Source: SKY_Sports
Moyes - I will wield the axe
Everton boss David Moyes has warned he will drop players who make mistakes - when his squad is back up to full strength.
The Toffees will be looking to put Thursday's 5-0 thrashing by Benfica in the Europa League behind them when they take on Bolton in the top flight on Sunday.
Moyes does not want his side to lose confidence from the defeat, but concedes his players are making too many mistakes at present.
However, he has warned that once the squad regains its full strength, then players will be dropped if they are found to be at fault.
He said: "We must make sure we do not have any loss of confidence after what happened against Benfica. We did pretty well in the first half - we did not 'park the bus' and just defend.
"I told them after the game that they must learn from their mistakes. But they kept going - and even when we were 4-0 down, we were trying to get forward to score.
"But in truth, if you keep making mistakes you won't be in the team. You cannot play for Everton and make mistakes.
"Maybe at the moment, when we do not have too many to choose from, you will stay in the side even if you are making mistakes.
"But when we do get our squad strength back, we will not be tolerating mistakes. We will be a lot tougher on that than we can be now."
While Moyes concedes injuries are hurting his side's performances, he is trying to instil into players that Everton 'do not do defeats too often'.
He said: "Injuries hurt everyone. All clubs have them, but even Liverpool have shown that you will lose matches without your best players.
"We have been without some of our best players since half-way through last season. Eventually that takes a toll in terms of results and performances.
"Everton do not do defeats. We don't lose twice on the trot. That is our attitude, to be tough and bounce back.
"But we are introducing too many new players all at once. There are not too many who know yet the way we do things and the way we work.
"I hope it gets through to them that we do not do defeats too often. I hope they understand that.
"The players gave everything on the night (in Lisbon). We were against a very good team, and I would like to face them when we have a full side out. That will happen in a couple of weeks when Benfica come to us.
"We had a lot of youngsters, and they will learn from facing top players. But I cannot fault the effort.
"I do not really know yet who may be back from injury - that is up to the medical department. I will just have to wait and try to find 11 players to face Bolton."
