 Welcome to Toffy TV today. I am joined by Everton Winger, Yannach Balasi, who is joining me, took the time out of his day to join us all. Yannach, big thanks for taking some time out of the chat with us. No worries man, it's always a pleasure man. Obviously I've been away for a couple of seasons or whatever but you know, I thought just talking to you guys directly, talking directly out of respect for obviously Everton and everyone else, I thought it'd be best that I talk directly to the fans hub kind of thing because I feel my game and everything just revolves around trying to, I don't know, impress the fans and that's just the way I've been and I'd like to give you obviously the first insight of what I've been kind of thinking and what's been going on. Just before we get into football, have you found lockdown because this must be the strangest period in York and you've had obviously an injury and will get onto that but just being fit and just not being able to go and train or play football has it been so weird for you? To be fair, wow, I was locked down, I think two weeks before England went and locked down in Portugal and yeah so it's been a while for me you know, it's yeah, no I don't feel like I'm injured again but you know it's just like going through them stages again where you have to do training and you're training a long kind of thing. It's been hard but at the same time obviously for the family and stuff it's been a boldness for the kids I guess because I'm at home every day and there's him here every day kind of thing you know rather than you know in and out going training, coming back, having matches, having to stay over places and stuff so now I guess it's the best of both worlds but you know in general as like a footballer yeah 100% being very hard, very hard. I was going to say if you got new admiration for your partner for all the work she does when you're not there to train and stuff. 100% you know, 100% I try to go around places and just literally round the house and say listen I'm going to hide in this room you know basically just stay there you know and the kids will basically come and find me they think it's almost hide and seek so but yeah no I can't lie it's been alright, it's been alright. Just on your football career then obviously I was just looking before and you've obviously waked you way up to the very top you know started in Malta and then Plymouth and Bristol City before you got to Crystal Palace and obviously experienced the Premier League with them I mean did you find there a huge step up from like Bristol City then to Palace and the Premier League? No I wouldn't say so you know I think like playing in the lower leagues definitely you know got my feet on the ground and made me realise like how hard football really is you know so having to graft and come up was like you know gave me the mentality to almost try to do better for myself always so for example when I came from Malta I went to Plymouth and you know I was there. I signed for Plymouth for a two year contract or whatever it was and then ended up going on loan. I went on loan to Russian Diamonds in a conference until January and then basically that same season I went in I got a loan move to Barney who were in league too. You know so for me that was already like actually I'm developing here you know I've played the conference half a season conference playing at Barney so it was a different experience but obviously it was playing football league where I was still contracted to Plymouth. I ended up going back to Plymouth again and then went back to Barney again so I played another season in league too more half a season sorry half a season and then Plymouth ended up calling me back and I actually got to play in a championship but I think Plymouth got down so Plymouth got relegated to league one and then I ended up staying at Plymouth and basically played in league one so that's how I played league one. So that was another kind of take off my box kind of thing obviously you don't want to go through all of those stages but you know it was those you know where it just seemed to happen with me so I ended up playing at Plymouth for one season had a great season and then went over to Bristol City. Bristol City for one year so it was a bit in and out kind of thing of the team and for me was just like I just wanted to play games nothing else but play games so that's the way I've always seen myself I know I've always been so you know ended up moving to Crystal Palace who were at the time bottom of the league or whatever championship by four points of drift and that same season got promoted into the Premier League. When you get promoted to the Premier League then you know everything sort of changes you know so for me it was just like it's a dream come true you know getting into the Premier League first of all because the journey that I basically took I would have never thought you know that I was going to be where I am kind of thing so you know I'm really grateful and obviously at Crystal Palace you know I was working hard and like I said I had that push and you know the eagerness to always improve and do better for myself as a player. So it meant like changing my physique because I was one of those slim type of wingers that used to get pushed off the ball a lot and because of league two and league one and championship I ended up developing my physique and then in the Premier League it almost felt like not in a bad way just felt like I was a lot stronger than people without realising but when you think I'm coming up to the Premier League and stuff you think oh maybe it's going to be. The players are much stronger but stronger in a different way I think