{"id":21276,"date":"2025-08-25T01:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T01:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21276\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T01:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T01:58:12","slug":"three-players-david-moyes-must-absolutely-start-next-game-for-everton-after-brighton-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21276\/","title":{"rendered":"Three players David Moyes must absolutely start next game for Everton after Brighton win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everton ushered in the new era at the Hill Dickinson Stadium with a 2-0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Moyes suffered defeat against Leeds United<\/a> on the opening day of the season courtesy of Lukas Nmecha\u2019s late penalty.<\/p>\n

However, the atmosphere was electric inside the Hill Dickinson Stadium as the Blues started their first Premier League<\/a> match in the new stadium, and the hosts delivered with a bang.<\/p>\n

Iliman Ndiaye<\/a> etched his name into Everton<\/a> history as he scored the first goal at the waterfront arena before James Garner<\/a> doubled the lead with a stunning strike in the second half.<\/p>\n

\"EvertonPhoto by Ed Sykes\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar Via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Losing against newly promoted opposition in the first week was disappointing, but with three points under his belt, Moyes now knows three players who must start in the trip to Wolves.<\/p>\n

Jack Grealish thrives in his first Everton start<\/p>\n

While the goalscorers took all the plaudits at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, the most effective player on the pitch by a considerable margin was Jack Grealish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grealish delivered on his message<\/a> to the supporters as he assisted both goals on the day and single-handedly raised the bar for his teammates.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old arrives on Merseyside with a chip on his shoulder after finding himself frozen out of the first team set up at Manchester City \u2013 and what a way to respond on his debut for the Blues.<\/p>\n

Kiernan-Dewsbury Hall looks comfortable as the number 10<\/p>\n

Everton supporters slammed Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall<\/a> after a rather ineffective display last time out against Leeds, but he issued an emphatic response on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Dewsbury-Hall<\/a> was influential playing in the number 10 role, handball aside, and was the main orchestrator in the middle of the pitch for the Blues.<\/p>\n

\"KiernanPhoto by Clive Mason\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Indeed, his league debut left a lot to be desired, but he, too, has a point to prove at the Hill Dickinson Stadium after an underwhelming spell at Chelsea, and the new boys are certainly making their point known.<\/p>\n

Seamus Coleman needs to return for Everton<\/p>\n

Jake O\u2019Brien started at right-back on the day, albeit it is not his preferred position, but he was virtually non-existent against Brighton.<\/p>\n

It was a long afternoon for the Republic of Ireland international as he found himself on the losing side of the battle against Kaoru Mitoma.<\/p>\n

\"SeamusPhoto by Pat Scaasi\/MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n

And although Seamus Coleman<\/a> spent the majority of last season on the sidelines, he was named to the substitutes\u2019 bench on Sunday. As the trip to Wolves next will be a real test of whether the Blues can kick on this season, his teammates would undoubtedly benefit from his leadership on the pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everton ushered in the new era at the Hill Dickinson Stadium with a 2-0 win against Brighton &…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18231,8142,18,8255,13,14,6,19,17,9345,11,12,15,16,5,6370,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-21276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-brighton-hove-albion","11":"tag-david-moyes","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-everton","14":"tag-featured-news","15":"tag-featurednews","16":"tag-headlines","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-jack-grealish","20":"tag-latest-news","21":"tag-latestnews","22":"tag-main-news","23":"tag-mainnews","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-seamus-coleman","26":"tag-top-stories","27":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}