 Welcome to Toffy TV, Everton have brought in and out Dan Duma, from Villa Real. The player we nearly had in January has finally signed. John, first of all, what are your feelings on that? Cos obviously this is a player that left us in the larch, a player that Farad Meshiri thought we had in the door. Any feelings, bad feelings towards that? No, bad feelings, no. I mean, I've seen, like most people have, I suppose, it's a social media, but now he's our player, then it's different, isn't it? But it wasn't right for him, was it? I mean, the place was a bit of a mess. He perhaps had finally decided to come, cos he'd been convinced by the manager and then they sacked the manager, so no, I don't think so. I think it was just business, not on personal. And when he goes on the field, he's still on loan, isn't he? So it's still about, you've got to prove yourself. He does quite well in European games, I think, in the past. So he's clearly got the quality there. Just needs to do it week in, week out. In a team that will, he'll get starts, won't he? You know, he'll be the first 11-type player and he can see whether he can do it for an audience like us who have great expectations. Yeah, let's see. Obviously he's coming in from Villa Real. Obviously he spent the second half of the season in the Premier League last season. Well, allegedly, he kept a bench warm. I mean, it was a bit of a strange move. He would have been guaranteed to start, to have it no matter who the manager was, I'd imagine. But obviously, like you just said there, chaos at the club, had the main, got all the stuff done, even done all the media stuff, and then he sacked the manager basically overnight and then he doesn't come back, he goes to space cos he's got a better offer. I said, I've got no issues with that, but obviously you'd imagine Kevin Fellwell's done all the work for this, he's probably done all the work beforehand. Probably still got the same file and just give the file to Sean Dyson. He said, well, there's a player who could solve a couple of our problems. He can play anywhere in a front three. In fact, I think he's played in effectively every forward position, including in the centre of the field. So again, a little bit like when we were talking about Ashley Young, this is a player who could come in, very flexible. And wherever they've had those problems of filling spaces in the squad, this is another player who could possibly play three, four positions, say anywhere in a front three, and solve problems for us week in and week out. But he also gives Dyche who, certainly last season, well, for us cos we don't really look at managers when they're managing someone else doing it. He was a bit resistant to make changes, wasn't he, in-game? And if you've got a player like this, he can make in-game changes as well, not just say, oh, we're short in centre mid, so do a job for me in there, lad. So with him and the utility style that Young's got, he's actually got one or two and a half players, if you like, hasn't he? Cos both of them can fill in spaces. Good, 100%. Just needs to get on the field, show a bit of pace, score goals, and we'll all love it. We'll all love him. Let's have a look at his numbers. He's 26, 27 in January. Obviously he's coming in from Villa Real. He's played a total of 229 games in his career. Some of them are youth games, I'm all stressed. He scored 75 goals. But some of the numbers just to look at, not quite one in three then. No, it's not bad though, is it? Yeah, some of the numbers to look at are 12 goals in 33 in La Liga. Obviously he was in the championship with Bournemouth. He scored 15 in 33. That led to his move to Spain. But he scored 7 in 14 in the Champions League. That's an impressive number and it's a player. That means group stage stuff. But he's clearly a player who's getting more to the higher level as he gets older. Hopefully Everton can benefit from that. I think the numbers there, if he could come in and get 8-9 goals next season, whether it be on the left, on the right or centre forward, they're the kind of numbers we're looking for. I'd say we probably have to add about 15 to possibly 20 goals to this team. And if you can do that, suddenly you are looking mid-table and comfortable mid-table rather than in the fight and the scrap. Obviously we don't want to be again. If we score 15 league goals more than we did in this last season without compromising the defensive side of it, we'll be well cemented in the centre. Unless of course they're all scored in 6-5 defeats. 15 goals will make a huge difference. That's 8-10 more points just because of those goals. Of course it is and I don't know whether it is a metric in the moneyball style. Billy Beanie had that metric, didn't he? Hits mean bases and bases mean... Let's invent a metric. I'm sure your computer programme has got one actually. I imagine it probably has. But we just simply have to score more goals and I think with a player like him I think... Now into space I said it didn't really work. I think he got one league goal and he got one FA Cup goal. Didn't work for him. He had too much competition. Never got a chance. But he will with us and it'll just be really interesting to see where he ends up as well. We've been dying out for someone to play up front when Dominic Arventine is not available. Someone to take that pressure off. Someone of a similar build. I think he can do that. But I think he's more effective from the wide areas. I think he's just short of 6-foot or just around 6-foot. So not a midget. But he's not quite done stature. But I think he's got one of those... He's a tall 6-foot. I think he uses his body quite well. But you're a short 6-foot dive. I just think he can play off the left, he can play off the right. That could mean maybe Dwight MacNeill swapping over to the right coming inside. Him playing off the left coming