 Welcome to Toffy TV. It is the match for you. Everton versus Crystal Palace, Goodison Park, football, real football, proper football, returns and a game Everton must win. Biggest game of the season this one, Baz. Almost real football. Yeah, it's still a TV sport. There is a game Everton. It is the biggest game of the season. There's no doubt about it for Everton because obviously lost a last couple of games after a three match winning run which gave us a great, but it's in a great position. We've now lost a last two and we've got a bounce back in the Premier League. Three defeats if you include the FA Cup game at City so Everton have got a bounce back. Normally, home game with crowd and that you'd be ready, you know, don't, yeah, we'll win this with really comforted, but Goodison hasn't been a happy hunting ground for us so far this season and that has to change quite simply on Monday. Yeah, and certainly now, last stretch of the season, 10 games to go. You know, players, some players have had the chance to rest, get some recuperation, certainly the South American players. Yeah. I don't like the Dominic Harven-Lewin. I only played one game for England so he's, all he's been doing really is training, so that's good. Just go with a couple of goals though. Yeah, Luca Deane the same. I only played one game for France. We'll have trained a lot like the other players so for me, you know, you've got to start as you mean to go on, haven't you? Everton want to get that European place. You know, you want to get that Europa League place, obviously, or Conference League place, sorry, depending on whether the Cups being won by the right people. Everton have to start proving that he can win the home games because you have to win the home games. We're not home games. You know, we leave ourselves with a fantastic chance of getting into Europe, but if we don't, then we've got no chance. The season's just going to fall away and we have to see that in this game. We have to see that intensity in this game with a team like Crystal Palace who are, you know, they're always tough. Palace are always a tough team to beat. They always make it hard for you, but they're the teams you've got to beat. These are the teams you've got to beat, and we've got a few of these games coming up now. And we've got to start with three points, and nothing else really is acceptable if you want Europe. Yeah, you know, we had barely in my last home game, and that should have been three points on the face of it. But we didn't compete the way they did, and they deserved the victory in the end. It'll be the same Monday if we don't work as hard as Palace and put the same commitments in and give them the respect they deserve. Then we won't win that either. There's been too many of those games of course. You know, one home win since December is shocking, really, forever. And it has to start Monday. We've got to, we've had a, you know, we're in a good position still. You know, regardless of where the league table is, if we win our game in hand, you know, we're in a really good position. We'd be two points behind the Champions League place. But obviously, by the time this game's played, other teams will have played. So, you know, it could look worse, the league, and what it actually is. So, for that respect, and staying right in there, we have to win this game. And if we win the game, then, you know, we give ourselves a chance of just remaining in the hunt. I think we've all took being involved in the European chase with 10 games to go and being welling, welling, involved in it. But it doesn't mean anything. Whatever we've done earlier in the season doesn't mean anything. We have to win these games and Monday is the perfect opportunity just to get a little 10 game season going and off to a good start. And we win that, then we consolidate where we are. 49 points, then you can start looking and going right. Can we get a bit of momentum going? And you're absolutely right if we win all our home games. And there's a couple of, well, they'll all be tough. But if we win all our home games, then 15 points, you know, gives you everything. What are we on for? It gives us 61 points without doing anything away from home. 61 points gives you a good chance of being in Europe next season. And that's without anything away. Yeah, the minimum for me is 60 points. We have to get to 60 points before we start talking about getting to Europe. 