Welcome to Toffy TV, this is the final word, Everton Nill, Leicester City 1, this video is sponsored by One Football, One Football's app makes it easy to keep up to date with transfer news, stats, scores in one place to download the One Football app, click the link in the description, I'm sure there's a lot better things on there than there was at this game yesterday. Let's just, I might sound like a broken record and I know you've brought it up, but my God, New Year's Day 40 is absolutely shite. Who thinks, who honestly thinks at the powers of the bay that kicking off at half 12 on New Year's Day is a good idea? Right?  But I just mean generally in terms of game of faulty, 12-30 ensures that the ground is going to be absolutely dead, flat, people are not going to turn up, simply out of logistics on people, getting there on New Year's Day. Lows in the park and low spaces. Just simply out of logistics, getting things like... And it was sold out. Yeah, getting things like buses and things like that. I don't know whether they picked it because they thought because of maybe less disconnections in Thailand and things like that, that people in those countries might watch the game. But I honestly, for the life of me, this is the one thing I don't understand when he picked games is. Like, why would you think that was an intersection? Why would you put a game at that time? Who's watching? No matter what game it would have been. It's half 12 on... You know, fair enough you want to put the thingy games on a half five card of time. Fair enough people have woke up by then maybe, but half 12... I mean, I've got a problem with everything with this game. A real problem with us accepting to play on a day those three games yesterday. Six to day.  You know what? Exactly in terms of ever have just had to play four games in nine days.  So, I know everyone has to put... Couldn't someone ever have gone? No, that's not happening. That is not happening. We'll play... All right, maybe we'll play the half five kickoff or... No, just we'll play on the second. Because at the end of the day, this is unfair on our players. We've had to have the shortest. We've had two away trips in the middle and you're asking us to play. Someone in Everton should have just gone now. It's not happening. Let someone else play at half 12. We don't want to be on telly. I just don't think we should have played. We, us and I don't think space should have played. It's not number in a champion to say, oh, oh, there are big outsiders in the race for the Premier League mother update. They played Saturday. They played exactly the same as us and they're going for the league. Everton and Tottenham should have had balls and gone.  All right, Tottenham didn't put Everton are playing half 12 on. It's just nonsense. And we said, we said this before the space game with the games coming up. Few of these games are going to be horrendous. And what it's done is it's literally it's wrecked Everton season almost. I think because we've just played two games where the players look like they couldn't run. Well, certainly, certainly, certainly one and a half. I know you did the stuff on Brighton. But certainly going into the second half of Brighton, you could see we had no legs. There was nothing. And then in this game you looked, there isn't. I don't know about you, but five minutes into the game, we weren't going to win again. I thought it was going to be 0-0 because both teams were just like knocking it around. There was nothing in the game. And again, what are you offering as a product? What are you saying? And this is why I don't understand why the winter break is coming in later on in January. I just think it's, honestly, I know that the TV deal demands Christmas games. But we said there's a way to fix it where everyone still gets the break. There's a way to fix it. You can have games. You don't put all the live games on. All of the games aren't live. So, therefore, if you want teams to play Boxing Day 27-28, just play two games a day and give everyone a proper break. There's no reason why Everton couldn't have played Boxing Day of Burnley. And then yesterday against Leicester, I missed the Brighton game out. And don't give me. There's no thing. And if this year, they've scrapped replays and they've picked up. So it's nonsense. And they started changing things around as well, but let's get it right. They've started, if you look at the Champions League teams now, none of them play on the Sunday. They all play. That's why they've brought that 745 kick-off on Saturday. So that the last Champions League team, it's normally spares, can play and no one plays on the Sunday. So it gives them a break.  The human beings, the elite athletes doesn't mean anything. Leif actually means actually that they run more and it's harder for them.  And that's not letting them off. I'm just saying you're asking people to go out and give a level of performance, the same level. Every two days you're not going to get it. But you're right. I mean, look at us as a fan base. You can go on about the players. Well, what's the excuse for us being absolutely silent for two hours? Which is what we were. Because people are knackered and haven't woke up and stuff. So it happens all the way. You can tell. I can't remember a New Year's Day game of Godderson Park being a rip roar. Last year, man United was flat as a brick and cracker. That was not in the second. Whatever a game it was, it was United last year. It was horrendous. It was silent.    United stepped up 5% a month in the middle. It was awful. This the same. Absolute nonsense game of football. It was just dreadful. They were terrible. Everton was terrible. No one wanted a beat. You could less than them on a beat there. It was just that. And as a product, for people who pay in a lot of money, because it costs money to go, doesn't it? It was season ticket, 600 quid, whatever. When you're buying that, you're buying it in the... Well, you're buying it now, aren't you? The way it works. You're always buying it. You're thinking that you're getting everyone at the peak level. It's going to be a good game of football. And then Sky come along, you know, whatever, come along and bounce these games one after the other. You know the product's getting worse and worse. And resulting yesterday, the game was flat. I don't even think anyone could be asked one of them.  