 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the instant match reaction. Manchester United 3, Everton 1. Yeah, it was a lot closer than I think a lot of people anticipated tonight. Obviously Everton went behind quite early, went back to the 5 at the back. Excuse me, not a good time to sneeze when you started. Went back to the 5 at the back and obviously went a goal behind early on but then settled down after that. Got a goal back, very fortuitous of course but Conor Coley was there. And I thought we had a nice feel to it, I thought we had a nice balance to it without really playing any decent football. We did what we did last week, we clogged up the edge of the box and then we broke and I thought we broke quite well until we got to the edge of the box until we completely ran out of ideas. It's something isn't it? It's something that at least looks like it's a plan. What we saw on Tuesday night and what we saw against Wolves, the 4-3-3 or whatever you want to call it, it just doesn't work, it doesn't create chances, it doesn't get us going on the front foot, it doesn't get our best players in the right positions. And I thought tonight the Mardi Gay once again showed what kind of a threat he can be. Now listen, is he massively frustrating? Yes because 8 out of 10 times, 7 maybe at best, he chooses the wrong decision whether that be with his feet or with his head. But he is a threat he makes people think, people don't like pace, they don't like people who change speed. We saw that at the other way tonight with Rashford who I thought was brilliant again and his change of pace helped create their second goal or did create their second goal. But I think grey off Dominic Carvin-Lewan is a threat, is at least a threat. And we saw that in the second half. Obviously we don't know what to write in the first half, it did feel a little bit like if a lower division team were playing Manchester United, it was very very frantic and we were holding on for loving the money at times. But the plan was working at least the way I imagine Frank Lampard set out because it's not a fluke because we saw that last weekend in Manchester City. Come out second half and unfortunately Wobby on a counter attack again, us breaking the ball up on the edge of the box. Wobby gets really hit, his ankle bends on the table, very reminiscent of Ray Charleston's last season at Anfield Witch with Charleston said that basically he shouldn't have played a lot of games afterwards but he did because he strapped it up. But Wobby was obviously in a lot of pain and to be fair Wobby didn't have a very good game, he didn't have a very good game at all. But it looked a bad one, it looked a real bad one. Obviously with him counter attacking and then going down like that, he went off and two minutes later they've got the ball in the back of the net and it's a good run by Marcus Rashford as I said and the way he changes pace there's not much change he can do and he put to the cross and Connor Cody really to be fair needs a shout from someone behind him, he needs someone to tell him that actually he doesn't need to stick out a foot because if he lets it go to a Kowsky he can just put his foot through it and put it into Rose Ed. He doesn't get a shout he puts a boot on it and it goes in the back of the net and that's the kind of look Evan is having at the moment and it is just one of those things, he doesn't need a shout he hasn't got eyes in the back of the head, okay yeah listen should he be sliding in that position he doesn't know what's behind him. You often look at them and go why did he do that because but then if he lets it go and someone just got a tap in someone got to say well when you do something he needs a shout from Sarkowsky, Sarkowsky is right behind him and he doesn't need to do that. They threw one up and you're thinking right here we go the floodgate will open and we brought Dominic Alvin on and again we didn't go mad we stayed in it we we kept ourselves in it they again didn't have loads of clear cut chances they didn't make loads of clear cut chances all night. Jordan picked for Dan a couple of days off long shots to deal with rather than ending up close they had a couple in the first half when it was 1-0 and 1-1 but you know nothing nothing nothing dramatic. Sorry I didn't blame Craig Cody for the tongo I blamed Sarkowsky for not giving me a shout. Dead simple, play shouldn't be sticking the foot out in the box but they also need someone to shout at them whether I beat the man behind them or the goalkeeper players don't have eyes in the back of the red and we stayed in it and very I mean listen it's a lovely move Seamus Coleman does fantastic for for the goal itself based through it already been started by by the flick by Dom I think Gray gets Gray gets wide he's a he's a toe offside and I know people go well you should you should keep yourself on side it's very difficult when it's a toe you're trying to hold your run if someone has if someone steps up while you're trying to make that run you can't check when you're ready already running can you so it's good balling don't put the final touches we think it's two two two but the minute we see minute you see the