 Hello everybody and welcome to this week's Everton show. We've got an Everton General meeting special for you this week. The events have placed at the iconic Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Tuesday night. And along the way in this week's program, we'll hear from all the main contributors, starting off, of course, with our chairman, Mr Bill Kenwright, who explains to everybody just how important Mr Fahad Mishiri has been to Everton Football Club. The biggest, biggest plus in the world of football is having a benefactor who says yes. And it's not just the 150 million and say that slowly, 150 million interest free. I've never heard him in the two years we've been together say no. I've never heard him say maybe when Denise will say she comes to the board. And the board goes to fire and I go to fire and he says yes. And he says yes to the managers and he says yes to me and he's a true blue. He sent me a January the first text saying here's to a year of victories for our beloved blues and he's a true blue and guys he's the difference and the difference is a man who says you got a dream I'm going to help you get that dream for Evertonians. Okay let's hear now from the man himself Mr Farhad Mishiri on route to the Everton General meeting on Tuesday called into USM Finchfarn when he sat down to speak to Everton TV. Well I think we had a very difficult start to the season and and you know I don't deny it you know it was a shock for me after the very good season we had last year and the heavy expenditure expectations were high. The fixture list was bad we didn't have a proper pre-season you know we had a tour to Tanzania and then we had the Europa League but still the team didn't seem to have a shape so we had to take action you know the team is performing much better and I'm comfortable that in the second half of the year with Balasi, McCarthy and hopefully Seamus coming back we'll have a very good second half of the season. Performances in many ways are as important as the results so the first seven games of Sam they were very good and I think then we just didn't have the rub of the green the last minute goal at Bournemouth soft penalty Liverpool but then it will turn you know we are happy I mean the important thing is the fighting spirit you're fighting we have enough quality to do well. You were very complimentary about Sam when he became manager and as you say you became the first manager in Everton history to go seven matches unbeaten how impressed have you been with what he's done? Well I followed Sam as I told you you know at the time of his appointment is one of the managers I followed for many years I read his autobiography before we're cruising him big Sam so so he's a real man he's a real football and what you can see is he's he's a good tactician but more importantly he has a tidy football brain we have to have a stadium and we will have a stadium and I think when the building work starts it's proof of the pudding so I think we want to get to that stage but until we get to that it is at preparation stage but we are we are progressing well we have a multi-year plan I think we get bumps on the road but the plan is intact I think resolutely we go through the plan to achieve to learn from our mistakes avoid them but no single setback would you know derail us we are on the road and we'll get them. Strong words there from Mr Meshiri well one of the highlights one of the many highlights from the Everton general meeting was an excellent presentation from Robert Helston who gave everybody in the auditorium an update on the situation regarding our proposed move to the Bramley dock site Mr Helston also confirmed that life under Mr Meshiri is pretty good whether it's stimulating and pushing forward on the new stadium whether it's supporting community initiatives whether it's supporting the investment investment in players having Mr Meshiri there saying yes to things and backing us is fantastic and you know I talked about it briefly in the meeting it's not that long ago that you know cliched now I know 85 pence in every pound went into Finch Farm there's 15p in every pound left over for everything else we were supposed to be doing and as Bill said you know slightly exaggerated you know can we paint that wall well let's wait three months to see if we can find the money well you know it's not a million miles from the truth so again to have that financial pressure taken off us since it's really important we maintain the discipline that goes with it but to have that pressure taken off is clearly of a scope to do you know all the great things we wanted to do all the ideas we had so yeah a real sense of a real sense of optimism backed up by the mayor with his really positive words about reaching a partnership and a deal on the stadium and backed up by Mr Meshiri in terms of his commitment to supporting his manager to allow football decisions to decide you know who we buy rather than commercial decisions a lot of grounds for optimism you know I think more than any other season we've seen how six clubs with deep pockets and that self-full and filling circle of european football champions league football in particular is really hard to break into you know the depth and quality in those squads is is substantial but you know we also saw three or four