 Welcome to Toffy TV, this is the match preview Everton vs West Ham United, Gunnarsson Park, three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, the last one for a while for over a month, there's no games for over a month at heaven at home, tough game isn't it, tough game, almost made tougher by the fact that we really do need to win this game just with Man United the week after and then we've got, you know, a little bit of a break, it feels like we just need to get that win, just to, just to cement it, obviously getting the points back this week, just to cement our little way we're going to be in the league. Yeah, you know, obviously West Ham won their first game of the year, the other night against Brentford 4-2 and Darrell Devon as well, actually kept Brentford below heaven didn't it, especially after getting the points back, so that was a good result for them, but from our perspective we haven't won since December 16th in the Premier League and that's what we've done. That's awful, whichever way you look at it, home form's not been good enough this season and that's got to change as well and Saturday represents an opportunity to do it, albeit against a tough side, but you know it was their first winning five, I think they'd lost the previous four, they lost last time out a way of forest, so it'll be a tough game but it's not like we're playing an unbeatable team but we will have to play well to beat them. Yeah, the same side I had at West Ham because obviously recently they haven't been winning loads of games but they're still very much in a good position in the Premier League, they're in the latter stages of the Europa League as well, so it's not the worst place in the world. I know you can't tell other fans how to feel about their team, I know that for a fact because we've had quite a lot but just looking from the outside, yeah, I know that doesn't mean a great start to 2024 for them, but overall I think with the injuries that they've had and now they're starting to get played. I think they're in a good position for a decent run towards the end of the season. They have had the injury problems and I think when I look at West Ham, when I look at Everton, I think squad wise, I don't think there's that much difference in terms of size but I just think their first team has got a slightly higher calibre than we have so therefore when they miss them obviously they face all the same problems as we do but when they get them back I do think they've got quite a good strong side. Certainly in midfield you look at like they're like sy'n cwydus and more prowess and now they've got Pequeta back who does seem to be hugely important for them and Jared Bowen who's having a great season scoring lots of goals and showing that you don't always need a centre forward who's an old fashioned number nine I suppose. Well you need someone to score the goals and Bowen steps up to the plate. West Ham don't have a real centre forward to call their own. You've got Michael Antoniaw who's alright, he's a bat in and round and when he plays doesn't get a lot of goals but Bowen's fantastic and he's got cwydus who's been brilliant. Well prowess is a threat from set plays. It's like you said they've got a lot of good attack and talent West Ham and it is strange when you look at it obviously from just an objective perspective and you see what a good job David Moyes has done in terms of league positions, you know, Europa League performance, semi-final winning the Europa Conference League, doing well in the Europa League again this season. They've been up top 6, 7, 8 under Moyes and then you hear about all the unrest and people are napping and you want them out. You do scratch your head a little bit from where West Ham where but like you said before you can't tell. You can't tell other fans how to feel about their club and they watch it every week. So, yeah, they're a tough side, they've got good attack and talent but like I said before they are beatable and evident they've got to start winning home matches, they've got to come back. That's the problem. We've won three home games and it's March next time we play show. That is where if we're going to move away from the threat of relegation. Great getting points back the other day. Got to start winning home games and Saturday has to be the beginning of that. Yeah, I mean when you look at the list of the games we've got for the rest of the season, West Ham are the one of the tougher ones but you know there's only really liveable to come. A good lesson that you really are fearful for. We've played everyone else now. West Ham are probably say the second toughest. So of course there's pressure on the game. We normally do okay against them. Obviously we've beaten them already this season but I just think for me I think there has to be and I said this before. I said this about the Palace game. I said this about other home games. Got to look like from the start we're going after them and we're not going to let someone come to Goddison and get comfortable and then that makes the crowd feel uneasy. No, you know, it doesn't matter about how we talk about the Goddison and the relation between the players and the manager and the crowd and all that. If you don't show something in the first 15 minutes, the crowd are just going to settle down. Of course they are. The onus is on us to win our home games. For many years we were used to obviously having a great home record and now over the last 10 years there's been up and down. There's been some good seasons and there's been not so good seasons but this season is really really poor and it's why we are where we are if we could match the away form with the home form. We would be a proper mid-table team. I just think that you can't let the opposition settle into games. I think we do this when we go away a lot of times. I was thinking if we get through the first 20 minutes when we're away, we're going to be fine. We're going to settle into it. I know when we went down to when we did go down to West Ham in the first 20 minutes we looked a bit edgy. Once we got past that we settled down. They cried sort of sat back relaxed and then it becomes just about playing the game of football. I think the players and the manager have got to realise that you've got to energise the crowd at Gullison. You've got to show that you are