 Welcome to Toffy TV, well the World Cup is nearly finished, the plays are back in pre-season, but we haven't got any new serenades bars and people are starting to get a little bit twitchy about it, they're starting to get a little bit worried about it, really you. I must admit, I am a little bit, I am a little bit, I expect it to be maybe some kind of movement, some kind of activity, just what they've happened by now, obviously the last week or so there's been the teeny talk and now this talk of us walking away from that and forget about that, I just thought there might have been something, there might have just been a little bit of movement and I can understand why people are getting a little bit worried now. Yeah, yeah it's hard isn't it, because I suppose we all are, I suppose we all want, I suppose we all want the face wanting through the door, I think once that happens you kind of go right, yeah, you've got to handle on this, I think, I think one thing we have to bear in mind is that the manager and Marcel Brands will have who they want in their minds, there's lots of negotiation tactics going on, you know, with players they want, there's obviously the assessments are going on with players we currently have and one of those conversations I guess will be, can we get more out of what we've got, okay, we didn't perform last year, we were way off it last year but with a bit of instruction and with a bit of guidance and with a bit of an identity, can we get a little bit more out of that and also of course who can we actually get out the door, it's easy for us to sit here and go get it, but clubs don't want them, they're not moving, are they? All that being said I still feel as though we need to bring someone in quickly even if the next, you know, the rest of what he wants take a couple more weeks whatever, because I think when it's a new project, so to speak, I think you want to get it off on the right, I think the fans, a lot of the fans want to believe in what Brands and Silver will do, there'll be an element who don't trust it because they don't and that's fine, for some reason will be justified or there's just like negativity and mourning, so that's fine, everyone's to their own, but I think it helps with the whole process if we could get our first one in through the door. I think communication's a big thing, we spoke about this in the past I think when Marcel Brands came in and he didn't into, you know, basically on the first day, I think that really helped to understand the philosophy and I think, you know, with Marco Silver as well, I thought the interviews they conducted really well, it could just be that, another sit down with Marcel Brands, so you've been here a few weeks, not focused on anything particularly just being here a few weeks and the pre-season's here the manager's in now, how are you settling in and not just to rest a few fears because I sometimes feel like that these things snowball, you know, it's a couple of people, a couple of people start saying a few things and then, you know, especially with social media and other people like, oh, you know what, I feel a little bit the same, but you don't want to show that negativity so early on, you want to be positive about things, but it all snowballs and like this time last summer, listen, we'd bought a few players and we were all happy and we're looking at a few other teams at the moment and we're seeing they're buying players and actually the kind of players that you'd go, you know, I wouldn't have minded him, you know, there's some that you're like, oh, I'm glad we know we're near them, but there's some where you're like, I wouldn't mind him or, you know, I think that just, it doesn't really help and we know because I understand what you've just said there about assessing everyone, but we do know though that we need players and we need certain players to make us better, regardless of who we've got now, there are positions there where we look at it and go, you know what, we need bannies and something like that. You remember when Cumin come in though, he got stuck on Berg, didn't he? There was nothing for a few weeks and then it was gone and it kicked off, didn't it? And that was the same kind of thing he was coming in, assessing what have we got. But you're right, you know, we know that we need a left-back flag and say, that's what we know, you know, I love Leighton Baines and I still feel as though Leighton Baines has got a lot to offer us, but we do need another one while we wait for Anthony Robinson probably to progress a little bit, so therefore for me, the care and say anything, I would like Evan to tie up, you know, there will be games and shape it, transfer negotiations and unless you're prepared to just go £40 million, you're alright. Right, but at what point do we, at what point do we start looking at value of players because I don't think we did last year. Well, we didn't and I think the big, I think Marcel Brands has reamed it, so to speak, is to get more bang for our book, so to speak, and to come in and go, you want us to run as a viable business, you want me to develop this club so that we spend them well. I don't know whether that means that you, after when you're negotiating with teams say, listen, we're not prepared to pay more than that. If you want more than that, then we look elsewhere. I don't want to hear that as a fan because care and say anything for argument's sake is someone who I think would really do well at everything with a good opportunity, you know, good sell