 Welcome to Toffy TV. It is the mid-field section of our season review. We have done the defence. We have done the defence, mid-field, not a great part of Heaven's team, but find me one that is. I can't believe the best part. We'll find out. We'll find out. We'll find out. We're going to start with Adrissaid Garnagai. Yes, there we go. Played 33 times, 85% pass completion rate. Goals none, assists, one. Big chances created, one. Tackles a per game, 2.9. Obviously brought them back from Paris Saint-Germain where he'd be playing with Alexis Messi. Neymar, you know, just getting a name but a couple. Just a name but a couple, straight into struggling Heaven side. How do you think he did during the season? I think he was good. Seeing some people make some mad comments about him at times. Everyone's got their own view, of course. He was good for us most of the time. Works hard in that mid-field, closes down. Knits a lot of stuff together for us in there. Is he sloppy sometimes with the ball? Yes, we had a period around Christmas where he gave a few goals away from all shape. He made big mistakes. He did have those off days, absolutely did. But without him, I think there'd be a huge hole in Heaven's mid-field. We brought him back to replace himself because we never replaced him for the three years he was in there. Could he be better? Yes, he could, but I think, I still think, just right now, he's an important part of Heaven's team. Again, you look at him and you look at Tarkowski for the season. You look at Tarkowski for every single game. Just kind of guys play 33 times. You look at those kind of things. These were important bars last summer to get some stability. In fact, didn't he miss a game? We'd already played six when he'd come in. I think he was available for every Premier League game. That's hugely important isn't it? That's what I mean. I understand there was little moments in the season, the back pass against Brighton, the back pass against Hud. They asked someone where he didn't see him. Those moments were huge, but consistency is a massive part of football. As you get into that consistency, we have a general level. That can really help a team. I think that's where he was important this season. Okay, listen, he's a completely defensive midfielder, but he's done his job for the most part. You look at the rest of the squad or what's out there. Is there anyone else in the team who could have done that? We're going to come on to Onana, but a fair season in the Premier League, I don't think Onana could have sat in front of that back four and give us what we needed maybe in the second season as he grows or whatever. Then maybe you get a bit more and you do get more out of that position. Don't get me wrong, the person who plays in front of the back four now should be able to do a lot more than just sitting front of the back four and just they have to know that's the Premier League and the top side to do. You look at the best side with Roderick sitting in there and how he plays and the goals he can score and how he gets around the pitch and John Stones has been amazing. In fact, that's something obviously, something Liverpool have been missing this season. It's such an important position, but it was still a big part of the consistency we needed and maybe I know people go, well that consistency hasn't really helped us, but without the image you've put in there, that's the difficult side. So yes, of course going into next season, you want some kind of, I don't know, maybe a crossover at some point or maybe you get through the whole season, but I'll have to wait and see. But I generally thought his level was good, his level was consistent. You knew what you were getting from him and that's important in games of football as well, to know what you're getting and have that steady level all the time. Players won't make mistakes and obviously coming back as well, don't forget, coming back from the French League and then going back into the struggling side in the Premier League, I was never going to be easy, so I thought he did all right. Well thank you for being good, I think people criticise him harshly in my opinion. Expect to you much of him. Is the better defensive midfield players around? Yes, but they also cost a lot of money and we haven't got that right now, so would it have helped to have on a proper centre forward? You can keep the ball, so he doesn't have to do as much work, absolutely, and options off the ball, absolutely. Would it have helped to have a settled midfield three all together and he knows you're playing with? Yes, but I thought he had a decent season, and that's my view. Yes, I think it's a position that needs to be improved on of course, but that's in the position we are, the position we're in, the position you know, and also you know I mean, I felt that he was getting sent off, not getting bookings left, right and centre, he understands how to play the game, he understands what he needs to do and it's that sort of professionalism that I thought kept it consistent and the manager of times wasn't scared to take him off and put maybe someone and that's the way it is in games on football, so I give him 6.04 for the season. So there will have been games, I imagine I will have given them a bit of an add on, but I think a 6 isn't, you know when your top player is maybe, there might have been games when I've marked them down a little bit unfairly, but whatever, there's a consistency, he got 6.9 on sofa score, which is one of Evan's top players and that's to me, that's correct, cos he was one of Evan's best players throughout the season. Yes, he had games where he didn't have a good game, simple as he didn't have a good game, and he said before asking away pathetic what he'd done, play the whistle, you know, the bright and back pass, the game, I mean, we were already getting better, but the bright and back pass was shit. And that's where he had it in my head. A couple of other games where he was poor, I'm not saying he was 10 out of 10 every week cos he wasn't, but he gave a good consistent performance and sometimes people criticise them when you actually looked at the data of the game, he was