 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the player Ray Ernst Manchester City, one Everton, one a really, really good point to finish the year with at the Etihad, very, very difficult game. But Everton kept themselves in it and got a fine equaliser from Damari Grey. I've just been looking at the numbers actually, some really interesting stats, especially about the midfield and about the subs who came on, really, really interesting, sort of paints a picture of the game and maybe where we were able to not be destroyed, essentially. So straight in, John Pickford, I've given him a seven, I think he made some really, really good, well he made two saves, but both of them, certainly the one in the second half when we were under the cost, I think there was a really, really mad spell where people were just kicking thin air and you had to make a really big save, keep his concentration as did the whole of the defence. But I think he had to really keep his concentration and he managed a big save and that, so he's put some really decent punches as well, kept his composure, didn't do anything stupid, kept, you know, listen, when you're playing a game like that and the game is all over the place, you've got to keep your head and he did today, so I've given him a seven. Into defence, Nathan Patterson, I've given him a six and a half, got a booking, which I think sort of stopped him being aggressive, I think he does allow plays to come inside him a little bit easy, but he came off with about 20 minutes ago, he did alright, he was an amazing, same with Michael Enco and the other side, I've given him a six and a half as well. The only, what I'd say about Michael Enco is passing, he's got to get a little bit better, he had 64, 64% possession today, which isn't, when I'll talk about the main field in a minute, when you're playing against a team like Manchester United, you just can't, you just can't give the ball away as much as you do or turn it over as much as you did. I actually think that's where we've managed to get a point today, is that when you look at the possession stats of a lot of our players, they've done quite well, whereas Michael Enco's quite low, 64%, I think his was the worst in the team. I think you've got to keep the ball a little bit easier, a bit better, I think he got done far too easy for their goal. I think he allowed Maris to just basically just make a bit, not make him look stupid, but I think he looked, I think he, yeah, yeah, yeah, let's give him a positive, but I've given him a six and a half. The centre backs, James Tarkhouse here, I thought was immense again today, thought he was immense, I've given him an eight, thought he was immense in just winning the little, just getting his body in the way, the little headers being a nuisance, trying to get under Harlan's skin. He actually got a bit of a crack on his cheekbone in the second half when Harlan'd already had been booked, and it was a proper crack, but I think he'd already given him a foul. He just manages to get those little wins, those little headers, just manages to just get himself in the way, he's a proper old school defender, and obviously would really, really need that today, certainly from him. So it was a good all-round performance. It isn't glamorous, it isn't glitty, it's proper defending at its best. So I've given him an eight alongside him, Connor Cody who I've given a seven, again the same. I think early on we were a little bit like, what I would say is a bit early on, we were a little bit like which one would be the leader out of them. I think they're taking in turns, but I think the proper defenders of leader is James Tarkhouse, but I thought Connor Cody done well as well today, both of them just keeping everyone on the toes, keeping the line, keeping the shape, not getting ahead of themselves, not doing anything silly, not giving the ball the way we've gone there in the past. People like Michael Keane have given silly passes away, which have led to Man City getting a goal or people elsewhere. To be honest, you've just got to defend, haven't you? You've just got to defend for your life and see what you can get out of it, and that's what I think those two did today, and I've given him a seven. So with James, sorry, with Ben Godfrey alongside him, who was aggressive, and you've seen that from the first minute, I've given him a seven and a half, from the first minute Ben Godfrey was aggressive, he got into, got obviously the foul on Harland, really got Harland wild up, and I think it actually worked against Harland in the end. I think for a part of the game, Harland looked like he was going to do something mad, and I know he scored the goal, but I think it started to work against Harland, I think he really got under his skin, and that started with Ben Godfrey early on, giving him, you know, getting him on his ankle. But I think for me, Ben Godfrey just gives you that aggression, he's got that pace, he's got the strength. I said in my match reaction, I don't necessarily want to go to a three at the back because it