up for the fighting and it's not just about staying in shape and all this kind of thing. I know that's part of the tactics but if you want Gullison to go with you, you've really got to energy. You've got to energise them and if it doesn't start now, really it should have started against Palace but if it doesn't start now on a traditional Saturday afternoon three o'clock kickoff, every game is going to get a little bit more edgy. The next home game after this is until April. That feels like it's really close to the end of the season then. All those fans then have got all those things running through their minds because we know we've gone through in the last couple of seasons. The way to keep that away is to go out there and have a real go and you know what if it doesn't go your way. You'll go all right well it's just one of those things but I thought against Palace we were so flat. And yes we were in control of the game but we never really had bad extra little bit that gets the crowd going and creates that momentum at Gullison Park that I think has been missing for too many years. Now that thing of just going after teams and staining their arm and recycling the ball, that for me has to happen on Saturday. Yeah, I don't think the manager's learnt how to energise the crowd since he's been here. He's done brilliantly away from home and he's done it. He really has made us really competitive away and you know bad he had been two or three games where we've not performed away in general we've been in every game but at Gullison seven wins as a manager at home in over a year isn't a good record, not good enough. You've got to use that the crowd, you've got to play into that, that's our strength at Gullison Park and I think against Palace we come out and we allow them to just settle and therefore the game just you know the quality was awful let's be honest from both sides but there wasn't even the franticness and a little bit of chaos that sometimes creates a goal and gets you going. I think the best example I saw of us starting the game right was Bournemouth at home when we come out we seem to be just on top of them immediately and not letting them settle and when Everton do that particularly this side cos we win the ball back a lot I think we do it quite well, we've done it to some extent against Spades it was just we didn't use the ball properly I mean we won it back 18 times in the final third that day which was more than any team had done for years, four years I think it was and yet we didn't create anything off it. We just got two goals off set plays so we have to be that team that is suffocating West Ham on Saturday and keeping them pressed back cos if you do that the crowd will respond which will obviously give the players a lift, which will obviously help and if you throw everything at it and you lose so be it but going and sitting back and waiting for something to happen as in a way team. You know David Moyes I imagine loads of respect for David Moyes I imagine he will be saying just quiet in this crowd the first 15 minutes he's got experience of what it's like when you're with them and David Moyes did in general get that first 15 minutes try to whip something up so that you became in a game and you engage the crowd and that's what you want to do. Yeah absolutely. Let's have a little look at the match pack for the game. This Saturday at three o'clock Gooderson Park Everton take on West Ham in the Premier League. In the Premier League the two teams have met 55 times 29 total wins going to Everton 13 to West Ham and the other 13 are draws. The reverse fixture this season in October took place at the London Stadium and Everton won 1-0 with a goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin. The last time West Ham won at Gooderson Park was October 2021 with a 1-0 win. Season so far Everton sit 15th in the league after a 6 point deduction they've won 8 games drawn 7 and lost 11. West Ham sit 8 they've won 11 games drawn 6 and lost 9. Everton have kept 8 clean sheets this season and West Ham have kept 5. In the goals chart between the two teams, Jared Bowen tops with four team goals and Abdelhaid, the colour he follows behind with six. He was joined with Mohammed Gullis who also has six goals this season. Vladimir Kou fell tops the assist chart with six assists and he's joined top with Warder Prowes who also has six. Bright McNeill has five. Emerson tops the tackles chart this season between the two teams with 75 tackles. James Garner follows behind with 66. Let's have a look at West Ham's team from Monday Night's game against Brentford. Obviously Bowen playing up front in the game. They do welcome back Calvin Phillips for this game after a 1 game suspension. Can you see him being involved? Alvarez has been pretty good for West Ham. Su-check is important. Do you think he'll change it with being in a way again? That one-four, Ward Prowes is in between but seems very attacking. Do you think Calmerl has come back? It's not a great start as he was West Ham clear. I wouldn't say it was much. I just have him on the bench because I think he's been a little bit... The games I've seen, he's sent off a forest and he was poor against Brentford at home. I don't know what he'll do. They've had a good result. Why would you mix that up? You're not going to take Ward Prowes out because obviously he's a three-kicks in corners so he will play. What are you going to do? Play him deeper? Calvin Phillips plays deep and gets the ball and plays it. Alvarez has done okay. Su-check is key. Height isn't that. I just think Calvin Phillips will be shub. I don't know West Ham fans might look and go where he's on a bit of a play. That's there. Do the night was the first win since, I think, just over Christmas when they went to the Emirates in Montreal, which was a very good professional performance when they beat them. That was the first win. I can't see there being too many changes. Obviously Bob won't have had to do the night. Let's have a look at his numbers. 