 Welcom y troffi TV er is the match preview Everton vs Newcastle United in what is now a huge game. Pan, is it too much to say this is one of Everton's biggest games in recent years? Biggest games since Coventry. I don't think we're quite there, but it feels like a big games thing. There's massive in it. It's just after we win the football game now where we've put ourselves in this position and it's something the players have just got to turn up on Thursday and show commitments and put everything into the game and leave the pitch knowing that they've done everything to try and win the game really because if they don't win the game it is hard to see really how we will come back from it really. Is it too much to say that from your perspective? Or is it still with 11 games to go after this one? I think this one is a huge one for momentum. I think in terms of the crowd and having that belief that we can get out of trouble. I think this one is a huge one because the fixtures coming up don't look too clever. I know we've got to have the other fixtures put in place, but the fixtures just don't look clever at all and this one is that one where you're thinking right. A few weeks ago everyone was like, we should have played this game over Christmas obviously and Dave would have had not hardly any players and obviously that's why we never ended up playing it. But I just think from a momentum we have to get a win because otherwise all those defeats in a row would be one win for Frank LLampard. People would start questioning him. The players would obviously have already been questioned. Obviously we've got a cup game on Sunday but then it's a few weeks and we've got West Ham away. You'd look at that weekend then and go, I think, on the Saturday. Barely play before us. I know Bramford played this weekend down the away line. I just think this is a pivotal game for us because ultimately it's a case of like we have to start winning games. I said this before the Leeds game, we have to start winning games. These are the games we have to win. Newcastle until very recently but below us. And they put a great run together and obviously they've been beaten by Chelsea but they've put a great run together and they've got themselves out of it and they'll stay up comfortably. You have to start winning games and this is a game I just, we've got to win it. A point doesn't do anything for us really. I take that rather than the feat but we've got to win this game. And if we don't I think a lot of people will abandon ship. No, literally abandon ship. I think fans will stop going again. I do think it. I think there's fans who won't be able to go to St Park. They won't be able to live through, take it. I genuinely believe that. And I think this is the one where you're pinning all your hopes on. Because you'll think, a lot of fans will think if we can't beat Newcastle then how are we going to beat Chelsea, Manchester United, all these other teams. And I think a lot of people will just give up after this game if we don't get three points. Steve, we've got to turn the tables on them basically because when we went to Newcastle six weeks ago, five weeks ago, they were still in trouble when they did the bottom three. And that night they were just, the fans were up for it, the players, their players were everywhere in our faces and they bullied us into a victory really, a desire victory for them. If we've got to do the same on Thursday, because even though they're on a great run on the earth, they've won the freedom of mind, I think something like that. And like Pad said, they will stay up. This game means is more important to us now. The same is when we went there six weeks ago. We were in a dodgy position but the game meant more to them. The shoes on the other foot this time, isn't it? If we've got to try and do the same. Yeah, definitely. And I think, like you said before, these players, again, have proven they can't really do it without us. So we're going to need to again. Even though we always do it, but again, we're just going to have to keep putting our efforts and our love of the club, I suppose, into goodness. And every time we play there because as we've seen it, we can't really count on them away from them because they just go into the shell as they always do. So, yeah, I expect it to be a good atmosphere. Obviously, St Patrick's there. I imagine a lot of people will be out on the beer on Thursday as well. So, yeah, we just got to try and make it as good as it should be. Always bouncing. But we also got to expect something off the team as well. Can't just do it on our own. We need the team to actually follow suit with us as well. Maybe everything should open a free barrel or something. Just get the barrel open and get it free. Not going to be that much of it on the ale, is it? Just let everyone get bladders. Just let everyone get bladders. It'd be a proper laugh. It'll have to go one way or another. And it'll just be a proper laugh. Make it ultimate carnage. Why not? Why not? That's what I say. Yeah, on a Thursday night. It's going to be tough because they are on a good run. We're narrowly beaten by Chelsea at the weekend. We're in a sticky situation, but it's a home game and we have to try. We've got to try and get the three points. By hook or by crook, I don't know. We've got to build. If we're going to stay up, there's got to be some momentum coming from somewhere. Right now, you can't see where that spark's going to happen. Maybe Dominic Albert Llewman will be fit on Thursday and he can get involved. He doesn't like to enter Newcastle in recent times. I think if you look at Newcastle predicaments, they sack Bruce at the right time because they give themselves still enough time to get into it. I didn't think he won. He's faced 10 games. He didn't win his first 10 games. Then he had an international break and he'd come back after the international break. New players, all