 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the match preview. Burnley are the visitors to Gullison Park on Saturday. And these are the kind of games that we have not been great in, but we have to start winning to get that European place because we've got a few of these at home. And we really have to be getting the three points in a game like this. Yeah, definitely. Obviously, we need to bounce back after the defeat at Chelsea the other night. And this is one of those games where when you're looking at the fixie list and you say, we've got a good running. This is the one, one of these games you're talking about. We know it's awkward. We know how difficult Burnley can be to play against and it's not going to be easy. Although I don't think I don't think any other Tony would say any games easy. This is a game that we have to win quite simply. It's, you know, the last game at home, Southampton was a tricky one. We haven't won and we got through that one and we need to do the same with this. And, you know, we've lost four of the last six own games. So it's about, it's about maintaining, you know, the positive result that we had last time. We could have just been building on that. And if we do that and get a bit of form at home, then we will finish. Well, I suppose this is the last two, the last two games before the Chelsea game were both difficult, difficult games that we had to grind out, you know, Southampton and West Brom. And this will be similar. We know what Burnley are all about. We know, we know how they like to play the low block. We know they make it difficult. You know, they try to rough Europe, set pieces, all those kind of things. Oh, dissimilar to what we do to be perfectly honest with you. It's not that different. So we wait for those moments of, you know, good moments of skill from a couple of our players, maybe change the game and it'll be similar on Saturday because they'll make it very, very difficult. You know, they're a team that obviously recently have been drawn a lot of games. But we've seen, they went to, they went to Ramfield, got the goal, kept all of it. You know, they've got a good record of doing that. They went to Palace and got a really good win away. And again, it's going to be one of those games where you look at it and go, I haven't got to get the first goal in this because if we don't and they do, then we know what it's like. We know we've seen in other home games how difficult it becomes. Specially on and being the odd, they're not shipping loads of loads of goals. You know, Man City regularly give them an iron and they did this year. But apart from that, they're not really conceding loads. And that's where that's where we've got to make sure we were on it from the start as well. Because far too many times we we start slowing these kind of games. Yeah, but I mean, we know that the very good defensively aren't it? They're always the same structure. They play the same way. They've done it for years. Dice has them drill brilliantly. But like, it reminds me of David Moyes. Tion dice that kind of star from a defensive. And he's done this, isn't he? He's done brilliantly with Burnley. He's had no money. They've had no money for a few years. Really, you know, we had a conversation in there yesterday about overachieving things. They can't, if you want to ever use the word overachieving, they kind of do, Burnley, that they're always competitive in this league without having no money. And I think that's testament to him being able to be well-organised, to drill them, to get them fired up. They've played without fans, like everybody, but they've played without no fans. And that's a big thing to Burnley, just going to save more. The crowd are very, you know, up along with the football. And the fact that I'm sharing the comforts with them now, they've been dragged in to having to look up. Well, the thing is, though, they had a horrendous start of the season. Yeah, yeah, and it took them time to get back on the feet. They're on 30 points to four points at a full-on at the moment. I still think they've got more than enough, because I think they're well-organised. They will get two or three more victories this season, and that'll be damn short. And he'll have done well again, again another season with no money. He'll have done well, he's kept them in that league. So we know what kind of game it'll be. I'm evident that I've just got to be prepared to battle and scrap exactly the same. You're right, with Southampton and West Brom was two vintage performances, but it was two performances where we did after battle and scrapped for both of them, and we did, and we came out with two clean sheets. A clean sheet on Saturday is absolutely imperative against these, and they're not a team that scores loads of goals. It was minus 16 in the Premier League at the moment. So, you know, they don't score loads of goals, but they are good at keeping the ball out, and Nick Pope is, you know, he's had a good sheet, and now, of late, he's led a couple of poor goals, and, but in general, he's a good goalkeeper. Ben mewn Tarkovs, he's a really good, proper defenders, you know. And, you know, they line up with a 4-4-2, and this was the line-up from last time out against Arsenal. With that 4-4-2, obviously Taylor and Louton had a two full backs, and then you've got the left foot of Dwight McNeill, who's got a nice left foot on him, Brownville, Westfield in the middle, Goodison on the right, and then Wood and Vidre through the middle for them, and they're always, you know, he's never kind of moved from a 4-4-2 dice, and so, with that system, he knows exactly what he's getting, and then obviously, they've got the likes of Barnes to come on and rough you up as well, when Chris Woods gave you the bit of a cone-over, but at times, Everton have been able to cope