replay you know it you know it's offside and you know it's offside yeah this hoodie is a toffee TV hoodie in our shop toffee toffeeTVFC.com slash shop and it's real it's unlucky but it is offside and it there is VAR and all that what can you do in a way that sort of took the stung out of his didn't it that I mean two two with what 20 minutes to go or whatever and that really did sort of take this thing out of the game for us anyway you know we try to make some offensive subs you put Gordon only put Mach Neil on I put Sims on I really don't understand why doesn't put why didn't give Sims a chance I don't I don't think we needed I mean Gordon's out there touching Mach Neil's out there the touch I think we needed another player or front I think we needed someone we could start going long to towards the end of the game while it was still 2-1 I mean it's 2-1 till three minutes into in into injury time I don't either put Sims on and gone right Dom you got a big fella up with up with you now let's go long and let's see if you can get the knockdowns or you can get the knockdowns and put them under a little bit of pressure because they'd make defensive changes I don't understand why managers do that I understand you're looking for a better supply line to get that but I don't think this event seems good enough to be pissing about with it to be honest and in areas where Manchester United are much stronger they they're a much better counterattack inside than we are and by by by a long shot and I think we should have gone long but obviously they get they get the penalty I don't know why it's a soft pen don't get me wrong it's a soft penalty it's a soft soft penalty I'm not really sure why Ben Godfrey had already made a great tackle on Rashford I think it was I don't know why he makes the tackle the lad was going absolutely nowhere I'm not sure why putting it feels the need to put a tackle in I'm not really sure but he does it's a penalty in Rashford's dispatches 3-1 3-1 looks I don't know does it look worse than it was I don't know I I think it was a spirited display I don't think there was there was lots of quality but I thought he was a there was a it was a spirited display I think that's the way you play from now on doesn't matter who's in charge you think that's the way we play that's that's what gets the best out of our players and I don't know I should have seen a red no he shouldn't have I don't know I thought it was probably our second best player I don't know I may have had his best game in an evidence year tonight I thought he played I thought he played well thought he played really well in possession and was a real number six tonight for us listen Manchester United deserve to win can't see anything else but I think it I think it it did and it did show again that we can be competitive when we are when we are playing in that in that formation and to go to a Manchester City Manchester United in a week and give both of them a good game I think that proves that that's the way we should play is it enough now to listen the teams that we don't don't don't have to see here every now every time we do this doing all the teams rubbish you have to look for positives you have to look for what works and what doesn't work I think I think playing five or three works for us because I think the Marey Grey often often when a car balloon will work for us I really do I think his pace and dumb dumb in the in the six-yard box will work for us now if we're playing Southampton at home whoever the wingbacks are have to be high and that might mean that that might mean if when we play Southampton you don't play Sheamus Coleman who I thought was great tonight by the way I'm not having a go at him what I'm saying is you might play a Sheamus Coleman you might play an attacking wing back you might play Anthony Gordon and you might play Dwight MacNeill instead of Michelinko who I thought was terrible tonight by the way and then when you play someone away from home say Westam then you have Michelinko or whatever and then you have Sheamus Coleman back in the side because you are looking at having a five then so but I still I still think that that's the best way we play because I think it gets the Marey Grey into space it gets him into space and one thing I will say is tonight I did feel slightly sorry for Malpie tonight you know because not only does he get the assist for the goal but he made some good runs tonight and people don't give him the ball and I felt like so it's dead easy to go Malpie's rubbish blah blah blah he does make some decent runs that and don't get picked up on they really don't and so and I thought I think you know it's up to players to find them and that's gonna be a struggle in the next few weeks as well obviously would know what we what do we do could you put could you put Anthony Gordon in that position could the Corey be the answer he start to slow tonight and then once he got into it he looked he would start to pick up a little bit towards the end you know seeing a couple of people there in the comments saying well Michelinko could play as a third centre back well he could but then you've got Ben Goldfrey who's got the patience Ben Goldfrey is