 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the match preview, Fulham vs Everton, which is slucking a bit of a tricky one, I mean Fulham is always a tricky one, going to London is always a tricky one for Everton, but Fulham are doing really really well this season and your old mate, Marko, you've got that little bit of worry if having heard about Marko. I do like Marko, I like him, I think he's a little bit unlucky towards the end of his Everton. I'm not saying he shouldn't have, he shouldn't have racked him and he did what I think he was. He made a couple of bad choices, particularly the assistant manager, and it unraveled very quickly for him, but I thought he wanted to do well with Everton and thought he had good ideas, it was just, we saw in that second half of his first season, when he got what he liked, the format he liked, we were really good and then Garner left in the summer and we didn't really, we didn't replace him. And it just didn't work out for him. No, you're quite like him. No, you are absolutely right, I think he missed an opportunity in that summer, I think too. And not his fault as such, he wanted to strengthen the team and the timing of Garner leaving with the African nations and stuff, I think if that had been sorted out a hell of a lot earlier and we'd maybe have got Gabbaman in earlier. And I do think also when he got Gabbaman, he should never have played at Palace and he should never have played at Wathers. It was too much like I've got this new toy, I should play with it. Again, just play Tom Davis. And I think that sort of, there was a rush in the second season to get the players in and people like Fabian Delph. I just don't think that was a particularly good summer. He lost his assistant manager, he was a really experienced fella, brought in Lewis Bowman, I'll tell you. I just don't think at that time was ready to be the evident assistant. I still think Marcus Silver need a day, a guiding hand, some experience next to him. And I think when things got tougher, I don't think he quite handled them. Some of the performances, I mean obviously Norwich home when we lost 2-0, that was literally the day he got sacked. But obviously we had 2 tough games coming up then we would have less than Liverpool. No one really wanted it so. But it is what it is. Listen, he's laying from it. He's gone away, he's took the full on job. Great fair season in the championship getting them up and they've been brilliant this season haven't they? Yeah, they have, they've been excellent. I scored a lot of goals, can see that a lot of goals. I think it's 22 and 22. So they're averaging over 2 goals a game at home so they're entertaining. They had a great win at Leeds last week, 3-2. Alexander Mitrovich, he doesn't normally score in the Premier League, he's took last season's form into this one and he's flying so they're doing very well. It is a very, very tough game. Our record of Fulham isn't amazing. We won last time we were there of course during Covid, we won 3-2. But our record in London is generally a bit fuller. I mean we probably had something like, I don't know maybe 2-3 wins there in the last 15 visits or something like that and a lot of them have been defeated. So it is a difficult game and but a game where you're going to get chances as well just by the way they play. What do you put that, the Fulham sort of run to do you think? I remember when Wolves came up and they were very much a Premier League team playing in the championship. I think there's an element of that. A lot of the team that went down stayed together. Then he's added a few little bits. They were very, very good last season. I think it's just that consistency going from a team that was alright. I mean when they were in the Premier League last it was obviously the Covid season wasn't it? So it was a very strange season. They had a little bit of fighting but it peated out towards the airman Scott Parker. But obviously last season done very well and obviously you mentioned Mitterwitch. He's carried that form through into the Premier League as well. I think that's what it is, just that level of consistency and confidence isn't it? Winning, doing well, winning. Keep most of the same team together. Just keep taking. Something not in the forest might have done well. I know forests that did lose half a day a team because they were low on players but I think Fulham, last time he came up, he come up and spent £138 million or something. He just didn't work out to players. There were too many players. The lad who got them up weren't really given a chance and he went down with a bit of a whimper. In fact it was only when Scott Parker took over right at the end that he put a little bit of a go together in the past. And then the next time he come up and obviously the last time we beat them it was a bit similar. There was play they got like lofters cheek on loan and so the last two attention in the Premier League. It hasn't been perfect for them but this time I think they've learned a lot and I think like you said they were excellent last season and a meter bit of 47 goals was it or something so he's confident coming into the season. And then Silver has just started it and people like Anthony Robinson who was at Everton you know who's done all right for them. They've got listen the good side it's a tough place to go because just it's a tight ground and all that. I mean like I said the scoring a lot of goals play with a lot of freedom. It's funny though because you mentioned that like they're not the last time they were up the time before. The last time they were up we beat them 3-2 didn't we. We started bringing in that game and then they beat us a goal. Wasn't the first time they beat us a goal. But then we hung on and got it. But the time before that we went and we got beat 2-0. I think Gomes got sent off. That was a classic example of where we were sort of under Michael Silver. That was towards the end of the season when we were flying our own and we go down there. I think we got beat 2-0. I think Dom had a great chance in the first half but I think that was a classic example of where we were that season. We went at home, went to like to Fulhamwood or had been relegated to get beat 2-0. I think we went to Palace and drew 0-0. We could have snatched 7th place. And again it was those away trips. The two trips to London towards the end of the season. That was a clear demonstration of where we were under Michael Silver. Great at home but just couldn't get it right away. I think we should obviously learn from that. But this is a tough game and you're meant to admit of it today. Let's just have a look at his numbers for the season. As you can see there are 9 goals already. 