Cos it was just grim, you know. And credit to Leicester, they've had a good Christmas. Everton never had a good Christmas, let's be honest. But Leicester had a beat. Chelsea said it. I mean, we've had a good December, have they? But we've been on it, listen. Jimmy Gable? When? Yeah, it is a Jimmy Gable lesson. Other than the fact that we beat Burnley. But ever since Pickford dropped the ball on the field, it's been going on by, hasn't it? That's how it feels. And we need something to almost beat. So talking about the players and the amount of games. Obviously, it is a bad run. And some people have got their knives off Michael Silver. But what I would say is, even though, no, not entertaining that, just at this stage. I do feel that he's made genuine mistakes in the last few weeks. Bye. I mean, I think we've gone through the four games and I think we've only played 14 players, I think. I think there's only 14 players that we've played. And I just wonder whether he should have maybe dipped into the squad a little bit more and set up. Because the way I look at it, I look at it from what I can take home is, he's probably never played this amount of games in such a short time. And I look at him and I see a player that, when he was at his best going into that derby game, he was absolutely flying, he was running the midfield, helping us play the way we were playing. And I think it's no coincidence that as his quality has dropped off, the quality in the team has dropped off. His tempo was dropped off, so the tempo in the team has dropped off. I look at him and I just think to myself, would he have benefited from having maybe two games out, maybe the Baylor game or maybe the Blighting game and someone else gone in there who mightn't be as good as him? Let's say Tom Davies, I should say. Gomez recharges the batteries and then comes back because all I've seen is a player play two games, be pretty poor in both games and it's going to be just as well even more tired now. I just think to myself, is that where the manager has made a little bit of a mistake there where he should have really just gone, we need to change things up a little bit and quality is going to be dropped anyway so we might as well rest a couple of players. Yeah, I mean listen and defending, in fact so much so that I'm staying off Twitter as much as I can because I am defending Silver because it's got to me evidence problems on Marco Silver, not a chance. But he has made mistakes and it's changed perfect because he's not, of course he's made mistakes and the answer is Gomez won this and they never played with Brighton. They'll have come off against Spurs. I got told he was touching go whether he'd make any of the fixes that's what Everton thought that night after Tottenham because he was injured and it was holding his calf and it was a little bit of a worry and then he played against Burnley and it was like brilliant and he played well against Burnley. Now if he'd have kept the same team at Burnley sorry if he kept the same team from Burnley at Brighton because he played really well the other day but he didn't change then but he left Gomez in and dropped Guilfe and he was like once just passed the fitness test to play and the other one hasn't and it's out the team so really the flip should have been Gomez shouldn't have played the Brighton for me to the left him out the side totally and played Guilfe in there or Tom in there so that's probably where he's made a couple of the mistakes but people are picking on everything he's done people ask for changes what I'm saying is people ask for changes and when he's made those changes there's still more we all said Coleman needed to come out the side he came out the side we all said and he actually came in from nowhere so he's doing some things that we expect and he's doing other things that he should be doing he's doing wrong maybe the thing a lot's getting lost in the noise so it all sounds like everyone is just giving them grief but I think there are a question mark over how we handle the games and that other stuff should be put to the side but I do think, like you've just said for me Brighton, that was the game to play Carvel Llewyn off-front that was the game where you knew it was going to be a battle against Duncan and Duffy and you want someone like Carvel Llewyn in there and it's a counter attacking game and maybe Retalyson at home against Leicester was more of a better fit for him and I think that's just where I think that's for me he's just got it wrong I think he should have introduced more players into it as well and we all thought McCarthy was going for it Look my mother play but he's going to do it obviously but another one and again people might disagree with me Over the last four games was there not room for Bains to play a game I just look at plays and I think is there not room to play Dean's been alright Dean's been alright but again though as the games have gone on you've looked on and gone is he suffering from that little bit of tiredness does he just need freshening up a little bit and I just think it's this idea of saying oh bloody hell we've only got we know that best players are but if you squeeze them and you squeeze them you're going to lose the quality and then what's the point what's the difference this is something we did wrong last year early on we just didn't have the replacements so as players got more tired you've seen the quality drop off and then Bains got injured ironically and adjusting that's where he's made mistakes this year he's obviously doesn't fancy some of the plays in his squad and it's decidable I'd rather just stick with the plays we've got I just think that's irresponsible this is what happened with Moisey only Moisey didn't have any option he literally had 13 plays David Moisey's had no money to get so we'd play the same team all the time and then we'd have injuries or we'd just lose games we shouldn't and it was frustrating because when those plays refreshed those good plays this editing side is a very good side some people are watching this and they'll be but it is a good side we've seen when the fresh what a good side the potentially are but when they're tired they're not a good side and there's not enough goals but I think the Bain game showed that we can play against teams that we're supposed to beat and be very comfortable and that day was brilliant because it worked excellently with the narrow strikers and the three at the back and they looked like a lot of energy in that team and then the next couple of games you're looking at where's that energy gone and I think I just wonder why was Tolkien not in the squad for a couple of games that's strange to me I find that very strange I think he's not but he's another one that you think to yourself he's bright and away he sticks out on the front and lets see what he can do against them even if he just wears them out or has a good run right he's fresh yesterday maybe he should have early in the season when we were very good we looked exciting he was a key element it was just that good challenge on the front because we needed some a bit more pace I'm not saying it's a tough one because as the season's gone on you've seen the way he wants to play and Jank doesn't really probably fit that but at