 Welcome to Toffey TV, it is the match preview Everton versus Manchester City. I'm going by Steve Kelly and what could be... Well, it's a huge game. Huge game for both clubs. But obviously for us. You know, putting on some of the home game of the season and all, it's a very, very tough one. But obviously we're facing Manchester City at a time when we could work out very fortuitous for us. But sandwiched between the Real Madrid Champions League semi-final games. So, does that fill you with optimism, Steve? Considering we wear like Man City on Monday night, yeah. I mean, it's like... Now, it's a tough game. When I have a city side, he puts out. I'm sure if Greeners gets taken out, you've got likes of Ferdinand who can come in, Márez, Álvárez. It is a tough tackle, like you said. They've got another huge game themselves on Wednesday night against Real Madrid and the game's in the balance really, isn't it? One-one from the first leg. So, I think Everton just needs to stick to the game planning and the way we played on Monday should give the players. And I think it's put the fans a bit more relaxed after what happened on Monday. But we still have learned to do ourselves. And I know Arsenal are breathing down cities now because of our fair play to Arsenal. They haven't stopped all season. Yeah, it's a huge game for both, obviously for both teams, as you said. Daman City play ahead of Arsenal. Arsenal can play for A4, they're a point ahead. They will still have that game in hand, obviously, after Arsenal played. City have not got... You look at their fixes, city fixes are not easy for the rest of the season. And Arsenal are still breathing down next, so they've still got it. It's not like they can just throw this game away. It doesn't matter. If you look at the squad, they can make changes and the squad's still breathing. But it does give Everton that opportunity that if Everton are clever and obviously throw everything at them and have the relentless work that he's... Again, it's similar, this game is similar to what happened last week, like sitting there on Monday. As we go up against the team that I've played a few days before and we've got to take advantage of that, like we did against Brighton. Brighton, it was early on, certainly in that first half, we were running at them. There was four or five players every time we got the ball, running at them, trying to find the space, trying to find the weaknesses, to give us that opportunity, give us the lead, so that in the second half we knew we were going to come under the coach naturally. And maybe they make subs that we had that little bit of a... Obviously the headstarting in terms of goals. And I think it's got to be something similar, but I don't think we can rest on our laurels because that allows Man City to get into the game. If there are those aches and pains or whatever else, it allows players to get that little bit of a ddeling on. I think on Sunday we have to be at it from the first minute. Absolutely the whole place, the players, the ground has got to be on it because if you let it settle, that's what City love, they absolutely love that. Just the game becomes a little bit... The ball team, so you pass, pass, pass, pass. And I think even if it's an early tackle, where you just get the car going, City are like, this is going to be a tougher game. It might have been a couple of weeks ago. And a lot of people are looking at this game for City as the one which they could slip up in. I think Jamie Carrigan, Gary Naveltham at the other day saying, Godderson is the one which City are worried about because... But like I said, you just said there as well, we've got to come out the blocks and if we let City grow into the game, they've got the players, you can pick us apart as well. On the other side of that is, for City to slip, Everton have to put maximum effort in and City have to be below maximum effort. And the only way that comes is if you start quickly and then you do like you just said, maybe a little bit of a couple of sly ones, let people know you're there, let people know that you're there and actually you better watch yourself. You think you're playing on Wednesday night against Real Madrid or you think you're playing in the next big game? Well maybe not, the big games coming up. You might make it so. I'm sorry, that might sound like an old school away thing, you know, looking at things, but you've got to, haven't you? You've got to take every advantage. Everton can, I'll play Manchester City, but they've got to get in their faces and they've got to go, if you're going to beat us today, you better do it in a manner that everyone goes fair enough. These were too good for us. You know, we did everything we can. And that's the way it's got to be. You've got to, Monday night's gone now. It's gone. It's a great win. It's a great occasion for everyone there, but it's gone. And we can't go, you know, look at our last few home games. Newcastle, full. We can't be going back to that again. It's got to be with these games. Obviously by the time the kick-off comes around, we'll know what our leads have gone on against Newcastle. Yes, Leicester obviously is on the Monday night. This is a huge opportunity to just, again, just try and just chip away and get that, whether it's a point or between land. Obviously it was three points, but it's got to, we've got to be, we've got to be on it. Now, yeah, I think there's going to be some, going to be some interest when you say now about niggles, I think there's going to be a few good, a few good interest in battles. Obviously any meaner Harland, if Harland plays, will be an interest in one, I think. If you any meaner plays. If you any meaner plays as well. But you see what meaner, just an example there with meaner at the Brighton game when he's got that lad's shit. He's basically strangling on that and putting that lad, got took off for half time. He didn't do nothing for the rest of that half. I think usually we've just got to be disrupt every little, like break the game up. Do what they do at times, says he rods me, he's the best in the league at doing, giving files away in little positions and slowing the game down. I think it's a big part of our midfield's going to have to be on it. But everyone's going to have to be on it. But