they are more fit and definitely more sharper and faster than what I've been playing against but you know I got used to it and you know story was kind of history and I ended up coming to Everton which was also a dream movie you know because you know even playing at goodness and at those times you know you stand round thing wow you know I'm actually at a big Premier League club you know I'm just looking around going yeah this is. This is actually the Premier League like welcome to the Premier League and fortunate for you guys for us guys you know I ended up scoring my first goal in the Premier League against Everton so yes for me it's been made up to be honest and I wouldn't change anything regarding the come up and stuff because it's taught me a lot of lessons and you know hard graft and fought to where I've got and I've always realised like hard work is what gets you out of anything so yeah that's just been my motto all the way through. It's been well against us for Crystal Palace you've noticed that, us and Liverpool you've seen to like Merseyside you've come up and give us a hard time. I thought I definitely you know when I obviously when I moved to stop it was life changing for my family and everything and you know I was made up but I also did think you know I've had so much positive things up in Merseyside you know it can't go anywhere it can't go anywhere else you know. I played good against both of the Merseyside teams surely you know like coming out like it's basically going to kick on kind of thing you know but you know things happen for one and it's unfortunate sometimes. How did you move to Everton come about? It was a bit wrong as well you know obviously wrong what did we there as well so you know that kind of urgency because I was like to be honest with Crystal Palace it was I loved my time there you know obviously not in the bad way I felt at that stage there you know they weren't really trying to you know go forward as in like you know push on Yn ymwysgrifenni, yw'r ydych chi'n gweithio'r ysgolwch ar gyfer y top 6, felly oedd y gallu'n mynd i ddweud. Mae'n amser yn rhaid i'r cyffredinol ar Cresifalys, a gallwch chi'n rhaid i ddweud i'r ddweud, ac i'n rhaid i'n rhaid i'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r pobl, a'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud. Rwy'n dweud, mae'n ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud, dweud yn cynnwysu'r ysgol yng nghywun i'w ddweud. O'r ddweud, dyma'n gyfnod o'r pwynt a ddechrau'r peth, ac oedda'n cael ei bod yn ei wneud. Felly, yna'n gwneud i gael rhan, wrth gwrs, ac mae'n gwneud i gael y tro i ddiad o'r project o'r rhan o'r cymdeithas o'r cyfnod, a maewn gwneud i chi fyddenig yma, oedda i'n gweithio y top six, ac mae'n gweithio'r ysgol i'w ddych chi'n gweithio'r ddweud. Dwi'n ddechrau yn ôl â mynd. Mae'n ddweud, fel y pethau'n gwybod, ond mae'r braino ar y dryf neu fyddiaeth. Mae'n ddweud yng Nghymru, oherwydd i'r ddweud o'r ddweud, oherwydd i'n ddweud, oherwydd i'n ddweud. Mae'n ddweud, ma' gilydd yr ysgrifennu i chi i chi oherwydd sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio ar yr ysgrifennu, ma' no mae'n ddweud. Felly mae'n ddweud ac rhaid a fath 생 kilometres. Felly mae ymddai mynd. Ond yn gallu'n ymdyn nhw'n ddo, ond rhan y'n rhom, ydw i'n menud ddi'u fi rsi years. Fysgwyl i'r berthynas ymdyn newydd, rwy'n wych yn gallu'n ei fath ar gyfer y gêm, ond mae'n gwyfno'n bynnag fydd ymddangos, un oedd yn y cymaint o phes yn ddu yng Nghymru, ac rhan ychydig yn gwneud y cwpulid yn un i'r Rhom. Rhom yn amlwg oherwydd yn ychydig gyda'n mynd. Mae'n rost i ni. Yn cael ei fyddo i'r rhan. I mean, I could have had eight or six players for injury, if you are honest. But obviously, I had a good link up with Ross. Tella Faile was there as well and Ron and obviously playing against one of the best fullbacks playing against him over the years and stuff in Leighton Bains and Sheffield. That was good to actually be on the same team just to see how different it was compared to ac efallai yn gwneud hynny i ddim yn ystafell. Felly, mae'n dweud. Mae'n defnyddio gyd, mae'n dweud. Fy angen, ydych chi'n ei ddim yn ddweud i'n meddwl. Rwy'n ddweud i'r llais i'w Romelu Llyw Llyw Carchau. Mae'n anud i'n meddwl cywyddi yn Crestor Paolos, Yn oed, mae'n meddwl yn amlwgion mewn ffordd eu rhathol. Mae'n lle i'w ddoch chi i sicrhau eich gwneud Ally Wyrdd. Felly mae'n meddwl i'w ddechrau. Mae yw'r llai byddo'n meddwl gan ein un ar dda. Mae'n meddwl am eich ffordd. Mae'n meddwl at y siaradau. Mae'n meddwl, ond mae'r eich dod ei wneud hefyd. Mae'n meddwl yn meddwl i'w wneud. Mae'n meddwl i chi fyddio hyn ar bobl honno. probably started off kind of quick as well because obviously I used to get these pep talks every day in the car about how much you're giving me today or kind of thing. Well, what may I've given you I've given you to a free the other day you didn't put them away you know your costumina kind of thing you know but to be honest I've never been kind of like a statpad or whatever kind of because I like to think you know my game revolves around like obviously creating space for others and then obviously you know I do have the power and strength and I can score and I can assist but I've never I wasn't brought up that way kind of thing I think I've always looked at the game very different I like the era when you know you had the players like I don't know honoree, Rinaldin or Birken you know these kind of players that I was watching growing up was like I didn't watch them to see that oh they scored five goals where I think now the game is kind of gone changed running to like revolving around stats you know I wasn't brought up or like for me I'd find it more