 Welcome to Toffy TV. It is the match preview. Wolves, Wolverhampton Wonders versus Everton. A ridiculously early time on a Sunday. 12 o'clock. It's not even your in church. I'm a well-own from the church. You're zoom in church. Zoom in church. Live mass, 10 o'clock. Well done. Church is a 10 o'clock on a Sunday. No, the people don't go. I have 9 and 11 normally. 10 o'clock. You'd have to be committed to that. Anyway, we digress because I don't really care about football. Wolves, it's going to be tough game, isn't it? Because they are fighting for Europe. They're a decent side. They're well-organised. Yes, they've lost the last couple of games. But we're horrendous. They've got that in their favour. And a day's extra rest. A day's extra rest if that matters. So how are you feeling about this one? I never like to sit here and be pessimistic about games because every games, that should be always taken on its own merit. But Everton's midfield just absolutely terrifies me. And I'll be honest, I can't see any way we'll win this game. I really can't. And I'm hoping that I cry in it and we turn up on my boss and we get this result. But I think we can cause them problems at the top end of the pitch with the Irishman at Calvert Llewant. But we'd have to totally change the way we've been playing to get a result. To be honest. I think if we go 4-4 through with the players we've been using the last couple of games, I think they'll be so strong for us. I'll be honest, I would like us to go 3-4 too. I'll be honest. That would mean hog it being back. Well the manager's expecting him to be back. He's expecting him to be back off real-time Saturday. And I would go 3-5 too. I suppose you could play it with Seamus Coleman. And you could have said to be on the right. So you could still play it without hog it. Although I'd like us to go 3-5 too. I think the problem has been genuinely in the last couple of games or even in every game to different variations. We start the game and we don't have control of the midfield. I know we went up against Leicester. The other team gets old of it and then we come back from that. Whereas I'd like to see the game start with us having a little bit of control. If we want to move into a 4-4-2 then move into a 4-4-2. But I'd like to see us start a game where we've got that control and we almost snuff out the opposition area and make them change what they're doing instead of what we're doing. Some people would say that if 4-4-2 is going to be his preferred thing then why would we change it rather than getting the players used to that? No, I agree with that. But I still think when we've been playing we've been playing with a variation of the two during the game. But I'd just like to see it for a game like this when we're away for home for the first 10-15 minutes. Start with them, don't give them any encouragement and then maybe if you just want to switch it back then switch it back. But start by just making them feel as congested as you can. And I just think that our midfielders, whatever combination they're in none of them suit playing really in a 4-4-2 because there's not enough energy. And listen, whatever he chooses to do, that's on him because you're right he is trying to create something. He hasn't got the place to create that but this is what he's comfortable with and he feels like this is what the players are comfortable with. It'd just be interesting if he just went with something else. I think despite me saying that I think we kind of know what shape we're in in terms of we know where we should be on the pitch. The things that are undoing us at the moment is the mobility within the centre of field plays. I think if we still had Garnet and something I think we'd cope a lot better with a 4-4-2 because I think players are comfortable with 4-4-2s. I think the reason why we did so well against Leicester for the opening half an hour was they played 4-4-2 as well so we matched up and our energy was okay. It was when we dropped off they took over the game and then obviously it changed. They were meant to trade the back and we got a bit of control back. I think going into this one given the way we performed against Spares and against Southampton I think he knows and the players know where he wants to play and I don't think you have to teach players how to play 4-4-2. I think naturally they know where they should be so it wouldn't make a big error going to 3-5-2. I don't think because I think these are the good side. The thing with Wolges is they are absolutely entrenched in what they do so they know they are very good at what they do and they play the same way, the same players I think they have used the least number of players which is incredible considering their season started and do you like incredible testament of where they are and how fit they have been all season. So I think going there, I think you are right at the moment while you haven't got any kind of mobility in midfield you are better off packing it and I think I'd be tempted to go with the 3-5-2 as well and even if that means using Mason Holgate in midfield and Seamus Coleman is the third centre back I'd do it but I think one way you could do it if Holgate does come into that back three is have Tom Davies, Guilffy Sigarton or Andre Gomez and Anthony Gordon because Anthony Gordon when he went inside against Spares it made them something different and then what they'd do is your two slow midfield players Gomez, Strokes Sigarton or Davies can sit a little bit and let Gordon drive forward you've still got your two strikers and then Sidderby who naturally just bombs on anyway and Luca Dean you would still have enough to cause them problems at the top end of the pitch while still having five players essentially defending at the other end so it would be almost like a five no a five at times which is a bit because I just think I'm all for establishing the way you're playing establishing a shape and then going from there but I think to do that you have to have players who are going to be in your team going forward I don't see any of our centre midfield players being in our team maybe Andre Gomez when he's