 Welcome to Toffy TV and it's the match preview. It's Everton vs West Ham. I am joined by John Blane, chairman of the shareholders association and part of Everton Business Matters. Check the podcast out for that. It is fantastic, intelligent men, unlike me and Pett. Rwy'n ei wneud o'r ysgol yw'r game, ond sy'n dweud John. It's a game I feel as though we have to win, but we should win. And we should win, although our injury list seems to be growing daily. It's quite extensive. Obviously we'll have to wait for Marco's press conference tomorrow for an update on, you know, we're hoping the likes of Bernard will be available. We're hoping that Theo Walcott will be available. We know he's suffering a little bit with the rib injury. Sorry, I was just looking at that. I think this was in the echo, I think. Jagielka, Gomez, Gay, Bernard, Seamus of course, because of his poor... Ireland are good for us, aren't they? Ireland v Wales, DCL, but that's just saying knock. Mina, what's going on with Mina? It's the youngest minor injury in history, isn't it? Then you've got Theo and obviously Michael Keane won't be ready yet. No, no, ond Bratialisyn suspent, of course. So we're without a lot of those players who would probably be in our 30 more puzzle most certainly, but it's still after the disappointments of Huddersfield, it's still a game. We have to look to be winning, don't we? Well, it's the end of the beginning as some respect, isn't it, because we thought we had a so-called on paper. Certainly a gentler start than we had last year. And we haven't fully exploited that because we should be top, really. We should have won all four games. So we need to make sure we win our second game of the season, really. I think it's for the league anyway. I think when I look now, I mean Westam, I've done a tactics thing for Payton to have just a little one on Westam. I was looking at some of the goals they've conceded and I think for us the opportunity is that they've lost all their opening four matches, of course. They've scored a couple of goals, they let 10 in. So they're quite open. I think the problems have been, but we are. So there you go and it could be a game with goals quite easily. I think Damien Field looks quite slow. Obviously you've got Jack Willes, he's a very good footballer, but he isn't quick. They've had Carla Sánchez in there. He's a bit hit and missed. They've had Mark Noble in there who's quite slow and that's an area I think everything can exploit. And if we had Wellcock and we had Britial, it's not been really, really comfortable. Who would you play on the left? Obviously the Todersfield game last time also. We had Dominic Calvert living there and I don't think he's, that's his best position, of course. He's a centre forward. Who would you go for down the left? Assuming that, obviously, Bernard is unavailable. That's a good question, isn't it? I mean, Dignay adds value down there. So he has pace, but when you say left you mean what, in a 4-3-3 or something like that? Well, I suppose. Well, is it Wellcock and Loughman? It's Loughman and Wellcock, isn't it, I suppose? Loughman didn't do much when he appeared last time, didn't he? No, and he wasn't very good for the 21s either, but I believe he was. So it's whether you persevere with that. We have some pace around. Clearly Wellcock might be injured, won't he? So you have to assume, I guess, if Wellcock is injured, then Loughman's going to get a look in anyway. So it's really, I don't know. That's a long-winded way of saying it, I don't know. I guess you asked me because you don't know. Yeah, well, there's options, isn't it? You can add a play, Oomar and the Ass out there. He played out there for them for Hull, but he's more of an impact of Oomar. So providing Wellcock's pass as a fitness test, then you could have Loughman out of the left. Or like you just said there, Lucas Dignay could play ahead of Leighton Bay. Sorry, that's what I meant. Yeah, no, no. And that way, we would still get the wit because he was very, very good against Huddersfield. He would get wide, he put deliveries into the box. We could play that way. Obviously Guilfee can play out there, but it's not his best position either. But it's obviously an area where you look at. And a few weeks ago, you were looking and going, there's Richarlison, there's Loughman, there's Bernard. Well, that shows the miss of the silliness that Richarlison did, isn't it? Yeah. You know, we were talking off camera a few minutes ago, weren't we? I mean, we know he only played a limited number of games until he managed to get himself sent off, but he was scoring a goal every 70 minutes. And that left side was tied up, wasn't it? And really gave the opposition challenges. And that was what Leighton there as well, with Dignay behind him, perhaps being more powerful. And then we had Wellcock having fun on the right hand side. And we could go into the weekend with neither of them. And then you're into, you talk about they lack pace. So do we then? Because then you're into, well, Towson's