 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the match preview Everton vs Tottenham, Hotsbair, Gulloson Park, Friday Night Football, two weeks in a row, and this one bad is definitely feels like the chance for Everton to put themselves back in the mix for the European places because quite simply to me if Everton don't win this game then it is flip-flop time. Get the shorts on and another disappointing end to a season. Are we? You're not going to use the phrase must win. Every game we must win for weeks. It is a must win isn't it? I mean it is. It's the last must win. That's what I would say. It's after this week. Say we win on Friday, don't we go to Arsenal after a must win isn't it? No I know but this is like the last one if we don't win it. If we don't win this, nothing else matters. It's done isn't it? I mean mathematically it wouldn't be because space is still only being a point ahead of us in the seventh position so we beat that in it. The problem is you're then giving teams like Arsenal and Villa that the weekend leads to catch you right up by winning their games. If Tottenham beat us they go five points. Oh no, space win. What I mean is Everton but to draw. You're also allowing the teams below. That's evidence being Everton's issue as well. Not only is he now trying to cling on to everything above. They've allowed teams where they've built up a big lead over like Arsenal and leads that they're within a win of us now. So it is time to start winning some games with football. It'll be a very difficult game you know. The spares are a good side. They're not playing great but they've got Harry Kane. When you've got Harry Kane you've got a chance of doing anything against anybody. We've beat spares twice this season. People forget that. We beat them first game this season. We beat them in the FA Cup in a lively game of football. The odd goal in nine. So the players have got that to remind them that we can beat them. This is not something that can't be done. We beat them twice this season and we have to remember that as we go in. Yes, it'll be difficult because number one, we're at home and we're absolutely garbage at home. But this just might be one of those games where it's like... I say we haven't done well as such but against Man City and the likes of Man United. We held on for a while and they wore us down in both. And then the poorer sides have come to goodness and nicked the games. And this might just be one of those where it's just in between. Where it's just open enough. But both will be quite defensive that it might just allow us to... If we can nick that goal. That'll be what it comes down to again. It'll be who scores the first goal. If we can get that first goal I think we've got something to fight for then. I think that's obviously been the problem in the last few games is that we haven't got either the first goal or any goal in them. And I know Palace was different because we've conceded late on. But we've just got our dapple leaf haven't we? Because ultimately it all comes down to this game. It really does. We've got a win on Friday. And you know, okay we've got that game in hand. But if we've got a win on Friday then there's like four spares. You are at the moment our rivals for that seventh place. They've got it at the moment and they know they've got a little bit more control over that because they obviously are playing in the legal final. So by winning that, that could take that seventh place away anyway. But you've got to just put that out your mind. Normally that would be settled by now. But you've got to put that out your mind and we are fighting directly with spares. And that's what makes it such an important game for us. Where you just think that a victory could just swing it back our way with seven games left and then players remember what it's like to win a game. And people start thinking, yeah we've got something to fight for here. It's got to be like that hasn't it? Because ultimately if you're going to go for something, whether it's a trophy or a position in the league, whether you know top four or Europa League, you've got to fight for it. You've got to fight for it. It's got to be something there, not like the other night against Brighton. There's got to be fight. You've got, in fact, Everton can't, I've got to have the attitude that it's win or absolute bust I think Friday for me. Yeah, you know, they're on 49, we're on 48. We've got a game in the end. If we were to win, you know, they've got six games left and we'd be a three-point ahead of them with a game in the end as well. You know, we're all of a sudden, if we win on Friday, we're level with, sorry, we're a point behind Liverpool. We are three points behind Chelsea, four behind Westam. All of a sudden, you're looking at them again, even though they've still got the lead on that. You're still looking at them teams and going, you never know if we win this and win that. I know a lot of people are watching this and going, but we don't win because we haven't been winning. I get that, you understand that, but what I'm saying is we haven't got eight games left and it's not beyond the realms of fantasy to think of it. Might win five of them. Conversely, Everton could not win another game the way they're playing at the moment. All season, it's