interesting to make space for someone and the team recognised that I've done that and we end up scoring you know that's that's more joy for me than doing the other things but equally I know the game is about stats and I will play to that kind of thing but I just like growing up growing up and when I was young I was actually just looking at what people like did so they'll be players like would would affect the game but wouldn't get like a stat honestly you didn't get an assist or you know so you know I'm I'm not saying I'm that type of player fully but like that was the kind of way like I saw what kind of saw myself playing because at the end of the day it's not like I scored like 20 20 goals to move to Everton I think like I would like to think like they got me on the ability that I can obviously take on my man a bit speed bring the team up the pitch normally play against two players because one on one you know it sometimes it could be a mismatch um yeah and I like to set up my balls but then obviously I thought like it was starting to click yeah when you have someone like Rom Ross playing and these guys are also taking up two and then I'm playing one and then you know I just felt like yeah everything was coming kind of easy but yeah it was good definitely definitely and then obviously the injury came which was it it was just such a it was just a weird injury wasn't it I would have cared because I remember you going to the corner flag with the ball then you went in for a challenge and when you didn't get back up you're thinking like what's going on and then I mean when enough I swear Gary never said I dived or something like that yeah he said you went down up yeah yeah wow I might have to come for him but yeah and obviously I tried to actually get up and play but then I just felt like whoa you know that this feels way different to anything that I felt because I I like to think my pain refresh hold is very high you know and I'm not just going to walk off the chair you know it's only until I started walking up the stairs back up into the change room I didn't really feel it but then when I put my leg up on the bed that was something else you know and you you wake up in the morning and you hope like you that pain's gone away but the pain was still there and I was like oh man this this is this is this this feels like a long one you know because the pain normally no I don't know I like to think I'm super human sometimes so I wake up in the morning and yeah it's gone up there it wasn't going anywhere and you know obviously when I got the news and kind of stuff it's 10 months to a year or so that yeah that was that was like the shock of my system because you know um I like to think I was that rare that looked after my body while kind of stuff but you know sometimes these things kind of just happened and yeah it was a disappointing time you know and considering as well that game that I think united I was actually doing well and hitting stuff felt like I was coming into what I need to be showing you know who who I wanted my identity what I wanted you guys to kind of see so yeah I mean when you were out in obviously you're in you're trying and trying to get back I mean how difficult was it for you because obviously um we ended up changing managers so the fella who brought you in it is sacked you know he's gone out the door and you know David undre had it for a few weeks and then Sam Allard ice coming in what's that like you're you're doing your rehab and trying to get back and then what's that like for a player with someone who's brought you in has then gone out the door and obviously rome had left as well at least so the time you the time you've been out there was a lot of change wasn't it yeah there's obviously there was a lot of change and stuff obviously that that that hit me really hard obviously because he like the manager you know he there was reassurance you know that he kept giving me this reassurance that you know don't worry you know like kind of take your time just make sure you're ready to come back strong kind of thing and obviously by the time you come back he's gone kind of thing and it's a different thing and you know and that's how football is unfortunately but you know everyone's fighting for their place so you know you know no prisoners mate no prisoners especially at our club you know there's no there's no prisoners especially in training you know so when obviously um David undre's took over my come back and I played I was come I was just about to come back and I played some I played two under 23 games and basically come back when Sam Allard ice took over so yeah it was it wasn't different it was it was just a bit strange you know to be honest I even got I even I remember even getting a letter by by the by the by the chairman just saying obviously because I was injured and you know we're doing a lot of signings not to worry and stuff you know like just to concentrate on coming back well and stuff so that was that was that was great as well that that that gave me a little lift as well to be honest you know and then when I came back obviously I don't know we weren't in a good period at that time you know um no actually no we we we was we was we was we was in a good period sorry but we were okay we were all right when big time where we was all we was all right but you know obviously that time there I don't I don't think like we we had an experience wing on board I think if correct me if I'm wrong I think Theo came in the month January that January after yeah yeah yeah you know obviously for me um maybe maybe I might come back a bit too early I'm not I'm not sure but you know it's the best of both worlds because obviously I