with, I think Everton cope with that a lot, didn't he cope with, you know. So foursome Burnley wide and getting crosses, and Michael Keane loves that all day long game. I don't think, I don't think yet he's going to be back this weekend, but Ben Goffley's done all right there as well, so we know what we have to do. It's being able to do it, and I think, in some respects, this game might be easier for Carlo Ancelotti to cope without the core, just because of the way Burnley line-up in a 4-4-2, so we can almost match up. We saw Tom Davies coming back the other night, he came off the bench after he's had an injury, hopefully he'll be fully fit at the weekend, and he can go with Alan and him in the middle, and then it'll be out to manage pieces of the rest of it together. You know, does he, is Hammers Rodriguez going to be available? He said possibly, he did say Sheamus Coleman, it'll be fifth for this one at the weekend, so whether the employee Sheamus Coleman on the right side of the midfielder had the whole gate instead of a woby, I don't know, is that too negative? I don't know. So he's got some choices to make, because obviously, Andre Gomez, Guilffy Sigarton, do you keep those two in for this one? No. So what would you, I mean, what would you do? For me, for this game, I think you have to start from that point of view of Duncan Seed, right, Duncan Seed. You know, we've been caught before playing games where we've tried to be maybe more positive than we need to be. So hopefully if Tom's back, Tom Davis, Alan in there for me, definitely. And then, like you say, the problem is then, do you see for me, I might have looked at it and maybe looked to bring, and have Richard Harrison and King. Get the back line solid, but after that is a front three. And who's in midfield then? Who's your third midfield? Well, it depends, doesn't it? It depends, because it depends if... It all depends on how much of a digus whether he's fit. I don't think King would start if how much of a digus was, you know, was fit. So it comes down to who's that extra person, who do you employ? Can you get away with Guilffy Sigarton in that midfield? In a three? Golmes, maybe he is more suited, because he will sit back a little bit. He is more defensive, but then what does he offer? It's about finding the balance. I wouldn't mind seeing that as a front three, with maybe Richard Harrison being just a little bit deeper than he has been so far, because one of the problems has been, I think, a Chelsea was just getting the forward to the ball. Now, it might be a little bit easier in this game, but Richard Harrison's a weird one, because when he plays off-front, he's great, but then it's like, well, who gets in the ball? Who's the person who drives forward with the ball, who drives forward with it? And that's still the problem, there aren't. I think that's why the manager's tried to play Wobby in the last couple of games. He hasn't tried to play, he has played, and it's a Wobby who's tried. It's who gets the ball in the field and drives, and I think that's why he's played a Wobby, to be that patient, because Richard Harrison's playing further forward. Could everyone consider playing four, three, two, one, in this but the two being king and materialist, and so that they're closer to them, or do you think it's going to be about width in this one, and therefore you want king and materialist? Again, the problem is, because making a hockey doesn't provide width. That's where it comes from, doesn't it? It comes from there, because if you're playing two off-front, then it's going to be a diamond. If it's going to be a diamond, you need your full-backs, and making a hockey doesn't go forward. So straight away, you're causing yourself problems, aren't you? You know, I've seen a piece there, early on scene, David Dancialos, he's seen him playing the diamond against Southampton, he said he didn't think it was going to work, but Carlo was insistent that it would work, and he said well it did work. Now, do they go with that again, but it's the make-up, isn't it? You've got Alan, you've got Tom, but you haven't got the core, right? And that's the problem, there's no... As you said, we'll probably get away with it in this game, a little bit more, but getting away with it's one of those things, because it's not about getting away with it, it's about having the place to just go and win the game. Do you ever need to find a solution that will carry us through for the next 11 games? So I'm talking about we'll get away with it, get away with it in this, because this is a 4-4-2. What I mean is do we need to take games individually now and piece the team around that, or for you? Because when the core is in, you can play in many different ways, because he does a lot of the jobs. Is it more of a case of anti-lotty going, like, this is the system we're using for the rest of the season, or do you think we just need to keep looking and going, we've got Burnley this week, and then we've got, you know, the next league games, Crystal Palace, you know? But it's the latter, isn't it? Because he hasn't... We can't sit... None of us can sit here, or none of us can go, this is the way we've been playing all season, because we haven't played, like, a system all season. We've been playing different systems, you know, whether it be... I mean, it's changed 25 times. Exactly. So it changes his team tactically to go against another side. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, because we don't necessarily have the parts, that sort of universal. I want to say that, I mean, like, the right back. The right back's not like... We haven't got, like, a right back that you can go. Today we're going to ask you to just sit in, but today we're going to ask you to bomb on. We've had to go to Chambers Cymru, but we will try and bomb on, so anyway, that's it. And Chambers hasn't been available either, you know, left back, Llewka Dym, you know he's going to do every game. So we don't have that versatility, but... And then you are looking now and scratching your head going, well, we have to... If we play this system, then we haven't got any wit. And that's what I'm saying about bringing a woby, and I think that's why he started bringing it in. That's why he's obviously brought Bernard back in, because we have got players out. So it just becomes... It starts limiting, doesn't it? Obviously, I haven't let players start limiting what you can do, but it also shows that there's no real balance to the squad, because you're taking a decori out, and you're like, what do we do now? Now, you've got... You've got Nyongor on the bench. Now, he's very young. And maybe it would be nice to start seeing a little bit more of him coming off the bench, but then only the manager can decide that by what the lad offers. And again, that's one of those where maybe you're a couple of goals up and you bring the lad on, but I don't think we're at that stage yet, unfortunately. No, we're not, Abi. Unfortunately, we're not, Abi. So we are asking players who cannot do that job to try and do that job, but they can't do the job, so you're having to change it. So, therefore, for me, we just need to play the three lads we've got up front and keep them, because I think if you play... But then where do you find the place for hammers when hammers are available? Maybe hammers plays in the diamond. Maybe you end up with almost four strikers. I know you wouldn't get away with that in some games, of course, you wouldn't get all over the gaff. And then maybe one of those three strikers drops out then into that and goes back to the bench. Maybe it's King who comes in and goes out, but it's up to him to get in and do the business so that you're looking and going, well, I can't drop him, and what's he doing, or what's Don doing, or what's... Do you know what I mean? Maybe we need to do that, but I think we're a better team with hammers, Roddy, because he creates things from nothing. And I think maybe when hammers is in, maybe you do try to play the diamond. I know what you're saying about Hullgate not offering us wit, but hammers, Roddy, because it offers so much in that number 10. No, no, it's not a case of so. Not playing a system because of the plays we don't have. We've done it before, and we've got joy out of it. You see, I'm the great believer, and if you've got like Trond Davies and you've got Alan, and they can just... Davies will sit more than Alan, because he's naturally started doing that. But if you've got a good anchor with your four defenders, that's six defenders you should be able to cope with anyone. You should be able to play that and four attackers. But we know that people have to work, and the charlery shall well work back and protect Llywodraeth. If hammers is available this weekend, I drop down my cavalry and play who? Because number one, I think Dom needs a rest. He doesn't look fit. I don't think he's come back fit. No, he's not sharp. I don't think he's got that sharpness. I also think that having two lads who can go like that and can go like that, whereas I think Dom, I love Dom to bits, but I think sometimes in a game like this, it might be wise to have him coming off the bench with six minutes to go, rather than having someone like King coming off the bench who really hasn't offered anything. I'd like to see King get a start because I think with him and Richard Allison, this one's for my hammers, you've got a runner who can run behind, whereas Bailey, I think, will enjoy... Look at the goalie scored against him. Richard Allison runs down one side and he runs down the other, right? But recently it's like Dom, because he doesn't look sharp to me. It's like he's hit a... Don't get me wrong when he came on, I feel he's amazing. No, he's brilliant. But it's like there's a default setting and the default setting is just playing it long term. And I think Bailey will love that. And I think if you get King in there and you start up saying to hammers, and it could even be sick, if you can get them round the corner and start taining them, they won't like that. They'll enjoy your battling against Dom. But I think if we've got two up front, where suddenly someone like hammers is starting to put it through the gaps between the full back and the centre back and asking them to run onto it, and then you've got Dom to come on for the last half an hour, last 20 minutes. And then you can mix your character. And you're giving them a little bit of a rest ahead of the Man City game next week, which is completely different, where I think he'll fancy it, even though they've got great centre backs. I think Dom'll fancy it against those two. And then obviously we've got a couple of weeks break then. And I think sometimes, see, Dom coming off the bencher at Amfield was brilliant because it gave us that little bit of a boost. But it also gave Liverpool's centre backs something like, oh no, we've got to take this fella now. I don't think we always have that. But I think that's a boost to players as well, knowing that your own team's got something good coming off the bench. There's a lot of them coming off the bench. And I just, Dom's just, for me, is the only, is just, he just fits into that at the moment. He's just looked a little bit off at the last couple of games. Now listen, I don't know, the lad might have gone away and he's gone nearly a full week to prepare. He might be sharp as hell. I just think it might be a way of getting around the back of them. Maybe it won't be, but do you know what I mean? Like the last couple of games probably deserves a start, doesn't he? Cos he's given a... Deserves a loose way, doesn't he? Maybe deserves isn't