Evan's best player. Some games he had a 100% pass on that he was in, when he had a lot of the balls. So he was, you know, he thought he was good. Hey listen, good solid season. Anything over 6 in mind, is good mate, so... There you go, there you go. Let's move on to Awnana, obviously first season in the Premier League, played 34 times, pass accuracy 84%. Goals 1, 2 assists, big chances created, 2, tackles 2.2. Per game, that is. I think he came in waves this season, Awnana. I think he played the game in waves. Both games he's ever started. Which I was going to say, for a player who hadn't played that many games in the French League, coming into the Premier League almost, well, as a guaranteed starter for nearly all of the... Didn't play that many games in Germany. No, no, no, just what I'm saying. So it's coming to the Premier League and being almost like a guaranteed starter. And you know, we talked about in the defensive video about Nathan Paterson and about not actually playing loads of games so far. And his, you know, his development is ongoing. I think it's the same with Awnana. I think he came with a big reputation that we'd almost created ourselves because obviously we'd beaten West Ham to the signing and there was a lot of hype, a lot of noise about him that he was one of the next big things. And I think at times, he, not him personally, but I think when people talked about him and looked at him, I think they were expecting more from him because of that, of how he was talked up. But I think his season was quite, probably what I thought it was going to be. It wasn't this massive breakout season. And again, because there was comparisons, because he's from Belgium and similar size, there was this Fellaini comparison, which I think was a little bit silly because obviously Awnana's a different skill set. But I think he did all right and the fact that he went to World Cup as well. And there's now, I think he's a stab since the World Cup and almost a re-jig in a Belgium squad. I think he's now a starter for Belgium as well. I think he'll look at it and think I've had a good season there and this and we don't know what the future holds for him. But I think it was a good, fair season for him in the Premier League without obviously being unbelievable. Yeah, I totally agree. I think he's got it in a Belgium side. Obviously Martinus was waxing little about him and told him to go to Heaven as well, so fair play. I think Dominic Tadesco is there now, will take that on. He's a really good coach, I think he'll take him on with that. Awnana, I think just right now he hasn't quite figured out what his position is. Is he an eight? Is he a six? He looks more of a six to me. He's got to get that settled. But I think he's had some gains where you've seen the potential and you've gone wow. And there's been other gains where you've seen the rawness of him and you've gone. Or you're doing all of this to the crowd when you're not playing well, great in the end. If you're playing well, then you get behind it, of course, but don't go full Tommy Graveson too early. But I think he's got loads of potential, huge amounts of potential, and I think he could make a lot of money on him. I think he could hold on to him for another season, could make a lot of money on him next because I think he'll be better next season. But I think whoever has him, if it is us, then I think we have to make the decision. He's always, for me, being better when he's been in the double six with Ghana. When he's sat a bit deeper, he can pick the ball, Palliser that now, the caveat Palliser didn't have a great midfielder, that now, but when he dropped off and took the ball and his range of passing was good, he's got them tell us. What's funny is Lampard tend to be playing in the wrong position. He's almost like the Decori position. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which isn't his position. And I think when Lampard had them, when Lampard was obviously the club, I think, he got lost in that when he, well, not really. I mean, cos I've always started the season well and he was playing essentially, he didn't know how to divert from that. So obviously he had, he'd have gone on one side on McNeill and Damari Gray and then Decori wasn't getting in the side and he didn't know how to move away from that and didn't quite know how to fit them all together where it's a lot easier when Decori's playing because he does become that false striker, as well, and as we've seen. But there wasn't enough opportunities. But I actually think for him, I actually think he'll, once, I don't know whether it'll be at Evan, I really don't cos I don't know where he'll be. But I think once he gets the trust of other people or the manager, sorry, he'll play in that six-roll on his own and people will trust him with the ball and trust him to move the ball. And I think that might sometimes might take a better side that doesn't rely on that hole than it would feel it to be so defensive because they don't need them, don't need to be so defensive as a team. I think this season I think because he almost plays the game at his own pace and I think that's what frustrate fans is when everyone else is sprinting round and he's sort of like jogging round and that is welcome great on you. We know that. We know what, because we're football fans and we want, we want the game. We don't have patience for people brought in and because everything else is going wrong you're thinking how come we carry a player. But that's how players develop and we've seen that with other players and you know, I know that myself. You don't give anyone a chance because you think after five or six games you think they should be the finished article. So I think he's got, I think he's come, he's had good patches and he's had bad patches and again if you had a better squad you'd know when to bring them on and obviously with James Garner coming late to the season back fit there was opportunities to take him out. Did they take him out? That's what I'm saying. There was opportunities to take him out. So I think it was a decent season for him and one that he will lane from massively and if that means we benefit from