leading the line, Schneidlin's in midfield, Gay's probably not going to play. It starts then, not to put pressure on, but it starts asking more of players like Sigurdson and like Davis, for example, who could be ball carriers. And perhaps, you know, push forward in a way that opens it up a little bit and creates some space. Because I think Towson will score goals if he gets chances. He will, I mean, that's been it. It's going to be in and around the box, really. Yeah, that's the thing. I mean, me and Pead were talking the other day about young Towson, and he was spending too much of his time outside the penalty area because he likes to play and he wants to get involved. Where he does his best work for me in the box around the penalty spot. And I think we've got to get him in these. I highlighted the third Arsenal goal against Westam. And Arsenal had five men in the box and Westam had four defenders. But three of the defenders went to the front post. So there was three Arsenal players in the middle of the goal unmarked when Danny Welvex scored. So they are leaving gaps. It's come we exploit them. Liverpool ran all over Westam with direct running. And that's what we need. And that's what we need. And I think that's why I'm hoping Theo can at least play an hour of the game just to get him. Because this is the team he scored most against as well. Oh, is it really? He's got six goals against Westam. So he likes them. So he likes Westam. And I suppose if we could manage. I mean, I don't know how he is. It was a rib injury. You could tell against Huddersfield. He wasn't quite on it. And then obviously he had to come off. But if he can be available then I think it gives us that opportunity. Because obviously we've lost the influence of Sheamus. And now he hasn't started the season very well. Sheamus called me. But he's good at getting forward. John Joe's OK. John Joe's good. That's a big strength of John Joe Kenny's game. He's getting forward. But he started off like that carrying his form from the 23s into the first team. But then as when Coomham went and then... We haven't really seen him under silver. No, we haven't. The only game he's seen him under really was the Rotterham game. And he's very good actually. But if you try and fast forward and say, we're assuming that John Joe Kenny. Because I can't see him going at three at the back and having whole gate in. I wouldn't personally put the whole gate in at right back anyway. I think he's done enough to earn the right to be a centre back at the moment. I don't think we've got three centre back Traffey. Exactly. Well, that's right. Well, Ty'd do a job as a defender at right back. But if we have John Joe and we've got Dignay on the other side. We've got two guys who can put the ball in. They can through movement rather than necessarily all about pace. Get that yard to put the ball in. But then it looks like at the moment we'd just be relying on Towson to get on the end of them. So what you're saying from the way they West Ham have played previously is we want to get many in the box. We want to show some movement and pull it. I don't know who is their defenders. Well, at the moment they've got Fabian Balwayner in at the moment he's brought in. He's played quite well. He's been one of their statistically wise. He's been one of their best players. But they've got Isid Diop, who we were linked with, who hasn't had a very good start of the season at all. Obviously they've got Fred Ricks and Drabiletter have been going at the right side. Fred Ricks is quick, Drabiletter's not. And then they've had Creswell on the left. Who actually thinks they're a good player? Aaron Creswell, but again he leaves gaps. If we haven't got the players you can exploit those gaps. That's where the game becomes more of a 50-50 game. But I think for West Ham going forward, did a threat. He got Philipp Anders and he brought from Latio. He's quite quick and out of it. He's the top scorer. And he's a handful. And obviously he's got Javier Hernandez as well to take a lead out to come off the bench. He's quite lively as well. So we're going to have to watch the other way. But I'm comfortable with Zuma having an out of it. I'll be very comfortable with that pace. Strong Zuma that you can cope with the physicality. Mason's got pace anyway. And who? Mason as well. So you've got two centre backs who are quick. So we're okay there. But that's going to be where we go. But then again, like you've just said, right at the top there, they've got the quickest plays. They're not going to run all over us. But they've got Jack Wilson who's very clever on the ball. And then that's where he won. So it's going to be, as it always is, it's going to be individual, you know, battles of your life. And I think we need to start on the front foot. I mean, we started really slow last time out and suffered as a consequence. It's very slow, methodical, let's keep the ball. We've seen that before, haven't we? But I mean, they have confidence. Because I think perhaps West Ham will get confidence