the right way. But what I mean is we've not seen anything. He's come off the bench, he's got five minutes a day, two minutes a day, 20 minutes the other day. He's training all the time. Maybe he's one of them players that actually starts better. But don't you think barely, to back your point up, don't you think barely are the kind of team that has been working all week to counter Dominic Cavalewen? Of course, yeah. And then suddenly you haven't got Dominic Cavalewen and you've got someone a little bit different running behind. And I think I haven't need, just into the end, well, as we move forward, going with Carlham and Tialotti, you need to be, you need to have something different in different games, so teams go. Yeah, you know Liverpool planned for Dominic Cavalewen. Yeah, you know, and when he wasn't in the team, whether you believe Klopp's shock face or not before the game, it will have been a surprise for them cos he's told he was fit for the game, so they'll have been things. No way, they're not going to play Dominic Cavalewen. It does kind of throw you a little bit of, like we've got something else to think about. And you're right, I think, looking at the bench and saying, warm up and go, we've got Dom to come on here and you're the centre back, Ben me, and Trial Kofsky and he'll make runners and then Dominic Cavalewen's getting ready to come on and you think, we've got a different threat now. What it does as well is, I think having two runners up front and the way you think about Dom is, Dom's got fast as well, but he's not, he doesn't instinctively make runs where I think King will. And I think that might offset what we haven't got on the right-hand side if he's playing in that channel, because you can slide balls into him then and ask him to hold the ball up, and I don't think Dom always, Dom comes to the ball a lot more. Whereas I think if you get the ball and you can go right, I can slide one in here, which is what I say to him or Hermes will want to do more often. Or even if it's Hoggy playing right back and he sends one down the line and you're asking them and they get you up the pitch, I don't think we do that enough as a team. We don't use what are simply our best players, which are a front two enough, like that, where it's get them up, hold them up and then start again, higher up the pitch. We counter-attack far too much. We don't play with, when we attack, we're attacking like two's and three's rather than the whole team. And everything's slow, isn't it? That could be, I don't know, it doesn't make a completely different ball. Of course, but there's a real opportunity to play them as a three and go for it. Or you're right, maybe mix the front two and play the diamond again and go, let's see what happens, if hammers is fit or whatever. Like I said, everything of one, sorry, you've lost four of the last six home games. As many as we had in our previous 22. I was going to say that one. Five of Burnley's last seven Premier League games have ended level, even though all of the draws come in the home games. Six of Burnley's 20 Premier League goals this season have come the opening of 15 minutes of games, so we don't normally start the game very well, so we'll have to be on that. No side, net my higher ratio on this time, 30%. Although the Clarets have conceded a league high ten times in the opening 15 minutes this season as well. Interesting. No team has failed to score in more different Premier League away games than Burnley. Interesting. Chris Ward has scored two goals in three Premier League appearances against Everton. Great. I want to say a lot. He's lost his two Premier League home games against English managers this season, Steve, Bruce and Scott Parker. That's not good. That's not good. Just get in general. Against no side, there's Everton's Alex. We've been involved in more Premier League goals than he has against Burnley. He scored two goals and two assists. He played well at Burnley. Dominic Calvert-Lewin's 13 Premier League goals this season have been worth 14 points to Everton. More valuable than any other player in the competition so far this time. It's all show. The most points won by an Everton player in a single campaign in the competition. Start him. Well, he could come off the bench to get the winner. Come off the bench to get the third. That would be nice, wouldn't it? It would be nice. And then good luck to Burnley after this game, but we need these three points at the weekend. If we can win the game, then... If we can win the game, and we haven't got a league game there for three weeks, you just said Palace, wasn't it? Obviously next week's the FA Cup and the league's international break, which is good. That's good, I think. Not necessarily that. Just, I think we need... Some of our players just need that little bit of a break. Hamers would be rested then, meaner would be back. Charleston then, would be back to rest. So you're starting, you know, we know the glory won't be back, but, you know, at least everybody else you're starting to get them a little bit. A bit of freshness. Yeah. And then hopefully, by then, you know, you squad Robin Olson would be fully fit again and all those things like that. So you'd be moving back towards having most of your players available and for the running. It would be interesting. Yeah. Let us know your thoughts in the comments on this one. It is, as always, barely a potential banana skin always. They never make it easy for you ever. It's a rough game. Ever. So let us know your thoughts in the comments. Don't forget to give this video a like, subscribe if you haven't already, and if you want more great videos, join us on Patreon where you get videos early. You get exclusive videos and you get that daily live video. The link is in the description. It's also on the screen right now. See you later.