 Welcome to Toffy TV, this is the match preview everton versus Fulham at Goulderson Park, a three o'clock kick-off, could be the last three o'clock kick-off at Goulderson this season, for a very long time in the Premier League. Well, unless the match is again getting moved, but we'll wait and see. Fulham, just a massive game, just become a massive game now, just the way everything is played out. Everton have got to try and get the three points by hollow by croch on Saturday because when you look at the other fixtures, when you look at the points, when you look at everything going on around us, this is just becoming a must-win game. Yeah, it's said it all, it's a must-win game and it's a fixture that in general has been good to Everton. Everton, we follow him at Goulderson and now the last time he played he actually beat us, then he was the first time he beat us at Goulderson Park. Obviously he was in a COVID season, so there's no one there, but it's a game that's suck on that significance now. We've just come out of a run of games that were very difficult and this will be difficult for Fulham on having a very good season, but they're not in great form just now, they haven't got Mitrovich for this one. So it's become a must-win game and it's a game to try and start building momentum again. You know, we just had that four game and beaten and come to an end at United last weekend and this one represents the chance to start that off again. You know, Fulham are home this week, Palace away next week and for Everton they'll be looking at this because obviously you've got four home games to go. You've got Fulham and Bournemouth are two that you'd look at and go we need to win both of them for definite. The other two are Newcastle and Man City, but you're obviously two teams in the top four of the league, top three of the league, so they're obviously much more difficult, but can't take anything for granted, like you said, these are a decent side. I went to Fulham earlier in the season and Everton played all right in the first half, Fulham the better side in the second half, so it's going to be a tricky game. Yeah, Fulham have had a great season haven't they, coming back up everyone probably thought these will struggle like they did traditionally, but obviously Mitterwitch scoring goals straight away. He's continued that, obviously we know he's not available for this game because of his own stupidity against Manchester United, but they've sort of levelled out haven't they recently, they're on 39 points, obviously they've got Mitterwitch missing for this game and then the next five isn't after this. It's going to be difficult for them and as I said it has balanced itself out, but Mark Hussill has done a brilliant job there and obviously it'll be his first return to go to St Park one since he got sack, he's done a brilliant job to where when you look at Fulham now, you obviously look and think straight away difficult game, any game you've played in regardless I don't know what you've had recently, it's a difficult game, but it has just levelled out a little bit so it is a brilliant opportunity because you do get the feeling that even though there's nine games to go for them, you wonder whether they've got that mentality in their head now that they look up and think they're on 39 points, brightening on 46, have they really got a chance of getting into Europe now? No, are they going to get relegated? Of course they're not, so are they going to go that extra little step in games? That opens it up to Everton massively I think, if Everton can get off to a good start in this game, get a lead and then keep pushing for it. I think it's a great opportunity because I just look at them and I just think when push comes to shove in some games we really have that extra momentum to go after a game when, especially when it's a game this big and it's so important to us and you do get it, this is what always shapes the relegation zone isn't it? You get games like this towards the season where to one team it means so much more than to the other team and I think we saw that last season when we played Palace with it, even though they tune a lot there and really not to play for and I think this could be one of those games or the start of one of those games for us where, which gives us a great opportunity I think to pick up the three points. They've lost five games on the run, lost five at the last six and they've lost the last four league games, which was as many as they've lost in the previous 16 I think. They're not in great form at all, missing the most dangerous player, the biggest goal threat they've got, the safe for Everton, it's all to play for, it's coming off the back of a couple of games without a win, no talking up the four games unbeaten, but it's two games without a win isn't it? I've had three, sorry Chelsea dropped them among United so three difficult games, this represents a great opportunity. It means so much to Everton, we've got to go, it's got to be blood and thunder, it's got to be go after them and sometimes when one team wants it that little bit more and your team's