4.2 shots per game is fantastic after 11 games. A couple of penalties and stuff in there. Having a player like that, we've looked at some players this season. I don't remember anyone being anywhere near 4 shots per game or 4.2 shots per game. That just shows you this lad will have a goal, will have an attempt. He's trying his luck and he's getting the luck. Maybe it's not luck, it's just the fact that he's been lethal in front of the goal. He's been doing that for his country as well. Obviously for him confidence is flying. And they know that they've got a fella there who's going to put the ball in the back of the net. More times than not because he's having lots of attempts. It's dead the target. Your ratio goes up obviously, I think that. We had Harry Kane on Europe. We had Harry Kane, we looked at Europe weekend. He was at like 2.5 shots per game or something like that. 4.5 shots per game. If you're hitting the target, the chances are they're going to go in. Start when you score on goals, you get on that run and you believe that everyone can go in. The goal is huge to you and all that. I think he missed a couple of games. He only returned last week. I think he missed the ones before me. He didn't win because he just simply knocked it. I think he went off injured against Newcastle when he got beat. I think he missed the next one. I think he missed the next one. He's lost his lead last week in scores obviously. We are going to have to be wary of him. He's a powerful player. Obviously, good movement in the box. Try to stop the supply term I guess. You know, everything should hit that. Some of that gets shots away and just boost your numbers. We saw it at the weekend. We had 6 shots on target and 3 of them going. We went again 3-0 as opposed to the previous two games. The previous three games where we only managed one shot on target. That was Alex Oobish's goal against United. It's just that thing. Hit the target and see what happens. That's what he's done. He scored some really good goals this week. He's been really good. As you mentioned, he scored goals without him. Other players are chipping in. It's not just a one-man show. They have scored goals. Let's have a look at the team that beat Leeds 3-2 last week. Obviously, Pereire. He's come in. Willian. Obviously, he's come in. Give them some experience. He scored last week, didn't he? Yeah, you've got Dyson Robinson. Obviously, former Everton. He loves to bomb on. He's gone in at right back. He loves to bomb on as well. Leeds doing well. I'm massively surprised to him. He's still in there. I genuinely thought he was one of the poorest players I've seen in the Premier League. Going up, going down, coming back up, he's obviously laid a lot of those players of length. As you mentioned before saying about the money that he spent the last time. Some of those players have settled down and now established themselves and others have gone and stuff. Those players have settled down. It does take time. It's not something that can happen overnight and they're getting the benefits of it. They do have goals in the team, but they also can see goals as well. Zero they're on as in terms of goal difference. For all the goals they can see, they do concede as well. That's where we can look at this and think, we can score goals in this game. That's got to be what Everton are looking at. As much as we're going to have to be tighter at the back and try to stop the supply to Mitrovich and people like that, you know that you're going to get chances against them. They're very open. We were quite similar there. You're attacking so much one way. The courts of set plays or courts of just simply being open and that's what has proven so far this season. That's got to be what Frank Lampard looks at. How can we get goals, what are their weaknesses, can we exploit them, but at the same time you've got to be wary that they do carry a real threat at the other end. There seems to be a lot of pace going forward for these. Looking at a couple of the goals they scored against Leeds, obviously the first one was from a set piece, but I think the second and the third were for players in the midfield running at the Leeds defence and the Leeds defence being very, very static. I'm not saying I'm not worried, but obviously the crosses and stuff, I think we've got the right people in our defence to deal with that. I suppose it is the running at them. Sheamus Coleman was brilliant last week, but I've gotten on a little bit. People picking the ball up and running at them. Especially when they go inside, outside I was fan to them, it's when they go inside. Michael Encoe as well, he's another one where sometimes he gets caught on his heels a little bit. It's about getting the positioning right for the players that are running at, obviously. You don't want those two centre backs exposed pace-wise. No, but Mithravit isn't going to run here as he's not exactly quick, but it is, it's people running from midfield particularly the way we played last week with a double pivot as they call it, the two number sixers. Their job will be to track those runners from midfield. Michael Encoe might be up against William who's full of tricks. If you get them on a good day, you can be really influential other days. He's awful, isn't he? That's what Chelsea found at times where they were an Arsenal shirt and they found it. He's not on it at the weekend. Let's talk about our team that beat Crystal Palace 3-0. Do you envision any changes? Obviously there is talk of Patterson coming back, but do you think that he will go with that again? Obviously a good win against Crystal Palace 3-0. The way the shape from last week I think was a lot better. I think we got a lot