 Welcome to ToffeeTV it is the player ratings Everton won Brenford Nill a massive victory for the Toffees on a wet and cold day that just I don't know brought a freshness to everybody. Yeah a really really really really hard fought victory that today. We were under the kosh severely in that second half after actually a really really good first half I thought we were bleeding in the first half and probably should have been 2-3 Nill ahead and probably should have been 2-0 up anyway because of the goal that was disallowed that everyone keeps telling me that it was a goal. So yeah in the end we've waked our bollocks off for 90 minutes plus to get those three points which we needed obviously and have moved us I think into the heady height of 15th position so if we can keep the momentum and keep this rate of picking up points then you'd like to think we'll be alright but obviously that is on condition of keeping up this rate of points. 10 points out of 21 points is brilliant to be honest you know to nearly get half the points when you've played Arsenal twice and live a pull away that's outstanding really. Disha's done brilliantly so far has to be said he's done brilliantly just in terms of the stability of the team and just getting players working harder and understanding the positions and having a bit of consistency in the team as well and we'll talk more about that as we do the ratings but I thought getting an early goal was huge for us today wasn't it? It gave us something to build on massively. Got the crowd going straight off the bat and give us something to turn Hang on onto which we did. Huge moments, huge moments getting that early goal especially when I fought early on the ground felt a little bit flat after seeing Bournemouth win and but then the side of me was back wasn't it? The side of me was back and I think that just kicked everybody into life woke a few people up I don't think people were expecting that. So yeah a really positive win against the team that are massively informed as well I don't think that should be overlooked the team that are massively informed. Brentford have come into this game absolutely fine so and you know again to stop sort of someone like Ivan Tony's in such great form scoring as well huge credit to the defenders so let's get into it anyway. Jordan Pickford made three saves done well with the conditions as well his kicking was good as well nothing nothing erratic I thought it was very very consistent in the game but there was one early on where he had to deal with the shot and it sort of bounced off his chest and fell and I think from then on he sort of made the decision he was going to start punching everything and he dealt with everything briefly and it was one towards the end and he took really clean he got catch as well so I thought he was I thought he was really good today as I said in the conditions it windy it was wet the ball was moving everywhere so fair play to him today I've given him seven and a half you have to build you have to build your game on you know some bedrock don't get an avan avan Jordan Pickford in good form really helps that Seamus Coleman again this man just continually just runs through brick walls forever football club just huge huge person all around what a captain does the leader just but but he's uses all his experience as well when he's defending uses all of it all of it and you know today four out of six ground jewels one you know two out of two aerial jewels one stuff like that stuff like that huge in a game when you're a defender it's stuff like that to get you to get you the points winning your battles and he you know he's I thought he was bleeding today he never let anyone get a real run on him never really let because obviously the wide-minute so important for Brentford but I thought I thought he was excellent and I've given him seven and a half on the other side Ben Godfrey for him it was six out of six ground jewels one out of nine and only the two out of six for the aerial jewels he was alright I thought he I think he at times I think he loses his man a little bit too easy and physically he's a real presence and he you know strong in the tackle but at times you do lose that other side of it where he just lose defensively just switches off and isn't quite isn't isn't he's not quite a fullback is he but today this and Mikhailenko was on the bench he came on at the end the manager might have just thought he was the perfect player to come in against again the wide men that Brentford use the pace and the strength because that was one thing I really did notice about Brentford today how strong some of their plays were some of our players just bounced off them excuse me and I think you need sometimes just need that old-fashioned you need that old-fashioned bit of grit and determination and and he showed plenty of that today but as I said I think at times he did lose he did lose his man a few times and I've given him six point seven five for today it'll be interesting to see what happens next week whether he stays in the team or not Michael Keane I thought second half Michael Keane was played really well first half I thought Tony bullied them a little bit and strength wise again Ivan Tony so strong he was one that came across in the first half where Ivan Tony just give them a little bit of a little bit of a nudge and he went down and Tony got a diving header but luckily he flashed it wide but I thought in the second half he really did step up and you know when we've been into when we went into a lot more the low block