 Welcome to Toffy TV, this transfer deadline day and Everton have made that signing that we've all been craving this month. Josh King has come in from Bournemouth, it's been muted for a very long time, we spoke about it on this channel frequently. You know, go back to the last transfer window and we thought could that happen, we thought it might happen in January with them being out of contract at the end of the season and it has happened, Everton have made it happen, he's brought some on in, obviously Sheng Towson has gone out, leaving a space in the forward line, certainly on the bench anyway and it's being filled by Josh King. What are your initial thoughts and feelings? It's a good signing, it's a good signing, it's a laddered lot obviously played in the Premier League for Bournemouth for four or five seasons, you've got 50 Premier League goals for Bournemouth, it's an international full international with Norway, destroyed us the last game of last season, absolutely destroyed us and we beat us 3-1. Obviously Everton were interested in them in the summer, didn't quite get it done and we did say we felt it might happen in January because of obviously his contract running down and there was other clubs interested for some reason he didn't go money wise, I mean he led to believe it's money and stuff, wages and everything. But Everton have obviously decided that it's worth taking the risk, he turned 29 a couple of weeks ago, six foot two in quick so gives you that physical presence up there as well. So on the whole a good signing and we know Everton had another couple of options they were looking at which didn't quite pan out and obviously Josh King is one they've had there and they've been able to get it done so it's a good sign because obviously anyone who watched any of our stuff today will have seen me be moaning the fact that I felt we needed another striker and this one looked like it might not get done for a while but it ended up being done. With six o'clock he was going to follow. Exactly, not unlike the pressure of him going somewhere else to force your hand I guess so haven't have moved quickly and obviously done some glam work maybe with the deal and they've been able to pull it off. I don't like the age, I must admit I'll put my hands up but I don't like the age, I don't like really liking the age. When you've got someone like the place you brought in the summer like Hammersfield League and they're slightly different, the corey, but Everton felt like they've had to do this, they've had to bolster that forward line. And certainly as well Everton's sitting on 33 points halfway through the season and the squad felt very, very thin. Now obviously Josh King is a proven Premier League striker, obviously we know he got relegated with Bournemouth and I don't think this season has been the true reflection of what he's worth because in the Premier League he's got some really good numbers hasn't he? It's best season he had one and two, 16 goals in 30 Premier League and Spears had a £25m bid rejected for him, they've had a couple of goals and getting them united were very interested in him 12 months ago, didn't get it over the line around this time actually dead line day. Obviously last season he wasn't very prolific but he was playing off the right, Bournemouth had Callum Wilson up front right the way through the middle and he had Salanki as well tried him through the middle but Josh King was playing more in wide areas and that's the advantage I think. He's got 17 goals in 51 internationals for Norway which is one in three which is in a bad retainer of international level but I think the appeal of him is he can play anywhere across the front line, he can play wide right wide left and through the middle and this was someone we'd looked at when we were coming to the end of the transfer window in the summer. I mean you were looking at it and going well, he's the kind of player that I need because he can fill those three positions off front and we didn't have anyone like that. You know we had Dominic Arthur Lewin who's a traditional nine, really a back to goal, really good in the air but we had nobody else who could do that. You know he's positioned with Bournemouth, they gone down and only having a year left on his contract, he was someone we felt could do with the job for us because he can't take those positions up and I guess what he does now for Calamantilotti is it gives him that option. Does he, you know, Everton play Josh King on one side with Charles and on the other and Dominic Arthur Lewin through the middle, all of a sudden you go well that's good, you know cos he's quick. That's good cos we've got three lads here who can run that, helps on the counter attack or he can give Dominic Arthur rest by going through the middle. That's got to be the other side of it though, isn't it? The other side of it is an option off the bench. Now whether he's the option off the bench or suddenly with Charles someone becomes the option off the bench or Dominic Arthur Lewin becomes the option off the bench. We haven't had a goal scorer this season who's come off the bench and it's so evident in the games that we've lost the good of St Park so far this season of not being able to change it, not having that player when you're 1-0 down who can come on and do something for you. That's for me it's been a huge, you know, when we've gone 1-0 down I've just gone well that's it cos what's going to change this game. Bringing a player like him in suddenly gives you that option whether a team, whether it's one or the other two, it suddenly gives you that option that we did now already have. You know, people bemoan, I don't think anyone bemoan, saying toss and leave him but it felt like he was an option. This is actually why when Moise Keen left the club that I wasn't overly bothered by it cos I never felt like okay when he started the games he was a threat but how many games was he going to start but he was never a threat off the bench ever and this is something that we haven't added ever for a while. Someone who could come on, maybe Dom was the last person maybe coming off the bench who did make a difference in games but he's obviously gone into the first team now. So for me it's, I think it's huge cos I think it's a massive part of the game that we just haven't, it's great having a good first 11 but what have you got underneath that, what have you got that can change the game. You look over the bench and go well we've got him coming on for the last 20 minutes so it's this, the start of 11 will stretch them and then we can finish the game. I think the thing with him is physically he's ready, we know that he's done it in the Premier League, he's a handful, he's quick, he's six foot two he's got a power about him. I don't think Evan have got that many powerful players in our squad so therefore you're right it's that option of mixing all of that up. Now someone like Josh King, 29, he might say, I've got three seasons left to be. Jamie Vardy, it's better than Josh King going to get me wrong but Jamie Vardy's 34 and he's still an absolute nightmare for defenders, still scoring 10, 15 goals a season. Yeah, he's not going to the Euros is he? No he's not going to the Euros this summer as well. I don't think he's played that much this season. No he was injured at the start man. I think it was that thing early on of how I'm injured because he wanted to move. He's cup tied doesn't he? He's played against the Oldham. He's cup two rounds, he's got three goals for us. So he's cup tied so he's not going to play in the cup. This is a bit of a blow that's the way it is. So he's got a clean summer ahead of him anyway from that point of view where Dom might be involved in the England. Well he will be but only with Charleston, with Copper America, Hammersford Eagles, Copper America. So from that point of view as well. So it's only the age that I'm a little bit, I'm a little bit, but if he's... 32, they're still strikers if they're causing, Sezia Oguero again, miles better. But what I mean is still performing in the Premier League and the idea with him for me would be he's a mix of matter at the moment for the next. Whatever I do in the summer I still expect Evan to go and get a centre forward because he for me would be like a replacement for Bernardo, someone who will definitely go on the summer. So for me someone who can play either or. And still like Evan to get a forward and a winger in the summer being greedy but he comes in and he strengthens the squad. And it's because of this physical attributes that I think is the biggest thing. Everton for too long have been this slight team, this little team where now you're starting to look and go well you've actually got quite a big side. And if you're right, if you're looking at him and he's warming up on a bench there's half an hour to go, you're defending, you're thinking, it's quick, it gives you, or if we start, like I said before, if you envisaged an Everton team playing with Alan and the Cori, the two, and Hammers sat in front of them and then you've got him in the challenge and you can get beyond people with that outball. All of a sudden Everton can flip the attack and we're quick because we're through. So it gives you other options but we'll have to see this. It's one of them isn't it? But Evan have moved and fair play to them. They've got it done. They've got it done. That's the main thing. There you go. There's no your thoughts in the comments. Are you excited by the signing? Is the age of worry for you? Have you seen enough of him? Do you think he's got what it takes to be an Everton player? And is he the kind of player that can help Evan get into one of those European spots with half a season to go? Let's not forget this half a season to go. So let us know your thoughts. Don't forget give this video a like. Subscribe if you haven't already and if you want more videos, live daily videos, join us over on Patreon. The link is just down there. See you later.