know myself I've come up from you know the bottom I've come up from the conference at league two league one championship so I know when I can feel like I can play I'm not going to say oh let me wait two weeks or whatever I'm going to want to do it on this on the spot because that's just my character you know and and just just the way I've I've been unfortunately in my career sometimes it could be good sometimes it could be bad but you know I like to think I'm an I'm an I'm an honest person regarding that aspect of you know the game so you know I'm back and you know um I might and I might not be 100 right but you know at the time it was a bus coming back you know it was a bus there's there's no lies about that it was a great bus coming back you're just being around the boys training again with like bodies around because obviously you're doing a lot of training alone in the kind of so it was a difficult moment but you know equally you know it is what it is at the same time yeah I was going to say that because I remember you you came back against West Brom a way thing you started the game and done quite well and I remember we've we had Liverpool in the cup I think you played really well there we got beat late on what you played yeah so so yeah I I think but so I came back on box box and day yeah box and day and then it was West Brom Liverpool Manchester no Bournemouth Bournemouth yeah Manchester United then Liverpool in the cup Tottenham and Arsenal yeah yeah so basically to be honest I was looking at it and I was like wow we actually got like the top five in the space of like I don't know two weeks or something like that or playing against the whole top five so for me it was like I'm buzzing to be back but honestly like when I think about it now I hit a brick wall at one stage I think you know and you know that's when my probably my performance started to really because some of the games I thought wow actually I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back but then I'm thinking I'm kind of way off it you know but I'm not going to say no because I think I'm way off it I'm still going to go out there and try and do what I do but I might have done myself like maybe a little bit of an injustice you know rather than you know sometimes you know obviously not recognizing that I come back from a year out you know play one see it out to play one but you you can't do that in football like who's ever done that in football you know I should say this place is up for grabs so you're always going to want to put yourself up on a front man to fight for your position and that's just been me and you know I might not be ready but you know I like to think some of them games I did well and you know I show them what I can potentially do and bring back to the team but you know yeah it was a tough period for the club 100% as well for the team it was a tough period but we lost we lost we lost against Liverpool in the cup and luckily then United beat us I think it's Latin scored and um Tottenham yeah that that game there yeah we were terrible yeah we were bad at Spanish and Arsenal we were bad at Arsenal as well Arsenal Spurs and Arsenal so yeah and enough that I think I come out the team then you know and yes well yeah yeah it's so it's I've gone straight so difficult isn't it you come back off a long injury you're probably not ready to play every week because you've had such a period of time up but you're adrenaline wants to play and then you play and you're not at where you should be and then people will judge you're on that both you still it's so it's so too difficult bonnes isn't it? Yeah it's unfortunate but it's football at the same time you know and you know if I if I if I went back now I don't know I don't know if I would change I don't know if I would change but like I don't know if I would change anything if I went back to that moment but you know because at the end of the day the joy of playing on the field again you know and playing against those teams just to see where I'm at because straight away that would give me an indication of where I'm at when I'm back from my injury and I'm saying okay I played against Liverpool played against Robertson and you know the their fans were so happy that like he sort of had a good game against me kind of thing I'm saying whoa you guys are buzzing I've only come back been back for like two weeks or so like give me a give me a breather like you know but it is what it is you know but it showed me as well like where I was at you know and I felt like I was at a good stage that time there but then when the journey then sort of comes out here at Brickford and yeah I'm one of those honest players I say yes and at that time I hit a Brickford you know and it is it is yeah I mean we got to the end of that season and obviously Sam Allardyce went and were you were a bit disappointed with do you feel as though you were given a fair go by Marco Silva or do you view that because you then went off on loan didn't you to Villa were you not were you not right in the summer or were you feeling the injury or what happened? No to be honest that we've got obviously when I was so if I go back to the timeline and eventually obviously when Sam Allardyce was there you know where I wasn't strong enough in my legs and in myself I don't know I could probably get a picture of you to see to show you the difference kind of thing you know my leg kind of you know my knee would kind of swell up you know and and I'd have to spend like the whole day or day before games you know I remember the day before games I would have to like be there ice in my leg you know going in hot on cold so sometimes you'd stay at the training ground so six