the moment everyone's slowing down so those two games were two of the slowest games I've ever seen Brighton and Lester yesterday's game there was nothing in it there was no pace in that game it was dreadful there was one piece of pace and it won the game so he probably wouldn't he could have played the other one for me he's well caught Theo had a great Theo had a decent game of burning and looked a threat again because he was going through the middle a bit more and they didn't know what to pick him up and B because we played Narrow 3 on the front so we looked more of a threat and Brighton he was horrendous he was terrible and he left them on for 90 minutes and then he started again and all he knowing Theo's qualities like he's pacey so let's start someone else and introduce them with 25 minutes to go half an hour to go when they're getting tired and you've got this fresh pair of legs coming on and he's not playing well players should only stay in a team if they're playing really well James Coleman rightly came on the side yesterday because he hasn't been playing well brother players have stayed in who are playing and you're going whether you think he's a striker or not at this moment in time you're a best striker because Dominic Halver living blessing does never look like he's going to score a goal a kid I'm sorry I don't even know who touched the ball yesterday one of his worst games I've ever seen him off for ever and that was up against two centres as you know the game but two centres as you give the ball away more than I've seen a pair of centres as you give the ball away other than that and he didn't really do a thing tossing, cungs on he had a head in there at the end other than that he didn't really do anything so the frustration probably from Silver is these lads are getting half a go and not taking the chance but I think with Charles you're putting them on the left he was driffled but then down the middle at least he's a bit of a threat if you keep moving people I don't think they know where they're playing and that's something he did as well I think he's just got lost on shot I think the managers game I really do I've got real problems with his subs as well I just brightened and yesterday I just looked at it but what would you have done yesterday differently I just think he was going to look at that bench there was no place we needed like a banach for me should all but I looked at them and they made the sub just to inject something into the game and I don't ever see him doing that brightening everybody knew we said this the other week a bar again you can see when something's going to happen and he doesn't say and I just wondered at a bar I'm thinking back to last year as well with him and I'm thinking this is more up to do with his style is that we were having the same drop off like Woff had the drop off last year maybe slightly different because of what happened and us trying to make him laugh but you can see that his style of playing asks a lot of the players asks a hell of a lot of the players because we were the best team in the Premier League for pressing from the front that's dropped off so that must you must need a lot of energy to do that look at the other fella across the park the first season in fact his first two seasons they started off flying and the next one they didn't win a game in the second season they were going and they didn't win a game in 10 or they had one win in 10 because they just got knackered and that's what we don't know that happened this season from that style of play with his all action running and I think they've tried to change it slightly and not be as vigorous in their running this season it's helping them a bit but it remains to be seen whether they can carry it through ours is we've got half a team that's new playing in the fastest league in the world playing a pressing game that demands a lot might be might be a big ask you're right it might be that we need what you've got to ask yourself with the question is the drop off due to the manager tactically now people go we've got no plan B I mean what does that even mean no plan B just someone else going on about tactics the other day but the most tactically astute manager probably around is Sam Allardyce whether we like it or not that fella can take a team that's and go and shut out one of the best like last year when we went to Hanfield they were incredible they scunned sevens and everything and he went there with Cucko Martina and got a drone and got limited them to nothing so if you want to tactically astute manager then we should have just kept Sam Allardyce right but if you pick a team and you play a certain way the players have got a career out pregwad diolch ond what's anything about him it's all you keep doing it you make mistakes you get it you don't make mistakes he's done it the other way he changed his midfield it could have cost him the league he poor Phil Foden John Stones and Gundawa as his midfield three against dogs like James McArthur cos he had a midfield that wasn't capable against a big organisation midfield and then he got beat to get and then all of a sudden you're looking at them going if they don't beat Liverpool this week then gone so even the best manager in the world if your players don't perform I agree with you some of to only use where's James McArthur I'm not saying James McArthur but he made any difference yesterday but he's fresh and he runs a man of pitch was great yesterday at Nick in the ball how many times did he pass the ball to dead play it's not just yesterday though you had a Brighton you've got Brighton and you've got two games in the space of three days or whatever it is that's something where you can go there's a play for that game I don't know he keeps on saying he's ready to play so why isn't he in the... maybe you like him or not he goes on and on he was coming on at Neil Neil yesterday and then they scored and he didn't come on and he came on a barely on the left and you're like but that's something where you like these players or not it doesn't matter that's not what matters what matters is if you've got a squad of players and you've settled on that squad whether you think they're good enough or not you've got to use them in this period and then he's not on the... why did Chris Mason meet Tolson in the Everton shop the day before the Brighton game what's going on? there's a picture of him it's like why was he on the bench that's something that's the only issue I've got with the manager that in his game management is just a simple fact you've got to in this period you've got to look at your squad now he's never been a manager I don't think he's ever been a manager over Christmas he's over now a hold and he got sacked before no no he was waffed that was a stand full that was a stand full at Waffa maybe