everyone's going to have to be switched on, aren't they? Because we saw that against Brighton earlier on. They picked the ball up and they kept on playing. Tom were on their left hand side every time, doing the same and same again. And it'll be the same in this game. They'll keep on doing it. And that is that concentration. That isn't making sure that the fellow behind you doesn't slip into the space routine, the centre back and the full back. Because that will happen continuously. And then when we get the opportunity, we've got to be ready to break. And obviously, I don't think there's any... You're not going to... No, everyone understands who's going to be there. Everyone understands that. It's not like we're going to be sitting there with the ball, passing it round. We don't get that in the best of games. So it's going to be sitting having a lot of the ball and us just having that same game plan. And I suppose that's what's good about this game is it's going to have the same game plan pretty much as we did on... Probably going to have about 20% of the action that we did on Monday night. Might have to settle for four goals then, if that's the case. No, but you know what I mean? I think I haven't always been a better see now when they haven't had the ball. The less ball the better. Under Moise, we never used to... I always remember, if you just go away from home sometimes, I'd pick us up. When we used to sit in Man City at times, under Moise, you used to have all the end of the ball and then we'd get two goals and you'd be going away for three points. I think, like I said, I think the midfield, I think the core is going to be after... Be right on it, because obviously it wasn't really on it, the Newcastle game, after you come back from suspension, but then you come back on Monday and it's brilliant. You know, again, stressing the same point. It is... You've got to make sure it's not after the Lord made the play. We've all got a little bit of an extra spring on our step this week after that win. So it'll give us that little bit of extra hope and a little bit of encouragement that we can get out of it, because obviously two points at this stage of the season mean ahead of those teams. If we can get another point and that makes it three or whatever, it's such fine margins at this stage of the season. Oes an teams around, they're not going to win two or three games. If anyone at the bottom, that picks up two wins, they're getting out of it. It's as simple as that. Oes an fforddus. If we win, say we did, if we win on Sunday, most fans will probably say haven't they? Probably nearly six. City have been relentless, haven't they? You've got to go back to the 5th of February, 1-0 defeat against Tottenham. On the 18th of February, they drew 1-1 with Forrest away, where they missed a hat all the chances that day. Since then, apart from in the Champions League, you've had a couple of draws, it's just been win after win after win. They just do this every year. They do it every year. How much do you think this game between the Champions League games can have a factor on? Do you think... We know what they like at this stage of the season, but do you think they might be that? Because they haven't won the Champions League, of course, it means semi-final last year, fell apart against Real Madrid this time last year, a year before they got to the final, got beat by Chelsea. Do you think that's what it's all about them? Haven't maybe won just one eye on that game? I mean Pep Guard, the older ones, because he stresses out. You've seen that against Leeds when they missed a penalty, saying that you can't do that. You've got to be professional. You've been too nice. Just having that one eye off it and us totally holding on this game could be just that little ray of hope that we're looking for. Yeah, you've got to hope at me. With Man City and good players in general, I don't think good players look at it like that. Because they're at the very top end of the spectre in regards to their careers and whatever. A lot of players do treat every game the same. You look at some of them and I just couldn't imagine Man City players going out and being like, damn, Pep, you said there's nothing Pep will let them either. And some of them are playing for potential for getting into the semi-final team, but I know what you mean about that, but I do think they've got a great manager, wouldn't allow that. One thing I will say though is, just looking at the results for them this season, sorry for this half of the season, they're not exactly blowing teams away from home either, I'm just looking at some of the results here. They went to Arsenal, they had to beat them 3-1, then they drew with Forrest, 1-1, Borm, if you're 4-1, but Crystal Palace did when away and beat them 1-0. Southampton had beaten them 4-1, Fallham 2-1 of it, they're not exactly running away from teams or such. I know there's a couple in there, I grant you that. Getting a beat by Tottenham, 1-0 away from home. So, as I said, they're still... I think they haven't got chances, they've got to take them to make Cosgrove. It is very much, very much. But we're not going to get many chances, and if we do, we've got to make the most of them. I'll be honest with you, we could get a draw, I think it would be unbelievable. A draw if the results go our way would be... If you'd offered me a draw... If you offered me a draw right now, I'd take it, because I don't care how the game goes, so it's just that kind of team. We've seen that last year, nothing, it's a very close game, five minutes to go, wherever you could get a goal. We don't get a penalty, which obviously, in the ways things turned out, it was never a penalty. But if you offered me a draw, and there was an opportunity, if the results went the other way, to be three points ahead of less than, three points ahead of Leeds, and maybe being on the same point as Forrest, that with two games to go, which, I mean, those two games mean nothing to the two teams we're playing, but they'll mean absolutely everything to us, and it keeps it in our hands. And that's all it is, isn't it? It's just keeping it in your hands as you go into those last couple of games. And listen, Evan could be beating in this game, it could still be in our hands, but I'm