 Mae'r team news, Frank. Mason Holgate, Yeri Mina, ydych chi'n rhaid i'r byw? Yeri had a small issue in his rehab last week, so he won't be. Mason is in the squad, so yeah. Progressing with that Ben Godfrey is also on the training pitch, which is great to see early stages, but good to see. Every week we seem to ask you this, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin, is it still the case of being careful with his minutes, or do you think you can let him go from the start now? Well, yeah, a bit of both because I referenced it, as you say you asked me every week, and I referenced it the last time you asked me, in terms of we've got to be careful with Dominic coming back, in terms of probably the training, making sure that we gradually bring him in as quick as possible. So it's a fine balance, that one. But yeah, he's certainly getting to the stage when you think that we've got two games in three days now, coming up that hopefully we can get more minutes out of it. Is it a fine balance for him himself as well, because he's got that motivation to make the England World Cup squad. He sees the kind of momentum building, and people talking about Ivan Tony at the moment as well. And if he is getting game time with you regularly, and he's shown his top form, then that's obviously great for you, because of his motivation as well, wanting to get into that England World Cup squad. Yeah, it's human nature, and I think it's the natural mentality of top-level players. They want to play for their countries, but the rules are the first thing is you play well for your club to get there. And because of Dominic's injuries, that's probably put him in this position. My feeling is, because I work closer with him, if he would be fit and playing regularly, then he'd be making a great case, of course. So it's step-by-step for us at the minute. Dominic is an England squad player. He's been in that squad many a time and played. So can we get him fit, get him on the pitch for us first? Great, hopefully see what he can deliver for us. And then, of course, he gets himself into that question. Do you feel there's still time from that? I don't know. I don't know. It's difficult, though, is now with it being so tight. Sure, and then it's not my decision, is it? My focus is purely on getting Dominic in the best condition and obviously playing well for us. Any further thoughts on the penalty from Sunday, because obviously we heard the view that Harry Kane initiated the contact. So there's been two sides to it. What's your view now that you've been able to see it by? I thought it was a smart play from Harry. It was a mistake from us, and Jordan saved us many a time. He's a high-level goalkeeper, the top bracket in the world for me. So that outside, because of what he's done for us, I think Harry was smart, and that's not a criticism either. I think that's football sometimes and good players. Now when contact's coming, and I think it probably was just about a penalty when I look at it as neutral and high as I can have. Do you even have to speak to Jordan after something like that because his standards have been so high for you in your time here? No, I don't, because I know he's training levels, I know he's mentality, I know what he puts on himself, and the goalkeeper is the one position in the team where you hold that responsibility. It's difficult because the smallest of errors can be critical in a game. That, as I say, I just reflect on what he's done for us many a time, and I know how he'll be feeling about it, so it's not one to approach it all. You said after the game, I suppose, it's where we are. What have the last two games really told you about where you are as a squad, and what further steps you need to take? Every game tells you something, and particularly when you're in the early stages of building, but we are clearly the players you've brought in that have gone straight into the team. The midfield is new, sometimes at times the front line has looked new with Neil Malpine, Dwight MacNeill, for instance, and fullbacks. So there's a lot of things that are coming together naturally for us, so you learn as much from a good performance against Westam at home, or a resilient performance against Southampton, a good spirited fight back against Manchester United, but mistakes you made in the first half, all these things, I think, are very much part of our process. You've seen it many a time around, and it's important for me as the first person who's working here is to just be very balanced about it, and we knew we were coming into a tough run of games. Manchester United taught them away, Newcastle away, so it's how can we apply ourselves best, and against Tottenham we did a lot. The game plan, the tactical nature of the team was spot on until they get that goal and change the face of the game, so they were good and they were bad, and we just have to keep working on those. We've spoken a lot about leaders, obviously Cody and Tarkovsky in their experience, but someone like Oana appears to be a leader as well, and he seems to be having that influence in the dressing room. Did you expect that necessarily from someone so young coming into a new league? Yeah, I did expect it because from my early conversations with him, it was clear he had a big personality and was a very driven young man, and I've played alongside work with those type of players before. The reality is that at 21 I was Chelsea, I think Kevin De Bruyne was maybe 20-21. I'm picking Belgian players because it's a clear relation to Amadou, but Romelu Lukaku was of a similar age, and then you look at what those two have done in their careers, I hope, and I feel that Amadou will have his version of that. But what I'm trying to get at is there will be things that he can learn about how he really directs all of that personality and talent that he has, and that's probably my job to work closely with him. But what we've seen on the pitch so far, hopefully for me, is just to start because I've got a huge amount of belief in him, and I'll try and help him in how he takes that forward. It seems a bit more outgoing this way, Kevin De Bruyne, and where he reacts to the crowd at Goodison. Yeah, and as I say, every personality is different, but I remember Kevin to be fair to, Kevin is one of the best players in the world. But in his early stages, he wasn't getting into the team at Chelsea, and you see little reactions from him. I remember my reactions at different times in my career, so it's my job, as it's been slightly more experienced, is to sort of understand the different personalities. But mainly, you know, hone them in the right way in terms of, you know, your professionalism, your drive, how you affect teammates, and then trying, obviously, help with the talent. But, you know, he's a really talented boy. We're delighted to have him here, and I think he showed some big limpses at that against Tottenham, but as I say, I think there's a lot more to come. I'm very pleased that we've got him. And he's got the mentality to deal with something like that. When you can recognise the talent to say that you can see him becoming something like it, Kevin De Bruyne, you hope that he comes in? Yeah, and again, I'm not directly comparing clearly to those two are very different players, but he's in the Belgium squad now. He's come in playing in the Premier League, and I think we should never take that lightly, the difference of coming from as a young player from a different league into the fastest, most physical league in the world. There'll be moments that will catch anybody, let alone a younger player who's finding his feet. So I think we applaud that, but that's the reason for optimism in terms of what he can give, because he's adapting at the moment, but he's already being a very important player for us. Newcastle just won defeat, three Premier League wins. Obviously, also had that thrill with City as well. I mean, how do you view this Newcastle team, because it seems that they're more than just difficult to beat on them? Oh, yeah, of course, you have to respect them, because they're a really good team. We've got a fantastic coach, manager coach, staff, a lot of detail, I'm sure, just from the outside. Really good players, you know, I've recruited really well in the last two windows, and of course those, the new funds they have, I think they want to direct it well, they've brought in a great director of football. So this feels like it's a real plan and a vision to what they're doing, and we have to respect that and understand we're in for a very tough match, because they're a good team on all levels. You can't trust the games last season, wasn't it? Obviously, all day, compared to the night at goodness in where Alex had worked, we scored so late on for you. Yeah, and a bit like people ask you about Tottenham, it's so different. We're different this year, they're different. They maybe feel like they've moved on steps, we feel like we've moved on steps. Last year we went there and it was difficult for us, and we didn't really have impact in the game, and we had a few of those away from home, where we didn't have maybe energy legs, personality to dominate, not dominate games, but really contesting games. We're showing much better signs of that, so hopefully we can continue that. Thank you. Frank, when you look at Newcastle and the trajectory they've been on over the last 11 months now with Eddie Howe and George, do you see the parallels between the assignment you've picked up here and what he's been able to achieve up there? Not quite. It's a different situation. And this is not for me to focus on any situation, because I don't know when you do this, but you'll realise there are a million things you don't know from the outside. But what is clear is their situation, and probably things that have happened with us, with coming in and the squad and really fighting off relegation, Rachelson leaving, trying to rebuild in different ways. It's different situations completely, but as coaches, we're working just to try and get improvement. That's all you can do every day. One of the first few games I think you had in charge was away at Newcastle, wasn't it, which was an eventful game in itself. How far has this group now come from where they were that night to where you're trying to get to now? We've come a bit of a distance. It's really hard to put it on the scale, because where do we want to get to? Of course, everybody wants to go into Europe and contest for cup competitions, but at the moment we know that we're more focused on the here and now, because the next game is always the most important one, and we know there's a lot of improvements to be had because the team is pretty new still when lots of players have said that before. I think we've come steps in the forward direction, but it's never a time for complacency. There's a long way and a lot of work to do. Vinnie spoke about Newcastle's record, only one defeat this season, six draws along the way there. If you're trying to chart progression, is that it showing a bit more resilience digging out points when previously you might not have done? Yeah, and we've done that this year, to be fair, as Newcastle were doing there. You become more robust as you improve, I think. There's always balance of recruitment and work on the training pitch, and we've both had our different versions of that, and Newcastle are a robust, hard work in physical team, as well as quality. I always admire that in a team when they have those attributes. So we feel that we have those as well, but we know we're steps behind in terms of where Newcastle are and where we are because we just know where we're at. You can feel it in the club, but there is a level of optimism around, cos I think people see