Break benefited star duo

LEON OSMAN has admitted Everton asked too much of young guns Dan Gosling and Jack Rodwell earlier this season.

With injuries crippling his squad during the opening weeks of the campaign, David Moyes turned to the then teenage duo to help the Toffeemen out of their sticky situation.

Their performances were enough to earmark them both as potential England stars of the future, with Rodwell heavily linked with a summer move to Manchester United.