o'clock just to make sure I was out on that field the next day you know like six o'clock to make sure I was out on the field the next day because obviously I didn't want to give up my place and I wanted to stop and I wanted to play so when it came when it came to the end of the season obviously I'm thinking yeah I'm normal now I'll finish the season so generally as a footballer I think I've come back from injury I've been back playing I've had some games I've finished some games I've had some good games I've had some up and downs which is which is normal I think in total what I've played about I don't know I had about 11 starts and three or four or five subs appearances you know of which like I would have never thought I would have got to be honest if I'm looking at where I was with my injury of full night no chance because the injury was basically career fail I would say no chance play about 15 games towards NC no chance that's not happening but I finished to do that so that was already a bonus then like then obviously came came to the summer um pre season came along and um you know I had the the same problem basically with my leg so what what happened was like because I didn't have the strength in it which I didn't realise at the time you know because I didn't have the strength in it my knee would swell up every time I went on the field kind of thing so I'm thinking surely now it's been it's been about it's been about you know 10 to 11 months since you know um I've had an up whatever I should be going back to normal but it wasn't that it was that I had to maintain my strength in that because it got to a point where in the season when I hit a brick wall I was playing I was that tired I was thinking where the gym work is the most probably the most important at the minute what was at that time the most important I was like oh I'm way too tired I can't do the gym so then when I'm doing the gym when I'm not doing the gym what was happening was my leg muscles were deteriorating because I was that tired I thought I just need to recover for the next game kind of thing because I wanted to play so I didn't know any better kind of but as that was happening my leg was deteriorating in the muscle and that was making me lose strength so that would affect performance it's not to say it's an excuse but that's just that's what was one of the pictures that was that's what's happened that's one of the pictures so basically when I come to pre-season I was still in that same state so I basically basically did a day and my leg swelled up and that day that I did basically I was playing let's say I was playing with one leg if one leg can jump 18 centimetres the other leg was jumping nine and a half which was like less than half so think about pitch if I'm on a pitch and I jump up and land on that one it could it could you know it's got the potential to go again so when I realized that I basically had to go to the manager and say listen um I don't know if anyone's informed you but um this is the script and um I'm basically kind of letting you know like I don't think I can finish the pre-season kind of thing you know because I didn't say I'm my leg kept swelling up so what happened is if I would have if I would have kept carrying on it would have been it would have been harmed basically on my on myself kind of thing and on my leg and I would have been in the stages where I was doing during the season to try and play the games six o'clock in the evening doing the hope using the facilities to to basically slow down the swelling on it or pad it down you know so you know ended up being that um obviously I did he didn't really get to see me after that and I didn't I didn't get much I didn't get a crack of the whip and you know towards so so then I think I think a new physio comes in um a new physio comes in and I start working on just basically bulking and getting confidence in that leg again you know because to go from playing games against Liverpool United and those to like back to like I need to get bulk in my leg to have confidence again it was crazy because I thought I'd done all the hard work there yeah yeah like you think just in general you done all the hard work there so it was like it was like okay um I had to do that and then basically by the time by the time um the way the way I kind of looked at it was like you know what um obviously if the manager doesn't fancy me or I'm not in the plans it is what it is it it's his kind of thing but I need to sort of have a a platform potentially where I can go and play games you know when I come because obviously it was going to take about eight weeks or something like that to think so I would have still been in the the what's it called and the way it looked like I don't know it just seemed like you know it didn't fancy me for whatever reason I don't know you know I don't know I don't know maybe might have watched the the last season's games and I don't know you know I'm just saying it could happen managers coming with different ideas and different plans and I understand that um by the time I needed to basically get a platform you know hopefully to try and play games which which became like Aston Villa kind of thing to go um so when so basically I came on 10 times for Aston Villa playing 20 minutes all their fans are probably what's going on here what's going on how can we get this guy from the Premier League here and he's coming in on I'm playing I'm playing 20 minutes for 10 games and all because no one didn't understand what was going on but obviously the club did and myself and it was the best way to get back the confidence in back playing I ended up starting and I had some love I had a lovely time there