more out of Anthony Gordon who has scored a couple of goals away. Grey's always a danger, but having a wobie and having said onana and Guy, that's slightly... That isn't really how we lined up. That formation isn't really how we lined up last week, Ned. To be fair, we had two number sixers, but onana and Guy are breaking up with his tackles trying to nick the ball away, get into a wobie. I can see us going with that again, to be honest. I think you're looking at it. Patterson will make sense if he was fit, just because particularly away from home you don't have as much of the ball as what you do at home until therefore you need people when you're breaking to be able to be able to ride up and down. Patterson's done very well for us. Call them and won't do that. Patterson was available I don't know whether anyone whether Frank Llandpark is standing in front of anyone and say I'm leaving you off this week because you didn't. For me, I think put the sentimental part to the side and shame us they'd have a great game last week but they always had a good game against the hard. If the manager came out and said Patterson is 100% fit then I'd put him into the team forget the emotional part of the game if there is that 50-50 I just wonder whether he'll give me another week and maybe bring him back for the less the game. The home game isn't it so we'll expect to be on the front foot there. If he's fit in any place it's as simple as that he's the number one now and I think shame us understands that as good as he was last week but I think for everybody else how could you put an old white McNeill co on so you're really going to take a game grey out when it's a game where you're expected to be on the counter attack and trying to attack at pace and McNeill played a Saltampton, he was a weak and scored the winner and he was left out a week later for Anthony Gordon so I think I think it'll be the same team if Patterson isn't fully fit. Ultimately the game against Palace the team against Palace they said the marker because that's the best performance Anthony Gordon said after the game that's the best he played I think most people with a grey so I don't think you can really look to make changes but as I said the shame is common one if Patterson was fit you would look at that and say for that take centreance out of it for actual tactical reasons and what Patterson adds to the team you would welcome him back but obviously Frank's got a decision because shame us did do well he'll go can I afford to give him another week and put him on the bench maybe get him some minutes later on in the game you know that kind of thing swapping over full backs isn't maybe swapping defenders when there's no need to isn't something that's necessary but I do think because Patterson offers you something a little bit different in the game that might be how he gets brought back into the side he has suck shame us off a few times United their own suck them off I think he took them off at spares as well suck them off in another game I don't think it's a case of I think United he put it right back because he knew we had to start getting forward so that could be the way it is at the weekend obviously we recorded this before he's done his press conference so we'll know more with that but the plan wasn't and Patterson did join in last week to train this weekend I guess if he gets three without any ill effects he'll certainly be in the 20 man squad and then it's up to Frank then whether he decides he's fitting or full whether it is a case of trying to get you 15, 20 minutes towards the end just to get you back in it absolutely there you go it's going to be a tough game but I tell you what if anything could win this one get us up to 16 points with those two games left before the break I mean make a massive, massive difference I think to shape the season obviously get closer to Fulham as well we don't want teams like Fulham getting away from us so take a draw I think with Everton's away record I think I probably would take a draw because Everton's away record it's true engine 20 because it is so bad I probably would but because it's so bad you probably would take a draw and because of the way Fulham are playing when your home games get draws away I think that's not a bad recipe but these three games I think coming up now are opportunities they're tough games Fulham are doing brilliantly fair play to Leicester just going to Walsham beating them 4-0 and Boomer for having a decent season so they're tough games I don't think there's any game on the front there isn't I think that's the one thing I think the last time we played Fulham when we played them I think everyone thought Fulham was an absolute shooing well away because we went tune up really early and then they got back into the game and we ended up winning the game 3-2 but I think that season a lot of people were like this is almost to give me they were so open Fulham that season they were so open and everyone thought it was even but I think this season I don't think there's anyone you go you'll get that whether it's respect or disrespect and you have knowledge where everyone thought you'll get a win there no matter what I mean we didn't but I think that's the way there's always a team maybe people have felt like that about Forrest in the last few weeks but Forrest didn't go and take Liverpool over and because of that break coming up and everyone's going to get an opportunity to get more time and get more training second half the season is going to be very, very strange I think especially with people getting plays back from the well cup as well it's important isn't it to get as many points on the board as we can at least so anyway let us know your thoughts in the comments do you fancy this one or are you a little bit worried and Fulham fans if you are watching let us know what's been the difference this season and what's Michael Dunty's to make you so good so far this season let us know in the comments make sure to give this video a like, subscribe if you haven't already if you want more great videos exclusive daily videos join us over on toffeeTV premiere the link is in the description the QR code will be on the screen in a moment see you later