second half which I think suits him and suits probably suits Evan as a whole in some games shown by saintly saintly does like to give the opposition the ball in the second half I don't think it's but as a fan I don't I don't particularly like it myself it's be quite near-reaching but I thought he did really well in the second half I think he picked up a lot Ivan had a bit of a shaky start to the to the first half it's interesting isn't it with the manager whether he's now as he decided this is going to be the partnership going forward whether whether you know it's because him and Tarkowski and Keane have played a lot of games or saintly because Keane will play and you know you would will with a bring a yeti meaning and you couldn't rely on him whereas you can rely on Michael Keane to play at least and Tarkowski has played against them but what's that now that's the last three you've played together so be interesting to see whether that continues but Michael Keane yeah I thought he did really well second half as I said after a little bit of a after a little bit of a shaky first first half against Ivan Tony so I've give him 7.5 James Tarkowski again consistency a lot more consistency I think from James Tarkowski than the other the other defenders because obviously he's been in there all season he's are obviously he's our key defender back there and ground Jules 1.5 of the 8th Arial Jules 1.4 of the 5th and that's where he's huge isn't he winning those 4 out of 5 Arial Jules again Jules against someone like Ivan Tony that is huge and again in a game like this where you know you're going to be under the cost later on I thought he I thought he was immense and that partnership today were excellent and even in the first half showing a few little nice touches getting the ball out of his feet and and go forward with it and yeah I've given 7.5 Garner thought Garner was excellent today I thought building on what he did last week and a forest I thought he played well he's played I think consistently well and again it's that thing of just cutting out those stupid little moments in the game where he where he just loses his mind clearly but I thought he was brilliant today you know ground Jules 6 out of 8 1 Arial Jules 1 out of 1 you know 1 1 out of 1 but just it was just all over the pitch it was just all over the pitch just nicking just getting in there nicking the ball just winning it back two interceptions two tackles three clear clear answers just an all-round an all-round good game from from him all round game from him I thought was was excellent today and he just picks up all the pieces in midfield where and if he just does the basics and I think this is why I think this is why the manager changed the shape and brought and brought the Corey in there to take the pressure off two centre midfielders having all the defensive responsibility I think they almost go round in circles when you know the three of them and when it works I think I think it works really well I think it's really helped Garner out I think it's really helped them out massively in there so I've give Garner 7.75 the Corey he was all lighting patches today but again too much too much for me in the second half of losing the ball cheaply I thought we did that in the first ten minutes of second half I was so frustrated the amount of times we give the ball away cheaply little flicks little little touches that didn't need to be to be done instead of just getting the ball down you know and you're playing playing the ball just playing football so yeah he was he was a little bit frustrating today the Corey thought he lost the ball a few times a little bit too cheaply and yeah I've given I've given me 6.75 oh Narni yeah again not quite on it not you know when you look again not if you're looking at the if you're looking at the other the the other two touches 31 touches that's quite low for a field there 31 touches in a game in a 90 minute game you know that that's that's really low so I mean I don't really know what that suggests or what he needs to be doing more but there's one in the first half with the other great opportunity to pick up the ball and just run straight at the goal and he didn't see sort of rent around the houses a little bit and I absolutely hate that when players players do that and ground jewels one three out of eight aerial jewels one only two out of five I mean that's not great I think he's just got to pick it up on that if he's carrying an injury or something then maybe need to change it but the problem is we can't change it when we've got someone like Tom Davis who's not away near as physically strong and as big as him and maybe maybe James Garner coming back will help facilitate that but I went on in the last couple of weeks just doesn't mean quite on it and as I said maybe he's carrying an injury maybe that is maybe that is part of it but just just wasn't just wasn't quite on it today from from from my point of view so I've given my six and a half a woby again difficult one not a lot of creativity from a woby today worked hard worked hard you know one half of his ground jewels one hundred percent of his aerial jewels but it's the you know it's the other side of the game again isn't it you know he's had three key passes in the game which is which is big but one shot on target triple attempts to neither of them successful it's you want to again you want a little bit you want a little bit more out of them but I do believe he's working it is working hard for the team I'll give him that not going to criticise that that