 Welcome to Toffy TV. It is the match preview. Everton vs Manchester United. Everton hoping to make it three wins in a row. That would be very nice, wouldn't it? Hasn't happened for a while. You have to go back to second half of Carlos' full season to get that, but Manchester United is always a tough game on paper. Although the recent results have been all right against them and one I think we are all going into with quite a lot of confidence. Yeah, it's a weird one because obviously United are a really good side. Not as good as they have been, we know that. They obviously started the season really poorly with two defeats home to Brighton and then the four-nil defeats to Brentford which was a watch that game and they were just dire all of it. Could have been nine. But they had the four wins on the run after that. They recovered really well, turned hard, got them organised big win against Liverpool and another big win against Arsenal as well to prove their quality. Even in last week where City looked like they could put 10-11 past them, Manchester United still scored three goals and had opportunities and had as well. There's confidence as we can feel because we're playing well. There has got to be the caveat that these are very dangerous and they're still a very good side. Yeah, they are a good side and obviously Manchester City last week blew them away but they still scored three goals. Okay, two of them were towards the end of the game and one of them was an absolute worthy for Manly but you know you're going to get a tough game and me, even last season when we played them, had a good a son as bad as they were and we were good on the day but obviously you're always going to be nervous, certainly in evidence at that time. You just felt like with the plays they've got, someone only has to rate one, Ronaldo or Bruno Fernandez at the time, they only have to rate one and the game can look completely different. Still need a pick for to make big save at the end from Ronaldo. Exactly, so in terms of that, they've got good players and when you've got good players you can have just moments, one-off moments that can change your game. So it's a really interesting one because I think this is a test for us. I think this is our, you know, since we obviously got the door against Liverpool but I think coming off the back of two wins, people will be looking at this going, you know, there's a little bit of talk in the press. Best defence of the record and all that. People will have eyes on this game and go, OK, have they turned the corner or is Jordan Pickford papering over the cracks? That's one of the things I've seen. Have they been lucky and this will be a good demonstration of where we are and I don't mind that. That's a good thing. That's a good thing to get that realisation of where you actually are and where you need to work on things and you sort of, have you got that early season boundary, you've just got that little bit of luck on your side or whatever or a good side and we'll get to see, you know, on Sunday against, as I said before, a team that, when they're on their counter-tact, they've got some really, really top players. Yeah, a thing with Manchester United, they haven't quite been a team this season. They've been more of our individuals. They've got some brilliant individuals. He's scored in both of his first three Premier League games. I think if he scores on Sunday, he's the first player to come to the competition. He's scored in the first three. I think there is something like that off of United the first three or something. So he's a real threat. Ronaldo, how can you not look at Ronaldo as a threat? Bruno Fernandez, like you said, you've got Marcus Rashford, the other things, a tremendous player. Martial seems to have come in from the cold and started scoring goals as well. So we know this. Where everything can get at them is defensively. They're not great. You know, they've got the Sandro Martiners in them while he's a really good player. If we can utilise Omnarn or the way we did at Southampton last week airily, he can get over him. I think, for Dan, looks like he's going to be out. So Harry McGuire will be back in. Well, opportunities when Harry plays for you to exploit him. So, like you said, while they carry a lot of threat going forward, and we're going to see Casimir Alam, we know he'll be in the United in the field. While they carry that threat going forward, I'm only a niggasir of just show in midweek that, you know, you can score goals past them and United do look vulnerable when they're defending. City of put six past them, like you said, it could have been 10, 11, and I'm only a niggasir to put a couple past them, Arsenal had chances against them. So United will give up chances. It can't even take them and can't even keep out what is a very talented forward line of Manchester United. That's where it'll come down to, I think, ultimately. Yeah, I think we saw them, they've played the same line up for the last few weeks, haven't they? But I think the defeat at Manchester City will bring changes to the side. Now, Casimir has been sitting on the bench. He got brought into the side for the game against niggasir, you know, Ronaldo got brought back into