 Welcome to Toffy TV. It is the match preview. Southampton versus Everton. Tough game down at St Mary's. It's always a tough game down there, isn't it? Southampton are currently on a decent little run, aren't they? They're doing well. A lot of people thought he was struggling this year, especially losing Danny Ings, but they've done particularly well and this is going to be a tough game. They were struggling a little bit, but the last three games have been brilliant. They had to sit at home one-one, one at Tottenham, and obviously they got a point at United last time. So they're on a strong run, definitely. This season was one of them where Ings had gone, and it was can we do with Ares goals and all that, and Hassan Hulters found a different way around it. Obviously he brought Armando Grosjef in from Chelsea on loan and went with him, but Adam Arn is strong in from Blackburn. He scored obviously against Everton on day one. And he's negated, I guess, he's negated Ings' goals. Well, what he's done well is he's not lost many games and he lost seven games in a season. So they are tough to beat, loads of draws, but tough to beat, and it'll be a difficult game because in general it always is a tight match. Everton don't really do very well there. We won a couple of seasons ago there, but in general it's always a tough game there. Yeah, and I suppose they've converted what you would expect to be defeat into draws, and that's what's got them to where they are at the table at the moment and got them away from any sort of potential trouble. And they're building all the time. The manager has done really, really well because he's never really under any pressure and that allows him to build. You know, it's a guy who lost 9-0 at Manchester United last season and goes there this season and gets a good point from him. So he's been allowed to build. That's my annual series on the road. Well, he has, yeah. Oh, actually, really. Yeah, he did. He's been allowed to build and obviously he changes and they've brought in, as you said, younger players and they do well on loans and do well out of bringing young players who might feel they have a pathway elsewhere. So they're doing really, really well. And for Everton this is a really tough game. Obviously coming off the back of the game against Leeds. You know, this is very much like the Newcastle game or this is a tricky game. I know it's a different occasion, of course. It's not going to be, you know, St Mary's isn't as hostile and vicious. And they don't get on 29 points. I'm not sure if I'm on any danger, really. No, but they'll be full of confidence. So as you just said, after those three wins and a couple of really good away results, four points on those two games. A good draw against Manchester City. Very when the FA Cup, be confident in the FA Cup. So they'll be very, very confident and that's, you know, they're organised. Got good players like Walproud. So obviously on set pieces is really, really good. So it's going to be a different kind of challenge and it's going to be interesting to see how we respond and how things change if they change from last week against Leeds. OK, it's week 26 of Ultimate Fan. There is a prize pot of £1,500 this week. Let's get into it. Right, here we go. Who am I going to change from last week? Really difficult this. Really, really difficult. I brought Ramseyam for Villa. He did nothing for me. He did nothing for me. So I'm going to put Romelu Lukaku in there. I think he's back from scoring in the final of the World Club Championships, which Chelsea won. I've got Salaran there. He scored in the Champions League. So I'm going to keep him in there. I think Liverpool have got a couple of games this week. Phil Foden, he scored in the Champions League as well. I might put Marys in for Kevin De Bruyne. I think I want to put Marys in for Kevin De Bruyne. Here we go. Oh, I can't because Marys is a forward. No, no. I wanted to put him in the team. Do I put him in for Romelu Lukaku and have four city players in? Oh, I thought I would do. What do I do? Well, Harry Kane, they're playing Manchester City, but they've got two games this week. Do I put Harry Kane in? Because they've got two games. I'm putting Harry Kane in instead of Romelu Lukaku. But Lukaku, they play Crystal Palace. Is Harry Kane going to score against City? They've got two away games. What do I do? I do put more Liverpool players in. I'm putting Robinson in instead of Concello. Because Liverpool have got two games. I've got three Liverpool players, two Manchester City players and a Tottenham player plus Manchester City is my team. That's what I'm going for this week. I'm playing it smart. You can too by playing it now. If you haven't got it, download the app right now. The link is in the description. Don't forget you can play for free. You get a free pack every week. You can have a silver pack, that's £2.99, or a gold pack £4.99 a month. There's always special offers going on as well with that. So make sure you check that out right now and make sure you're playing Ultimate Fan. Yeah, Evan the Gooderson's a very different proposition. Going away from how we saw that with Newcastle. This won't be quite the same, I don't think, because Newcastle was like a full final for them that night and the crowd