 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the match preview Everton vs Leicester City, Gwladyswm Park 530, the last home game till Boxing Day. So you'd be like, it's bonfire night and you'd be like, have a nice Christmas to the fellow next year. That kind of thing, which is dead weird, isn't it? It is the last home game which is dead weird, which makes it more important that we win it. It is massively important. Two reasons. Tough game. I mean, I know Leicester haven't had a great start, but this is a tough game because they've got goals in them, and you look at some of the plays they've got going forward, it's going to make it a difficult game for us. Yeah, they've won two of the last five as well, so they're coming into it, they're improving. They went to Wolves a couple of weeks ago, they had five shots in the game and won four-nil. Wolves had 24 attempts, I think. So the dangerous, you know, they're massively over-performing the next year by, I think they should have scored 13.5 goals, or you get half a goal, I don't know. But they've scored 21, something so. But that just proves that the dangers from outside the penalty area, but Madison can score up many ways, Tealumans can score up many ways. So they do carry a real threat, and they've gone off to make sure that they get blocks in, like we have been doing, don't give them anything around the edge of the box because they are a huge threat. Yeah, that's the thing with them, isn't it? You mentioned the Wolves game there, that last away game they played. All the goals seem to be wealthy. Like in the last few weeks, every goal seems to score, seems to be a wealthy. You know, we've seen Tealumans and Madison and, you know, these kind of plays and obviously Vadi's back now. They just seem to be able to get that kind of goal and I think. Obviously the big issue with that is, in a tight game, if you can produce that and you can get a goal up and then you start stretching the opposition, I think that's basically what happened at Wolves, then you can score the normal kind of goals, you can pick them off, use the counter-attack and obviously Vadi's pace, which is still massively there. And that is the worry, that is the worry that we've been really good at. Inside the box, you mentioned there, blocks and headers and that kind of thing, but we have to be so switched on in this game about the efforts from outside the box because the conference will be there from them. They'll be trying things, they'll be looking to do that. And, you know, the other thing about Wolves is, Wolves are a little bit like us in a way, they're not big scorers. And if you're trying attempts from all kinds of different places and they're not happening, then the next minute the opposition just pings one in from 20 yards, 25 yards, it can be massively deflating if you chase. And then you've got to chase the game then. So it will be a tricky game for us. We're going to have to start on the right foot, very much like the Palace game. And yeah, and hopefully, you know, with it being a night game and Gullison Park and the last one before, as I said, boxing day, it's important that the atmosphere is there and have a really good go at them. Yeah, I mean, there are only the three points behind us, aren't they? So, you know, there's that thing for them that they can catch us, but on the counter to that is we can put six points between us. And, you know, like you said, the last game before boxing day, we've got that in Bournemouth before the Whale Cup breaking if we can get four points out of that. You know, we go into the break in a decent position. And I think, you know, when you're looking at outside the league is, yes, like I've just said, the three points off the bottom three, but we're also six or seven points off a European place or whatever it is. And I'm not for one minute suggesting ever that they're going to be in the race for that, but that's how you have to look while it's there. You've got to, we've just got to keep top and point up. It was why Saturday a full um, even though we weren't great in the second half, it was a decent point to just keep momentum going. We'd had three games where we'd lost them. We had to come back strongly. We've come back with four points out of six, you know. Now can we turn that in? And I think if we beat Leicester at the weekend, it does make that full-on point a better point, really, because you're still continuing to build on it. And, you know, when all's said and done on the threat that they are, and you've got good players, they're still below us in the league. And they do concede a lot of goals. Concede 24 goals, whatever it is. So they're letting all 25 goals. They're letting a lot of goals in, giving up a lot of chances. So we have to make sure, like we did against Palace, we're on the front foot. We're active in terms of getting after them. And hopefully it'll be the same as Palace, where we get that early goal and we build on it. Yeah, because you mentioned there defensively, that's where they've been quite weak this season. Let's have a look at the team from the Man City game. So, I mean, you can see the front three, Jewsbury Hall and Tealmans got goals in them. But it's been at the back, obviously, with Schmeichel leaving, Wolde going in, and hasn't been particularly good so far. And obviously losing for Farna too, Chelsea as well, has been a bit of a blow through them as well. So, you know, the back three definitely look like they can be good at, if that's what they choose to go with. But sailing in defence, with losing a character like Schmeichel as well, the captain, the leader, that one to me, did not see that one coming at all. And I think losing that presence in the dressing room and then losing for Farna just before, you know, just before the window shut and all. So the weeks