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But yeah, Lester is a tough team, it's not going to be an easy game. I don't think they're as good as they appear to be. I don't think they'll be able to sustain my baby wrong, I was wrong when they won the title. I don't think they'll be able to sustain the form, but they are a good side. Obviously, Vaughan Vaughan, he was a top goal scorer in the Premier League this season, he helps and he's got some creative players. They're still not firing on all cylinders. I always prepare as he's starting scoring goals now, but he hasn't played particularly well. Avi Barnes is still trying to get up to speed with the Premier League and say it was a consistent performance. They've just got a good side, they've just got a really well working side, and having Madison, Tealmans and Fathys, but it works wonders for them. You've got more points this season than the admin Brendan Rodgers took over in February, which is too less. Yeah, I think since he took over, I think they've got one of the best two or three records in the league. It's continued over from last season, they're going to be tough for us. They've got pace, which is obviously as I kill his heel when we overpress, and they've got Madison who can create, Tealmans who can create, and then they've got Chilwell as well, who's got fullback and Pereira on the other side. They've got some good players, and obviously they can talk about whatever they should do or what need to do, but it's very difficult at the moment in terms of the uncertainty over the manager, the uncertainty over the play inside, because obviously it changes so often, because obviously the managers haven't got lots of trouble finding a solution to our problems. I don't know, it's going to be a difficult game, but I still, madly enough as it is, I've got somewhere in my head, so I think we've got a chance to get in a draw, I do it. I think we can frustrate teams, it's just how we turn up. I think if you're going to play a lester away, you should sit in, not let Fathys behind you, make them break you down, try and hit them on the counter, I know that's what they're good at, but you can't feel hardly go there and try and dominate the game, because once they break the press or once they go on the counter, it's hard for Fathys to finish it off. So we need to be smart, but I can't really optimistically say we're going to be, can I? No, it's a very tough game. Obviously we've won two of the last three at the King Power since last time on the league, so the one we lost was last time we didn't have a manager. David Underworth was there, we got beat soon, that day. I think when you, Everton has still got a good squad in my opinion, he's got talent to players, but as a team, the way they're playing, not good, the make-up of the team, the manager, I mean going back to the knowledge game of the weekend, the make-up of that side, Snidel and Sigurd and Towson, no pace at all in a game that we needed to have pace and to really stretch them. That was a massive mistake. He's got limited options in midfield in terms of having a defensive midfield player, obviously the Benny Benningamy went off injured as well this weekend, the leasing.com defeat by Fleetwood. He only lasted 43 minutes, I think, so there's not even any cover there now. But hopefully Fabian Delpho will be this weekend. That's the case at Ships and Idle. Yeah, I'd just go to Fabian Delpho and replace him straight away. If we need, you know, while we'd go central for me, Sigurd's going to be out, because we need different options down back in the front, maybe hopefully for that. You know, have a direct option and don't. It doesn't hurt to be able to play different ways. I think we're trying Towson as you're limiting yourself really, especially when you're in Guilfee together. I haven't looked at the stats yet because I couldn't bring myself to you, but I can only imagine how many times they passed each other last weekend. No, I think it was. Yeah, you go. So there's an obviously issue when Sigurd's plays in terms of creativity and people say to me, oh look at how many chances he's created. Look how many are from set pieces. And he's a great set piece, he's a great technique. Just not enough in open play. The build-up play that he gets involved in is very sparing. So bringing a woe being will help us. Hopefully Bernard will be back. I think he's the same with that Bernard. I think when he plays with other people on the left-hand side, it doesn't seem to have the same relationship. They don't open up the space enough. Bernard's clever enough to open up a space full. Look at Dean from set out to create damage. I think when you've got Richard and he wants to get in the box very quickly, rather than sort of put time in his run, so he drags the defender away from Dean. And that's just a natural part. If Bernard was fit, would you potentially put Richard on the right? Yes, I probably would, yeah. I'd try to. Because don't forget the way I look at it. One or less, there's big threats. Benchill, well. Yeah, it's just a down, yeah, yeah. Down that left-hand side and Richard doesn't work out. You want to give them something to think about. Prydeu is good on your side, but obviously Bernard would occupy him as well. You know, Bernard was brilliant in this game last season at Leicester. You know, with the song Bernard will take you to Parkham. So, you know, we had a great game that day. It was an assist, even though we didn't include it, because Michael touched it. Yeah, that's right, yeah. You know, and had a very good game that day. But I just think going into this, it's a game everything can get something out of, but things would have to go our way, because they are flying, they're playing for you. You know, is it a no-lose game for Marcus? So, to be honest, his position is, you know, pretty untenable, really, in a lot of ways. He's got a free-atari. Do you really want to have a free-atari with Gilffy Sigurdsons, Tling Towsons, your options? Well, he knows that they're not the future of the club. This is the problem with Marcus. Well, he said question. We might say that. It's logic though, if you look at it. I don't know why it's only to have Carver-Lewins out the team, as I said, it's people he scored through three goals in, you know, three goals in the league. And I think it was 500 non-minutes. It basically worked out as one every 180 minutes. It was one and two. It's what you want from a strike. Ever since he scored, really, he's been dropped to the bench for Tling Towsons, who scored against Moldova. It's not logic. He scored against Spears, didn't he? Yeah, but he's probably best. It's a sub if you're going to play two-fronts. He's not a man who can lead the line for the Premier League on his own. I look at him the same as I look at Sigurdsons. When they're coming on with 20 minutes left, when the game's calmed down, and everybody's energy levels are