been a case of good runs, bad runs. That's what I mean. It's been good runs and bad runs and at the moment, we're in a bad run. If we could turn that round in the last few games and put in a good run, then that's what you've got to hope for. We did it in December. We did it around the Derby three wins in a row. From nowhere, didn't we? If we could do that again, and that's what anyone in the top six, seven, eight, nine at the moment, if they can put together a little run where they pick up four or five wins, then that's going to throw them up. I'm not saying we've got champions league chances. But with last weekend's results and the way Lester had been pulled back down, it shows that there's still movement. I think the first two are going to be what they are. But I still think three and four could be anyone's. And then that just throws you up. They've up who looked well out of it the other week and they've managed to get some. Three wins in a row, haven't they? You'd look at them and go, actually, Dale Gerry. Chelsea looked like it was their home and house. You know, it was all done. They've got some tough games near the end. So they've got a couple of games now, Chelsea, where they'd expect to win them. And then the last three or four, a flip of a coin because they're playing tough teams. So I'm saying this from no point of confidence here. I can't sit here and say to people, no, I think we'll do it. I honestly don't. But the flip side to that is, evident I've done it before this season. When we've looked like we've done, we've won three or four games on the run and you go, oh, what the hell are back in it? Like, when did this all started? You know, we had the great start of the season and we had a poor run in November. End of October, November. And then we went to Burnley, who had scored about three goals all season and had two points or something. It was like, we'll beat this. And we didn't, we drew. And everyone was like, this is pathetic. Chelsea left the corner. No chance, remember people saying. So we won't get a single point out of this. We beat them up, we won four games on the run and all of a sudden we were right back in it and then we dropped off and then we won the games to put us back in it. If Everton were to win on Friday, the narrative would be Everton are three games on beating after those three defeats. Because we've drawn the last two. But if Everton draw or lose it'll be, they haven't won in six or whatever. So the narrative can flip and we're to win the game and you sat there going Friday night. We're on 51 points. There's eight games. There'll be seven games to go, we're on 51 points. We said for ages, if we could get 63, 64, we'd have a chance. You'd be looking and going, if we could win three or four more games on our home games, our Wolves who've got flip-flops on 100%. Sheffield United, they were relegated. And then obviously Aston Villa is a game that Everton had after. But I'm telling you, Everton would have to beat them anyway. You'd have to because they're going for it. Then away you've got West Ham away. Arsenal away were both by us. So you can't lose either of them. And you've got Aston Villa away which is another one. So there's opportunities but Everton haven't taken opportunities. The last coming out of that West Brom game. We had the runway we were going. We've got Bailey, we've got Crystal Palace, we've got Brighton, nine points. I think what's interesting about this game though is that Spades have got the same problems. That's the difference, isn't it? I think with some of these games recently it's been a bit like Uzi Ozi, Palace, we said it at the time. You go one-nil up, you don't take your chances then or ask, they've got nothing to play for. They've got to put a little move together and you get a goal. Where as Spades, they've obviously got the pressure as well. They went to Newcastle a couple of weeks ago. Let's have a look at the last five results in all competitions. Beating their arsenal. Bumped out of the Europa League. Three-nil after they won the first leg and everyone was saying it's comfortable. Got a good win at Newcastle, at Aston Villa. Newcastle. Two-one up with five minutes to go. Conceded and could have conceded again. And then last time out, Manchester United at home. I watched this one on Sunday. It was very much, it wasn't great. United had a golden shillard, which was mad. United missed the equal in the loft. Spades break. Sun scores. They moved into the top four of that stage because of the games I'm playing. And then United came out second half and got level and that was it then. Once they got level, they were green with on. Spades looked like evidence to be honest. But when you've got Harry Kane, you think if you can just get him a chance you can win it for us because that's how good he is. But other than that, I was looking around. I mean, I really like Sun, I think he's a crack and player. I don't love him as a football. Everything else, but he's a crack and footballer. They have got some good players, but they're all so disjointed. They like everything. Spades, I think, is for the different. I think everything played the way they do because we haven't naturally got a tack on players. Where I think Spades, I've got a tack on players, but they're managing constraints