had a good season but you're petering out a little bit, it doesn't take much to swing the momentum and that's what Everton have got a bank on, we've got to go out, treat it like it's a cleat on massive cliché but treat it like a cup final because it's a really good opportunity at home, we're good at home. Under Sean Dite, we've took 10 out of 15 points, 1-3-3-1-1, the game he lost was villain and we should never have lost the game so Everton have got the opportunity to try and keep that momentum going, we've got to get after them, William will be a big threat still because he always is but we've got to match their energy and we've got to make it uncomfortable for them this weekend and if we do that and if Everton can win, I mean we'd go within 9 points of them which we were miles behind in one stage but if we won and we got on to that 30 points, I think psychologically then you're into the zone where it's almost touching this point. That's something I was going to bring up, the mental factor of getting to the 30 points, I think you can get that 30 and I think it would also represent Sean Dite getting the same amount of points as Frank Lampard had as well I think isn't it 15 when he'd come in the 15 points? But getting that 30 points, you're in the 30s then you can almost see the finish line, you know what the task is ahead then and that for me I think would mentally be a huge step as well and when you look at the remaining games and you think to yourself where are we going to pick up the points, this is the one where you look at and think for a lot of fans, this is the one that we've been looking at and of course that brings its own pressures as well because obviously to be an element of worry, but it does bring an element of worry, brings that element of this is a game we must win because we've got Newcastle and we've got Manchester City and then it goes boom a flash game this season, we know what our away form is like, we'll have to pick up points away from home, we're just going to have to with those next two home games being on the horizon so yeah getting to that 30 point mark would be huge but let's just have a little look at the event team from the Manchester United game, now you look at that obviously no decor in the side, Seamus Coleman is going to be a massive doubt for this game I imagine and obviously we've seen Godfrey go off, just talking to Dominic Arville-Lewin being back for this game so what changes can you see for this game? I think Paterson will come in and then Coleman holding his leg and leaving the picture, Old Trafford wasn't a great sight, obviously having to leave it as late as the Canberra I think in these games you want energy, Paterson is very much in attacking football, he's someone who wants to get forward and trying to create good athletes, he's had another week of training so we feel better for that, I can see him coming in. I'm interested in what will be Godfrey, what do they do with Ben Godfrey, do we leave him in and go well let's not replace two with the back four in one fell swoop, you know let's leave the other three days and put Michel Enco in, Michel Enco does give you better balance because of the left foot and Ben Godfrey is more the defensive side and the physicality and a bit of pace of Barham. I didn't think whatever Sean Dyche tried to do with Old Trafford didn't work for me, I think it should have been great push wide and a Wobie as one of the three in the middle if that's what you were doing but I would have just put Paterson, just put James Garner in instead of the Corry left the way up front and then Ellis to come off the bench. Do you think he might put a Wobie in there with it being a home game and go back to maybe having Grey Wired which is not really something we've seen under Dyche but you think he'll put Grey Wired and have a Wobie in there to get that balancing. And who would you have off front? Sims again? If he's fit I'd have to have a capital U. For me I don't think there's any time to mess about. I think if you've, this is my personal opinion, I think if you've had a player out for this long and you've been taking care of every element of when he's coming back he's either fit or he's not fit for me and I'd rather have the first hour out of him and then put an Ellis Sims on than getting the last half an hour I've done. That comes down to where he is. I honestly don't think they would put Dom in a carbon loom and back into any kind of first team football unless he's at 100%. Of course there's rustiness and things like that but for me I don't think there's time to be messing about and I don't think they're going to mess around with his fitness either. I think it's all or nothing if he's not anywhere near fit then I don't think he's going to be on the bench at least. For me I think he goes back and I think he's that important and I think I always feel like it's been manufactured for that purpose as well. What would you do going there? He was brilliant against Arsenal and he'd come back into the shot. That day Bites his first game and we'd forget that. He's played an hour for sure on Bites and against