the side. You know, Lindarof played his centre back alongside Marnes, and that's that. Again, you know, off the back of the defeat against Brentford, obviously a lot was said about that game. They've reacted really well, but now he may changes again because of what happened at Manchester City. And obviously that defeat isn't as dramatic as the Brentford one, even though it looks like it is. But it's not because Manchester City are a fantastic side, but certainly you've made those couple of changes and maybe now we'll see, again, the evolution of that Manchester United side, where they're actually going, who actually fits in as the manager gets a better idea. You mentioned there, like Marchie Allen, as he's responded really well, you know, his penalty last week was fantastic, actually in the derby, but he got a goal against niggasir. Rashford's come into form as well. Let's just have the numbers for Rashford this season. So seven games in the Premier League, three goals to assist, 2.1 shots per game. I think he got September player of the month as well, which is a bit mad, considering Harland, should just win it every month. But he's enjoyed a return to form because he scored one of the goals against Liverpool as well. So they do have individual, good individual talents, and as I said, because of the back of the Man City game, it's going to be that little change again, isn't it? Obviously Rashford got goals in midweek as well against niggasir. So, you know, keeping the, I think Marcus Rashford's a tremendous footballer, as well as a tremendous man, you know, with great principles. But Manchester United will always have quality footballers. They're just a huge football club, whether it's going well or not, they'll always have quality footballers. But for Everton, I think that, you know, Frank Landpart said in his press conference, and he's right, you know, we're in good form, and maybe we should start thinking about us. You know, for too long, certainly under Frank's reign, we've had to look at the opposition and kind of be like, can we grind something out? Can we stop them? And that's not necessarily moving away. I'm not saying that on Sunday. We can just go gung ho and take these apart by four or five, because we're not Manchester City. But we can be confident in what we've been doing, you know, in the last few weeks. And we certainly seen this, the opening day against Chelsea. There was a huge improvement. The team looked so much better, and yet we didn't have any forward players really that day. And there's been a real overhaul of the midfield within that time, and this team has been getting better and better. Is it the finished article? No way. Is it a team that can challenge the Champions League? No. But it's a team that has improved, and it's a team that's become more difficult to beat, and we all welcome that. So I don't think there's any, like, I don't think there's any overconfidence going into this. I think we're all aware it's a huge game, it's a tough game. The fans will be magnificent, because they always are. Under the light of Godderson, even though the kick-off time is absolutely ridiculous. You know, a night game in Godderson makes it a brilliant occasion, and evidently difficult to beat at home in the crowd of behind in the United. We'll find that, but we also, after one of the individuals I didn't mention is Christian Erickson, who's also brilliant. So we will know exactly what we're going up against, but it can be about us, they're going to come in, they're going to be in for a fight in the battle and the scrapping. The game in Cyprus makes it a little bit more complicated for United than for Ten Haag. Can't ever exploit that, that's all it comes down to. Yeah, for us, as I said before, it's that the fans are buoyed from what they've seen so far. You know, Dominic Harvell-Lewin is available for the match. You've got the likes of Yeli Mene coming back from injury, maybe for this game. Mason Holgate coming back maybe next week in contention. I think he's going to be the side now. But that's good, we're getting the squad pushing itself all the time and getting the stiffs. You're not different options if Dominic Harvell-Lewin can come off the bench in this game. That would be a brilliant positive because he's different from Neil Mopai. I see anything like Martinis at the back who I think is a great defender, but you can see the issues with the height and the physicality there. He's a good defender, I'll give him that, but it's just those having those little extra things. As I said before, the confidence within the players and with the fan base is flying at the moment and the players won't get ahead of themselves. They'll know this is going to be a tough game and it's a big point to prove because if everything could get the three points in this game, obviously we'd go above Manchester United and obviously we've got a couple of tougher way trips coming up, Spades and Newcastle. So it's important that we build those points to tally up as quickly as we can because there is still that hangover of last season. Let's get as quickly as we can to a comfortable point to tally to build off and hopefully with a game like this, as you mentioned, all the