 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the match preview Newcastle United vs Everton at... What's it called now? St James's Park. Still St James's Park? I thought it was called Big Mug Stadium or something. St James's Park. Slash and just stadium or something. I don't know, I don't know. But St James's Park will always be St James's Park. Forget the naming rights nonsense at St James's Park. You can't just forget the names. I am forgetting it. People pay a lot of money for Big Mugs. St James's Park. St James's Park. Tough game. Tough. It will be a tough game. Newcastle United on the back of... Is it four? Four home wins. Four home wins and row one and then being Manchester City. They've sort of turned it round. The wayformers were pretty good the last time we played them. And the homewrecher was really, really horrible. But they seemed to have turned that round. And now the wayformers are so, so. They've only got beaten last Monday by West Ham and picked up. It was a sad five. I was thinking it was a late game. But other than that, it drew with Wolves. Last minute equaliser for Wolves in that game. Conservation goal as well. So they've been picking up results. It's a bit what they did last year at this time. They get past January and they start picking up those results with in the E2. So obviously, keep them in the Premier League. Yeah. Tactically, very good as we've been in this season. I think there's been an uptent since Rhonda. Come back in, because you offer a bit. We got back in and he's done all right. And we've got Almer on. It was fantastic seeing him last year for Atlanta. He was brilliant for Atlanta. He's come in and given a little spark. They've had the kid long stuff. He was out of the weekend. But the young lad, he's been really good for them in the field as well. So they've just got those pieces together. And I think once the January transfer window's out of the way. And they haven't, you know. And now they've just Almer on to the record signing. I know that. But Raffer probably onto the few more players. Once all of that distraction seems to be out of the way. He seems to be able to knuckle down and get results. Like you've just said, they've won four on the run at home. So it's going to be a really tough game. Yeah, he seems to really put his foot down on Almer on. To me, you know, 20 million. It's just not a massive amount of money. But they're record by obviously coming from MLS as well. A lot of people probably would have looked at that. And that's a weird one. But you know, he's a really good player. He's only slight and he plays a sort of off the left. But I think what people need to understand now is that MLS now is almost a stop-and-off point now. For a lot of South American players, you know, a lantern have replaced them with... A South American player of the year. Yeah, River Plate, Copa Libertadores, Winner, you know what I mean? So that seems to be the stop-off now. So they've bought really, really well. And for 20 million, I don't think it's a massive risk either. He is a talented player. And I think, as you just mentioned there, with him coming into the side, he seems to have just been doing a few little bits. And I think Rondon, like you mentioned, Rondon's a massive plus point for them. A lot of people questioned it. Dwight Gael going out the door who can score goals. But I think he says knew what he wanted with someone like Rondon. Rondon, you know, is go record at West Brom. What some billions. But you could see there was a striker in there, like a proper old-fashioned striker. And I think that's what Benning Tezzas wanted him for. He wanted him for that platform, be able to give him the ball. You know, you've seen him when he played Newcastle, just bundling his way into people. You know, no matter what anyone thinks, defenders still don't like old-fashioned centre forwards who can rough them up a bit, shubble them. And I think that's what they've got with Rondon. He really does give them that platform. Oh, he can knock the ball up to him. He can hold on to it. And it gets them up the pitch. That's half the ball for a lot of sides. A lot of sides have got talented players in the final third. It's just that you can't get them involved because you never get the ball to them for a sustained period of time, you know, or enough in a game. Because the needs, talented players need the ball, need to feel the ball, they need to know what they're up against. And those balls just continually coming back or just running through to the goalkeeper. You're never going to have a platform to play in, and I think him, since he's got himself fit and got a run in the team, I think that's what's elevated Newcastle. Yeah, he's got seven goals this season, but he is, he's a player who he's an old-fashioned type centre forward. He likes to receive it into his chest and it's hard. He came to Godderson last year with, you know, when I ended the bit, McArthur breaking his leg and he was very upset but that was his performance as a long striker for West Brommer, brilliant, you know. He just couldn't get the ball off him and again, when he comes to Godderson with Newcastle, before he scored actually didn't, before Christmas, he'd be around for that night as well because he is, he works hard, he's got that will to run him and put the effort in. And you're absolutely right if you can knock a ball into him, before you're an ABA to get up the pit and that brings players like Almaron into the game. You've got, you know, Matt Ritchie is a good player as well. He's been playing. He's adopted the last few weeks almost a 5-4-1 system of times. It's a bit more fluid than that but with Matt Ritchie down the left and then Almaron playing off the left ahead of him. You know, Ritchie is a good player, you know, when Schaar scored last Wednesday, I think it was, absolutely wailty, or Tuesday, absolutely wailty yna, you know, when that came. So, you've got players you can weigh in with, with goal, I was like Lacell's there, I think he's a decent defender. So, the litter with good, you know, good players, maybe not, you know, maybe new castle fans and the manager would want to buy levels up from what he's got but what he has got, he's got a good basis, you know, Yedlans is quick, you know, when he breaks out of defence as well. So, you've got players you can cause your problems, they're