 Welgwm yn y Toffey TV, joined by Steve Kelly, we're going to have a squad assessment chat, having been very busy, all of a sudden it was quiet for a few weeks and then it all came to a head and having managed to get the first three signings I would say and we brought in, Tiara Brantwy, we brought in Niels yn Cwm Cwpo, the three big signings shall we say, first three big signings of Carlo Ancelotti's reign. Like buses, you were waiting and then it all came at once and three big signings, I mean just before we looked at the squad, I mean the three signings are pleased with the man. Very pleased, especially with the sentiment field, it's something we need to address drastically. I know you've been the big push towards getting two sentiment fielders coming in and we've got it and it is what we need and it's competition for places now in the middle of the park. It's not just relying on Gomez, Davis and waiting for Gabamon to come back so I suppose it gives a bit of less pressure on forcing Gabamon back early, you could probably play a few scratch games and then come back in and yeah but James really pleased with creativity which we haven't got so I think at the moment it's a free good bit of business and see what else they maybe might bring in. Who's been a one that you've been the most pleased to see coming? Alan, yeah. I think he's just that bit of nastiness in the middle of the park which you haven't really got, it's a bit too nice on midfield at times, it's a bit too, like I just think he's one of midfielders, he's just gets around the pitch, gets stuck in, not really worried about people's reputations, I just think he's a really good, just exactly what we need. And Angelotti seems to have wanted him from day one really, so yeah. Yeah, I think with the midfield it was certainly post locked down, it was absolutely clear as day we couldn't continue with what we had done. It was hard watching our midfield getting overrun against teams like Aston Villa, Savanton, it was just hard to watch, it was like some of these teams were in relegation battles and were getting just out of one of midfields. It was, I think the first real hint of it was Chelsea wasn't it just before locked down on Chelsea the good side, but that day they spanked us, didn't they, in Gomez and Davis just couldn't get near them, it was scary, and it was then you looked and thought we need some surgery in this midfield. O Calamant, Angelotti, a month of thinking she was evident and I, he said, need energy in midfield, that's what we're looking for in the summer. Alan was obviously linked immediately and it seems like the longest transfer ever, but we managed to get it over that. Abdelai Decore was one when he was mentioned who I was delighted with, he was the one I really, really wanted. Just because I think he does two or three things, he gets it on a pitch, he's tough to play against, but he gets in the box and scores goals in that central area and it's not, we haven't had that for years, we haven't had someone who can get in the box and get goals from midfielden, I've said it probably a million times now, nine goals across all of our midfield and why players last season is embarrassing. And at times he's got half a dozen on his own for Wafford, so that really makes a big difference, but I think having those two, as an almost a brand new midfield, kicks Gomez up a level, he has to step up and it made a big difference and as you rightly pointed out, I'm his Rodriguez, his name is incredible, his talent is left foot fantastic and if he can be creative into this evidence side as well with the good midfield behind him, then who knows, you can create chances for the two lads up front and Moise Keane, hopefully taking up their goal. Definitely, and obviously with the Corey, we looked at trying to get him in last summer, didn't we as well, so obviously it's a player brand, obviously right, both the silver summers he wanted and so on. So obviously it's a player that you've identified and kept an eye on and obviously they've managed to get him at a cheaper feeding, it was last season, £45 million to talk about last summer wasn't it, so 20 odd million though. Excellent isn't it. Well let's have a look at the squad because this is how it looks, there's some notable players left. Off to the side, this is a kind of a wish, a wish look of a squad at the moment. Obviously the goalkeepers, we've got Jordan Pickford and Jonas Lear, I mean a lot of Evertonians chatting over the last few weeks has said you'll remain over Manchester United being mentioned and while I think that will be an excellent sign and I'm not sure ever would go from, but is that an area that you're concerned about the goalkeeping? Yeah, I think obviously with the England game, recently with I think Pickford, it looks like he's about to lose the number one spot by the looks of it to Nick Pope now as well. So you just wonder with Pickford will this be the kick he needs maybe to start taking football a bit more serious. He looks like it's a bit of a joke a lot of the time, but I don't know, I think he'll give him another season, I think he'll give him another season, could even give him till January. I can't actually know, I can't really see them bringing in a goalkeeper in January, but I guess he would like to see the goalkeeper change but I don't think it will happen this summer. I think