Everton will be without Jarrad Branthwaite and Merlin Röhl when they face West Ham United at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday night.
The Blues will look to turn things around after consecutive setbacks, including a loss to Liverpool in the league and being knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Wolves this week.
They’ll be up against a struggling Hammers outfit who recently sacked manager Graham Potter and are currently in the relegation spots with one win in five games.
Everton boss David Moyes was asked about his team’s injury updates in the pre-match press conference.
“Fine,” said Moyes, when asked about Branthwaite’s rehabilitation. “He’ll not be available for Monday, neither is Merlin. Both of them are out.”
Asked whether Branthwaite has resumed full training, Moyes added: “Not at the moment. We’re expecting him back shortly but not yet.”
Branthwaite has missed every single game so far after suffering an injury following the final pre-season friendly against AS Roma. He also missed a large chunk of the pre-season with injury.
Meanwhile, Deadline Day signing Röhl made an impressive debut in the goalless draw with Aston Villa two weeks ago but has remained on the sidelines out with a hip injury ever since.
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Jeff Spiers
1 Posted
27/09/2025 at
16:14:46
Effin hell
Jim Bennings
2 Posted
27/09/2025 at
16:21:26
Branthwaite still hasn’t even resumed full training, we’ll be lucky if he’s on the pitch before early November.
Röhl seems to have been struck instantly by the Everton injury hex.
Christy Ring
3 Posted
27/09/2025 at
16:26:24
Jim, Rohl was injury prone before he arrived.
Pat Kelly
4 Posted
27/09/2025 at
16:36:45
Rohl missed a combined three months and 19 games for Freiburg last term with respective ligament tears, heel injuries and fitness issues.
Why do we sign crocks ? We’re obliged to buy this one.
Kieran Kinsella
5 Posted
27/09/2025 at
16:58:11
Christy/Pat
Not exactly a ringing endorsement from Rohl’s ex manager at Freiburg explaining why he sold him:
“There were external factors like injuries and illness, which Merlin couldnt do anything about and had to be accepted. After his return in the second half of the season, the team performed well, and it wasnt easy for him to get into the starting eleven.”
“What role will Merlin play with us? On which position can he secure a regular starting spot? (…) What difference does he make in terms of points and assists? Because if you dont make such a transfer, you have to get consistent value on the pitch in return. Merlin also wanted to take this exciting step for himself – and for us, the conditions were right.”
“Im confident in the quality and quantity of the squad even without Merlin. He rarely played in the central midfield positions of six or eight, but was mostly deployed in attacking roles. Especially behind the striker, we have players like Johan Manzambi, Eren Dinkci and Yuito Suzuki, who we believe can develop well with regular playing time.”
So he is injury prone and not good enough to get in the Freiburg team. Sounds like another Gbamin.
Jeff Spiers
6 Posted
27/09/2025 at
17:01:49
Again, effin hell
Jeff Spiers
7 Posted
27/09/2025 at
17:01:55
Again, effin hell
Jeff Spiers
8 Posted
27/09/2025 at
17:05:59
Palace 2-1. Feel a bit better now!
Jim Bennings
9 Posted
27/09/2025 at
17:15:12
So basically what Röhl’s ex manager has said is he’s Fabian Delph the second coming.
Martin Farrington
10 Posted
27/09/2025 at
17:20:33
Our transfer policy is consistent then. Signing players with a history of injuries.
I understand we are a pretty poor prospect for any player.
But is there really a point to signing players who are more than likely, or are prone to injuries.
Sigh
Jerome Shields
11 Posted
27/09/2025 at
17:37:55
Too much information.How did Rohl get through the Medical and Branthwaite looks injury prone.Could explain the lack of interest in him from the top Clubs His England Career is a long way off..IMO badly managed by Finch Farm.
Jerome Shields
12 Posted
27/09/2025 at
17:48:28
Jeff#8
Simply a team that got amongst them.
Sean Mitchell
13 Posted
27/09/2025 at
17:59:05
Injury FC.
New ground, same curse.
Christy Ring
14 Posted
27/09/2025 at
18:02:39
Jim#9 At the time Jim, I couldn’t believe we were signing the injury prone Delph, turned out to be one of the worst and most expensive signings, considering he played so little games, the worst £8.5m ever spent. Did Silva bring him in to replace McCarthy?
Jake FitzGerald
15 Posted
27/09/2025 at
18:28:46
“ IMO badly managed by Finch Farm”
Why do you reckon that, Jerome?
Christy Ring
16 Posted
27/09/2025 at
18:41:21
Jerome how can you blame Finch farm for getting a hamstring injury?
Jeff Spiers
17 Posted
27/09/2025 at
18:43:45
Slot has really spat his dummy out.
Tony Abrahams
18 Posted
27/09/2025 at
19:16:48
What has he said Jeff? I was listening to a couple of Liverpool fans waxing lyrical about Slot, yesterday and had to tell them both to get their fuckn hands together when they said the man talks so much sense
Martin Berry
19 Posted
27/09/2025 at
20:02:35
Stop winging, for goodness sake. You should be working in a funeral parlour that would suit your despondency!
These are both young players with plenty of time to heal and improve. Let’s see where we are in November, when they’re both back, if not before.
Rob Halligan
21 Posted
27/09/2025 at
22:21:57
Jerome # 11…….. “Branthwaite looks injury prone.Could explain the lack of interest in him from the top Clubs”
A lack of interest in him, eh! According to The Mirror, the likes of Man Utd and even the RS are allegedly interested in signing him, possibly this January.
Jeff Spiers
22 Posted
27/09/2025 at
22:22:55
Tony, apparently, fouls not given, and added on time, in which Palace stole the points.
Jerome Shields
23 Posted
27/09/2025 at
23:23:43
Christy#16
It should be called Hamstring Finch Farm.
Rob#21
He will still be at Everton in January.
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