 Welcome to Toffy TV. It is the match preview. West Bromwicha Albun versus Everton in a pivotal game for both clubs, I would think. Everton, I've got a great opportunity to, well, could go into the top four maybe for a short time, but just psychologically for us and for everyone else. It puts pressure on everyone else and it says to, you know, for us it's, well, it's huge, isn't it? I think personally. For West Brom obviously, you know, as they are striving to stay in the Premier League, it's another home game for them that they must win, so big game, big game. It is a big game. Do you all feel like we have to win every game now? That's how it feels. And I think when you chase European football, whatever guys that in, and particularly if it was going to be the Champions League, but whatever guys it in because the competition is fierce now for those European places this season, you'd expect to beat a team at seconds of bottom. It doesn't play out like that. There's no easy games in 40, but that's what everyone will be looking at. The manager and the squad will be looking and thinking, this is a game, we should be winning. It's tough as it might be. The most important thing is getting three points on this one and moving on. From our perspective, it's a must-win game, but for West Brom, I've seen all of this. I've seen all of this so far. And he almost dismissed this game. I'm not, I don't know if you read too much into that, but he'd almost dismissed this game because he got Newcastle the weekend and he was like, there's no way we'd win both of those games because the breaking between isn't enough and he meant Newcastle is more important to us. We've seen him do that when he was with us. He prioritises games, doesn't he? I'm not taking this game for granted. I think West Brom, their form has started to change. They started to pick up. They've started to look better when they went to Bailey. They would answer a minute and he batted Bailey. They should have won the game. They got a draw against United. That's one defeating five games. They got a draw against United. They beat Brighton. Brighton were unfortunate, but they beat them. But what they're starting to do is they're not conceding goals. They've stopped conceding a lot of goals, so it has turned for them. So I'm not sitting here thinking, ah, this is going to be a walk in the park because it's not because even though we're going away from home, they'll heal luck to why we're going away home and trying to stop us. Even if it's a case of we're not putting our best team out or whatever, the work ethic, whatever's been the seeds he's starting to show is still going to be there. So it's going to be difficult for us. He's going to say to us, even though you're away, there's the ball. Do what you want with it. We know that. We've seen it. So I am not thinking this is going to be an easy game at all. We've got to be good. We've got to be able to put the ball in the back of the net. We've got to create chances. And we know, and I think the other thing is, they started to better set pieces, scoring goals. They had a nice way. We know it. So listen, it's a perfect opportunity for us, but it's not going to be easy. No, they've only conceded four goals in five games. They've got done five in their own best city, and then they've started to try to tighten up since then. And the most they've conceded in a game since then is two goals. So it is a difficult. We know Sam, he managed us for six months, we know. I know a lot of people want to forget it, but we know how he looks at games. You know, we can remember toting them away. We can remember asking them away. Certainly asking them away when he literally just give the game up. Which was mad, because he should have given the game up by playing all the players who didn't know how to get a game and just having a go. But he gave the game up, and we still ended up getting done five-one. And just there in the other day, he brought it back to me. He was saying, you castles the game you need to win because if we beat them, you know, we pull them closer to us and all that. But you're right, it doesn't matter. We've seen this before. Teams put other players out to the rest of the thingies, but those players have got a point to prove. Sam, all of that is the one thing he'll have, whether he rests players or he doesn't. His team will have a structure that it won't mind not having the ball. It won't mind having 25% of the possession. It won't mind. It'll play for set plays and stuff like that. Something we've done actually. So, I'm not expecting to be a high scoring game by any stretch of the imagination. They're averaging less than a goal of game this season. You know, we've gone tighter, which has pulled down our goal scoring exploits because we have tried to be a little bit more defensive. But then, saying that, we've got three rampfields, three road traffic, two of it leads in our last three away game show. We are a team that does very well on the road. We're very good at set plays. And we're domiciled at living in Rytialysen up front below these score goals. Listen, we're obviously better away from home. We know that. It suits the way we play. But I think, like I said before, that's what's going to be interesting. I think Aladex is going to try and flip this game to where the home team and there the away team. He's not going to want to have the ball. I know that sounds maths, but he's not. He's going to say to their players, make it so it's like the home game for these. Let them have the ball and then try and take it off them high and create opportunities where you get set pieces. You know, whether it be free kicks or whether it be corners for them. Yeah, they played Brighton at the weekend. They had six shots in the game. They were at home, obviously. They had 29% of the ball. Brighton had 15, a temporary goal. They had seven corners to Brighton's four. And they won the game one. OK, Brighton missed two penalties. Brighton missed two penalties are the goal, controversially choked off Lewis Dunck's goal. But West Brom scored off a second play, you know, Kyle Bartley off a corner, whipped in for the other, and you're behind. And everything can do. And as good as we've been, it offset plays in both boxes. We've got to be like that again. You know, West Brom, he's got them playing 4-1, 4-1. He's got diagonal fronts, who they brought in from