The player is 26 years old, has dual Jamaican and British citizenship, is 188cm tall and weighs 83kg. He was recruited completely according to the requirements of head coach Moyes.

Although he is tall and heavy, he can sprint very fast. Even in the highly competitive top competition like the Premier League, Beckford is definitely one of the fastest forwards.

Beckford came from Chelsea's youth training and later moved to League Two Wealdstone. Beckford made 40 appearances and scored 35 goals for the team.

In 2006, Beckford moved to the Championship team Leeds United. In 2009, that is, last year, Beckford won the "English League One Puma Golden Boot Award". In May 2010, he transferred to Everton for 3.2 million pounds.

It can be said that Moyes is very optimistic about Beckford.

And this stage is indeed Beckford's golden age.

Unfortunately... Beckford didn't kick out later.

Everton's starting shadow striker in this game is the talented No. 37 Jose Baxter.

Jose Baxter, who is only 18 years old, had already made his mark in domestic youth competitions when he was 14 years old and was hailed as a British star.

Yes, there are so many British Empire stars that this title sounds meaningless.

Moreover, there were very few British stars who could play well. Except for Harry Kane, almost all of them were wiped out.

However, at this time in 2010, the players selected as British Imperial Stars were all genuine super stars.

Jose Baxter is naturally one of them. When he was young, especially around 2010, he was definitely one of the most dazzling new stars in the Premier League. He was even more amazing and more like Rooney than another British star on the same team, Jack Rodwell, who was known as "Little Rooney".

In contrast, Jack Rodwell prefers to play in the backfield, especially as a defender, while Jose Baxter is a solid forward.

Baxter was born in Liverpool. His favorite team since childhood was Liverpool, but the football school he chose at the age of 8 was Everton. He played for Everton's youth team until he entered the first team at the age of 16. He made his debut as the youngest player at the time, breaking the Premier League record.

Head coach Moyes also trained Baxter to be the second Rooney.

Although the outside world has always said that Jack Rodwell is the little Rooney, in fact, in the club team, the real little Rooney is Baxter.

Baxter is not fast, but he has good ball control and shooting skills. He is also very smart in front of the goal and likes to shoot with power. His shots are as spectacular as Rooney's.

It's a pity that this super star who was highly expected by Moyes was ultimately unable to reach Rooney's level. He gradually fell and faded out of the fans' sight.

Today's match is also a showdown between the Premier League super star Baxter and the English League One super star Gu Ran.

Of course, Moyes let the young Baxter start the game because he underestimated the Southampton team.

Everton’s real shadow striker is not actually Baxter. Baxter is just here to train the players so that they can grow better.

Everton’s real shadow striker is player No. 17, Australian international, the only Asian candidate for the Ballon d’Or, Tim Cahill.

Tim Cahill sat firmly on the bench and watched the game today.

Tim Cahill is only 178cm tall and weighs only 68kg, but Tim Cahill is best at heading.

Tim Cahill has an excellent sense of goal and is great at grasping the timing of starting. In addition to his very powerful headers, his finishing ability with his feet is also very strong, making him a typical shadow striker.

Tim Cahill is also a big-game player who always steps up and scores goals when the team needs him.

Tim Cahill joined Millwall, Everton and New York Red Bulls successively. Finally, at the end of his career in 2015, he joined Greenland Shenhua. He then joined Greentown for a short time. In 2018, he returned to his original Millwall team and retired.

Everton's starting left midfielder is Russian international Ziniyar Bilyaredinov, number 7.

This player is a jack of all trades in the frontcourt. He can play as a striker, winger, attacking midfielder, midfielder, defensive midfielder, and even left wingback.

Moreover, Bilyaledinov is not only versatile in position, but also in skills. With a height of 185cm and a weight of 79kg, his confrontation ability on the wing is also very good, making him a b2b type of player.

Everton's right midfielder is veteran No. 21 Leon Osman.

This player is a small and agile player in Everton. The other players are basically 185cm tall, but Leon Osman is only 173cm tall and weighs only 64kg.