little shoots of improvement, but our job as a side keeps on the same thing. It's to just keep working. In this game, it's just a very tough match. In front of us, a very tough match, a tough crowd, an evening game. There is always going to be a big atmosphere, so let's show some personality there. I suppose it's epitomised in the league table for all that everyone talks about, Newcastle's progression. If you were to win this game, you'd only be two points behind in the league. Yeah, and that's the difficult thing about looking at the league this time of year, because it's so close. We've been through a couple of tough games there, and we don't get the results we want. From everyone getting excited, people go, oh, that looks different. I wouldn't put too much on that at the minute. We certainly have to have a bit of a longer-term view and purely focus on what we can do, which is look at our own performance and try and push the table to the side a little bit. We had enough table watching last year to last us a lifetime in the last few months, looking at results, looking where we are, and it was desperate at the minute if we can just focus on what we can control and work, then, hopefully, we won't have that sort of desperation in the future. Thank you. Thanks. Thanks, Rich. We'll go to Ian Candidate, ready on Merseyside. Frank, as someone who scored a lot of goals from midfield yourself, to what extent do you try and instill into your midfield plays the mentality of trying to get forward and to be brave to go forward and try and score goals, particularly when obviously Calvert Lewin's been and Rich Arlison have been unable to be part of it this season for different reasons. Yeah, I think there are team issues at that one. Firstly, midfield has to be, firstly, where the structure of the team, so it's all well and good to talk about getting forward, but we have to be secure at all times. At times, last season, we were too easy to play through, there were different factors to that, but to keep a bit of security. But now, when you look at the players, the first thing you want as a coach is to see that they've got the capacity to get there. And now players, now, we do have capacity in midfield to arrive, and then the next thing is, okay, the quality, the finish, the clinical mentality. And if I'm honest, it takes hours and hours and hours on the training ground at that point. You know, it doesn't, my first-hand experience of it was, I worked hard, it made me score goals. I've repeated and repeated and repeated from being 10 years old to 38 years old when I finished, so I can pass that on to the players and then hopefully we'll see the results. It's not always that simple. And you mentioned that optimism there. Is that still there? You had a lot of momentum going into the United Game, a couple of defeats now. How fragile can that confidence idea be and do you have to kind of keep everyone lifted or are they still at that point where they have got that confidence? We're stronger than what we were last year, for obvious reasons, because, you know, the club were tense. You know, it was, I was, we were. You know, it was that situation. Now we're different, and I don't think anybody expected this to be a straight line in a positive direction. It's a Premier League, and not many have that other than the absolute top boys. Anyway, so we have to support each other in that sense. I support the players. The players have to be robust. They have to keep their confidence. They have to understand when they're in game things that we can do a lot better and that's a fine balance and keep working. And at the moment, I think with the feeling we have, I don't feel like we've been too disrupted by two defeats because people respect the teams that beat us for starters. But behind closed doors, can we analyse them and be better for sure? So, yeah, I'm not saying we're not concerned. It's the Premier League. It tests you all the time, but we have to have a belief in ourselves that we are in a decent position and there's what to do. Ben Sian, we'll go to Alistair in the BBC. Hi, Frank. You mentioned there before about Newcastle and sort of on a different journey from you and see the money that they have. Do you think it's fair that they've got resources where they can call on a sovereign wealth and help their development? I think in modern football, everyone has a different position, a different perspective. And sometimes it changes. Sometimes I think it's the reason that we embrace and love the Premier League. I lived the Chelsea story as a player. I've viewed it and touched on it as a Manchester City player for a year and there are, I think, a lot of stories within there and a football level purely that you can just embrace and love about. I thought City got voted the club of the year last night for the many, many good things I know they do on and off the pitch. So everybody's different and this thing of financial fair play for me is a bit strange. I never kind of understand it because if it was financially fair, there are a lot of teams that have a lot more income than we do, for instance, and can spend a lot more on players and wages. And that's the story of the modern game. So it's all relative. That's where I stand on that one. I think you're going to talk about Manchester City since you bring it up. You can't really compete with a Manchester City or a Newcastle because they've just got the word. But Liverpool have competed with them. Liverpool have competed with them with great coaching and great players and great recruitment. You know, they've all been Virgil van Dijk and Alasen and all these players and they're also being strong. They can keep re-strengthening and changing and all those things. So I think maybe you view it at this moment in time with Liverpool with the form that they've had. They're clearly going to be back up amongst