he's never had a success but he might be looking at our squad I'm not I'm not defending I'm just saying for reasons you might just look and think like you said before but I can't take him off his roof maybe if we don't want a couple more games I know I'm just saying he might have gone that's the other problem I've got with the team at the moment though last two games Brighton that had one shot Leicester have had one shot and they've won both games they took the lead and won both games that to me is one stage scored their goals the game seemed over we often puffed at Brighton and we often puffed yesterday but we never showed any quality to go and win the game and sometimes and this is where you look at that squad and you think well it's not always about quality it's about lads digging in and saying we're going to get a result from this game and I don't see enough of that at Everton I don't see enough players who will roll up their sleeves yesterday when one went one-nil you might have blown a whistle then I didn't see anyone from that goal to the end of the game I'm going to roll up my sleeves and we're going to get something out of this I thought the only one who did it was Bernard when he came out he was the only one who looked like he'd be created and that one he put on a play for Calverloo in this embarrassing poor centre forward play because he should be ready he should want to tap him from a yard out that should be your breath one of them needs to go one of them needs to stop back it's ridiculous but we made the change what annoyed me slightly yesterday with the team was the fact that we played three at the back twice on the run and then it went yesterday and we knew Lester would come and try to get a draw on the save there was an opportunity to make it no issue with that watch however it works for them and with Farddie it's fantastic and it worked yesterday so we've got no problem with Lester doing that but if you're playing a formation it works with varying results we won't comfortably have been if we lost a Brighton but if you play as a tired then surely delighted Dean and Coleman could have played higher up the pitch at home anyway because really he would argue and say we didn't need three centre backs if we only had one so we'd go for that fair enough but we were just so deep anyway with the four that it made me just think if we had just played a three we could have played on higher up the pitch and asked some questions of them or why not just play 4-4-3 yesterday I said that 4-4-play tossing a culvert loon the charlots in wide if you want to play in wide someone on the well cut evening the other side stop to me feel there's play gilfee in Garnasle to go much, don't sit on the bench we might need you for the last 25 minutes to get on here and get your foot on the ball don't have to play him all the time it's noticeable now for me he's been on a diamond spiral I think since the derby I don't think he's had a good game since the derby but the last few weeks he's been really off it it's passing yesterday the amount of time on the court in possession just doesn't like him giving the ball away cheaply cos he looked naher it's not cos he's become a bad player cos he's quite clearly a brilliant player and this is a play don't bring it this is a play you didn't have a pre-season hasn't had a pre-season, had an injury he's come back in, was injured 8 days ago walking on the pitch you know only Everton walking on the pitch after half-time he's gone whack the ball and then you worry about whether he's going to make any of the games and he plays all of the games it's just that kind of thing but it's like taking meaner out why have you taken out I don't know it's just a couple if you play three at the back in that game and you don't and then you have Garni as your insurance with Guilfee in the middle of the back you say to your fullback you just can go as high as you want then you've got three central strikers who are two tucked in one one then you've got a threat haven't you but they have to change the way they play if we'd have gone on look the first half yes di and it's Harry McGuire I know you like him but again I just lost him yes di the amount of times you kick the ball to an Everton player under no pressure just that we didn't take it if we'd have a fatty yesterday we'd have won that about 3-0 because in the first half alone you give the ball to the Charles and twice you just started delaying delaying and didn't get a shot and that out I think we've caused them a lot of problems and I think that sort of has to change up there because again we've got no threat and we had two shots on target 17 attempts to go it's woeful we don't create chances I've said this for two months we don't create chances we just pass it round we put 30 crosses in yesterday I was I was in a different seat yes di so I was further along in the bullins above the wife fans and the amount of time we got in the final third and you could see the penalty area was wide open for anyone to make it run being gone in three times nobody moved everyone just stood there next to a player and you're like what are you supposed to do you put three balls in that if we'd have had any kind of movement when the score from nobody moved cald y lŵn just stood watching Walcott didn't show any kind of movement at all but he was throwing himself on the floor just stood a barriad away from Guilfee was just ambling and you're like you never gonna score these are defenders you'd like to defend Evans and McGuire loved to defend he got a pull on the round and move and there was nothing and you're thinking would it touch you made a difference in from the off I don't know but that's clearly where we are at the moment as a team that is the area we have to go and get a centre forward because Niais isn't good enough we saw that the other day but we've seen Vardy in this game we've seen the difference of having a centre forward that you hadn't had a sniff by the way no, you're over a centre forward that is you're right about what Dominic Avelnoun has said to himself you've got to make 10 runs over the top and you'll get one ball if you get one ball over the top Dominic Avelnoun is as fast as anyone in the Premier League but you never ever see him stretching centre backs with his Vardy somebody's been doing it for years somebody's been doing the lower leagues for years he just the minute anyone puts a ball over the top defenders just panic because he runs into such good areas it's not just a badest pace it's about where he runs he's got such intelligence running because he's had to lean on over the years playing he's laying by playing in the non-league running in the right areas with pace probably got him through all the time and the thing that's come on in the Premier League is his finishing his first year