well organised. And you wonder if, you know, if they give beneath us a little bit more money, whether they could have been pushing for that. You know, certainly the top ten and certainly Hayd in that, you know, but if they've got a goal from our perspective, we're not a good little, you know, we've had a break and we've come back looking refreshed, we look like a bit of confidence creeping back into the side now with two clean sheets on the run. We look quite good in both games, defensively really. I think we've faced 32 crosses or something in those games and we've dealt with most of it, comfortably corners as well and stuff like that. So, things have improved while the manager's been able to work with the players for the sustained period of time and, you know, we've got to go up there and put them on the front, sorry, on the back foot. And it's like we say with a lot of Premier League games, the first goal is vital. Everton, I've got to get in front. That's it, isn't it? That's the big thing for us. We're going up against a well-organised Newcastle side. We've known that, you know, since they come up last season that one thing we need to do is make them tough to score against them. OK, it's not always the case, especially when they didn't have a centre forward because the ball comes back a lot. But when they have got something up front, there's a little bit less pressure on the back and you can see that and, you know, like you said, set-piece and everything like that, they're quite good at, you know, they've got that solidness and that gives players confidence and we've got one more clean sheet than Everton this season, we've had a day by night. They'd expect the goals per game is just under one, whereas it's one and a half. So they don't score loads of goals but because they've built from it a decent base, the odd goal has won them the game a few times and they've been very good when they get that first goal whereas teams realise that it's difficult to break down. They've been able, certainly lately, to get that second goal and then it gives them that little bit of... I think for us, I think I'd just like to see is use the ball better than we have, you know, a lot of these kind of games. You know, just be patient, just keep the ball. Don't need to... It doesn't always have to be, you know, find the killer ball, move them round and then hope there an opportunity arises. I must admit I'm a lot more worried about scoring than I am about keeping a clean sheet in this game. I just think we said it all season not having that central striker who can not only score goals but bring other players into the game because I think that's a big thing, that when you look at our strikers, it's not just about scoring goals, it's about bringing players into the game. Well, our centre forward has got seven goals at the weekend and our centre forward will probably be Dominic Overnon who has five really good. Nice. But one at one end will keep the ball and bring players into play where the other one is only a young lad so we'll be lying on them to do probably what Rondon is doing. If you swap the two strikers around we'd probably get a lot more from Rondon because we've got players like Sigarton who'd be able to get in and come on to it or Bernard, you can give. Just on the way we lined up obviously the manager's gone with Walkoff for the last two games. I don't think he's done anything in the game. No, I'd have a charliss in him. But I was just going to say the way the charliss came on in the derby and play him off the right. Yeah, as the manager I'd be saying just get in there, do what you did in the last 20 minutes with Coleman, Bernard on the left and he leaves on where he is. Yeah, because I don't... Thompson just doesn't do anything. I can't say it enough. He doesn't get the ball and he very really brings other players into it. I think the right hand side's been a both flanks have been a problem all season haven't he? I think the manager he likes Bernard. I think he does. But I think it's just the case of at times he's had to physically he's probably thought I've need to drop you out. Have you seen Bernard's interview this week? Talking about himself and saying that when he got in the team it was just so tough because he wasn't fit. He said I had no bank of fitness and he said then I got my fitness and then fatigue setting again he said but now I feel strong and ready to go. We've said this a few times about our players that a core of our players had no pre-season and you can't underestimate how important a pre-season is, a good pre-season set you up for the rest of the season. Bernard lately I've seen him. I mean he's finished a lot of a couple of games lately but I know he's sub a carder before then he finished the derby. He's the player for me who is the one who's most likely to unlock any team but if he's not fit then that drops off because he's not physically strong and he's not lightning quick. He's quick so if his fitness isn't where it should be. You can see that because he's a tricky player and the manager will look at that and he'll look at it like the card of game where he probably thinks well last 20 minutes he could be the difference with the last half and he was. He was. The manager will look at it and think well you can see it on Sunday when a couple of times he tries to take on the full back and then he checks back and then it's almost that mental fatigue rather than the physical fatigue because he's looking. He's trying to be sharp all the time and make something happen and sometimes it's there and sometimes it's not but I think the manager I think for me he looks at him and thinks he's my number one left left side of player and then on the other side you've got you've had Wulcott, you've had Luchman, you know, you've had Richard Arlison, Bernard's played over there and not saying that not saying that you should stick to one but I think it would be nice if we had an idea who the number one was on both sides but then they do because they'll get changed out but then that's that's always that's always what you want isn't it? A player a player who we loved was Stephen Pinar, not Stephen Pinar didn't score a lot of goals there he created an elephant with beans wasn't lightning quick but he was clever and Bernard had so many traits of Pinar's got. I think technically Bernard's will be a