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Roy Hodgson talks to ITV. “Unfortunately the person who was the main protagonist in the win over Brentford, Michael Olise, we can’t use him tonight because of the muscle injury he picked up … but it’s a great opportunity for Franca to show what he can do … and we’ve lost Jordan Ayew to the Africa Cup of Nations … but apart from that we’ve got the same team … what we consider our best team … and I see Everton have done the same, so we’ve certainly shown a lot of respect to the competition.”
Pre-match postbag. “For Everton fans it’s the next chance to win something. Unfortunately their best recent chance to win a trophy may have expired when Amadou Onana decided to take one of the worst penalties I’ve ever seen against Fulham two weeks ago, but four wins gets them to Wembley, and one never knows. So here’s hoping they put together a performance resembling the one that garnered them all three points at Selhurst Park in November. (And though I don’t think they’ll get relegated either, let’s not tempt fate)” – Matt Burtz