Everton dealing with fresh injury concerns before Burnley game | OneFootball

Everton have picked up a fresh injury concern with captain Seamus Coleman ruled out for the clash against Burnley at home.

Jack Grealish is out for the remainder of the season while Charly Alcaraz, who was withdrawn from the squad late before the game against Manchester United, is also expected to be out of contention.

While sharing news of the fresh injury concerns, Everton boss David Moyes remained tight-lipped.

“We’ve got a couple of things that I wouldn’t reveal at the moment,” he said in the pre-match press conference.

“But obviously, Charly Alcaraz is out and is not back on the grass and Seamus Coleman picked up a little bit of a nick during training on Friday and missed out at the weekend.

“He won’t be available for this game but we’re hoping that he’s not going to be too long.”

The headlines heading into this match against Burnley obviously surround Everton’s home form. The Toffees haven’t won at Hill Dickinson Stadium since early December. They also lost back-to-back games at home against Bournemouth and Manchester United before scripting a thrilling 3-2 win over Newcastle away.

Asked about the prospect of facing 19th-placed Burnley at home, Moyes said, “It’s the business we are in. You know the games you’re probably expected to win and not to. That doesn’t change the media perspective but we go into the game knowing if we can get back-to-back wins, it can be really important.

“If we have to take all the points away from home and don't do so well as home, if you look through the history books and look at the teams who have moved to new stadiums, it's never been that easy, certainly in the first year.

“If you’re a real football person, considered and studying Premier League football... Aston Villa, who have been magnificent, go to Wolves and find it tough. Burnley have come up with some really good results, at Chelsea recently, and there isn’t any given. Expectations are there but sometimes we always can’t quite reach them.”

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John Collins 2 Posted 02/03/2026 at 16:01:15

"Sometimes we can't reach them."

You have never reached them, Mr Moyes.

Jay Harris 3 Posted 02/03/2026 at 16:39:44

I don't know why he doesn't learn from Shankly who constantly told a bunch of second-rate players they were much better than their opposite numbers.

Turn up the dial instead of damping down expectations!

Josh Horne 4 Posted 02/03/2026 at 18:41:50

Seamus not available, devestating news.

Dale Self 5 Posted 02/03/2026 at 18:53:52

...but sometimes we always can't quite...

Knell Dave! You've obtained a good result. Write some statement down, read it for coherence, and then stick to the damn script. Geez.

Mark Taylor 6 Posted 02/03/2026 at 21:16:44

Neither of the newly injured players would have a hope in hell of being picked.

Much as I love Seamus, let's face it, he is well and truly broken. I have never understood why he has been seen as a first or second choice RB recently. Seamus of a decade or so ago, well that's RB sorted.

Paul Griffiths 7 Posted 03/03/2026 at 02:24:16

That sad news about Seamus changes things. I can't see us winning this now. It would have been a tough ask with Seamus but without him there is only going to be one result and we will not be smiling.

Eric Myles 8 Posted 03/03/2026 at 03:38:20

Hasn't Seamus just come back from an injury and has now got "a nick" in training.

Sounds not serious but an indication that his body has broken down. I know how he feels!

Ajay Gopal 9 Posted 03/03/2026 at 03:50:52

Devastating blow that about Seamus. No chance of making the Champions League surely.

Seriously, why does Moyes even bring up his name in the press conferences? As much as we all love Seamus, everybody knows that he is finished at the Premier League level.

Sadly, I doubt that we will ever see him again in a Blue jersey.

Alan J Thompson 10 Posted 03/03/2026 at 04:50:24

Some of you just haven't seen the dangers of these players, Coleman & Alcaraz, being injured…

It might mean one end of the bench being raised off the ground, or worse still, having to put some youngsters on it especially as we are without the third keeper.

Remember, Mr Moyes sees them on the grass.

Derek Thomas 11 Posted 03/03/2026 at 07:13:54

What I'm getting here is the 11 that worked away to Newcastle, might not work at home vs Burnley.

Even though Moyes’s rock blunted Newcastle's scissors, football has other permutations than that.

Coleman may or may not be injured - but he's definitely not fit for the Premier League anyway. He is taking one for the team freeing up space on the bench and Moyes is preping us for changes.

God preserve me from Moyes having too much choice to 2nd guessing himself with.

Hopefully, when he does his Rachel Riley and picks 4 from the top line and 5 from the bottom... let's face it Pickford & Beto have to start... giving us the 9 outfield starting names – hopefully he gets it right.

I know there's no easy games… it's Burnley for fuck’s sake.

John Collins 13 Posted 03/03/2026 at 08:40:18

A must-win game. One that we have to have a fast, in-your-face approach to.

Hands up if you think George will start?