taking. It was a handful. They've got him at the top end of the pitch. They've got players, they've got Maitland Niles on loan from Arsenal, who's done all right. Sanford Windows massively improved. They've got, you know, players like Diane Garner, who's got a cracker at Godderson, Perea, who's got a cracker at Godderson in the 5-2. So they've got players we know that canate us. If Snodgrass is fit, we know set plays is dangerous, whipping them in. So it's, you know, it's difficult because they will have plays that make it difficult. And the style of play that he employs will make it difficult. But again, from an evidence perspective, you've got to go there and do the job. Go there and relax with the ball. Like you just said, we'll probably end up with 50, 60, 70% maybe of the, maybe not 70% because we don't really like it that much. But we'll probably be mid to high 50s in terms of possession. And it's what we do with it. And obviously for Everton, you know, I'm not, I don't think we'll see Davies, Rodríguez back for this one. James will, James will call my mum. So I don't think we'll see any of those back. So, you know, we had a very youthful bench against Shelfantern on Monday. It was going to be interesting to see whether Alan can play two games in three days. And I was just being out for three months. I mean, that is a part of it isn't it? Part of it is. It's all right him saying, well, they've got another game. Satie o Sunday, but the Sunday won't it. We obviously played Monday, but, you know, we've just played Monday. They played what, Satie? So they've had a couple of days extra rest in us. They play Sunday lunch, I don't think that's what it is. But they've had a couple of days extra rest going into this game where we've played Monday night and we've got those injuries. So I mean, what would you do with it? Because obviously the myth say Alan isn't going to be available, isn't it? If Alan's not available, then that's a worry because I don't know if Tom's available. Davies won't be available. I don't think Davies will be available. So it's difficult to say. But what we've got to do is get off to a good start in this game because we can't go behind. We cannot go behind against these because if we go behind with these, these will just ship behind the ball for the whole of the game and do what we know Alan Ike's loves doing. So we've got to get off to a bright start. So I'd probably look to start a wobi. I'd look to bring my wobi into the side and I'd say to pick up the ball and sign if I run at some of these players. Get at them a little bit. Just start going at them a little bit. Go like a more natural. It's the make-up of the side, isn't it? I'd even suggest maybe looking at Sigurton and maybe leaving him out and putting a wobi in that position and just trying to get at them a little bit more, trying to be a little bit from the start. I think we've got a lot of, you know, we've got a lot of the defence looks after itself. So I think we get something like a wobi sort of a half way. I guess Alan will be the key because if Alan's out, if Alan's sub, say the man as he goes. I'm not going to be sub if he's not starting. Then it means the core will have to be your man sitting in the midfield because we haven't got another natural midfield player unless you try Gomez there. So you midfield three might end up being Gomez, Sigurton and the core. Then you've got then maybe then it makes sense to put a wobi on the right then. And it's Alan on the left ish and on three in the middle. Or play a flat three with Gomez and Sigurton either side of the core and play a wobi in front of them with the other two off front and try to get West Bronteina. Because it might be a case of wanting to keep the ball against these because these are wanting to give it so therefore can you move it well enough. And the wobi is someone who can dissect defenders with a passer now. Sometimes his pass is a bit way but he is good at splitting defenders. And again now Sigurton, we saw it the other night. It's going to be a tricky one because obviously someone like Josh King might come in because we've just had a game two days ago when he's not started and maybe the manager will look at it. Maybe this is the chance. Maybe that's where the manager says we need to stretch these so we play all three of them. This could be a game that is ideal for those as a front three. I think that's how someone said Josh King and the other and gone through the middle. And it might end up being just being a little bit more back to front let's say in this game. You know what I mean? You've got Dom's height, you've got two wide pacey men. Let's get them saying that. Exactly. But I do think it's an important. You see the front, the midfield if he did that then you could have Gomez and Sigurton either side of the court. Or you could have a wobi. You could shake the shake. It's used a more disciplined out of Sigurton and Gomez. But it would be Gomez, wouldn't it? Is he more disciplined? I don't know. But maybe yet and then because what I was saying was one way to play it is to have the, if Alan isn't fit, is have the court. Gomez and a wobi as your third midfielder but breaking. But you don't have to do that. You could keep Sigurton and Gomez either side of the court. And you say just turn him, it's Josh King and turn him. But we know the back four is going to be the back four isn't it? So that's a big thing. So the back four is the back four. That means you're not going to get much out of making Holgate going up the right. Dean, yes you will. But it means you're going to have three back most of the time. But Holgate will be up against Pereira, who's good at travelling on the ball. So you want someone who is a good defender against that. And Holgate in general is good at that. Luca Dean will try to stretch them the other side of course, running off them that way. But you right it could be the game where you play the front three and just go. What we're going to do is just make sure we've got five or six back. So we're not getting caught on the hop. But when we knock it long, we've got three runners in behind you. And those three, it could be a way to play because it's a way for them home, you know. And that'd be something that you want to get them running towards their own goal with three quick players. And who's quicker than Retialas and King and Dom. Because otherwise we haven't