 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is my three things from Everton One, Fulham One in the Carabao Cup, Fulham One on penalties and are in to the last four of the Carabao Cup. Disappointing exit for Everton, if truth be told didn't turn up really tonight I think we just ran out of steam, simple as that. That is the worry with this squad, it's got injuries in it now and it was never the biggest squad anyway or the strongest squad. And it just looked like a team that had given everything in the last few games and just couldn't get themselves fully up for it, fully in the zone tonight. But that's football isn't it? All that being said we still had enough chances to win the game and we had an opportunity from the penalty spot with Armadur O'Nana to put us into the semi-final and he missed it. And this maybe, well it would be a very different video because it would be a jubilant video wouldn't it? But I would still be saying the same thing, we didn't play very well tonight, we looked short, we looked tired. And I think I don't agree with Armadur's formation tonight with the players where he played them out, I think he should have played three at the back but hey how. Let's talk about the Carabao Cup, point one, the League Cup, the Milk Cup, the Rumbolos Cup, the Little Woods Cup, the Wellington Cup, all of those names and it's all brought evident zero luck. We have been shite in every one of them. Whenever we look like we might do something it falls away, it's snatched away from us. You know we got to the quarter-finals in Covid of this, we got united, we were beating the gooders and we got to the quarter-finals in 2019 of this, a home to Leicester. We got it a two goal deficit back to two-two with a great goal from Leighton Bains late on and lost on penalties. We've gone out to like the Southampton penalties on this in recent times. We went out in the semi-final against Manchester City when we were three one up in it and done that. We've been beating in the semi-final of it by Chelsea. It's just been a terrible competition, let's be honest. We've lost in two finals, we've had moments where we looked like we could go far in it and do well and we haven't turned up. When we've had an opportunity even tonight to get through, you can't ask for more. You've scored all your penalties, your goalkeepers just made the save and all your fifth penalty takers got to do is score. Hit it nice and solid, like Tarkovsky did, right down the middle and send you into the semi. Lo and behold, he chooses a different route. He tries to be a little bit too clever, maybe a little bit too arrogant. The goalkeeper guesses and then it looks like an awful penalty. If he goes the other way, people might talk about him being cool. I wish he'd just smashed it. If the keeper saves it, he saves it. Nothing you can do about it. But when you miss and you choose to play it like that, you look like a bit of a silly boy and that's what I wanna look like tonight. But this competition hasn't been kind to Evan. It's never been kind to Evan. I don't think Evan will ever win this trophy. I don't. I think we could have the best team in the world and something that would go against us. It just feels like it's always waited the other way. But that's the way it is with it, isn't it? It's just one of them cups and we just have to get on with it now. We're out of it. It means in January we are able to try to manage the squad a little bit better. But another disappointingly cut the feet for the Blues. And I've just mentioned January there. That's gonna lead me on to my second one. Please excuse me, I am full of cold. My eyes look like bloodshot and all that stuff. Shake it off before Christmas. Into January, Evan simply have to strengthen the squad in January. I don't know how that look and I'm sure there won't be any money to spend in terms of buying players unless Evan sells someone in January. So I think you'd be gonna be looking at a couple of loans and Evan need it. The manager needs to be given some better tools to work with. There's no midfield options. You know, we've got the Cora, it looks like now for a month. Even with him, there was one option when we needed another one. And Zygomas, quite clearly isn't an option. He played at 21, 90 minutes for the 21s on Friday. He played an hour the game he fought and he wasn't on the bench tonight. This was the perfect game to put him on, or to add him on the squad rather, to give yourself options. Quite clearly he's not up to the manager's level. Deli, who knows, doesn't seem like he's about to march back into it either right now. So, therefore, we don't really have any other option. And I think that's what Kevin Felwell and Sean Dytigon are going to have to come up with. What are the options? Where are players who we can get in January who are going to give us a real help in hand and are going to be able to give us those legs and get us through? Because we need it, we haven't got enough in the squad. There's not enough legs to be able to piece it together. When we've got all of our players available and the subs today, we've done alright. We've proved that. We've got 26 points so far this season. We're mid-table without the points deduction. So, quite clearly we are well organised. We've got goals in us. But when the games come thick and fast, and this was always the worry for December, where are the people to help us out? And we just don't have them. And that's where the January window is going to be massive for us. There must be a couple of players we can get in in January who will just give Sean Dytigon that extra little bit of comfort. When he looks at the bench and he thinks we need to mix something up. When I'd like one of them to be a ball player in the field player, someone who will get on the ball, just be a little different to what we've got. We just haven't got that in our squad. We haven't got someone who's... And I don't know how, where you can get those players, and you're ready to be honest, but without buying them. But there must be some big clubs you've got, players sat on benches who you can bring in. You know, I wonder if the city you've got, and all the players sitting around who we can get in and help give the squad a touch. You know, a wide player and maybe a centre mid, something like that. I think it would make us give us what we need to go through till the end of the season. But we definitely need a centre in January. And then the third point is better, come off the bench tonight. Thought he made a difference, scored a key goal for us. Put the effort in, made a great tackle in our box. Newton's value is there because he's all arms and legs. And he gives us something different, certainly to what Don does. He's not as tight with holding the ball up the way Don is, and he's not as good in the air. Not to say he can't win at us because he's a big lad, he will win at us, but not the way Don does. But he does like to get in behind me nearly. Got him in a couple of times round the corner, and that should be a ball that we look for more and more. And I think it's key that he's scored against Newcastle a couple of weeks ago. And he's come up with another big goal tonight, albeit it hasn't really meant anything in the long run, because we didn't win the game, but he got us to penalties, he took the first penalty, it was a good penalty as well. And he come on and contributed tonight, and I think that's key. I think we've seen him of late. We've played the forest, we've seen him, like I've just mentioned coming on against Newcastle and getting that third goal for us, he's come on against Chelsea. He's the one who we're looking to to give us something different when he comes off the bench. But I think we've got to use him a little bit better as well, get him in round the corner with those passes. Try and thread him through, he wants to be played in on goal. I think that is a little bit different to Dominic, and if we can keep him developing the way he is, give him more opportunity to thrive. I think we get, we end up with two very useful strikers. And then obviously you've got young youth of Chimity who's stripped and ready to come on actually before better equalised. It would have been interesting to see who the manager would have replaced with Chimity. But I'm delighted for better, I'm delighted he scored tonight. I don't think anybody wants it more than better, I don't think anyone works as hard. And I don't think it means as much to anyone, but in the same way as it does to better ones. Probably because he's come in to the game late. He's obviously liked Everton, we know that, we know that story that he followed Everton. And that's brilliant, and it's brilliant that he's coming on and affecting it for us. And that's what we need, we need him to do that, we need him to develop. And if he can get us back to goal play a little bit tighter so it copes with this league better, then I think he will improve and he'll continue to improve. And near that, therefore, strengthens us. Can we get a more service? We have to. We've got to get him better service as well. And then he will score, he will score goals. So I'm going to finish on that high, I thought he did well tonight. I gave him a man o rematch because he did affect the game. He just shaded it from Paterson who thought he did well as well. But there you go. There are my three things, let me know what you think in the comments section. If you love good, give the video a thumbs up and subscribe if you haven't. Have a good night. See you later.