back up to speed he's going to have to get some fitness Davies I think will ultimately be a squad player at best Sigarton I think they'll move on if they get even and nibble Delth writing off now Ben Ingemi, you could throw him in maybe because he's fresh but then you're putting them in against Giamatini o Reuben Neves or the Donker as well who are very good players might be a little bit of a big ask for them but then if you put them in a three man midfield he's got a couple of lads to help them out it's going to be interesting No, I said it isn't it ultimately you want them to bed in the system but then it's like how many of these players are going to be around for that system so is there any arm in changing it but is there any arm in changing it anyway because at the end of the day you've got to see me in the last two home games Leicester and Southampton we've got more control of the game when we've got another man in midfield and these aren't able to get about the pitch well enough the ones we've got with two Exactly, so it's, I fully get and I'm not going to hit the sides and Carla whatsoever this is what he's been given but I just think if we play 4-4-2 we'll be decimated I think they'll destroy us and I don't think the defence will attack I don't think these will pass up chances like Southampton did or Totten didn't really create any No, he created nothing but I don't think these will and I think Troy would have a field day in that space as well so I would go for I would definitely go 3-5-2 because sometimes what you've got to do it's not sometimes if you haven't got adequate players then you have to throw another player in there and if we haven't got an adequate 2 and they play 3 then they've got no chance anyway they'll destroy us To waste the time, I haven't gone oh yeah, but we've got a Wobie on one wing and Walcott it's a waste of time because they're just going to get it up and you're better off like I say it I mean I'd rather see Benningamie coming than a Wobie to be on but just because I know that he can get about the pitch no no, listen and the thing about it is and I'm not saying he's good enough long term nowhere near listen, we've got 4 games left and we're not getting into Europe and we're not getting relegated and we want to get in the top half of course but if you were playing 3 midfield you would be they know he's good enough but I look around and I'm just thinking the bar's not very high is it? if Gomez has got a knock as well then that leaves you with Tom and it leaves you with Guilfee unless you do go we'll have a playing 3 that's but a Wobie in there but then that leaves you still 3 soft players no one even put sackles in there so I would I would again I'm not sitting and you go no you should give Benningamie a go I'd just look at me I'd look at me bench and go over go now of course you're making a whole gate if he's fit if you want to play Sheamus Coleman and I think that could work definitely but this could be the one where you go let's look at the bench we've got a young kid there he's sent me a ffielder we've got no other sent me a ffielder and we need to play 3 because otherwise we'll be get up a lot because we will if we play 4-4-2 we'll be get up a lot the only way to kind of cope with them you'd have to just go direct so you'd have to just start banging from back to front and saying to Calvert Llewyn and to the Tialys and run into the space we'll play the channels but then you've got to have someone who's then if you're running wide to pick up a ball in the channel you've then got to have a ffielder breaking into the box and these will be massively motivated you know they've lost the last two games they're going for Europe still in Europe they're going for Europe and they'll be looking at this thing and this is a game we can win this is a game we can win the support is back in there and from our point of view you know we play four games five and they're coming that quick and we've only lost one and we've only lost by the odd goal and we've only we've not conceded more than one goal so from a defensive point of view we look good we look alright we look organised it's just that midfield and if we can get a grip of that midfield we're competitive and we stifle the pressure off your defence and we do still look at the goal it's a long ball to a great ball but it's a long pass I'm with Charleston saying and if we do start playing up to Dom getting the knockdowns if you've got three midfield you start getting a running through midfield I mean the other one who could be the if you are playing three I suppose you want Anthony Gordon could maybe go a little bit more centre then and then he can be the running he's the one he played against Spears for 20 minutes he drove through from that area I mean yet he looks like a wide forward you know he might be a split striker at some stage and play off a target man as he gets through his career but he can shoot he's got good balance on he works hard and he's got a bit of pressure on him so yeah throw him if you're going to do that thrown centre and let him travel through the the geys in the central areas because if you don't have we saw for Southampton's goal against us when Armstrong Rammery two strikers peel off it opens the space ahead of you so if you've got Calvert Lewin and the Charles and making a run the chances are it's going to open up for Gordon then and then he's got either a little through ball or a shot I think Gordon will be one of those players that once he plays more games and once he fills out a little bit gets a little bit faster because he's filled out a little bit I do think he'll play more centre I think he's got the intelligence to play more centre I think he's actually stifled playing out wide typical of a young player to start out wide because then it gives you one job and there's less responsibility in a way then so I do think he'll play a little bit more centre I also think though when we've got better midfield players with him he'll show more by playing out wide because if you've got midfield players you make a run it opens the pitch up for him he can come in and get away at the