 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the match preview, Brighton Hovalbyn vs Everton at the Amex. Last year, somehow spectacular these days. We won 5-1 and yet, even on that day, I was not fully convinced we were going to win till the fifth one went in. Na, mi'n ifa. That was exactly the same. It was one of the highlights, well it was the highlight of last season in regards to football games that we watched and it would be great if we could do it again. You say highlight, it was highlight obviously when the game was finished and we won 5-1, but I didn't feel like it was a highlight when I was watching it. I don't think I've ever been so nervous. When they got one back, it was kind of like, oh here we go, good draw. But it was a great win last season and it's kind of hopefully this weekend we can pull, obviously we don't feel like we're going to be pulling that type of result off again but even if we get something, that may be a great result because they're a very good team aren't they? Yeah, it's a tough fiction as we saw the goodness in this season, 80% of the possession. I mean we were very unlucky, let's be honest, the goodness and it was a, even though they had a lot of the ball and they weren't really doing anything and obviously it was a wicked deflection that took her over Jordan Pickford with about 6 or 7 minutes left of the game. In a game that, well, it felt like we were just going to get over the line and sometimes they're the biggest disappointments, aren't they, when you don't? We just need to get back to the way we were doing things away from home, not that we've spectacularly gone away from them of late. But we could just do it one way or the other and go, oh I wasn't quite expecting that because that's the general feeling around I think at the moment is obviously a lot of worry, there's a lot of frustration with the point situation and the ownership situation. We could just do it, just go on. I was great that, really surprised by that and you know, just, it's that getting away from it. Yeah, exactly, and I think the fans need a bit of a lift and also the players need to, obviously we need to start picking up points and we've stopped picking up points. Even obviously the home game recently, Ain't Crystal Palace, which was really disappointing, but if you look at your own dashes, it's evidently away from home, it has performed really well. Like I was talking before about the Brentford game, I feel like we need that type of performance tomorrow, where we need to start, I think one thing I've noticed about having away from home is when they start quick, they get an early goal, Brentford away was like that. Obviously West Ham places like that, we've gone this season and picked up points, but obviously we're a really tough game. What is it, the very last one game at home this season? So is it West Ham and Newcastle, did they lose to Newcastle? No, they batted Newcastle, I think it's just one win, I think they lost to Newcastle since August. They've come into a bit of form, obviously they've got a bit of a break at the moment with the Europa League as well, they haven't got many games with that because they qualified straight through to the last 32. But I think we've just got to go there and make it difficult, but just try and stay in the game if it is, like if we are 1-0 down or it is 0-0. I think it's just important that we just don't lose our shape and try and nick something, but again it's going to be an extremely difficult game and it'd be one of those games where if you could walk away with a point you'd be delighted. I mean their home record is good but it's not amazing, they've drawn quite a lot of games and a lot of the time it seems to be that maybe when they've got a couple of games so obviously they're playing in Europe, but obviously they're playing the FA Cup next week as well. You just wonder with Zabe, sometimes he's not someone who necessarily keeps playing the same team every week, he likes a change, he likes a rotator and I just wonder whether with the league you just think a trophy there, you like going for a trophy. I just wonder if he'll take one eye off and maybe just rotate it a little bit just because there's a couple of games this week. No he could because I've mentioned before on the daily it's like he's changed his goalkeeper 15 times this season obviously for Bergen and Steele and he hasn't really had a set of team all season, even if you look at the full back areas they haven't really kept a solid full solid team all season, they've been a bit all over the place at times and like you mentioned there he does like to tinker with his team so it's one of them where they could be one of them. They could take their eye off the ball, obviously with Wolves coming up, I think it was in the FA Cup next week. Because the reality is we need to, I think if they play their best and they probably nine times out of time they probably will beat us but we didn't need to have a bit of an off day hopefully and we just need to take our chances when we get them because the reality is we haven't been taking our chances. No that's the top and bottom of it isn't it? We don't have a goal scorer because I mean the court has been off for two months and it's just, we all knew the night he went out against Bay and Lee. We all worried and then to see him missing and it's not a coincidence we know our style of play is very reliant on him as a player playing in just behind Dom and away games has been huge and it's where we've picked up the most points of it. The thing about the situation for me is it can't become or I think it has become maybe for some people a crutch and going