 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the match preview, Crystal Palace vs Everton. Everton looking for back-to-back victories. Back-to-back victories, come on! Be positive, it's Christmas time. Do they know? We will if we win. We are, aren't we? We've been looking for back-to-back victories. It's been a while since you've been able to say that on the answer. I made you stressed that I was going to say. That's a piece of it. It's something that needs a train. That's a train. We are looking for back-to-back victories, why not? They're struggling a little bit of late. So, we've got to go there and try and get the win. Yeah, and obviously after Monday night, you know, obviously not everything is alright, but just the way we played, certainly in that second half and the spirit we showed and if the players can capture a little bit of that and take that down to Celace Park and just show that fight that we didn't show a couple of weeks before at Brenford, then there's an opportunity because Palace have been alright this season. Obviously you said they've lost last three, haven't you? I've done a thing before that, only losing a couple of a few weeks before that. It seems to be going well there. They're doing well. They've got some young, exciting players, but there's always that same thing with Palace, I suppose, which is the lack of, I suppose, like heaven, the lack of depth, the lack of real quality. They've got some really good outstanding players like Sahar and some good young players, kind of Gallagher and stuff, but there's a real lack of depth in the last few games that's been exposed a little bit. They've had tough games, but ever Monday last year, I think they drew the two before that. So it's somewhere where I feel like we should be going and thinking, like, we're going to get something out of this game and I think that's the main thing at the moment, is just get something out of the game. Let's build a little run, especially this time of year, listen, we've got Chelsea the next game after that, but let's try and get a good little bit of form going in the Christmas period because it's so important, so many games, especially after Boxing Day and so many games quickly in a row leading into the FA Cup as well. It's important to just have a little bit of form and pick some points up because this is where the league now starts taking that shape that carries into the second half of the season where it defines what group you're going to be in. When we want to be pushing in that group to try and get into Europe and listen, last week we were very, very down and of course we were and we're not saying everything's okay because we've won, but we have to now, we have to start pushing on. Well, the reason why you can say that is point wise, Evan is still in the race for Europe, if you want to call it the race for Europe in December, in that pack that the teams who are looking to get into the Europa League or the conference, whatever, the points were not too far away from those teams. We're only, we're a win off the top eight, so you're right last week, we were worried and looking and going, another couple of defeats will be in trouble near the bottom, so the three points were huge and it lifts you up. Going to a team who have lost three on the run, so their confidence won't be flying, it's beating, I think in the last home game maybe by Villa, 2-0. Yeah, 2-1. Or 2-1, whatever it was. So, you know, Evan will be looking at it and thinking it's an opportunity. I think you've got to go back to 1994 for the last time, Evan lost the Crystal Palace, away from the Crystal Palace. So, we've been all right down there, you know, we think we've won. I think it's some like 10 games, you've won five and drawn five. So, I said last week before Arsenal, I felt if we could get four points out of the two fixtures, we'll have done all right and put us in a better position. The greedyness comes out now because you've beaten Arsenal and you go, can we? But I think again, I think we said this before the Arsenal games, don't lose, take something from the game. Again, they're a team, they were around us, so you've got to try and beat the teams around you. And I'm sure they'll be looking at it going, we can beat Evan, they're not flying and all of course, we're going to say the same from our perspective. If we can get at them, you just hit the nail on the other, if we can show that desire that we showed in the second half to get at them, then we've caused them problems. We know, I mean, Gray come up with an absolute scream of the other night, but we know he's a real threat on the break. Rytialason's got a goalie, he'll be up and running again and confidence is there. Tarms end against this old club, so we'll have something to fight for. Anthony Gordon seems to be coming a little bit more, you know, bit more consistency to his game, he wasn't great the other night, but consistency in his game show, the core I look better the other night, so things are starting to tick over and if we could get something out of this one, we go to Chelsea, don't we, four or five days later, which is a real tough one. So maybe if you're looking at it, you go take something from this one and then see what happens at Chelsea. It is week 16 of Ultimathane. We're going to pick our teams, let's get into it. Right, my team's pretty strong, but I feel like just a couple of little changes this week. I feel like it's with Charleston's time, so I'm going to put them in for Jamie Vardy. I'm going to put Kinchello in as well for Andy Robinson. Any other changes, any other changes? Bruno Fernandez against, oh yeah, do you know what I'm going to put Bruno Fernandez in the