he couldn't enter a bad door but since then his finishing has come along leaps and bounds that's where for me Dom has got to start making those runs if he wants to play that's where the manager has got to say in games like this you've got to start playing on the shoulder and start running the line and start just offering yourself and if it doesn't come it doesn't come but he's got to start doing those runs what's the point of it when he comes off Dom's weird because with all that pace he actually likes to be a link player he likes to come short he likes to come short, get it get it back and spin but at times in games like this he's got to occupy the centre backs and he's only young but it's something he's got to start doing he's had enough games now but as a Premier League centre forward that he's got to start demanding backball and start saying to them I'm going to go you start looking it does nothing on stop giving it back to Golden Pickford and start looking to get me some as the king of it he would just just make a run and he'd add when you're a corner or a free kick or a throwing and he'd get the whole team 40 yards up the pitch and Moise loved them for it and the amount of times I remember we we nicked games or we won something you know end up scoring because he would it's a big thing in a game and I feel like this times where some managers or some team feel like that's too cheap you know the old man is where we're not going to have set pieces idea of football exactly we would never dare do that and I just don't think we have got enough of that there's nothing wrong with passing it around all lovely triangles and then mixing it with a bang of people because then I look at again the top two shots and Liverpool are top at the moment it's a banditre it's 70 yards a salator on and on your mum to goals they score a long ball and you're like why hasn't mum picked that up then they'll pass you in that shitty deal of it they pull you in and you just go bang out isn't the idea that you pass it and bring them out and when you've brought them out you give one over the top isn't that the point I said to you before me missus was there yesterday and she hasn't know anything about football just what football isn't even like football but she sat there yesterday and I said to her what were your observations then after the game everything just pass it from one side to the other then pass it back to the goalie this is someone who doesn't know football they never look like they were ever going to score a goal and I was like fair enough yeah because you don't know anything about it and you just see him with fresh eyes all of our problems he runs up and down all day long he doesn't even have a banana but no one else seems to run and the other one what she said and I was like it's a bit of a challenge on the floor you literally could be getting money from sky because you just said more but don't be doing that I think what you're doing on the Calvalluwin he annoys me because I really like him and I can see that he's got something so many games go by where he's he's kicked and you're going this is your chance this is everything Towson who paid a lot of money for can't get on the pitch comes on as a sub at best but Charlesons getting moved this is your opportunity to go I'm grabbing this and I'm gonna take it back to school for the next and I think if he we should be turning for Christ's sake he should have been that's the way Vardy loves it though Vardy run round yesterday because he probably knew all the game he was gonna get one chance and he was in so he was in but every time he loves it because he knows it's causing effect every time you put a defender under pressure you're putting it into their mind don't make a mistake don't and that leads to with Michael Keen that's what generally leads to every mistake yesterday with Michael Keen he played really well and then one mistake well two mistakes as it come from 50 bensad it was embarrassing that I was by welcome but just the first half I think every time it shows you that every time it's a better side but when they say better every time it's a shit we were a little bit more snappy than them in the challenge and we were winning the ball we looked like we could create a bit more what I mean is we were the team that was in isn't that the big problem for the manager though that's gotta be the number one problem we've got all these creative players and we don't create anything that's gotta be the biggest problem actually you know in those games I don't see no but you know what when he hit it and this is not a criticism of the lad is that when he hit it he looked like he hit it without any hope of actually showing up he didn't think that he was ever going to score and when he did the post it was almost like that went close but we've got all those creative players on the pitch we don't create anything that's the paradox of it how do you solve that is a manager the manager has got to and that's where that's what annoys me most about this team it's that I look at it and just think do you know if we had a kale in there we'd be in the top six do you know what I mean like if we had or even do you know that would I have run? if we had run maybe we'd be top six easy easy easy easy it's a different mindset with a player like that you are it's the same with Vadi though it's the same with Vadi it's the same with a player like Vadi o front I remember I remember when we lost Ron and I remember I can't remember where he came from but I remember someone say and we were losing games and they were saying well why aren't it someone said it's not the goals you've lost from losing Ron with Lula Caercy it's the idea now that an opposition team comes to play against you and plays ten yards further up the pitch because they know they're not playing against Ron Lula Caercy you haven't got Ron Lula Caercy and it's that mindset and it's that mindset of playing against Vadi now the lad fair play to him has created this in him that when you play against him you're terrified to make a mistake because you know his way of playing means that if he will see his own mistake and he did yesterday one chance it was a lovely little knock actually for him to get onto it and the minute he faced up I thought wouldn't he score I just knew he was going to score that's what top strikers do they get one opportunity and it's just what people can't understand when you're talking about centre forwards you've got goals in them the top players win new games like that we can have players who run in like Dominic Albalu but when I'm saying he ain't good enough to lead us yet he's not because he hasn't because a good centre fire works but he's even been in the right place Romelu Bukarku would have scored yesterday from Bernard's Cross because he'd have been a yard off the