 Welcome to ToffeeTV, it's the match preview Everton versus Valencia. It's the last pre-season game before the Premier League starts, both faith-bath. Bas, are you having a barbecue this weekend? Yeah. Are you having burgers? I'm having burgers. Why not? Try Co-op's Irresistible Hereford Burgers, which we simply want best by taste test award. Did you know that they're the only brand to be rated best by? A bit actually. Here you go. To find out where your local Co-op is, in the description in the link. Do that after we play Valencia? After. Barbecue, after. After. All anti-bazes for a barbecue. There you go. Co-op buyers as well. Boss. So it is the last pre-season game, it's always the traditional Goddison fixture that we normally lose in to some Ibarian team, where they'll be Spanish or Portuguese. Are we true reporters or something? Yeah. I'm just saying Spanish. That normally beat us. Very rarely. It's never really a boost this game, is it? No. So what are we looking for from this game on Saturday? A boost. Straight off. We're looking for a win, would be nice. We'll admit, just to pick everybody up. More importantly, we're looking for, I suppose, a development of the shape. We're looking for the team to be a little bit more solid, I would say, because we've not been solid in the last couple of games in particular. And it'll be an opportunity for fans of Goddison to see, that's Yarlison and also Luthor's DNA. And Job and Pickford, by all accounts. Yeah, but also, it's a very chance for a lot of people to see Marko's server. So welcome Marko. Into the flesh. I always feel like this takes you away from the first home game when the crowd is gone. I think for us it does, in a way, because we would be there, but let's be honest, there's only, there's going to be less than 20,000, because there always is. We are not traditionally a team that really packs a stadium for friendlies. It's just not us. We don't take the opportunity, so it won't be a fault, because of course it won't. So that league game will be the first chance to see them, but for obviously, for the hardcore, for a lot of people around Liverpool and to Goddison, it will be their first chance. So yeah, Marko Silver, it'll be his first experience of Goddison in the home dressing room. You know, I'm sure he's been to Goddison to have a little look around the stuff at the facilities, things like that, maybe he'd want to make modifications to as the manager in the dressing room, whether it be equipment or what's not around, but it'll be his first experience of walking out to Z-Cars with Everton on, because obviously they've walked out of Z-Cars before, so as a Watford manager. But yeah, so all those things will get to see first, and as you mentioned, a few new signings as well. Yeah, it's about shape now, isn't it? There'll be a week to go before the big kick-off at Wolves, and we've got a look and hope that some of the stuff he's worked on on the training ground is starting to play its way into the pattern of play that the team has. At times this pre-season we've looked good, and at other times we've looked hopeful, particularly defending. I think for me, going forward, although we've not scored many goals of late, I think we've looked quite dangerous at times, we've looked a lot better than we did, but at the back what's happened too many times is we've lost the ball and conceded, and that's not good, because particularly the top sides in the Premier League have brilliance on the counter-attack, so you've got to learn to be able to cope with that. And again, it's that Ford that I talk about, the two centre-backs in your two midfield plays, you know, he likes to, quite often, he likes to leave a dime and have a triangle rather of two centre-backs on the whole midfield, that's a triangle with a break, the counter-attack, but when there's no pacing that, you know, in that triangle, which there isn't at the minute, we're exposed, so I wonder if we'll see us maybe playing 10 yards further back this week. Well, that's the thing isn't it, I think it's all about refinement, now you're refining your finished product and you're going, I think there's a transition from what you do in pre-season, you know, where you're trying to set your team up to just play the way you want to play and get to know that, to actually refining back to what what is reality, which is you can't always have football your own way, you know, you've got to take into consideration how the opposition play, and obviously the degree of refinement, as you said, maybe dropping the defence back 10 yards and saying, well, you know, even when, even when we're in possession, I want you just to be a little bit further back, so if there is a counter-attack, we're ready for it and we can be a little bit deeper and we can be set a little bit better, because even just being back 10 yards and not engaging the ball, that gives a chance for midfield, you know, if you can hold the team up, that gives the chance for midfielders to get back into place or full backs to get back into place, so I think we might see a little bit more of that because, you know, we're not going to be set up first day of the season ready to be counter-attack every time, that would just be silly, so it's a process, I think, where we, if we had the play, if we had better players in, faster players at the back, we could be a little bit further forward, but as you just said, it's not always about that, it's about learning how to keep the ball better, if we can learn how to keep the ball better, then that allows the defence to go, well, you know what, if we're going to not lose the ball right in the middle of the park, then we can be a little bit further back. And you can be set when you lose the ball and you're not set, that's where the problems come. I think the other thing is, the one being double sessions this week, or certainly the one beat towards the end of the week with the Gaming Man, which wasn't the case last week, the training should be, even though it'll be hard still, it is more refined like you've said. And players will be fitter because they'll have had those