midfield? I'm going to take out Kevin De Bruyne because Manchester United are playing knowledge and I expect them to get a victory. So Bruno Fernandez is coming in as well. My team's Chelsea, I'm keeping Chelsea. I mean they've let me down last week, but I'm keeping them as my team. I've got Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold. They're playing Bill. If Liverpool are beating Bill, Alexander-Arnold is setting both goals up easily. In midfield, Angolo Cante. Not really a big point score. No, I mean I don't know why you persist. Because it's... I know but it doesn't like Norrell. I haven't got the option of people like Kevin De Bruyne. So I've got McCante, Fernandez has been in and out my team, but I've come back in because they've got Norridge and then up front Sadio Manai and Raheem Stirling. A look at the tialas in, but I don't want to jinx him. Sun, troffn am y brite, and I've got Jamie Vardy, they've got a new castler on. Now I'm going to go with that. I'm going to go with that. I'll probably regret it but I'm going to go with that. We'll see what happens. £5,000 prize pot. Also there's a Toffy TV league getting involved in that. We'll put all the details on our socials, make sure you do that. Join the league, join the little league. We set every week, we set every single week just like Ultimate Fan does week by week. Get involved, you can play for free. There's free packs every week. Gold cards in that, by the way. Gold cards, silver cards. Get involved to £99. Packers as well. Silver pack and for the gold pack it's for £99. Two gold cards and a silver card guaranteed every week plus offers on all the time. The likes of Uber Eats. Get involved, the link is in the description. Get involved and see if you can get your hands on some of that money. Do we? Do we? Do we approach it then because obviously the second half against Arsenal, obviously Andre Gomez coming on, made a big influence, a big change the way we were playing. Three midfield, pushed a core A4 with a little bit. Do we start with that? Do we look to go from the start with that? Now that he's back, do you think the manager might look at it and think I'm going to go with that? Or do you think he might go while I start with two and I'll do the same thing? I'll bring him on in the second half not that I think having two midfield safety fairs but that's the way he's been looking at it. It's really interesting the Gomez thing because we've seen in the past when he started games it's just not really a game in the past and yet the couple of games that I can really think of this season when he came on and has made a huge difference was Burnley around and Arsenal at home he came on against Burnley just after we'd equalised and we ended up winning the game 3-1 and he was freed up and we took the game away from Burnley and then on Monday he came on against Arsenal and I really got his foot on the ball and started to dictate me he was involved in both the goals. So he looked at it like that and think is he better coming off the bench with that for now to go when the pace of the game has dropped a little bit and he can get on the ball. So if you don't do that you then look at Fabian Delft who had been in and was back out and go right you'll shift and that will free the Coray up because I do feel I feel like at Godderson we can get away unless you're playing like Liverpool City Chelsea maybe I feel like you can play that 4-2-3-1 at home and then away from home we've seen it at Brentford we needed someone else in the middle of the park with the Coray and the Palace will be the same they've got MacArthur in there he was always a bit of a pain in the arse he was a player in Connor Gallagher he mentioned me fours being fantastic for them and he breaks from the field and you know they have others in there he does play centre back as well at times but they have three in there who work really hard and I just wonder if it would be better with that three in the field and have an obviously grey make your decision I imagine it'd be times and over Gordon the Gordon's easy drop if you go to three in the field but what he might choose to do is what he did the other night he would turn around the other night and say we played almost a 4-3-3 because Andrews Tarnsham was the one pressing from the front he did that against Spades don't forget Tarnsham was he had grey and Gordon white Tarnsham was the one who was going impressionable so we may very well just go with that and have Gomez as that option from the bench with half an hour to go to see if he can mix it up he's going to have to make a couple of decisions isn't he and obviously he went off and there's no weird on him yet but that's never a positive thing if there's no weird on him you'd want it to come out wouldn't you before the press comes into that you've got a chance a little bit like Gray did you get it out one way or another don't you but that hasn't mean so does that mean Ben Goffy goes back over and Llew Cadine comes back and we don't know how that situation is going to unfold that might have just been a internal suspension or something but you've got Holgate back as well I mean not as great as Fanny's took her eye off the ball in the last year or so he did okay the other night though no he did I don't think he was up against much but he did okay I don't still do it's that thing with what you want you can put Ben Goffy back and you bring Llew Cadine back into the side I mean you wouldn't be having that conversation normally but there's obviously decisions to be made that affect the whole team what's real pity is meena being out because Ben Goffy doesn't like to see and he's a big strong player and he wants