on value if you want to look at it like you're done like that, but first and foremost, he looks the perfect replacement for Leighton Baines. I think he'd do well, I think he'd enhance our team, whether that's to get more out of Baines or whatever, whether, you know, there's lots of things. So he, for me, would be one I would call a priority. But if Marcel Brands thinks, well, he's, they're asking for 30 million, so there's a chairman left back there for 25 years, 18 million, and I've got Anthony Robinson, who Marco Silvers looked at and gone, he looks all like this kid. Maybe it's not worth paying 30 million for Caden Taney if you don't know whether he can do it in the Premier League. I don't know, maybe they look and go, well, you know what, Danny Roses, 40 million, he's an international for England. So there will be that. And I think, to be honest with you, Pet, that's the way our club has to go because let's look past an open checkbook and look at how we sustain ourselves, how we look and go. Right. Yes, we want money every year. Farad Mishie, he was spoken January and said, well, he'll never be a problem and I may buy what we want. And as far as we're aware, transfer fees for players aren't a problem. But people are starting to get worried about that, don't they? You know, I've seen comments again. I know it's only social media, but I don't like seeing it only social media. That's where you've seen. They are the opinions of Everton fans and people are starting to now fall into the same, you know, we haven't got any money. Is the stadium taking all our money? You know, it's all, there's no, there's been no more, there's no more news on the stadium. What's going on? You know, and it's all, it all just plays into this paranoia that as Evertonians, we seem to thrive in, I think, this paranoia, paranoia of, because no one's fill in the space. Yeah, this paranoia of what's going on, where's the money gone? We're getting blood dry, blah, blah, blah. You know, and I, this and I fully understand that. I fully, fully understand that. What are we getting blood dry from? We have massive debts that we don't have. No, I know, we're going after the stadium that we had no chance. People would say the players that have gone out the door, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on. The transfer, the wage bill, as compared to spares is ridiculous. Oh, no, and we don't perform anywhere nearer as well. So at some stage, someone's got to get a grip at that and go, do you want me to shut your club out? Because that's why brands are here, right? I don't believe and it might just be me, But what I've heard and what I've read and other things like that, and my own common sense doesn't make me think that Marcel Brands, in his job at PSV, tearing it up, progressing well, champions three times out of four the last four years, really developed that club, loved it there, big vent to get him out of there, difficult to get him out of there, it took us two years to get him out of there. I don't believe he walks out of that job into a club that hasn't really got any money to spend, that doesn't really... Well, he's not an auditor, is he? You know what I mean? No, but... That's what I'm saying. He didn't come in to... No. To balance the bit. Oh, because he came in to do a job? To do a job, so he's not going to leave one job. That's... You don't leave a job, or you shouldn't leave a job on the premise of, well, this is what's happening, this is what's happening in this other job, without you doing some homework and going, what am I guaranteed though, and that, it took him two years to do that, okay? So, he's not going to do that, and why would Marco Silva wait and wait and wait and wait for evidence if it was to come in to go, yeah, you've actually got to... We don't have money. We've got these big dreams where we haven't got money when he was offered all kinds of jobs. So, they've come in, know them, they've full well what the picture is. I choose to believe that the negotiating at the moment with a few players, which is what we're led to believe, all of those things could, the stars could all align on the same day, and we could go bang, bang, bang on that day in the streaming science. But it would be nice, wouldn't it, to have, because, I mean, one of the fears of this summer is, of course, is that it's a short and transfer window, you know, the season starts a little bit earlier, it's a short and transfer window, because it shuts the night before the season kicks off. So there's all that as well, you want to play as in for pre-season, that's almost like the golden rule. Going back to what you said about Cooman and his face summer, that didn't work, you know, those players didn't work. I'm not, sorry. No, no, yeah, I know. I wasn't saying, just to fight, I was just saying, we've seen this a couple of years ago with Cooman. It didn't work though, because we brought in players, although we did last summer certainly. But we brought in players that summer that we paid well over the odds for, and, you know, a different level. I'm sitting in this one. Yeah. But you want to get players in, you want to get them integrated, you want to shut, especially with a new manager, with a new style of play. But if you're buying players, you play that style of play. Yeah, it doesn't really matter, does it? No, but if you're buying players, you don't know the other style of play. It doesn't really matter, does it? Yeah. So, I'm not sitting here going, listen, everything's great. No, no, you know, I