 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the preview, Brentford versus Everton, another tough game, another hard game, but what I would say is Brentford have had a mixed bag so far haven't he? He drew a fantastic win against Manchester United, but a defeat at the weekend to Fulham conceded five goals so far as well, although they've scored like nine. Eight, sorry, eight discords as well, so obviously they did the double overs last season, a promoted team doing the double overs and it's a tough game isn't it, it's a tough game, you'd have thought it. Well it's a tough game because they were a hard work inside, but they got quality as well and they proved last season that he said they'd done the double overs so I'm not convinced he'd won the Godderson game. Maybe it was eleven, it was eleven but he did and he beat us down there play so I watched them against United and they were brilliant, they were absolutely brilliant against United and they blew them away. Come back from two down at Leicester on the opening day to get a draw and then last week to defend them was a little bit sketchy against Fulham. But in Ivan Tony and where my own players like that, they've got players you can hate you and so they've got a nice mix, a nice mix of hard work and players and talented players and a good manager so it'll be a tough game. Obviously against Manchester United we've seen the way you started pressing from the front and trying to stop Manchester United playing it out from the back, you can imagine they'll do something like that, the high pressure, we've got to be very very careful. I think we said this a lot, I think there's a lot of admiration again for the way Brentford do things and again it's so frustrating when you see a club like that being able to do things the right way having the right kind of transfer policy bringing good players in. Everything would kill for their front three, they've got real, whether people look at the ability side, they've got good depth on their front three and in Ivan Tony they've got a four with that, everything would absolutely kill four. When you see that talent and what they did to us last season, obviously the goals they've got this season, when you know there's a genuine threat coming up against you, it does make it difficult to when you look at what we've got at this moment playing up front for us, it does make it really difficult isn't it to think how can we get three points against this side? Yes because we don't have any threat in the final third by Damari Gray really, no one's sure right now whether or not we're going to still be an ever player by the weekend, so that means right now because we haven't brought anyone in it, it'd be probably Dwight McNeill in there, he doesn't really score goals all of them in London. I think most Evertonians know we need better than that as our number nine, so that's the worry, the worry is that there just isn't any goals in this side. Keeping these out in the air dangerous is one thing but then having enough to go and get something at the other end. When you've got players in the final third you can score goals, you're always confident in every game. Right now we don't have that. We have Dominic Calvert-Lewm playing and it's a different thing, you start feeling confident then. But then it's up to other people to step up, they're all professional footballers and they should be able to weigh in with goals. Llywodraeth o Alex O'Wobeon, that should be able to get on the end of things and score goals. We have got to be very careful because I did watch them against United like I said before. They just pressed Ericsson and took the ball off him and it was a goal off the goal and we can't fall into that. And the worry is is that the Villa game obviously we set up in a way to stop them scoring but the minute they scored we had to sort of change that. We were trying to play on the counter attack. It would be interesting to see how we set up because we're not going to play a high line clearly because they had seen them against Manchester United. They exploited Manchester United playing it round at the back but then they also exploited Manchester United when they were on the offense and certainly I think it was at the fourth goal. The counter attack from a Manchester United corner was absolutely fantastic so they've got a lot of pace on the break. So it's going to be interesting to see how we approach it whether we're going to go with a three in midfield if we've got three midfielders or are we going to rely on the two and then three ahead of them. I wouldn't expect on that to start a game in a two and I don't think that makes sense. Certainly away from home at this stage only being in the Premier League a couple of weeks but having that added play in midfield where I think certainly a gullis on that season when they had Ericsson and that was where the game was won and lost. Ericsson had so much command and I know we were down to ten minutes but Ericsson had so much command of the ball in that game that he just controlled the pace of the game for them. I think we've got to dominate that midfield and it's something we don't tend to do. If we're going to create chances we have to have the ball. I don't think you can just rely on playing on the counter attack or God forbid just playing it into a round on every start. We have to get genuine controls of games or football and I think that's what I've heard Frank Lampard bemoan that in a couple of years after the game against Fleetwood he was like God I have more control of a game and I think you only get that by having three in midfield. The problem is you're just going to go in there because Tom Davis got injured. There's no decor either. Of course we're talking before the press conference. Tom got injured in the warm-up which might suggest that he might be available. I think if you get injured in a warm-up it's a little bit different than getting injured in training. I'm sure he might not be. No, no, that's the problem isn't he? I don't know Alan wasn't used was he and there's lots of stories he's going out. Unless it's Lewis Warrington and he's going to give me his Premier League debut away at Brentford. It's a tough one so right now I'm looking and thinking there's a world being on our side in the two. I had one three in there and again just to record this before the middle of the week so everything might end up with another midfielder before Saturday who's eligible to play you never know. But that's what I've been looking at there is that it's who's available