he'll be a watch, he's watching your type of attitude. The Oros are of course next summer as well, so he has to perform really if he wants to. And I don't think we can really afford to keep him on the bench, he's a saleable asset and people might not like it, but in this current next season you could be talking and maybe getting £30-40 million, at the moment is he really, is he worth £30-40 million? I don't know. Interesting. The right back spot is something that I know is another thing that has been mentioned, but at the minute there's been talk of Aries, Athletic Almond Red and Kenny Tettys being talked about and Dalott at United, but at the minute we've got James Coleman and John Joe Kenny as the two battling for that right back spot. Are you happy with that or would you like to see another right back spot? I've been saying it for months, I'd love to see a new right back, I'm not really sold on John Joe, I've watched him when he was playing for us in Silver's second season, I wasn't really, I was never really convinced about him, I always thought he'd just lack that dynamism. You look at other right backs across the country and you look at in Europe and they seem like they've just got that power and peace and get the ball in and with Kenny it seems a bit, it's always a bit of a struggle for him. He's got no problem with Seamus, I think he'll always give you 100% Seamus, but we do need to try and I personally, he can get Kenny out the door or even structure a deal around maybe getting another right back in on loan. I've always liked Diego Dalott at United, he'd be a great sign if we could get him if he's good going forwards as well and I'm not really convinced on Kenny unfortunately. That's one area, obviously the transfer window is still open, that's one area that maybe everything could still look to do some business in. Left back obviously we've got Llucia Dane, Leighton Beings didn't stay on, I'm not sure who did the Smay of a lot of Evertonians and at the moment we've got a lot of why Joe spelt Nails and Cuncud, I don't know. But we've got Nails and Cuncud, who obviously has been involved in, the plan was to let him have a season in the 23s but Beings went out. Do you think Everton will just have him as the backup or do you think Marcel Brands and Calamantilotti will still be looking for a potential loan of a left back or? I think a lot of it will depend on... I was going to say, we've also got Fabian Delf, it wasn't on the graphic but his name is on the side as a possible logo. I think a lot will depend on Delf, whether he stays or goes, if he can get a fee for Delf or even a loan for Delf, I think they'd probably take it. But if he ends up staying, I reckon if the left back spot will be left until very late, if he try and maybe bring a loan in. But I think a lot of it will depend on Fabian Delf. Do you not be comfortable just going with Dien and Cuncud or would you want to do that? I would say a couple of weeks here and I wouldn't have any problem with it at the end of the day, they'll have to train him with the first team already. He looks physically dead, he does these six foot over six foot powerful show. I know when he came on against Blackpool I thought he did really well. I wouldn't have a problem with it but I could understand if he did maybe go and get another left back as cover. So maybe two full back areas. The centre backs obviously, we were heavily linked with Gabrielle, he's gone off to Arsenal. On the graphic here obviously we've got Jerry Meiner and Jared Branthwaith and we've got Michael Keane and Mason Holgate, we've got the four. One who isn't but he's on the squad for inches is Lewis Gibson. He's there because it seems the plan is for him to go out on loan again. So we've done well, a fleet was, a championship loan maybe for Lewis, although there is interest from Germany as well. Would you be happy if David were the four centre backs or are you still? No, I think with the Gabrielle deal, that was the number one target with Gabrielle and I wouldn't like us to go out there and just buy a centre back just for the sake of it. Again, I think if they are going to do anything a centre back it'll be really late, a really late loan. I think it'll be injury dependent and obviously whether they plan on maybe loaning Branthwaith or not to show what the situation is with Branthwaith as well. But if that was the four that we kept it. I'd be happy if that four, I wouldn't be too disappointed. I think with Michael Keane a lot of it depends on how they're going to defend the low block. I think he's really comfortable in it, but the only problem with Keane for me is when he gets dragged out. But then again all four centre backs probably be helped by actually having them in the field in front of them, which we didn't have any protection really. If we started the season with them four I wouldn't have a problem at all. Let's go off to the left hand side at the moment we've gone on the graphic obviously Bernard, Wobie and Anthony Gordon, three plays you've occupied that position. Bernard, I still feel like you've ever gotten off a forum, they possibly accept it. He is very good technically, it's the physical aspects of it really. He's really good face season. He's had the difficult second season, he's come out and said he's had mental health problems and everything else. So maybe hopefully he's