am the same. I'm kind of going, I just need one, I just need one to just settle any little lingering worries, because listen, I defy anyone, any evertonian, to not have a little bit of like, oh, come on, let's get, let's, let's start. Because we all will be like that, because you'd always want new players. OK, we might need eight. Yeah, of course we might need. But I think if you get one in, you kind of look and go. And I think if that happens to be care and say any, I think a lot of everton fans would go, that's the exact type of sign and we need this regime. No, I think it will be because if you look at. You look at the balance of the team, this let's not forget, we bought Towson and we bought Walcott in January. Yeah, and then you play it. They made a good impact. So the day they, you know, got sick of them to come back. Yeah, he's just too busy showing off his wonderful body. He's hanging around with wild boars and things like that last night, didn't he? Congratulations, Guilfee, I know you're watching. Of course. So we've got those players. Now you've got Luchman, for now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For now? He's under contract. Yeah. I'll see. That's why she left for now. No, no. So it is about, but it's about showing off those other positions, isn't it? It is about showing off those other positions. We've got obviously Seamus from the beginning of the season, which is a big thing as well. But it's about getting those other positions about. We've got a good left back. What are you for? I think it's for we need and I think it's for for the team. I think it's quality. I think it's quality and if we bring 304 in a left back, a centre back and a centre midfielder, I think they can. What about the trap end? Yeah, I think, I think we need something, but I don't think it's as agent as those positions and I don't think we'll get the quality to trap end. Simple as that. I think it's on him. I don't think so. But again. I don't think it's on him. I just don't think we... But again, even with him, I like the look of him and all that. He's a flip of a coin, isn't he? Because Adam all of Luchman might be miles, might be miles better than him in that situation. I don't think we're going to get that on him. I just don't say it. I just don't say it. Yeah. But we might. Yeah. I just don't say it. So it's fine by me, isn't it? I think the priority is those three players or certainly a left back and a centre midfielder. And then that leaves you, you know, centre back. If actually Williams is out the door and Funes Molly's gone already, then you need another centre back. You need another centre back. A centre forward. Yes. But with Toten and Neas. And Calvin Lewin. And Calvin Lewin. What you're saying is if you're going to... The need is a massive need. What you're saying is if you're buying one, you're buying top end. And if you're buying top end, then you're buying that first. I would have thought. Okay. Because it isn't a bottomless pot of money. It isn't. No, no. It isn't. We know that. So you're paying wages, you're paying top money for the top... Yeah, yeah. You know... And I'm very... I really believe that Jank will... Will it... 20... Between 15 and 20 goals... I'm hoping I mean... I think we'll better serve us. I think he will. I think we've seen... I think even we've seen when he went to take the take. The game's end of the season. Sharp. You know, he's sharp, scoring goals. Ball put in front of him. Different type of goals. Finisher. It's about using... And Dominic Alville. I mean, for all we know, Dominic Alville might... Well, he probably will. Every year he's gone up a level, hasn't he? So if he goes up another level and just adds a little bit of finishing to his game... He's a kid who just needs to finish. Exactly. He can start scoring. You've got a hell of a player on your hand. So I understand what you're saying. I'd like another centre forward, but I'd only like one. Who's going to be a difference breaker? I don't want a stockpile one, but I think definitely left-back, centre-back, centre-mid. And I feel as though we need another wide player. I think you're right about Taney. I think Taney would set it off in the right tone. I think he would set it off if we... It's a regime thing as well, a new regime. Yeah. That's what it is. But it's set off in a different way. It's saying, yeah, we're going after young hungry players that all the top teams are looking at as well, and that's what we're going for. It's a... I think it's a... I think it's a... It's a difficult area at the moment to interface everywhere, because I think, of course, you've got your powerhouses that are going to... you know, hoover up all the top talents. Of course, they are the best of the best. I think it... I think though... things have changed in other teams. Now, I see the likes of Fulham. I see the likes of Wolves. And where it's before, we may have said, ah, they won't get it. If we go in for a player, and they go in for a player, we'll get them. I don't think that's too anymore. And I think that's because we're starting to see the emergence, and this obviously starts... this was at Wolves last season. It's happened before at other clubs. Now, they did it for a while. Agents are aligning with clubs, and they're saying, they're looking at players, and they're saying, go there for a year. Prove yourself. You know, sign a nice big contract. You'll be the best looked after player at this club. And within a year or two, you will move you to one of the big clubs, you