 Welcome to Toffey TV. Everton have made a signing. That signing is Andrews Townsend. He's come in on a free transfer after being at Crystal Palace last season. A experienced Premier League footballer may not excite everybody, but we signed him pass. Yes, Andrews Townsend. 36 games for Palace last season, one goal. So, goals not brilliant. No, goals not brilliant. But, yes, experienced Premier League footballer, played for Spares, played for Newcastle, obviously played for Palace as well. Rafa Benitez knows him, had him briefly at Newcastle. Got a good left foot on him. Quite direct. But a squad player, I think everton. I think Rafa Benitez is trying to utilise the fact. He said last week didn't even we've got Dominic Halvert-Lewin and we've got to find a way to get better quality into him, things like that. So, he is part of that process, I guess. Free transfer. 13.30 last week. I know a lot of people aren't made up with this signing book. It does scream Fabian Delph for a lot of people. It might do, but Fabian Delph was £8 million on big wages. This fella's free, and won't be on big wages. So, quite often last season when we were in games, we're passing us by and you're looking at the bench going, who can we bring on to change this game? There was nobody. Everyone seemed just similar. Whereas if he's on the bench, or even if he starts, he's a different type of player than what we've got. I think everton are trying to get that squad filled with players who might, dare I say, fit into a system for once, and trying to do it now in the hope that if they're able to sell one or two players, they can then go and spend on what they would deem as first choices come the end of the window. It's not the most exciting sign and it wasn't when I was seeing the Lincoln, obviously, with the interest. I wasn't massively bowled over by it. I can understand it for free transfer, for an experienced player. Left footed last season at the best crossing accuracy in the Premier League, I believe. I'm not sure how big that sample was. I'm not sure why Palace had decided to let him go. They had a lot of people out of contact this summer and obviously he's been let go, but for me, I suppose it's one of those signs where, as I said, it's not exciting, it doesn't bowl you over, but it might just be whatever needs to pad out the squad. Like you just said, there was lots of times last season when we needed someone to come in and do a job for us and we didn't, whether it be on the right or the left. We found ourselves later, back into the season, playing Sheamus Coleman as a right midfielder. Times when we had to call upon Bernard to play or Anthony Gordon, who's simply not ready yet. This is a guy who, I don't expect him to be a starting player but will be given every opportunity to be a starting player if he proves his worth. I know there is a thing of never buy squad players, buy better players than you've already got and knock people down, but if you simply haven't got the money or at this stage of the window, you're thinking we can fill the squad with a couple of players and then maybe look for better players as time goes on. Then there is that as well rather than going, but if we can afford to miss out on that player, and contacts are going to be relatively short, the burden might be as high as other players that we're trying to get rid of. I think that the key fact is, is if we can get rid of a couple of players, say like Bernard, he'll come in and do more than Bernard has done last season on massively less wages, then the club will look at it and go, we've done our job. OK, you might be a massive improvement, but that's not what we're looking for in terms of our squad. I spoke to, I didn't speak to him sorry, I've spoken to a couple of Palace fans, but I also seen HTLCO, who's got quite a big following on Twitter talking about it and saying he's had work and he's had so hard work and gets up and that really helps the full back out. Grey Crosser oedd y ball, he was saying I'll never have a bad way to say it against him because he's been grey for us. So that's someone who's a Crystal Palace fan goes, don't have to know that I've seen more of him. We obviously look back at too his time at Spades, which you know, Pottedine wanted him to do more and he wouldn't, so he let him go quickly. He kind of said well you're not prepared to do this, I'm going to send you out and he went off to Newcastle. So, again, earlier in his career, like I said, he just turned 30 last week, I think it was Friday, he was 30, excuse me. So, for Everton, look, you've just sat there with Bernard, I was made up when we got Bernard, and the first season I thought he did really well, but look at Dean. And then, for whatever reason, he lost his way and it wasn't able to create anything from then on. And last season, he was hardly ever, I know he had a problem with the kidney stones at the end of the season, but he just wasn't happy. And therefore his contribution was nothing, whereas if you're getting him, he's just come off the back of playing 36 Premier League games and knows the