full-speed. They're paced and allowed. Is he holding it? It's equal so that a more even game, Sigurdsons, can get busier because he's not leaving things behind. Towson doesn't look as slow. But to start with them doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, the manager's position is very precarious, let's be honest. I don't... people know that I've tried to defend them, but even I'm past the point where it's like, I don't see him being here much longer. You can't be getting beat by all three promotion sides without scoring. That shows that lack is something that plays in responding, tactical errors, team selection errors. Well, we've lost seven out of 13 games, which is ridiculous. The chance, we could quite conceivably lose nine out of 15. We could quite conceivably lose to Leicester and Liverpool. Most people will go, that's exactly what's going on. If you're a neutral looking ahead in the next three games, you go no points in either of those games. No, I mean, some will have a start with no points in the next five, but certainly the next two. So a manager, no matter who you are, can't survive losing nine games in 15. You can't, it's just football. We've had two wins in nine, it'd be two wins in 11. It'd be fair enough if it was his first season, if it was your second season, there's no progress whatsoever. So for me, if that was him, I'd try to do something totally different at the weekend. Maybe play three at the back, or maybe, I don't know, if Bernard's fit and he comes in, that's all. Try something different, yeah. Go for a midfield of legs, maybe. Do you want to move? Even if a woby is not really successful in the game, you'll move, indeed, around that, from out in front of that back four. He's really key, because he screens properly and he does shut things down. If you can move him out the way and get Tom Davison as a midfield runner, then things will happen. But these are the things that Silver needs to do, and we seem to go at every game the same. Except Westam, which still is a weird outlier, where Mark will look like he really knew how to kill a Westam team against everyone else. So not simple against everyone else, but I don't know. It's going to be a tough game. They've got good players. We need to be smart, but whether we can be on on it. There's a malaise over this game, I'd say. I think everyone expects us to get beat even by the fans. We know the manager is probably on as well, maybe. So it's a high end to nothing. I feel like it's in. I feel like we're just in a bit of limbo. Really, I feel like it's a case. I've said this on something we've done earlier in the week. It just feels like let's just get to next Thursday. Because that's never good. That's two Premier League games. Six points down the drain. Which is poor. Six points. It's a hell of a lot of points. That's just how I feel. I don't know if other people feel like that, but that's just how I feel. It's like these next two games, and I'll just get them out the way and then see where we go from there. I always fancy us a row. No matter who we play. I'll fancy us against Chelsea, I really will. Even though they're a good side playing brilliantly. But I don't know. I quite fancy us. And again, that will be where we're underdogs. Which will help us. But these next two, it's so frustrating. So you may as well go out firing on all cylinders. Have a go with them and try something fresh and new. But it won't be for me, it's got to play in the middle. Just on less there. How far can they go? Because they don't really well a second at the moment. In the league. You know, you look at depth, why they get injuries without va, they tie an act show. It wasn't a bad play. It's development starts and so on to Leicester. So that's an issue if they lose him. You look behind Madison and others. They quite like Liverpool really in a lot of ways. They've got a really good 12 to 14 players. And then behind that, it says to the defence that Johnny Evans has gone out injured, hasn't he? So it'll be Syon Cwes had a really good season so far. But it's still inexperienced and it'll be Wes Morgan who is he 60? I don't know. But he's done well whenever he's played. But I think they'll probably look again in January to buy him one or two players. He signed Dennis Bright in the summer and he's added something to them. I think they'll do well at what 11 points clear fifth at the moment. Realistically, we shouldn't lose that top four spot we've seen teams do before. It's not at this moment you can't say they'll definitely a top four side. But they could be a top four side. Let's be honest after winning a title really didn't do anything. But they recruited well even though the managers weren't getting it right and they got the right margin. They took off. I suppose that's a lesson to learn in the fact that we haven't really signed a bad player really under Marcel Brands. People are certainly looking to say we didn't get a centre back. That's right and maybe not a striker or a right wing or whatever you want to look at. But I look at the best side of the squad we've got now and the answer is no. So even adding players I still think would be short in saying the margin isn't getting the best side of the players. So if we change the margin then maybe we can go on the second half of the season next season would be much better. I suppose less to like Tottenham where a couple of years ago or a model club for everything in the sense that you've got to look at what they've done. I'm not saying copy it but you've got to look at it and say that should be what we're trying to do. What's then a draw maybe at best? I think a draw. I think we could win. I've just got this sneaky feeling that we're going to get a result. I don't know why it's just maybe a doubt letter. Maybe I think less to become so good. I think you said off camera before they scored 17 in the last five games on that. Nine came in one game so they scored six in four. So it's still good to be wrong but that's not as impressive as it is. So we'll see what happens. Who knows? I've got a weird confidence maybe that's not going to take him to the constipation. Maybe it's there. We've got to play it by knowledge. I don't know what's going to happen. All I've to say is there's got to be a reaction for him that has to be a reaction from the players. Less that like you said one of the two toughest away games you could have at the moment. She must call me to the rally and cry. We always respond to them don't we? Yeah, that's good. We'll discuss that a little time. Oh well there you go. Sorry it's not a little bit more upbeat but you've got to share it as it is. Better times in common I'd say for Evertonians I think. It's always dark just before dawn. Subscribe if you haven't given the video a thumbs up during this on Patreon. Don't forget to check out that link for the athletic if you're interested in that as well. Big thanks to Andy for tuning in. We'll see you later.