 Welcome to Toffy TV Dwight MacNeill is, according to reports, very close to signing for Everton, so we're just going to have a little chat about him. Does he improve Everton, does he make Everton a better side? What are your initial thoughts, Pass? He wouldn't have been the player I'd have gone for, for a dynamic wire player. I wanted someone with patience, a record, a score and goals. But if Frank Llanpard's looking at Dominic Alvell-Lewin and thinking, we've got to get in the supply chain, we need someone to put good deliveries into the box, Dwight MacNeill has got a very good left foot. He can dribble, he thinks he's quite high on the dribbling percentile for players last season, I think it might have been a 97 percentile, something like that. Does go by plays comfortably. And it will be that delivery into the box, that will have attracted Llanpard. He works hard as well. But the thing that lets him down for me is that he hasn't really got that chain of speed and hasn't got the goal output, which we've lost for the Charles. If he's coming into an Everton side that's got the Charles and Dominic still, it's a different thing then. Yeah, it's a difficult one, isn't it? Cos he doesn't improve Everton from last season, for me, with the charlton in it. He doesn't improve Everton, but unfortunately the charlton's not at Everton now. So from last season I don't think he improves us. But what I think he would give us is balance, I think that being left footed, set pieces having another left footer on there. I think that makes a big difference. You know, you forget how important Luca Dean's set pieces were to us and how many times towards the end of the season we've been moaned. Especially like Corners. Right on the Gordon, killing the ball out and things like that. And these things are all important to a squad. I know you wouldn't go, oh, you're buying them for set pieces. But these things are important to a squad. I think, as you said there, he's a hard worker. I think when he came into the Bay and Lee squad he was something slightly different from what they already had. I don't know how much he's really kicked on from that, but he is different. He looked like a real talent when he came in. The goals are an issue, cos we don't have many goals in our team. So if you spend the money, £15-20 million, whichever way it's broken down, you expect the same amount of goals. Now, the assists are different because you can only do your job. Actually, in terms of creating chances, he's quite high up in the Premier League. So from that point of view, he's alright, but he's got to add goals at Everton Football Club. He just has to. Now he will have been playing in a more rigid 4-4-2 for Burnley. So maybe in different formations that will open things up to him. Obviously, he's got a great goal a couple of years ago. As I said, it's not one that you've got. He's going to be amazing. But unfortunately, where Everton are right now and where we are in relation to how long he's left till the season starts, there aren't many players out there. I know we don't like those to go after unnamed players from across Europe. I think they're the kind of players you do long-term homework on. And I think where we are right now, I don't think we can do that. I think we need players in for the start of the Premier League. It's 10 days until we start the season. You're looking at players you've played in the Premier League and you're going to get caught. Unfortunately, you are going to get caught bringing in players like this. It's happened in the past. I tell you who reminds me of Kevin Kilban. That kind of player though. No-one is probably better than Kev. I'll tell you what if he's better than Kev. He's not a bad signing because Kevin Kilban was a really solid player for Everton who helped us achieve finishing in good positions. This is a solid dependable player that you can rely on to playing your team week in and week out in a few different positions. On the surface, it might look like the greatest player in the world or the player is going to take you to the next level. But someone you can just depend on is going to be a good squad player and you can get the maximum out of. Don't forget he's a really good age as well. 22 years of age. Another left-futter in the squad which we didn't have a lot of. We've now got three. We'd have three if he signed. That appealed to Flangoland Pardwyrch, like you said. I believe he's got a good attitude as well. All of that kind of stuff makes him an attractive signing. Does create chances, like you said. I think he created 47 or something last season for Burnley. A lot of chances created. If we can put them away then we'll all be saying he's a fantastic signing. But it's just when you're looking at other options right now and you think we could have got him or we could have got him and they've got proven goals. It's why this one doesn't look like the most attractive one. But sometimes they turn out to be the best signings because they come in, they get on with the job and they do the job and they become key parts of what you're trying to do. If Frank Lampard and Kevin Thelwell have got a big pitch they like to think they have and he fits it then fine. Now it will be interesting. We have got some stats for him from last season. 38 goals, games no goals, one assist. Big chances created 6 and his shots per game 1.4. Now let's compare them to Anthony Gordon. Anthony Gordon, 4 goals from 35 games, 2 assists. Big chances created 4 shots per game 1.3. Obviously Anthony Gordon is more favourable than the goals and in the assists for last season. Would you say they're slightly different players? They are because I think Gordon is a bit more dynamic. He's a runner with the ball, Gordon. I think McNeill is more creative in terms of getting his foot on the ball and getting his head up and trying to create things. If you're being ultra critical of Gordon, you're triple a couple of them goals with deflections. It might have ended up with one or whatever. But they're both a good eight. Gordon is 21, McNeill is 22 and Frank Lampard and Kevin Thelwell are trying to create that young ethos in the side of young players growing together. We've got Michael Enco, 23, I think. We've got Ben Goffrey, who's still a good age. Dominic Alvedlun, 25. So a lot of younger players in there and if we can add a couple more to it, then he would be a good sign. For me it's going to be, if he does sign, it'll be where Frank Lampard plays him and the quality of his delivery into Dominic Alvedlun. I think that'll make him stand out more than ever. But you're right, he's got our goals. We're spending 15 to 20 million, which is the report of three. What do you want for him? On a player, that doesn't score more than one goal from midfield. It's poor business. So he's got to come in and get himself up to five or six goals from that area, get more shots away and get himself into the right areas. In a different side of Benley, maybe he will be tasked with that and a little bit more creative and a little bit more freedom to get himself into good areas where he can put the ball in the back, doesn't it? And if he does that, he'll be a shrewd sign and I don't know if he'll be able to cling to that deal. We're waiting to see what happens over the next 12 to 24 hours to see if we can get the deal done and then hopefully Kevin Felwell, Frank Lampard will reveal more about the signing and what they hope to see and maybe be in the squad for Friday night to play Dynamo KF, possibly at Gunderson Park. So let's wait and see what happens. 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