 Welcome to Toffy TV, it is three talking points Liverpool won Everton in the FA Cup on Amfield today, bitterly disappointing defeat for Everton, poor performance by the Blues beaten by a very youthful Liverpool side on Amfield and just not good enough, the take away from the game is quite simply not good enough from those players. First point you want to talk about is the mentality of our players, just not strong-willed enough, simply not strong-willed enough. Liverpool away is a tough game, when the draw was made it was one that you dread or certainly one that I dread, some people will have been happy with it because I've seen it too many times, the way we performed, the way we wilt at Amfield and then obviously you get the Liverpool team. I thought very clever by claw, you know, heaped the pressure right back onto Everton, Liverpool have had a lot of games lately, the modern like they're going to win the league and he's trying to keep his players fresh, they've obviously still got a champions league to negotiate as well, and he's just heaped all the pressure on Everton today, he went with obviously Adrian, he's played a few games in the league for them this season, he had James Milner in there, Adam Lalana, Joe Gomez, Divica Righi, so we had some good experience, Premier League experience in that team, he went with Minimino as well and you're shining, you know, and balanced that up with some young players like Harvey Elliott, and the lad who was man in a match and head and shoulders for me better than any player on the pitch case as John was in midfield, I thought he was brilliant, and there was a psychological thing that he put the pressure right onto Everton today, and we just were unable to handle it, we were unable to handle it, and you know players are bad off opportunities to score goals there in that first half, Mason Hullgate had it, it's shocking, three had different eight yards out, got to score, headed straight at Adrian, you know, for me it's your lesson, you should score the one that Adrian says you're free, that's a very, very presentable chance for the centre forward, seven yards out, you should score it, you know, Don has to do better in front of goal, just good opportunities, but it wasn't even that, you know, we got a hard time. We went in, we should have been disappointed to go in the middle, but we should have been saying in that session you get out there and let's get at them, and in the second half we didn't get needed and they controlled the game in the second half, and that is embarrassing, and that to me is a mentality thing, because even in Premier League games we would have a lot of possession or create opportunities, and we just didn't, and it's just not good enough, too many times Everton players have just haven't delivered when the pressure's on, and today was another one. And I just don't think you can, you can't have a mentality like that and succeed or anything, you can't, you've got to be strong, you look at Liverpool and their mentality, their face team, when they're behind, they know when they're beaten, and that's why they're up there, man city, Shimly, and unless they've got it at the moment, a mentality to keep going, to battle on, no matter what happens on ours, wilts very, very easily, so that's a big thing I think the manager has to sort out. Get some real strong characters into that side, I mean I'm reading Antelottis Bucher at the moment and he does talk about leaders, technical leaders and personality leaders, I don't think we've got either, at the moment I've really done, and we have to get a couple from somewhere that are going to come in and lead by example, and not shy away from big opportunities, and be able to go win a clans like Anfield, which is obviously difficult for us, but really disappointing to think. Second thing I want to talk about is probably one of the, let's say, Yeri Mina and Mason Hullgate, I'm going to talk about Mason Hullgate, probably for me the only two that can walk out with and say that they played okay, Jordan Pickford had a mixed afternoon kicking, messing their arm with things at times, other times he was okay, you know, I know Peds frustrated with them and I think has given them a bit of a kick, and I don't think I can blame him for the goal, it was in off the underside of a bar, but some of his kicking was erratic, but for me Hullgate, I thought probably was the steadiest of our players, him and Mina. I just think he's really stood up of Mason Hullgate, he's one of those, but it's a pity to be honest that Michael Keane isn't playing well at all at the moment because we could have done it Mason in midfield, he's mobile, he's a good competitor, he's good in the air, he's a decent passer of the ball, everything we need in the centre of the park because the two we've got in there are woeful. I'll talk about them in the field in a minute. So I thought he stuck to his task well today, you know, one or two rash clearances, but in general I thought overall he had quite, you know, he had a decent game. I didn't really give Diva Charygie much to go at, I think the only real opportunity he had picked for today, he was offside, it shouldn't have even been allowed, but you know that was the only real thing he did, so I thought he had a good game. And third and final point is a glare on one for me, it's the midfield, the midfield, with gilfy shigarts in the Morgan, Sniadlands side by side, isn't the midfield, that is to worry anybody, it's atrocious, so slow, poor, we're too slow on the ball and ponderous, we don't compete well enough, we don't get up and down with those two, and that's why Cazas Jones had a, not why he had a fine game, but he had an excellent game for Liverpool, but simply the mobility in there, the legs, you know, when the larners doing croftains and leaving both of them for dead, running away from them, it's embarrassing, you know, until I do struggle with some injuries of late and he's not exactly 21-22 himself, it's just really poor and that area didn't get any better. Anciolotti, anciolotti being really calm since he came in and it's great to have him at the club, you know, and I think he'll do well at Everton, really do, but very early days, it was a fourth game in 11 days, so he hasn't really been able to affect that much at the moment, but what I would say is, is substitution to bring Delphon for Sigarton was a poor one for me, it should have been Tom Davis, because at least he takes you forward with the ball, Delph doesn't, Delph just does croftains to nobody. He tries to beat the ghost that's on the pitch and passes it back, or goes for the crossfield ball, you know, it can't, we needed some to carry the ball forward for us to try to upset Liverpool, we made a change and it just did exactly what the other two had done, didn't change anything up at all, I think. But that is subs are being spot on of late, but that one for me was a poor one, the Coleman one coming off, that was the right decision, you know, Walcott was rubbish, so the right decision to take him off, but the Delph sub perplexed me a little bit, because that midfield just isn't good enough, said it all season, we need mobile midfield players who can compete, certainly when you play against good players with movement and Liverpool had good movement in that second half and we didn't get near to it. And Sigarton and Snideland should be really disappointed with their performances, because they've been had off by kids in a really poor performance, and that's an area I think, and Delph as well, that's an area that the manager, Marcel Brands, whoever it may be has to get a grip of, and this January we need at least, at least one mobile midfield player coming into the club. Being linked with Adrian Rabio, he would be excellent for us in there, getting Fernandez is another one, he's a young player, but he's a good high, good mobility, quick, carries the ball, we need someone of Darryl who can move on out on the pitch and take us up the pitch, and then if someone like Snideland has to play, you've got him sitting behind and he can just sit where he is, but your mother midfielder can go on and get your team involved in the game. Everything's too slow on Ponderis in there, we can't free anyone up, and I think we've looked better, I think we've looked better playing 4-4-2 as well. Today we tried slightly different, the Charleston on Wolcoff, Flank and Domet didn't really work, they were too far away from him, I think as a parent, if you'd have had a little bit more shape off the left hand side, I think it might have worked better, but that's the way it is, but the midfield for me is an absolutely pressing area and it has to be dealt with this January. You're ready for starters with the hope that we get in the summer, and then get a couple of players out in the summer for them in there as well, maybe move on, Guilfee and move on, Snideland in the summer, and get more legs and hopefully then we'd have got Batman backing on Zeigomas, because I think you've got to have 4 players you can carry the ball and who are mobile, and we haven't got that, and it's killing everything this season, so that's where I think he's got to be looking at. Check out the matter reactions, give the video a thumbs up, subscribe if you haven't joined us on Patreon if you want more videos, don't want to have a look at Peds videos, I'm sure they will be quite enlightening. Thanks for watching, see you later.