factors being something a night game, it feels weird saying that, but it is a night game. It will be under the lights, you know, the conditions might be amazing and we just have to get like stuck into them all fashion getting stuck into them, don't we? We have the back lads at the back will love that, the lads in the field will love that and to make it as uncomfortable as we can for Manchester United because we're a fan watching Manchester United last week against Manchester City, you know, it might be the same for this game. I saw a team that didn't quite know what it was and I understand that against Manchester City, it's different. You don't know whether to stick or twist, but watching them I just felt like they didn't quite know where they were and I think that's something that Frank Glampard this season would do is establish quite quickly what we are and who we are, whereas I think I know he's had months preparation before this season, but obviously with 10-hour coming into the league, they didn't quite feel like they knew what was going to be their strongest elements against them and City. They never puffed out their chest, they never went, you know, if you're going to beat us, you're going to have to break us down and we're going to catch you on the air. They were all up and I just wonder, you mentioned the offensive before, I just wonder whether we can catch them sort of in that area Sunday of like you don't know what to expect out of us and therefore you haven't only had a couple of days to prepare for this game. We're going to take the game to you and be a little bit different than maybe what you think we're going to be. Yeah, you can only, you know, we watched, we all saw the goals in the City game and we've seen a chance of City out and everything else. I listened to Roy Keane, listened to Scholes, listened to Gary Neddle talking about Manchester United and they're all of a similar views that they're in between at the moment, they're not quite sure what they are, where they are. That's the only to be expected, they've got a new manager coming in from a new league, it'll take them a little bit of time. Once he establishes what he wants to do and if the players buy into it, which I think is always the biggest thing with the United is getting that buy-in, you know, for years certainly and I like time watching Alex Ferguson's United teams, everyone knew what they were doing, they were a duty to watch when they weren't getting blown away by them, but they were a tremendous side to watching. They've been a little bit lost since Ferguson went identity wise, they tried different things, Moise, Van Halve, Merino, Salshire for a bit, looked like he might be getting it in the neck, kind of broke down a bit and obviously they've gone with 10-hag now and they've just got to have that buy-in from all the players. He's quickly trying to establish that, you can see. It'll be a matter of time and then I'm quite sure he'll get them stable and he'll know exactly what they're doing, but right now, just right now, while they're in a little bit of flux still, just letting things settle down and he's bringing players in and out, might be the right time for everything to face them. We are or have been so far a tough side this season, we've given everyone a game which is good, we've got quality on the field now, it's really good on the field, it really is, it's energetic, mobile, it's tough and we can cause you a lot of problems, but with the caveat and knowing that they are a real threat on the counter. Obviously Seamus Cullman came in last week at right back with the back not to change that area, but there is an interest in one over Antony Gordon and Antony Gordon signed the game out due to illness, obviously he came on, but Dwight MacNeill got the winner and even though I think Dwight at his moments, but being interested in selection now only for the manager, a little bit of a headache, which is great, what you want, but does he go back to Antony Gordon or does he continue with Dwight MacNeill? This is a real tough one because obviously it's who's going to make a link, make a link with the best protection I think, because obviously Dwight at Antony, Antony's been down that side as any of the right hand side, he's a threat. It's a bit hard to take MacNeill out if you're thinking about confidence, they'll add coming, I think when he was on the right last week he wasn't great, but then when he went to the left he could see straight away, he was more comfortable. George Gold played a lovely little ball to Damari Gray to get him in, just generally looked like he enjoyed what he was doing, I think he's looked a little bit uncomfortable on the right hand side, cos he hasn't got that turn of pace to get away from people. Does the manager say right, you're reward for banging that winner in last week as you start, and Antony Gordon, you get yourself ready and if MacNeill doesn't do it, you know five minutes into the second half, you're on for 40 minutes to run it united. Maybe that might be a good tactic for everything, if you're bringing on a lad who's energetic, who likes to drive a people, that might be a better sub than bringing someone on who's more of a defensive sub, he's nice