best condition, whether it's rehabbid or when they get back to on pitch, they work around that, and then our responsibility is staff, myself and medical, and all my staff is to work with them and find the best way. We've applied, it's had a few of those injuries, so we're always searching for the best way to get Dominic fit and keeping fit because we know the level of player he's shown that here previously. What frustration do you have on it because obviously someone like Dominic does give another dimension to your side? Yeah, it's just a fact, you know, and injuries are unfortunate, we've suffered a lot. Even now when we feel quite strong, you know, we're in a good place mentally, the group, but you look at our team and you go missing Dominic, missing Ben Coffrey, missing Jermaine, missing Mason Holtgate, missing Andrews Townsend, and those, they're big players. So it's unfortunate, but it's modern-day football and you can't cry too much about it because you've just got to try and hope that the players that come in do a job. Neil Malpie did a great job in our last game. And now missing Nathan Pattson as well. You've got someone that quality of shape has come in, but I'd imagine given the way that Nathan has taken his chance this season, it's a blow for you. It's a blow for him most importantly. Yeah, it's a blow for us all because he's been fantastic, there's no doubt. His level of performance has been great, consistency, drive, bringing energy into the team. And one thing I will say is that Seamus has been the biggest supporter of that. He's such an amazing teammate in terms of advising Pattson. Helping him, supporting him when he's been playing well. So no worries about Seamus coming into the team. I'm always hopeful that we get minutes out of Seamus because he has a big influence on the pitch. Not in this situation, we want Patts back as soon as possible. I think the four or five-week estimate is probably a bit positive from what our first thoughts were. So on that side of it, let's hope we can get him back quickly. I just assessed the tester that you have this weekend as well. Obviously, Southampton lost their last two both the way, but right to that, they come from behind to be Chelsea, of course. And they're a strong team. They're a strong team, there's no doubt. There's a change of style this season from their previous years. It's quite evident in the way they play. But they've got some good results this year. A good manager, good players, good attitude in the team. Recruited energy and youth into the team. And an interest in why I'm playing, so that'll be a big test. It's finally for me easy for us to say it's important to build on that first Premier League win. But it certainly would put a different complexion on the start of the season as well. Weren't it given how tight the players are at the moment? Sure, sure. So we worked very hard with the players, and we felt we deserved a bit more in that first block of games before the break, but we didn't get in where we were at. Westam was a good result, but the improvement is because of the work. I think we brought in good players, and we've just spoken about some of those. It's the work that we do on a training pitch, and it's the consistency of that work, and not anyone getting complacent because there's a good feeling, and we've got a good result. It's really important now that we work, and if we can get a result against Southampton and back it up, then it will show progress, but that needs to be absolutely to keep going day after day, week after week. It seems so long since that Westam came now, doesn't it? It does, it does, it does, yeah. It's been a nice break for some of us to have a weekend. I know everyone misses the Premier League, but sometimes it's nice to have a Saturday with your children too. Cheers for the best. Thank you. Thanks for going to the mic. Frank, you've had a real solid look about you all season long, but how impressed have you been by the new look midfield that you have now? Alex won't be spoken about his improvement in form, and Nana has already made an impact. Idrissa Garnagay looks as though he's never been away, and all of a sudden there's a better balance, Everton aren't easy to play through, and it adds to the solidity and reduces the pressure on the back four as well. Yeah, defending is a collective, and at times I think last year we didn't defend well enough, some games where we could see one, we could see two, three of those things, so that was high in my thinking, and our thinking in the recruitment process in the summer, but I think the other thing that's important to say is that I think we've brought in players that have good competition in midfield now, it's the work that we do on a training ground to be more solid and to communicate with the players what we want on and off the ball, and I think so far you can see glimpses of the work against West Ham. There's a lot more to do because this Premier League is so ruthless that if you step off you will concede, and things won't go your way. So as I previously said, it's important that we keep that work, but the midfield and the energy in there and the competition for places is a real positive of the squad at the minute. Talking about competition for places particularly in that midfield area, Tom Davis, possibly unlucky to not be in the team given how well he played against Liverpool, decorates back and fit again, he used him last time out as a substitute, and James Garner, who we've not seen in Evertonshire, but got a great review from Lee Carsley for the role that he played for England under 21s in