someone to match him on Michael Keynes going after ari going after him because he's a threat isn't he obviously he's got his back he's a good player, his heart's always a threat but it is a decision over Dean it's a big decision over him and he's left out and years ago this happened a lot of you just get dropped or you've been dropped for the game and now there seems to be more stuff around it there's more information around it there's a shake of surrounding but it's up to the listen look at Dean posted something on his thing yesterday it's about the team it's not about meena it's about the play get your head down and force your way back in and he does that imagine Goffy will go and drop him alongside Michael Key and hold it it will be on the bench like he was it's a nice show there is the decision you need Goffy's pace in that it's a shame that meena is missing because Ben Tech is a good he's a good option and he's a good foil he can knock the ball up he can hold up he's strong and he can get it into the legs of the hard and you know to work I can't tell if you mentioned we've been busy man in the box it's you know we've had plays coming back the corey looks looked a lot fitter lot brighter scene in that last 20 minutes the charlison looked a lot fitter very very busy and there's something to work with there and obviously when Dom's back he'll be the same for us he'll be the one up front that we can start getting the ball into and then as a platform that's the major difference but the plays have just got to be bright haven't they you've got to be bright and busy and get in the face no, we weren't like that at Brentford Brentford's far too passive second half when we had a lot of the ball it was just slingering there was no real creativity no little bit of magic and I know both goals didn't come from Grey picking up the ball on the outside and maybe that's what we need a little bit more of Grey getting on the ball committing people that's what I think you mentioned them before commit people, you've got the pace commit people in dangerous areas to get a yard them have a go and see what happens and that's what Grey's been doing Grey's been saying it was the other night we've seen her all season from worry maybe the difference with him this season from all the seasons is he looks like the manager's given him a lot of confidence that you'll play every week your sound port so let's start seeing you see the difference in this game which means if you want to have a pop if you get a yard and you think I'm going to have a go because everything he seems to do for us always ends up being the threat or whether he's taking people on whether he's having the shots so I'd like to see the same from Gordon, I'd like to see the same from with Charleston as well see a little bit more of that than the other night just be a little bit more and because as we all know the more of those plays you've got teams, lesser teams don't know who to pick up don't know and that's what we've been missing I mean in that run was didn't have enough of those types of plays and getting started and becoming more and more exhausted and being pulled it's still there the other night against Arsenal there was a lot of time we just missed that little bit of fitness that little bit of something, a little bit of craft obviously when Don comes back we'll have a little bit more of that Don will just give them a different option and a different headache for the defence the more you can sometimes pipe it over the fact that you've got injuries people go it's not going to make that much difference but dropping two players back into a team freeze up other players like you just said you want teams to go you've got to worry about him and we've got to worry about him and we've got to worry about him because you then they're focused on stopping you one of those players will get three it's what the top teams do at a higher level they've got that many options that you don't know who to mark so you're like we need to stay in this and it's the same with the situation of having back up players this weekend you've probably got well we've got three where he was at left back but there's not another like for like centre back there's a whole game but there's not another like for like so you're dragging people to play in other people's positions and stuff we know this it's been a few weeks months have been horrific with the injuries we just hope now we get people back and you can stay in there's no guarantee that you've got to be very very careful it's why they might be looking after Domre Calvalun more than the normal especially with shating injuries especially when they're like muscle injuries you've got to be very careful about when you bring them back and you've got to just be there's not an exact science and I know I think Benita's came out after the game on Monday and said we'd left him out we could have played in this game we could have played in that game but we tested and tested so it's like he was right to come back and then he goes and pulls his car and that's the real frustrating thing and you can have that but but if we could get a win it would be huge it would take us up to 21 points and you'd feel then you start to feel yeah we can push on we've gone over I suppose the halfway mark for security and then you start thinking a little bit more let's just look at Palace's team the way they've been setting up so it is 4-3-3 and that's the thing, if you've got to have he's the person that's going to carry the ball isn't he, if you have a U on the other side he's lively and then Ben Techey is the main threat he's also got Edward he's on the bench, he's confidence Celtic he's got a few