on the ball, can create something, but then again you've also got the thing of Dominic Calvert-Lwm being on the bench, and then it's that we want to bring MacNeill and Calvert-Lwm on and try and get that link up going, so it's one for Frank Lampard, there is a bit of a dial in it, I just think if it was me, I think I'd, for this one, I'd be giving MacNeill a pat on the back and going, that's your reward, you've come up when we needed you too. Go on, do it again, can you get a little bit of form going, now on that Anthony Gordon is so explosive, that has a sub, cos united are going to have game changers on the bench, everything can we, can we have something of ourselves, Anthony Gordon and Dominic Calvert-Lwm, you're going on, the place bumps again when you see them, so I personally will go up MacNeill, but what would you do? I don't know really, because I'll be honest, last week I thought, I thought up to the goal, I thought that Anthony was poor, I really did. But that's because majority was something I wanted. But I just did, I just thought he was poor. But then he got the goal and that will give him confidence, he said himself that he maybe has struggled a little bit with the move and maybe not with the move, but just things in general and he hasn't been playing the position he's been used to. And maybe if he is on that left hand side and he's on his left foot, that favours him a little bit more, but I don't know cos Anthony Gordon, I don't think he's been particularly good in the home games either. Where he's been back then? Where he's been a threat branding, he's been particularly good in them and Dwight MacNeill's ended up coming on to the pitch anyway, so yeah it is. They get the winner in this one last fire. He did, yeah. So it is that flick of a coin really. Cos you are look, they are. See to me it's like you can say, well Dwight MacNeill's there to give you that defensive cover, but we're not blessed with a lot of attacking players, those three players are supposed to be where our goals come from. I don't know it, it's a tough one. You'll find out in the start of 11 show. Of course we'll take it green by game only. So you might look and go, last week was great, MacNeill scored a great goal, showed us what he's got. This is a totally different set of players, this is Manchester United where I feel like we can get at them on the break with pace, so therefore Gordon has to come in because we're not going to have a load of the ball, we're not going to be the team that's prodding and prompting at where MacNeill can slow it down. We might need to be playing maybe on the counter attack and if it is, if we are going to kind of say we're going to try and catch them on the break, then it probably does have to be Anthony Gordon then for the break. Yeah, for the more of the, it's an interesting one isn't it, because you know, United likes playing on the break, we did like playing on the break but we've sort of gone a little bit more, got a little bit more possession based. We're having three midfields. Yeah, of course. And I think the subs will play the part. The subs will play the part. If Gordon doesn't start then he has that option off the bench. The other thing I think as well just very quickly for we finish is that we've been on such a good run, seven unbeaten in all competitions, six Premier League games unbeaten. It's a good run for us, we show them we're in every game. We've got to get carried away either which ever way it goes. If Everton were to win brilliant, we're made up, we're above United. It's another obstacle you can talk off fantastic for everybody. If we lose it's not the end of the, it's not like how everything's gone. Let's stick with it because we're seeing, we're seeing something building. United are a good side and to keep it going and it's that thing that we say quite a lot and Everton have done it this season. If you can't win it, don't lose it. If Everton were to come out of it unbeaten it's another game we haven't lost. It's another point on the board at least. I think that's got to be our mindset this season. No big, stupid predictions. No crazy ties and crazy lows. Let's just try to stay down. And the fan base seem to be doing it. And fans are and they're doing their part and they're both welcoming all that kind of thing. We'll be happy. Which will be the real first test with the weather. You've had sunny days so far. This is going to be the real test of the fans. It's still going to be there. So yeah, it's a tough game but as you've just said there rightly it's just another test and let's see how we get on. If we win it, great. If the worst happens then it's just a building block I think for the side and we all just need to, because it's a tough running games. These next three games are tough. Definitely. Let us know your thoughts anyway. Tough game under the light of Gullison Park. Hopefully we can finish the weekend well with three points. I know you're Ronaldo even more keep your phones away from Ronaldo. So there you go. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Make sure you give this video a like. Subscribe if you haven't already. If you want more great videos. 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