side of his game I do think he's working really really hard for the team and keeps it shaping and you just want to see a little bit more I always think that about Alex a woby I always think I just want to see a little bit more of him because he just you know he's always on the fringes of the game rather than being right in there and that's that really annoys me does it does annoy me about him and it's always annoyed me about him is it's just he's just just on the fringes of the game so I've given six point seven five um Dwight McNeill excellent game from Dwight McNeill and probably again probably is the goal probably settled them down massively it was a great hit and it's something we've said loads of times we want to see more of them do just just have get out your feet and have a dig it was nice and early in the game you know he got it into his he got it out of his feet just pushed it wide slightly and smashed it across the goal and flew in it was it was a great goal this this is a player who's obviously thriving under Sean Dice's confidence and understanding what Sean Dice wants him to do before Sean Dice came in obviously he was in and out of the team which must be hard when you're a new player to a new club which isn't which isn't quite clicking and you've just come from a club where you've been relegated it must be hard he does seem to be a confidence player and that's why again I mean you know what I've said many things about Dwight McNeill let's be honest but he does look like a confidence player and the manager's given him the confidence and his performances are giving him the confidence and as long as he's getting the ball out of his I still think there's loads he can improve on by the way like there's loads of opportunities I think he gets to cross and he doesn't and he takes an extra touch and by the time he's took the extra touch the space has been closed down I think he's got to get him out of his feet nice and early and get the ball in the box because he has got a good delivery on him but I think his decision making still needs improving and what he does and when he does it I think this I think and these are basic things so you can improve on them massively these are things that are just like don't take that extra touch and just put the ball in the box or get the ball at your feet and have a shot but he's definitely working really hard for the team and listen do I think he's an amazing player no I will I will continue there my feelings and I know when I see a good player I don't think he's an amazing player I think he's a I think he's I think he's a player who's got a certain skill set and I want to see that skill set coming out more and more and I think that's what we've seen in the last few weeks is that skill set getting used to them to nearly the maximum and I think I think that's that's important to think that wasn't happening before that's saying he wasn't happening before and I think we're starting to see that now because the manager understands what that skill set is it's not clearly he's not a flying winger he's got no pace for me to just get the ball out your feet and put it put it in in the box or get the ball out of your feet and have a shot and if you if he's playing out of his if he's playing out of his maximum and there's a there's a there's a there's a decent player in there as I said I don't think he's amazing I don't think he's an amazing player but I think when he's at least now he's starting to see him playing at his top level or closer to his top level maybe not stop I hope it's not his top level because I think he's got a bit more to go and so I've given I've given an eight for today's performance and it's a great it's a great goal and it's it's settled the game down massively so well done to him thought he was excellent in the first half I think most people will probably say he was robbed of a goal I thought there was a I thought first half there was some I thought he used his body really well in the first half I thought he got I thought he got himself between the opposition and the ball really well and that was either winning winning files or using the ball really well I think he just ran out to steam massively in the first in the second half and you know his dribble attempts he's got three out of three which is which is really good you know ground you excuse me he's won nine out of 16 ground you that's that's brilliant that that is that is really really good for play someone playing a front on his own that's that's that's they're good numbers and I think he asked obviously it's the it's in front of the goal again though isn't it he's had he's had a couple of shots on target not you know and obviously had the goal this allowed then gives you get to the goal that makes a massive difference to him and to us so that's again I've not really looked too much into the goal but but again he run out of steam and I think the disappointing thing is it'll look like he maybe had a waste performance that because he runs out of steam and he's not running and he's not doing the hard way this is where we suffer as a squad because again you've got all these players with your three strike strikers on the bench or you got two strikers on the bench sorry and none of them are alike none of them are alike and that's a that is a big problem isn't it and so you're looking and thinking who can go on the man I just gotta have trust it's gotta it's gotta trust the people who come on and last week I was critical show on base because I think he made the subs far too late because