 Welcome to Toffy TV, Everton have signed Connor Cody. Not words I thought I would say, I'll be honest at times since we've been doing this, but Everton have signed Wolves Defender Connor Cody on a loan with a view to buy teams. I'm a little bit surprised at no that Everton have got them, but that Wolves have allowed them to go out the door, especially on loan. It seems like Wolves have actually done something which doesn't happen in football and showed a bit of loyalty. They've allowed the player to go to another Premier League club with an obligation or just a view to a permanent movement. All the ball is obviously wanting to go to the World Cup with England as well, which is good, but I've never seen it coming. It's not like it's been going round for weeks. Last Friday the initially came out, but what's dead interesting is obviously he's been linked with us before, linked with us under Rafa Benitez, and he was linked with us when Frank Lampard first came, so that deadline basically was linked with us. At the start of the summer people mentioned it, but it kind of just disappeared for a bit. I just find it weird for Wolves that they played, and now in pre-season they've gone to a back four and he's been in and out, but managers tend to be very selfish, and rightly so they've got to worry about themselves, and they've gone with the new partnership with Killman and Collins, and yet he's out the squad all of a sudden, or out the side, and they've allowed them to join everything very quickly on loan. It's a strange one, because when you look at Wolves, he always seems to be the forefront of it all, isn't it? Wolves seems like he's a fan's favourite, he's a captain of the club, seems to have a good relationship last season with the manager, but you do wonder whether this is a bit of a Roberto Marlin moment when he was 11. He wants to get the manager wants his own stand of the club, and maybe with Cody there he feels like he can never get that, but I don't know, it's a really strange one. Like I said, I've never seen it coming, but it's obviously, for us, it's a really good sign-in, especially for what happened at the weekend as well with Jerry Mayne. I was going to say, from Everton's perspective, it's a good sign-in, he's a seasoned pro, good leader, he's been fantastic for Wolves. He's missed one Premier League game before Saturday in their four seasons since they got promoted into the Premier League, he would tell me even longer than that, he's only missed three, and one of them is from self-isolating. One was a suspension and obviously he was sub at the weekend. And I think for Everton, given obviously the injury to Ben Goffrey, the injury to Jerry Mayne, it's a big thing. Everton were getting them anyway before, those two injuries, so obviously that was intensified at the weekend when we lost two. Coming in with James Tarkowski, teams that Frank Lampard is trying to get A lads who are adorable, who play a lot of games, and B leaders. Is that a fair comment? He's someone who's been mentioned by a lot of Everton fans over the last year because we have lacked that leadership. I've watched him a few times when they've come to Goddison and even before the game, you watch the training drills, he's always on it. He's taken on it. If they're not sprinting for the drills, he's making sure they all are, he's getting everyone pumped up. I know that, I don't want to just label all of them because he's got a lot more than just that, he's a good passer of the ball. He reads the game, looks like he reads the game really well as well. I think it'll definitely be all gain and I think with having Tarkowski, Cody, and it'll obviously, I imagine it'll be Mason Allgate, it'll be the three at the moment. It's a good sign, especially for a loan for the year with not even an update. And then just see what happens. I think from my point of view, I was saying to you before about, from Everton's point of view, they can look at it next season and basically go, well, yeah, I mean it's probably not going to be at the club next season. So basically, he could take me in his spot and then you can hopefully, Jared Branford, it'll be developed another year of football. So I don't think, obviously you see a lot of, to stop gap, it's short term. It is a short term, but I didn't know that. It's not like we're stopping the development of the likes of a few others who are coming through as well, because eventually, when they're good enough to make that step up, they'll take his place. I think as well, maybe at times we have got to, we can say oh it's a stop gap or it's short term, but maybe we have to think a little bit short term as well. Not all together, obviously, because like you've just said, you've just mentioned two very good prospects. There's Jared Branford, who's gone off to PSV for a year. We've got Rich Welsh, who's still at the club and training with, he'll be training with