from the sense of the length of our injury list or players. So unusually, you know, we're going to have again that thing on Sunday afternoon thinking, oh, what's the team going to be? Is Silver doing his thing on Friday, is he? Friday apparently is press conference. So it's another day or so for them to see. We'll know a little bit more when he's done the press conference. But obviously we're hoping he's going to say Bernard's available, Wolcott's available. And if those two are available, I mean, ideally Ghana would be available as well. But if Wolcott and Bernard are available, then at least it's a big boost. It's one, because even though Bernard, if he's fit, I should have meant he'd be sub anyway. But it's your cup to have that experience. It is. I think it's another game going back to, I think the last time I was honest at the same thing. I think my Mrs Theresa asked me every time and, you know, two goal victory is par, I think. Again, we're still in that mode, aren't we? I do anyway. Still expect that we will concede. Who knows whether we've sorted zone allowed during the break. Again, it's the thing that we said the other week. Again, just going back to the tactic stuff I've done the other day. If you go and win the first, it's not an issue. And that's what, you know, again, the risk of repeating yourself. Like Liverpool, when they've got Van Dijk and that he goes and meets the ball. And the best defender spares have it with, you know, Aldo Wyrill goes and meets the first ball. You can defend. The zone is fine. But I think we said last time when you were on, John, and we were talking about it. It's players reacting. And that's the thing. Our players aren't reacting quickly and unspectating. That's it. Or the kind of just going, this is my zone and whoever comes in, you know, someone moves. Someone will pick them. You can. You've got to be alive. I think they need some circular zones or triangular ones rather than square ones. Because they're all standing in a line. And as you say, they're making it easy for the opposition for a well taken dead ball. And they're not attacking the flight. And of course the attacker can just, you can see it. Well they're there all off and their blue shirts lined up waiting. And that's how we've conceded those goals. It's a run to the near post. It's happening. It's happening in the flick. In all of the games and it's a flick. Came off Calvert Loone last time out. Probably a foul, but the run to that post covered it Bournemouth. The equaliser was a run to the post. The problem I had, and what I said the other day, was the only, in terms of the corners, Towson and Sigarton have been standing either side of the near post, the front post. I don't think they need to be there. So what you've got is, you've got Durbin Pickford and then you've got Jeng Towson and Guilfe Sigarton either way. Move them out. Then you've got a line, which is the proper line. Then you've got nothing. And then you've got the likes of last Huddersfield. You've got Colman, you've got Tom Davies. Running with runners for movement. That's fine. Two of them. But they've got four in that area. Everyone back as well. So what you need to do is, what I would do, rather, is put Towson and Sigarton in Zone 2. What's Zone 2? Assume Zone 1 is the six yard box line. Zone 2 is forward of that penalty spot and Zone 3 is the edge of the box. I've got a lot of teams. Huddersfield done last time out was stand around the penalty spots. So there's four of them and there's Colman and Davies. That's Zone 2. The edge of Zone 3 there. Yeah, two stroke three. Zone 1 guys have got nothing to do. So Zone 2 is three. And what that then does is allows people to run. Now if you've got the best way for Zonal and the way Barcelona did it. Block the runs. You can't foul them, but you might make them check the run, which then gives your best header the opportunity to clear it. And I think if Everton tightened that up and listen, I've looked at it and that's what I've seen. So you've got better tech than you as well. Slightly better tech than I have. Mine just keep pausing the video and looking at it. Hopefully we'll sort that out. Because I think if you just do something even that basic, it's giving you the opportunity to go and win that header. Do you think we can win 1-0? No. That's the point. Two goals is part and it becomes a consequence, doesn't it? If we anticipate that we may concede, because despite what you've just said, and you would think that Marco's been doing that now since the summer and he's not getting there yet. OK, we're changing the parts as well, because Zoom is just coming in and what have you. But the whole benefit of Zonal is that you practice Zonal and you can plug and play and take players out. Of course. Is that we're going to have to score three goals so we concede one. And unless Towson starts scoring, the guys would pace. If you can't play, and they've all got injured, then you start struggling then to say, well, where are the goals going to come from? What this little