 Welcome to Toffey TV, it is the player ratings Everton Nill, Aston Villa Nill, bit of a board's row really at Goulderson Park couple of moments in both halves. Obviously two disallow goals, one that took far too long on VAR when it should have been either offside or a foul on Dan Dume, one or the other should have been seen quite easy. But a good point considering how we've played against teams who have occupied the top four or top six since Daish coming, I think we've only taken points of Arsenal in this first game if I remember rightly. So it was good to get a point as I said, it wasn't a particularly great game, it wasn't a particularly nice day, it was just one of those where sometimes you've just got to get through it. And you take a point, don't get beat, take a point, if you can't win it don't lose it and obviously that's two nil nils in a row, but three games without a worry. Without a goal which is a bit of a worry sorry, not three games without a worry because we're all worried. Three games without a goal which is a bit of a worry. The goals have dried up massively, the chances have dried up massively. I'm sure some ex-G-Boffin will tell me that they haven't, but to the eye they have, but against a team like Villa who are a good side, it's not a bad point whatsoever. And we've got now a couple of weeks or so before we play our next Premier League game. Let's get into it anyway. Jordan Pickford in goal made one huge save in the first half, low down to his left, made four saves in total in the game. A couple of them, one in the second half which he came and done like the superman flying punch which annoyed a lot of people around me. But I think he was just trying to get it out of the box and he did get it out of the box, but four saves and I think he made a big one in the second half as well. So good solid performance from him. Some of his kicking at times, a little bit too quick catching people out. That can happen. Listen sometimes you play a ball and it looks amazing and sometimes you don't, but he had to make a couple of big saves for us today. So Jordan Pickford seven and a half, Sheamus Coleman back playing Premier League games. Thought he looked a little bit, I thought the first half looked a little bit slow to react in a couple of moments, but I thought that the game went on, he improved loads and showed why he will be picked I imagine ahead of Patterson when he's available. Five clearances, two block shots, one interception, three tackles, one clearance off the line, one three of us six ground duels and one of us one out of one aerial duels. So just show you his heat map for this afternoon, quite a lot of it in and around our box, not too much in the final third. And obviously the way we were settled today was very much to defend. We weren't gambling even the two wire plays weren't really gambling, but there was a couple of moments I would have liked to see and Sheamus maybe have gone round the outside of Jack Harrison and help him a little bit, but he did that a little bit more in the second half. But yeah, decent game all round so Sheamus Coleman I would give a 7.3 on the other side Michalenko again steady as you like, very consistent and most consistent performing this season. Ground duels one three out of three, aerial duels one one out of two. Clearances five block shots one interceptions one tackles two. And obviously playing a lot of the game with their head bandage on as well from a nasty looking incident in the first half, but very very steady. Again today all about his defensive work did not get forward at all in this game, which is obviously the tactics rather than the player. And as you can see is he map is nonexistent in the opposition half and again is all around our box and tucking in a lot very much like Sheamus Coleman was tucking in into the box as well and trying to get me leave no space for someone like Ali, Ali Watkins to get in behind them. Which is, he certainly didn't from the wide areas, but Michalenko very very steady again. He's such a good defender and a quite patient defender as well. He doesn't he doesn't tend to jump in. He backs himself. He backs himself and a lot of the time it's for good reason because he does win the ball. So I would give him a 7.5. James Tarkowski, I thought he was a little bit ropey in the first half. I must admit I thought they were getting in too easily with the ball over the top and it was catching him out a few times in the first half. I thought he was a lot better in the second half as we snuffed that out. One four of his six grand duels were nine of his ten aerial duels and obviously that's his tenth and obviously the flash point of the game was down to his tackle and I just can't for the life of me understand why he was booked. I really can't, I can't understand why he was booked. He won the tackle fair in square. He basically walked away from the situation. Douglas Lewis jumped in and sort of start run up, walked over to him and then he shit himself and walked away and the ref never even went near him. He's the