to be able to go into that but you're right to try and get a grip at that midfield and then it has to be a guest. I guess Dymari Gray off Shalem yn Rhondda. Really unless oh if Anthony Gordon's here he'd play without Rhondda and go and try to get them training. Without the real options up front it's a tough one because I do think though I do think if you've got that extra man in midfield I don't like the idea of it certainly but if you did have Gordon and you've got Gray at least then by getting a hold of the midfield you can get higher up the pitch. If you can't get them through the channels I think when you've only got two you're more hitting hoping then you're isolating the man up front and obviously if that has Gordon in the first two games you're isolating Gordon. It's just not going to work at least if it's two and we're playing it through the channels for them to run on and have their pace. It's not like this and I don't think Brentford are blessed with pace at the back so then at least you've got a chance to get them but I only think that works between midfield back to getting older the game getting some control and getting higher up the pitch. I think that might be how we could do it but then again like you've just said that relies on having that extra midfield and at the moment we haven't got that extra midfield so we're a little bit damned if we do damned if we don't. It's really hard to put your finger on without the players coming in. We're just so limited in our options at the moment. Delries gone as well as we are and that's out the door as well so yeah it's a strange time at the moment. We haven't finished doing what we want to do in the transfer market and we've got a ton of injuries on top of it so it is a tricky one. That's a tricky one. That's just a little bit like a Brentford side from last week's game in the Premier League and it's full. I'm sure the 4-3-3 and obviously it's them isn't at the front three where I'm out Tony and Wisher you know full of energy. No God is excellent player. Josh the Silver's done well for them as well and again so they've got you know full of full of energy the full of energy the full of movement but like you've just said they have to see the goals you know in the two way games. At home they haven't. They've got five clean sheets in the last six you know. They are the kind of team that don't mind conceding goals if it means they've got goals in them because they've got goals in them. They are risk takers. They've got a manager who understands that it's just as good to play ten passes leading up to a goal than it is to just play a ball over the top. He doesn't have any issue with playing both ways. He's very frank on that. I think he's got a great outlook on the game itself. He's so positive. He doesn't really see any point in being just limiting your side. He lets them go out and play and plays the distance. So to me it's a task with the plays we've got but then again you know it's still brimford. They're not the greatest team in the world. They're still an opportunity. You know we've said in the first couple of games if we had somebody who could put the ball in the back of the net things could look very very different in times of points. If we could get the first. That would be the other side of it. Obviously in the Premier League we've not took the lead this season. It would be wonderful if we could take the lead in a Premier League game and see how that affects our tactics due to the opposition having to come and have a gore as a little bit more. So it would be nice to see that but obviously that relies on putting the ball in the back of the net. Which is not something we are very strong at. Let's just have a look at Everton's team from Forrest. So obviously we expect it to be the same back 5. Tom Davis obviously does a big question mark on him. I imagine Grey will start. Gordon if he's still an Everton player probably will start and then Rondon for someone else. What do you do? Do you play him again? I think I probably go for 3 midfield and try to just get into a little bit and see what happens with Grey running in behind and Gordon if he's there or Gordon's not then obviously it's Rondon. You don't go for Grey buzzing around Rondon and save it that way. Do you almost have to work? Could you work it if you had 3 midfield so that you push on on 9 or up a little bit and you almost say listen if we're going to go long you've got to be the out ball in the centre of the park and have those to be on them. Hang on, you've got something like Jordan Pickford. I watched the goal last week. See in midfield I look at D3 and in terms of physically a battle I think his size that could mean one of their centre ars has to be dragged towards him and if you drag a centre half towards him then that leaves space behind him. It's the awful line he took and we mentioned his name a lot but it is that thing of if you can pull a centre defender on to him because no one else can deal with him then maybe that can open that space. Maybe but it depends whether he's got that in his locker. He's a big lad but is he physically ready to battle the way full line he did? I don't know. Maybe the better option is Patterson over the top of Rico Henley because Patterson is much bigger than him. I don't know what I mean. We've seen that both where he's knocking things down or taking it on his chest and running them. Again it'll be ush fit though won't it? That's what it'll come down to the man I just got at his disposal. It feels a long time till Saturday in terms of injuries and the transfer window and it's a tough game and that's straight off the back of it. We've got Leeds and then we've got Liverpool and then we've got Arsenal. Happy days. I'm not letting you do your stats. I'm not doing that. That's through the phone over there. Bind. Bind. They're out of there. Right tough game. Ever need to get something. I just can't wait to start some more games of football with what we may or may not do in the transfer window. I can't wait to start doing that. It's just this window being obviously having so many games up to the window just feels ridiculous to me. Feels like you're either doing something or you're not doing something. It's just stupid. There you go. Let us know your thoughts in the comments on this one. Are you confident on that? What would you do with the team? Let us know. Don't forget to give this video a like, subscribe if you haven't already, if you want more exclusive daily live videos. 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