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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7258128/2026/05/07/alternative-premier-league-table-36-big-chance-conversion/

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7236907/2026/04/29/everton-david-moyes-squad-rotation-analysis/

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/david-moyes-speaks-out-tyler-33854935

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Pertinent quotes:

“Merlin, we like, Tyler, we like. Tyler, we're giving more time to because of his age. Merlin could have easily been involved in some more games and played a little bit more time. It'll do him no harm to have sat back for the best part of the season and looked at it. No, we like them, they're both good boys.”

“The team has been doing pretty well, so they've [the wider squad] not been required that often. It's always the ones who are not in who are the ones who you think can do a better job, so it's one of those things.”

“It's always the way, isn't it? You're always hoping that the opportunities come, and when they do, they're ready to take it. I hope they are ready, because we need it... I thought Tyrique came off the bench at Brentford and made a difference, [he] maybe didn't in the game on Sunday. So this is the thing, you never know what you're going to get. There's no guarantee, and we can name whoever we like. But we want them to come on when they do come on and make a difference.”

“I could think of other clubs not too far away, I could think of the levels of what would be expected, how many players are supposed to have been used.

"I think on average if you sign four I think one probably successful, I think that's somewhat the ratio in where it is. I think actually the players who've been here have done a good job, people like Kiernan and Jack have added to it as well. I think we've needed moments at different times from Merlin, and Tyler, a little bit less. Probably in the main we’ve been OK.”