don't worry about the on-phone because we're good away from home but the reality is we play some tough sides now. So we've beaten teams that you'd go actually we should be beating those teams away from home but we're going up against tough sides now away and that is my worry but at least we have D'Corey Bach who's been a main part of it and can take the pressure of Dom on a Carvelling and add something that has been desperately missing in the two months since he's been out and he's only played two home games in that. Obviously when he came back in January against Vera and then obviously played on Monday night against against Crystal Palace so we haven't seen him since the Bay and I play away and it'll be interesting to see if that affects our changes things because we've been great at walls and obviously we've played like city. But the teams that were supposed to beat you know this is I mean I'm not saying we're supposed to be bright but people have got it in their head because they were there. Because we won there last season. Yeah because we won there and because he was a big part of us winning there last season so I think that is key and it's key because he's come back against Palace he's had that so I looked at Monday night and looked at his game to get back into it. He's come through that the manager's confirmed he's 30 he hasn't suffered any. So this is the game now he looked on he could make a big difference to us. Now he can he's I've heard you say many times he is key to Everton and he's key to all show and dice he wants to play and yeah and if you look at the stats the stats don't lie away from home he's our most important player and at home he's probably not as he probably doesn't do it as much but he's still very important. But I think for Everton to if you look at Everton's away form it's been basically reliant on the call. But from my point of view I think the money from here I think the team point of view they've got to start getting wins back on the board because what is it I think it's two months now isn't it without a win and you don't want to get into that habit. And this is the third season in a row that's happened as well. You know what happened under Benitez it happened under Lampard. You know we going through long stretches without a win and I face you so. That's under the start of the season. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's that middle bit isn't it that. It's it's like you think about it where in those in all three seasons you look at it and go well if we'd won a couple of games in that run the difference that would have made to us you know. Under Melisa's that's where we were dragged into the relegation fight. We were bobbing around 12 for ages and they just weren't winning. And suddenly we just like it looked like we just dropped like a stone you know we beat Arsenal under Lampard last year it was the same. It was just the same. It was just we'd be Crystal Palace away at home sorry and then we just didn't win a game and it was just piles on and piles on and piles on. You know last season with Dice he came in he obviously came in when that spell was happening for Lampard. And what he did at least was he was winning a game maybe every every three games or something. That's what we need at the moment you know every three or four games of where winning and we're getting a draw because we know we're good at the back. We just can't put the we just can't put the ball in the back of the net and it's just the difference. That's where that's where a Brighton they had a good start of the season. But now since that you know they just seem to be winning every three games or wherever it is. And that's why they are in that round the top seven and that's why they are still looking to get into Europe via the league. And they are in Europe because they just managed to keep ticking over and ticking over and that's where someone like us has got to get back to that. Just winning those because the difference it makes is huge. Now and especially with obviously what's going on off the pitch as well in regards to potential points coming back. The next couple of days potentially but we've been told 48 hours and then that's still not sitting here. But it could be a good lift for the players as well going to see if they could get something back in the next day or two. But yeah Brighton I think they've won the last four out of six I think it is. So yeah I think their aim now will be looking at having they got maniated in the four points off maniated or five points off maniated. So they're in a great spot of still getting having a really good season again. I think that was the worry we spoke a few times at the end of the season. The thing for them is can they back it up. But it's interesting Brighton isn't it because we have suddenly got this idea of what they are and who they are. And you look at the table sometimes and you look where they are and you go God they should be higher or you think they're higher and you're like hang on. This is a team that have only had one good season in the Premier League. Don't be wrong they've built to it and I'm not saying there's like the one season wonders. They've built to where they are last season brilliant for them and then they sold like you know two of their most important players. And they've had injuries and if you know things have slightly changed for them and it's more games and you like the expectations gone off. And you think actually this is a really solid season for them and the idea that they're not doing as well as people thought they were is a great credit to them and what they've done. And it's weird how sometimes we flick that switch and they're not having a great run or this or that. Well they're coming off the back of a 5-0 win against Sheffield United you know where they obviously, making all gates obviously got into Sheffield United but he took the time and then got the goals in the second half and exploded. But let's just have a look at the team from last week for Brighton against Sheffield United. And as you can see the brilliant in goal Lewis Duncoff has been massively important for them on set pieces, he's hugely important. Pascal Growson there, Lam Tee. A Dengar was good. And Danny Welbech o front I think is massively underrated I think as a player massively underrated. But it's gross that I just want to look at for a minute. Let's have a little look at Pascal Growson's numbers, 23 games, 4 goals, XG of 5.3 hours, 6'9 and XA of 6.4. 