 Welcome to Toffy TV, it's a match preview once again. Everton have to travel down to Bournemouth where John went the other night and will be going again. I presume. Fans, where are we like hey? Mad, that's what you're like. The ones on the couch, they're the ones. Cos it's the slower. They have no control also. It was like six hours coming back this night. The last game before the break. Everton have got to try and make sure it's a positive one otherwise, if they don't, the nige will be out. Let's be honest, the media nige will be out whilst they're not distracted by the World Cup. Some of the fans' niges will be out because it is a long time to that Wolves game. We knocked out the cup, you know, badly. Everton have got to get something out of this game otherwise the table is going to look very, very raw. It's going to look raw anyway, isn't it? But yeah, I mean we should win. I think if we win, when we win, then I think I tweeted, we'll sort of, we won't forget about the other one, but it'll be a better memory than it will be if we lose two on the bounce to them. I know they've got the hex on us a little bit, but now it's not really optional, is it? And I think the manager might think, I think he said it in one of his press conferences, if we win then in this block of fixtures, i.e. pre the World Cup, we might be in points terms, I mean not necessarily league and stuff. But yeah, they just need to turn up a bit better than they did the other night. I mean ultimately, you know, if Everton could win the game, then I imagine the table won't look terrible if some of the results go our way. It could easily be a mid-table. But if it doesn't go our way and obviously both of the blows, if they get the three points, they will go above us. And for me going into a game, four defeats on a roll for Bournemouth in the league, Everton, they've got to put out everything in this game, I think. They do, we do. And I think we've got to go on the front foot, haven't we? Because they concede on average two goals a game, don't they? In the league and they score a goal a game. So on average they lose two one, but they can get a tonk in. They don't seem to be able to hold a lead. Defensively, they must be a bit flaky. So we've really got to step up and show a bit of intent, really, I think. Yeah, I mean, the last two games, they had a 2-0 lead over Spares at home and then they had a 3-1 lead over Leeds away from home. But the big issue for me is, Everton can't score goals. It's fine saying, well, we can get back into the game, blah, blah, blah. But if we can't score goals again, then if we let them get 2-0 up or whatever, I mean, I don't know what you felt the other night, but the minute they scored, I thought the game was over. And I know that's a horrible way and you probably don't feel like that because that's why you're still going up and down the country. But if we go behind... Not the first one because there was a fluke. But if we go behind, you've got that general sense at the moment where things have... November, things have changed really quickly, where there does seem a bit of a lack of confidence, not only amongst, well, through the fan base, but it almost seems like some of the players now have. Once you haven't scored goals regularly for a while, players must start asking the questions, well, oh, we've gone behind. Here comes the uphill task. I think that's where we'll get the chalk and the cheese and then the two teams because clearly they'll make another 11 changes, to go back to the first choice team. But that team in the week, that was a stark reminder of what we were like in the darkest moments of last season, particularly when it went 2-0. They have not got it in them to even put up a fight. There was no urgency. We've got all the time in the world, we'll stroke them all around and so on and so forth. But goals change games, right? And when it went 2-1, the fans believed we could get another one. The players believed and then they just regressed back to the way they were before. So, yeah, it's really, I think the manager will find it really difficult because if we flake, then it's, well, what have you achieved then, really? Because if nothing else is the mindset thing, but I can't just can't visualise a code in a Tarkovsky accepting the ineptness of the way we played the other night. Well, there was no leadership on the pitch, there was no nothing, right? And they did, like, we've got this in the league though, haven't we? A fair number of teams have beaten us, we're having to try very hard and that's a habit we've got to get out of. Yeah, I mean you mentioned the changes. Dominic Armley won't be involved. No, no. So obviously Neil Mopire will. He's done his shoulder. Well, he's done his shoulder as well. So obviously that's something they're going to look at now. The midfield on Arna and a Disagana guy, both doubts, but... Things on Arna will be ready, doesn't he? Yeah, I just wonder whether, because they're both going to the well cup. Whether they're risking. Well, not whether they'll heal risk them, whether they'll risk themselves. And then you've got the, you know, those pats that stay in the team, wasn't great the other night. It was all I'd gone for, but defensive, it was a bit of a may. And you're looking for character and you're looking for leaders. And that's what James Coleman is. So it's... There's a few different areas. James Garner, I imagine, almost seems like he'll start the game. But who does he play the game for? Because he just mentioned, he's mentioned on Arna. He's mentioned, you know, does Adobe go wide? You know, there's... I think he's got a few decisions to make because this game, no matter what, we can't afford to lose this game. No, not at all. Not at all. And if you're being critical of the manager, so, well, what is the style of play? Because, you know, if you knew how you were going to play, and I don't mean passing it back to... backwards all the time, but if you knew how you were going to play, then you said, well, that play is not available, so I'll put a player in that. It does play that sort of way. And I just think that was what was