Arsenal he was brilliant. He had them everywhere and he obviously stretched for that one-way round on a roller across the box and he rolled over his foot almost didn't he? He would have had himself a goal and in that game he showed that when he had the importance to heaven. If he's fit and ready to go then okay throw him in there. Bites is one of them. It is all about fitness. We trained the last few days last week. He left them out of the squad altogether at United which was the right thing to do if he wasn't ready but fingers crossed he'll come through this week without any kind of reaction and that's the case. And he is training at 100% and I know from speaking to a couple of people that's how you train now with everything. Everything's at 100%. It's full contact. It's full contact. You sprint and you're not walking around not doing much. So if he's come through that and he's feeling good in himself then okay fair enough you put him in. But his replacement has to be LSM. It can't be Neil Mawpai or Damari Gray now when we've done one. We've got to play the way we play. There's an argument of the half an hour this week and then start the game after. I don't know maybe he goes with the hour and we get everything we can have on for an hour then Ellis comes on and gives them a little bit of a different option. I don't know. But Dominic Calvert-Lewin could be, I've said it all along and some people are frustrated with me for saying it but he still could be the difference. He's a big, big player forever and if you get a couple of goals that win us games that's a huge thing and okay is that satisfactory for the season? Of course it isn't and it needs to be looked at again this summer and have to go and get a replacement no matter what and even if that means Dom isn't sure they're playing anymore he's got a battle to get in and that's better for the football club. But just right now when you're looking at it you're going to say games to play. He could be crucial to everything staying up. He could be absolutely vital. If he gets on the end of a couple of crosses and we get three points from them or whatever it is that's huge for us. It's huge and he is such a big player. And he's a big threat don't forget. People have to look at him, he keeps the ball well to into him, his hold up plays better than what Ellis is at the moment. So yeah maybe if he's available as well you get him in and you go with energy and you go with getting bodies around him and that getting bodies around him probably has to come from. The other key with the starting line up is does a wobby stay wide across the ball anyway really? Does he stay wide? Or does Sean Dite say right this week you are playing in the number 10 almost? Or more like an eight but you're up and down and you're the one that has to get around Dom in a car of the loom. The same way that the core he was getting around is Domari Gray or whatever and do it that way because we simply need bodies in the box. If that's the case then obviously you're looking then and saying well what Domari Gray is playing on the right wing there and you say to Domari Gray you've got to put delivery in and you've got to wake your bollocks off up and down in front of Patterson. That might be why a wobby may well stay wide to what you do with the midfield then. What do you do with the midfield? Just say for Argyn and say Dom is the man who comes in and you've got Dwight McNeill on the left which it'll be and a wobby stays on the right just say it's that's how he does it. Who comes in to that? Domari Gray through the middle almost in the 10. Let's just look at Fulham's starting level from there last game against West Ham. I think Pereira is brilliant for these and obviously William is brilliant. I think they're a big threat and you're absolutely right when you look at them because I think Patterson, James Coleman started the game down at Fulham and Patterson came on and William tore him inside out. That's coming in cold. This would be his first game back obviously if he wants to start if Seamus doesn't make it. That is a worry and you're right in the middle of the park because on that day the team was Coleman, Cody, Tarkowski, Michalen Co, Onan, Guy, Gray, a wobby. You haven't the golden and we had Dominic Armelun up front. So there'll be a lot of similarities in this game, funny enough. I just think Dr Corey missed from last week was huge but that could be put down to the way we played as well and the way we had great drift enough to the right but also a wobby. But you are right you do need that protection on William because he's the most important. They're left side. Sorry to put in there. Just they're left side. He's Anthony Robinson, he's a flyer and William. So William often does that thing where he drips inside and then Robinson's the ball inside the full back to go round. So Patterson probably goes side to side with Robinson. Fair enough he can cope with that. It's just coming and coping with William. You trust them to marry Gray today that I ain't. So therefore the question becomes do we go yes it's a wobby and you have to track William and leave