60 points to me is where it's going to start. So we have to get that before anything. And you write home games of being at Achilles heel of recent and Palace is not going to be any different in the style of the game. You know, we know they're going to come and try and play counter attack. They've got the place to do it. And they'll ask the same questions that other teams have asked, which is, can you break us down? You know, I imagine they'll do, I think they'll do again, the thing that, you know, Bailey did and I think West Brom did, which is they'll try and start quick. They'll start, they'll say, you know, Roy Hodgson. Roy Hodgson will say first 10 minutes if you can get a goal against these, these ain't coming back. And I think that's what Sam Allardyce's plan was. And I think certainly that's what Bailey's plan was because they've seen the way we are. I think if we get the first goal, we know that we've got a great chance of winning any game from the first goal, but it completely flips. When the opposition scored the first goal. So I think you'll see first 10 minutes. They'll, they'll, because we always seem to start games slowly anyway. So I think that's, I think that'll be the plan from then and then on it'll be, you know, set pieces for both teams really. You know, we'll be looking for set pieces. They'll be looking for set pieces, but I think Dale Tynes soak it up as much as they can. And that's where we need to have something a little bit different. It's good that Hamil Sardiga should be available. And he can be that creative spark that just can open the side up. But we need players around them. We said this before, you know, you need those players around them, that little bit of energy that we've, that we've, we generally just lack anyway within our squad. So players have got to show it because there's too many times when you're, you know, you're at the excuses and you're, oh, we've got to be better than that. And I know, well, go on, go on, be better than that. Like this time last season, in the season, you know, the last, the last 10 games or whatever. Once we got beat by Spares, it all started to be a little bit just drifting away. We knew that. Yeah, it was, it was, it drifted away. They had their flip flops on, even though they couldn't go anyway. And we've got to get away from that this season. We've got it like you've just said it's a 10 game season now. And whoever, you know, we've got the extra game on all these teams. And if we win that game and back it up with other results, then we've got a great chance. We've still got a great chance of getting, you know, automatic, you know, Europa League qualification. If you want, if you want to start at that point, I know the Champions League is still there. But if you want to say fifth place is definitely still there, it definitely is still there. We win it. We win the game. We're in fifth place. Well, you know, West Ham aren't me, so. You've got to just do what you can do. You can't worry about what other teams are doing. Put the pressure on those other teams by winning the games. You know, win these games, beat Palace, you know, and then it's right next. We go to Brighton. If, put it this way, the teams above us had these fixes. You'd be looking going, good chance they'll win both of those games. Palace at home and Brighton away. They'll be tough games. But they want to achieve something. They'll go and win those games. So for Everton, we have to do the same. It's not going to be easy. A game against Palace is never easy. They're always tough. But we have to come out. I still have the belief, and I might be blind faith, that we will turn in some good performances before the season. And what I mean by that is we'll click in some games. Because in a lot of games there's been moments where we've displayed good things, but we haven't sustained it at all. Levels have dropped. You know, we said after the Man City game, the application and attitude was there against City and the Cup. The quality wasn't at the end of the day, because they got the goal and we played very much hoping to be the team that got the first goal and then tried to defend it. They got it and there was no way back for us. But the application and the attitude was right for that game. It really was. It hadn't been right the week before against Burnley. That was a game where our players looked them and these are fourth and bottom. We're better than these. We'll be these just by turning up. And before we knew it, we were 2-0 down. And then we got a goal back and we were unable to do anything else. When you write it, other teams have started quickly. These will come and play a solid formation and it can be break them down. I mean, we'll have a look at their formation now, which is what they've used a lot and what they used last time out. And we just put it on the screen. Now they play at 4-4-2. This was the team they used last time out against West Burnley. They beat them. So they got a back 4 there of Van Arnoldt, Keil Coyarty, who scored against us in the game of palace from a sepley. Joel Ward and then crossed, they fought across the middle. Aiyu Reedwell, Emilia Hoivit and Ezy Ezy. And Ben Techei and Wilf Shahar up front as the two. And obviously you know that Shahar will drop in and pick it up and run it. And in fact, those two, we beat palace 3 when I got this last year, but those two combined for what was the equalising goal for Ben Techei, wasn't it, which went under Pickford. So Everton will have to watch out for the counter attack. And in Shahar, who's a player who Evertonians have wanted and