injury crisis, if you want to call it, is exposing as the shallowness of the squad in quality terms. And that's what Brands and Silver have had to deal with. That we had lots of much and muchness, if you will. And it just exposes how different a team we are with pace on both wings. Particularly of Robert Charlton, building a reputation, he's getting men around him, should free people up elsewhere. And I don't think yet in the season we've seen us benefit as a collective from the space that's created. So that's where Sigurdson should be finding himself with time on the ball. Tom should be finding himself where he can carry the ball and the like. And Lukman, I don't know, is one of those, we said it on camera last time, but to my mind in the past, he's never really done it when he started games. And perhaps I should have watched some Leipzig games and see what was going on in those games that allowed him to show his quality. It's a bit, yet regardless of... It's different league. Regardless of whether he's happier or not, it's his bit chance now. Well, he's had a few times on the pitch now. Exactly so what you do is, you make sure that if he's really wants to get away from Everton, if he rarely does, what you do is you make sure that Leipzig come in for you in January and the best way to do that is by tearing it up every week. So he's got an opportunity now. Richialison will play at Arsenal bar and if he's fit, he will play. Well, Brazil have kept it. So therefore, Lukman's literally got Sunday for his audition. So he's got to go out there Sunday and take that by the scruff of the neck and go, right, it's all on me today because I feel like he beat a couple and put a lovely little cross and he'll feel very, he should have gone on the end of it. Other than that, he can do a thing in half an hour. So he's got to get in the game. This is an opportunity where these aren't, each quick Lukman, these aren't the greatest at track and back. Well, let's get him on the ball. Assuming he's going to get some airtime. But let's get him on the ball where he can use that pace. If he's done it at Anfield, for example, where he's backtracking defenders and stuff like that. We've got three wingers with pace. One was a bit emotional. I've just had three games out. The other one historically can be a bit hit and miss from a form perspective and perhaps needs to be used a bit more sparingly anyway. Age and all those. You look like you didn't know which one I was talking about then. I'm just thinking. And therefore he's always going to be on the bench and he's always going to get minutes. And as you say, those little cameos will raise his confidence that he scores a goal or he creates a goal and so on. But just because of that lack of depth that we currently have, the game is perhaps more of a worry than it should be. I'm a half full person but even I'm thinking typically Everton, isn't it? They've lost four on the bounds and then they come to Goodison. And they'll come for a draw, won't they? They'll see not losing yet as a starting point for them. So they'll be robust. And again, goals change games. So the first goal if it's for us will be really, really important. If they get one, you can see them bunkering down. Well, it's about us stretching them, isn't it? I mean, he could surprise us all and go 4-4-2, you see? Cos he has done that before. He could throw me ass long side toast and see what happens. Let's put these on very good at the back. Let's put them under as much pressure. And particularly as Neas is the sort of animal, is he not? He's very enthusiastic. He runs around a lot. He's not going to give you time. And they're feeling a bit uncomfortable and they lack a bit of mobility pace, whatever you want to call it. Then he is not going to give them time. And the goalies can't be feeling great either, can they? Cos they're conceding goals. It's going to be an interesting one. I mean, I'm still confident. I expect us to beat them comfortably. And I think from then, we'll be trying. It's another weekend to try and get everybody a bit closer when we go to Arsenal. For like, obviously it's going to be on paper. The hardest game we've had this season when you look at it given that they're a team that will probably be in the top six or certainly fighting for that. So, yeah. Let's go for it. Let's go for a 3-1 home win again. 2-0 would be lovely. It would be lovely, a clean sheet to boost everybody. That's it. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. Are you a bit nervous about this game? Obviously West Ham have never lost five Premier League games on the run. So, first time for every day. There you go, hopefully. And let's hope that well-cut and the rest of fifth for Sunday. Thanks for watching. If you haven't subscribed, please do so around and take a second. If you want more videos, join us on Patreon. Big thanks to John Blaine for welcoming me in to preview this. Check him out on Everton Business Matters. And he's at John B. 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