this from it next season so be it if we don't but we benefit financially from that then so be it. There's that football and we as ever fans have got to get used to that. Absolutely. I mean you could almost sometimes flip the table and put him in the six and Garner press and because Garner likes to press it's richer but there's other options as well of course with James Garner but now we had a good season, good debut season so for score I had them at 6.92 I had them at 6.21 so better than Garner so there you've got quite good for you. It's really good. Really good. You've had the ped seal of the people. Well now most of these are like there's the same basic gap between them all so I just look at it through not stats I look at it from angry that's it he made you less angry than I was fair enough fair enough he don't know that he don't know that he did he did and I think he's I do think he I know a lot of people There was certain games where I thought oh my god like Southampton Romain me lost ironically I used to go but he was brilliant that they travelled with the ball see I was I was not outstanding I always looked at players and then when they're at the how were they at their best and because then that should be the standard that they go from and and when he was good he was good he was very good and you can see what's there and that's safe air season the Premier League a lot of games physically a lot of games for them good against but well decent against ball on my class day as well he moves the ball forward as well he is a good player a good player let's look at James Garnag played 17 times yeah pass accuracy 81% no goals assist one big chances created none tackles for game one frustrating very frustrating season for him again one of those who came later injured got a nasty injury obviously against back injury which meant he didn't come back till February March time obviously by the time he was fifth it was it was April march into April then so so bow finished the season very strongly for me in terms of not his performance as a such just how he carried himself as a Premier League footballer and as an Everton player and I think there's something to work with there going forward yeah totally agree Leonie was a couple of cameo appearance as I came on against Manchester United at home and little appearance here and there and then got the injury and was out and then got back in and like I think made his full debut his full Premier League debut against it against Fulham rather a good isn't and he was actually one of the bright sparks that day you know there was a lot of other things weren't very good that day but he done well and I think he got better and better thought he was brilliant against Bournemouth on the right thought he was brilliant right wing you know right wing back that day having to do with job thought he done it really well not dazzling but just stuck to his job that Wolves away was good as well and Brighton done a lot of work so there's the tile strikes your ball picks his head up likes the ball wants the ball there's definitely something to work with so I think he's had a it has been frustrating the injury and all that but he'll be better for the season and he did finish the season strongly and I think you're right I think there's something to go from and hopefully he builds on it and builds on it he'll get fit at he'll have a full preseason with us this time which means he's ready he's at his club and full preseason and then we go from there and hopefully he'll settle down a slightly different play to what we've got as well as you said good on the ball likes to play that deeper role and just get to keep the ball moving likes to be you know almost a linchpin of times you know get it give it get it back move forward yeah it'll be just how we how we use him but I think the hard work side of his game is massively important so he doesn't and he doesn't he's got a bit of a presence about him he can't be just pushed off the ball he's got that he understands the physicality of what's needed I think that's massively important and it's quite quicker on the pitch yeah you know I'm not lightning but he's really mobile which I think sees things as well I think he sees things yeah um I give him 6.22 okay so fiscal 6.66 so not that reakin you know go back to that 0.4 a game which is not bad not bad at all yeah I think a good finish to the season and it's a good ground of the next season as well absolutely it's a good ground of the next season just you want you want you can see there might be a little bit more more from him let's move on to Alex Oboby who played he played every game in the league and cup 40 games past accuracy 79% goals 2 assists 8 big chances created 8 and tackles per game 1.8 an enigma of a player an enigma of a player a player who created more chances than anyone else I think outside the top 6 but he's just an enigma you know he scored a couple of goals and obviously the one against Leicester was huge he scored a crack and he didn't score against Wolves it's crazy crazy but he's an absolute enigma of a player because when you're watching the game he doesn't seem to affect it when you're watching him and then he'll but then he does he does he does create something and it's and when he started the season he started it really well playing in that central position I think it really suited him I don't think it suited the team as such because of the make-up of it not his fault I think he's a benefit when he had Dom up there he was better yeah that's what I'm saying you know when you've got someone on the same wavelength that's yeah you can understand that so I don't think having plays you may intend to forward so you may on the same wavelength but I don't think the team because of the make-up of the team I don't think we almost were then playing with only two midfielders as such and doesn't get round I think he's someone when it comes to defenders things he reacts to what already happened he's not he's not you know when he's a forward player that's what I'm saying but that's the problem but when you're a true midfielder I think you're already on your toes because you're anticipating things and