got many options. After Ben Steele tonight, there was a Wobie Bernard and Josh King. Unless you put a real show of faith and go to Tyllor on Yng Nghymru and go like go and play this Premier League. This is your Premier League, David. I can't see that. I can't see it myself. So therefore, and in Kung Ku's days, so I mean he's another one who could be a left field one. But I imagine it's more likely to be someone like a Wobie or Josh King coming in. Because I mean, Alan, we do want to protect Alan. You know, he's just played 90 odd minutes. No, it's the recovery, isn't it? It's just the recovery. He's stiff, won't he? He's stiff as anything because he's just... I know he's been training for a few weeks, but it's just the first game he's played and he's had to play. I'm sure Calamante allotty in an ideal world, if it would have been three and a little up there with Southampton and Alan could have gone off after 70 minutes. But with that and it wasn't an idiot to stay on so. But all that aside, it's a huge opportunity to just put a market down because there's another three points, we're not going anywhere. And I think we said before eight wins, well it's down to six wins now. Six wins gives everything 61 points without anything else happening. 13 games to go. If we can win, Thursday then it becomes five. If we win on Thursday then it becomes four wins and a couple of draws, doesn't it? To get you to 60 points. I look at the home games, and we said it before, you've got six home games. All six are very winnable. There's two tricky ones in there in the shape of Villar who are dangerous and Spears who are dangerous. Everton are at home and I expect us to win every home game. As well as then being tricky, Villar and Spears, they're all so very beatable. The pair are both below us so they're very beatable. But they're open. But they're open and you get at them. Then if Everton chalk off another away win here at West Brom and then you look on at them, then who's to say Everton can't finish in the top four? But these are the games that'll define the season. If we go to West Brom and win and just chalk it off, I think we'd all take what happened Monday night. Love to go there, play great win 3-0 and come home and be dancing. But 1-0 will be a great result for Everton because it really is coming down to just get as many points as we can. I just really hope it's not one of those games that either we almost fall into the trap of West Brom being disrespected. That thing of maybe starting slow and then you can go and then you're trying to get back in the game. All the other thing is it's a great opportunity and then you haven't got the players for it. Do you know what I mean? That's one of those things that you can't complain about. You just have to go. I always look and go. You can piece other places in your team if you've got goals in your team and we've got Retialis and Dominic Alvelym, Josh King hasn't scored yet but we know that he can put the ball on the net. So we've got a goal threat and we carry a threat of chef pieces. Stay in the game, keep it nice and tight and maybe it is the game to play them three and go we're actually just going to turn you. We're going to get you running towards your own goal and break up 4-1, 4-1, 1 centre back. You know centre back and look after 1 striker. It's solid on the back fold and we feel down the acid early kind of just be compact. So it's going to be interesting. But who knows? Fingers crossed we can get the results. Let's have a look at this matting photo. See I don't really like jinxing anything and there's a lot of positive evidence and stuff here. I haven't run beaten in the last 8 away games. That's incredible really for us isn't it? 6 wins and 2 draws. Everton have only failed to score in one of their 12 Premier League away games this season. Which is mad. If you wouldn't any other side. Dominic Alvaluna scored 8 of their 20 away goals this season. Only Romelu Lukaku scored more. He got 9 in 2015 and 2016. Could beat that done no problem. Could beat that. That's a really good one isn't it? 25% of West Romans Albings Premier League goals this season have been scored by defenders. The highest ratio in the competition. Centre-back Kyle Bartley scored at the weekend. Sam Aladdys has lost 4 of his last 7 Premier League games against clubs. He's already managed in the competition. And this is the first time he's managed against Everton since leaving the club in 2018. Well again that's another big thing for him isn't it? Another one to send a message out to the hierarchy. But we'll have to wait and see this and I'm not taking this game for granted. I think it's going to be a very tough game. I think it'll be similar to Sheffield United when we went there. That kind of game where they could beat you. But I do think these have got a bit more of a game plan. Got a bit more of it. A bit more about Sheffield United. I think it'll be huge if we can get three points in this. I really do think it'll be a huge one again where it's like if you can get two wins in a week and you've got... Let's be honest we're probably going to shit here. If we keep winning games most weeks going this is a huge thing. This is a big one. It's just happens when you're going for stuff and because the way the league is. She's the big thing for me. No one wants to dip at this point. And the big thing for me just now before we finish is there's an opportunity to put distance between the likes of Villain. It certainly seems like ask me. I know we've got the points back but it's just there but if you're Villain trying to chase Everton and Spears and they keep winning it becomes that thing of... The miles away you know what do we do to get above them. And also you know West Ham my man said I must do it a week it seemed and if we win this we go above them so. Yeah big big game. Big game big game. Let's do it. It's just going to win. Get three and a half that. Don get a first half that. Take it over 20 goals. Let us know your thoughts in the comments on this one. It's going to be a tough one. It is going to be a tough one so let us know your thoughts. Don't forget make sure you give this a like. Subscribe if you haven't already if you want more great videos. Exclusive videos, videos early, live daily videos. John is on Patreon. The link is in the description. It's also on the screen now. Thank you for watching. See you later.