league, will know the structure, will stick to it. Like, you're right, if you don't look at it and go, oh my God, we've got Andrews Tansen, we're going to be superb, he's going to give us what we need. But sometimes those players are the ones who actually make you a better side there, I say, they'll certainly give you options. If he comes in and, it's up to him, isn't it? He's got to move to Everton at a time when he probably didn't expect it. And he knows the manager and the manager works to his structure. The biggest club he's ever played for, let's get it right. Let's get it absolutely right. Spears fans will dispute that. Well, they can dispute it all they want, but I look at the league titles. Statistically, yeah, will be. They've been a bigger team than us over the last 10 years, there's no question about that, where they've finished. But for us, it's just a squad player, and like I say, if you, the idea of every transfer window is to finish stronger than what you started, isn't it? And I think we've finished the season with not many options. Alex Owoby has tried to play out wide for us. And he's a link player, Owoby. He doesn't beat a man and throw cross after crossing. He kind of does. Owoby doesn't get to the edge of the box and ping it. He's always trying to get your in right on the corner where he's a little bit of a different player. I'm not. Again. It's the modern day Kevin Kilban. Let's get it right. No, what he is, isn't he? He's someone that you bring in for next to nothing. And he gives you an option when you need it. And if you need to have a more of a workman-like shape, you can do that. If you need, maybe if you need a flashy brilliant, maybe he's not the fella. But if you need someone who you want to just do a job for you, which is to put the ball in the box for people like Dom and Richard. And he might do it. Like I said, I'm not sitting here all massively excited about it. And I'm not trying to find the positives in it. Ultimately, we're bringing in a squad player that is an experienced squad player. But there is positives in the fact that he's cost us nothing and he's experienced. It's going to be a short-term deal as in two years. And he's going to be placed people on the bench who aren't contributing. I mean, ultimately like this. And if he scores a goal like he did against City for Palace then it will be all day. Listen, number one, his hair is incredible. Absolutely incredible. Well, if he can revitalise his career like he revitalised his hair, it's outstanding. That's incredible. And also, you forget that this is someone who went to the Euros. He was a pundit for ITV, but he went to the Euros. He played 13 times for England, scored three goals. He's played over 400 career games. So, he's loads of experience. And that's the way it is. Listen, if everything were, and there's been links to other wingers this summer, we've had the Abbey, Bailey, Chuck Wheezy, players like that. If everything could end up landing on one of them at the end of the window, then you look back and go, go for the business then. You've got them in it, but it's like we've said previously. What it seems like that's trying to do is plug those gaps now so that we don't get to the end of the window and go, we can't get him because we haven't sold anyone and we've got big holes now and who do we get and you're having to pay four and five millions for plays? What you're doing is you're buying your veg from Aldi, but then getting your meat from Max and Spencer's. But you're buying your veg from Aldi when it's on offer rather than waiting. Normal Aldi veg is fine. What it's saying is you're trying to get that veg now because it's almost like seasonal veg. So at the end of it, you're not having to pay over the alter at Max and Spencer's just to get seasonal veg. You can afford that little bit extra of the quality at Max and Spencer's food because you've saved on the veg. Other comparison food types are available. That's what I'm saying. By man, I've got a Max and Spencer's and an Aldi and I'll nip into Aldi for the bit but get something extra nice in the Max and Spencer's food and that's all I'm saying. Maybe that's what Evan is trying to do. That's what Evan is trying to do. That's what Evan is trying to do. I think extra nice would be a Leon Bailey type player at the end of the window. Ys your little bit of steak? Ys your cherry on the top? Ys your steak? Ys your bit of steak. Ys your bit of steak with your Aldi veg? I don't know if there's any better way to do it. There's no way better way to finish the video. Or to end it. There you go. Understands and let us know your thoughts in the comments. I know you will. On this one. Give us your thoughts in there. Don't forget to give this video a like. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. There's a link in the description to also on the screen. If you want to join us on Patreon, When we do dalydd live shows there as well our work, there's a link in the description and it is also on the screen. Just click it and join us in our amazing community. Thanks for watching. See you later.