then. I mean, you look at the bench at the weekend and Bale's sitting next to Deli Alley and you don't think she is there and Le Mele. But that adds to the pressure, doesn't it for them? I mean, I know our fans bring pressure because a lot of people are disappointed is maybe in my way, but whereas I feel like Spades, there is actually a new pressure because of the stadium and because they have the energy and they have the energy because of the stadium and because they have been in Champions League and because they are trying to keep all the Harry Kane as well. That puts pressure on it and obviously he's doing a lot of it on his own. But as you just showed the results today, the results are poor. One win in five days, going to Newcastle, two on up with them minutes ago and Newcastle battered them, and won them up at home against Manchester United, you expect them to get something on that game in the oven. I know Manchester United's away form is incredible. So the pressure is on them as well because they'll be looking at this game and this is what we've got the manager's psychology and all the rest of it. They've got to come to us and get something. You've got to come to us and I would love it. I would love it. But they've got to come to us and get something. We have beaten them twice this season and when they played his last digudison, in that game we were 3-1 up but then we came back and we scored past them five times and it's going to be such an interesting game because I think to the victor go the spoils. I think if you look at it, we played a bright new tonight whether people want to believe that as next year's show not everyone had eight players out the other night. I've seen some people put me at ten out. I don't know the other two but we've had eight players out the other night. I think the Evertonian even the most glassful, half full Evertonians would suggest that this squad, this side can't afford eight players out of it's squad. It can't. We're not good enough for what we want to be when everybody's fully fit. We've said it many times when we've had our best eleven which was in the opening six games you have five wins in a row and that eleven hasn't played together since. Maybe it's what Everton are capable of with everyone that's fit out now but eight players out the other night has cost us the opportunity to get an important three points which would have had us above spares going into this game but you can cuddle with the shudder all the time you want. Games are getting chalked off every week now. There's eight games left for Everton to do something and I've said it before and the players have never gone out and done it we've all took this at the start of the season to be in with a shout-off even though it's a shot in the dark shout-off at the Champions League but still if we were to win we wouldn't be that far behind it but certainly for the Europa League or the conference however it may play out we've all said with eight games to go would you take being in control of your own destiny because Everton win eight games Everton are in your... and Everton probably won't win eight games of course but Everton are still in control of their own destiny and that's how people would look at it and I think we've all said give us control of our own destiny then with eight games to go and we'll see what we do and to be fair we've had control of that for a while and we've blown every single opportunity we've had that's it though that's the bottom line though isn't it the bottom line is every time we get an opportunity we blow it people use the word bottlers I don't know whether it is bottling it or whether it's just ability ability, circumstances squad depth, injuries, all the rest of it but it's a common thing with Everton and has been common thing for Everton for some time I was even looking at a league table the other day of Martinis' first season and the fact that we were fourth with five games to go and it was in our hands it was in our hands and we blew it but we only had to beat Palace that season in the midweek because we'd just beat Arsenal if we'd have beaten Crystal Palace on the Wednesday at home it was near the bottom we'd then beat United if we beat Palace and beat United which is what we did it had been very difficult for Arsenal to catch us we didn't and they caught us we all know the Cllr de Villa on Friday shouting all that but I think the last time we played Spears on a Friday night at home we beat them three months Gary Nice went to go to the free kick I think we were three in the loop I think that was the last time we played them on a Friday Spears I lined up last week against Manchester United lorri sy'n goll region Rodin, Dia and Oriae, Dambele, Hoibhag Lo Kelso and then they have Sun and More the main up top and obviously the paces in the wide areas from Sun and More Harry Kane's the threat, the natural threat I think for Everton he's got to most definitely be on the middle I mean what would you be looking at in terms of pace now cos obviously the manager is expecting to have four or five back I'd probably go with Mason Hoagay back to right back obviously it's going to be keen Ben Gove free and Dean and then I'd have Seamus Cormann playing Right in the field and that's similar role that he took up against