it was good and yeah and that was basically it you know and then went off to handle it basically um you know what happened and I'm coming back to Everton uh because I feel like you know I wasn't I wasn't there with myself at Villa yet you know and where they were where they were pushing for the kind of pushing for the Premier League at the time for me was you know it was almost like it needed to be a personal agenda where I needed to feel confident fully confident in myself because I was asking questions about myself whether I could finish a 90 minutes anymore you know and you don't want it as a footballer and no footballer wants to get to that stage after injury you come in and ask yourself if you can finish a game of 90 minutes you know and that wasn't because I was getting taken off at 60 it was just I just needed the platform that could get the confidence back to finishing games again and being in full confidence in my body and myself and obviously my knee and yeah I went to handle it and I got that love I got that love you know I kind of felt like you know they um I got the love that you know basically um I got when I when I first joined Everton you know where they if you go and take the ball and you know try to do your thing and yeah and I excelled and I enjoyed my time there as well it was very good you know obviously another different experience I never expected that I'd be going out alone like this for you know like I said like from the from the get go the start of all of this I've been I've been I've always been that type player that wanted to play games and you know and and prove myself and yeah because obviously I've come up from um from the bottom to the top so you've had obviously sporting as well so where are you now I mean yeah how are you feeling now I mean I saw you get sent off for sporting for for the most the most ridiculous red card I've seen for a while to be fair you know at sporting uh I mean sporting sporting was a bit crazy to be on this um if I thought if I thought England was crazy then over there was something else yeah yeah you know uh that was that was different because like I signed and the manager that basically told me the plan about what he's going to do and stuff I never Dutch manager funny enough um he got he got the next day that I was there so that was that oh what what have I what have I come to kind of thing you know um but no prior to sporting obviously I was working the whole summer my intention was to come back and show um the gaffer at the time mark or silver what I can do had the afcon um and then yeah come back and it was basically sort of the same thing that was last summer you know um basically kind of got that message you know long story short that you know um yeah so I didn't really get a chance you know I haven't trained with the um with the with the first team I guess in over two years you know two years or so so you know I don't for me personally I look at is like how how can you really get judged like that especially you know um in the conditions that I've that I've kind of um um what's called gone through in the past kind of thing but you know like I said I'm not I'm not one of these guys that are going to be out here complaining about it you know I just try to do my work and try to make sure you know my ability is talking more than what I am doing you know so I prepared the whole camp that summer as well just to make sure I'm in tip top form and I felt like I was going in tip top form there you know and then just get told you know you're not in the plans or whatever not even I don't think I not even get told to be honest it's it's one of those ones where no one's not even said a word really and you know you just you're just yourself away from the first team and you know you really and truly it's hard to describe but it's a situation I've been through and I think it's a situation that's made me stronger as a person I guess you know but saying that my upbringing and stuff like that just coming up through the leagues you know that kind of stuff they don't really faze me you know because I know what hard work does at the end of the day you know because when when your odds out to become a Premier League footballer or whatever you know and you and you do that that's that's just a dream come true and a bonus in itself so then anything else from theirs you know you kind of look at it as a bonus but equally as well I do want to prove myself you know so where are you up to now than are you fit is your knee fine are you ready fighting fit to you know to have a goal this please we've we've got like right now I'm not like the condition I know I can feel it I know what I'm in I know what I'm doing as in when I'm running and stuff I know what I'm sort of looking at you know and now for me like it's one of those I'm ready I'm ready to to to fight for the shirt and fight for my position you know because honestly through all of this COVID stuff and all this all this stuff that's been going on obviously it's only it's only it's I feel like it's only brought me closer to the fans you know because obviously they're probably for this guy is it's been a way or whatever just been on loans kind of thing but I feel like you know there's a little connection there and I just want to show that you know I'm ready to fight for the team and fight for the cause you know because you know that's all I've been thinking about really and I probably honestly I probably made that my mind about much you know that you know it's that time where I need to fight for what I kind of think so I never liked I never liked to think leave things unfinished and all and all of that and obviously playing that sport in this year