him every day, I imagine. There was talk whether or not they'd consider alone for Welsh, but I think they decided to keep them around the first team. It's going to need to stay around the first team now anyway. And it's going to get the opportunity every day to train with James Tarkowski, Conor Cody now, and get those bits into his game, and he'll develop because of that. Is there any party yet? Because this will be leveled at him. That doesn't really want to take to him because he's a red, or are you simply... You've got to look past that at the end of the day. Don't ask yet. The football's on me, we don't know. We could have a team full of reds because he's been hoping about it. Do you know what I mean? I think we have to look past that. I know obviously we had a manager who was a red last season, which was abysmal. But I feel like he's one of those characters where once he's on the football pitch it's not really a thing. It's kind of like his head's on the game, he's all about winning, wants to win. And you know what, whatever he chooses to do, who he supports, that's his decision. I've seen a few mentioned last night at the old school, Peter Reid was a manager out there. And there's now a bit of blue. Loving the Paddy power adverts. Olsman, Leon Olsman. I remember Kevin Sheedy come from Liverpool reserves, didn't he? Stop players like that. So I think he wasn't exactly a Liverpool regular either. He was playing one European game I think, and they were through. And it's not like he was a Stephen Gerrard or a Jamie Canada or anything like that. I'm confident he'll come in and be a professional and show a lot of the young lads how it's done really in regards to how you live your life I suppose. And also training when you're on the pitch, that leadership as well. So it can only be good for, to be honest I think there's a winner out of this. And I know he hasn't been everyone's favourite lately, but Mason Allgate. I actually think Mason Allgate playing next to Tarkovsky and Connor Cody will do him a well, they're good. It could because you know what, there's been times not to be critical of like to Michael Keane, but he's not exactly a big leader is he? No. Quiet, quite quiet lad. And then you've had other like Ben Godfrey's young. The big winner for me are, they could be Mason Allgate. And I know again I haven't been his biggest fan over the last couple of years, but I think it'll be a massive help for him having them two next to him. Will that he'll scream at him? Yeah. He won't let him get away with stuff either, which is good. And I feel that's what we've needed. And so I'll be looking at that side of it, not just Connor Cody and Tarkovsky, obviously excellent leaders. It'll be interesting to see the development of Mason Allgate now with these two next to him I think. Do you think, and now obviously it seems like he's moved on from Wolves because they've gone to a four. Mm-hmm. Does that can sing you that then Evan are always going to have to play with a three at the back because I think a lot of Evertonians are hoping at times we will go to a four, three, three and because obviously Evan, you know, they're almost there with our nan and we're waiting for Leo to email a piece of paper, a piece of paper back that we still haven't done at the time of the game. And obviously there's big interest in Ghana to hoping that that gets sorted and that will change obviously the mid-field up. And then you think, well, three mid-fielders with Payson and a big powerful one in there and could change the way the team are. But that would be losing one of the centre backs. Does that, does that, or do you think, do you think it actually three shoots ever and giving you've got Patterson and Michael and Colt? I think it's different. Obviously he's been at Wolves and when they play a four at the back and the two mid-field or four, two, three, one, whatever they played. The two mid-fielders, they add when exactly athletic mid-fielders who get that position. They're not those type of mid-fielders you're going to protect you back for. You're Ruben Nevers and Juan Montiño. We were more advanced players, like to get on the ball. They're not really destroyers. No, no. If you look at, like, if we get Ghana, if we get an honour, they give you a bit more and you've got the quarry at times as well. We've seen the job Alex away. We've done it at the weekend as well where he's played in, like, a number six role as well. So I think it's different at Wolves. I don't think there was as much protection we've done when we were playing a four when he played in a four. So I think players are adaptable, aren't they? They can adapt to systems and I think he's played once for England and a four as well when he's played for England. That's ten caps for England, doesn't he? That's what I mean. I've got the protection around him. I don't think that becomes an issue. The durability is the big one for