an athlete I don't think he's a brilliant footballer by any means I think he's an athlete but he has got patience he can't keep up with people and you've got chambers commonly completely right-sided centre we're not we're not struggling for centre backs are we but I do think I do think that this formation is what we have to keep with and if Frank Lampard is in charge next week which we don't know where there he is there's different there's course there's gonna be all kinds of rumors coming out of that because people said that you know almost if he didn't win he was gonna get the sack tonight or whatever I don't understand why it would be on that game when you you think you know you're going to wall traffic you're expecting to lose anyway and if he if we play self-harm the next week I just well we are playing self-harm the next week if he's the manager it's it's a it's a case of play shoulder tonight they're not they haven't stopped playing for and by any means players players players are the right go tonight whether you know whether the quality is there that's that's the thing isn't it that's that's the problem with them and it's quality and they have to make that up with hard work on Tuesday night we had no hard work and a lack of quality and that's that's where that's where we are at the moment so you can't fault the players tonight I think in terms of hard work it was all there and I think the game plan again was the that was the right game plan for the night like it was at City so you've got to look at those two things it's just a lack of quality but you can see I at least can see with that formation where we can get joy out of against other teams and I don't understand why the manager didn't play it against Brighton I know we were at home but Brighton are really good sad and there's no reason why we couldn't have played like that on on Tuesday night we should have played like that on Tuesday night because it doesn't just bring out it brings out I don't know just there's a little bit there's a little bit more isn't it and we play with a bit more hunger a little bit desire like the players like playing in that formation and they don't really like four three three and yeah listen we can sit here and we can talk about it not being good enough and the club having standards and all these kind of things listen the people who have the stand you who suppose of the standards in Everton football club they have no stand if they had standards they wouldn't be at Everton football club because they would have to look at their own their own their own stuff Steven Williams on the Super Chat says if Lampard's future was based on the game he shouldn't be sacked fair enough but to me that that's the that's the way we should play I think the players the players dug in and have a go they're just not good enough they're just not good enough it's as simple as that that's why we keep on crying out for new signings that's why we need signings and that's why it's on the board isn't it it's on the board now to get get Frank Lampard listen whether you want Frank Lampard they know we're out if a new manager comes in he needs new signings it does not matter those players we've got we keep on saying they're not good enough we need new signings it's on them in the next week to go and get whoever it's Frank Lampard at the moment and I'll just I'll think it's Frank Lampard till he says otherwise we've got to go and get Frank Lampard new signings because we had a few opportunities tonight when we got to the edge edge of the box and we we obviously made a mess of it so we're waiting to see we're waiting to listen I I said many a times I'm not I'm not asked whether Frank Lampard gets sacked or he doesn't get sacked for me that's not the problem they're ever football club because the problem is the people who are at the top of the club it's as simple as that if they don't bring players into whoever the manager is to strengthen this club nothing's gonna change so for me we we play this now we continue to play this not I don't think any of our there's no I don't think there's anyone in our fan base who's deluded enough to think that we can play nice attractive football and be people I think that is done I think everybody knows I think everybody knows that so so yeah we'll move on we'll wait and see listen I'll be back to do my play ratings it's disappointing what I'm the FA Cup this you got a free weekend you got a free weekend at the end of the month as well it's we're out the Cup it's another year no trophies stick that on a banner or something I don't know but wait and see wait and see what what happens now but I'll listen I'll be back in a little bit to do my play ratings make sure you check out buzzers videos as well and there you go one thing I will say the book the fans were magnificent tonight absolutely magnificent tonight in terms of you could just hear them all the way through all the way through 9,000 much much you know more noise than the Manchester United fan base so so well done well done to them in terms of that in supporting the team yeah there you go yeah I'll be back soon to do my play ratings thanks for watching and I'll catch us all in a little bit