midweek, and how impressed have you been with him in training and how close has he to being involved? I'm really impressed, and you're right about Tom Davis. I think he was unfortunate and had tough decisions, and I spoke with Tom, I get on really well with Tom, and he was understanding of it, he wants to play, but when I have six midfield players, if it's for three positions, I have to have those conversations and I have to have everyone ready to go at all times. So Tom was unfortunate, Dukes is now back fit, and James Garner when he came wasn't fit, and he declared that to me as in the process of leaving at Manchester United, he'd left him training not at the level, so West Ham, he was kind of fit for, it's great that he played a game and played so well for the 21s, and now he's ready to go, so he's impressed me in training very much as a lad and as a player, that's what we've brought in there, it's a real potential for the now and for the future. Neil Mopay has added proper focal points since his introduction, winning goal with a great finish against West Ham, but still a shortage of clear cut opportunities, but if you look, say, at the driving runs against West Ham, from Damari Grey in particular, and we've seen it early on in the season with Anthony Gordon, does the need to be more players taking a gamble on getting in on the end of those and making late runs that we haven't seen so far? We did see that against West Ham and that was the impressive thing from our point of view in terms of watching the game back and in terms of the data and the statistics and the reality is we've played to start the season without a real number nine and that affects how you approach, can you cross when you don't have a real number nine on all those things and you build up play, and so for me that was what the positives of West Ham were, they're a difficult team to break down, they defend pretty deep, they're very organised and I thought with the amount of crosses and entries into the final third and all these things that we always look at we're up with the positives, so I agree in a sense this season that there are circumstances around that and again it's the work and the repetition to make us more dangerous in terms of all things crossing, arriving into the box box occupation, making sure wingers don't think they're on the touch line now to be in the box that's where the goal is, eights arriving into the box, we saw that against West Ham so we're working on things coming together. Thanks Mike, we'll go to Damian and the Premier League predictions. Hi Frank, is Jordan Pickford good to go? Yes. Good news. Just tell us how, what the journey has been like and how far ever sort of comes since your last play at Southampton in the middle of that season of February I think? Feels a very long time ago to myself, it was one of our early games as a staff coming here and after a good start we felt in our first game at home against Brentford it came I think maybe my third game or so and we were poor on the day and it was an eye opener for ourselves I think of the work that was there to be done and I think we're in that process and we have come far because we've had time to look at the squad to make changes to the squad and to continue the work which keeps on that word in this press conference for some reason but it feels very relevant to us because it's the only way I'll see that you get better and I think we are better, I know we're better than when we were asked when to Southampton but maybe Saturday and again this is a Premier League so the games I'd have an absolute relevance but we feel like we're in a better place Thanks Damian How was the BPC? You might have seen Fabian Delph retired this week did that come as a bit of a surprise to you? No I had a good relationship with Delphi and I spoke with him at the back in the last season I knew it was on the cards I spoke to him in the break when season finished and I knew it was on the cards and I just want to congratulate him on a great career because I think he did have a really positive career I played against him he played for his country a good few times and he was a big part of us staying in the league last year in that cameo of a few games that he played and I wish him well and the choices he makes going forward You mentioned that injury is the only one that you've been affected I don't know if you've seen but there's been a report out about Premier League suffering more injuries than any other league in Europe this season I just wondered what you thought a solution to that was if there is a solution given this or fix your congestion that's often talked about I don't know what the solution is One positive was making the five sub braw I think it can come on because I think it allows you to use your squad a bit better and mix up the minutes The congestion thing for us I've managed the team in the Champions League you play more regularly and I've managed in the championship and all those things so I don't feel hugely that congestion is a huge problem for us We love watching the product everybody does Premier League, the Champions League all the games that we play so I'm not sure where we can help in terms of the schedule just a bit common sense through the season at different times to make sure that teams are not playing too close together I think it's all possible with good thought and good practice and the reality is that we're in the best team demanding league in the world so maybe that's why it's top of the tree in a negative way You're into now a stage of season which is a bit unprecedented with the World Cup