lost again the other night. It was just 11 strangers playing crap. Yeah. So no losing isn't an option. And drawing would probably be bad as well. Yeah. It's only better than losing. Yeah. You've got to go in and around those clubs who we think are going to be down in the places where we don't want to be and turn them over. And if you look at what we've done so far this season in broad terms, we have competed, you know, against those and done the right thing. But a draw's not good enough either for me. No, I think we've got to get the first goal. I think we can get the first goal and then, you know, go through some... We've seen a fulham that we can be dogged when we play away, that we can... Brenford, for the large part of that game we were under the couch, we got through with a point. Leeds. I still think we should have beaten Leeds. Obviously Southampton, second half was a bit of a dog fight as well, but we took the lead and we stayed in it. I think if we can get the lead, I think that's massively important. I just worry that if we can see a lot of those plays, I think it's a mountain that they can climb with everything going on. We've got to be more attacking. We've got to take more chances. There's got to be more shots. It's the only way we're going to... The only way we're going to score goals is... I think we do the psychology bit on it. It's interesting because if we score first, they think they can't win because they don't score that many goals either. If they score first, we'll have the same attitude, won't we? We don't score many goals, so the best we'll get out of this is a draw. So there's just going to need to... It's easy to say, but play with a confidence around where better than they are. Man for man we are, but as a team... And also for a lot of these players, this is their last game for six weeks. You don't need to leave any... Leave it all on there. Leave it all out there. Make sure that when you walk off the pitch, you're not thinking, I've got to deal with this for the next six weeks. I've got to deal with all this. So boxing, then? If there isn't a club, I don't care who they are. They're all playing this weekend, but who want to lose because of the length of the gap between. And it's for Frank Lampard. He'll have that nagging thought in the back of his head. The owner's got four weeks to think about this. Of course he's got a couple of weeks to think about this. And if someone gets in his ear or someone gets notified that a certain manager is available or whatever, he might think this might be the right time to do it. We've seen that with Villa, we've seen that with Southampton this week as well. There's plenty of evidence to say that. If clubs are going to change managers, it's just before this break, which is what some have done. Southampton knowsably, I guess. And those who are on a precipice, they see the results, if they lose, they go, yeah, bin him now and give ourselves the best chance. Because then the new manager's allegedly got three or four weeks and then he's got a window. So it is, it's difficult times. But we're going to win anyway. That's all right then, that we're going to win. No, I don't know. I'll be honest, I'm not massively confident and that just comes down to goals, John. That's all it is. No, I'm with you on that. It's just goals. I think everything, if you were to look at everything in the last few weeks or take the season as a whole, you'd go, defence, we've proved we can be fine. Solid, yeah. Midfield, we've proved we can be all right. Forward line is where you're just completely lacking. And the answers... We score less than a goal again. And the answers aren't clearly at the football club because Dominic Arwell didn't get injured too much. And the Gordon hasn't done anything. The Marigrey hasn't done anything. Dwight McNeill hasn't done anything. And maybe there has to be some kind of change to how we play, whether it be a Wobie playing in a wide position, whether it be Ghana coming into it. I want to say a wide position by a Wobie mean coming off from a wide position. So allow someone like Ghana to go into the midfield because at the moment it's just not working. And that's his job. He's paid to find the answers, isn't he? He's paid to find the answers, coach, and allowed these players to get the best out of these players. To cast themselves, yeah. Well, do the job. Do what they're paid for. I just want... I can't wait for the break, number one. But I just hope that for a few weeks we can just walk around smiling and go and actually go into the break with a win. That would be fantastic. And every other result goes our way and actually we're like 11th. Last was crazy because it's still tight but I think you made the point in last week or so which is it looks tight now but you lose a couple and you then go into that mode where actually there's gaps forming and we need to bit the top of the gap not at the bottom. And only wins give managers time. That's the honest truth. You give them time and you get that time in the space to do your job, to coach, to bring players in because I've aired this expression needs two or three windows. You're not going to get two or three windows if you are around the bottom of the league, you are not improving, you are losing and you are indeed... And the owner, number one priority is staying in the league until the stadium is up and running and we all know that. And I don't think we should be too shy at just having to accept that the objective this season is to stay in the league. And that's a damning statement compared to the amount of money the owners spent and all that but it is where we are. Now, Lampard seems to be pragmatic about that. He talks about blocks of games and stuff like that and he knows because he said it publicly a win and we are where we expected to be. So that means it's on plan, doesn't it? So you've got the ups and downs but you've got the points from the number of games so the team need to go out and do that. Absolutely. Needs a bit of leadership, a bit of luck and a couple of goals and that too. Did you go? 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