 John obviously Dominic Calvert-Lewin posted on social media bring on Saturday so will he be in the squad this weekend? It will certainly be in the thinking without a doubt. The game the other day was all about him really you know got some other minutes into players but it was basically for the end of a rehab period so we're very pleased that he came through that and he felt good. He's also come into the thinking his last two goals have actually come against Crystal Palace the three-nil earlier this season the winner against Palace that ultimately secured Everton's status in the I think that maybe in his thinking you know players can sometimes be like that when they have feelings of certain games certain grounds and all that sort of stuff and I certainly haven't spoken to him on anything about that. My main concern has just been safeguarding his return you know his proper return as I call it when he's as fit as we can get him other than playing and I think he's done that. What's the best way to go about it because I imagine you have to be careful with the reintroduction so is it go from the start and give him an hour or is it better to utilize him? These decisions will make obviously before the game and the idea of the game there the day he's proved statistically through his training and sports science where he's at physically but obviously a game slightly different you know you have to react to whatever happens in the game it was my decision to take him off because there was no fatigue or anything I just sort of common sense him coming through sort of 70 odd minutes and yeah I'm pleased with that. Sheamus Coleman under Nana how are they and any chance that they'll play? Amos made a bit more of a recovery so we saw he was out there today but see how that reacts tomorrow and then Sheamus he won't be right for this one. How big a disappointment is that I suppose given the influence that Sheamus has been through your time here? Yeah it's not just Sheamus I mean we hit this little tricky spell of a couple of injuries and obviously a suspension would do as well so yeah but I mean it's you know you want the players fit you want them fully fit fully active and that's important so we just got to make sure they recover well. Those that are fit what have you had to do with them this week just to get them I suppose mentally back on track after after Fulham? We've got you know we've got a pretty experienced group I mean there's a couple of younger players you may have in his debut or his start debut in the Premier League but I don't have experience there to know you know they they're not stupid they know when we've stepped off there you know what we were doing and come away from it we remind them we go through it with them and you know show some analysis but generally speaking I think they were disappointed as I was with the reaction to simply going down a goal you know it doesn't change everything plenty of football to be played and we just come off our mark and that's important to react against what happens because you can't always control every game you know these things go against you how quickly can we react and get back on top of the game and we've done that pretty well since I've been here so we've got a well basically we just reminded the players of that fact but as I started with the stupid players they know. I suppose getting back to that mark is the reaction you're looking for and you're up against the side that has won three on the bounce on the Roy Hodgson I just wonder what you made of the way that they've kind of pulled away from the trouble that they were in. Well new manager bounce as they call it it happens they'll be looking for consistency good guys I must say Roy Topfella always like he's coming in Reilo and who you know is one of the best managers I've worked and got a lot of respect for him I know that goes out the window when the whistle blows but no they've gone in and gone back to what they do with a group they pretty much know anyway or certainly half of the group there they know anyway so yeah we've got to we've got to be aware of how they've changed it which we are we'll make the players aware of that and react on top of that and go and you know take on the challenge. Something we check in with all managers any secret rappers in your squad. Seriously I can't catch my breath that even gets a question. You mentioned Roy there still going strong in the Premier League at age 75 can you imagine raising that point in your career? Absolutely not absolutely not must be mad but I know Roy a little bit he'll be laughing when I say that. Does that show that your job is a bit of a drug there football management is a bit of a drug? I think it depends I think Roy worked very hard in his early career you know around coaching abroad and stuff like that to be the recognised top manager he's been years and maybe maybe that's a you know the desire of that sort of coming into real prominence of his managerial career later maybe you need to work very hard to get there and maybe things well why not and if you've got the bug and you want to do it then then why not you know but I doubt I'd be doing it at that age I'm pretty sure I won't be. Can I just ask you about Neil Mopley he's obviously been a regular scorer at Premier League level that hasn't quite happened for him so far but how is he finding it? Is he finding it difficult? Well he's working hard I mean he keeps getting in the right areas you know and he's had chances in the games we've started him in and that's all we can ask I said when I got it it's you know taking away the the kind of edge of fear that comes in around trying to score a goal I said well if you're in there to score and you miss you won't be hearing from me and he's getting in the right areas and he's working hard and that's all you can ask of these players then the final moment is always down to the player either end of the pitch by the way you know defenders making blocks keeps making saves to midfield dealing with the ball breaking the game and centre forwards taking their chances you know that you we try and work in a way that gives them the best opportunity is both scoring defending making saves of a