Phoning it in
While they’re now seen as windows on the world and an essential part of everyday life for many, we all spend too much time on our mobile phones and footballers are no different. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has long complained about his players’ excessive use of their handheld devices and railed against the hours they spend trawling through Instagram while a photograph of Everton’s neighbours Liverpool’s dressing room after their Community Shield win earlier this summer highlighted the issue with several members of the Reds squad having their heads down looking at a screen.
To be fair, if there’s one player in particular within the Everton squad who cannot be accused of phoning in his performances so far this season it’s Alex Iwobi but the Nigerian brought is mobile out for the Blues’ pre-match walk around the Fleetwood Town pitch as the visitors took in their surroundings and its content seemed to pique the interest of a couple of his team-mates. Anthony Gordon and Demarai Gray were pictured crouched around Iwobi, eager to take in whatever information his phone was showing ahead of the Carabao Cup tie against their League One opponents.
