Season › 2011-12 › News Moyes explains absences Michael Kenrick , 17 December, 22comments | Jump to most recent David Moyes has explained the surprise absence of Seamus Coleman from today's line-up as caused by a thigh strain. Jack Rodwell felt his hamstring and was therefore never going to get on from the bench, and likely will miss Wednesday's game as well. Top goalscorer Vellios? "I just decided he looked a little bit below it in training..." "Seamus Coleman had a thigh strain," said Moyes after the game. "Jack was injured in the warm-up and I got told just as the game was about to kick off that if I needed him he wouldn't be able to go on because he had felt it in the warm up. "I would think if he felt it today he won't be available for Wednesday night." Everton's matchday squad didn't feature Apostolos Vellios either but Moyes confirmed injury wasn't a problem for the Greek. "Tolis, I just decided he looked a little bit below it in training and young Conor McAleny has been the one looking sharper," added Moyes. Quotes or other material sourced from Official Everton Website Reader Comments (22) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads