 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is The Final Wedge, another victory to talk about. It's unbelievable, marvellous. We've got Sarah with her, fully lanyarded up. Hang on, we've got Sarah with her, with who? With the spoon. I'm off to city after this and I need to, otherwise I piss everyone off because I'm ringing the doorbell when I've got my things so. Doesn't mean you have to wear it on here. You can leave it on. Leave it on though. Leave it on. Yeah, that's fine. Essentially that's what it is, isn't it? Hello, I'm very important, I wear a lanyard. Come on in here with your lanyard on. A lanyarded up. I'm used to giving me a lanyard so I don't have to ring the doorbell out there. We don't even have a lanyard. Well then what are you doing? What are you doing with your life? I don't know. We started this to escape the lanyard life. The shackles. Metaphorical shackles. That and Flexitime. No, not for us. No, Flexitime was. Flexitime was got lanyards now. Yeah. We do. I can't even. No, just leave it on again. It's meant to be. Well, it's probably because you're pulling it in the wrong position. There we go. That's metaphorical for me breaking free from. I tried to come see that. Sorry. Yeah. Just last a poppy. Oh God. Many critics. You're going all mclean on us. Never mind. Anyway, let's have a clever editing here. Let's leave it there. Yeah. Another three points to talk about. Another nice, enjoyable, enjoyable, enjoyable. Have a good afternoon. I go to St Park. It was delicious. It was delicious. It was just... It was for 75 minutes of that game. Proper mustard. Yeah. I totally agree. I think out of all the games of what's just played this season, that was where it felt like everything properly came together. I mean, I know we'll go on to talk about them in more detail, but particularly that first goal, I think that just kind of epitomizes everything that Marco Silva has installed into this team. It was a Marco Silva kind of goal. To attack the quick movements, you know, the pass forward, the finish. It was just a joy to watch. And we could have ultimately won the game about 6-1. You know, that wouldn't have flattered us. No. You know, I think, you know, it highlights the issues that we've got defensively with Brighton's goal, because that's really all they did. Jordan Pickford saved towards the end as well. But, you know, we could have, we could have absolutely buried them. But, yeah. They really enjoyed my time. I've got a son on Saturday. That's the final word. I don't share this point at all. Shane, actually. Listen, you don't have a lanyard, mate. No, it's not. No, never. I thought that, obviously, the team, there was no changes. And I think some people have been not calling for changes, just, you know, suggesting that there could be changes. Obviously, there's no John Joe Kenny, so Sheamus was always going to start. But, obviously, Theo Wolcott, there's been questions of them, coming out of the game. But what I think is important at the moment, and I think what the manager's trying to nail down is, that's more or less a start in 11. You know, obviously, with the swapping, maybe, Jeri Mina for one of the defenders, which we don't know yet. But that's more or less generally what he wants. You can see that. And I think it's important in his mind, certainly, that he just wants to let it dead in. Because what we've seen in the last few weeks, bit by bit, is this team just getting better and getting to know each other. And, obviously, the introduction to Andre Gomez a couple of weeks ago, watching him improve every week. And just seeing the team get better and just seeing... And it's bossed at. We can almost see it unfold before our eyes. So, you know, against the likes of Huddersfield, we've seen what the problems were, you know, against West Ham. Again, we've just seen the little defensive frailties. And it is that case of just the team getting better every game they play. You know, we took a little step backwards last week, but that's, you know, one of the perceived big teams. And that's something we're going to have to deal with over the coming weeks. But it's just, it is nice to see a team get better by just being left to get on with things. And I think that's why he's not chopping and changing, why he's not taking walk-ups out of the team, why he wouldn't have took Sheamus out of the team. I don't think whether John Jo will be fit or not. Because I think for the manager, it's not about, oh, well, this team will beat this team. It's about saying, well, that is my best team. And if they don't know, if they're not fully in tune with what I want yet, let's get themselves at first and then all the other players will come after that. And I think that's really key. Because for the first, what? For the first month or so of the season, we didn't have all our players. We didn't have Andre Gomez in there. We didn't have the Charleston playing up front. We didn't have Sheamus Coleman playing right back anyway. So for him now, he's like, well, I'm gone. I didn't have my best team. Now I've got it. Why am I going to change it? I'm leaving it in there to settle down. Players will get better as they come to form. And I think that was nice for Sadie. Yeah, I don't think he'd have changed Sheamus, regardless of who was fit and who wasn't. Walcott. I mean, I'm a big Theo Walcott fan. I think he brings the threat, even if he doesn't have his best game. You know that he can just open a defense up because he's quick or he'll get on the end or something. But you're right to suppose, in terms of letting it build, some of it was by not by design, obviously. You know, the first six games of the season, we had about five different centre-back partnerships through injury and suspension and what have you. And Andre Gomez has come into the midfield. And, you know, we started with Smedling and then he's up the team and Tom Davis and Ghana. When they got a bit better, because they were more mobile. And then Tom's come out and Gomez has gone and he's more experienced and more elegant. And, you know, he's a fantastic footballer. And you're seeing the emergence of racialism through the middle. You've got Bernard on that left-hand side who's, you know, mightn't be in the game all the time, but he's so clever in possession and you can whack the ball at him and his touch is outstanding and Dean's getting better. Look at Dean didn't start till the fourth game of the season. So it is evolving. The only bit I would slightly disagree is I don't know whether he is a manager who just sticks to 11. I think he's sticking to it now. And ultimately you can't chop and change the team, but I think he's got no issue chopping and changing players which I think is good rather than just going that's me best 11 and I'm never going to vary from it, I think. But I can see him changing it, many needs to. Yeah, and, you know, it's good to know that we have got the likes of John Jo Kenny as well when he's fit who can come in and do equally as good as a job as what Coleman has had to know that's something, a statement that many will disagree with. But I think Coleman has been, had been the weak link in our side for the past few weeks. Definitely, you know, hugely improved performance on Saturday got the goal which I was delighted to see you could see how much it meant to him. He's obviously aware that he's been getting a little bit of stick. Our fans and he's obviously aware that he's not been up to his usual high standards. But look, he kept his place. Kenny was injured and he did improve. He still has to improve. Definitely because I think, yeah, there's work to be done there and he's got to keep up that form and keep proving that he's got to be starting every game. But it was made up for him, the same with Walcott. Again, probably should have had the goal and this is the thing with Walcott. He can still make things happen in a game but it seems to be with every game that's finished, we're going should have probably scored, could have had two goals in that. So that's the thing that's got to come. But yeah, bowled by Silver to keep the team the same. Absolutely, it did pay off. I think it's a trust thing as much as anything. He's asking players to go along with him on what he wants to do on his journey. And the thing at times, you've got a player who will look at a manager and say what, I'm giving you everything. It's just not working for one thing or another. Again, he sees them all week in training. So he'll know who's really impressing in training as well. And I suppose someone like Walcott, it's what the person who's down to replace them does as well. It's what they do as well. They set the world on fire when they come on. Are they setting the world on fire in training? For every player, there's always going to be a little bit of an opportunity to get into the team. Are they willing to take that opportunity? You know, when Andre Gomez come into the side, did he automatically just come into the side or was he every day in training? Was he head and shoulders above Tom Davies or Schneigel? Was he showing it in training? I want to be in this team. And I suppose they're the things we don't say. And if Theo Buston had got in training and Luchman is, I'm not saying Luchman's not, taking the opportunity, putting that idea in the manager's mind to take that chance, then you've just got to trust the manager. And I think at this point I think there's no reason not to trust the manager. Okay, listen, people can say I don't agree with this or I don't agree with that or I don't agree with the decision to rest so many players for the Southampton game in the League Cup. Well, that's fine. It's the same way you can say someone had a poor game but not call them a dickhead or you know or whatever. You can, we're all allowed our opinions. It's just and on the manager it's the same and if he picks a team and I'll go at this point, I'll go sad. I've got I can't, I can't honestly I've got, I didn't go to the mat on Saturday going ah, it's a disgrace. Walk off to start in the game. I was just, okay, let's see what he offers today then. Yeah. What is what's the manager seeing and training that we're not seeing and as I say, at this point you've just got to go along with that. I think you make a really good point there. I've heard about saying that when we see the team now we just kind of go, oh, yeah, maybe I wouldn't have done that but fair enough let's go, let's get behind the team whereas, you know, obviously last season it was, oh my god, have you seen this? Ah, you know, we're all kicking off and as you say, I think the Southampton game, that for me really is the only thing that's left me frustrated in a big way this season with Silva. Other than that, can't really fault him. The Palace game makes the substitutions that ultimately get us the three points disappointing last week against United. I think we could have done more, few unfortunate decisions but again this week he's stuck to his guns kept Walkart and Seamus in the team and it's paid off and a really, really thoroughly enjoyable performance and exciting good football to watch. Yeah, I can't, I I've got no issue with him and I haven't at any stage I think he's, I think he's perfect for us at the moment I don't, I can't because the only, the league cup with Job and Pickford, I think everybody else who come in would argue they deserve to play on that night and if you can, give your squad games then they shouldn't be in your squad but he's only at the start of that assessment isn't he so that team that he poured out with maybe the maybe care and doubt shouldn't have played but then that, he might be brilliant in training and he just doesn't perform that night he played well against the other one Pickford would have been the only one that had question really, that Stechlenberg play but then again he'd look and go well we've hardly got any time to give him games and this was an opportunity the team was good enough to beat Southampton that night, it should have beat them, we lost on penalties it is what it is, every league game and every question I got the team sat in it was like yeah, but you know, fair enough off we go, there's no like I wouldn't be playing him and I wouldn't be playing him because we've got a squad just name the plays you didn't get in the 18 and after them we're all starting then, we're beginning our team at some stage and they can't get, Morgan Snyden can't get near the 18 can't get near the 18 Ben Ingemi, Jack Yill Jack's got a slight knock but he hasn't been near the 18, John Joe hasn't been in the 18 of late, Kieran Dowell hasn't been in the 18 of late, and he had been so immediately James McCarthy even said himself, he's waiting to get back in the squad so, you know, that's the strength of it and we keep saying that it's Judge Dolby, not just from last Sunday to this Sunday or whatever, it's what they do we stay in training and those players they're staying in and obviously performing well in training these da man is a show, you back everything he does because there's no reason not to back everything he's doing you're seeing it unfold before your eyes I think the thing that's really struck me is just how kind of short the time has been and the vast improvement that there is, you know you just cast your mind back to really any of the games last season whether that be under Cooman or Unsworth for a respel or Aladise, and it was just I just had this torrid, miserable feeling in my stomach every time I went to watch Everton and people will say, yes, you sometimes still get that anyway but I'm excited, I've got that balls back to go to Goodison Park or wherever we're going and you're thinking, you know what, we're really going to go out here and try and win the game and I think we look really, really solid, excited side, we've got proper quality in there, we're a boss team actually and you know in that short time, last season to now, he's done incredible As a football fan I think it doesn't have to be a football fan but if you support the team you get players in and you're always excited about the players but sometimes I think this is what's happened to us is that we just, we don't we don't always question or you know, you bring a player and you just get excited you don't go is he good enough? and I think the reason why that is is because for so long you know, beggars can't be choosers we've just accepted what we've got so you know, in the Martinis area we brought players in like Cleverly and Aidan McGeady and we just tried to be positive as we could about them, we didn't go oh, that's a terrible thing, we just you just, as a football fan you just try and be positive without actually going really not good players there and I think we've done the same in the last year or so when we brought players in oh yeah, we're bringing them in, we're bringing them in without actually questioning the ability and then what you're seeing in this team straight away is everyone we've brought in is quality and therefore the quality of the team instantly goes up so where is your everyone brings loads of players in at the summer now, everyone in the Premier League brings in, you know, most of them Newcastle, they'll bring in five or six now and you're like they've got them from here and they've got them from there and sometimes you get that little, oh, he's a good player he looks a good player without actually thinking about are they actually that good a player but we've brought in proper quality and so where Chris Hughton talked about us with the game on Saturday and to say these are a good side second half they couldn't lay a glove on us they could not lay a glove on us and back just comes down to having really good players in every position looking at the team and looking at the cycle of the team now and how quickly it's gone from being last January not even a year ago bringing in Tolson and Wolcott and they were they were our best two players and now with someone Wolcott looking and going hmm, does he need to be replacing Cenk can't even get on the pitch Saturday and I felt bad for him but then I go I don't really care I generally don't care whereas other people might think and go hmm, I think he should have got on or maybe he should start you know, because maybe he might want to be here anymore you can't think like that because it's all about now every time now just the first time in a long time where I look at our players and go they've gone up a level so everyone else now has got to go up to that level and the club are in that