 Welcome to Toffey TV, me and Ned are going to have a chat about pre-season 20. One 20 to Everton have played their first game of the pre-season. It was classed as a practice match, they played Ackrington Stanley at Finch Farm in a 40 minutes each way. Game and Everton ran out 3-0 winners. Raphael Benitez's first game in shards of Everton. Underfeated, clean sheet, 3 goals. Not a bad start. We're not going to go into too much detail about it because we didn't watch the game because nobody could. We've seen the highlights and stuff and obviously read bits and pieces and had certain reports back. Good way to start, always positive to start with a victory. They were a week ahead of Everton, they had been back a week before. 3 days of trading haven't we? It's that first day on the Monday, played on the Saturday. Always good to win your first game isn't it? Get to see the young lads as well. Get to see what the team's about nice and early before they're along their way to the flower of the cup. It starts on the end of July. That's the one isn't it? I think that's the fate it seems like, unless there's a change. That'll be the first time we get to actually watch Everton in precies and unless something changes between now and then. But that's what I think Everton will be building up to won't it? That'll be a deal I've had good 3 weeks saying. By the time he goes to Florida, then obviously they play millionaires and then Arsenal or Inter a few days later show. It'll be a good test for Raphael Penitas. He'll have the whole side back. A bat from maybe one, he'll have the whole side back won't he? I mean, I'm not sure because I know that Dominic Albert Llewman and Jordan Pickford will be given a couple of weeks off now. It's finishing out, they'll have two weeks. Do you think they'll go to Florida? I don't know, it's the answer. If they're off two weeks today is the Florida cup will have started. Without firing to July already? They'll have most of the squad anyway won't they? Hopefully some new players. Listen, we won't have retail as we know that. I imagine yet he may not be able to meet up with them there because he's been away with Columbia as we finished third in the cup of America. I'm not convinced Jordan Pickford and Dominic Albert Llewman will be there but look at the end, I expect they'll be there as well. So the majority of the squad will be back and ready so that's what they're working towards. I mean, we show up images of Raphael Bonitas at the weekend and there's no pad out, there's pen and paper out, getting very involved in it all ready. This is the thing about Bonitas, whether people like him or they don't like him is that he is very thorough and very methodical and he's very hands on. I guess there'll be a little bit of a difference in that style between Anciolotti and him. Obviously Carlham Anciolotti, everyone loved but he's moved on to past his new one and Raphael Bonitas I think will be a different manager to him because he knows what he wants and he's very hands on. Well, he's worked with type of players before like everything I've got now, hadn't he? We said with Carlo before he's more used to the players where he can say it's a cool play. Yes, it's a cool play. Obviously, you never saw a Carlo with a pen and paper did you? He was the only sort of coffee or something. So yeah, it's just nice to see him on a touch. He's brave to be honest, it was warm Saturday to be out there in a full black suit, it's quite brave so I admire him. And a black suit? I mean a suit was like a navy blue, a shirt was black. It's dark, isn't it? It's dark. A lot has been said about Bonitas and people won't have them and other people will be made. People will be pleased with him and some people will be kind of ambivalent with it all. But it's good to see a manager who's taking an interest in that and who knows that he's got to work really hard. And I think the earlier that Everton get into shape and get into doing some of his ideas, I think the better. And I think the big question with the Bonitas thing is, can he get more out of these players than what Carlo Antialotti could get out of it? And can he get more out of it simply because he creates a more rigid framework than what Antialotti would have done? You'd like to think so because he's worked with, like I said before, he's worked with these type of players before. You could say he's overachieved with the Scots before. He's won trophies with the Scots that were the best at the time. The Liverpool Champions League squad in 2005, was it? It was a good side, it wasn't great, was it? And he did do well with Valencian, he's done well with that. 10th with a championship, Newcastle side didn't he? They come up, didn't sign anyone, I think it's 10th, which is impressing. Tactically he's a good manager, we know he is. You could say that about Carlo last year. Away you could say we were tactically, you know, our A-record, you could say we were perfect. But at home it was the same every week, wasn't it? And you'd like to think the home record this season will be much better. Obviously the fans being in so... Yeah, fingers crossed but a good start. Everton scored in the first half. Alexia will be playing in a number 10 role at the weekend. Stread at a lovely little three ball to Tom Cannon. It's it, keeper made a good