feeling better and he can perform again, but I think he will be one he may be willing to sell. There's obviously Alexander and Wobie, I know there's a school of thought and I'm probably in it as well as that. He's probably better in the 10th position, but he does play a lot of games for Arsenal out there. Obviously Anthony Gordon, you can play anywhere across the front, but predominantly played off the left hand side. So as a three, you're happy with those three? I think you could probably do with maybe like you said, but I think if the right off are coming for Bernard he'd probably take it. I think probably anywhere between 8 to 12 million, I think he probably wouldn't be two. Obviously I like Bernard, but I think he looked really off the pace when he came back after lockdown. A Wobie, it's a big season for a Wobie, I think he's got a lot of proven to do to a lot of Everton fans. I'm like you, I've always preferred him in the centre rather than out on the wide. I'd be happy with a Wobie and Gordon and maybe if you get some money for Bernard, I'd probably take the money. With each bill as well, Bernard's a big A, and he was free. Over off the right hand side, this was something that Marcel Brands had highlighted at the ADN, that we only really had Theo Walcott who played out there. Obviously got Theo Walcott, James Rodriguez is out there because I know he can play centrally as well, but I think he's played a lot of games off the right. As a pair, you're happy with those two? Yeah, because you can always obviously with Richard Ellison as well. You can always go out wide if you need to as well, so that's really free. Obviously I didn't really go to plan, but against Blackpool Keane played on the right as well. I didn't look too comfortable there, but I think... Some flexibility. Yeah, I think you've got Walcott, James and Richard Ellison and obviously if they play a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-3, James can always go inside with Charles, not wide, so there's a lot of flexibility in that position and if you have to, I'm sure obviously now he wasn't great at right wing, but a way would be played over that side as well after lockdown. Feel like they're well covered in the wide areas? Yeah, I think the wide areas, they're probably... I'd feel comfortable with that if I was going into the season. And then obviously the centre of the park, which has much changed, done this graphic the other week, it didn't look like it does now. I'm going to show you, but obviously for the centre positions at the moment, we've got Tom Davis, we've got Alan, we've got D'Corey, André Gomez and Jean-Philippe Gobamann. Obviously we've got the two new additions, which really strengthen it. It now means that for me André Gomez has got a step-up level, but it does give that flexibility you've just spoken about there, whether we go and play three in midfield rather than two. You know, you could have a midfield if Alan D'Corey and Gomez, you'd have dense physicality of D'Corey and Gomez and then you've got the defensive side of it as well from Alan. The reason why Tom Davis is on there, and he's on there because I think if everything got off us for the other midfielders who we haven't included on there, just for the purpose of this graphic, because I don't know where else we would have put them, because we've got loads of centre midfield plays, I think we'd accept money for Guilfee Sigurdd, and I think we'd accept money for Fabian Delth, Mo Bezzert, obviously coming out of contract. Tom Davis, I don't think they would at this moment, because they don't know at this moment in time what John Philip Gabamans retains, going to look like, and I feel that I don't think we'd want to leave ourselves with just three at the moment while we play for Gabamans. Davis also, I think, is one that they've still got hopes for, but again he's going to have to go up his level and guest train him with the likes of Alan and the likes of D'Corey every day. Hopefully we'll make him find his level. I don't know much who's shown what's happened with Gabamans, fitness wise as well, he was massively off the pace when he came back after lockdown, but I think it might free him up a bit, playing with the likes of D'Corey and Alan, where he doesn't have to maybe do as much as I'm worrying about. I think you'd have to have the five for me, because if you had ridd a Tom and you only left with four, it takes one bad injury to one of them and you rely on one of the younger lads. Unless you've got a really good offer for Tom, I'd keep him in. If it's still not going to plan for him, maybe look at a loan in January maybe for him or even at the end of next season, I think with Tom he just needs to bulk up. It looks very leggy, but he always looks off the pace for me at the moment. I would keep him. I'm keeping him over Fabian, Delphine and Guilfee Sigarton. D'Corey will give us legs, which you've needed for a long time in the middle of the park. Watched a few goals at Wafford, where he carries the ball 40-50 yards. We haven't had a midfielder like that for a long time. I think for Gomez as well, if he frees him up, he's the best of Gomez since Garner Lyft, really. He might even give the opportunity to Gomez to play a bit favour for the driver than picking the ball up on the edge of our box where he's not really as effective. He's worried about being able