 Welcome to ToffeeTV, it is the Everton News Daily. Marco Silva has held his press conference ahead of the trip down to Southampton on Saturday and has jumped to the defence of Ray Charleston on the accusation of him being a diver. He said he's not a diver, he said he's never been booked for diving, so that isn't a problem. He did say they are telling him to stay on his feet as much as possible. The coaches are saying he's got to be strong when he's telling me he's got to be strong but he said he's not a diver. He's been here in the Premier League for just over two seasons now and has never been booked for diving, so how can he be a diver? So interest and very strong from the manager got quite animated when talking about it, obviously something that he felt he had to get out, something that sounded a little bit like he'd already decided to speak about before the press conference. It's good to see other elements of the press conference he was in has animated and seemed a little bit more laid back, especially when he spoke about VAR and the impact it had on Everton. He said they're going to have meetings on that and obviously there has been a letter sent to the referees association in the Premier League from the Everton Fans Forum and the club have backed that without getting too involved. He never got too animated about that which I felt a little bit annoying personally. I thought there was a chance and stuff he handled well but I thought he could have done and should have led the club a little bit better in the VAR discussions that he was asked about. Just on the VAR, three or four times by this guy, Vinal Connors, who is obviously in Evertonian but he didn't really want to go too much in that, just saying he respected the decisions and they have their own feelings on that but I felt like he could have gone a little bit more into that but on Rich Arleson obviously, just said he's not a diver and he sort of hinted that other players maybe have been booked recently for diving and Rich Arleson hasn't so you can't call him a diver if he's not been punished for being a diver. I know there's a lot of fans out there who do believe Rich Arleson is a diver or certainly believe that he doesn't help himself by going down so easy and maybe that if he stood up and tried to protect the ball a little bit more that he would get the decisions when it matters. I do believe there is a little bit about that, I think Rich Arleson needs to pick and choose where and when is the best time to try and get the files but certainly in the last two games Everton have been denied Stonewall penalties from me because referees have decided against it, now that shouldn't matter if someone has a reputation or is gaining a reputation, if the files are as simple as that and it's where we are failing in this country and where the VAR is failing and where the Premier League is failing and most of the ball where the referees are failing so yeah. Also in the press conference he discussed the possible absentees for the weekend he said Fabian Delphi is very very doubtful he picked up a hamstring injury towards the end of the game on Sunday and he's very very doubtful but he did say Morgan Snidland is ready to go in there and obviously Everton facing a bit of a midfield crisis at the moment with only Tom Davis and Morgan Snidland fit in those two positions of course we've got players like a Wobby and we've got players like Guilty Sigerton who can play in midfield as well but we are down to the bare bones and we could see someone like Benny Benningham on the bench or I imagine we will see Benny Benningham on the bench. The manager was also asked about Andy Gordon as well and he said you know those players are getting close and he said that more recently he said yesterday that Bernard he feels should be back or he wants him back for after the international break so Bernard hopefully this will be you know this hopefully will be the last game he misses or maybe the knowledge game as well but we should see him back and then obviously the barman is still a couple of months until we get him back and on the situation of Gomez he said it was great that he came in and seen everybody he's gone home now and he said it is possible that we will see him again this season he said he spoke to the medical staff at Everton and he said there is a chance that we'll see him back on the field again this season and obviously that would be barring any complications to the injury whatsoever the surgeon said was very happy with how it went and the club were quite happy it's gone home now he'll rest I'm sure he'll be given a plan because they do say now straight away that player shouldn't just sit there with a foot in plaster it should they should start moving get that board circulating around as much as possible of course this injury was a lot more a lot more of a free injury than just a simple broken leg so we'll have to see what happens with that he also mentioned the fact that Sun had text Gomez to give him a personal apology and we've seen some well something in the celebrations and Sun's goals last night which were referencing Gomez as well but in terms of that any way you any way you want to pace I think it's nonsense which I have stated yeah so we're looking threadbare for four Saturdays trips to Southampton but this is where players have got to roll up the sleeves and just get get the job done because otherwise we are in a mess and the Southampton manager has already said this is a six-pointer so we've got to go down there and just try and get the try and get a job done and I tell you what if we did go to get a job done down then we did bring back three points it'd be a massive boost I think for everyone at the club and and a massive boost for the fans as well and get really really be huge which not only the three points but the fact that we do seem to be really really low at the moment and a lot of things are going against us so you know this could be a massive turning point on Saturdays if Everton can get three points against the team who let's not forget lost their last game 9-0 and the one before that 4-1 I think so yeah up to Everton to do that at the weekend international breakers coming up obviously next week Luca Dean is back in the French squad Michael Keane is not in the England squad ahead of their their games Jordan pick for days and five in Delphi's as well you know he's got an injury so I imagine he'll pull out at some point but Michael Keane is not in the squad which is no real supplies after him after his last performance for England was utterly terrible and I'll be honest I said a couple weeks I didn't think I'll ever see Michael Keane play for England ever again and I don't I stand by that so he's not in the squad which from an Everton point of view is I think it's positive news because I think the lab now has to again get himself sorted and after start showing performances if he's in the team too many players I think at Everton I've had it too easy whether it be at Everton on international stage and need to get back to basics so hopefully Michael Keane is one of those players so there you have it this has been the Everton News Daily the match preview is up for the Southampton game now on YouTube starting 11 will be available tomorrow it'll be available for our viewers on patron tonight and as well as the footy show which is also on page and so check them out as well as our live shows thank you for watching toffee TV don't forget if you haven't already subscribed please do click the bell for the let's and as I said if you want more great videos join us over on page and see you later