position to go up to that level whereas in years gone by we were on levels and it's funny because we all spoke to Yacuba yesterday and we know that that team he was in was just sitting there it was just sitting there for so long and it couldn't get any better because we just didn't have the money to push those players so when you know there was never enough that was like the last good team and then the money all fell away and everyone that got brought in from there was just crap whereas that team just needed to go up another level and when Moise comes out and goes we were one good striker away and people laughed they shouldn't have laughed because he was absolutely right he was one he wanted to get someone better than Yacuba to challenge Yacuba and then that's what is exciting about this side now is that you sit there and go woke up, we'd have to buy someone really good to replace woke up so that's what they're looking at shame is coming, we'd have to buy someone really really good to replace shame is coming like the next level and the club will be looking at that and that's what's exciting now is that if this club truly want to get to that next level they're going to have to go and get them and I genuinely feel like that's what they're doing with having someone like myself you can't tell me looking at those players and seeing how happy they are they haven't been told we're going to try and get the best we can and I'm not saying we're going to compete with Man City we'll compete with Chelsea but he does the mate but what I find really interesting about it is that the players that we've bought and players that we were really able to compete with so therefore it's that idea of having someone in charge who knows football knows football players and is not just in it for them but he's shiny and everyone wants him so let's go and get him and that's the exciting thing about this team the whole thing since Missieri's coming and we've had a bit of money we've bought players and we've bought a lot of players before this summer and we've been hit and some haven't and I think that's fair to say we can't totally discount Steve Walsh's area whether we like more we don't or people think whatever we can't totally discount that because Ghana came in that's enough for me Ghana came in and he's been fantastic Williams done a job did he ever do a job? but then you look and then Snidlin was good for half a season but then he fell off but you look at Pickford Michael Keene now the silence in his critics really performer to a good level obviously we've got Walcott and Towson you know they've made our squad better but it didn't work out for Davie Klassen anyone who hasn't gone with Rooney well Rooney's goals got us where we were and having said we work for the year yes it's like he's gone on but he worked for the year so you look at those kind of plays and you go well that's important you've got a goalkeeper, you've got a centre back and you've got a centre for your player and a striker so in some respects you put a spine in the team now it's Towson's good as Le Cacu but man United had to pay 100 million to get Le Cacu and he's not scoring no but that's what they had to pay so it's like that and what brands in that have done is and I remember saying this about the other lot as well is that if they do your homework and man City have done this of late you do your homework properly on players when you get them in they settle so much quicker and at the right time to be fair to Moise, Moise used to do it because he used to know everything everything about a player and it's something that the last minute he just pulls pull the plug and go because I don't like that about them and you feel like with Marcel Brands he's got that knowledge and Silva speaks to them and goes this is what they're doing and every player who's come in looks happy they look like they're involved in everything and more importantly they look like they can play football I think what we've got at the moment is I don't want to labour on this point too much he's buying for the team proper lego whereas last season we were buying some lego and some of that cheap nasty jarg lego doesn't quite fit together properly whereas Marcel Brands is buying proper lego sets cost like £250 not that lego you know what I mean that's the kind of market we're in now we're getting the death star and we're putting it together but he was buying it's a very good point and at times it wears he bought Stichl bricks and they don't go together that was cumin great performance great three points we're all happy not more to say this players we haven't even mentioned they were boss and that's what we want every week no one let her stand at the weekend it was great he didn't see the good he didn't play well he didn't play well he didn't carry any threats he played okay you don't even see the penalty because he doesn't show it on everything no maybe you should get the highlights that they do show it on Matt to the day that's good surely he should be interested do your job you're paid to do the shit stop swearing make sure you subscribe by the way yours is the one definitely not my mom hates football I honestly thought you were going to say my mom hates me I don't think she hates you why do you still think it's a face your kids sit next to each other at the match it's not a face it's not a face they'll be rambling soon going on ramblers on sundays is that the alternative to going on the match I'm sure it's a face dogging for you see you later