better player than Pinar but Pinar was so switched on but what made Pinar better was that relationship he was able to forge with Leighton Baines now Bernard and Dean could do that because Luca will always overlap always and that's where maybe Bernard needs to do what Pinar you should do it is check and then have that reverse ball on these relationships take time but nothing's been built up this season I still don't think Michael Silver knows what his best 11 is and I don't think he ever will because he'll want to swap out a couple so I think what we've seen on Sunday was signs that Coleman and Rajarlison could link up quite easily to get a state of where you could see well I think that's all the top stars want to make them runs but he's also physically strong enough to have a bit of a battle with a player coming inside which frees Coleman to go on the outside and I think if you left them to on the right and just went like build a little relationship shed the shame of Bernard and Dean on the left then okay you're looking through the middle and that's where you could maybe then rotate you know maybe it's well cut through the middle with a pace or maybe it's not that torsion that just I don't wait for the end to come on you're going to be waiting till till help so it's down or it's well cut then for me and he's not trying to do that at all you know listen we've got nine games left of the season I think it's not saying it's pointless trying to establish somebody and that's why you go well just leave Domin but he will bring Towson and he will bring him in for some game of course he will to fresh in the run you tried well cut through the middle I won't do you've said this people you've had this conversation before of course you won't there's as much reason to play walker down the middle as there is to play check Towson down the middle really do you know what I mean and I'm saying nothing on the right now I'm saying nothing he came in last year and for a few months he looked real bright and sharp he started the season and he did another one that didn't have a pre-season but he started the season alright didn't he scored a ball myth and he was good against Southampton he was good and then it's kind of just tailed off and he's never got back up to speed think a bar of miss for me is I don't ever think he's I don't ever think he has poor games I just don't think you ever get into games that's what I mean it's not like for the want to try he's a good player let's be honest well cut is a good player but I just don't know whether you can go through Premier League games hardly touching the football and have no effect not whatsoever so then I think that's where humanity needs to take the responsibility and go you're just not doing it for whatever reason for me I think that's almost what he's done with Gomez he's looked at Gomez last seven or eight games and gone what are you actually doing and apart from the goal against Wolves which was a great goal he wasn't really effecting how we played and he wasn't effecting things positively enough to say well we can he offers so much of that that we'll forget about the defensive side you can do that with Sigarton can't you because Guilfee as games where you just look at him and go what's he doing he's not in the game but then he'll come up with a couple of goals and you go that's what he brings or stuff ok he might be quiet and I think that's what you're saying Gomez is not effecting that at the end of the pit and he's not getting on the ball well the manager has to weigh those things up doesn't he he has to look at things and say right if I bring Snaglan in how much of a change on the team will this have well straight away defensively it'll have a positive change on it well does that take enough away from what Gomez was doing attack on wires to say we can't do this and the answer to that was no it didn't because he wasn't doing enough in games and that's just a circumstance of where we are now Gomez is one of those players that you just shut the season again I like Gomez and I still still question marks over where do we sign but I think with better players around them he's a hell of a player and if he wants to stay and get low be good but it's one of them it's just like the circumstances are you're part of this team you're part of this squad you haven't been great you know that so you can have a few games out and maybe be like I don't mind my legs are heavy I'm not feeling great what changes would you make to the side then that's it just a one change I don't see any reason I don't see any I don't really see any there's no reason to bring meaner in this that he's fit there's no he's gonna need to play some games you say that right but I don't think he I still like to see us to think we're three at the back yeah I do but it's almost that idea of change for change maybe with like five games left see what's happening see where we are with nine games left I'm still like listen there's plenty I don't think it would be a I don't think it would give us a put a negative effect I really don't I'm just looking at the team and thinking he seems to be keen and zoom he seems to be a go to pair that's because he can if anything less that's who he can rely on and let's be honest Michael King's been brilliant he's got better he's brilliant brilliant is a objective he's been better than last season he's been a lot more consistent he's been our best centre back all season that's not hard you've got him he's been our best centre back this season he's been improved from last season and as long as that keeps going up like that at his age I've got no problem what I'd say about meaner is having no pre-season having no pre-season doesn't make you think there's obviously an underlying problem with that injury that they have meaning to get sorted and that if there's no reason to risk him then don't risk him give him the time to get back if there's nothing essential to play for and you're going well this lad has got a future at our club he's going to be a very important player what's the point you could leave him out for the next five weeks and go I mean the soft they'll probably get called up by Colombia they'll do something really stupid knowing them and he'll probably play and if he plays and he plays Sam whatever and he plays but there's no reason to don't get me wrong I would like to see