goals as well so you do have the options kind of Galaga like you said there's been brilliant through the middle and that's what the air is give them they're playing and come on, they're a lot nicer on the hide than they have been in the past they've always been a difficult team to play against you know, durable you know, they've had people like Puelist there and Aladife there and Roy Hodgson there so you knew what you were getting they were always going to be a tough well-drilled threat and a big threat but the air is give them a little bit more I think you've just mentioned it there they've played 4-3-3 in the past but that 3 in midfield was very industrious or the 4 was very industrious all the way across it and then they relied on Zahar and other players but kind of Galaga, let's just look at his number because he really has transformed this team this season 14 appearances, 4 goals 3 assists and he's the top palace player on Ultimate Fan with 98 points, huge number there so shame his mouth shall have him he's done it, so he's been more than just a link player because he's got so much energy that he can attack, he can join him you know, that leg come of the Frank Lampard that's him care, but he's so industrious gets around the pitch as well can get his foot will he be a perfect Chelsea player next season but he can put his foot in he'll fight all day, run all day and I think he's been a massive difference for them this season because he's suddenly turned a very industrious midfield into more goals assists so suddenly it's not just the three of front, it's the one coming there's a number 10 now who's also a number 8, who at times can be a number 6 in the same game and he has given them that little bit extra big goals, he's got a second goal at Man City when he went to see a lady other week so he has just come up with big goals and I like them at West Brom Everton Everton like them in the summer but for one reason or another didn't pursue something when it was offered to them hopefully if that ever comes up again he will because I think he looks like a perfect Everton he's a hard worker covers a lot of ground and he's had the goals in the city as well so I know you feel like Chelsea will keep him in the squad maybe they will, but he's been really good for Palace and when you have that it's like there's a ha Edward coming off the bench and there's a bit of strength that he's going to leash as well from, all I say and when he says 9 from Reading another good young player so really the air has done a great job because when he went in and don't forget he was about the fourth choice for the manager's job he went in, he had about 10-11 players so he's reused the contracts of a few and kept them in and he's got them doing well so it's up to us to go stamp our authority on the game and get something out of it because like you said before this is one of those games where we're playing a team who's in and around us and taking points off those teams is important don't lose the game don't lose the game but there's three points there we work like we did a second half on Monday there's an opportunity but it will be tough Christopher Ballas's great when they make it hard for you no one, they're on a side and they won't walk over they always do make it hard for you so it's going to be a tough game and let's just hope let's just hope we can get something and keep positivity rolling into you know into before the Chelsea game of course but if you go to Chelsea off the back of two decent results and you stay in that game wherever that happens you've still got a bit of momentum going home to Leicester following Sunday you know you end up beating Leicester maybe because Leicester aren't great either you know you pick up your momentum we know going to Chelsea is a tough game top shot they'll be there or there about for the title so this one is a really important one Palace win, they go above us so that is the reason why you want to keep you know everything can win if you set that lead to five points over teams like them so but don't lose the game that's the key don't lose the game yeah just some facts there Evan are windless away in five games the worst run since an eight games stretch in 2019 Evan have one more point some losing positions than any other team the Premier League this season ten making a 56 don't go behind the hole no Evan have failed to score in their last six Premier League games played on Sundays since a 1-0 in at West Ham in May it's just not great is it no side has ever failed to score in seven consecutive Premier League Sunday games so if you were Palace eating that you'd be doing great here comes Palace well if it was Evan you would but there's a here come Evan because you know Evan have let's leave him and do that one seven of Evan's last 11 Premier League goals in London have come from Dominic Hall but he's obviously not Abdullah Decorey has got the gold the Charles and has got the gold in that time as well so again we can win tough game but we've got to try to build some momentum and you've got to almost use the fact that we win eight games to get that win and go listen it's the other way not this is when we build the run the other way and who knows but it's a game we can win so fingers crossed and everything else crossed we don't want to win them run so yeah it's your last game and we won there you go those are your thoughts what do you think about this game let us know in the comments don't forget to download Ultimate fan as well play the game get involved link is in the description so is the link to our Patreon where we do exclusive videos good to buy videos daily 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