to get back or he's worried about not having someone else who can get back because they're all much, much and sad. They're all very different, but they're different players now. It's a good mix. We've got Dominic Alvedlowen, Moise Keen, Andrew Chialysen, obviously Ellis Sims is on the fringes over there. We don't know what's going to happen with him. He's not really had a go at the minute, but he's been there all day about it on the fringes of it. As a three, if you were being really greedy, you'd like him not to strike Adelaide, Edward or something like Celtic to come in, and then you could move to Chialysen. I'd have Josh King, someone like that to give us that extra ball. We've got three young strikers there. Obviously, Caldedlowen and Chialysen have both had good seasons, 13 league goals each. Moise Keen ended with the two. They didn't have a great season, but hopefully this season now, and again with better midfield and hopefully the supply of some of the hammers that all three of them can get a few more goals this season. Yeah, I think it's a big season for Moise Keen. I think a lot of people have been still a bit like that over him. Obviously, I think you'll definitely get more opportunities next season. You'll have to to start proving what we've bought, but even watching against Blackpool, I noticed, I'm not saying this is the answer by the way, but I noticed Walcott even played favourite Axie inside as well. It's something you can even mix up if you have to as well. I'm saying about the flexibility of the Chialysen, Walcott, Keen. They can always mix up their belts as well, but I think especially for Dom as well, it's a big season for him, because everyone will be saying, is it a one season one there? I think if he can get over it, he can try to improve. A lot of people aren't now still. A lot of people out there are still like that over him. I'm not, I've eaten. I think he's proved me wrong last 12 months. And if he can add, every year he's got a better goal as well. If he can get next season, what do you get, 13? If he can get 16, 16 goals next season. And obviously for the Chialysen, he's probably the main man up there really. It'll be interesting to see, especially if they've come out and talking about potentially wanting a bigger move next year. If he wants these big moves, he's got to deliver. So it'll be a big season for the Chialysen as well. Looking on the fringes, Tylar on Yango, 17-year-old centre midfiel player, who is a real good prospect. And now that he's spent some time training with the third team as well. So he's won to look out for an obviously better quality midfiel players in there for him to look at as well. He can see what he's, you know, the levels he's got to get to. Lewis Gibson, he spoke about it, he'd probably go out on loan this season. And actually another young lad can play right back, can play centre back. He's someone who's been there over there about as well trainer. Subot, Sheffield, United, I think. And Bourmouth, they can get on, but he was there. And now that he's come on a black pool, he's been training with the first teams, 19 years of age, so they're a little bit older, but whether or not they look for a loan for him this season to get him regular games, or he is the fourth striker, cos obviously Uman Eass has gone out. There is a fifth striker, and this is on the possible outcomes. Like I said, for the purpose of the graphic, we couldn't have put all of these on, cos there wouldn't have been any pitch left. But we've got possible outcomes here of Fabian Delph, cos these are players who I think have it and would listen to him off his floor without a shadow of a doubt. Fabian Delph, I don't think. The thing with Delph, the one thing I would say with Delph is like, you touched on before, he can play left back as well as centre midfield. He's played 18 games, I think, for Evan last season, including sub-appearances. It wasn't a great season for him. He had, there was other issues with, with some issues with fans or whatever, but that's neither of you know there. I think Evan would listen to offers for him if they got any kind of bidding for him. Get him off the wage bill and move him on. I think he'd pretend to even take a loan, to be honest with you. Possibly if someone's going to pay his wages. I don't know whatever, but he's one who you would listen to as well. Guilfee Sigarton. Sigarton's got a problem for me in that he's not quick enough to play wide. We tried him in a deep-lying playmaking position at times this season, last season, because A, we didn't have anyone else. Gomez was out, we didn't have that person who was good on the ball. Sigarton's a very good footballer, he is, but he's got, hasn't got the legs, the mobility for the centre of the park. And I think he's got a problem now with the strength in that centre of the park. I don't know how he's going to get in this evidence side. And therefore 30 years of age, captain of Iceland at times, be captain of evidence a lot as well. I think if someone come in for him, he'd go, because I think he'd want to play games. I don't think he'd really want to sit on evidence bench. Listen, if the club can afford him to sit on a bench, and he's a sub, he's a good sub to have, 20 minutes to go when the pace has dropped, he's someone who can get the ball and hit it in 25 yards, but I think the club will be