I think that was the and he isn't he's an absolute enigma I don't know I don't know what happens with him going forward he's got a year left on his contract I don't know I don't know what what you do with him as such do you keep them stuck out on the right hand side does that really benefit them again maybe with maybe with a full back who goes past them that would really help so he can come inside and and he's got this an out ball there you need a centre forward you need maybe someone who understands how to link up the play with them I don't know it's just it's just a very very frustrating footballer it's goals are what ruin them really it's lack of goals they ruin them because he creates chances and he does he's suffered as well because we haven't had a centre forward and we haven't had someone who maybe will take those opportunities for him I think when you look at this team the way it was the goals there's just not enough goals in the side yeah and therefore you're talking about Alex Oboby you're talking one of our attack on players he's got two goals that's a problem but he does create chances so find a role for him by all means I actually think he was he was decent in midfield but I think he suffered from not having a centre forward and if you've got someone wide right left you get golden McNeill weighed in and if that's McNeill standard now of sevens then fine then get someone on the other side that does the same so it is the real thing with Alex Oboby is what you do with his contact got a year left does he want to stay don't know do you ever want to go above 100 grand a week to keep him can't ever get someone on half that who scores goals there the issues but I think he had a good solid feeling but you're absolutely right you're absolutely right about the goals if he scores eight goals you look at the season you go done well there you look at the chances he's created if he scores eight goals yeah which he should be he should be getting the box he gets in the box so he can hit a ball if he gets eight goals you're talking about an all round player of course you're right but because he doesn't score the goals and maybe the chances he creates we don't score from which is not his fault but then that's just the way you look at the game but if he scores the goals you're looking at a completely different and the two goals he did score you know arriving at the at the back post for the left you know for the left one the other one the one doesn't shoot from me out of the box bend them on right you know and we've seen do that a few times but that's the difference isn't it and there are things like well if only two that's a huge you know if he's scored six more goals than if it's not they're getting they're getting much all the clubs have former players that get at least seven eight nine goals so he'd have to weigh him but that but he is a good player and he does work hard it's whether or not it's what you do at the counter I give him six point two three which makes him my highest rated midfielder so for everyone out there he says I think he's rubbish then I he is my highest rated midfielder of the season but he's got to he's got to add that he's got to and I don't know what again I think that might be something to the make-up of the team or whatever but he's got to have more belief in what what he's capable of got to he's got to he's got to show that little bit extra players with much less quality than Alex O'Robi should go way more goals and he'd take risks so he'd take risks he got six point nine seven on sofferscores the third highest evidence score and he's actually only one or two everton players who who score when up from last season on sofferscorescores so it is it's only the goals if he adds a few more goals we'd all be going south but we still need another one because you can't but he's also one of those players because we're so terrible in the transition that when he gives the ball away it's like oh they just go it's not in trouble yeah let's move on Tom Davis again massively frustrating season for Tom Davis 20 played 20 times I can't believe he played 20 games 75% pass accuracy no goals no assists no big chances titles for game no 0.8 yeah Tom's out of contact start of five games I think I can't imagine they're going to give him a new one and he's got to a stage in his career where he's 24 now has he he's not really he's not really moved he's not really moved on he's suffered with injuries his game hasn't moved on if anything it's gone backwards because he doesn't win the files he used to win by just putting himself in between the player and the ball have fallen over which is a little trick he can't really get away from people and his best position or his position that he seemed to be comfortable with him was the number six now that's been sort of moved away from he's moved those players in his way there and he's yeah it's that anything that that Tom Davis that came into the evidence team which was a player like running with the ball a skillful player a player who would take chances it's all been that player's gone it's all been taken away from as a player and that's really sad that's really sad that again you know whether people think he's good or he's bad where he came from and how he was developing it's uh it's not there anymore and you've just imagined now Evan will probably release him which is sad Adam Atten's show he's had an aid where he's got to he's got to get himself together and get games and get playing cos he's going to beat 26-27 and have not done anything you know so lad that broken in a blaze of glory the goal against Man City probably never helped him in some respects Ronald Coomman hampered his progression and it's never really settled that I think on the call-out in the number six role he's done a decent job and maybe that's where he could play as someone who gets the ball and moves it and puts a tackle in but I think just for now I think the best thing probably for him would be to move on and get to a club where he's going to be giving the opportunity to play games and develop but I think sadly for him it hasn't really worked out and we are where we are with it we've got to the