Everton have looked at a few times, you know the threat he carries. He's had a really good season this year for goals. Palace has dropped score. I went nine goals this season. So he's done really well. And Ben Techei's got five. He's started scoring of late. Just to remind you that he can be a handful. But you look at crystal palace, you know the stats, the two wins in the last five games. They're averaging a goal a game, but they've let in 47 goals. So they're not great at the bottom. In fact, I think only Sheffield United have got a wish and certainly away from home where survival in terms of conceiving goals as well. So Everton will have opportunities. Meet no mistake of Arry. Everton will have opportunities in this game. It's whether or not he can take them. It's as simple as that. Both teams don't love possession, but it'll be interesting. We are sweet spots about 38%, but we're averaging just over 47%. The game crystal palace are about 40% per game. So you'd expect Everton to have more of the ball. Sometimes that's an issue for us. But hopefully with Hamers Rodríguez, looking like he's going to be fully fit and ready to go, we will be able to use the ball a little bit better than what we have done. Yeah, because it's about making chances, isn't it? Ultimately, it's about making chances. And that's what we've lacked in the last few games is opening up the up. It's what we've lacked all season. It makes me laugh when people talk about carbon looing, the problems with carbon looing, what's wrong with carbon looing, the things he doesn't do. When you look at the numbers, if he breaks us scraps, his conversion rate and the team's conversion rate is one of the best in Europe, because it has to be. The carbon looing, I think he's, I'm sure he's in like the top five in Europe for the conversion rate, certainly up there. Well, Everton is 16 to 17 for creating chances. And the top, I think, or second for conversion rate. I know there's more to it than that, of course, there is. But if you actually just put those numbers in, there was a graphic out the other day with the bottom of where we take our touches and every bit's bottom. So just by looking at it and looking at the chances, I think we're averaging about nine shots again. It's just not great, really. I think I'm in crystal ballast only on about six and a half, I think, per game. But chances to create for your centre forwards, we're making, we're basically having to take every opportunity we get, because otherwise we've got no chance in games, and ideally what you would say is, and I'm giving Carlo and the coaching staff the benefits that are out for this season, but looking like next season and stuff, we should have 20 shots a game, evidence you'll be aiming for, because teams going for European football and that, have that, have between 15 and 20 shots a game, some have 30. So it's about can we create a better quality of chance, we haven't been able to do it so far this season. Some games we have, we started off like, all guns blazing, didn't we, the first four or five weeks of the season, and I know it coincided with us losing hammers and losing, you know, looking at the end and things, and we have had, every single player's been injured for evidence season, but you still think they're the only club in the Premier League, you've had every single player injured at some time, but that can't be an excuse, you squads there for a reason, and we have to get better at creating opportunities. We create more chances for them, and create more chances for the Charles, and we'll score a hell of a lot more goals, because they are good finishers, but we just don't give them enough opportunity. At the end of the day, these players are feeding off scraps, and I think maybe the frustration for some people is, because we are feeding off scraps, it feels like every chance we miss is hugely important, but like you've just said there, if you put more opportunities in front of these players, then the more opportunities he's going to have to score. Don's ratio is fantastic for this season, and it's no wonder Rich Arleson hasn't scored as many goals because of the amount of opportunities. I'm going to call the looming, no striker takes every chance, Harland is incredible, incredible young striker, loving, brilliant, doesn't take all his chances, but what you gamble on as a centre forward is I'll get three opportunities, if I take one, we're doing okay, and if you give me five and I take two, then we'll win games, but I'm going to call the looming, it's almost like I've got to take the one opportunity you create for me in this game, and I know Burnley, people pointed to the Burnley game, and he missed a couple of sitters, but he also scored, but that's normal, a striker, normal strikers do miss chances, the nature of the game, but one thing he has to get better at is can he create a goal for himself, I don't think he can, and I think that's why some people criticize him, he's never won, I don't think he's going to