line ready to turn it in good centre forwards who get goals won a robbed goals off players he tried to rob Tom Davis' goal in the city that's what they do because they want goals now okay he's lost his way a little bit at United for whatever reason Rashford's better than at the moment and I know he scored at the weekend the fourth goal over whatever it was he's lost his way a little bit but when he was at Everton and Prime Everton if you'd have been able to put a few of these players round then we would have gone but that's where that's why Richarlison isn't the answer for me is because I don't see that in him he might get it and you're probably right he is probably the best centre forward we've got but he hasn't got that and Trent Olson saying he hasn't got it Trent Olson hasn't got the conviction that he's ever had the conviction to do that to say I'm going to score and it might just be me but that's that comes from self doubt though doesn't it top strikers don't have any self doubt there's a because what they do is but Vardy probably Vardy might play games where he doesn't think that he's going to score but he doesn't give off that impression because as long as he's working hard he knows he's going to form for me he's unique Vardy he's old school the way he is he's unique that's a way for everyone coming through he doesn't mind giving it a bit doesn't mind having a battle with you doesn't mind if he doesn't get any chances in the game but if he runs you up a blind alley you see what he's like mate I just lost him yes he just thought I'd love him I would love him I don't think this time has come but there are other players like that in the Premier League there's two of them for me who are that kind of but you know what everything everything are weird because I do think that we're in between we could have someone off run to people in my classes a yard dog but that would bring out maybe what we need in the other players a platform to build off and I just don't think we've got that's the thing we need goals Kevin Davis had did a job for us mate I'm mad to you we need it we've got to get more of a threat it might be literally the thought that that this lad through in the middle is going to score so therefore we have to worry about him and that freeze up a little bit we've got to get goals on that he's got everything else but he doesn't have any goals that's not good enough he's got to start scoring and he's skinned the lap he should have just took his time and he didn't Walcott go and look at the least goals he's scored for us I'm sure it's 12 and he's blading the right and he's getting opportunities where is he, why isn't he on double figures he's dropped off a cliff so that might simply be and it's not annoying because the Luchman situation is weird him being out he would have been in there Luchman would have been over this pair I don't think that you mentioned it before do you think that the manager should be looking to say how do we get the best out of here Walcott is it central do we play him at a central or we look to say you know what actually what's been our best performance in the last two months being the way do we look to that and go play straight at the back play straight at the back play high full backs which it would suit any of them that we've got and say this is what we're doing and it's going to get more out of Walcott, more out of Bernard Striker's going to have someone with them whoever it is, whether it be Don whether it be with Charleston probably suit with Charleston having a three dad of closer it even suits Towson because he's had two people playing maybe maybe it's time to go you know what, I haven't got all of the players I want to play the way I really want to play so let's meet and this is where you're right with the manager this is where he needs to earn his money now he's got good players the problem with evidence the real problem with evidence these players are consistent and that's the real issue evidence I've got and I'll say it again and whether people agree or disagree on top six, I don't think we're miles away from United other than they're from players and much better than what we've got because they've got goals the rest of the team part of the goalkeeper I think the rest are not much of a mutters after that you've got Everton Leicester Wafford possibly Westam and maybe Brighton you could finish 7 to 13 and all of them will drop down to consistency that's what it will come we've seen that over Christmas Westam I've had some great results we've spanked Burnley by 5 and they go and get beat her Burnley 3 days later Leicester beat City and Chelsea and get beat by Cardiff and then come and beat us so you've got a lot of the things you get up top and get beat 3 one at home to Wolves and then go to Cardiff and beat them at Leicester and beat Everton and Bournemouth they were better sized than Friggin you've got all of that where it's the teams like Liverpool where we consist and players turn up every week they're just knocking teams out of the box and confidence, Everton at the moment I've got zero confidence you can tell that by looking at them everything's going back to taking two touches now and it only needs one but he has to look at that team now that squad and go you know what it's not working for us now this so we're going to have to play this way what do you mean they're ever going to get better you didn't have a good game of Brighton no but I do generally feel people can say if I'm wrong and time will tell I still think Jenny Mina is our best defender I really do and he's only going to get better Zoomer probably looks like a better defender but I think Mina is the best defender we've got and I look at that and I don't listen Seconds that has fell for us really well that day because we scored early everything guarded them and that gave us the platform to go from but I look at that but I still I've never killed anyone like that but I just looked at that performance and I just thought and everything clicked into place on Boxing Day the three of the back were magnificent the two wing backs went well you know forward well Guilfee and Gomez played well you know everything just the two plays were fantastic Theo had a decent game everything just clicked into place and I was thinking is that not the best performance we've had so therefore should we not be sticking with that and no three days later we go to Brighton and it changed it changed it because he brought garnering and took Guilfee out and Guilfee playing that deeper role was playing you know it wasn't the team and also it's a game in quick proximity to that last game I just think that might be the solution going forward it might be the long team idea but I think at times you've got to go you know what because this is the other thing I know we haven't changed