 Welcome to Toffy TV, it's the Everton women's show I'm joined once again by Kira Nox, who has a... You've been going to all the games again haven't you? Me getting down to Walton O Park and this week you had to go to Marine, what was that like going to Marine? Oh it was good, I loved it. I thought the stadium was like, it's obviously Walton O Park's stadium and I love it there but I loved going there, I thought it was great. I mean even closer than Walton O Park, I loved it. Of course they've got a 4G pitch haven't they and that's why the game was on for the last continental cup game which we'll come on to in a little bit but it's been a while since you've been in for one reason and another but the last time we actually did the show we had Megan Finnegan in the studio and it was just before the Manchester City game and obviously we think the last time you were in it was just before the Manchester United game and I remember back now and I think we basically said on that video that one Manchester United player, we had to make sure one Manchester United player didn't score in this game and I think they scored, that's about four minutes didn't they? Yeah. What was the name of the player? Nikita Parris. There you go, Nikita Parris. Obviously you used to hear Everton as a kid score that about four minutes in that game but then Everton got beat by Manchester City 2-1. They went away, was there a way to home the Arsenal game? Away. Away, yep, they played Arsenal away. That's why she's here. Went to Arsenal and got beat as well. Three big games against three big teams and this is where Everton continues to struggle isn't it? Yeah. They were alright, they were in sixth place, they've got 12 points but whenever after playing those big games when they played against Chelsea as well they just can't get the better of these teams. We just seem to crumble under the pressure of knowing that they are bigger teams but we have got the ability to beat them or even get a draw like the Arsenal game. I'm going to put it out there that we were really poor, we were really poor but that last sort of ten minutes I was convinced we were going to get the equaliser because we were pressing and attacking constantly and I think that's what we're lacking, we'll go on the attack and then someone will panic and they'll go straight back and they'll be playing it out from the back then and that's where gaps appear and people are trying to get through them. I remember the last time you were in and we were previewing the Manchester United game and you actually shared on that video the playing out too much from the back and I watched the Manchester United game and I got caught two or three times in that game trying to play it out from the back and a couple of goals led from that. Now do you think against these bigger teams it's just a case of these teams are just better football teams and we are picking up the points against other sides so therefore it's right to continue in this vein is the gap just so big again for these teams that it doesn't really matter how you play against them the quality is just too much? We're allowing the gap to get bigger it shouldn't be but we're allowing it the top four teams Chelsea Arsenal and Manchester United we're as good as them if we have the ability it's just we need to bring out the best in our players and I don't think at the moment we're doing that maybe we did in the Tottenham game which obviously we won 3-0 but I think it's just been the struggle for us this season but we have to remember where we were last season and how much further we've come from that. Is that something we can take away from it is that under Brian Sorenson this season the picking up the points against the teams that they should be picking up against whereas last season under two or three managers they were getting beat in these games these top sides but we're also losing to all that average or teams around them therefore being caught in the situation is that maybe the positive we need to take away from what we've seen so far? That is the positive we can take from it that we are picking up the three points that we need from teams that we can beat but like the city game it ended 2-1 to City and we well should have been 2-2 Deffo should have been and even we could have won that because it was a really poor city side that we faced so in a way yeah it is a positive we can take but sometimes it's like you really could have easily beaten that team and you haven't Is it just a case of getting one of those wins because this seems a very familiar story for me whether it be men, women but seeing it from the women side following it from what I'm doing seeing some performance is that you're right what you said before it does seem to be that gap where it was last season I know they came into the season and they brought lots of new players and they played first game against Manchester City at Godderson and I remember it being almost build as a game where it was like Manchester City you've got all these amazing players but haven't have gone out and they're looking to match them and they got destroyed it wasn't even close it wasn't it was at such a poor game and everything on the day looked so out of it looked like they were out of the league and they were playing at Godderson Park and it felt like this is I was going to say men against boys then but it's girls against women on the day and I don't know it just seems like they haven't moved away from that they just can't like you just said almost like they bottle it every time and that's not a nice accusation to throw around by the way and I'm not necessarily saying that but when you watch them they're trying