bend one in from 25 yards or drop the shoulder and pop it in, he's not that type of centre forward. He needs to be sharper with if he's given the opportunity in a one-on-one, I think we know that, I think he's got to get better at them finishing, but in general, if you give him something between the posts, he takes them, and evidence should be working on that, and maybe they have been, and probably have been, but that's the key, can we get him, get the charlots into that penalty area and give them opportunities to take, and other people have to come up with the goals as well, can I just rely on that? No, that's the problem, isn't it? That's the main problem, I don't understand all the criticism of players who are doing their job, to the best of their ability for most of the time, this players should get away with not doing stuff or not being consistent enough to meet fields, get loads of times and make up with them if they feel this is what it is, it's mainly dreadful, because in terms of creating chances and scoring goals, that's only going to come with a new players, and having some players back fit, so having Hamas y Diga's back is a... Third top scorer, by the way. Is a major boost if he's alright. Any hope of Shonfleeth Cabana being back in this one? If we get him back in May for a couple of years, we can make two or three appearances by the end of the season, that'll be a big boost, because at one stage it looked like he wasn't going to be back this season, and I think if we can do that and we can get him some time, it'll be huge for next season, if we can stay fit. Do you think he has to start gambling a few little bits and pieces? I don't know whether he thinks we're playing Sheamus Coleman right back, then a Mason Hallgate, little things like that, or do you think it's better to have the approach where it's still solid at the back? Is playing off the right? Yeah, it's a tricky one this, because where's Ahar's playing? Coleman's actually really had really good games against Wilf's Ahar the last few seasons, like really good to the point where Ahar's at, they had a kick, and Coleman knows what Ahar does. Hallgate's a bit more of a competitor, but with them playing Ahar in field, you know, they've got either Esri out there or are you? You see, the problem is, I guess for Everton, there's been a co-op between the two things, of do we attack or do we sit back? If Hallgate plays right back, then we've got nothing down there. We'll have hammers back coming in, but we'll have no overlap. Mason Hallgate will tell you that himself is not natty. In fact, he has done an interview with Everton website and said it's not natal for me to go on the overlap, try to join him, but it's not natal for me where Sheamus Coleman is. So, it depends if Everton thinks he needs to stretch teams out. Not having to core I in midfield to cover those areas is obviously a key thing, but I don't mean what would you do. Would you play Coleman right back in this? Do you play very well against City? I'd actually be tempted to play Coleman in front of Hallgate again, and maybe play Hamish Rodriguez, essentially. So, just that sort of like, say, Allen and Davis in midfield with Hamish ahead of them? Yeah, yeah. Or Allen and me and Gomez, depending on what you want. No, it's the size. That was the height, isn't it there? The height for Gomez. Yeah, exactly. Just to get something a little bit, you know, you mentioned Sahade, you know, if you're doubling up there, then you're going to, you're working on stopping their biggest threat, that's what we need to do, I don't know, maybe there's something in that, maybe there's something in that. I don't really see anyone who's given us width, cos Hallgate doesn't, but then it's that thing of you play without width, but we really, I mean, Dominic Abner, he thrives on crosses, he really does thrive on crosses, you know, you score the goal against Bailey, you score the goal against Ffyrringland, you know, both, you know, one. So, Coleman would be the right midfielder then, really? Yeah, I think, I don't know, I'm not saying that would go for that, but with 10 games to go, could that be an option? Because we have no natural width on the right side. No, he's not giving us width, and he likes to come inside anyway. Hamers comes inside, he's not going to go on the outside, is he? That's what I'm saying, it's like... Yeah, there's no one banging the door down to play there, is there? No, you don't if you do, you don't, because you know that Hamers plays start on the right, he'll drift inside, but then of course if you start him inside, you lose a midfielder, do you balance that up with part of Hamers? See, I'm not like... I can't say to think, oh, I want Hamers to play right back, because I don't know whether he can play right back, you know, all the time. He's even just been playing centre-back for Ireland. But I think he can play that role in front of Hallgate, I think he gives a little bit of protection, and maybe that allows Hallgate to shift