before, you know, we're him not wanting to play and those kind of things really put a strain on them defensively. And that's where we've got to make sure we take advantage of that, because, you know, Brennan Rogers has always set his team up to be nice attacking football team, but as you see near, the back's not great. And that's where we've got to take our chances, like you said, because sailing home, sailing into Palace, we did get chances and we've just got to have that cutting edge in a game like this. Yeah, we're much stronger than we were last season. We're a strong team. It's just like we've said, you know, the goals haven't been there for us. It's as simple as that. And the team isn't blessed with a lot of goals, so, therefore, you know, it does feel like extra difficult for us to score. But against Palace, we were on them immediately. We were getting crosses in, getting shots away, getting gates, the crowd early on on that. Once God doesn't get that momentum going, you've seen what I can do. And, you know, everything, kind of the last dozen games or so, a goal isn't, you've got quite a decent record, really, now. I think six wins, three draws and three defeats. So, you know, the are building a little bit of momentum at home. And this is a team that's in the bottom three when all's been done and led a lot of goals in. So, yes, they've got attacking threats. They absolutely have your barns with excellent player goal threats in them. But they're still going. The Madison can pick and go on in for them anyway. So, you know, we're well aware of the threat, but our midfield's been really strong in terms of getting on top of teams. The bad thing for us has been the goals in the final third. And every other Tony knows it. Let's have a look at James Madison's numbers from this season. Played 11 games, six goals, two assists, 2.7 shots per game. I mean, those numbers are fantastic for any midfield in the country. And, you know, there's been a lot of talk about him going the well cup or, you know, whatever and people don't quite understand why he's not closer to the England squad. But, I mean, those numbers, you know, well, I'd love someone in our midfield to have produced those kind of numbers so far this season. And it shows what kind of play, how good a player he is and how much of a threat he can be. Yeah, he's definitely been in England, eh? No-one's post on that in the numbers, and then Englishman failed it, I don't think. Or if they are, it's a big odd one. For us, yeah, it'd be huge. You know, he's... I mean, James Madison has a lot of games passing by, but even if the game is passing by, corners, free kicks, or he can just get it out of his feet and it, he strikes the ball so well, that he's always a threat. So, yeah, I mean, he's got six goals. Evan's top scorer, he's got me three. And that kind of says it all, really, where we are and where they are. So, like I said, they are over-performing, and if you follow stats and XG and stuff, buy quite some distance. If it had been true to type, they'd have two more goals than Evan. So, you know, but they have got ability to shoot from distance. We ain't got that. So, we have got to be aware of that threat, but they're letting goals and they're giving chances up. So, you know, we've got to be clinical when we get them, something we've not been at times this season. But this game will probably have goals in it. Of course, Lester, we played, Frank Lampard played twice against them towards the back end of the season, took four points off them. Obviously, the last minute equaliser by the Charleston, and then going in and getting the two on win, which was vitally important in, you know, staying up. So, obviously, go feeling some nose games, but for us, I mean, you know, obviously, the last home game we did really well going forward, maybe not the same last week against Fulham, but would you look to make changes? I mean, obviously, Nathan Paterson, you imagine, will come back in for this one, but is there anywhere else you would think, right, we need to maybe look at that? It's a really difficult one, because I think, at home, the owners are on YouTube, it's like, isn't it? I understand we've spoken about, we've certainly spoken about maybe tinkering with it a little bit away from home. We've played the last three away games, not scored a goal. Does the manager have to have a little look at that, maybe? Maybe he can move some of the field players around and try to do something slightly different. I think, at home, I imagine there'll be probably one change from Fulham and that to me will probably be Paterson in for Coleman. I think everybody else will be left as it is. I think he'll play with the two wide lads. And then, you know, and obviously Dom, Barron, no injuries to anyone, of course, if everyone's available. And then Dom through the middle. Again, I've said it before, if our wide players just simplified the game a little bit, they'd be so much more effective. I get balls into the box like we did against Palace, you know, if you're Anthony Gordon, get that half a yard and get it across, three at the back last time out. Slightly different. I feel like we can really have that midfield. Definitely, I think we can eat the midfield. Against Palace, Alex will always really high, almost alongside Dom, out of possession, so maybe that's something we can exploit like we did in that game. Changes, I don't know. James Garner, every time I've seen him, has impressed me. But does he really make those changes? I've looked at the team, obviously, from Satie. As you mentioned there, he would bring Paterson back, he's the obvious one for me. But as you say, it's difficult one, isn't it? Because we're not necessarily looking at the full game as such. We're looking at the Palace game because obviously, home and away, we play home and