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Moyes on home form, Europe and young players

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Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Tuesday's Premier League game against Bournemouth at Hill Dickinson Stadium (kick-off 19:30 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

  • Everybody bar Jack Grealish is fit, with Moyes stating they are still "nursing one or two" players who have recently overcome injury – but the likes of Kiernan Dewsbury Hall, Jarrad Branthwaite and Charly Alcaraz are all available.
  • The manager added: "When I think how I felt end of December or beginning of January I was trying to work out how it can be so severely bad. It's good we have everybody back and raring to go."
  • Moyes said his side have to pick up more wins at home having not earned three points in a game at Hill Dickinson Stadium since 6 December. He said: "We have got to try to turn our away form into good home form. We have done a good job, we just need to make sure we can pick up another few wins at our stadium. We are always looking to see what it may well be. We have a great new stadium, the sooner we start getting used to it the better. Everybody enjoys it, we do, but maybe the opposition quite like it as well."
  • Moyes thinks achieving a European spot will require Everton picking up some unexpected wins during the run-in. He said: "We don't really say too much. I'd rather the talk be about European places and not relegation places. Probably the history of the club recently has been relegation places. I think we would all quite enjoy that talk about European places. At the moment we have a long way to go but if you hang in with the teams above us, you just never know."
  • On a move away from the relegation talk of recent seasons: "This club should never have been in that position. It is too big, too strong of a club. We should be talking about the other end of the league. I'm now thinking we have to keep growing and getting away from the feeling of being a club at the bottom."
  • Moyes discussed Tyrique George and warned he's a "young" player the club must be "careful" with and not "expect too much".
  • Discussing young players he explained: "The biggest thing you have to take into consideration is the level of the Premier League. The number of young players is probably lower than it has ever been. You have to be at a completely special level now to get it. Those young players have a lot to do. They have to work incredibly hard, have the physicality to cope, the speed, football awareness and desire. We've always here tried to bring on young players. It's part of the job. We've not got as many of our own at present but we're hoping that can change. We need the experienced players to help."

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