to almost match them to do what they do and it just doesn't quite work and maybe until they do get that first win and they do get the confidence and then they go do you know what we can be these teams that maybe it won't be broken till then yeah that's exactly what I was thinking like if we win a big game maybe it gets Arsenal maybe Arsenal at home I can't remember off the top of my head when that is but like if we won that that would give us the confidence then go forward and say yeah we've beat Arsenal we can beat every like we can at least have a good go trying to beat Chelsea to A United but we're lacking in that that final third and the finishing quality that we have do you think that's all it is do you think that maybe it is we're going to talk about the transfer window a little bit but do you think that maybe that's all it is as well is that at the where it really matters goal scoring end of the pitch they just seem to be struggling and that is the difference in those games it's part of it I think obviously we need to start playing players in the position that they should be playing in like Karen Hall and Gad Sheet has played on the wing midfield in defence in the past like four games and I think a cat do you know what off the top of my head genuinely can't remember what position is but I think she's a midfielder she's playing that many different positions but she is really good but obviously when she played in defence against Durham she struggled so we need to be playing is that a squad thing then is that due to injuries and maybe almost where the women's game is at the moment that Evan can't Evan tried to have this big squad last season he tried to have this big squad of players from all over the place bringing in players from Europe and everything and maybe the budget was slightly better bigger last season sponsors and different things you think that maybe that is just the way it is this season and maybe this is something that wouldn't be necessarily tolerated in the men's game but at the moment with everything going on finances and everything it's just the case of all hands on deck and if we haven't got a left back and you're left footed you're going to have to play left back and that's just part of it at the moment I think this season we've been very lucky in the fact that we haven't had severely long term injuries things across nothing else happens but we haven't had that I know Gio when she was brought in she had a problem with the hips and couldn't play for too long that's why she's been like in the final 20 minutes that's when she was substituted on and she's started a few more games now and she's obviously coming back from that and then we had Nico Sorenson come back after 435 days after a ACL injury so we have got the players but it's just a case of you know maybe trying to fill in the gaps that we need in the transfer window well yeah and we will come on to the transfer window but during the period as well I've also gone out of the continental cup there was defeats but we actually went to Sheffield and I didn't beat them 3-0 really good win unfortunately they got beat 4-2 at home to Manchester United which basically eliminated them wasn't it because from the group only one team go through and that was Aston Villa and that led to the weekend when they played Durham which Evan were already out so therefore played a few squad players and gave a few people a debut but last weekend that's Wednesday wasn't it I think Evan went to Spares which was the rearrange game that had been cancelled a few weeks before all pink hip by the way which look brilliant the women's team made the kits look boss all yellow, all pink, all blue I love it, I want that for the men's team but the mollish Spares didn't he tune it up Spares had a player sent off light on and then Geo got her first goal light on as well to make it 3-0 had 8 shots on target during the game absolutely battered Spares so from watching that game what could you see what's the difference was it just quality Evan were better than Spares or could you see something a little bit more just because it wasn't one of those top sides first off I just want to say I've never been so happy for a game being cancelled in my life but to have that rearranged game and then to get them 3 points was massive again attacking pressure we had loads of it and we just went straight through the defence everyone was running forward and even defending we were incredible defending Emily Ramsey was in goal this so far this season I hope we get to keep her because she is on loan from Man United I just thought we were phenomenal that game and had a blessing by the way in that game was just amazing the early lead through you're going to have to get this pronunciation catcher schnoish scored early on then chess parks and then Geo got a goal and it was good that in terms of finishing the league for the year because the next game isn't now till January 15 but to finish the league this half of the season in such good style I think it was the only game that night as well wasn't it it was the last game in the US it was the last game so to go and win it would give them loads and loads of confidence I know they got beat on saty but that was a dead rub but it didn't really mean anything but to win that game and to do it in the Manady day it's really really good for confidence going into this little break yeah it really is and hopefully now we know we've beat Spurs and Spurs are a top team they've got in my opinion they're a better team than ours we've got the same ability like the players they have but I really didn't think we were going to win that game and I know that sounds really negative