happy to see him move on. Yeah, I think, I'm with you, I think of the right offer coming, it's just going to be interesting to see if he's willing to, if he can see his future's not an evidence, would he be willing to take that wage, attention drop to get him move. That'll be the interest of, is he going to end up being one of those players that's happy to sit there and take the wage? I think he always tries, he's got the mobility. He hasn't got it no more unfortunately, but I think of the right offer coming on how there's been talk of America, and obviously I know you spoke before about that you think Italy would suit him probably down to the ground. It's a little slower pace. I think obviously if he got to move to America, it'd be a great move for him, I think it'd be good for everyone, but I think with that midfair, these... Could he play in a 10 with, say, Alan and Dakota, plus they have got legs? But I think, that's where you've got the flexibility of being out and away, but you can play there, and Gordon can play there, and James can play there. Is he better than them three? Probably not. Does he offer more? Probably not. So, at the end there, we're going to be making a massive loss on them, we can compare to what we paid. I think if the right offer coming, we should be looking at it definitely. Sheng Towson, obviously, I think he wouldn't have got injured, he'd probably gone to a palace for 20 million quid this summer, because that was lined up, and they seemed quite happy with him. He's working his way back to fitness, I think he'd be ready in three weeks, I think he'd read somewhere. They haven't signed a striker, he'd be at a palace. No, so... I don't think... I don't know whether anyone's going to buy him, because I think he'd want to see him first, but I think probably alone, maybe to add a back-to-take or maybe a palace if they come in. Would you keep him around or would he be one you'd move out? I've never really been sold on Towson, to be honest with you. I know a lot of people keep saying he could do it in a 4-4-2, he's this. I've just... Not mobile enough, not quick enough. He's just not for me, I just don't think he offers enough. Ma ham o'r bezys, ti'n obysig 10 mwnts lefth on his deal, expect him to... Yeah, it's time for him to... Yeah, he's not been part of the pawns now for three years, nearly as he hasn't, so it's time for him to move on. Good professional works hard, but it's just time to move on. Yanach Balasi, obysig, you know, worked hard to get himself, he's been involved in the train, he's been involved in a couple of the games, another one with 10 mwnts lefth on a contract. I think Evan would probably use him if he stayed around, but I think they'd be happy if he was... If he got an offer that suited him and suited the club, I think they'd be happy to get that wages off the wage bill. Yeah, again, it seems like works hard, good professional, but I think it's like bezys. She's had two loan spells elsewhere and now it's time for him to... to probably find a club where he needs to be settled. I'm moving on to loan spells elsewhere. Sandro Ramirez, eight games for everything. I think one goal against Atalanta in the year over league. According to reports, half a dozen clubs looking at him, few in Spain, Benfica look at him as well. Again another one with 10 mwnts lefth on a deal. No way for him to go with this. It's done. It is. I'm looking at some of these players now and just thinking that they've been out alone too long or they've been at the club too long now. It's time for them to... It's time for them to find a new home for them now because it's not ever no more harsh, but it's true. We've got to become a bit more ruthless with some of these now. I think you'd like to know. Obviously we've got John Joe Kenny on there who we spoke about before. I think they've ever got an offer. I think they may consider it. So just overall generally, you're happy with that squad, but you'd want to write back. Obviously, yeah. It wouldn't even be dead seconds if you said a bit greedy but maybe another striker. I think you're being greedy. It's just, yeah. I don't know. If you're getting one striker, Josh King would be good for that because he can play off left-right. You're right, but the problem you've got is with no euro. You're making your squad. You're just filling the squad up with players that aren't going to play. I think forgetting wages down and stuff. I think you're trying to trim it. I think ideally, I think anti-lots, you'd want a squad of about 20-21 then people like on Yangone and stuff because I don't think they've got a big squad and I think you're trying to trim it down. I think write back is probably the best one. It looks a lot better than it did a fortnight ago, but maybe the write back, maybe another write back and maybe they'll have a decision to make on the left back spot on the left. Who knows? Who knows? Let us know what you think in the comment section below. Are you happy with that squad? What else does that Everton squad need? Obviously they strengthened last week, but what else does it need before you're going to be happy going into this season? We've obviously had a tiathabad each player and the strengths and weaknesses of that squad. Let us know. Make sure you subscribe, give the video a thumbs up, and if you want more videos, join us on Patreon. See you later.