helped them and Evan was shocking and they took full advantage of it. And Evan the Gooderson, a no winner in that perilous position, so it's a different pressure for them. They want to keep doing well and building on their results. But I watched a bit of the game on Saturday before I went to Manchester, then at United. There was gaps at the back. They had Romeo playing deep in it, he can't look. You know, he's decent on the ball, he's on the runner, but I thought going forward, it's all down to my next one. Pression, working hard. Anyone doing the job, excuse me. And that's what Everton did on Saturday. Everton pressed and harried and made leads, made mistakes. Excuse me, trog on me, though. And Everton will have to do that again at the weekend. They won't be able to slack off like they did in Newcastle or Southampton will win the game. So Everton won't take this lightly because they shouldn't because Southampton is in great form and it's always a difficult game. Yeah, you mentioned that, you're 29 points. Everton have got games on hand. Seven behind Southampton with two games on hand. So if Everton could get a win, then you're looking at that thing and you know, we could catch you. And I suppose that's the way Franclan Park is going to be looking at things. Win games like this and you're getting closer to teams like this and thinking let's look up rather than down. But I do think this is the kind of game I think again, it's one of those games where you're thinking don't lose the game, just get something out of it and then you go on and see your next, and I know our next home game is Manchester City, so it's not. But it's out of home, isn't it? But it is that case of get something. Let's see what you made of. The team last week, obviously the team got a lot of praise for last weekend that continued through the weekend. Everyone's patting themselves on the back and stuff. Let's see how you can do against a decent team. Not an amazing team, but a decent team. It is that different challenge. It's always tough going down there. You only lost one home game, and that was back in September. I think it's all over to Wolves. They've only won three home games. They've won three to three far and lost one of their nine home games. They haven't been amazing at the same age, but they're all so difficult to beat there. So it's always a tough game. I suppose that's the difference for us this season, isn't it? We've drawn loads of games. We've lost those games, ultimately. That's what it's been. The games we should have drawn, really we should have drawn. We've lost, and if we've drawn four or five games, then you are around that same period, aren't you? To wear Southampton, it makes a hell of a difference. We have lost those games this season. We have lost games that we should have drawn. I think that will be a big thing. If you don't play well, or even if you do play well, make sure you get something out of the game. Make sure there's that fighting spirit. Make sure you're not making the mistakes that we did in other games, where it's set pieces with the sadden. The likes of West Ham are home. The likes of Villa are home. Where a set piece is lost is the game. Where it really should have been a draw. I think that's the thing for us now. We've drawn four games all season. That's been the problem. The 12th defeat, which is one of the worst and one of the worst than our thing has been. For them, it's us. Which is normally what we're like. A third of them is us. For them, it probably should have been us. That's the thing as well. We've lost most of our games by a single goal. We've obviously had a couple where it was Newcastle 3-1 and Liverpool 4-1. Wolves were away. Shouldn't have lost at Wolves. Shouldn't have lost at Palace. Shouldn't have lost at Norwich. Villa, Brighton around. All single goal defeats. That's exactly the same kind of thing. You can always go, wherever you can, but you're absolutely right. Those 12 defeats, three or four of them should have been draws. That would have put everything on. 26, 27 points now. You'd be looking and going with 10 out of the delegation. If we just win every third game, there's nothing to worry about. This is going to be very difficult and these making it very difficult. We've got to match the intensity. If we play with the same kind of intensity, we'll have a good chance, but if we back off and allow them to dictate the play, it might be a newcastle. We'll struggle. It is interesting. There's definitely less pressure there. When we know that, we've been beaten 9-0 twice in a couple of seasons, so we know there's less pressure. That allows the manager to build something or get what he wants across to the manager in the time it takes. They don't spend loads of money, do they? They're very competitive for their outlay. I imagine they don't pay huge wages either. They're always a competitive difficult team. They had a couple of good seasons with Cumin, where they were sick stuff, where they were really kicking on. Obviously a lot of plays left and money was taken out of the club and whatever, but they're competitive again on the household. Even if I've got to go and compete that way otherwise, we'll come short again and it'll be another one where we're saying, how many of these games can we come