playing playing in Europe as well which you know was good getting into the last play to any of that going up but you know when we shouldn't off but you know it is what it is but all of all of these experiences you know I've just made me even value just like you know what what I've been trying to do the the last two two years or so which is obviously get fit get fit and come and prove prove myself you know because I don't want to prove it if I'm not in the right condition and I feel like I'm in I'm in that condition where you know I can I can I can basically fight for my position and fight for the cause hopefully get given the chance you know and that's what you can hope for but you know it's football and you never know what could happen and you know I understand that managers and stuff have got different plans so yeah I mean Everton have got now another new manager for you to try to to get yourself in front of in Carlo Ancelotti who's obviously an incredible name in Welsh football isn't he and the club have club have done incredible to get him so I guess for you you know there's three games to go and then there's going to be a very short pre-season this summer with with what's gone on so it's the opportunity to get you know to get back get with the first team and have a real good go at it you know proving yourself a guest to him and seeing if there's a if you can get back into the squad maybe oh that's obviously I'm not even I'm not even but that's that that would be that would be the dream because obviously you're coming in your back training first team back in a in a good environment and you know I'm under a manager that's you know world class basically and just just out of curiosity you know I'd love to see like what he kind of said how he'd be able to like I don't know help my game or whatever you know because it's never too late to do anything I don't think you know just just in life I'm just in general as a human being I always think you know if you put your all in you know the right um the right outcome always turns up eventually so yeah hopefully you know that's the um hopefully that happens you know because it'd be yeah for me obviously working under someone like that that I haven't worked under any any manager of that caliber before so yeah you know it's great great I'm sure what the boys are buzzing as well you know right now you know they're enjoying the thing is is you know this summer will be different probably to any other one Yannach given you mentioned the before the covid thing and a lot of football clubs saying there's not as much money to spend and not money going round them or ever and it's an opportunity isn't it a guess for players who especially for someone who the manager's not seen I think for the likes of yourself you've still got a year left I think at Everton and the opportunity is there to go and improve yourself and who knows football throws things up at times that you know opportunities and it's whether you can grasp them and you know that better than anyone haven't come through all of the divisions to play in a Premier League so you know the opportunities there hopefully you get it and you can get yourself in front of them and show that you're you're back you know as strong as you were before the injury because that's what you want to prove isn't it that's that's my aim obviously you know and yeah that's what I'm trying to do you know I'm just trying to just trying to stay stay fit and ticking over and yeah God willing now I'll be able to train with the first team and me obviously the manager and stuff so yeah I'm looking forward to just trying to do that and yeah hopefully back in the next six months we'll be having another convo like this and we'll be like yeah look where we've kind of come so yeah hopefully that's the aim in me you know that'll be lovely when you've just terrorised Liverpool like you've seen for Palace in a blue shape for us this time will be that'll be lovely let me try and train first I know I know but um it's all it yeah yeah what I mean I've just noticed lately just a little bit and obviously a bit covid and probably because you haven't been training and all that you've been on Twitter you've been engaging with Evertonians and more importantly you've been giving Liverpool a bit of a some Liverpool fans a bit of stickers well I mean you know when you're getting accounts made in 2019 and 2020 and then claiming they won the league man you have to come for that surely you know just just on a normal just on a normal because obviously I like to I also like to think I'm like I'm a normal normal civilian kind of thing you know regarding that kind of aspect and I kind of have kind of yeah sometimes it might go wrong and stuff where obviously if you're not performing and stuff but you know that as a player yourself you know and that's the that's the good things with the football as we've seen we know we know we're missing the fans right now we're missing the fans in the stadium right you know if the fans been in the stadium that day we would have been in Liverpool for sure you know and whether or not they've gone on and win win the league that would still be good for us moving forward because obviously we know we know where the club are trying to go so yeah you've all I mean you've always been you've all I've noticed you've always been like quite engaging on Twitter I remember years ago tweeting it after you've been playing for Palace and you've done some mad trick and score some goal and I remember saying I'll come to Everton and something you'd favourite to do this is when you've wrapped Palace which is mad but yes many many years ago 20 something like 2013 or something like that