Patterson 1v1 with Robinson. That means if that is the case, who goes into the middle? They're strong. Paulina is strong in there. They've got Harrison Reid who works in there. They've got Pereira. So therefore you're almost off to go. I think you're off to go three. And that to me is James Garner in with the other two. Everton couldn't walk all over that in the field if they play the way they can do. If not full on the next one because like I said they've got good players as well. So there are the big decisions for Sean. I personally think it's Gray back out the side and on the bench I think it's no more LSM for me through the middle. And James Garner has to come into the midfield and Patterson if Sheamus. The only little difference I would make is if Sheamus is fit I might be tempted to play Patterson in front of him and play a wobby central because that means you get double insurance for the runner and for William. I don't think he would but I'm just saying that. I'm just having a look at William's numbers when he gains three goals to assist 1.3 shots. Are we putting a little bit too much on him now? I'm going off when he played against us at Craven Cottage and his performances for Chelsea. He always had good games against us. He is a good player. He is a good player. I just wonder whether we are putting a little bit too much into him there. I don't know but he's done well this season for a player who had gone and come back to the Premier League. He's done really well but I don't know maybe we should just be looking at it. Last week William created five chances to follow him against Westampton. It is most in the Premier League. He is 34 years, 242 days old. He's the oldest player to create five chances in the Premier League. Also that's the thing. Forget about assists. There is chances created. Assist aren't real stats. I don't even know why Ned puts them on there because they're not real. It is all about chances created. It's not his fault if someone doesn't finish. So he does have to be looked at and that's where it is. People do use that for Alexio Wobby as well by the way. I know you don't. You can't use it for one or the other. No that's what I'm saying. I think it's the chances created. No that's what I mean. Chances created not assists. That's the interesting thing isn't it because Patterson until Saturday wasn't even on the bench and then he'll be back in the side if James Coleman's was on the bench. But that's the thing isn't it? I think for that we heard a little bit of this from James Garner. It's the stock show on Dyche Plays in actual fitness. So if you're in training and you're just getting back into it, a lot of managers go he's back and putting them in if they're not ready. I think this manager, what we've seen and what he kind of says is, he kind of hinted at this a while ago and I think it was over Dom and I called it living. A few weeks ago when he trained and he went two days training and he's going back in the Premier League. He can't have said it then. Do you train for two days? That doesn't mean you're in my squad mate. That's why I think that's why I think Dom will start if he's trained. Because ultimately that's what the manager puts the stock in and you can understand that because you see when players come off the bench how many players are just not ready to go. They're just not into the pace of the game and that's what you look at your ambition, how he's made subs and you go back to the Forrest game where he barely made the sub. He obviously looks at people and that is a massive thing. You've got to be fit and if you're not fit then you're not playing. It will be interesting to see what changes he makes. It is funny as we've seen this last week that how D'Cori has made himself. Unzropable? Unzropable when he's available because there's just nobody else who can do that job at the moment. Unzropable when he's available because there's just nobody else who can do that job at the moment. Unzropable when he's available because there's just nobody else who can do that job at the moment. These are huge games. It's my birthday as well as I want to be on that one evidence of win. James McFaddon once won me a massive game on my birthday with a tremendous goal against Shalman. He flicked it over the other one. I think it's a single goal. I don't know what it is. It will be tight and it's up to everything. I think seven pieces. We now have a mark on Shalman. I'm still got a little bit of affection for Marko. Seven pieces in greater than not great and that's one thing ever that's stronger. The other thing I noticed is as good as Anthony Robinson is going that way, he's all over again. The winning goal last week, he was dreadful for West Ham's going that was his own goal. He just got done so cheaply on the back and that's what everything has got to try and exploit him. Like you said, very good attack on fullback. Can't defend the kids. It's a huge game. It's won that everything has to win. They just have to win it. And if they do, then we're in the thirties and you can get closer to us. 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