 Welcome to Toffy TV, this is the match preview Everton vs Manchester United in. What has become just an unbelievably huge game, not only for Everton but I think maybe for the Premier League as well a little bit. It's become a huge occasion but as Everton went into this international break with 14 points, we were all very buoyed, we were all very confident, we were all looking forward to the future. And we could all sleep a little bit easier as well and suddenly now we're in the bottom three. After having 10 points to the doctor the world seems a very different place. Yeah it's only Everton could lose points in an international break, probably our worst performance in an international break really. It's funny isn't it, we were just saying last week it was the calmest we've been for a while in terms of relaxed of where the team were and how it was looking and obviously we had the buckle of Friday last Friday when it came out the ruling. And since then it's took on a weld of its own isn't it, I think the Premier League are probably sorry the open pandora's box a little bit because the outcry has been there, it's in Parliament, it's been talked about everywhere. And that has put a weird kind of pressure on the game I guess, it's not too many people have talked about the football aspect of it obviously we know there's protests and everything else going to take place which will crank that atmosphere right up. But there is a football game here in Everton, a gone after start trying to erode this 10 points that are going to make it back up now while the legal team deals with the other side of it. John Dyche just got to keep going what they had going, we won six at the last nine and that's what we have to focus on. Yeah absolutely I mean of course it's a tough game, Manchester United didn't really go for them even now. Well they've won lots of games originally. One seven lost five in the Premier League. The form is a bit strange, the performance is a little bit strange but I don't really think that matters does it because the game is all about the off field stuff, it's all about the fans, it's all about the noise and the spectacle that gets made on Sunday afternoon. As you said there, a lot of people are not focusing on the game, it's up to the manager of course to focus on the game. But the atmosphere is going to be one of, it's not been seen for a long while at Cudars and Park because yes, obviously we've had situations last season where fans protested and obviously there was marches and stuff but that was only a section of the fan base. The other section obviously attended the game and we all backed the team but it felt fractured in many ways. Before that obviously we'd had the end of Franco-Lampard's first season where we stayed up and obviously the fan base did come together but it still felt a little bit strange. Now it feels like everybody is on the same page, it feels like everyone is fighting for the team on the pitch and off the pitch. There are no distractions, there are no other elements involved. In a way it feels a little bit weird because it feels like the club is a little bit, it feels like there isn't really hierarchy at the football club at the moment. It doesn't feel like we have a portal or we have a TO or the chairman's got one foot out the door and we're waiting to see what happens with new owners. It seems like there's a lot of focus on, obviously Sean Daish and obviously the fans now. And I think those two parts it's become very unique and those two sides obviously fighting for the same thing and that's what makes this game really interesting because obviously I don't think it really matters what the players do. If they make mistakes or whatever, the fans are just going to be so fierce towards what's happened and what happens during the game on Sunday that all that other stuff doesn't really matter. Yeah, but in a strange position, doesn't it feel rudelous? I don't think rudelous is the right way. Just not needed. Yeah, it's just not there because we're still, don't forget, we're going through the process of a takeover as well which is, I'm sure those, you know, triple seven are delighted that they're not at the forefront of the news stories because that seems to be Machu's daily obsession. It's moved, you know, for the moment. But I think yet I think everyone is just concentrating on Sunday, the concentrating on being heard. And in a strange way, that can just could be a good thing for Sean Daish to just get into the players and get them ready, I think. The players will respond to what the atmosphere is like. Manchester United, just talking about them, they've got match-winning players, you know, they're Premier League recorders, seven wins and five defeats, no draws yet. But evidently they've only won one of the last eight in the Premier League against United so, you know, there's always a very, very difficult fixture for us. But, you know what, Sunday's the perfect opportunity to get out there and get, you know, in the faces of Manchester United, get the three points, like you said, in front of an electric atmosphere and start to, you know, push the story, the narrative a slightly different way. I think in all fairness, I think a lot of people are saying Everton will be all right anyway. I know you don't like your eye to this line and, well, this is the season to take the time. That's nonsense. It hammers you in other ways financially, which is what, you know, because I think everybody's ignoring the fact that Everton have not only been at points taking off them, dropping five places equate to almost £11 million fine as well, you know, from an organisation supposed to be helping us with our finances and taking more off. And while the appeal process is going on, like I said before, we have just got to focus on what we're doing, but Sunday, you know, we've only won one home game this season, so we've got the opportunity to build on that. But again, you have to look at United's players and see players like Bruno Fernandez, he was tremendous, Marcus Rashford, you know, they've got a few injury doubts, Luke Schios backed out, so they've