for a look it up have a look it up one of the other things as well I want to as anyone ever said see it about being more direct because you like to do 80 12 FIFA skills don't you when you're running a player sometimes honestly honestly I feel like I feel like I'm going really direct I don't know what kind of director we're talking about like equivalent to which players now you know when you knock it past the defender I thought I was really direct when you when you knock it past the defender and you've left them for dead just cross it oh to be fair you know that that comes that comes with a bit of experience but you know I'm only messing I'm really fine that's my game now it's all good to be fair room room would get on to me actually maybe you know where it is as well when you when you come back after a year yeah and you're playing yeah obviously you've been watching yourself and kind of things then you just try to do the things that you you was doing before so like I don't know I don't know it's mindset isn't it but like I'm a bit older and I know now I'm only right yeah what about that trick when you for palace when you're adding on your foot inflicted over your head that one of you that's got to be one of your feet I think it might have been spares spares when you've done some outrageous skill only honestly I think like I think I think my my favorite that obviously not skills wise but just I think my my favorite game honestly I'm not even bandying and I'm not saying it because it's it's it's Liverpool but it's it's actually Steven Gerrard's last game and I didn't score that game this is what I'm trying to say yeah you won 3-1 now I didn't get no assist that game because obviously when I passed the deflected and hit off someone obviously Zaha ended up scoring but like that was that was my favorite game no not because of that though but because obviously getting a round of applause when I was coming off that like that was like okay like I've been playing Premier League football for these kind of moments because that's what I've been watching out growing so yeah but no that's what it is. Let me just before I let you go because I know you've given us loads of time today but do you still speak to Ron? Yeah all the time man all the time. Any chance any chance he'll come back? Well you know what you never know when it's one of those ones you actually never know you know but like yeah you can see he still loves the blues man come on. He's a good good lad and then what about just what about after you create because I know you've been I've seen it on Instagram with encouraging kids to send the tricks into you and stuff like that you think you might go into coaching is that something that interests you or have you not have you just not thought about that? Like I like a bit of coaching um maybe maybe when I'm older make but like I do like I do like the thought of like training kids and developing kids I like that because obviously the way I've come I come through no academy so you know I probably might have an awful doxware of teaching but you know yeah I do I don't mind that you know I don't I actually don't mind that so yeah obviously my platform and stuff will take the stage you know that was basically trying to just help with the whole COVID thing yeah having kids and then doing the right things you know and enjoying themselves yeah and enjoying themselves obviously I'm feeling free oh I didn't want to feel like they're crazy under pressure or whatever to do stuff so but it's been good it's been good I'm still doing it I'm still doing it I've just been training a lot a lot more than I was at that time there so you know it's it's been a bit it's been a bit hard you know and obviously football's been on so everyone's concentrating on the football right now but yeah it's not it's not gone I'll still do I'll still do some when I get time and obviously give people the the whereabouts and you know when to what time to come when and stuff yeah I can't I can't have your ever out just quickly asking you about the the black large matter movement that's gone on and we're seeing it and we're seeing it everywhere fantastically we're seeing it here in the Premier League I mean it's such an important thing I think that we can see you to to keep that going I mean what what's your take being on it just very quickly yeah I think obviously it's a good movement and you know to be honest I do think it's about time regarding that kind of aspect you know because you know sometimes you know there is things that are unfair out there but you know I do support the movement and and it's good that the Premier League and the clubs are making an effort to to do a little bit more and make more awareness you know and you know can't really ask any more can we no I think you're right it's it's long over to you listen Yanich I want to say a massive thank you for taking time out you there I know you're you're ready to go and do some physical stuff so we've kept it I've done your training I don't know but hopefully listen I hope you get that audience with Carlo Antielott and you get your opportunity to get back in training and show them what you've got and hopefully get yourself back in thank you very much for taking the time out being an absolutely pleasure to speak to you take care thanks Yanich cheers cheers a massive massive thank you data Yanich Balasi for taking time out of his day and joining us on toffee tv let us know what you think in the comments below about Yanich should he does he deserve another chance to to impress Carlo Antielotti this summer make sure you subscribe give the video a thumbs up and if you want more videos join us over on patreon see you later