I thought we'd run out of steam today they were a little bit better because we were on the course in under the caution the second half I mean there's a there's a thing you can get on the stats thing that shows you which way the game's going and basically nearly the entire second half it was the game was going to work for Brentford and it shows how hard we worked and that's gonna fit for the Marey Gray who isn't used to playing in front on his own and certainly hasn't had evidence and hasn't played that much recently it's it's it's gonna tire you and it's about having those players and come on and that's I'm not I'm not having a go at you know I do believe that when players are knackered and the opposition have brought on three subs or four subs I think you have to react because otherwise you're just getting fresh plays against tired players and the fresh plays are always gonna always gonna win but the manager is damned if he does damned if he doesn't so it is one of those things you that this is something that he'll have to lane over the next few weeks picking up and obviously with Domino Cavalry hopefully coming back as well so we'll we'll see what happens he clearly doesn't fancy LSMs I think that's quite obvious now and he's got you know he's changed it around and he's put them and these are the things you find out you know we had Connor Cody in there to begin he gave him a go and now he's probably I want to I want something different and he's put he's put Michael Keenan you know he did it straight away with the Corey and now he's maybe putting he's given great that chance and maybe he thinks graze the solution till Domino Cavalry comes back we'll have to wait and see yeah there you go we made three subs didn't we that I'm just gonna talk about one because Mopai and Michael and Corey and he weren't really on the pitch that long Tom Davis was on I think for 15 minutes and if you include the added on time yeah he won out of ground jewels he won three out of five put that in your pipe and smokey there you go successful jibbles no no he listen he was oh Nana was done you have to make a change the manager brought Tom Davis on and he run around like a bit of a lunatic I've given I've given my six I've given my six I give great what did I give great great great great seven half in case I forgot to say I give great seven half so so there you go listen we battled ridiculously didn't we I think in that second half everyone will take half on that we've beaten a team that we're unbeaten in 12 games and we've got the three points and and that's more of that as I said and we've got what 10 points out of 21 that's massive that is massive that is huge you know what we're up to 25 points we need four more wins out of 11 games I'd say so home games are going to be huge for us they're the most important thing they're the most important thing Chelsea will be Chelsea will be difficult next week but it's not it's not about you know you don't expect to win every single game but four wins if we get four wins out of 11 games it doesn't sound that man now does it you know four wins and a draw it it doesn't it doesn't sound yeah I've got I've got after watching his defending the second half I've got a lot more confidence that we can that we can get there and I think this team's capable certainly we go one nil up you know he's played the cut he's played he's played his hand when it comes to Domino Carvel Lune you know he's decided he's gonna try and get him fit he's not fit he's only been on the grass for two days will he be fit next week maybe maybe he'll be on the bench and maybe I'll give him a run out then he'll get two weeks and then he comes back and then he could you imagine the difference in this team if Domino Carvel Lune could play ten games I I think that would be huge huge for us if he could if he could get ten games fit and that's the gam it's not a gamble really is it with Dom because ultimately we've been seeing him coming in the team out the team in the team the managers decided it has gambled on it and decided that it was you might as well take him out the team for what he's been missing what is it was it six games he's been missing though and the manager took him out the team and hopefully now he's gonna come back and hopefully they've got to the bottom of it I mean the test will be if he does come back and he does play ten games if he plays ten games then the gamble is wavy but but what was the alternative to the gamble put them in and then losing them and then being out three or four games we'll have to wait and see everything's a gamble but huge huge win today obviously disappointing at Brentford won Forest got beat Leicester got beat leads drew so we just have to keep picking up the points and if we can get we can get like four points every three games then that should get us over over the line but there you go there you go big big win big big win today against the team we were informed so that should give us confidence should give us confidence for games coming up against what we perceive to be tougher tougher sides so I think we're finding a consistency to the way we play I think we're finding a consistency in our form as still you know we're still we're still struggling aren't we in front of goal that's something that won't probably won't go away but it is what it is so huge three points delighted with that make sure you check out Baz's videos we'll be back on Monday for final word over on toffee TV premiere if you're not a member 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