end of his contract and looks like he may well be moving on so good luck to him if he does go and get yourself in a team and get settled and get playing football rather than just being a bit power player yeah it's just a sad it's a sad just be a just be a sad end the only it's frustrating as well cos it's a player that we should have got a few million for who we brought through if he was leaving we should have got money for him when I come in yeah I give him five point one one so for score I give him six point five two yeah and people believe me eh I think that's the yeah it's just a sad ending I like Tom I like Tom as a I like him as a player when he first came in for the team obviously I like him as a lad but he just doesn't kick them he just has not kicked them one bit and that you're letting when you're not giving games that's what happens yeah but you've got a desire to play you have to you have to let's move on this is our final player in the midfield section Abdelai Dacori play 26 times past accuracy 80% goals five assist two big chances created four tackles per game 1.2 obviously under under Daish was a completely different player to what he was under Lampard if if you know this is a player that was out the door under Lampard he was gone um you know he was off the phone off the phone had a big fight and you just think the cut you know if you want to see one thing that you know and I did and how it affected us it was it was him because he scored the not only you know he scored the goal he scored the goal that kept us in the Premier League but obviously he scored big goals a bit a bright bright Chelsea forest and he really was that the player who helped you know we always knew Daish loved 4-4-2 but it was obviously he was playing as a split split striker and rather than a centre forward that dropped into midfielders and midfielders that become a centre forward then um hugely hugely important towards the end of the season yeah he was you know got his obviously felt aggrieved with Borogon on my Lampard got himself together was made up that Daish coming and took his chance wanted to stay red and didn't want to go wanted the opportunity it wasn't there Daish coming and he was straight back in the side wasn't he and he never looked back really worked his socks off stupid moment against Spares could have cost us daily no need for it with Kane cost us three games and we the wheels come off a little bit in them games that he was out for Daish didn't really know how to handle him not being there and we lost opportunities where I think we might have got points but come back and was hugely influential when he come back and five goals was his best year for everything I think I think you know we've got five goals over whatever games it was um you know you think if he'd been in the team all season in that role in that role he might have got he might have ended up with double what he got so that'd be incredible for us to have him in further I got that of being that seven eight goals a season it's his position it's the position we bought him he's never really used any so um obviously scored the goal I mean it was a huge signed a contract extension huge goal got the contract extension and obviously just happier overall happier player but very important player in the team and I think if he had gone you would have you would have witnessed little bit of that and I think it would have it would have been even worse they'd be gone be they probably gone down cos who be that I mean I don't want to well let's be honest right regdap ar eich get in the goal let's be honest right the biggest wobble Dysiad since coming out ever when he was out no of course that was stupid what he did you know put his hands on someone in a game again where if we'd had 11 men on the pitch we probably would have won it so that was on him but Dysh really that's that's where Dysh's real wobble come from and I mean that'll be the next thing almost finding someone you can play back up to him or someone you can take over from him and that's a huge thing that he needs to look at now um if that's the role we go down with the system we play but that was the wobbly ad he didn't have a clue what to do without him and that's how important he came towards the end of the season um for the second half of the season or since since February so um he's had a brilliant brilliant second half of the season just in moments maybe not in overall games not in overall you know the whole game just in those moments that we talk about with like you just don't mention the wobby there and you're talking about other players whether he was the player in the pop-up and wobby's got more technical ability in the gory the gory gets himself into the position and takes the chance so I give him I give him 5.46 that's because but I wish I had the numbers I wish I had the numbers from when he played under Dice but obviously in playing before that is has dragged his score down that's the he's had the season quite well you know he didn't he didn't pass he didn't we were rubbish Chelsea at home don't you forget how rubbish we were well I'll tell you what it was Chelsea at home just for just for clarification for you yeah did he score he was excellent around us at Chelsea we got beat 1-0 with a penalty that was all his thoughts and he lasted 19 minutes of the second game there you go the next time he played it was mangy knight of the way in the FA Cup and he was come on was the best ever and played on the pitch I think you've been a bit harsh he got 6.74 on Sophie's Cup which is one of Evan's highest and like they show because obviously the goals at the end meant that we stayed up so he finished the season under Dice very well he got a 10 on me final game he's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but he's a very useful player with goals in him we don't have that and he can get around the pitch does he give the ball away cheaply absolutely does for us the way he's won which led to a goal and there's other occasions as well of course but still he's a decent player and had a good end so that's it that's our midfield we'll be 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