 Hello, welcome to Toffy TV, it's a match preview, Everton vs Newcastle United. Another Thursday evening game against Newcastle home. Very, very strange. Two games in the last couple of years have obviously had different results, Baz, different results. One was a huge, huge night for Evan and the other was less so, let's just say. Yeah, mum was a huge night for Evan and mum was a huge night for Newcastle, for various reasons, wasn't it? Yeah, Thursday night, I ate this game. And Thursday night, just depression. But it is what it is, it's going to be a very, very tough game for Evan. This one, Newcastle, in good form. They've got a good 11. Nobody's got a lot of injuries for this game, but they've still got a good side. They've watched them against Manchester United on Saturday and they were absolutely brilliant. Deserved to win. And Everton are going to have their way cut out. And given that we're not brilliant at home, it makes this game even tougher. Yeah, yeah, obviously there's a lot, there's a lot to say. There's a lot on this game for us really, trying to get out of that bottom three, trying to get away from where we've been placed. Because, I mean, in a different universe, we'll be going into this game quite confident looking at mid-table. I think, you know, we've got to win here. We could be near the top half or going into the top half, depending on the rest of the results in the week. But obviously we're looking to get out of the bottom three or just obviously add to our points tally as it is at the moment and just try and get that 10 points back as soon as possible. And obviously this is a very difficult game. Newcastle have become such a good side, such a really hard work inside in the Premier League in the last couple of years. But you look at this game and it has become one of those games now, whereas maybe, you know, before that you look at it, it'll be all right. But this has now become a very tough game and we're going to have to be at our absolute best. Sianian, when you look at the home record as well, we're going to have to be at our absolute best to get a win out of this. Yeah, I mean, the home form for five defeats in seven games, it's not great. I'm not going to deal the way and go, we've lost one in the last three around, however you want to spin it. But it's always going to be a tough game because they're flying, but you write it, what is on the game. You know, if we were going into the game without the ten points off, I think we'd be something like eight or nine points, we'd be nine points behind them. So I'm not a huge difference. And I guess that's how the players have got to approach it and that's how the fans, if we can't have got to approach it, it's easy sometimes to wallow in what you are, you know, where you are. But we're in the bottom three because of our points deduction. We're not in the bottom three because we just haven't been good enough. We haven't been good enough at home, that's for sure. But we have won five games and we're doing all right this season. Particularly away from home, obviously we're quite strong away from home. Four away wins, but we've got to start getting points at Gwldersen Park. That's the biggest thing for this season, if we can start getting results at Gwldersen Park. Then I think we'll be fine anyway and this is the first opportunity to do so. Yeah, well, I mean, funny enough, new cattle's away, they're called, this isn't great either. This season they've only picked up five points. Most of the big results have come at home. You know, they've had brilliant results at home. Obviously Manchester United recently asked them as well. They've done it Chelsea. Yeah, batted Chelsea. Narrowly got beat by Liverpool and they really, really should have won as well. So they've done really well at home, but the away form for them isn't great as well. So that'll be an interest. I think the last home, last away game, sorry, was Bournemouth away. They were beating quite convincingly, mainly. So that makes it a little bit more, bit more interesting. So they've got obviously lots of injuries as well and lots of games. We just look at their team, that face Manchester United. Obviously Nick Popingol, but he's sustained a serious injury, so he's going to leave him out for the next few months. Liverpool are playing left back now and he's doing brilliantly. Someone I've looked to have seen us side a couple of years ago, tripping it and the shells is now in its centre but I could have been out for a while. Bruno Gameros still in the middle of the park and Joel Linton doing really well in there. Isaac is back, which is... We could have done without and obviously Armouron on one side and Anthony Gordon on the other side. He's been in fantastic form as well, but there's very, very little on the bench. But they've been getting through games. They've been, certainly the last couple of home games, they've just been getting through those games, not worrying about too much about the bench, but that will catch up on it because obviously they've got those things. They've got space on Sunday, then they've got the Champions League game on Wednesday against Milan, which is a much win, must win. So that will catch up with them and just hope that maybe for this game. This is the game where we manage to get something from that, the fact that they are playing so many games and the same players are having to go back to the well again and again and again. Yeah, we've got to try and use it to our advantage, haven't we? I think the injuries for them, it'll be about how they manage it out in December, obviously not of injuries. Without all those injuries, they're quite a strong squad, but obviously they've got injuries that have decimated them in terms of how much squad strength. But they've kept their 11 there, a strong 11, and that's what it is, and like you said, they were excellent against United the other day. And Evan, we've got to try to use this to our advantage. It's difficult as that'll be. It's a home game, and yet you're right, they haven't been flying away from home this season. But then we haven't been flying, I haven't mind it. So something's got to give, I guess, and we've got to take advantage of it. Sometimes these things come rounder exactly the right time for you and maybe from an everton perspective, this might be the right time to play them. They've obviously got another tough game on Sunday against Spades, and then they've got a Champions League game that they have to win. So they've got big games, three big games in six days. I'm not saying they'll have an eye on the others, because of course you play what's in front of you, but they've just had man United, they've got Everton Tottenham and then obviously the Champions League game, Milan isn't at home show. We've got to hope that they