shave and he knocked it in at the second attempt. It was nice and lively, it was a good little run. And he's done well to Tom Cannon coming up the 18s into the 23s. Had a couple, a lot of substitutes appeared into this last season for the 23s but ended up with a couple of goals. And he's one who will want to kick on, but for a young lad what a great way to impress the manager of a new manager to step up with the first team and get yourself a goal. It was a scrappy goal but at the end he got to it first going in the back of the net. What is the 18 now? And he scored some screamers last season didn't he? For the 18s definitely. He scored some absolute screamers so to get in there and try and impress the manager early. Obviously he got the jill off, like you said Don will be out, might be out for the Florida Cubs so we can get in early and impress the manager. Might get some time in there in the Florida Cubs to impress. Of course if you're him, if you like him and obviously Andy Gordon as well and a couple of others that you want to be on that plane to Florida don't you so? He's done, he's done self no harm. Lovely little ball from a Wobie. Do you think there's a, no listen going overboard with Alex a Wobie at all but do you think Rafa Benitez might look to use him in a different role? Any time a new manager comes in it's a fresh eyes on the plays first hand really. He's not obviously dunked there, he knows the plays and Dunk might be saying to him he's a number 10 and we want to play a number 10. You could say he was brought in to play a number 10. He played a few games, I remember him playing against West Ham in a number 10 and that was really, he played well. So yeah, we know we like to play a number 10. Rafa he's played a 4-2-3-1 before or 4-5-1 and you've not got the greatest options there. Obviously Sigurdsons number 10 but for me you've not got a lot of options. At the moment our wide options are limited so you might end up using him wide. Again it's for him now to chance to impress but he was involved, it was a nice little through and it was gobbled up by Cannon and the second half Lewis Gibson from a Guilfy Sigurdsons free kick Lewis Gibson slide in home at the far post to make it 2-0 and then we saw Anthony Gordon who has been on Twitter to say at last was one of his tweets and it was the first goal made it 3-0 after a lovely ball forward by John Fleeke O'Bannan and it was well finished from Anthony Gordon running through and slotted beyond the keeper to make it 3-0 so go for him as well because obviously Anthony Gordon went away with on loan to Preston and played some games in and out a little bit but you know back and again good opportunity to impress the manager. Well he's still young, still 19. I don't think he's physically ready for the Premier League yet but he looked sharp the other day obviously we didn't see much of him because of the highlights but the goal he scored he looked pacy, looked sharp, looked fit obviously a chance to impress a new manager like I said before the wide, the options are wide so Rafa might want to use him needs to bulk up a bit. I mean that will come with age the more you've seen a bit Dominic Alderloo when he was wiry and now he's a specimen and hopefully Anthony Gordon will continue to put that in but for his goal the pass by John Fleeke O'Bannan it was a lovely ball from John Fleeke O'Bannan I guess the take away from this game is it's good to see O'Bannan involved from Daemon in the pre-season playing the game. I mean I said to you off camera before it it's mad to think that only two seasons ago Marko Silva was our manager and we've had him and then Karl amant i lot i and now Rafa Benitez is here. It was that summer 2019 when he came in well he came in towards the end of the day. It's the longest he's played hasn't he? The good thing for him is he's actually doing a pre-season with Evan and like you say look there I mean if you just look at him in possession of the ball I mean he's got all the attributes as we I mean that's Anthony Gordon for some reason there's John Fleeke O'Bannan there he's a tank isn't he? You could argue that's what we need in the midfield a big mobile number six Well it's exactly what we need and he was done for Gary was bought to replace Ghana and the latter had a terrible, terrible run of injuries so hopefully he can stay fit Everton still do need another one because of where the John Fleeke O'Bannan is going to be fit all season but hopefully we can keep him fit. This could be factually wrong but it's not like he's injury it's not like he's had the same injury for two years and it's a big problem like his ankle keeps going he's had different injuries the last one it was in training it was so unlucky. The last one was a contract injury it was just a knee injury. Look at the infelon isn't he? He's had the same injury he's done as Achilles but before then prior to coming to Everton he played over 30 games every year so in general he was quite fit so if we can get him back to being fit then he can really, really help us but it was good to see him playing and obviously having an assistant a game that and now I'm not going overboard it was acting to me standing it was a friendly and it was a good ball it was a nice ball it's good to see that kind of vision isn't it but it's more about