But Leon Osman is extremely fast and agile, and he is a very difficult tactical breakthrough point to defend on the right side of Everton.

Everton's midfielder is the Belgian international, Marouane Fellaini, number 25.

Fellaini is a very well-known star among domestic fans, because Fellaini later followed Moyes to Manchester United, and later transferred to the domestic Taishan team and became a legendary foreign aid in the Chinese Super League.

Fellaini was a superstar before coming to the Chinese Super League, and when he left the Chinese Super League, he was already a legend.

Fellaini has many nicknames, such as Fei Qinglang, Afro, Fei Pengpeng, etc.

In this game, Fellaini, who is 23 years old, still has a childish face and a head full of afro hair, which is very unique.

He is 194cm tall and weighs 84kg. Except for his speed and explosive power, his statistics in other aspects are excellent.

Fellaini can now play as a midfielder and defensive midfielder, but he can also play as an attacking midfielder, shadow striker, center forward, and even defender.

It can be said that Fellaini is also versatile in the middle.

Everton's other midfielder is the captain at No. 10, Mikel Arteta.

Arteta is now 28 years old, but has only been selected for the Spanish youth national team seven times and has never been selected for the Spanish national team.

This is also a big regret for Arteta.

This also shows that Spanish football has too many reserve talents.

Although Arteta has never been selected for the national team, he did not change his nationality or betray his motherland in order to play in the World Cup.

In fact, Arteta could not be selected for the national team largely because the Spanish team's midfield was controlled by world-class stars such as Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Alonso, David Silva, and Martinez.

And most of these stars are players from the La Liga.

Arteta has played in France and English Football League One for many years. His style has already integrated the characteristics of multiple leagues, but it does not blend with the local Spanish style of play.

Simply put, Arteta is not a Spanish passing and controlling system player, nor is he a small, fast and agile player.

Arteta is only 176cm tall and weighs only 63kg.

In a Premier League midfield full of tall players, Arteta's physical condition is almost the same, if not the worst.

Arteta's speed and burst are not very fast, and as a defensive midfielder, his confrontational ability is not very strong.

He has the dribbling, passing, and footwork skills that Spanish players usually have, but they are not absolutely outstanding, at least much weaker than his compatriot, David Silva, the current Manchester City star.

Judging from the data on paper alone, Arteta is just an ordinary star.

However, the data on paper cannot reflect Arteta's role in the game, because Arteta's real threat is not his body, not his speed, nor his already good skills, but - his football IQ.

Since Arteta moved to Everton, at least 80% of Everton's goals have been related to Arteta.

Almost every attack was organized and linked together by Arteta.

Arteta's role in Everton is definitely the real core.

Especially this Everton team, once they pick up Arteta, it is equivalent to losing their brains.

So... the focus of the task assigned by Coach Adkins today is to deal with Arteta.

The task of Southampton's two forwards in the first half was to prevent Arteta from being comfortable as much as possible. If there was a chance to get Arteta off the field, that would be the best.

Today, another top star of Everton, Jack Rodwell, sat on the bench and watched the game.

Everton's left back is number 3, Leighton Baines.

Baines is 25 years old and has comprehensive skills. He can play in multiple positions on the left. He likes to press forward to assist and even shoot directly from long range.

Baines has very good footwork and is Everton's first free kick and penalty taker.

Baines also won the Premier League's best young newcomer award and has been selected for the England national team six times. He is currently the England national team's first left-back.

Everton's right back is number 23, Seamus Coleman.

Coleman is a jack-of-all-trades player in the backcourt. He can not only play as a left back, but also as a left midfielder. He is very fast, has strong explosive power, is good at marking, has very good dribbling skills, has a good mentality for big competitions, and performs very stably in matches.

In general, the left and right back combination of Baines and Coleman can be regarded as a relatively strong full-back combination in the Premier League team.

Baines and Coleman also gradually grew into legendary stars of the club at Everton.

Another defender who was even more legendary than them, No. 18 Philip Neville, sat on the bench with Tim Cahill and Jack Rodwell.

Everton's defense is full of stars! ... (End of this chapter)