loads of players but we have changed players in the last few games like one in one out or something if you're changing players and formations doesn't make it easy for them in games also by the way when you get no time to prepare you're basically going yeah let's these do this this this and this you've got all week to prepare you're looking at all the intricacies of what they do and how you're going to beat them this is how we're going to beat them with this formation he does this job, he does that job watch any football document you look at all maybe not the sun how they break teams down and how much homework goes into it over Christmas it's just like that to get out there and you know we haven't even had time to watch the kit that's why we're playing the three different kits last season when under it wasn't there was no time for him to coach because he was literally game the cover that's what it's like and that's why the Brighton thing annoyed me because he made to me changes for the sake of it I think he should have just gone with the same team again or maybe if Gomez was tired he would have gone on the plan but I think he should have left on the front because that was the game for me said to the tialys you don't well when you come on a plane you're up front against Leicester at home you're going to take them apart so you come on here last 2025 left on what they gone for it but maybe now we just need to lick our wounds and go it's been a terrible run it has one win and eight to shut them whatever it is well listen Baz we said before December we came into December and we said this month will define where we were we came into December thinking that we could challenge for sixth we can't we're not in that now we know where we are we're in that middle section and we've got a time finish seventh that's what we've got a time listen we can't sit here we can't sit here though and say we should be beating this team and that team and that team we shouldn't because it's clearly not in us we've played Wathford Newcastle and Leicester at home and I haven't beaten any of them we haven't beaten a single one of them you know on two of them have beaten us and it's like so unless we are capable of beating one of the top six at home which we are capable of with a week's rest and everyone on it of course we're capable of it can we? I don't know we've got to we've got to start we've got to start digging in that's our biggest problem we still don't look like we've got any leaders which is why I would have Yeri mean it in there because anything else he looks like he's ready for the fight ok he can have a great game I honestly think he could have took any of the three centre backs off that trade or not a trade but the trade was just flat I don't think anyone's been terrible I think everyone's just flat I think that's the key that's probably fatigue changing it all up doesn't help in this game was just a further example I just think the other thing I think as well we're all guilty of it is we need to just look at the big picture I suppose and go it's not about now is it it'd be lovely to be flying and be fourth or fifth and all that but we're not so we have to look at it and go right we finished eighth last season you know I don't know how but we did we got eighth and we still have got better players in a lot of teams so hopefully we'll grind our wins but that comes first to being able to grind like that yesterday could we go somewhere score after an hour and hold on winning one but we've just been beaten by two sides that we should have that on the day we should have beat not we should be beating them because we're better but on the day we should have beat and you know the chances we have first half against Brighton you know it's the post you know they're two shitters for me were you right was we go somewhere and you know be dominated and go and nick a go and hold on and funny enough that I think we went to West Brom these days with Moise and beat them 1-0 on a TV something like that you know like that being able to go and nick it and go and then go on and dig in and be smashing it everywhere and go alright we've got away with that mum 1-0 we don't have that if we win it's because we dominated and we've got the win can we get a couple of them yes it'll get better once the game is over that's not what football is about because if you're going to be successful you'll have games every three days and it's can you be on it on it every few days at this set of players can't they proved it so what do we do at the end of the day better players make the better but also though I wouldn't just say better players how to handle these games how to manage these games and I think person I think he's done it very poorly over Christmas very very poorly still that doesn't mean we need to play some more I'm not saying you're saying it I'm saying what I'm saying you should be able to criticise the manager without going at the end of the sentence you need to go but you should be able to say listen no one's above someone said messes me today at the sexing just be this DM for me blah blah blah so I was having a look at people messes me and someone was like cos I had said the other day stop this silver out and someone was like are we not allowed to criticise me he is a bit of blame they're all to blame but he's not solely to blame he can't keep removing managers every few months we've just had a fourth manager in a year or in two years or something let's leave someone in place and go what difference would it make if we change the manager just literally what difference would it make if we change the manager now for me I look at the manager in exactly the same way I look at John Pickford I look at him and go loads of potential brilliant on his day sometimes you make some mistakes that cost these games of 40 but I'm hoping if he keeps his head there's only one way he's going to go but time will tell no one's saying to me now well let's drop John Pickford for Stechlenberg because he's made a couple of mistakes they're not the same you know what he's a good goalkeeper and he's just got to get through and all this will make him better and I hope that's the thing with them no no no but that's the way I look at it he's 40 long years of age he's a young manager he's already won stuff he's proven he can win trophies he's proven he can build a team he's done it with Braga what's your Braga? Olympiacos brilliant no Estrill he is a different kettle of fish it's difficult there's a lot of games don't get a minute there's a lot of pressure but everything fans some everything fans and I understand why because we've got we're literally beaten down from so long so we need it now and it's magnified it's in that room in there it's magnified by that it is bad because at the end of the day they didn't exist they