 Welcome to Toffy TV, it's the instant match reaction for Gench 1, Everton 1 over there in Belgium, the last pre-season friendly before the Europa League qualifier this week at Godduson Park. On Thursday quite a strong team name to go into this into this game, what looked like a possible starting lineup maybe for Thursday, maybe with a couple of changes here or there, Keewen Dahl got the nod to start and a bit of a quiet game, you know, from what we've seen in the last few weeks with obviously a couple of great goals we've seen. Sandro obviously got his first start as the Jordan Pickford, very little to do for Jordan Pickford really in the first half. Sandro, lots of running, lots of coming deep, lots of trying to join up into the playing midfield, it wasn't really clicking for the first part of the game for the first half an hour or so and then there was a noticeable change, maybe he started doing things a little bit different, maybe the player started to realise what he was all about, don't forget this was his first start, he's going to be in training this week and he seemed to get into the game in a lot more dangerous positions and the way he used the ball was a lot better as well and the way players used him was a lot better, that was a lot more noticeable about an hour or so into the game. The opposition looked quite good, they looked a little bit ahead of schedule in their pre-season, I think their league starts very very soon, don't forget I mean everyone's talking on Thursday but in terms of the Premier League you know there's still a few weeks to go and in terms of pre-season it's still July so you can't expect the players to be fully out of it even though there's a game this week so it was another step in stone, at times we looked all right and at times we looked a little bit off the pace and a little bit disjointed at times, David Classen you know, he's another one a little bit like Sand out, at times when he was in the game he looked really good, his movement looked really good trying to get in front of the centre forwards, he's joined the players really well and at other times he didn't really notice he was there and it's going to take time for Rooney, Classen, Sandro all to fit into this side and know what their jobs are so you know it's another step in stone to that. Obviously Yevon took the lead, late in the first half, Goodwick, Volvo, Keir and Dahl and Sandro made a great one down down the right wing, fantastic Ben Cross into the box and Wayne Rooney arrived at the far post just to stay there in first time to make it one there, it was a lovely goal and great signs to see what Sandro can give us and what Rooney will give us possibly off the left hand side or maybe maybe central at times, the work rate from Sandro was absolutely fantastic and it was a really nice goal and again for Wayne Rooney to score again that's really positive going into you know a big game on Thursday. I mean second half we came out, made a few changes, Stechlenberg came on for Pickford, a bit strange I don't know why Pickford only needs half a game but obviously to try and get him into things slowly because again this is only his first week, the same with Sandro he went off and the intensity dropped a little bit second half when Rooney went a little bit more central but it was noticeable that the intensity dropped off and that allowed I think Gencu as I said at a later stage of their pre-season to take up more control in the second half and it wasn't long before they got their equaliser, just a long ball into the box and Martino had come on for Hallgate, poor really poor defending you know basic defending I'm not so I'm not going to go overboard about it, he's only played again this was only he only joined the club last weekend and this is his first week of pre-season himself but poor, poor defending never really you know if you go for a header you're never really heading back into danger always look to header wide or out for a set piece but never back into the box and the striker took the opportunity and smashed it past Stechlenberg there's really not much he could do about it and then really they should have made it a second you know a good ball into the box a great diving header and Stechlenberg's come out with an absolutely world class save even though it was a pre-season game it was an absolutely world class to push the ball from absolutely point blank range onto the bar and the danger wasn't really over we still had to clear off the line and that you know that would have made it 2-1 and absolutely amazing save from Stechlenberg you know he gets his critics but at times you know he comes up with things like that that's why obviously I think the manager likes him likes having him at the club so fantastic save to keep it at 1-1 and then we've seen a raft of changes you know loads of subs for both sides off to changes, passage coming on at the left side of centre back again trying to overdo things the first thing he did was kick someone bring them down and he's dribbling out the back and yeah he's a lunatic he's not a centre half he's never going to be a centre half as far as I'm concerned but um he's funny to watch in these games but it does show for me that we need to go out there and buy another buy another left side of centre back and a top class one to be honest that lovers to go once you buy one that's going to go straight into the team that's going to be you know um straight into the side but you know again as I mentioned it's a pre-season game we had a couple of chances late on with Morales, Luckman they all had possible chances um to to maybe give us a goal but no no real clear cut chances which was slightly disappointing but again it is a pre-season game and as I say it's still July even though we've got a big game this week they'll step it up the professionals they'll step it up on Thursday night um but there are clear signs of what we need we need a little bit more pace in the side I think that's quite obvious especially in the wide areas and we need I know Luckman's there but he's still young we do need a bit more pace and that target man I think is still still quite evident that we need a target man whether it be Jured or or whoever we still need a target man to to take the pressure off um Sanjo can play off the right um Rooney can play off the left and then you can have a target man down the middle they still think we need that other option but you know as I've mentioned numerous times it's a pre-season game it's the last one before the big game on Thursday really Thursday you'd like to think that would be the better side and we can just with our quality alone we can run up a few goals and that'll be another hopefully you know it's a competitive game you hope that that'll help step up the fitness going into that second leg um where they'll be nearly you know ready you know you go back last year remember the pre-season game before we played the spares game we were hopeless and a week later we were we were right on it so those you know next week next days they'll switch their minds they'll switch to professional mode they'll all step it up they'll have been told today not to go mouth not to run the legs into the ground there was a hot day it's still pre-season so nice to see Wayne Rooney's score which is fantastic as I say and he also took the armband for our 10-15 minutes as well so that's interesting as well could that could that joke sign that maybe he could get it during the season let us know in the comments is there any other positions that you think we need players pushing other players you know John Joe Kenney should he be starting he didn't get a look in today should he be starting at the right Mason Hallgate he gets up so far and then he tends to just pass it inside I'd like to see a right back that plays like a right winger you know that's that's that's the modern day right back Bains does he need someone pushing him is the time he had someone pushing him for that position you know natural successor let us know in the comments thanks for watching toffee tv and I'll see you later