keeper and then at the moment the truth is down to them when it came to last week's performance was it surprised to you or is it inevitable there's going to be bumps in the road with any battle against relegation and somewhat of a surprise in the sense we didn't take it on from the start they started better than us and then we grew into the game after the goal and actually delivered 20-25 minutes very good I think very good football very good demand from the group with the press in and the way we've got about it and the second one was that the only really frustrating thing because we didn't react to that and we have been reacting to the things that got against us and we didn't react to that and that's something we have to correct obviously is it an advantage that these players went through a similar experience 12 months ago that they they know what to expect at all? I think experience of any kind is helpful you don't want that experience of course but it comes you know and they've had that so if it's if it can be used wisely then we look to do that you can't really define that all the time but I think it's I think it gives you more of an assured base to work from when you understand it and you understand the feeling that it is and how to deal with it so I think we're certainly looking at that but we're looking mainly to I've spoken out since I got in the consistency of what we do and we lost that consistency throughout the performance against Fulham so it's not just a week-by-week consistency it's actually throughout a game and we just lost the details a couple of inconsistent moments and got punished and that's sometimes what the Premier League does to you and as the rest of the world studies each teams fixtures who are involved in the battle do you have to reinforce the message to your players it's just about what you do at the moment? It's always been the message I reinforce anyway you know because you can control of the controllables we can control what we do what we look to the performance levels the training methods what we do our planning we can control that we can't control other people's results that's quite obvious so I've always been focused on what we can do. Burnley went down on 35 points last season so 36 would have been enough to keep any team up would you be drawn on a points total that might? No I never do not relevant it's relevant at the end of the season not now. Just finally Ruben Van Agra can I just check on his injury status? Yeah he's got an injury sorry we should have mentioned that at the top of the interview yeah he's got an injury unfortunately there's going to keep him out some time it may need surgery we're not sure yet he's seen the specialist so that decision will be made pretty pretty imminently I think. Cheers thanks. Thank you. Thanks James we'll go to Carl at the press session. Ashland just to go back on Dominic whether or not he returns it's the team there'll be a huge amount of expectation on him because of the player he is and and how long he's been out do you have to manage that with him or do the crowd have to have a group of patients with him being out I don't have to manage it with him you know you put yourselves in the bracket of top players for a reason because you're delivery of performance and various players here have done that over their time ups and downs ins and outs but that's the kind of I mean you kind of want that you know if I was a player well I was one but I wasn't as good as them but you know you want that you want that kind of prestige what comes with that when people go yeah like you know you're a top player so therefore go and enjoy that you know I think and I don't think there's any other pressure there's certainly a pressure from me other than them to get fit and and join him with what we're trying to achieve is a collective attitude it's not just one player and I just must have it the away form the way results has been issued for a long time there's an experience manager how do you explain how clubs go so long without winning way what's the difference between home and away well it's a bit different here because I walked into a situation you know whether the record hasn't been great for a couple of seasons so it's more a case of you know working out with the players here for sure it's tactical but it's also a mentality thing you know you've got a you've got players who have to be ready as if it's a home game and deliver like it's a home game some players find that more tricky than others because the home support of course but generally speaking it's a mental shift you know because there are some guidelines to it you know about tactics and teams have in home records because it's not just your away record of course some teams have you know very strong home records against our way record but at the end of the day it's the mentality for me and taking on the challenge you know the noise has been long enough now a bit say you know they can't do this away they can't do that away so I'm under players I go well let's change it then let's change that noise let's change that story something else that can change it you can't just wait for it to just some you know some sort of magic dust that makes it change it's down to us down to us as a collective force to go and make it happen so that's certainly what I've been relaying to the players you know not waiting for things to happen let's go and make it up and let's go and change the rhetoric in the story what can you do with this player specifically had to change the perception of home underway you said there's some people shrewd to play everyone at home that's not possible is there no there's many things we attempt to do the list is endless I'll bore you to death I'm happy to have to be bored to that training plans travel plans eating plans beds all sorts of different things you're trying to look for everything but at the end of the day you can put all that aside because when the whistle blows is the key you know we've been enough teams work with enough teams traveled days of games traveled before the game travel two days for a game at the end of the day the whistle blows the mentality has to be right for everyone to be pushing on