moment I feel there's a run and so he's running into congested areas it's a tough game I'm always impressed by Wolves I'm always impressed by the fact that they play no their jobs no their roles and how well it's all come together I mean they literally had a free season when they played in the championship and got promoted it was like a free season they put that team together and then their first season in the Premier League they did very well, they aimed very fast they showed that all players rose to the top they finished 7th they got that European position this season they continued it they keep on having good players to it we'd had this game last week you'd be like well it goes on a great run they were looking like they could just edge champions and I still think they'll probably still think they can get it because they just seem to have that self-belief because their players look like they all now their jobs and they all fight and scrap and they've got that little bit of x factor as well with triori and the plays in Centralfield got the front three triori, Jotar and him and his dangerous team Everton have won just 2 of their last 7 Premier League games away from home which is actually a better ratio than we'd normally got isn't it really we've thrown one loss forward and we're coming against teams in the bottom three Everton have won just three of the last 31 Premier League away games against teams in the top half of the table Wolves have mustered just two shots on target in their last two games interesting failing to register a single shot on target after half time in both of those games interesting Wolves have used fewer players than any other Premier League side this season and that's what I'm saying if you don't give them anything in that first half and you swarm that midfield and make them run out of ideas and then the tiredness kicks in you might be able to nicks up when you've seen Sheffield United scoring the 93er minute off of Sheffleidio no team scored more off corners than Everton so that might be a key thing in this one Everton have conceded 32 away goals in the Premier League this season and Newcastle have conceded more Adam a triori has provided nine assists in the Premier League this season the most by Wolves playing a single campaign in the competition's history Raoul Hymenes has been directly involved in 34 goals in all competitions scoring 24 and assisting 10 only Mohamed Saleh has had a hand in more in the Premier League Everton's Richard Charleson scored the Premier League goal last time I'll be coming the fifth Brazilian to reach that figure after Firminio, Cattinio, Huzush and William indeed Rutialen has scored more Premier League goals than any other player in 2020 any other Everton player in 2020 Hymenes at one end of Rutiales and at the other day the main two threats aren't the on both sides and that's been basically every time we've played in the last couple of seasons so I mean triori is one of those players he seems to be getting a bit more consistent he's now looking better and better and better the teams have been closed so he's been able to concentrate on football he is like an unbelievable special and he's just like maybe that's why he's dropped off the gyms open last week he's gone back to the gyms for each one you've got to look at Jota's dead clever they've got like he said Matinio and Neves in the middle of the they've got good players and they know the system and that's probably why that's probably the reason why it makes sense just to mix it up for this one and give them something different to think about and you're right engage them in at a tough first half and we'll obviously be a little bit tired as well but that's why it makes sense to put a couple of fresh players in as well we have got the likes of Wokott could come in, got Siddiwi could come in I'm not saying these are like we're not reinventing the wheel here but the fresh legs Wokott is saying these are fresh legs Colgate and now I didn't play against If he plays he's fresh isn't he doesn't matter he's missed the game That's why for me that's why he's been in giving me a pain there as well because I just think and now he's not he mightn't be at a quality that people want but if you're a kid and can run around and put tackles in when nobody else is and you've got two other lads in there with you you don't want experience in it At some point you have to look at what you've got and say here's what we've got working and then go and are you fresh what have we got what you might have on the bench mightn't be as good but if there's a crisscross in the you know in the energy levels at least then you go well you know what I get I honestly do not see any reason not to give somebody bringing me a go he's on the bench and I know people are rubbish he's never done that you know what he's fresh legs stick him in my field with two other people and go you be the anchor kid and you just when you see that ball just go with it give it another pop it off you can't switch the play he's not going to get up and down all day long but he'll break things up in the last two games I've witnessed a world we get taken off at half time he's a player who's got all that experience and come to the club for 20 odd million pound so no-one can honestly tell me that anyone who's sitting on the bench doesn't deserve to get on the pitch for 60 minutes we've seen Gomez walk off the pitch after half an hour because he couldn't keep up with the pace saying his ankle was hurt we've seen Sigarton hold off a Tottenham not putting a tackle in Tom Davis has been dragged off at moderate at half time so these players are only coming off because they're not performing so why should a ladw and again just to reiterate to anybody who thinks we are saying he's the new Wilfred and Diddy we're not, we're just saying at this moment he's fresh and the rest of the players aren't pulling up any trees give him a go for half a game if it isn't good enough even if it just freshens it up and gives someone else a rest for 45 minutes ahead of the last three games or whatever do you know what I mean I'd definitely go between midfield I'd