the three at the back but it's either three at the back or snarling and I think they manage at the moment that disturbs the team less but I'd like to see three at the back anyway because I'd like to see I think we should experiment Barry I think if you play three at the back you can have two up front then one dropping and that could be a little bit coming that could be with Charleston I think at the moment like we've discussed in other shows he's just trying to get things sorted he's trying to get he's trying to create a little bit of breathing room for himself and you've got a willow to do that you know because it's it gets through to the summer and then he's able then to really work on trimming that squad and getting in the quality that he wants because we know that there's a lack of quality there's good players and it's better than we've had but the centre forward thing is massive people don't teams that just think it's not an issue and you're like we don't score goals we don't base you've got to have someone you can rely on them and then you've got to look to the bench and go you're not doing it off you coming this kid will come on and he'll do it or he'll go up with them and make it an issue I want to get this this is one of those games you go you want to get something out of this because then you've got tough game the next week and then we go noon break then it's westam and it's like that it's like the away games you're looking to do away games going they're winnable the on games you're going and then the on games you're saying we're going to have to elevate ourselves to those games so it is like a weird end to the season you're thinking well shouldn't the computer be like stop asking about next season and just spread these games out it's a joke though it is what it is we had to be fair we had easy fixes easy fixes at all and tough away fixes and we were all like I've got all the tough away games off the way you know I'll tell you what would be nice in an ideal world is get to a position where the under 23 years win day league and then you say to a couple of the lads in the under 23 years you's coming and getting involved now you's going to sit on the bench at least brod night and brod massively this week homeby homeby is a lad there six foot and probably miles away from being the finished article but I'd love to just see him giving a go in the Premier League just coming on for the last half an hour against Bailey or somewhere and just we've done that having me this season we've done that for years that's always been an evidence rate give when we seen Tom Davies we seen Keir and Dahl and it's almost like that I open it for the future and oh we've got talent there Marcel Bransel won that if they're good enough we've got a centre forward who's playing for the under 23 years who people are raving about and he ain't going to be at the club next season Sambu's going to leave the club he's going to go elsewhere cos he's obviously not good enough because that's the gulf the gulf is massive but if there are players it'd be nice to see them just introduced I know that's difficult because we've got like Anthony Gordon looks like a real quality player we've got young players from the last under 23 side who are not getting the side so it is difficult but that's where we want to be this is a tricky game what I would say is and I'm not being defeatist there but if it's a close game and we get a point I'll look at that and go did we defend well? yes so that's a little notch why didn't we win the game maybe we didn't score goals or we didn't score a no what do you need to do now clearly what I'll be doing for the next nine games now it's like a progress chart on the wall if I'm good I'll get a little start because we're building towards next season so we start looking and going how are we defending, how is there any pattern is he improving or is he not like you just said, what's letting us down because that's the torch that you shine on it for next season and we've seen that a card that was improving we've seen at the weekend against Liverpool the battling elements of them the organisation elements and then the pressure to try and win the game if we lose this game and it's because of some stupid set piece or something there I will be fuming over it because that's the other things that should be getting worked on but if it's no we draw let's say and it's because we haven't created chances then that's something different that's something where you go well we know we need to improve we know we need to buy but things like set pieces those things should that can happen on the day of course but it would be nice for us to take a corner and add it in imagine just taking a corner straight in and someone like Michael Keen will zoom it straight into the net more times on mass but if you look at the goals just before we finish the goals you've got tickets on 11, the challenge on 10 and then you've got Calvin moving on 5 and then you've got Luca Dean on 3, Walcott on 3 Towson on 2 and you're like where's the goal? it's a good job with Charlotte and Sigarton we've been saying this we've been saying this since October though we haven't got goals in this we don't make chances we don't make enough chances and that all starts from the nonexistent number 9 simple as that we know what we need but we don't do that either though because everyone's so anxious when is the next chance the kick was incredible the touch was out of this well it got him out of his feet and if you look at it, you've got the shots on any other defender though any other defender in the world he's just going to bend that round because it's made a fan dike he gets the towing but he could have hit it earlier though but it's confidence and he hasn't scored a Premier League on that he's anxious already because the no chances don't come so tough game tough place to go we won there last year of course one of the last cheevers is there once being tight both games so I've got no reason to think this won't be tight either let's get the first goal 11 don't give anything up cheap nothing cheap it's got to be like that char's last week absolute wealthy not cheap, not poor and let's try and get the three let's win they're all like new castle safe now we need the win have a protest or something, I don't know I'll bring you big mugs let's just win see you later