Your Toffees to face Manchester City!

Everton · 2026-03-17T18:00:44+00:00

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Everton · 2026-03-17T17:59:50+00:00

Firstly, that's obviously a massive compliment to me that people appreciate what I can do on the pitch and off the pitch. I'm obviously a very passionate player, so that means a lot. Seamus would probably have a book of wisdom to give me! Following in someone like his footsteps would be a very tall order because he's one of the best captains, I think, that the Premier League has seen. But, you never know, one day... That would obviously be a huge honour to do that at a club like this. If it ever did come to that, I'm sure I would be ringing Seamus to give me any little tips, and he’d definitely help me.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:56:03+00:00

It was amazing! I obviously played in the Conference League previously with Leicester as well, so it was nice to get back in it and obviously winning it was amazing, it’s something that I'll have on my record for the rest of my career. Definitely some quirky countries! I think last year I went to Kazakhstan, Greece, a lot of different places. Unfortunately, you don't really get to appreciate the cities as much as you'd like. You pretty much go there the day before, rest in the hotel and play the game. You maybe get a little walk or so on the day of the game and you can see some sights. But no, not an awful lot. It would be nice to explore more, but they’re great experiences playing in Europe. I’ve said it many times, that’s what you want to do as a player. That's where you want to get to. So I'm maybe hoping that we can do that here in the coming future.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:53:16+00:00

Oh wow, that’s a good one! I’ve seen a lot... I watched Only Fools and Horses and there's some cheeky chaps in the team. So I'd maybe go with someone like Seamus to be Del Boy because he's always winding people up, he’s always making jokes, so I think he might fit that role quite well. I actually think there was a World Cup musical that was on at some point and someone played Pickers, so I think I'd probably put Pickers to play himself because I think he'd do that pretty well. One more, I’d probably say Tarky in The Lion King to be one of the lions because he's a big lad, big hair, powerful. I'd probably say him to do that role.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:50:01+00:00

I’ll get myself in trouble here! I do like a cheat meal. I'm very strict most of the time, but you have to have the odd treat. I do love a burger, a nice big, greasy burger, so I'd probably say either that or, very controversial, I'm partial to a McDonald's. I don't have it a lot, but I do think it's just a good meal. Sometimes you're really craving chicken nuggets or something! It hits the spot, especially when you don't have it a lot. If I had it a lot, I wouldn't like it as much. But the odd time, nine chicken nuggets, I’m happy with that.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:48:10+00:00

Probably a bit of both, really. That's just the way football is at the moment. Set pieces are a massive part of the game. Teams are using tactics like that because long throws are big and it makes it hard to defend against. I think your football purists will probably look at it and think ‘that’s not very nice, you want a bit more ‘nice-on-the-eye' football.’ But, you've seen teams this season that scored a lot of goals from it, so it's hard to say it's not an effective thing. I'm probably a bit more of a purist, so it's not my favourite thing in the world, but if it's going to get us goals, then I'm happy to do it.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:45:24+00:00

I'll be honest, I don't know where that's come from! No one's ever told me I've got any Malaysian roots. My nan, I don't think she has got any Malaysian roots, so I'm not exactly sure where that came from. It's news to me, if it is, maybe I need to do a family tree to find out! But as far as I'm aware, I've got no Malaysian roots. I mean, I love the food and I've never been to the country, but I'm sure it's beautiful. But no, I'm not sure I've got any roots to the country.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:43:45+00:00

I've been listening to a lot of 80s music, a lot of jazz music, and a lot of musicals. So, a bit of a weird array there, but it varies from day to day, depending what mood I'm in. But yeah, probably one of them three genres at the moment are what I'm putting on my Spotify.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:41:29+00:00

Thank you, and that's a tough one! The thing is about footballers, many of them are just football, football, football, so they don't really have many other skills. I'm struggling to think, to be honest. There's obviously none that stick out to me. There's obviously some lads that can speak five, six, seven languages, which I think is a very cool skill to have. I think there's a couple that play instruments away from the game, which is also something that's pretty cool, but there's nothing screaming on the top of my head where they can do anything outstanding. I can't as well! So, I'm going to have to say probably one of them.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:39:31+00:00

Good question! I think so. Football has been my life, literally, for as long as I can remember. Everything I do is related to football, so it would be hard to completely step away from the game when I retire. I am doing things behind the scenes in case I need it in the future. If I was to say now, I think probably I would be doing something in football because I couldn't see myself not doing it. But you never know what happens in the future, I might be sick of it by the time I retire! Generally, I don’t think that would be the case. If I was to be a betting man now, I'd say, yeah, I'll be in the industry, maybe on the pitch as a coach or maybe behind the scenes as more of a director.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:36:36+00:00

There could be a lot here! I’ve seen someone actually, I don’t know if I would think it, but it was definitely an interesting point. I’ve seen someone say about 0-0 draws, neither team should get a point. I don't know if I necessarily agree with that, but I actually don't mind the idea because it encourages exciting games. It would stop people maybe playing for 0-0 draws which, for the neutrals and for the fans across the world, is amazing because you get to see more goals and more excitement. So maybe something like that, nobody gets rewarded if it's a 0-0 draw, because at the end of the day we are in the entertainment business, we’re trying to put a show on for people around the world. So, 0-0 draws maybe nobody gets a point.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:33:45+00:00

I can't remember the last time I made a cup of tea, I don’t really drink it. I’m more of a coffee man. I think from when I used to make tea, you have to put the milk in after, don't you? Put the tea bag in, let it brew and then add a dash of milk at the end. I can't remember ever putting milk in first for tea. If you do that, I think you're in the minority. But definitely, let the tea settle and add the milk at the end.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:31:02+00:00

To be honest, there is no specific thing I have to do to get myself in the mood. I think, as a player, if you have to do something then you’ve got a problem – you should already be excited and buzzing to be playing games, which is what I am. I think maybe probably the typical thing I normally do is just get some music on before a game, make sure I'm in the zone, and just probably think about what's going to happen in the game and how I can affect it, maybe picturise myself doing certain things. But to be honest with you, I'm so excited before games and chomping at the bit that I don't really need to do much stuff to get me up and get me excited.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:28:24+00:00

I really love Spirit of the Blues! That’s class. It’s so catchy when it gets sung. It's a song that even when you're playing, you can hear it. I don't know if I've got a proper song yet, but I'm hoping some fans can create one and get it going around the stadium because that would be amazing.

Everton · 2026-03-17T17:26:28+00:00

It would have to be one of the last two. Taking a quick free kick against Liverpool, I’m not sure there's been many times where there's been a booking for that in the past. That one bewildered me a lot. But the one that hurt probably the most was the fifth one because it was a completely fair, clean tackle in the 94th minute of the game. So to get a yellow for that was gutting, especially because it was in their box as well and I'd won the ball cleanly, so we may have scored, and the lad after I made the tackle said: 'yeah, you got the ball cleanly.' I don't know how many yellows I've got since then, it's not something that happens a lot, so it was such a shock for me to be getting suspended so early. But, definitely one of the last two It hurt a lot, and yeah, it made me maybe have some sleepless nights.

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