person who should have been booked for the whole thing. Why Tarkowski was booked I have no idea. I just don't get it at all. It was very strange why he got booked. Because he suggested to some of our players to come over or I really don't know. It's such a strange one but I thought he was a lot better in the second half and they really didn't get in over the top with that ball really as we dealt with it and maybe we started to play I think a little bit of a deeper line. And if you look at Tarkowski's heat map, as you can see there's a lot on the right hand side but you can see the red spot just below our penalty spot as well. So obviously we started playing a little bit deeper second half and snuffed them out but I just can't get that, I can't get that button for one minute. If anyone should have been booked it was Douglas Lewis and if any Everton players should have got booked it was O'nana because O'nana comes steaming in. It was absolutely bizarre and again it shows that referees just don't have a clue about instances that involve footballers and how they mind work and everything. They just haven't got a clue. I would love to hear an explanation of why he booked them. I really would. Very very strange but as I said there in the first half I think thought he could have done a little bit better but he did improve as the game went on and as I just said there his numbers very very strong and we adapted to the situation in the second half. So James Tarkowski I give 7.6. Jarrod Branthwaith as well very very good. Couple of little moments that I noticed where he tried to get in ahead of Olly Walkins a couple of times and mistimed them and allowed them to break but that was just literally two instances in the game. His passing is improving all the time. He doesn't always look for the easy passes. One in the first half where he played the ball down the left wing. It was almost like playing with his heel and it was almost like disguised but it was such a clever but simple ball at the same time that I imagine people wouldn't expect to send it back to play. But again just his numbers. 5 out of 6 ground duels 1 and 2 out of 2 aerial duels 1. Clearances 5. Block shots 2. Interceptions 4. Tackles 4 sorry interceptions 2. There's such a good partnership but as I said just those couple of moments where maybe he's just a little bit hasty to try and jump in and to try and get him in there but really really good performance by him and Tarkowski so Jarrod Branthwaith I would give a 7.6 and our defence for the most part were good today. As I said just early on in that with that long ball just simple simple ball over the top as well that causes out couple of times in the in the first half and as I said no surprise that we did play a lot deeper and again you look at the heat map day you can see how deep Jarrod Branthwaith was and I think a lot of that was in the second half as we dealt the tussle in midfield. McGinn is a lovely player that I would love to have a player like him in midfield a player maybe I don't know maybe James Garnac could maybe one day replicate in the way he just moves the ball keeps the ball moving so well always on the move always changing angles changing direction doesn't doesn't give the opposition a minute. I thought he played very well and I thought we struggled to deal with him at times but as I said midfield I'm a duo nannig again not a huge gain for him in terms of contributing. 17 of his 11 ground duels one of his two aerial duels touches of the ball 46 71% passach was he that's not great for a player in his position and couldn't did did little to affect the game today I thought did very little to affect the game as you can see there a lot of the lot of his work was just ahead of our back four not and as our back four was getting deeper he was getting deeper as well. Which obviously doesn't help but so not a great not a great game for thrown on a but I'd like to see a little bit more from him so I'm a duo nanna I would give a 6.8 on today's performance James Garnac a little bit similar maybe a little. I don't know whether he was a little bit more industrious 40 touches but again passach was he 54% that's that's not great that's not great especially when it's they're not in the final third and you're not trying to carve chances make chances sorry carve teams open. One seven of 11 ground duels though no aerial duels from so in terms of like winning the ball back and tackles and pressing a decent game. As you can see his heat maps sporadic but no real red on there either. But obviously up between him and owner he's the one owner is the sitter and he's the one who gets goes a little bit further forward and size to make things happen. And again it's all dictated by how you what you're playing against I thought they midfield is well they midfield is better than that midfield. It's a lot more balanced and as I said there was as we dropped James Garner and seeing the owner that as well so it did. That's when you want all idea fullbacks or your wide men to take to get into higher positions but