know. Well, aren't we supposed to be doing that? Well, we are. But that's not the point. The point is, if everyone's doing it, then it makes the playing feel very different. So I think that's going to start happening a lot. I think a lot of players are going to go, you're going to be shocked by transfers happening. I think it's going to start happening more and more, because why wouldn't you put a player somewhere that you know is controlled in the right way because you're having a big stake in it, and you're surrounded by people that you know you're comfortable with. I mean, Wolves, it's worked really well. You know, and that'll be as long as that agent works with that club, there'll be a conveyor belt. They know they'll lose those players, the bigger teams. But that's fine as long as the next one's coming on and the next one's coming on. And they're getting the turn over. And they're getting the turn over. And it's suited everybody. It absolutely will suit everybody. But I don't think that helps us. That's fine. And it'll help them. It'll be good for the big clubs. Big clubs will not go. You played in the Premier League last season. Thank you very much. I'll take in. Thank you. But for us, we fall in the middle. What do we do at the moment? We've got to try and build to that next level. Well, of course. But at the moment, at the moment, Gary. At the moment. You're right, yeah. It can be a little bit of, you know, shark-infested waters at times. We're going for plays. But I think if we could just get this tainty thing done. Or an old tainty. I think that is the area. If we can go and get tainty, or rows, or pattern hard, or hector from Germany, then that kind of sends out the right message. Listen, as long as they know who they're going after, and they're working on the deal, and it's not just like, you know, one, two, three, four, five, then that's fine. But because it is, that's the time of the year. And it's the start of a regime. You don't show over there. That's all it is. Whereas you're absolutely right. We've got Walcott and Towson, and only in January. And we shouldn't go, well, yeah. But they will ask you to forget that now, because there's two big signings. They are Walcott. I said this to you yesterday off the camera. Probably our biggest signing for a while. It kind of, people just went, oh, yeah, Walcott's coming. But if you actually stop and go, play for Arsenal forever, and play in Champions League, the squad, winners and football fans. Big season for them. You know, big, easy name. You know, still get back in that England squad, because I think he's off for something. You know, he's got a big season ahead, and I think he could be great forever. He's fit, lad. He's quick, strong, dynamic, and I'm playing with the right manager. I think this time next week... Yeah, if we're still scratching it. No, but I think this time next week, with a couple of games, you know, under our belt, you know, next week, when we've had a few games under our belt and everyone's backing it, and they see the team play and stuff, and maybe there's a few names circling, or we've already got one. I think the world could be a much different place. It's just that the minute. But it's just that the minute, it's slow and you're waiting, and you know, off of some people, and I used to be the same. Every day it's almost like looking at your phone, looking at your phone, looking at your phone, or day, because you just want something to happen. I'm just saying it's sweet. I'm going out for my lunch or something, and let me know if there's any of that news. And it's almost like you see the... What do you expect? See all the teams ramping up, and you start getting a bit worried, because you're thinking, well, they buy him, and they buy him, and that's us dropping, and that's us in another place, and then that's a... And obviously with what happened last season... No, I know, but with what happened last season, and everyone's a little bit like... Yeah, yeah. We were all in the mindset a couple of years ago, that was like, yeah, we're top seven. Doesn't matter. We're only going one way, even if we... And that might be the case still, but we don't know, do we? No. We're not going to know until we start doing it. Yeah, it would be nice to get one in. It would be nice, maybe, if Mr Silver and Mr Brand sat down with someone at Everton and did a little chat, not... Just an update. Just an update on how everything's going. But just say we've got our targets. Well, that's all you need. I say fill and spit. A little update on the stadium. Be nice soon. Just... Rest a few, you know, rest a few fears that people have about the whole thing, because it's been quiet for a while. I think, as I say, it's all about just filling the... Don't ever say that. Don't ever say that, Baz, because someone will hold you to that. It's not down to me. I'm saying that's when they need to do it. You said it. I'm saying... Because we're going into the start of the season, then. So what that does, then it catches that first day enthusiasm. It's like we're moving forward. So they've got... I know we know they've got a couple of weeks to get the announcement ready. To update us all and say, even if they just said, it's still all going the way it is, and we're waiting for the next stage of the process. At least we know, don't we? Are you worried? I was going to say, ring this number. Don't ring that number. There's no ring number. There's the case. There's no number. 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