8. Don't have to whisper in it. And as you can see his heat map there all over the pitch. It's funny because I've watched him a few times this season he's one of those players you can play anyway. Like he's played it left back for them this season, played it right back. Attack of midfield, right wing, left wing and this heat map obviously suggests that as well. He's just a very capable footballer, very good on the ball, very good on set pieces as well. So he's another one. He will come as well. I think he's 32 years old. He just looks dead easy for them when he plays. I think that's a good thing with Brighton. They've got a good mix of youth and experience. And you've had Llanar and Milner still in their hands. What good pros haven't they? Milner and Llanar are really good pros for them. Like One Stuff at Big Clubs, James Milner, City Liverpool, England, Llanar, Liverpool. I'm sure that probably helps players settle down as well when they come into the squad. Some of the foreign lads. Perhaps the manager as well because the reality is that type of players will run the dressing room I imagine. The manager probably doesn't have to get involved as much. His job is to coach the team. Obviously he's done another good job this season. People start looking at him won't they? Now with the vacancy maybe Stan. Let's have a look at the staff pack from the game. This Saturday at the Amac Stadium, Everton played Brighton in the Premier League. The two teams have met in the Premier League a total of 13 times. Three draws between the two teams with four wins going to Brighton and six to Everton. Four of Everton wins came at Goodersham while two were at the Amac Stadium including last year's 5-1 win. In the reverse fixture this season at Goodersham Park, Everton and Brighton drew 1-1. Go far this season Brighton sits 7th. They have won 10 games, drawn 8 and lost 7. Everton sits 17th after a 10-point seduction. They have won 8 games, drawn 6 and lost 11. Everton this season have kept 8 clean sheets but Brighton have kept 3. Brighton's top goalscorer this season is Jal Pedro with 8 goals. Everton's top scorer is Adelaide de Corrie with 6. Leading the assists between the two teams is Pascal Groge with 9 assists. Dwight McNeill follows with 5. Everton's top the tackles list for all the clubs this season with 507 total tackles. Brighton has 17th with 407 although they do see a lot of the ball during the games. There you go. Good work from Ned Day getting all the stats for you. Obviously we've won the last couple of years there as well haven't we? Not just last year with a great win but the year before. Obviously it can get massively confusing because Benita was the manager and you're just like you don't think about the years, you think about the managers and there's too many managers that are going to start last. Frank never went there. Frank never went there. And he loved going back down south didn't he? So it's a bit weird. So what's your Mondays? Well, as soon as they get back home. I think our actual record down there, I think we've lost 2 since we've been in the Premier League. We had the very controversial 3-2 when there was a penalty that never was. Then there was one under silver, we got beaten. It was the game after we beat Burnley 5-1 wasn't it? Over Christmas that time. It was 2 days later wasn't it? So the record has been quite good there. But let's have a little look at the side obviously for everything I played on Monday nights against Crystal Palace. What changes do you think are needed? I mean I can see 2 immediately. Well I was saying before, I actually think he might play James Garner out wide. Come on. Give me your workings out. So I was talking about the Brentford game earlier on in the season. And he played McNeill on the left and he played Garner on the right. And he played O'nana, Decori and Garner again in the middle. And I actually think away from home that can work. Because I think that right side is going to be whoever is playing it right back is going to have a tough job with Matoma. And obviously a stupid hand as well at left back to be a really good left hand side. And I think James Garner, what I noticed as well when he does that he comes inside and makes it a bit like a compact midfield. I just got a funny feeling when I go with James Garner because again I know you mentioned that on your ratings. I don't think he wants to drop any of them. And I think that could be his best way of getting them all in rather than leaving O'nana off the team. Which again, I think O'nana has got a start on Saturday. Well the last time when we played McGullison we didn't have O'nana that day. And he played Garner and Guy in the middle of the park. And we only had 80% of the ball that day as well. He has got form for it. You know what, it wouldn't surprise me if he left O'nana out again