got, they are going to have some good players coming back. But Everton, it's all about Everton, I think, on Sunday, I think, while United have lost 50% of their games this season, they have won a lot of games as well, so we have to be wary of that, don't we? No, well, that's the thing, isn't it? They've lost games, they've won games, but they haven't drawn games, and they seem to be right on that fine line. You know, the wins they've got when you look at them, they're so narrow, obviously, beating full-on last time out, but going to the place like Sheffield United and winning 2-1, and they do play right on the edge. And I don't think there's a lot of, you know, they don't look like a team, they look like a lot of individuals that find those moments in games, it's what separates them from the other top sides who are building towards something. Man United don't look like they're building to anything, they just look like they've got good players, but they haven't found that symmetry, you wouldn't be able to put your finger on what they do or what the playing style is, so for me that gives us an opportunity because we can get under the skin of them and we would take the lead with the crowd and everything, I think it really gives us an opportunity. I'm not saying it's not the first year this has happened, but the fear factor with Man United just isn't there anymore. You don't go into the games and go, oh my God, it's Manchester United, you've got this play and that play, you think we can beat this, we can get under their skin and if we can keep this player quiet then we've got a really good opportunity to win and that's the way I look at Sunday, saying it with the form we've been in, I think there's no reason why we can't take three points off them. For us it's obviously a big game, the fear factor isn't what it was with Manchester United, the name you still go on the earth, they have got very good players, but I've seen them a few times, I know last time they struggled to beat Luton Mon, they were all tough and they've had that happening, they've got an 18, 90th minute winner full on, they've huffed and puffed a little bit there, they've had those games I think again with Brentford, with Tom they come up late with two goals. So they've won games, they haven't swept teams aside but we can't go into it and underestimate the quality that they have as well because they do have real quality Manchester United, they're just not yelled as aside I think at the moment and that is something that everything can take advantage of because we have got away at playing and we have proved last time out against Palace, the resilience is there, it's not been there for a couple of seasons. Last year we took the lead against United early on, a lot of trouble we scored a great goal and instead of building on it and really going for the throat, we can't have shot back as if to go right, let's see if we can go on and they had the moments required. I was going to say we didn't sit back, if we sat back we might have won, what we did was we sat on the half way line and let their fast wingers obviously take advantage of us, we know how devastating they can be on the counter-sack but obviously let's just look at the Manchester United side from the last game out. You go on and then they had Dalott, McGuire, Lindelof and Reggion. I mean that's not a back four to terrify anyone, I know it looks sure it's been back and seen in this week. Sure it's coming back in apparently isn't it? But that back two I would fancy, you know, fancy dormant decoray up against those two players. And then you've obviously, McFields, McTomney, Erickson and then you've got Fernandez ahead of them, you've got Rashford on one side, Garnatio on the other and Rashmish Highland. Now there is a couple of question marks over at Rashford, there's one over Rashmish Highland as well, that's a weather day going to be fit. It's obviously in the squad, there's stuff about in this week leaving in January and whatever. So they are getting a few back but we've got to, obviously we've got to think about us. We know that they've got quality in the place you come in of and we'll have elements of quality about them as well. So we've got to make sure we do our job and we haven't been great at Godderson, you know, away from home we are much better. Last time out of Godderson against Brighton we should have won and we give a leg, you know, cost us a leg goal. They had all the ball that day but we'd had chances to kill it. I think we kept them to a bare minimum and if we can do that on Sunday against United we'll have a good opportunity. You just wonder how much as well they factor in the likes of the Champions League as well with back coming up as well. They've got big games coming up as well and how much they factor in that into this game and with it being our four on a Sunday. Does that play a part in what he looks at selection? Let's just look at, obviously, the main player that's been for the last few years. I think he scored his first goal against that one as well, didn't he? But you know Fernandez, let's have a look at his. You know, 12 games, 3 goals, XT 3.50, shots for game 3 and an XA of 3.81. His heat map is ridiculous. That's absolutely ridiculous. That looks like a Jackson Pollock pitch, I think. It's unbelievable, isn't it? He's absolutely everywhere, but he shows that's the importance of him to Manchester United. He can pull something, can he? He can pull something out of nothing. You've got to go back to that first goal he scored again. It was something out of nothing. I think it was at the Gladyslyt end and he can do that. He has those moments and he's got that quality as well. He's one of those players that you love to hate. He's horrible, absolutely. He's got great quality. He's the player that, when you have him in your team, you love him. And when he plays against you, you hate him because he's a cry-ass, isn't he? But he's got great talent, he really has. He's got a couple of crackers against Evan, hasn't he? One of old Trafford, I think in the 3-3 when he bent one in from the edge of the box to make it 2-0 that night