inside at times and squeeze into three centre-backs, not playing his three centre-backs. You know what I mean? It gives us a little bit more protection, but I think Seamus can get up as well, because we need to do something about that right-hand side. It just depends, I mean, for this game, possibly because they only play the two, but have been playing the two centre-back with field players. So, therefore, then you can match them up, you're not missing out if you put, you know, if you drop Hamers into the middle, you've still got it almost in it, because you can almost say you're playing a 4-4-2 with the return on the left and Coleman on the right, and then Hamers can play behind on. What that does, then, is the emphasis, then it's on the charlots and getting close to Don, the three balls as well from Hamers. But you're right, we do. Dominic Alvaluin does need crosses into the penalty area, and if you've got them coming in from both sides, he's got more opportunity. If they know that, all they have to do is stop Luchydine from delivering, and that's it. I mean, that's what's caught us out in so many of these games, that they just cut the supply off. We haven't had Hamers Rodriguez for a number of games, or we haven't had Seamus Coleman. If you stop Luchydine's delivery into the box, then, you know, how else are they going to score? And when we were, when we opened the season and we were flying, we had both of them. And if you think back to Crystal Palace away, we had the ball in Hamers round the corner, Coleman cut it back, and it's like, don't put it in, and we win them on, doesn't it? Because Seamus was getting in round the back. Or maybe they might go for that either, use them in the right midfield, or use them at right back, and just see how we go. And then, there'll be other games when, I think the manager will be a lot more cautious. Yeah, yeah, oh yeah. You know, away, away your Arsenal, away it. I just think that we've got to come up with a way of getting round the back of teams, because we thrive on crosses. You know, whether it's in the air or on the floor, Dom thrives on crosses. He wants the ball coming across the box, because he reacts quicker than anyone else most of the time, and the ball ends up in the back of the net. Okay, you said there, Luchydine. Now, if you push, if Hamers Rodriguez is going inside, you know then, he can go either way. I mean, he can pick players out, and he can pick runners. But if you haven't got that running going down the right, you know you're going to have it on the left all day with Dean. But if you haven't got it down the right, like you just said, then you cut off the supply to Dean, and you've cut off everything, and there has to be something down the right. And I don't know, I can't honestly say to you hand on heart and go, Seamus is the key, but at the same time, you look at it and go, well, who is then? Because as you said, a Woby just wants to do the same thing. He just wants to come inside and have a link. He's a link player, isn't he? But he wants a right back going past them. And you know, there's a comment. I don't know anything. We need a new right back. We all know that. But it's, it's, yeah. I hope, what I would say just finally is that I would play meaner in this one, McGoffrey. Yeah, I would, yeah. I wouldn't be bringing my team back here because Ben Seckey is doing well and he's a handful in the air. Physical? The physical aspect of it. Mike, you know, I think, I think that could be our best partnership going forward. I also wonder just if, if we will at some stage get to see what I've been banging on about all season, which is a whole gate to McGoffrey in my field. You just don't know. Maybe not for this one, but I just mean, as we move forward. Just some stats for we finish. Palace have lost the last three away games at Everton, more than they had done in the previous 10. Four of Palace's five wins in the Premier League against us have come at Godderson Park. Everton have lost seven of their last 11 Premier League home games winning three and so on, having lost just one of their previous 15. I don't care, they're not real. No, I want to say. The seventh home defeat this season is the most in the Premier League, single Premier League campaign since Martin has his last season which was eight. Palace have kept just one clean sheet in their last 18 Premier League away games. That came in a goalless draw at Arsenal in January. Only Sheffield United have kept fewer clean sheets on the road than the Eagles this season. Good stuff. Palace have conceded a league high 13 Premier League goals in the final 15 minutes of games. One more than they did in the whole of last season. Everton had averaged in just 9.8 shots in the Premier League, the second lowest total in a single campaign since 97-98. However, our shot conversion rate is 14.7, is the highest in a single tough, like from the same season, obviously because you've had the any chances. 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