away with nothing? Even if you get a point, everyone looking now going, I want to win Saturday. Of course we do, we want the three points and three points would make a huge difference. Even if it's raw, it's what you've got to do. It's how Newcastle have got themselves out of the relegations. I know they've had three wins on the run, but they were in the position because they grained out a few draws to what Norwich did, got a couple of draws and then a couple of wins. Then all of a sudden you're climbing away from it, Leeds have done the same. It looks a lot better if you're not losing every week. That's what Evan would do when we've been losing every single week. You start putting points on the board, especially if it's a win at home in a draw and then you bring them coming back. It's positive, isn't it? You want to stay away from that defeat and look like you're actually building towards something. It's going to be very, very interesting. Do you think there will be any changes this week? I'm just going to ask you this way. I honestly don't know. I don't know what to do because it's too early. We've been breathed comprehensively. We went to Newcastle and obviously we lost two players when we started in line up. We went to Newcastle-Bengoffery and a bit of Michelenko. Michelenko was back this weekend, but John Joe Kenny coming last weekend was outstanding. Again, do we want balance with the left foot or do we want to keep the solidity and the defensive nature that Kenny offers? It's a way for them home, so the manager might leave that alone. But it is too difficult because Delhi come on and was good for 20 minutes. I don't want to make any changes in four minutes. Southampton do play 4-4-2, so Everton play 4-4-2 and you're matting them up. Damari Grey's the big one. Damari Grey's fit. He's been Everton's best player this season. Does he replace Alex O'Wobee who was outstanding? I'll be saying to O'Wobee, you were brilliant last week, so you deserve another go, or I'll be saying you were superb last week, but this lad's getting in before you. There's no patterns of whether he goes full team all the time, or whether he rewards people. I think he'll keep the same team. You've got Damari Grey on the bench and you've got the ability to bring him on. You've got... I don't know how serious it was last week, but I don't think it was too easy. But again, it's that same thing. We'll leave him on the bench. We've got him then as someone we can bring on. I think you can replicate that performance away from home, and now it won't be the same. But if you can get the plays working hard and understanding that's what you've got to do, maybe it'll just be a little bit less aggressive because you are away from home, but I think you're playing that manner. I've got no issue with leaving Alex O'Wobee in the team, because I think they deserve it. Damari Grey is such a threat coming off the bench. He'll give you a different option and he also works hard as well. We'll see how it evolves because Damari has to be looking at what I saw on Saturdays, what I want week-in and week-out. They're playing 4-4-2. Is there any real need to change the formation? They're as a team and they're not blessed with superstars. It's a case of working as hard and harder than them and then it's a case of stopping things like giving away cheap set pieces and things like that. So I think what the players did on Saturday definitely for me means that they all deserve to play again unless there is a tactical change and that tactical change doesn't jump out at me right now. So we'll see what he does and as I said it is still really early to start of and we're not really into the thing of understanding fully yet what he's going to do because maybe he doesn't fully yet because he's laying about different players and he's got players out with injuries and stuff so it's still early days so I think he'll stay with the same team. Let's have a little look at day-to-day from the last game out. So there you go, 4-4-2. 4-4-2? 4-4-2. But here, Adams and Brojie are obviously the threats and obviously you've also got a you've always got to be wary of James more players having you with the set plays but those two up front both scored six goals this season Adams is a warehouse, you know, very strong and powerful Brojie is obviously on loan from Chelsea a player I have everything go for in the summer quick, strong 6-4-3 can travel well with the ball so he's a threat everything is going to have to be wary of that of course what he's done has to he's given time to really understand what the demands are what the formation is what the structure is of the team what you have to do is to see a rhythm and he's built through that they have you mentioned the before the young players and they've lived a mentor with them from Chelsea and now he's started on the bench at the weekend because Walker Peters was playing but he brought them on and it's all of that and it's like recycling that even him, people like Carl Walker Peters who's gone there from space and done all that so we know that it is going to be it's so vast for everything but it's about time you went and ground out they've been terrible away from one away when all season I don't know if it was that bright not too far away from Southampton