have kind of got one eye on that because that is a competition that needs their full focus right now, whereas the Premier League's still got more than half a season to go. I don't have to take your fantasy of that, but it will be tough. Every injury you get, and you have to replace that play, you're going to have a drop of quality, and there's going to be a drop in quality. It might be a case of having one eye on it in terms of mentally, but the manager has to have an eye on it in terms of whether he thinks he has the quality. Anthony Gordon's from us being in great form, but he's led to believe that he's struggling with a few knocks, and it's those kinds of ones where the manager goes, do I take them out for this one game? Because actually I think I've got good enough quality to get through this game. Actually we've got not bigger games, but tougher games where if I give him a couple of days' rest, he might come back for that game. It works, do I? The manager might go, well if you play Anthony Gordon Thursday, leave him out Sunday and then get him back for the Wednesday night. You never know how it's going to play out, but the more reduced your squad is, and we know this because this is something we've got one eye on, is the more you look at your squad and think they can't play every single game because the quality will be reduced every single time. Obviously that adds into suspensions as well, which we've got obviously three players going into this game who could miss some of these games if obviously they pick up yellow cards, but it will be interesting to see what they go with. Obviously they're picking up some of those players will be stepping up and coming back in a couple of weeks that they've been missing, but certainly pop, that's a massive miss isn't it, losing your goalkeeper, it could be three or four months. It's dislocated his shoulder, remember, when he was at Burnley, he had a major operation on his shoulder and he did miss him some time when he was absolutely flying at Burnley, so to have that reoccurence when they really, really need them as well it's a huge issue for them. Yeah, he's a good goalie isn't he, solid goalkeeper, very calm for them, he's done a brilliant job since his continued castle and he is a huge miss because you want, that's the areas you want to keep that continuity don't you just talk obviously the look on the daffodd the hair because he's free, so that makes kind of sense and I know there was another story about Aaron Ramsdale as well, Bob and a Rand, the hair seemed to make more sense given he's unattached through a club, he might make sense for the end of the season doing both his job but loose and poach is a big blow, definitely. Yeah, let's have a look at some of the stats going into this game. This Thursday night at half 7pm at Godderson Park, Everton take on Newcastle United in the Premier League. The two teams have met 56 times in the Premier League with 22 wins going to Everton and 23 going to Newcastle with 11 draws. Last season Newcastle completed the double over Everton with a 4-1 victory at Godderson Park and a 1-0 win over the Toffees at St James Park. The last win for the Toffees was back in March 2022 with a 1-0 win over Newcastle at Godderson Park with a goal from Alexi Wolby. This season Everton have won five games, drawn two and lost seven and set 18th in the league after a 10-point seduction. Newcastle sits sixth with eight wins, two draws and four losses. Newcastle's biggest win this season was at Schiffle United with an 8-0 victory. Everton's biggest victory was at home against Bournemouth 3-0. Newcastle's worst defeat this season was a way at Brighton which ended 3-1 while Everton's biggest defeat was a 4-0 lost to Villa at Villa Park. Newcastle's top scorer this season is Alexander Isaac and he's also joined top scorer with Callum Wilson both on seven goals. Anthony Gordon, former Everton player, follows behind closely the six goals. Everton's top scorer is Abdelai Decoy with four goals. Ciaran Tripio tops the table between the two teams with assists, with seven assists. Anthony Gordon and Jack Harrison follow with both three. Yeah, there you go. When I was mentioning there, Alexander Isaac is Newcastle's top goal scorer. Some of his numbers from the season. Seven goals and XG of 6.39, 2.2 shots per game and an XA of 0.91 and as you can see there, the heat map is all over the place and obviously he's come back after the international but he can made an immediate return as he's scored goals against Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and he really is like the differences and he really is that top class striker that he's been not missing as such but he's just having Wilson in there but Wilson obviously is bringing in him to the club has just allowed them to have two really good strikers at the club but also have the ability to leave Callum Wilson out and bring him in when they need him in Callum Wilson. He's injured at the moment which is par for the course for him but Isaac really is that next level isn't he? Yeah, fantastic obviously, Gordon from Sociedad and he's come in and he's been brilliant like you said, scored on his first goal in Paris last week was good on Saturday almost added to his tally day and he's got great movement and he's come in front of goal and obviously we saw him a good lesson last season when he came on and danced down the line and set up a goal so we're well aware of his strengths and Newcastle are the better side when he's in it, albeit Callum Wilson does do a good job for them when Isaac hasn't been in scores a lot they do off that real quality through the middle. Yeah, I mean he has to take so much credit doesn't he for how he's turned things around in the last couple of years, he's just gone over as in the two years and obviously this time two years ago I think it was like an eight or nine game run where they didn't get beat they just seemed to draw a lot of games they got through Christmas and I think we were due to play them over Christmas when they had lots of injuries and the game mysteriously got postponed and they got through that, come out of the other side got into the jam and he bought a couple of plays and suddenly things started to turn around but when you look at their team of fans when you look at it on paper it's not you don't see they haven't brought in eleven players they're still using the core of the side they had in and around the squad but it's just a mentality thing isn't it and it shows again and we probably said this last year it shows again you get that you change you change the atmosphere around the football club you change the culture around the football club you bring the fans into it everyone's working for each other everyone's pulling in the right direction and suddenly you've probably