it. So I think, as I say, I understand what he's saying to a degree. I can probably say the same when I'm talking about Newcastle. We're not there because they can spend 200 million into windows and we can't. Our net spend is much less. So you just get one with what you want. I think if that's his point, I completely get it. But in terms of trying to... I think the debate afterwards has carried on, his question in whether it should be allowed or whatever or these clubs are fighting in a different level. Maybe they are, but maybe that's just the Premier League and the way it is. I don't think it's the worst thing. I particularly look at the story I was involved in as a player and Manchester City, which I touched on. Particularly when I think about City, in terms of how they handled themselves on and off the pitch. I think they're a fantastic example, that's my opinion. That's just where I'm at. Also, it was mentioned after the weekend. There was a few incidents, obviously, at Anfield, but I think with players surrounding referees and other games as well. The referee charity has talked about the conduct of managers and players and we'll see that filters down to grassroots level. I mean, you know all about the pressure of the sidelines as a manager. Can you mitigate for how managers can lose their temper so much and how they can abuse almost referees as well? Or how would you stand under the head of everything? Yeah, we have a responsibility. I understand that. But there's also a microscope on managers in the Monday where we're in highly pressurised jobs. It's easy for me to sit here in a calm moment and say we should be better and all these sort of things, but the amount of pressure we come under and sometimes decisions that go against you can throw you... I don't see it at the top level. You know, people talk about Jürgen Klopp the other day and Pep Guardiola, the two top managers, and I think you've got a red card fine. I think Jürgen said afterwards, yeah, maybe my reaction. We all know that situation. If you're trying to draw a line to that, to someone on a Sunday league game or something, going up and physically attacking a referee, then that's just a personal responsibility, that person that's gone and done that, as it would be if they went and did it on the street. So I don't draw that line. I understand our responsibility, but I don't draw the line directly from the height, because I don't see it much. I see managers in very high pressure situations handle themselves really, really well for 99.9%. And that little bit as well, that little percent that sometimes comes out, I think he's controlled. I remember when Tuchol and Conte had this earlier in the season. And afterwards it was like, this is great, this is what the Premier League's all about, seeing passion and people show themselves. So I think we can't have everything in one go. Do you feel like, I don't know the nature of the Premier League at the minute, the amount of money that's involved, the maybe the games, the run of fixtures, the pressure from the media, the media spotlight as well? Do you feel like the pressure on managers has increased over the last few years? Yeah, for sure. I think you see it every day. I think there's a fascination about who might get sacked next and all these things. And we have to feed the media train, listen to it on the way into work this morning, talking about managers who are working in circumstances that nobody knows. Difficult circumstances, pressurised job, and people are casually talking about who will be sacked next, and I think that's where we're at. And it's a bit unfortunate, I'm not trying to change the world by saying it, it's just a reality of what we're in. And that feeds into maybe a time where the pressure just gets too much on the sidelines potentially? Yeah, maybe. I don't know the direct relation to that. You know, everyone handles these things differently, but it's just a reality of the job. And I'm not complaining too much if people say you're well paid, you're in a great job. You should be proud to manage Everton Football Club. Absolutely, I am. You have to understand that it comes with it. But sometimes the runaway of it, I think it's just a little bit much, because as I say, when you work in a job, you do understand a lot of things on the outside that are not seen and very easy for someone in the media to casually comment on things when you don't know quite about them. And I think that can run away of itself, but we do choose this job at the same time. Good, thanks. Thanks. I'll go to Karl Markham at the Press Association. Hi, Frank. Just one on Jordan, please. Going back to Newcastle as a former Sunderland player, he often is a target for quite a lot of abuse from the fans. And he has in the past admitted that the atmosphere sometimes got to him, but he's also spoken subsequently about working on his focus and his concentration. I'm just wondering, you've worked with him now for 10 months. What can you say about that side of his game? Cos we all see, we can all see the quality he has in terms of his goalkeeping on the pitch, but he specifically has spoken about his focus and his concentration. He's just a really mature man for me, and maybe he has matured. I didn't know him well before I got here, so it's hard to maybe see what their development is, but what I see and what people tell me well closely with him is his maturity. And it's more than normal for a young player to go to a place where you get a stick of criticism because he's a Sunderland boy in their low to mid-20s to be affected by it. It's very natural. I actually experience similar, and as you get a bit older, you mature, you understand it, and then you actually end up performing better because you don't put the pressure on yourself. So I think probably Jordan has gone through, always going through that process, and it's more than normal.