becomes five, but I think for me you've got to find somewhere for Ben Godfrey to play just because of that pace and that aggression. You're not going to be playing at the Etihad every week, you're not going to have your back to your goal every single week. You know, in games, and these are the games we've lost, we've lost the games that we had to win, and it's games where no one expected us to maybe get a point, like when we played Liverpool, no one expected us to get a point. You know, there's been other games as well, we look better against teams that we're not supposed to get anything from, it's the teams we're supposed to get something from, that we go for, that we leave ourselves wide open. Today, with the backs of the wall, it's show we can defend when we need to, but that's not always been the case. So for me, Ben Godfrey, you've got to find him a position, I think, and maybe that position has left back. Again, that caused a bit of conversation in my other video. It all comes down to whether you think he's better than Michael Enco, some people think he's better than Michael Enco, some people think he isn't. I think he's better than Michael Enco personally, so I would maybe give him a go at left back in certain games when needed, but I thought he did really well today and in the end, hope it's not an injury, hope it was just the fact that he's been out for so long and he put so much into the game that he ends up coming off injured. Into midfield, so one thing I did find out to me for you was a disadvantage, 100% pass completion, and a wobe had 100% pass completion, and a nanow had 87% and a half percent pass in possession, which I think is really, really important because not given the ball away in midfield is huge against the team like Manchester City. Listen, I know we didn't have lots of the ball, I know we only had 25% of the ball, I know Manchester City dominated the ball like they always did, but I think it's hugely important that you don't get the ball taking off in the midfield against them, that they can spring yet and suddenly. This is where, if you watched last year's game, this is where we found, where we got B5-0, it's the amount of times we lose the ball in midfield trying to get away was when they kept on turning us, and I think that was massive today that those three midfielders did a lot better on the ball. You know, you can expect it maybe of a more attacking player like a Dominic Alvalun or Damari Grey, but those three players had to make sure they took care of the ball today when they were in possession, and for the most part they did, and I think that was really, really important. Y Disigana Gairwaf gave a 7-2, done an excellent job. I was actually surprised he got taken off to be honest, but he's been taken off in both of the games, but against Wolves obviously we end up conceding a goal, but listen, he's been the work-up maybe, this is the plan for him, that he plays 70-80 minutes in games, whatever it is, and that's all he plays. Obviously we've got another game in two days, three days they've got to be thinking about that as well on Tuesday, sorry, so they've got to be thinking about that, I'll give them a 7, but really important. It didn't have loads of tackles, it wasn't that kind of game, but when we were in possession it was important that we didn't lose it. O Nanna, similarly, he had 87%, fortunately he got the booking, which means he's out on Tuesday. Again he didn't give the ball away too cheaply, we've seen him do that recently, so I've given him a 7 as well, and a Wobie who, he done alright again, it was less about attacking today, and he ended up playing wing-back, and I thought he did quite well when he played wing-back, because actually when he plays wing-back he's really difficult to get past, but I thought he played well as well so I've given him a 7 quite particularly, but again 100% pass completion, which is really important against the team like Manchester City, who love to take the ball off here in midfield and spring it, and that's how they score so many goals, and we didn't allow that today. What we did is we sat back, we created two walls essentially, and said breakers down, and if you give the ball away midfield to them they'll just turn you, and with the pace and someone like Harlandy find the space, and that's why they score goals, we did not allow that today, I think that was hugely, hugely important, why we got a point out of it of course. Damari Gray, absolutely stunning goal, something that he's capable of doing but doesn't do enough, again he's someone with decent numbers, 78% possession, 18 passes, he actually only had 36 touches in the whole game, one shot on target, that's all that matters isn't it, took his goal amazingly well. Sometimes it has to be a goal like that, it's either a scruffy one or an amazing one, today it was an amazing one, I've given him an 8 because his goal was just huge. The plan was simple today, him sort of off-dom, him being the link between the midfield, and he done it and he found the goal, he even had time to fall