and obviously Evan got it back to 3-3 old Trafford. But he has got real quality about him bringing up Fernandez. We know that. We know he's got it rashford like he keeps saying. He's got it, he's a bit hit miss, but when he's on it, you know about it. Christian Eriksson, quality footballer. So United have got a lot of good footballers, there's no question about it. Evan, no, I'm going to have to look after Fernandez if you're looking at all of them. He's the one you're looking to be pops up in those areas. And obviously Evan, we're going to be missing Amadur Omnana, he's been very good in that number 6 role. He's going to be missing from this one. So there might be a little area of space in front of our back for where we're going after. I'm going to have to get into them pocket and make sure that Bruno Fernandez has picked up quickly. Obviously an opportunity for James Garner, I think he made. Make his Evan debut, Premier League debut against United this year. He's come on for the last bit or he's one of his early performances for Evan. It's only last year. In that 2-1, he's come on and started ziffing the ball about a little bit. So he's got the opportunity against his former club to make a little bit of an impression, hasn't he? I mean, there's that team obviously from the last game out. And you'd probably only imagine Omnana would drop out in a disigana guy. Teams been pretty much picking itself of length. Why would you change that team? I mean, as you said, that's what we've all got used to of Dwight MacNeill and I think Jack Harrison. I've just got to give a little bit more going forward, I think. But Jack Harrison's assist of being good and he's got a goal. I think Dwight MacNeill obviously needs to get himself a goal and get that run going again. But obviously, Dacora, you can't fault him whatsoever and allow him better a way to play. Yeah, yeah, of course, because just because of the way the game's played. And Dom, again, has been, you know, he was very effective against Palace Sporting. You know, we ask, obviously, the team is much better with him in it as well. I can't get him in the game because we simply didn't get him in the game enough against Palace and against Brighton. The only worrying thing is, for me, is, again, you look at the bench and you think, well, there's no midfield change. That's an issue, isn't it? There's just no midfield change. And that obviously came in, that was massively important against Crystal Palace. Having a player who could come on for own honour. And it's something when, I think the game before, when own honour was out, where you were looking to the bench and you're thinking, we might need to bring someone on here to show this up and we haven't got anyone there. And that's amazing. I mean, obviously, it's a big issue that we're going to have to look at, or how can he change that at what the big games were? You might go, well, we might drop the core a little bit deeper because we've got no other option. And that might mean Dan Duma plays in that role there, or Beto plays as a split striker or whatever. This and Sean Dice will push it as far as you can go. We know that he'll push players as hard as he thinks they can go. And they'll have all the dates to back that up. That's not just a thing of, he'll do that anyway, he does that. But that's my only, not just for this game, it's my only, it's my woolly for December. It's like, you know, he did mention on Jay Gomez was back on the grass. Delhi's probably a little bit further away. But if you could get those players in and around the squad again, we might look at it and go, well, what are they going to really offer? But I tell you what, if you've got a player with 15 minutes to go, who's knackered or is carrying a knock, and you've got a nut again three days later, that's when you need those players. So it is obviously a really important time. It's also an important time to look after on that as well, and make sure that if he's playing, he's not carrying something, cos certainly when he was playing against Palace, he looked like he was carrying the first off. Important. Yeah, we just need the squad fully fit here. Someone will be in the squad for the weekend, and we need to get the other, you know, if it's Andre Gomez and if Delhi can get in and around it, then at least you've got some senior players who, and midfield players, more importantly, you can do the job. And obviously the Delhi stuff is a complicated one anyway, cos Evan have got a shot of that, but listen, we've got six games that he can play. Got loads of centre backs, got loads of wide men. We've suddenly got loads of right backs. And we haven't got a midfield. We had no strikers last year. Yeah, yeah. So listen, we'll do. It'll have to do, it'll have to do, but listen, Sunday's going to be so, yeah, it's going to be so much emotion. I think there's a march from the brick, I think that's quarter to four. There's obviously going to be the placards outside to take in. Listen, make sure you keep hold of them as well, because we want to see where you can get those placards. If you're going to Dart, if you're going to a Christmas march, if you're going anyway, if you're going to Paris, if you're going to... If you're going past the Premier League headquarters. If you're going past the Premier League headquarters, if you're outside the House of Commons, anyway, we want to see a picture with that on. Just stick it on Twitter or Instagram and put it on it and we'll share them. We want to see where you can get those placards. Let's get them everywhere. I'll show you where I can get them. You have to see if you can roll that way though. I don't know. I don't know if you've got the facilities for that. Maybe I haven't. It's a huge game and we're all in it together now. The appeal will come and whatever happens, but let's just start getting ourselves up that table as soon as possible, because it's huge, isn't it? None of us want those sleepless nights back again, so let us know your thoughts in the comments on this one. How do you think the game is going to go? 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