of me but I genuinely thought we weren't going to win it and to get them free points was massive for us and we've also gone above Aston Villa we've done really well this season and above Tottenham well the game itself I think Everton and Tottenham were on 9 points were both on minus 3 goals as well so to win 3-0 get 3 points between them get the goal difference I think Everton have scored 10 and conceded 10 now and it's only to those top sides that the damage is really being done Everton I've got a great opportunity second half this season to kick on but before we move on Sarah Halpin was talking to the Everton women's manager Brian Sorenson about that win I'm joined by Brian Sorenson after that thoroughly enjoyable performance Brian how are you feeling after that 3-0 winners? That was nice, really nice also just all the circumstance around it that going here we know this game is on it's not on it wasn't a prettiest game but we did a really good solid performance in 90 minutes and 3 wonderful goals so it was good There's so many positives to take from it I think scoring so early in the game always gives you a massive boost for Nico to get the assist and get a first start for so so long Katja to score a first league goal for the club it's brilliant isn't it? We've been talking about it for a long time but with Katja also I have the patience, she's in there she's doing the job she had to go out with an injury that's why she came out so early but I think she was phenomenal when she played her pressure all the time she's there and she's in the box in the dangerous area and Nico we know what she can bring so yeah, really nice It's great and the second goal of course comes from keeping that press on high Jess does really well, a little bit of a mistake from the keeper but Jess is on the score sheet again substitute Geo comes on great touch and what a finish there at the end to round off a thoroughly deserved 3-0 victory Yeah, yeah, it was nice everything clicked and I think the soft one they came in they did good so yeah, just a really nice day on the office It was brilliant and players such as Aurora Garly, Hannah Benison, Gabby George you know every player I think was fantastic and as you said the substitutes so the whole team squad performance was great, do you think the girls will be feeling full of confidence to end before Christmas now this was our last league game it's great to get those three points on the board Yeah it was, I think it puts us in a good position now we have one game in hand Brighton we need to whenever that is getting rescheduled and then the January schedule looks good for us like teams that are around us so if we can keep doing this it's going in the right direction It is I think game by game you can see that improvement there and as you mentioned before whether or not this game was going to go ahead we've had some freak weather recently we had this game postponed once before was it hard to keep focus on the game not knowing whether it was going to go ahead or not No I think the girls have been good they've been focused a bit looking sharp at training even the day before where we probably knew that Brighton was going to be off due to the frozen weather they were focused in the matchday minus one we came in Monday and Tuesday leading up to this game I think it was just nice It's brilliant and I think exceptional work by you and the team to come here and get that result today and another clean sheet so we're firing on all cylinders Yeah it was good three good goals and Emily was again terrific in the goal So there you go, he's obviously very very happy with the win but he has recently said that Everton aren't going to go into the transfer window now maybe that's just the consequences of the budget if the way to go or the way to strengthen if they could, where would you like to see them strengthen? I mean we've brought in Catrice Noys who has now scored a couple goals and I'm hoping that's going to build her confidence and now she's scored in the WSL she's scored in the Conti Cup at least now she's got that behind her that should push her forward and make her progress more but obviously Tony's ovens out and it'd be great to get some experienced striker that maybe we brought in someone on loan just for the rest of the season so Catrice Noys has got that someone there that she can work with I think that might be better Yeah you always need strikers at the end of the day putting the ball in the back of the net it's the most important thing and I think as we've both mentioned you really need that the games against City Arsenal Manchester United etc they're the games where you need that that little bit extra and it does seem that don't quite have it there at the moment but they're the hardest it doesn't matter whether it's a women's game or men's game they're the hardest people to find but maybe with those couple of goals you know haven't now have a striker who for the second half of the season he can work with it does seem to be a small tight-knit group who are working for each other and hopefully I know there's four teams those four teams but at least now they've all been played you've got to play them again but if Everton can concentrate on those other teams as you've mentioned there the likes of Villa the likes of West Ham the likes of Liverpool again at home who've closed the gap a little bit on it and that might have been important to me but hopefully in the second half of the season we can see them have the confidence to kick on against those kind of teams I really hope so like in January we've got Reading on the 15th and I think it's West Ham and obviously Liverpool's coming up and there