double sessions. They'll have had all that anyway, it'll be a chance to see, hopefully Theo Walcott, he hasn't played under Marco Silva yet, you know, he got injured his ankle in Austria and he's been doing, you know, rehabilitation work and things like that for that. So, again, another chance for him to come into it. So, the team should be a little bit stronger this week, I would suggest. I think Jordan Pickford will make a big difference, although you know, Stechlenburg hasn't been, you know, it's not his fault, we've lost games, but I just think when you've got your proper goalkeeper in, someone who can dictate the way you play as well at times, it'll help. And I think everybody will start gearing up now to Wolves away and let's not forget Wolves isn't the be all and end all of this journey anyway, it's day one. So, I want us to go to Wolves from wintery and he'll put on a show and be great, you know, but what I mean is he's not getting judged on Wolves, this is the start of his, and I think people after, we've done a video on this, you know, press the reset button, it's what we have to do, we have to kind of go right, let's show the likes of Marco Silver and people like Lucas Diney who's come in and the Charles and how good of a club we are, how boss set of fans we are, how the way we get behind everyone and get on, you've almost got to, it's difficult to do because frustration, history and everything tempers you down always, it's dead easy to go, not in series, we've still got, but you've got to factor in two things, I think one, these players under a new manager, playing at Premier League level, so a full pelt level may be able to go up a few percent that he didn't show. And secondly, you've got to let this fella get into the job, get these players drilled so that when push comes to shove in September and we're starting to see that, we're in the Premier League, this is how we play, you made a really good point about after the Rennes game, about doing your homework on the opposition, they're going to happen in pre-season, they're not going to go, this is what these do, but Premier League, they will, they'll know everything, they'll know, look, study, every detail for every club, so things will turn and change a little bit in that. So the two things for me this weekend are, can we can we evidence that, that shape and the way we're playing is continuing, is there a thread? And the second thing is, is the new players and how they fit in, along with us as a fan base, can we be a little bit more positive? I'm not saying everything, sunshine and flowers and everyone's made up and blah, blah, blah, but let's, let's get behind this fella, because hey, he's that manager and Marcel Brands, they've just started and judging by the plays, they're getting out the door, they know what they're doing, yeah? Get behind them, listen, give a bit more of yourself over, all right, we've been eating the past, it's like that, thing where you've been eating the relationship and you don't want to go in case you get it again, but then other people would argue that you, well, you'd never find true love if you do that. So you've got to give a bit over and go, you know what, we're going to back these, because we backed them well enough, you know, we all know a united evidence is the best heaven and for me it started the weekend. Wise words, wise words. No, you're right, well, I mean, what are you looking to see, just ask me, what are you looking to see this weekend? Some goals. I'll win, yeah. No, I think that's, I think if you, you know, there's a part, you want to go into the season with a little bit of positivity, yeah, but you're right, it's not always the key, it's not always the way it is in these games, but it would be nice just to be, just picked up a little bit by, you know, the results haven't been good, it'd just been nice to be picked up a little bit just to see the team play well, even if it's a draw, just team to play well, getting some action. You know, last season, pre-season was, you know, a mixed bag and obviously we got through to your and we played Seville and we do 2-2 and it was all right, you know what I mean? It was okay, you're seeing little positive things and you thought, hey, it'll be all right this season, suppose it's just, you just want a bit like that, you just want to, you just want to see that things are going in the right way and there's not layed in issues, that are massive problems that you can, you know, things can be sourced without Jordan's season obviously clearly, but you just want everyone to just be on the right page going forward and no injuries, yeah, no injuries, a nice performance, looking sharp, looking like they've improved and you come away and go, you know what, this fella shan't, he'll get us right. I suppose the only difference this year is that we come out to this game and that's, that's, there's a week and that's the only week to buy players so I suppose there's that little, where it is in weeks, years before, you don't almost come out of this game going, well if there's any problems we'll sort those out in the next three weeks, but sometimes actually that can give you a thought, that can be a false because last year we were all like, well we still need to strike here and we'll be all like, we'll get one and kept on telling us and they kept on telling us and kept on telling us, but this week, this year we've got a week to sort out some of the problems and, you know, and hopefully they'll be addressed. Condo, Condogbiet, who is that, was that Milan as well, he's gone there this summer, he brought six players here, Daniel Pareco, was the captain, Daniel Vass, who we were linked with, Natio Gill, the young lad who's getting rave reviews, Rod Rigo, who was really good for Spain when he came on, up front really quick, Zaza, who's, didn't have a great time at Weston. So they've got some good players in there, it'll be a good test for us, you know, good players who are comfortable on the ball, again it's a little bit of a different test, it'll be different to Wren, it'll be different to what Blackburn was and that's