inside. But I just think that versatility would be so important. You just said Sean Beish doesn't like making subs. He likes to have his team go out there. If he doesn't feel like his bench is strong enough to come on, he'll just leave those players on. So that versatility could be such a massive important thing this season. I agree. First one through the door as well. That would give the fan base, hopefully a little bit of a lift. It's six months late, so to speak. Let's see. I think if we can... Do you think about it as well? I think if he comes in with him coming in, and if it means the Maori grey, let's say goes out, and we can get like 15 million in for someone like the Maori grey. You're replacing a player with someone that people will look at his numbers and see if he's better. And then you can, like you just said, you can bring someone in there and start looking at other days. And it's a short team, but that's the way you have it now. Yeah, I think you just nailed it as well. I think him and the other one that's coming in are the ones I think the club think they can do within their budget. And then in those positions, you're definitely into people have got to go for people to come in. If the Maori grey stays with us, then that's okay as well. We're not losing out there. Although personally I'd like the 15 million and invest it in youth so to speak. Just a breakdown of some of his positions. Left wing has played 92 times there and scored 32 times. So he has got a 1 in 3 from the left wing centre forward. He's played 34 times and scored 17 goals. That's 1 in 2. So it's a 1 in 2 for playing up front. Right wing 19 times, he's played this, scoring 3 goals. Left midfield 16 times, scoring 5 goals. Second striker has played 3 times, scored 1 at 1 in 3. And he's played 2nd sample. 2nd midfield a couple of times and he's played right midfield. So he's played all over. That's left wing centre forward. So as you say, the Dwight MacNeill thing might come into play about. But then you could play twice as a wing back, wouldn't you? I mean you could. I don't think it would be the first option. But I think that gives us options, doesn't it? Of course it does, yeah. It gives us options and it gives us goals. And he knows he's got, at the end of the season, he'll have 2 years left on his contract. I think he's valued at around £25 million at the moment. Which he will drop only because he'll have 1 less year on his contract. So for me these are the deals that everything has to do. Spot on, yeah. Tain the squad around, get some people out who have been in similar positions and let's get on with it. He's played in the Premier League, so it gets a little tick for that. But being in your place, as you say, in the top competitions, proving he can score goals. So he should score goals for us. And he scored goals in the championship as well, which I know people will say, well... It's not the same standard. But a lot of the time we do look at championship players and go, well, why aren't we taking the chance? This is the lad who played in the championship, scored goals. Got a chance, went away, scored goals in the place he went. And he's come back to the Premier League. So it's sort of got the perfect mix. I imagine he kicked all over the place in the championship as well. Understanding his football from playing the championship. So he's played at all these different levels, which I think got them on for us suitors perfectly. So as I said, all that other stuff I'm not bothered about. He made the decision. It wasn't great for us at the time. But we stayed up and we saved some money on not bringing them in. So it might be for the best. And now he's got an opportunity. Apparently, when it did happen, it didn't kick up a fuss. They just went with lots of football for you. Kept contact, didn't they? Kept contact. And they must have observed what was going on. Tottenham thinking we'll get him in the summer. Because he's just bench warmed, didn't he? You know, we're richy in front of him in the queue and just hearing his stats on left side. It was always going to be, wasn't it? Richy might have just told them how amazing we are. So there you go, warning. Hoping for more over the coming days. Obviously, as well as Ashley Young. The sooner we get them in, the better. I think it calms everyone down. And maybe those a little bit more long team. Times phase ones that might take a little bit more convincing. Cokes and the pressures off them. Totally. Cos you've got a couple in there. Everyone feels better. Everyone feels that little bit better. The plus one we need before probably sporting. And then with those three, you can say, well okay, we've got the basis now. As you rightly say, stuff drifts into the season itself. And you always get a pick up in pace in a Premier League transfer windows towards the end. The Domino's start falling over and the play you wanted took a bit longer. No one's too anxious about it. You get to the point where you think if this is it, then we could cope. That sporting game going into the game before the season. Friendly at home. Everyone wants to feel positive. Last season we just brought Dwight MacNeill in and he scored a couple of goals on that night when we played Kiev. And it just gave everyone that little lift. It might have been a bit of an artificial lift. But it did give everyone that little bit of a lift that, oh yeah, he's going to do all right. And he did second half of the season. So just having a couple, maybe two, three in, ahead of that game, giving them a couple of games. Ahead of that as well to get their fitness. It just gives everyone that lift. And you're not going into the season with that negativity. I mean, that comes later. But it gives everyone just that little bit of lift. So yeah, let us know your thoughts on Dan Duma. 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