years ago how you know a team on a smaller budget um finished fifth got 72 points challenge for top four status in any other season probably would have got there so we know we can do it you know it is more than just being about the money and if we can gel together you know the right team recruitment so important to us but also keep unearthing you know high quality young players through our academy then you know there's every reason to be optimistic of course there's a reality that bar is set phenomenally high listen this is the hardest league in the world and you know the six clubs that occupy the top six places you know have very very deep budgets so you know let's not be unrealistic about it but it's a challenge we'll relish and it's a challenge we're up for also taking centre stage on tuesday night was denise barrett backsendale our deputy ceo she gave an excellent presentation of her own bringing everybody up to speed with what's been another productive and fantastic year for everton in the community and she also spoke about the legacy that everton football club will leave behind in the walton area when we leave gooderson park the campaign that we've had since 2012 in redeveloping gooderson has had one intention really in that is our legacy project so we've been having as i said earlier a campus viewpoint where we've built developed buildings and services in the immediate shadows of the stadium the big prize though is gooderson park and what would happen there in terms of a legacy project when we move to brand new more docs so that really does give us an opportunity to be innovative and creative and to look internationally at how we can build a healthy wealthy prosperous and vibrant community for the members of live a poor form it's crucial you know many of the football clubs leave their stadium and hand over the the take a tariff offer housing builder or you know a retail unit but everton football club doesn't want to do that and i had the support of the board when i asked if we could register the site as a community asset and we get full backing because it's the right thing for do to do for everton football club and the board are custodians of this magnificent football club and whilst we're all in office we have to do the right thing and leaving a substantial civic inheritance for the people of Liverpool is the right thing for everton football club to do there are certainly plenty of reasons for evertonians to be proud and positive at this moment in time not least of which of course is the stewardship of sam aledais big sound was making his everton general meeting debut on tuesday night and he joined me on stage with our director of football steve walsh steve starter proceedings by speaking about the pursuit and the recruitment of jeng toson well it was first highlighted that he scored 24 goals in last season we had people out to get a a viewing of him we've subsequently tracked him watched his games champions league against port or monaco and we think he's got the attributes that will be good for us we then showed all the information to our new manager and the coaching staff and we all sat together and decided that this was the guy that will make a difference after listening all to these fantastic presentations it's my responsibility to make sure that team is the best it could possibly be which helps everybody in the community as well as all the fans of everton and of course the responsibility to take the club into a new stadium is equally just as big and just as important because a new stadium with 50 60 000 has to have a very very good team to go with it so my position is short term now survival put the team in a good position and the long term future is to build a team of the future for that fantastic new stadium that's coming along so hopefully we can deliver on that front as well as everybody else delivering as well and that just about brings us to the end of part one of this week's everton show but don't go too far away because coming up after this short break i'll be joined here by graham stewart and graham sharp we'll hear from our brand new signing jeng toson and we'll speak to phil jagielka about our visit to wembley at the weekend to play tottenham hotspur in the premier league welcome back to part two of this week's program now i think it'll be a little bit strange at the weekend to go to wembley stadium for a premier league game or one person with plenty of experience of english football's hq is of course our captain phil jagielka he enjoyed his finest moments of course in and everton jersey when he famously converted the winning penalty in the 2009 ffa cup semifinal against manchester united we sat down at usm finch farm earlier this week with jags to speak about this weekend's visit to wembley yeah enghans record especially in qualifying and stuff was was pretty special at wembley and there's been a couple of good days a couple of not so good days in the cup so uh it's always a special place to go obviously i'll be different this year it'll be obviously branded and uh in spurs attire and things like that what change of room and stuff you're in but you know it's a big pitch um you know a really good team so we'll uh have to make sure that we put in a a good performance and hopefully give spurs a few problems you say we'll be