all you can do and for us, we've got to put these on the back foot and we've got to, what I want to see is a stamp on our authority on the game, I think we did that, I think with, if you take Blackburn and Wren out of it, which has been the last two games, I think before that, we'd actually had the best of every game, I think, I think we've been the most commanding team in every game, really. We just didn't put our chances away, or we were unlucky. Yeah, you know, so Blackburn have got no, we've been well beaten at Blackburn, and we were well beaten against Wren, but again, I watched that thing again last night, the highlight again, last night, I wanted to look at a few things that Tialis was doing and stuff and Coleman misses a great chance at 2-1, on Saturday he put stands, a brilliant run by, absolutely brilliant run by, but if he sticks that in, it's 2-2 and I know people go, the result doesn't matter, but it would just give everyone another boost to go on again, and I still can't see what was wrong with 1000s goal either, I've watched it about six times, there's nothing in it, there's no flag, there's not a push, it goes like that, classical, which was bizarre as well. So, you know, there's been some good stuff, but defensively, I think we'd be silly if we said it's not a worry, and then someone will be tested with Roger Eagle, because the kid's quick. That's good, because that will show, they'll show how much space they're willing to give behind, and if they are up against the fast player, that's good, that's what you want the week before the season, you want someone who can catch chickens, you know, and say, well, how much space are we gonna play behind us, and then say, well, we can deal with that, because that's where we are at the moment, as a defence, as a centre-back. And technically, these will be very good, so. Let's just open, I mean, I'm hoping we get to see a little bit of Walcott, I'm hoping we get to see a little bit of Holgate, I'm hoping we get to see a little bit of Dignier, I'm hoping that we get to see, well, I'm sure we will get to see the Charleston from the start, because he's obviously a bit further, the start of last weekend has a lot further down the line, so. I think we'll get half a game from Pickford, and I think the fans, you know, I think Pickford will get a great Usheps, and he's brilliant for England, he's weird about me coming back ahead of the game to play, you know, and he's sort of having a massive club, and we wanted him playing all the way, even Coleman, saying the things we wanted here as Evertonians, about wanting to get better, so. And if you haven't got your Jordan T-shirt yet, get over to our website, toffeetv.net, there's a little thing for shop, you can get the Jordan Pickford T-shirt, the Baines T-shirt, the bass is going on, loads of T-shirt, the Ghana T-shirt, the Street Mound, the Street Mound, I'm about to pass the Street Mound on there. Street Mound's boss, to be fair. That is good, to be fair. Don't worry, nice little look at this, Street Mound, look at that. Loads of people have asked us in the comments, I know that's a cheap app, but loads of people have asked in the comments. Loads of T-shirts in there, are you tossing T-shirt ready for next week? Tossing. When he starts scoring the goal, well, that's another player that's not tossing away, we want to see tossing it in the goals as well, so. You've been unlucky, though. He had to post against Porto, didn't he, which was a brilliant bit of individual skill he brought it to. And as you, we said before, the one that's a lad, that's a lad, there, he should have scored a couple up on Blackburn, so. He just needs a goal, he's got four against anything, but he needs a goal, now we need a goal to get, to get himself off. Yeah. Yeah, dear Abby, that's hope we get a win, as Sarah said last week, three points. Dead as three points, good team cohesion, new players, and a win. A win, yeah, dead as three points, one of those three points. Let us know your thoughts in the comments, are you going to match? If not, are you going to try and watch it on the stream? Good luck. There won't be an event on the stream, it's the fake life. They're not allowed to, are they, because I'm sure you'll find the stream somewhere. I'm just trying to save it. Why don't you ever let the, can I just say, every single year, why don't you just let this game open for season ticket holders to go for three, every year I say that, and they've never done it, why don't we do it? Why? Abby, print your ticket off, get, you know, print your ticket off for your own seat, do it like that, for like the week, what do you should do the week before? Give you the week. Give you the week, and then this week, it's for a, it's, your seat becomes available. So you know how many people are coming, or aren't coming, I'm making three. Evan, it's not hard, it really isn't that hard. You give memberships out, streams free out for people with season tickets and memberships, so why not have it so the season ticket can go for three for this game, and try and fill the place a little bit. I mean, to me, that just makes absolute common sense, but for Evan, again, it doesn't seem to me. Yeah, but if they got 30,000, season ticket holders saying, don't know, it was free, not doing anything with us, they'll get 80. What if they all buy a cup of coffee in a man's bar? Yeah, then that did your match, it's cost about the same as your match. There you go. That doesn't bother you, it's up there, they're making money. Yeah, they're profitable, of course, they've got just different ways. I'm about the kids, of course, just different ways. I'm not, I'm just saying to you that I'm offering to be our devil's advocate. I want the devil's advocate. I'm saying what, I'm saying there's a fan, saying there's a fan who's got common sense what it should be. There'll be people at the game on Saturday, who won't be at the game on Saturday. Yeah, no, no, no, no. You're right, you're right. I'm just telling you. The three points for you. The three cohesion, new players. 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