again it was self preservation. Wasn't it was making sure we didn't get beat I think for the most part today so. James Garner I would give a 6.9. Abdelai Decore in front of him obviously very good to have him back. Great finish for the goal that got this allowed. It's a shame he wasn't the one who got one on one in the first half. Again. We look a lot more comfortable in the court he plays in that role because he knows how to play and that's the difference when he's not in the team and when he's not playing in that role. We just look we just look like it's just not the same. It's not a player who can make those runs in behind it's a player who's being pushed up and isn't really going to add anything to it. Decore I obviously faced going back in what nearly a month. There is still. That will have done him the way they go today and obviously he he will be a lot sharper for Wednesday night. But it wasn't again it wasn't the best best against but for him it's those moments and if he literally just walk looking at that offside again he's such a fraction offside like like half of his body gets caught on the run. Sometimes the full back stays in if the full back stays in he's through and it's a decent finish but 32 touches 50% pass accuracy. Ground Jules 1-5 out of 11 Ailes Jules 1-1 out of 1 again not and you do see this when he plays at home. It's quite typical of him that he doesn't have a massive effect on the game. He has an effect in the moments and again as I said earlier about making chances we didn't make a lot of chances. So therefore there wasn't those moments for him to come up big like he has done. There's a sheet map there and as you can see it's all over the pitch. Probably not in our box enough but you've got to create those chances and that's the big problem with this team is making those chances. And there's so much pressure actually on James Garner and O9 as the sentiment of field players to create those chances because D'Corey isn't a creator, he's a finisher and they're also on the wide players. So which I'll come on to in a second but Abdelai D'Corey I would give a 6.84 today. The wide areas Jack Harrison didn't create too many opportunities. Only a 34 touches, 63% pass accuracy. Didn't make too many opportunities. Five crosses only one was successful. No shots on target, no shots off target. Triple attempts one unsuccessful, one two out of a seven jewels. But again it's these areas in the wide players I stress it all the time. They've got to be having shots on goal and they've got to be creating chances. And that's an issue with our wide players and a lot of the time the art did you just fit into a system and I do think today was more about getting back, making it difficult for the opposition, make a link on the column and tucking in a little bit more and the wide men having to create to stop the overlaps. But there are opportunities and there are times where we've got to be a little bit braver and there's just not enough end product a lot of the time and that's somewhere we've got to massively improve. There's not enough pace either that was a notable thing with them today is in the wide areas there's so much more pace and the front so much more pace to cause trouble to close people down. If you haven't got it you haven't got it of course I appreciate that but I didn't think Harrison had a particularly good game. Don't get me wrong don't think he you know he worked hard but I don't think he had a particularly good game. This is a heat map there so again you're a winger and you're never in the box, you're never getting in the box. You know even if the cross comes from the other side why aren't we in the box more, why aren't our wide players in the box more and that's what disappoints me when from our wide players and shots as well. Got to get in here is where we can have shots because it is so telling that. It is in the final third where we've got an issue so Jack Harrison that would give us 6.3 for today. So Dan Dume 63 minutes played only 15 touches which is just yeah it's nowhere near enough isn't not enough effect on the game. We had a couple of moments in the first half opportunities cutting in from the left hand side but I just didn't do enough with it. It doesn't really work hard enough off the ball and doesn't really make opportunities. He had no shot on target, two shots off target, dribble attempt one unsuccessful but 15 touches that's just not enough is it at all. You can have a look at his heat map here and as you can see it's just not enough. There's a little blob of red in the box which is good that he's getting in the box but just not enough for me at all. He has to be in and around the box in and around where it matters and he's not making enough effect on the game. It was no surprise that he went off so Dan Dume I would give us 6.3 for today. Dan Dume y Carmelun. Carmelun certainly gives us haters enough opportunity to have a go at him. That's the bottom line is that he had a big chance to put his head in he missed it. What can you say? Again he played an