definitely start 3-5-2 and I'd definitely try and keep them quiet would you lead the two ladw fronts a lot of people calling for Moise Keane why? no I'm just asking freshness in it Moise Keane's done nothing he's done nothing no but I'm just saying if we're using that argument for Benny Benningam freshness then people might use it like Dom's he's done a nab if he wants to do that then that's up to him but for me I don't see enough in Moise Keane when he comes on to justify that if Dom is like only 75% I need to rest him fair again if you're thinking let's rest a couple the red zone and all I don't want to get any injuries we have got to be careful though just because that's exactly what I was just about to say you pick up an injury now just been reading about like Jordan Henderson's got an injury and they're like oh he should be back for the new season Billy Gilmore's got an injury he's going to be out long term got to be very careful now that anyone who picks up an injury they're not going to have the time to get re-abbed and pre-season this pre-season for our players it's hugely important and even though it's only short it's hugely important for people to get to people like Gomez so what you can't have is players injured and missing that pre-season but what about Zobobi at the moment he's come off at I just mean just figure about him as a worry-offers but what I'm saying is this is a player who's come off at Spades with a hamstring did he though? I don't think he did I just think he was caught he's just been excusing the fact that he was terrible okay but if it was and then he came off he came off a half-time against Sheldon Hansen again with that the same point saying about his hamstring so for a player because there's what we've got four games left over the next two weeks they're going to have a fortnight off and then the back-in pre-season I could see I could see Zobobi being swapped out for Wolcott now yeah true so I could see it or even see the B but I think we have to we do have to know how to manage our plays and if anyone's close to the red zone and where they're acting on the camera just leave them off the game, leave them out next game stays the would you give, this isn't for Sunday this is just as before the end of the season would you give to Yara Branthwaith any kind of track before the end of the season yeah I know just to give a map on in the game just to give a taste of it because it's like you said, you're gone you want to finish as high as you can and maybe the Bournemouth game we might know where we can and we can do something and we can do something then maybe that'll be the time to give because I think people like that he's going to be part of the future give him a little taste of it and go look this is what we're doing it's been a tough couple of games because no know what I'm saying this is the last one, you've seen the energy levels really drop out of our plays this week and this will be the last one so this might be a case of you do change it up a few fair game in six days isn't it you change it up a little bit, give a couple of people a gore no I know they've had the decks today but they'll be feeling that as well at this moment and for them it's a lot bigger game than it is for us and I just that's what I'm saying, first half an hour first half just make the game crap and we're very good at making games crap we are at the moment we are we are experts in making games I've been watching everything for a very long time, one consistency I would take from everything we are very very good at making games crap making a game crap for us not necessarily for the opposition we have to make it crap for them we have to be intelligent we've got to stay in the game first half just stifle them because the worst thing about when you're tired as well the ideas don't come the ideas don't come and we've seen it against Lester we've seen it against Southampton they weren't as creative once we shut down that midfield it's not great for us because we are basically shutting ourselves down but we've got four points out of those two games where we could have on another season, another day got nothing out of those two games and that's where the manager's intelligence takes over he's pragmatic, he's an Italian he knows that kind of thing and I think for this game what we do you know what, shut down the first half and then we might have the players to sneak out so there you go let us know your thoughts in the comments your confidence won't any walls fans out of there your players starting to suffer with the amount of games you've played for over a year they're still going to be playing in August that's crazy they're going to manage it because they've got, I'll be honest, I don't care but that's just me they're playing when everyone else will be off and then they're going to have to appreciate and it's going to be mad for them I'll be honest, I don't care because where there's a club like ours has to abide by FFP they just abide by no rules and break or do whatever they want so I honestly don't care if walls fell into the sheet because they have absolute like while FFP's been up here and everyone's been looking at it no one's been looking at what they've been doing and the absolute con that is wolverhand and wanderers I mean you're aggressive towards walls if you're going to start you're going to be called wolves you've got to fight aggression I've got a silver bullet that's all I'm saying good side, respect them like the manager, cracking beard the fact that he's got nests on his coat as well reminds me of being a kid when I got my first Nintendo is he Nathan Redmond's dad? no, he's Nathan Redmond he's come back in time he's come back in time he's come back with the book that's how they went so many days I've been asking my mum where she was at one stage because they love to see it came back, they got the book and then they got the money fair enough, let's leave it there there you go, make sure you give this video a like subscribe if you haven't already and if you want more great videos live videos, join us over on Patreon the link is in the description thanks for watching