so hopefully we can make it to the weekend it's like a danger man and there is Armand O Brogé 20 appearances this season started 12 games got six goals no assist at the moment and he's averaging one and a half shots per game was only 20 years of age growing with confidence all the time he's had a long spell of Vitesse and scored 10 goals and 30 for them so one and three for them only a young lad not 21 but don't think so so really good play we'll have to be on our toes with him at the weekend but it's a game everything can get something out of there's no doubt about that but it's all about attitude with us we've not really been about ability all season I think the squad has enough ability in that squad to be more tired of the league but attitude wise it's being poor whether it was because of the manager whether it was just because they were losing games and confidence was low but the last few weeks playing three games against three family leagues and we've beaten through with them so we've shown we can do it it's can we do it away from home comfortably can we now we failed last week at Newcastle like you said slightly different at Southampton the intensity might not quite be there but it'll be there on the pitch can't have it and match it that's the key for me and if they can they'll get it I think for me as well one of the big parts of the game is going to be the set pieces foreign against I think don't be giving away stupid fars round the box in the Premier League at the moment it's not the best it's on the edge of the box it's like a penalty too on the other side for us as well we've improved massively on set pieces last few weeks Paul Clemens looks like he's the little simple things good deliveries from Anthony Gordon players being in the right areas and players understanding where the deliveries are going to be and that's a massive part of it so it could be a deciding factor in the scheme I want more of it because that's an important way to score goals and let's see more of it they've had a full week on the training pitch his first one full week he's still got players missing important players but you go with what you've got and with Donny van der Baig playing the way he did last week and again another full week of training for him Deli stands to get a better idea of who's going to play where and all the rest of it and we've seen the last week even on the ball we were much better because we kept the ball we didn't give it away cheaply and I think again that's another important thing if you keep the ball better you're not making as many mistakes just more chance of winning games with football will the evidence actually against shots against was 0.26 which was the best in the Premier League of the weekend so not allowing teams to get shots away we proved that Leeds had the only two proper efforts the ad worth worth from 25 yards don't let those efforts fall to war proud war proud so Mary scored one a few years ago didn't he from about 25 yards at St Mary's in a game where you know Llych-a-Din scored no goal as well so don't give him that kind of room because he's a threat, he's dangerous so get out, press them, work hard stay organised and try and get something from the game and if they can then that's great if you continue the upwards upwards trajectory absolutely no facts this week now I mean I've got them now I'm not trying the first one but looking for consecutive Premier League wins for the first time since September following a 3-0 win over Leeds last time trophies have won just once away from home this season picking up two points from their last 27 on the road Southampton were at a clean sheet in 13 games no shriar, they scored few at Premier League first half goals than Everton this season though three of their eight such strikes have come in the two league games on the flank lampad Evans with Charleston scored five goals in his last six Premier League games against Southampton netting in each of his last four games against them in the competition with six and Andrew Cole with five have ever scored in more consecutive games against Southampton Everton's Delhi has been directly involved in nine Premier League goals against Southampton five goals and four assists more than he has against any other opponent in the competition Southampton's Shea Adams has scored in his last two Premier League games netting Saint Twin at Tottenham and their equaliser against Manchester United only once before has he scored Premier League games so there you go mixed back really and always it's just it's very very difficult isn't it there you go another three o'clock kickoff on Saturday as well this is a rarity so there you go let us know your thoughts in the comments on this one are you looking forward to it it is always a difficult game we've got to be fair we've got battered that season down there that first defeat of the season last year but we've got battered up in the first half particularly in the enders we hit the bar there me and then after that so make sure to give this video a like subscribe if you haven't already make sure if you haven't already download the ultimate fan app the link is in the description and join us over on Patreon as well the link is in the description for that and it's on the screen right now so