almost looking at the situation of not having loaded the ball. But I think that would be massively counterproductive for wanting to play a certain way. I think if you're going to play on the counterattack you have to at least get on the ball and not rely on the long ball. And I think that's where O'nana, for me O'nana starts absolutely. And then for me you have to make the choices, the manager between Garner and Disagarner and Guy. And I think I said on Monday night that I thought he bottled it. I think I thought he bottled that decision. Now he'll tell me differently I imagine. But I just thought he bottled it. O'nana is the site because the easy drop because he's being out injured. But I just think certainly at home you need O'nana now. Whether you'll leave O'nana out again, I don't know how you can do that. I really don't. I just think he breaks up to play really well O'nana on his way from home. And he can get you with the picture of one pass where I don't think the other two can do that. I think there's almost this idea that he's like a luxury player and he's not. He's a great tackleer. You read the game well and as you just said there, it's passing get you on the go. And because he's such a good passer and his control is so good. It looks simple what he does, but it's not simple. Well he looked when he came on against City, he was probably everything's best player there. And he played that ball three to better and now he's offside. But he can do that, that's what I mean. He tried it a few times the other night, to be honest. O'nana obviously scored the goal. He was everything's best player in the whole game. Listen I think you've got to play your best players. It's tough on because Jack Harrison did he do enough to get his place back when he come on the other night, I don't know. I think he done enough to get his place back off Ashley Young. Now whether you're suggesting a tactical change, now maybe that's the strategy. But to me everything you've got to choose is right McNeill and Harrison. And the reality is McNeill will probably start you to set pieces because he's the only one who looks like that. No he is, he is a set. I mean that's the thing if you're going to play away and you're shown from set pieces, you have to look at it and go well who would replace Dwight McNeill? And what are the chances of scoring a goal from say Harrison going on the left and him crossing the ball? What are the chances of a scoring compared to the chances of Dwight McNeill putting a set piece in which he's done numerous times this season? And the answer you come to is Dwight McNeill will start the game and it's rightly so. Maybe if Dan Doom is available and you have a different way of playing you go on that maybe. But I just think for the set pieces having D'Cori in there, having Onara in there, it makes more sense. And I think that's where the manager looks at it and looks at the way it's all set up. Would you bring Harrison in for him? I'd have Harrison on the right because he's been left out of game now. He's been left out of game. I just think there has to be a way we play that isn't just long ball. You can go long ball with onara on the team, but at least with onara on the team you're not relying on long ball. I don't know if it'll be as bad as what it was on Monday, but we showed there last year what kind of attack inside we can be, a counter attack inside we can be. With the players we've got and there's not loads of changes from last year when we played there. You know it would still be Dominic Arventloon, it would still be D'Cori. You know it's still Dwight McNeill who had a brilliant game down there last season, maybe his best game in an event shape by the way. Everything just clicked that day and who knows it. I'm not expecting that to happen like it did last year. But Brighton do a form, Brighton do allow people to chances. So the manager's got choices, I just hope he doesn't take the safe option and just be like oh I'm playing too holding the fielders. No, I agree. I just think he needs a fresh in and up after Monday. Also it would be interesting to see if he keeps playing Godfrey at right back of Coleman's fifth as well. I think he will because of the pace of his home. He can get back on it, but it'll be interesting one. Yeah, everything could do with something this weekend obviously. We aren't in the bottom three as Luton don't play this weekend. And if we can get something this weekend then just again add pressure on. Cos the pressure's been on us, that's the way it feels at the moment. It feels like the pressure's on us. I think for us there's a way to feel it as well so even if we can get something as well. I think we could bring them closer into it and like to grab food. It's about getting closer to those people. So it's not just becomes a one horse, two horse race. You want to get away from that and obviously getting some points back. You would imagine we'll find out no later than next week. You would imagine as well. Get a result here, get some points back. And before you know it, the table might look a little bit better. Everyone feels a little bit better about it. So let us know your thoughts in the comments. Tell us how you're feeling ahead of this one. It's going to be tough, but we've proved that the last couple of years we can go there and we can do a job. So let us know your thoughts in the comments. Make sure to give this video a like, subscribe if you haven't already. And join us over on Toffy TV premiere for daily live exclusives. And no vids, well loads of vids, but vids without ads and podcasts without ads. The link is in the description, QR codes on the screen now. See you later.