that. They've gone on. Fair play. I'll be honest, I didn't really think he was up too much as a manager. I'm still not 100% sure he is a very good manager, but he's kind of changed the way he's playing. He was very like 4-3-3, go for it, but yesterday he proved playing 5-4-1, which is very unlike him, really, as well. So he could have learned from his mistakes. Because they stopped losing games, that's why, haven't they? Yeah, exactly. I just think they done the right thing. They got rid of Bruce before it started getting really, really bad. We decided to get rid of Benita. It was probably about 3-4 games too late. They could probably see that if he was going to stay in charge. We were only going one way, but we just had blind parts coming in that position where it's a bit late, isn't it? It's January 31st. He came in February. So first games, like the first games? First games are a bit of a stop-and-start, isn't it, as well, of games and stuff like that as well. Yeah, so hopefully we need to win, mate, yeah, basically on Thursday. It's difficult to do because you're scrapping an arm and you're trying to get things started, but there's dedication having to change the team again for Thursday. Well, there has to be, isn't it, because obviously Kenny will be out and might be an opportunity to bring Dom in. I don't know, it's something... I don't know. Obviously we've got a cup game on Sunday where players can't play. So you bring Deli Alley maybe into the side, you change it up, you leave maybe a grey out or a golden out and say maybe play a slightly different system, you know, four, two, three, one maybe. I've got the likes of Deli Alley and Donnie van der Beek, Alan, D'Corey in there. I've got the full backs to get forward. Got a bit more protection in front of them. Trying to get Deli Alley into the pocket of space behind Dominic Arlen Llewn and do it that way maybe. I don't know, he's tried lots of different things and he hasn't really settled in anything. And I know that's obviously difficult. You might think about bringing Michael Keen back in with Ben Goffrey. You know, they've got wood up front and whatever he tries, it's difficult because they're all the same players who basically let us down for the entire season. But I suppose it's who's brightened training and who's doing the business, who's looking sharpest, who's going to grab the rest of the season by the scruff of the neck. That's what it is, essentially. Have we got someone in those attacking areas who wants it? I don't know if there is, I don't know if there is. Would you play, Dominic, if he was fifth? Or do you think... I think we're going to have to because I tell you why. I think trying to play football is not... This football team can't play football. So we might be a case of having to just go long to Don and pick up the scraps. Trying to get crosses in the box, trying to find them in space, trying to get Deli Alley into the game by the knockdowns and stuff like that. I just don't think this team's got the confidence to play football and they might have to just go long and be a little bit root one, get the ball down the other end and say to them, you deal with us rather than the other way round. To me, I wouldn't surprise me if he went back to the type of team he picked against Leeds, I don't know. And play, if Dom's fifth, and play with Charles, and off Dominic Arvedon, and go with Greg, Gordon, Alan, and the Corey of Vandabic here. It wouldn't surprise me if he went back to four, four, one, one. Wasn't it? Really, because Richard hasn't played across. I mean, he could easily do that, yeah. Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if he maybe done that and played Michael Encore, even Godfrey at left back. It wouldn't surprise me. It just went solid. Yeah, and just said to the four at the back, you just stay where you are and the rest did the rest. It wouldn't surprise me. Because that's probably the thing about the Leeds game. Probably the best game he's had, and that's the formation he played. Loads of energy in that game, wasn't it? Just no energy in the last couple of games, none at all. Loads of energy in that. People were busting a goat and they got the crowd going and everyone could see that everyone was throwing everything Gary. And that just hasn't been there. Again, they're all asking the crowd to do their part. So, set the tone then, come on, set the tone. If the crowd are not with you, they'll soon be with you. If you are getting on the pitch and you are stopping the crosses and making sure, you know, go back to that Leeds game, the little things like the Charleston Falls in the corner, which we score from, little things like that don't have, make a difference. Stopping the cross is huge for us. Putting blocks in, putting tackles, getting people's faces, all these things that we don't do. You have to do them. Often the category cup final to cup final. What would you do in a cup final then? What would show us what you do in a cup final? Cos I'm not seeing any of that. I didn't see any of that against Wolves. I've seen players going through the motions and when it didn't work, they did the same thing again and again and again, do something different. Break it up. If you have to clock one of their plays, clock one of their plays against Wolves, early on, the Charleston was going through and they just whacked him and made sure he wasn't going through and made sure he told them that's not happening again. That plays don't work. I didn't get booked for that. But that plays don't tend to do little things like that. They don't tend to... No, all the teachers, isn't it? You know, when their player went down three times and we give the ball back, why do we give the ball back? Why don't we keep the ball, force them to come and have a kick-off and then get the crowd going cos everyone's like, fuck, I knew it was you. It was you. We don't do stuff like