hour just over an hour he only had 18 touches and obviously he is isolated as better was. But when you get those chances and you don't get many chances in the ever team but when you get those chances you've got to be clinical. I don't actually think he made it particularly hard for Martin as really on the opportunity for a goal sorry. I think what he started to do is do what he did at Villa Park and give him the eyes and put it in the other corner but it was far too close to him. It's bounced back hit him and gone wide and they had the chances but the problem is you only get one of those chances a game and you've got to take them. There will be loads of people having a go at him and I understand why. I personally don't think better was better than him. I don't think better was enough off the ball or to keep the ball alive. But the manager's got to make a decision now and he's got to make a decision. Just looking at his aerial duels he won 3 out of 6 aerial duels won 1 out of 5 grand duels. 18 touches isn't enough. It's just not enough in a game. We're not making enough chances for him but that's a huge opportunity and he's missed it. He's given his haters a lot of ammunition. I don't know what people want from. I understand why people get angry of course. I don't know what people want because I don't think there's anyone better at the football club. I don't think better was better than them. I really don't. When he comes on I don't think he has much of an effect on the game. Maybe if he started the game he'd have an effect but we'll only know if he starts games and the manager doesn't really want to start them. That's evident. So it's a difficult one. Just show you this heat map here. Again there's not a lot in the box. To be fair I just mentioned Dan Joomer. He could have changed the game. It was a great ball by Dan Joomer to put him in. He's missed it. He's fluffed his lines. How long can I centre forward to keep doing that without the manager saying you're coming out now? I'm not sure. I'm not sure but he has to do better. So Dom's a six for today. It was a bad miss and he could have changed the game. It really could have. He has to get that confidence back or he has to improve or we have to get him better chances. I don't know what it is because he ain't going to get many chances in the 17. He simply isn't. But while Beto's not doing much when he comes on. We'll have to wait and see what happens when, see what the manager thinks of it. Moving on to Dwight McNeill. Obviously a huge, huge surprise that he was on the bench. Playing 27 minutes plus the 7 minutes added on time. Only 11 touches. Again doesn't look particularly fit. Didn't really do too much while he was on the pitch. As I said, 11 touches. Four crosses, none accurate. One long ball. No ground duels, no aerial duels. If you look at his heat map, there's very, very little on it for someone who's on it. But he only had five touches less than Dan Dume in the time he was on. So he got into the game a lot quicker than Dan Dume did while he was playing. But no effect on it at all. So Dwight McNeill, I would give a 6.1. And Beto was on for obviously the same amount of time. Ground duels, 11 out of four, aerial duels, 11 out of three. Only nine touches. And again, that's what we're dealing with. That's what we're dealing with in the final third. The players just don't get enough of the ball. And I know today was particularly tough on because we were playing against. But yeah, it was a tough one today as well. And Beto didn't have too many opportunities, didn't have any shots. He was one which was the decent ball by Jakarta, somebody outside his foot. And it just goes if you've reacted a little bit quickly with the scene. But he didn't really sense where the ball was going and didn't get into that area quick enough. And he managed to get it away. But again, just not enough, just not enough effect on the game when he came in. As I said, I'm not putting Dan to him and I'm not putting Dan to Dom Le Carmelun. If you get chances and miss them, yeah, we can talk about that. But we do not get these players enough service. And we do not get them enough, create enough chances for them. And that is always going to be an issue for our centre forwards. They're going to spend a long time without the ball. And that's the kind of team we are. We play non-position football. We do not have a lot of the ball. And it means our players don't have a lot of touches of the ball. I'm just looking at the possession stats today, 31% possession. Just not going to have a lot of the ball. So you're not going to have many opportunities and that's a huge problem. But that's the way Shaun Dye sets us up. That's the way he thinks is going to get the results for us. And that's where we are right now. So there you go. Thank you for watching the player ratings. I apologise if you watched it live. I had an issue with me software and it crashed on me. So I've had to put the video together in two halves. There you go. Right. 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