seen this a little bit of Aston Villa as well suddenly everything just starts going for you because it's all based on hard work and a good tactical approach yeah, definitely it isn't like they've spent £700 million in the last two years and changed their old displays some players of course they haven't Isaac's one of them cost a lot of money £70 million or whatever it was Senali who obviously can't play now because he's suspended you to stuff that I've gone on in Italy but a lot of them are players as well that way there Lou and Smiley, Liverpool they have strengthened absolutely they haven't and I thought you should do but they still have players in there who they've got straight away they've got them, you've got 29 they've come in and been brilliant even people like Matt Targer come in and done a great job for them and these players and they've fused that all together with the quality that they have from a Bruno Gameras and added to it and Callum Wilson's being, you know, too many of them Ameron, I mean, the way Ameron's turned his career around at Newcastle has been unbelievable but as I said they've all bought into it and a lot of people doubted had you had obviously been linked with Evan numerous times and we were a billy there was shades of Roberto Martin as with the style he was trying to play and obviously but fair played them I mean everything's going in the right direction for them and, you know, as you mentioned there next week they face Milan in the Champions League and they could easily still get out of that group so if the results go the right way and they win their game it's a good time isn't it cos obviously they suffered massively under the last owner things weren't going their way and they're getting they'll be getting what they think they deserve so very, very, very tough game let's have a little look at the Evan side from the win against Forrest there you go can you see can you see any changes if at all that man of car will be the one where you think he'd come back in if he is fit to come back in and I'm sure that decision will be won't be made to right at the last minute you can own on and obviously the manager's a bit when you're there the manager speak he doesn't seem ultimately sure about them but can you see any changes obviously winning side it's only if Dom I don't really see any other changes it's only if Dom's fit he was obviously missing Saturday the man that he made it it was minor and he was just making sure Evan have posted pictures of him skipping in the gym and all that so if he's alright but everyone else was in the gym he wasn't like that that shows how close he is it's not like an individual programme he's basically own on a seems to be the one Evan have got to be very careful with that because obviously losing a disagana guy at the end of the month to go to the African nations Evan have got to be very careful we know on Jay Gomez has played 60 minutes with the 121 so that's a play you can put on the bench but he's not going to go into the first team and play the way these players have been doing in there so we've got to be very care because that's the thing isn't it you've got to get injuries it's how you cope when you get injuries and how you bring those players back and obviously we know it Domino Carvalho and it's the problems we've had in the past of bringing them back too early and I'm sure they use that same way of thinking with everyone now because the squad is so thin you've got to be very very careful with it we can't just go home we'll get them back for this one game if it means they're going to miss 203 especially this time of year as I mentioned to Corey so those three are on suspensions and actually we can cover that position without an issue but to the Corey and obviously no-one wants to see Bradwick on the side so we've got to be very careful absolutely we're into the heavy month now where there's a lot of games you've got to be careful but if Dom is available and they think he's available I think he'll come in obviously Shane's calling on almost fit that hasn't stayed as enough I'd like to ask the young to be changed if the manager thinks we've got to be careful with him as well I don't know I mean a lot of people would want that change anyway but the only one I really see is Dominic Carvalho just finally if everything could get out of the bottom three this week including both games what do you think that could do for the way everybody's feeling and the mentality of the fans and the players going forward for obviously facing Burnley as well next week that could help people that could totally invigorate everybody if we could get the positive results that could get us out and then head into Burnley next week be incredible because obviously we'd have had the hit at the ten point but people are still fighting for that to be reduced and that's right but to be out of there already would be a huge boost I think to the fan base and the players as well and you would start looking up then got to go and get the results and you'd give yourself that chance but we got to take it one game at a time and this is a very very tough game we have got to start winning some home games exactly as you mentioned at the top of the show as well just two home games they are tough to start in on that home record haven't we because it's awful people have got these different circumstances why we started the season with Dr Stryker but it's still awful it still looks terrible especially where the fan base that is for many years has been used for a very strong home record and that was the bedrock of everything you know it has to start in on round and if it starts in on round against tough sides then that even gives you even more of a confidence boost for the rest of the season absolutely yeah if we don't turn the home form then we'll be in trouble because you can't keep the line on winning away games and we'll have games against top teams away from home where it's much more difficult what we've done well lately is we've beat teams from a points perspective we're around where we are and we've done that really well and yes there's more opportunity to go and win a teams or sorry you were below us and get results there of course there is but your home form is a bedrock and it's a reason why teams stay up and that's really what I do absolutely there you go tough one very very tough one 39 it's football innu that is football so make sure you give this video a like subscribe if you haven't already and if you want one of our Christmas jumpers get over another one ASAP so you get it delivered before but all those Christmas do's and everything start because obviously that's when you're going to wear them absolutely so the link is in the description for that if you 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