Sean O\'Hanlon 14 Posted 03/03/2026 at 08:47:01

More bollocks from Moyes as he prepares his pre-match excuses for shit-show number 7:

"If you look through the history books and look at the teams who have moved to new stadiums, it's never been that easy, certainly in the first year."

So he's turned to history books to divert attention away from some of his crap tactics, and team selection at home.

Mid-table Moyes, forget Europe.

Andy Walker 15 Posted 03/03/2026 at 09:01:19

Moyes is spot on, Sean -- it's you talking bollocks: The home points drop tells a clear story:

Southampton FCThe Dell ➝ St Mary's (2001–02)• Final season: 35 home pts• First season: 26 home pts –9 points

Manchester City FCMaine Road ➝ Etihad (2003–04)• Final season: 29 home pts• First season: 24 home pts –5 points

West Ham United FCUpton Park ➝ London Stadium (2016–17)• Final season: 34 home pts• First season: 25 home pts –9 points

Arsenal FCHighbury ➝ Emirates (2006–07)• Final season: 45 home pts• First season: 42 home pts –3 points

Tottenham Hotspur FCWhite Hart Lane ➝ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium• Final season: 53 home pts• First full season: 38 home pts –15 points

Brian Harrison 16 Posted 03/03/2026 at 09:51:33

Maybe I was listening properly to Moyes press conference, but I am sure he said neither Coleman or Alcaraz would be ready for the Burnley game.

He added to that, he said we also have a couple of injuries which he wasn't prepared to speculate about. So I think we might be missing 2 players who played on Saturday.

Iain Johnston 17 Posted 03/03/2026 at 10:06:18

Andy, what was the points total for Spurs playing at Wembley after they left White Hart Lane?

Iain Johnston 18 Posted 03/03/2026 at 10:21:01

Moyes's "new stadium" excuse is just that -- an excuse. We can win at St James' Park and with 10 men at Old Trafford but not at Hill Dickinson Stadium?

We play the same way whether home or away. Fans expect the home team to attack if not the atmosphere dies. It's usually loud for first 10 minutes or so then the players revert to type.

Pickford sees more of the ball than our midfielders do or Tarkowski launches one which comes straight back again. It sends everyone to sleep.

Ben Moore 20 Posted 03/03/2026 at 12:55:37

'We need to play more expansive football and put these crap teams to the sword' translates to getting picked off on the break and losing countless games at home.

Moyes is a coward who 'takes a knife to a gunfight', shuts up shop away from home but wins more Premier League points on the road since his return than any and all other teams bar Arsenal. No strikers. No full-backs. None. This is the worst 'squad' I can remember us having for a very long time... and we're 8th. Like him or not, and I don't particularly, Moyes has worked a miracle since he came back, so hats off to him.

Ben,

Moyes inherited a very weak squad and has added Grealish, Dewsbury-Hall, Barry, Aznou, George, Dibling and Rohl. That's stronger than what Dyche had at his disposal.

Moyes has done well since his return but a leopard can't change it's spots and the lowering of expectations is his default. Something a generation of older fans can't get on board with.

At this time of year, I would rather play mid-table teams than the ones fighting relegation. I can't see it being one for the purists.

Andy,

How sad you have wasted your time looking up stats to post your meaningless opinion.

Implicity you're stating, Moyes' mindset is, "Historically all teams who move into a new stadium have a bad first season at home -- therefore, it's okay if we also have a lousy record at home in our first season."

I don't want an Everton manager to be even thinking like this! What does it do to the players from a motivation point of view?

Moyes should burn his history books. He's supposed to be a football manager, not an effing historian. I'd advise you to do the same, as you're repeating the same bollocks as Moyes.

Andrew Clare 23 Posted 03/03/2026 at 15:19:10

It’s not the stadium it’s the manager’s tactics. Great for away performances but wrong for home games. Defensive play is his forte, attacking play is not.

Like all home games I am worried about tonight’s match.

.

Jay Harris 24 Posted 03/03/2026 at 15:50:23

Rob #21,

He has also lost Doucoure, DCL, Ashley Young, Onana, Godfrey etc. so while the quality went up in one or two cases we definitely lost out on the goal threat front.

I think the issue at home is the pitch is apparently 5 metres longer than GP was so we are more open to breakaways and while HD is loud to begin with, impatience sets in and the fans frustration gets to the players.

I have no doubt we are playing better football than under Dyche (It couldnt be any worse) but we are still missing that killer instinct in front of goal and at home that is very frustrating.

Andy Walker 26 Posted 03/03/2026 at 16:15:54

Sean I am not implicitly stating, Moyes' mindset is, "Historically all teams who move into a new stadium have a bad first season at home -- therefore, it's okay if we also have a lousy record at home in our first season."

You’ve put your own thoughts in quotation marks. That’s says quite a lot about your apparent belief that if you think something, it must be true. It isn’t.

What is true is the fact Moyes stated and the evidence I provided to prove it.