over in the box. Basically just let him shoot but still that's no guarantee that it's going to go in, it was right in the top corner, it was a superb goal, and he's very similar to the one he scored against Arsenal, he does have it in his locker, doesn't do enough because he's so inconsistent, so inconsistent but an absolutely huge goal today. Domino Carmelun, great to see him back, he does make the team look completely different when he plays, he does give you something to hit the ball to, of course he only played 70 minutes which was probably pre-planned, he only actually had 15 touches in the entire game, he only had 4 accurate passes but that's difficult when you're a player up on your own, but he does make us look a little bit different, he does make us look like we've got something to aim at, so it's great to have him back, you just hope now he's fifth for Tuesday and then he goes on and hopefully, we've said this so many times that he finds some consistency, we manage him through the games. I know a lot of people didn't want him to play today because they thought it was pointless with the Piedmont City, but I suppose for the manager, if he's fifth and he's ready to go, you've got to play him, you've just got to play the lad if he's fifth to go, and he's a million miles better than the other centre four which we've got at the club to the point now where obviously we record Ellis Sims back to the squad, but it's huge to have him back. He didn't really do loads to be honest, he had actually gone through in a great cross-troom and he was apparently farmed, the defender didn't see a farmed now, but he didn't have much in it, much service, it was just good, it was a good 70 minutes for him, I've given him a sixth because he didn't really do anything, but there you go, it was just good to have him back, wasn't it? The subs, Shane was called, I've given him a seven, I thought he was excellent when he came on actually, I thought he was excellent, I thought he defended really well. At a time where, as I said before, with Nathan Passerson being on a booking, I think they were going to target him, they obviously brought forward none, so it was important that we had someone solid in there, and bringing Shane was coming on, it was huge, and he done well when he came on, as I said, he defended well. In terms of touches, he had 13 touches, which is a hell of a lot more than the other subs did, which is really, really interesting because he had to defend, 150% of his ground yields, one out of two. He had one cross, and one tackle, and one block, and two clearances, so he done really, really well when he came on, I've given him a seven. The other three subs, the core I touched the ball once, Tom Davis played one pass, so their roles were simply to just defend, take up space, stop them, the opposition from playing, and they did, they didn't really, didn't do anything, but they created a defensive shape. I mean, I don't think he would have wanted the core to come on, but obviously we had to change the shape slightly because the core he came on for Ben Goffrey, and that was on 90 plus two, so they were still literally 10 minutes to go. Tom Davis was on for much longer, he was on for, well he came on the 78th minute, he was essentially on for 25 minutes, and he had three touches, which is incredible. He came in on in the 78th minute, it says he played 12 minutes, but if he came on the 78th minute, then he would have played a lot more, and he, yeah. Did he come on on the 78th minute, the real 78 minutes, or like the fake 78 minutes, I don't know, but he only had three touches. He had a 100% pass completion though, one accurate pass. It literally didn't do anything else, Tom Davis, and I'm not blaming for that, it was all about shape, it was all about keeping the shape. How can the core he come on, oh sorry, I'm just reading this, the core he played 11 minutes and he came on in the 91st minute, and Tom Davis came on in the 78th minute, but he only played 12 minutes, that doesn't make any sense. He played about 20 odd minutes, yeah, mad. I've given them both sixes because Man City didn't score while they were on the pitch, so there you go. And Neil Mopai played like the last half an hour essentially, didn't he came on the 78th minute, but obviously with the 11 extra minutes it was like 30 minutes, he touched the ball nine times, played one accurate pass. Didn't offer much, but I've given him a six and a half just because again Man City didn't score while he was on. He won us a couple of free kicks, he didn't run round that much, but he done what he had to do, so there you go. Last game of the year, happy new year to everybody, at least we can go, at least you can enjoy your evening a little bit more than you would have. Make sure to check out Barz's videos, make sure to check out my match reaction as well. There you go, it's been an absolutely horrendous year to be in Evertonian, but who knows maybe 2023 will bring better things. We'll have to wait and see. There you go, thank you for watching, I'll see yous all later.