Everton caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson confirmed in his pre-match Manchester United press conference on Friday that Theo Walcott and Morgan Schneiderlin will both miss the trip to Old Trafford on Sunday with calf issues.

The duo started the Scot's first match at the helm against Chelsea last week, although the former had to be replaced late on by Bernard having suffered an injury problem.

The 47-year-old former Toffee said on Friday that Walcott is out for three weeks and Schneiderlin two, and the latter's absence in particular will hit the Merseyside outfit hard ahead of their trip to face Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's in-form men.

Everton are already without Andre Gomes and Jean-Philippe Gbamin through injury, while Fabian Delph has only just returned to training and may not be fit enough to be included in the XI.

Following a tough start to the campaign, Walcott has been more of a familiar name on the team-sheet in the Premier League under Marco Silva and now Ferguson in recent weeks, while Schneiderlin has benefitted from the injuries to Gomes and Gbamin to start nine times in the top flight.

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Many fans focused on how short the injuries will leave them at Old Trafford given all of the other problems they already have, with others bemoaning their lack of luck as you can see below.

However, there were also those fans who decided to use the injuries to criticise two players who probably haven't performed as well as they may have been expected to during their Everton careers.

One went as far as saying the latest setback means the duo "should be offloaded in January", while another described them as a "pair of passengers".

Perhaps harsh on paper, but given the Toffees' lowly position in the Premier League standings their frustration is completely understandable, as well as the fact both Walcott and Schneiderlin have been heavily criticised by supporters for their performances this term.

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