away. It's not getting the same out of the players. And I think, you know, I'd look at changing the way we played for away, but still at home, I'm in two minds because I think the last time out, Anthony Gordon did have a decent game. Greia, the decent game, obviously would help. And with Dom, I will be hired up, the two in the double pivots, you know. It worked well. And I think you look at that game harder than looking at a full one for what you go off of this game. Yeah, but the owners is on us, there's the home team. It's a team that can see its goals, we know that. You know, they're not as strong without for faring, you know, even Johnny Evans or something like that. They're not as strong without Kasper Schmeichel and go, these are just facts, the stats back them up. We know the other threats going the other way, we've got that. We know we're our defenders, we know what Garner will do. We are getting in the way of shots, getting blocks in, and we'll have to do that again. These probably more than any other team, a team that have pot shots, so we know what to expect. But at the other end, they can be exploited, and therefore, you know, what you want to be, and I'm sure the manager in the coaching staff are saying it, is, you know, when Gordon's wide, get balls in, make sure we've bodies in the box, make sure greys coming round the corner beyond on, and then on the other side, do the same with Anthony Gordon, get people breaking into the penalty area, get patterson on the overlap. If everything do that, they can force less the back, and then, you know, but the first, we're sharing so many games, the first goal will be key. If we get it, I think we can set up to go after them, and we can win this game, you know. I think, overall, in terms of the way the Premier League, Lester, in my opinion, won't be in any kind of trouble this season, he'll seem any good players, but for us right now, putting some distance between the pair of us and staying in the higher reaches of the Premier League as we approach, that break is huge. Well, you've got to win your home games, haven't you? That's the market, as you said. The team in a bottom three? No, that's it. I mean, at the table, I mean, at the moment, as you said there, these can get pulled within the same points if they were to beat us. It is about just getting the points on the board right now, certainly going into the two games of Bournemouth, obviously, the League Cup, and if we can just get another three points and, you know, maybe get something down at Bournemouth, and we're around 18 points when the break comes, then I'd be happy with that, I think that's a good place to be going into the breaking and then coming back for the Wolves game on Boxing Day. Just keep the confidence going and just show that we are a solid team to turn a build on top of it. As I said, these score goals, so that's why it's a tough game, these score goals and they can score different kinds of goals. We've just got to make sure we play our game and don't let them dictate because I know last season when they come, I think for the first 25 minutes, it was very, very difficult, but like any game that you just get through the first 25 minutes, hope they don't get a goal, I don't think they're the same team now, obviously, but... We were already behind after about three minutes, right? I think they scored in the first three or four minutes, last scruffy goal, but they all camped on and that's what we've got to do, we've got to go after them like we did with Palace and get them on the back footer, they're not playing with loads of confidence, they're getting better and the results are showing on City. OK, man City could have scored three or four or the weekend, but then Leicester almost grabbed and equalised with a tremendous team and strike, so we can go after them and get them. Absolutely, but at the end of the day, that's what we have to do, I know you're saying the lead team, and I understand that, I understand the point exactly, but I think they've still lost seven games, I think, which means that, you know, they're not a brilliant side right now, they'll get better, of course they will, but for us, we have to look after ourselves and, you know, we know what we want to do. You know, if we could get on like you said, get another four points out of the next six, then after 15 games we're on 18 points, not even half a season, but we're already coming up to that, you know, a point so that's acceptable to have a right to go over it second half of the season. That's how we have to look at it. It's going to be a tough one and hopefully, you know, last game before the break of Gooderson Park, it will be a great atmosphere and, you know, as I said, an evening kickoff. Nice if we got a referee in the season or two. I know that would be going against the green, but it will be nice. It's probably not in the rules, but it will be nice. We did get the VA out of the season, obviously we should have got the VA out of the season. Can I say? We didn't get her a follow last week with the straight, so there you go. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. It's going to be a tough one, but it's going to be interesting. Let's hope there's fireworks from the Toffees. I'm going to say. There you go. Let us know your thoughts in the comments for this one. It should be a good one. Let us know. Are you looking forward to your optimistic? What do you think we'll get out of the game? Make sure to give this video a like. Subscribe if you haven't already. If you want more great videos, come and join us on Toffees TV Premier where we do daily, daily, live shows. With the World Cup coming soon, it's going to be absolutely fantastic. Don't do that, Satie. Match day. I do do that. There you go. Nearly right. 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