slightly different playing there in a league game but is there still a buzz going and playing at wembley yeah i think so i'd obviously i've been there quite a few times there won't be as as big of buzzers maybe someone who hasn't been there or only been there once or twice but you know i think if you go in there for something final or final the atmosphere would be electric so i think i think the buzz would be slightly bigger but um say it's up to us to to get there quite in that crowd down you know the the fans are a decent bit away from the pitch if we can make it a a quiet atmosphere and and put a good performance in and say it's all about building um you know towards the end of the season and and getting high up as possible in terms of the challenge you face on the pitch obviously the biggest threat is harry cain and he's somebody you know well from england squads isn't he yeah he's done you know fantastic over the course of the last couple of years he's got better and better you know he takes his chance he takes a lot of shots on he he he wants to test the goalkeeper as many times as he can in a game so it's it's difficult to keep him quiet for the whole 90 minutes and obviously when you've got people like deli and ericsson around him that are either you know creating chances or scoring goals as well um they're a massive threat so it's up to us to to go there with a with a game plan hopefully starve those attacking players of the ball and um maybe give lorisa a few things to have to deal with themselves um you just know you've been in a game it's as simple as that he puts himself about he doesn't look to pass when he gets sort of in the final third he he wants to get those goals he finds himself in the in the right position at the right time er you know it can't be by coincidence that the amount of goals he scores um let's say even the tappins you know he's got to be there at the right time so uh you know we had tim kale at one point who found himself you know in the right place at the right time for crosses and and stuff like that and and harry's got that to his game and let's say he's a pretty decent finisher we need to make sure you know spurs haven't got the best record at home you know white heart lane was a was a was a bit of a fortress but this one obviously er say if we can get there get there get a good start anything's possible defensively we've been a lot more solid in the last couple of months or so grae and we've conceded a couple of goals against borne with united and Liverpool but there were accentuating circumstances in some of them we've still been a lot better defensively how would you stop harry came well it's a difficult one i mean not many people have worked that one out that's because you know he's so prolific um i think he's a terrific player i think he is the best out there at this moment in time um and we are going to have a work cut out and we are going to have to defend as a unit as well as we've possibly defended all season to keep top them out because the threat isn't just harry came it is ericsson it is deli alley you know he mixes his game up so well harry came because he can also drop deep and he can get older the ball from deep and he picks people out deli alley makes forward runs left right and centre and he's you know he ghosts into positions if the ball comes into the box you can bet your bottom dollar deli alley is going to be there so as a unit as a back four or a back three whatever we play we've got to be rock solid we've got to communicate we've got to make sure we track runners and obviously the one big thing is to is to make sure we take care of harry came because the boy's son is playing well isn't he yeah songs well yeah he doesn't get a mention and he's a terrific player i really like him as well but you know if he plays again plenty of energy talented boy as well knows where the back of the net is so he can shoot can't he that's for sure that's for certain i mean he's shown that last week didn't he i mean the reality of it is going forward they're very very strong topman there's no doubt about it so defensively we are going to have to be absolutely rock solid if we want to come away from wembley with any points i think looking back at the Liverpool game i thought defensively for the majority game you were good i thought we were well well managed and compact and made it difficult for Liverpool yeah they had a lot of possession but never really had a shot to go never really created any chances so we need to have that discipline against Tottenham and a big big pitch at Wembley everybody knows how sapping it can be as well but we need to be as organised as what we were and listen i think in the team now what we're seeing a change of is we're having more of an outlet we've got ballastry back who gives us that outlet a little bit of pace look man can do that as well he did well didn't he when he came on he did well young look man when he came on but i just think with the introduction of ballastry now he gives us something we haven't had all season which is that little bit of pace on the break so if you can if you can defend and be as compact as we were against Liverpool this is always disappointing there's no goals especially from set pieces obviously the corner but i thought in the hole i thought we will