are three games that we definitely need to win then that's going to put is it a really good place for the end of the season where we're going to end up and those are games we should win and that's it isn't it last season maybe some of the plays in the squad you know you've got to go through almost like a bit of a relegation battle you don't want to go through that again so if you can get early wins and go we don't have to worry about that now we're just looking up I think that'd be a massive confidence booster but again it's that thing of other teams strengthening around Everton and Everton don't it'll be interesting to see but we are coming to the end of the year Everton have obviously played their last game now so just in terms of your star player for 2022 who would that be I'm going to go with Jess Park she's been phenomenal for us four goals now since she's come in and on loan for all of us she's just incredible, she creates chances she scores the goals it's just someone you really need in your team she's been great she obviously made it, she played for England she scored for England as well she's won I suppose Everton fans have to just treasure for the time they've got because obviously she's on loan and she's done that well she's probably likely to go back isn't she, and play for the next season she on loan for Manchester City isn't she so they'll probably take her back but yeah she is probably one you just have to watch and enjoy why we've got it yeah she is incredible I hope she does as well as she did here is there someone is there someone second that you'd say who is an Everton player that you've got? I'm going to go with Hannah Benison she hasn't had the best start to the season but she's progressed quite a lot and obviously she was incredible last season seeing her now especially against Tottenham I'm really hoping she's going to kick on now and be great for us this season the rest of the season yeah because she was one almost where by all the players and those players have now left and I think you know she's got her handfield in she and I think a lot of people were expecting her to start hitting the height and as you mentioned she's not quite done it numbers wise in terms of goals and assists but yeah she might be someone who comes on second half so she's a very promising individual but who's the one to look out for then in 2023, who's someone that if you haven't been watching Everton women and want to get down I think who's going to be the big star going forward I'm going to go with two I think I've got Aggie Beaver Jones who's obviously on loan from Chelsea and I think we might have a good chance of keeping her I'm hoping because obviously they've got Sam Curran which they're blessed with I'm hoping we're going to keep her she's been really good for us when she's come on obviously she's not played as much as Jess Park has but when she has come on we've seen the ability that she has and she's really good and I'm going to go with Megan Finnegan as well she's so underrated she's an incredible defender and I just think obviously she doesn't get many goals but she is one of those players that you just you really need to look out for OK so if you want to get down and go and watch the Everton women's team what was quite funny is when when Megan was in I asked her about there being under 21's games at the Everton stage she was not happy about that at all she was not happy which I thought was brilliant but yeah it's going to be interesting because in that place as I said 12 points they've got a big a big sort of month of fixes that they should be winning so we have seen them beating the likes of Aston Villa and obviously beating Spares beating Liverpool beating the clubs around them and they come back on January 15 where they play Reading another team they should expect to beat so it is promising and again with Everton there is no video about why aren't we beating the top sides but there is definitely room for optimism things seem to be moving nicely with Brian Sollinson and Everton seems to be getting back to that position of maybe not quite one of the top top sides but just a nice consistent football team yeah I really hope we are we are getting there we just need to beat the teams around as like you said keep try to if we beat them then that gives us the confidence I just want our confidence levels to go up and then at least we got the thing then that yeah it is the top side that we are playing but we have got the ability that we can beat them hopefully with a run of fixes a few wins get that confidence start going into those big games with a little bit of confidence a few more games will out in the park again it doesn't mean somewhere that the fans are being able to go because they have obviously Covid and stuff so hopefully all things start pulling the right direction and do you know what even if it is just one even if it is just one of those games and I know the likes of city and I said there will be away games won't they and Chelsea are things in away games as well so I think the one you have actually got is Arsenal at home but you can get that confidence going it could be really good so and obviously all the games have been sold out as well so if you want more games at Wampmore Park then you are going to have to get yourself upright nearly to get those tickets when they are released so there you go big thank you to Keirah again for coming in to tell us all about the Everton women's game and the team moving forward so there you go and thank you for watching as well don't forget to give this video a like subscribe if you haven't already and if you want more great videos join us over on Toffy TV premiere