Liverpool because obviously they're a threat, they're three but I also think that Seamus can do something going forward to us and going forward I'd probably go with that and then depending on who's back obviously Dambele would be back up front Did you go with a four on one then? I'd probably have a Searlison back over on the left because I don't really think it's worked him playing closer to Dambele I just don't think it's worked I don't think he's better when he's deeper and he picks up the ball and I know it hasn't been great this season but I think when he drives at people it opens up the space a little bit and they've seen the options after a Searlison he's not been free I think if he went with a 4-4-1-1 with hammers off and then a Searlison where he'd left and then it's your midfield shooting you've got to get that right if Alan's fit Alan will play maybe it'd have to be Alan and Tom Davies or Alan and Gomez I think it'll be Alan and Gomez I think it might be Gomez played up at Spare's day I was actually at a decent game James Coleman can drop in into a 3-day if you're tilting it slightly I know it's not his natural position but he's a defensive it's the main of situations disappointing but I think Keane in a back 4 is a lot better than a back 3 he can't play in a back 3 he's just limited obviously that's why he's not playing for England because he can't play in a back 3 he doesn't shoot his game and he just he hates getting pulled out of space and I think I think he'll have to shoot him more and these will come and try and play in the counter attack and it'll be up to us to stop it but we've got to take out opportunities that's ultimately what it comes down to we'll make a couple of opportunities and we've got to take them and that's not me having to go because at the end of the day that's what we've been doing all season is you look at all the numbers in fact the Crystal Palace game I know we've criticised but that's probably one of the only games of season where they haven't got the scrap they've been living off scrap certainly in the second half of the season and unfortunately on the day because you just look at that game now and look how huge that game would have been two more at points we'd be going into this game and who knows what would have happened they're the real and Simon said himself after the game the new Castle game, the Crystal Palace game they're the real disappointments they're the games when you look at someone like Westam and you go well they didn't beat your knight and they didn't beat Liverpool they didn't beat Arsenal because Moise typically has done what Moise always did at Everton you beat the teams, you needed to beat and didn't worry too much about the other teams and yet it's been the other teams this season that have caught us out and that's where the disappointment from the season will be or is the Palace around before that run beat Palace 4-1, they took the chances that's what you have to do you've got Harry Kane it's a tough one Everton's 1-0 win over Spears at the opening day of the season ended the run of 15 games in the league without beating them it's just scandalous isn't it it's literally scandalous Spears are unbeaten in the last seven away games against Everton winning three and drawing four since losing three in a row 2011 in December 2012 the last four meetings between Everton and Gullison Park produced 22 goals 8 for Everton, 14 for Spears Everton have won one of the last eight Premier League home games with Spears we have got some terrible wins on me Everton have failed to win any of their last four Premier League matches last gone five in a row back in 2018 under Marco Silva Spears have dropped 18 points from winning position in the Premier League only Brighton losing more Spears have let the lead slip in three of the last four games so that's something you can cling on to as an Evertonian definitely 42% of Tottenham's away league goals came in their first two matches of the season five at Southampton and six at United Spears have scored 15 times since in 14 games so they're not prolific scorers away from home normally so 14 has scored 10 in his last 11 against Everton including six in six at Gullison Everton could become the 13 to complete a league double against the side managed by Josie Merino with all of these coming in the Portuguese last two seasons in North London with Spears and Chelsea Son has scored 14 goals and 30 appearances his joint best in the season single season eight of his 14 have come away from home so we know their threats it's not going to be anything new we know it's a big game and for once Everton have got to stand up and be counted in it because like you said if this game goes by without a win you really would look like there's no chance of you or them there you go let us know your thoughts in the comments do you think we can get the win and what will win me are your opinion aspirations let us know don't forget do your toffee picture as well the game is available now to play make sure you check that out there's a chance to win £250 out right with a prize pot £500 don't forget you need to be over 18 play responsibly season seas apply but it's free it is free ultimately it's free if you haven't signed up yet 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