look to a better organised unit listen we all know it's going to be a tough tough fixture as diamond said before they're one of the most attractive teams to watch uh so we know all about their attack and talent but i just hope whoever plays up front or whoever plays whether it be ballastry or adding line or whatever we can give them problems as well we can pose a threat if he can do that you know i wouldn't say it's you know you look at fixtures and you say oh we're not going to get anything there i don't have that now thinking we're not going to get anything down there i honestly believe we can go down there and get a result it will be difficult but there's nothing to stop us well the Evertonian is travelling down to Wembley for the game this weekend we'll be hoping to get a first glimpse in a royal blue jersey of Cenk Tosin as for the player himself he's hoping to strike up a relationship with the Evertonians that's every bit as good as the one he enjoyed in Turkey with the followers of Bezek Tas yeah we had really we had really good fans amazing fans maybe the best fans but i heard about it that the Everton fans is same like same like the Bezek Tas fans i might say again i'm really excited to to meet them in the stadium and yeah they're gonna they have to trust me and we have some big games coming up for example Tottenham at Wembley how much are you looking forward to to challenges like that yeah i'm well as i said i want to play soon as possible i want to train with with the team for knows everybody um yeah i i can play the first game i think in Tottenham game um yeah i'm very excited to to meet the guys uh and the fans and you're used to playing in big atmospheres big games yeah does that bring out the best in you yeah i like it to to play in good stadiums in in good atmospheres stadiums and uh yeah Bezek Tas was was like this and i hope in Everton will be like this also everybody gonna gonna see what what kind of player i am and and i think i will i will be a good player in in the Premier League and for Everton no better place to go for Cenk Towson to make his Everton debut than Wembley Stadium yeah it's a fantastic opportunity for him Dan uh i'm sure there's not a lot of Evertonians nor a lot about him uh but i think when you look at his record in Turkey especially over the last couple of seasons it's very good so we just hope that he can hit the ground running you know obviously it's a it's a different culture he's got to get used to as well the football will be different as well but for him to make possibly make his debut at Wembley doesn't come better than that you scored 20 goals in 33 league games in Turkey last season Graham so he knows where the back of the net is now people will say let's not compare the Turkish League to the Premier League but he's also scored goals in the Champions League as well yeah importantly yeah uh four goals i think it was in the Champions League and a couple of those were against Monaco as well so you know decent side to to be scoring against the Champions League level so we just hope he's got that calibre and that pedigree to to bring into the Premier League and as Sharpie says hit the ground running because that's what we need from him hopefully um we've got to give him a little bit of time because it is a different culture it's it's a big move for him and his family and what have you so we've got him a little bit of time to get used to his teammates as and for the the lads to get used to the way he plays as well so all in all i think it's going to be a terrific signing for the football club hopefully and uh you know we get some of those goals because that's what we need he's played in a Basik Tass side that are still involved in the Champions League Sharpie but he's swapped that to come to Everton which i like well yeah Dan i think you're looking at and you think that no disrespect to the Turkish League but i think if anybody over there got the chance of playing in the English Premier League i think they'd jump at it you know obviously we look elsewhere in the Spanish League and i think it's a big tune in the Spanish League that players would jump at to go there but i think coming from the Turkish League i think he couldn't turn down and move to to the Premier League he's been linked with a few clubs in the past in the Premier League Everton are probably the biggest one he's been linked with uh but you know the manager showed faith in him and bringing him over uh and listen it's an area we've been crying out to be strengthened you know since Lukaku left in the summer you know Dominic's coming in and doing a good job but he needs more support and Umar Nias has played the odd game as well but we need somebody who who's a proven goal scorer at the highest level and as as Diamond said before he's wrecked in in the Turkish Super League and also in the Champions League you know we can't argue with that so Evertonians are wanting to take off the mark very very quickly settle down enjoys football and and hopefully get us further up the table and that's just about it for this week's Everton show my thanks enormously to everybody involved it really has been an action packed show this weekend to all of you who are going to Wembley do enjoy yourselves in the capital 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