not necessarily thinking like that, because number one, I'm at Evertoning, and number two, nobody expected us to be biting five-one, so the results now, where people are going on paper, they're not beating them, but that's not how football works, that's why it's the most popular game in the world. That's why it's probably best not to look at all the fixtures. I try not to. I know you've been doing that a lot this season, trying to, after last season, it was one of those last season was the lesson, but it's going to be incredibly tough, and like I said, we can get something out of it. I think it'll go a long way of keeping us in the league. Give them a stand there. If you're going to win, it'll be nearly feet up down, mate. Oh, yeah, yeah, I mean, if we won, I mean, Jesus Christ, that would be... Man City can afford to lose one. Yeah, I think so. Let's just have a look at the Man City team from their last game. This is from the Leeds game, so, obviously, they've got the likes of Lewis in midfield, Mares, Foden, out wide, obviously, Harland, played, but didn't score. Gundam, obviously, got a couple of goals. But, obviously, in the game against Real Madrid, there was the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Greelish, Bernardo Silva played. Rodgersie played. They were more of it. It was more of a back four than a back three. So, do you think we're going to get more of a team like that against Everton on Sunday rather than the likes of Kevin... I don't think Kevin De Bruyne will play Sunday. I think he's two... He's had too many injuries of recent. I think they'll wrap me in Cotmall for this game. And I could see maybe Bernardo Silva or Jack Greelish not playing as well. Yeah, I think you're right. I think Alvaraz will come in. I think Phil Foden will come in. I expect him to keep Rodgersie in for that game. Because the physicality side, I think... I don't... That Riko Lewis is the only young kid in this. I don't know if Pep would look at that. I think he's the best player I know. But he trusts his players, doesn't he? At the end of the day, they could make six changes. Maraz is a good player. He always does pretty well against us as well. Pound is the same. Gundagand is a good player. They've got Calvin Phillips who's an England international on the bench who's not even getting a game. It's fine margins, isn't it? It's fine margin. But as I said, because Kevin De Bruyne played two games in a row, I just think he'll leave him out for this one. I think he might think he's got enough with some of his other players. He might, yeah. And they've got, like I said, they've got, like I said, they've got, like I said, fair and new and coming. I've had players like that. I'm sure whatever team you put out. Let's have a little look at Harlan's numbers on this season. Day two games. Day five goals in the Premier League. Seven assists, 3.6 shots per game. He hasn't scored in his last two. You know what I mean? This is a bar and run. This is a bar and run for him. Dixie's safe. He's all right. I think he's going to be all right. Convinced he was missing chances on purpose against Leeds, honestly. He does have that, though, doesn't he? He had that, some of that forrest game that he drew on one. Very similar in that. He missed quite a few in that. So he does have the games where he just seems to, where he can't hit a band door, but others, he just... That's how he's just saving himself for next Wednesday. But he's unbelievable. And he's like, like I said before, they've got a meaner place. I think they'll have an interesting battle. I mean, yeah, he's going to have his hands full, meaner, isn't he? But we didn't do too bad against them, actually. Well, Godfrey, I think it was. Yeah, Godfrey got into him, didn't he? Well, obviously going back to the 80 in December, one-one draw obviously was a stone-and-goal by us. I think that day was a bit of the... You know, we'd put a lot of resistance up. They got the goal, but then they never capitalised on it. Cos it was into it, cos it was like December. I think it was that period, wasn't it? Just after Christmas. After the World Cup, wasn't it? Yeah, so you have to... Obviously they just come... I think it was their first Premier League game. I think they played against Liverpool. I've needed them just before Christmas in the League Cup. But it was that thing. They're like not being fully... Not being in the kill mode that they do get themselves into. So we got away with it that day and let's hope we get away with it on Sunday. Fingers crossed me. I could do getting something again. Let's just have a little look at our team. See, I... I'd just keep the same. Yeah, you'd just expect it unless there's some kind of injury issues that we're not aware of. The only one people on my... I've seen a few people mention his own honour for James Garner. That's the only one I've seen mentioned, really. I just don't know how you can change it. I'm a five-on-winner team. I don't know unless there's an issue. And Oana hasn't been amazing this season. No, he hasn't. I think what happens with... Garner will sit. I think Off the Ball is better than... James Garner, sorry. He'll sit, won't he? And where Oana might not always do that. Oana's great for the tackle and so on. I think James Garner's probably better Off the Ball for this type of game as well. Getting around the pitch. And Oana's very... Probably playing in there, team. Three-on-three. Yeah, I mean, there you go. It's going to be a very, very tough game. But listen, it's always going to be a tough game. It's always a tough game. What we've got to do is just be out of it, haven't we? You've got to be absolutely out of it. Everybody, the whole crowd and... Half-two kick-off Sunday. Two-cock kick-off, isn't it? Is it two? Two-cock. You'll be late. Is it? You'll be late at two-cock. I've had time somewhere half-two. There you go. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. What are you feeling? Are you optimistic? Do you think this could be the one? The one where just evidence falls into place? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Make sure to give this video a like. Subscribe if you haven't already. If you want more great videos. Join us over on Toffy TV premiere. 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