25 games, 14 goals in the Premier League. I think he's got 16 altogether. XT of 9.04, 2 assists and an exit of 2.48, I think it was 4.8. I can see he's very dominant down that right-hand side. It'll be interesting. It's a different one for Tarkowski and Jared Branthwaite. Obviously someone who's going to come off and then maybe that space will be taken up by other players. Different kind of centre forward or floating player to play against. Those two have played against a lot of players this year and they are the second best Premier League partnership. So, factually, by the way. No, that's factually behind Gomez and... Con Artin, van Dijk, not Con Artin. Con Artin, van Dijk. Yeah, listen to everything that's been good. Codd o'n neid y blodi. Embrill o ddenig. It's the open pick, but obviously the top's the clean sheet shot. With Ryre of Arsenal, I think. There's another keeper as well and obviously the two centre backs are the best right of partnership. After van Dijk and Con Artin. Everton, I've got the fourth best defensive record in the Premier League. It's offensively Everton, the poor thing. West Ham are averaging 1.54 goals again. Everton are averaging 1.08, which says they're all defensively. West Ham can see them 1.77 again. Everton are at 1.31. So, they have got a stronger attack and we have got a stronger defence. But just getting back to Jara Bowen, he's been fantastic. A player Everton looked at it a few times when he was a hole but didn't take the gamble. West Ham did and he's been brilliant for them. The other night, two different goals. Lovely, sharp finish for his first one. Good touch and finish. And the second one goes down into the box. I think it was Q-Fall, he pulled it back and he's dispatched it. And then the third was a header, wasn't it? I think he's brilliant Bowen. Listen, Liverpool have looked at him and I think of Arsenal have had a little look at him as well. And you will attract that kind of interest when you perform on weekend and weekend. I've been brilliant for West Ham and Everton are going after watching because he's a threat whether he goes down the right, the left or through the middle. He is a big threat. But he did play when we beat them down there. So, we have played against them before this season and done quite well. So, that's what we're hoping for again this weekend. But he is by far West Ham's key man. But he's also got, like you mentioned before, Piqueta is a good player and he's got Mohammed Kudas, who was a whisker away from joining Everton as well, wasn't he? 18 months ago. He's gone to West Ham and shown his ability. He's got six Premier League goals. He's scored in Europe as well. Lovely left foot, can drift in outside. So, there's definitely a few that Everton are going to have to keep their eye on this weekend. Yeah, they're a decent side. They've got a few different ways of causing you problems. Although, later hasn't happened. Obviously, the last blow away game I think they played was not in force with. They've beaten 2-0 and obviously, as I said, they had the injury. So, it's a slightly different team. But they showed you the night. I think, I thought you did the night, but then for the show that you could get at them. It's just been an interesting one because I don't think West Ham, like having a lot of position at it. So, we obviously don't like him when we're four. So, have a lot of position saying they're home. I think that's where he causes his problems. Obviously, it's very important that we do have a player on the pitch who's comfortable on the ball. So, let's just have a look at the team from last week. So, we know obviously Garner Gay is struggling, and the manager's revealed as well. Oana's got a bit of a growing issue as well. So, he's going to leave them to the very last minute. But I just think Oana will have to play. He'll have to just get involved in playing. And as I said, he's going to be on the ball a lot. If we are going to have to play with more position, then Oana will have to play. I mean, I think he has to play anywhere. I find it weird that we don't play him, but he's going to have to play, I think. As long as he can get through the game, then he'll play. I'm not convinced that this will be fit. I know the manager said he'll leave it till the late decision. Maybe he'll make the bench, I don't know. But I think Oana will play. I think he'll be him and James Garner in the middle. Obviously, the core ahead of them, as we saw. And then Jack Harrison and Dwight MacNeill on either side. I think basically one change from last weekend and that, to me, will be Amadur Oana Ffordd. I think the rest will be the same. Is there a case for putting better in instead of Dom? Just because of the make-up of Westam's centre-backs, both decent and near, I think you'll stick with Dom. I think Dom, he's got to start scoring goals. We've got to create more chances for him. That's for sure, but Dom has got to step up. We need someone to step up and take responsibility. Now, Jarrod Bowen did that for Westam, the other night. They hadn't won this year. He stepped up and took responsibility for them and got himself in amongst it and got the goals. And that's what we need Dominic Hall of the Loon to do for us. Yes, there needs to be better from Dwight MacNeill. He's been poor of late. He can do better. We know that he can weigh in with goals. He proved it last year. It's Jack Harrison. Now he scored the other week against Luton in the Cup, but he's got to weigh in with more Premier League goals. We need the core and all the core has just come back, but we need him on this game. Because we just don't score enough goals. More than 50% of our goals are from set pieces. And we want to think we only scored 28 goals. So that's just not good enough, that's all. No, and again, when you're playing at home and the owners is on you to have the ball and have more possession. And again, the teams we're going to play against are going to look at the same way. And it is on them games, because I think away games, what is it we've got? We've got Luton, and they're the ones where you look at and go, might get some out of them. The other ones, yeah, I'm not writing them off, but they're tougher games. So something has to start changing at home, otherwise we'll find ourselves with more to worry about than punted productions, I think. So, let us know your thoughts in the comments on this one. What do you think? What are your thoughts? Are you excited for it? Let us know in the comments. Make sure to give this video a like. Subscribe if you haven't already. If you want more great videos, join us over on Toffy TV Premiere. 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