that. We fall into other clubs' traps, fall into hard traps, set traps for them, get the crowd going. Surely we've got players you know how to energise and everything, crowd. You know, you see when things go against this is a crowd we're up for it. Our players, they're just so stupid at times. They don't understand how to play that side of the game. You know what I mean? Eat one, eat one. Crowd a little bit down. Go in on a tackle. We get hard buffet. Crowd get up for it. Sometimes that's what you've got to do. Crowd can always be there for you unless there's a free bar. It's going to be difficult. These are, like I said, the durable. They're difficult to break down. Have a look at the formation. I used to be in the last game. So, you know, the five-four one. And if you go away from home with that, you've got Chris Wood up front. He's obviously a handful. Almaram, Bweg Shard. Of one Shard, you know. They've had long staff in the middle. Breaking style. I don't think they've been playing for ever in the 26th State. And obviously, they've got Bruno Gamerys in there. He's had the depth of the quality to them as well. And the full backs get up and they know their job and they stay with nine or 10 men behind the ball. Make it difficult for you. And that's what's got them points and got them the up with momentum. And that's why they're winning games. Let's have a look at their danger, man. He destroyed us at St James' Park. He's the world's best player when he plays us. I love you. St Maxon, 25 appearances, 22 starts. Five goals, three assists. He's averaging 1.9 shots per game. Yeah. I mean, you know, less assists and goals than times and things like that. But he absolutely saw it. He's done it all. I think the thing about him now is they don't rely on him. That's the difference, isn't it? They don't rely on him. He always does well against us. That's why he picked them out. But they don't rely on him now. I think they were originally. They were very rely on him. They've got other players around the pitch and they're the full backs. They're a lot more durable. I think what they've got is they've just seen more... I mean, it's weird for how. They seem just very disciplined. If they can see the goal, they get on with it. And they don't change the way they're playing. We've seen this now. It must be a nightmare coaching them. I've heard Lampard speaker barri. But I mean, if something goes wrong against them, it all goes out the window. You can't play football like that. You've got to have a plan that you stick to. Hello, high wards. If you've got to go behind someone, just mean you have to score two. I look at them yesterday. They've changed their formation for a certain game away from home. A left player's out. They've got some luxury players and put a bit of steel in there, really. We've two defensive sit-in-the-fielders in long staff. The new lad and the two wingers aren't even really wingers. They're more like inside players. And you've got Ben at the back. He's been a good sign. Exactly what they needed, really. We've seen the other day about players that they went and got. Target is a solid player. He'll get forward when he needs to. Even the right back, usually they play that way. If you're right wing back, but they've gone for a more defensive right back. It proves away from home. You can't change your formation. And personal. It doesn't have to be just because he's our best player. He plays away from home. Doesn't work with that football, doesn't it? No, you have to try and put points on the board. Fair play to him. I'll be honest. Under Bruce, they were only going one way. Even on the how, I thought, it doesn't look good. It's good when you've got money. Where it comes from. And you're dissensible with it. One like us. Everton are winless in the last three home games. League games against Newcastle. It was in 2-0 last season, of course. Newcastle have won the last three games against Everton. Last win in four in a row between 89 and 95. Everton have lost the last four Premier League games. You can see nine goals while scoring none. The Toffees lost more consecutively between August and October 2005. They lost six and also didn't score a single goal either. I'm just ashamed to say anything, not so depressing. Everton striker Dominic Alvalunas scored more Premier League goals against Newcastle and he has against any other side in the Premier League with all five of his goals against the Magpies coming in his last five appearances against them. Maybe it is a case of getting back in the side if he's all right. Muscle memory. And maybe he'll become the hero we need in these last 12 games. The Kevin Campbell. The Kevin Campbell type one would be incredible. I'm trying to save us. It looked desperate. We just need to fight for every ball on phase. Every tackle. Yes, it's probably biggest. There was no John Rowe Kenny got sent off for two stupid little fouls, didn't he? He didn't exactly get sent off for something like the absolute welly and something like that. He just sees silly fouls really. So I'd like to see who's saying it. I'll just get stuck in for that. Get the car on the side so you'll have a tackle of it. Even if it's on. Start with a high tempo. Any of them just, even if you're not going to get the ball, just take them out if you have to. Start with a high tempo and keep it up. Put them on the back foot like they did to us. You never know what happens then, do you? There you go. That is it for the maths preview. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. Can Everton get the three points against the tough, durable Newcastle United? We need it more than they do. Let us know in the comments. Give the video a thumbs up. Subscribe if you haven't. And if you want more videos, join us on Patreon, the queue. Our code will be on the screen. And there's a link in the description as well. So, there's no excuse not to do it. See you later.