coming up how are you approaching your team and telling your team to approach it it's almost like a mini season have you set any targets for this? Get as many points as you can in the eight games we've got it's really clear it is a mini league you're right we just went into an international break and we felt good because we beat Westam and the league table looked better so we want to get as many points as we can in the eight games and then everyone goes their ways either a bit of a break or going for the countries in the World Cup so it's an interesting season I think in a good way because it's exciting for us how many points can we get in eight games to put ourselves in a good position for when we start again I realise you don't want to talk too much about the last two games and obviously there's been criticism of the team do you think England reached their peak at the Euros last, whenever it was, a couple of years ago or do you think there's more to come from this team heading into the World Cup? I think there can be more to come from them I think they're a young team in many ways and knowing how football is having played international football I played in many a game in my career that looked like the Italy game looked like and also the Germany game it's tough international football and maybe going into a World Cup with a little bit of a reduction in expectation but still with a really quality squad and a really good manager has proven already him and with Gareth and Steve and his team that they can get to a semi-final of a World Cup a final of a Euros and we have a real quality squad so I don't believe they're peaked and I really hope that they can prove that right What do you make of the criticism of Southgate that's happened in the last sort of country as well as others in a couple of months? I think it's in some parts harsh and when I say some parts it's something that we'll sign up to in our own ways and the England job is right up there for pressure and fair play to Gareth is that I think he's very articulate in how he deals with the criticism, whether he listens to it or not but all these press conferences and everything he says and how he handles himself is second to none for me in the game so I think it's we're at a stage now where it's very normal, I'm not going to see it because people can't criticise, I think things are constructive and people have opinions great but once this World Cup comes in and the build-up to it will be great if everyone can really get behind the team and Gareth because I think with everyone fighting in the same direction it's much easier to try and have a successful competition Do you think though that some funds have kind of get the sense sometimes that England played with a Humbray condon maybe when they let loose a bit of a staff that can show that true potential Yeah but there will always be those opinions and I think we all get them and you have to understand that I remember the team, fantastic French team that won the last World Cup without really planned beautiful football I remember watching it through and sometimes modern day football there were lots of different styles and ways to win a game and I think it will be absolutely a Gareth decision about how they approach an Iran or USA compared to how they approach a part of the team further into the competition if we get there so I think whilst he's in charge I think you give him his head to make those decisions and when you look at the history of Gareth as an England manager he's made many good decisions that have got them pretty far and I hope he can go one step further Thanks Hi Frank You've spoken about what you want that's a period up for the World Cup you've also spoken about Anthony Gordon focusing, trying to be focused on getting a place in the World Cup Is it a consideration you have to have with the players because we're in a press set situation where they'll work up in the middle of the season whereas normally players would have a whole season to stake their claim you've got to have a consideration for what players are thinking heading up these next seasons whether they're trying to get a place in the squad or they're trying to keep their place in the squad by not getting injured No, I don't think so I think there are ever some players and in this period up until November the 12th or sorry when we play Bournemouth and they will leave they just have to give everything for this same and we always do the same thing we try and get the best environment the best care for the players to get them in the best position to perform well and hopefully if they do that then come their World Cups or their squads that they go away to then they'll be in good nick and ready to go because people are saying it could be a plus for us in England that we're having a World Cup mid-season rather than at the end of the slog of the season maybe that can work for all the players that they can be in good form going into it so I don't consider it a simple answer I guess it's the same old adage that if you play well for your club you get picked for your country It's really simple and I think we have to talk about it and it is and people will always have opinions but for the players themselves if you play well and look after yourself and you'll give yourself the best possible chance the good thing from us as a club is that at times last year when I was here international break came and not many players went to play for their countries now we've got a bigger group of players that are going and representing their countries in different ways so that's a plus for us as Everton