getting him games and obviously as we go forward we will see the likes of Alan D'Corey, Bernard you know, who's still out playing on Sylvie Selham coming back into that squad as well and getting fit but James Rodriguez was was you know the claim he won the number 10 which a lot of people were delighted with Soared Guilfee because he had 45 minutes each sorry 40 minutes each but a lot of people like to see hammers in that number 10 shit I want to say we're surprised to see him play but he's bad training and why wouldn't he You're going to win that Florida Cup you're going to play your most important player I mentioned number 10's a four he's probably the most, he'll be in there I imagine If he stays, and I hope he does and the suggestions that he will but if he does and Everton can get a wide player and a right back then I think he could be devastating in that number 10 role I just think his ability on the ball with runners, if Everton went with 4-2-3-1 which is what Benitez has used a lot He'll fit perfectly into number 10 and you've had him as the number 10 and then you've had someone with real pace on the right and you've had the Charleston runner on the left or just say Everton got Denzel Dumfries at right back and you had Luca Deane at left back if those four are making runs for him someone with his vision picking that ball or can thread it, Everton could be a real handful You create the chances or the other players create the space for him and you have to look at Bayern you drops into those space behind the striker outside the box in number 10 you can pick someone off it's like we've seen a couple of times this season Everton he's scored a few from outside the box He did, so be good there's still a long way to go in this window Hamers Rodriguez might be thinking cos I imagine regardless of anything Everton won't sell him until after the Florida Cup I don't think there's any question about that they're in less than two weeks now so for me there's no chance Everton's selling before the Florida Cup I'm looking at it because obviously he's a huge draw to go to that tournament but if he was to stay then I think he'd be huge I understand the people who say things like he's not fitting off, he doesn't play as many but he was already our player which he is and then we bring in a winger and you can drop him in a couple of positions and don't forget he had 14 goal contributions or 15 goal contributions his numbers were very good so Everton this side can lose that amount of goals and assists You keep him in the squad and you keep him as fit as you can be we know he's not going to play every game and then you keep gobbam in-fated it's less pressure on going on, we're getting another midfielder I think it's down we do need, we need we still need another centre made but with our financial it's difficult but there's players you can get you say if you lot, we were linked with Glen Camarra last week for 9 million euros that's absolutely buttons we've been linked with Mattis Nunes from Sport and Lisbon for 16, 17 million euros well if you've amatised that over a few years then again that's something Everton can't afford and they're players you could come in okay they're both slightly different Glen Camarra is more of a defensive midfiel player who will get around the pitch they're both mobile, Mattis Nunes is one who probably needs to bulk up a little bit but he's somebody who travels with the ball and then goes can get in and get goals there's nothing could add them in there but we're still crying out for the right back the right winger another centre forward unless Moise Keane is going to stay and we don't know at the moment he's another one who raffled by me to say I'm sure we'll have a look at Eversbach at Finch Farm at the weekend need a couple wingers for me preferably it'd be a striker who can play wide as well and then out and out you know so you're talking straight off there five they need another goalkeeper there's a number two six and we've got those in some have to go out as well but now it was a good start it was a good start, good work out for them and as we move forward and the players get fitter obviously the games will come a little bit thicker and faster and as we move up towards that opening day of the season against Southampton we've still got more than a good month yet haven't we which is better than last season we only have three weeks to make this season so we've got the games in Florida which will be in the heat cos even though they're in the night it's still incredibly warm and humid so that's good for fitness anyway and then we've also got a game against Manchester United as well so working towards them there'll be another game in there as well so I'm sure we'll be announced at some stage there'll be stuff and training as well but for me now it's about get these fitters you can and try and get a bit of transfer business so a good win positive start positive start, however you want to look at it it was a friendly, it really doesn't matter but it's always good to win football matches so there you go we've got a little chat about Everton's first pre-season game because Everton have played and won it so that's all good thanks for watching, give the video a thumbs up subscribe if you want more videos join us over on Patreon see you later