me. Let's have a look at his numbers from last season. We'll just quickly have a look at these. Thirty-eight games, like every Premier League game. Four goals, including the winner, the good one. That was his best season, last season for goals. Past anachyr has seen 90%. The passer of the ball. Clearances completes 3.7 per game and he's won 54%, wins 54% of his joules, some more than half of his joules per game. Good in both boxes, you know, as we saw at the game of Godderson, back in March or April whenever it was. I think he probably should score more. Probably, yeah. Probably should score more goals as well. But hopefully, having him in, is you for what, Everton, at right now, when you're looking at Everton, there's a quite obvious glare and lack of goals on that side. The thing you can do to correct that immediately is make sure you don't give any away. And then, your Nick games then, to what Moise, David Moise did early on in his, and he's done it at West Ham to be fair. Stopped on conceding and then worked on trying to get them at the other end. And hopefully, we still increase that by getting more attack on plays in this window. But right now, you're thinking of putting him, you're putting Tarkovsky in there, it'll help the goalkeeper. It'll help the rest of the team. So for me, you look at those numbers and say that before one, you hope he comes in, you hope that your ability can sing. You can never say it with Evan, because we defend the brokers, like after 10 minutes of the new season, which is just unbelievable, and then we lost the other one. His leg was falling off at the end, wasn't it? It's just me and a friend just doing it, dropping the shoulder, his ankle then, or whatever. You know, we know that. We're going to have to bless him in holy water or something to keep him thingy. Such would if things go normal, we should have him and Tarkovsky available for most games. And that would make, just right off the bat, that would make a huge difference to Franck Llanpard. And to Jordan Pickford to have centre backs if he knows they're there every week, and he knows what they're going to do. And Pickford's worked with him, obviously, with England as well, which will be very good for him, so you'll know the personality. I think that's the thing for me, and I think a lot of looking over the weekend and I'm so excited to see his leadership and something we've lacked, haven't we? I mean, he's had him over the last two, three years, me and you, Pedd, we've sat here and gone, we've got no leaders in the team, no leaders. We both have been dealt to be a leader. He never was a leader, was he? We've got James Tarkovsky at the weekend, he looks a leader, looks like, looked a leader when he was at Burnley as well. I think this lad's the same as well. I think you bring a bit a lot of personality to the squad. A lot of good to the squad in my opinion. I think it's a no brainer. It's a no brainer signer. It's one of them where you get handed it, and you think. You're done with it. Yeah. Let's go with it. It's the end of the day, let's be honest. We can't rely on that. We love you, I mean it. Brilliant defender, we've seen him before. On his day, he's probably one of the best defenders in the Premier League, going fifth. Ben Godfrey, probably not going to see him till January because of the World Cup and everything now as well. It's something we do need as well, because we can't really rely on just having, especially if we're going to play a three or even to a two sometimes. You still need your four centre-backs, don't you? Yeah, definitely. Well, you're happy with it. I'll be a good sign for the club. He's not a defender who puts a shit over his head when he makes a mistake and gives it a right one. He's someone who... I've noticed him a few times, and Wolves lose a goal. He's kind of like, come on lad, keep going to everyone. We don't have any. It's down. Walk me halfway, lad. What we need, I think, is just something up here. Right now, for us, it's a no-brainer. It's a great opportunity that's presented itself and hopefully he'll come in and make us steady. People won't... They'll be ever thrown in, you don't like it because he's a red, but it is what it is. It's a baros, isn't it? I'm sure every time he pulls the blue shade, only wants to win the game. And that's what it's about. Adam Llellana was a big blue when you lived with the Bulls. He'd been all right for them, didn't he? He was a big blue. And no-one cares. Exactly. Let's go. There you go. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. Is it a good sign and forever and what you're thinking? We need it. Do we need it? I think we do. I don't think there's any question about that. Give the video a thumbs up. Subscribe if you haven't. And if you want more videos, including daily live videos, become a premier member. Link is in the description and the QR code is on the screen. I'll see you later.