would be great there would be no pressure on to do anything everything fans would just be like whatever you know what I mean alright we'd have some other rival but there would be no pressure but with them and the way they're going 50% of what happened last year was because they were going into the champions league everything just gets heightened and heightened because it's that fear you have people might disagree with me I'm adamant on this if they weren't doing so well everything fans would be like this is alright there's no pressure but it's that added pressure knowing that you've got let's be honest they're going to win the bleeding thing it's that thing of though it's that added heightened pressure of because they're doing well it makes everything what we do it amplifies what magnified because it allows them to sit on their high horse they're amazing use of shit when we were finishing 7th and they were finishing 8th every time we were going this is the worst thing ever in the world we were finishing above yet and everyone was made up but we were still finishing like 7th is that acceptable for everyone no do you know what I mean it's just that everything gets heightened instead of going we're all just fine no but it's that of course it's that because it's the old technicians things but it's also the fact that we haven't won anything for a while so every year that pressure gets I don't even think some of our fans care about that I really don't pass that's the sad part don't what I do and every year that goes by we seem to be writing seasons off for Christmas now and going alright but next year but it's not like we've had the same management scene for years and it's fallen down at the same hurdle every year we've got to go we've got to have the breed and go watch the big and plan it look at going look at his first season for them he took over Diwerth he finished the season Diwerth he got to see how fans he lost a pair of them essentially in the Premier League he didn't improve them but he did because he got to the summer and he's like we need a better one of him a better one of him the next season he would still get criticism phone radio things get rid of him he hasn't got a clue this is what happens with fans and he still hasn't won anything he still hasn't won anything I still hear Spears fans the other week when he lost a couple of games go and get rid of him and you're like are you fucking insane but there'll be a point when it gets to him where if he doesn't win something you would go well and don't get me like listen that's bad about not having to come out of this game now going to the Cup game on Saturday he's got to turn up on Saturday Spears and then they have to turn it around it's as simple as that they've got to get a default set into winning games and the manager has to start also going to the second half of the season the manager now has to say this is what I'm looking for all the time and I think he's got to be a little bit more refreshed with his with how he approaches for me the 17 games left I expect us to win out of them that's what I'm expecting at this moment and that's only going to give us 51 points which is shit but I'm expecting at least half wins and a couple of draws and then maybe the other games are flipping for coin them and we played the big sides but we've got to start winning football matches we've got home games against Bournemouth we've got teams like this we've got another couple of ones which you'd say are winnable but I'm saying it like that because I would have said these last three three, the last four haven't we had money so when you're looking at Bournemouth and Wolff's your own to meet their winnable football matches and then it's can you go can you beat Arsenal can you beat Liverpool can you go away then to some other places Bournemouth, Wolff's and Burnley are all I've got to be wins must wins for me and then can we go away to some of these mid-table clubs who are around us in a bit lower can we go to Newcastle and beat them can we go to West Ham and get a result of big game can we go to Fulham and turn them over and other swilding it and beat them and if we can then we will finish seventh and then we can go right okay wasn't a great season we've had a good transfer window the man has just got that under his belt now he'll come and kick on it's going to take a bit of time but we've also got to we've got to be able to recognise some improvement there's always going to be an element of criticism because that's the way it is we're always going to criticise football fans we want us to be top of the league we want us to be winners of these so the element of criticism will be there and we've got to get better together and us as a fan base have got to get better we have, we've got to make go to some park horrible to come to yeah it is horrible to come to because that's for us I mean for a waiting but we need something back as well and as long as the manager of Marcel Brands know where to go and stick to it us as fans it's our job to go let's get behind them and see people losing their heads go and do them on them anyway new dish adaptable, you knew what we're doing but we're still, we'd have been 70 if we'd have won yesterday if we'd have been brightening on Saturday we'd have been seventh by a few points so if we'd have won brightening Leicester we'd have been well seventh and everyone would have been going that's ours now what we've got to do now is we've got to get ourselves back in the run like we were before before the derby we've got to get ourselves in a bit of a run if, there I say it are all winnable before we have Manchester City at home I'm not saying we're going to win I'm just saying they are winnable games so to speak but the games you've got to turn off can we go away and grind a win out can we go and win 3-1 from it shall Danton's open and go yeah we can, can we come away hopefully we'll see what happens anyway very disappointing performance to start 2,000 oh shit, shit Christmas was great but wasn't good, again it's the life of an evertonian mate it is mad isn't it you're added and encapsulated within 3 days box and data well now a wee, tro tan am barely brilliant, brightened and unless it's just gone there's the cherry on the top there's the stone you put on over Christmas right there alright let us know your thoughts in the comments have you pressed the panic button yet or are you just like it'll be alright, we're laying it and shall we bring anyone in in January? yes discussion for another day let us know, we'll see you later


Are we good? Are we here? So this is watching work, as far as I know. I should have worn my English medal. My blame, you'll all wear it next week. Oh no, even my mom wanted to put it in the shower. More consistently parked in the lobby of public theater. And in case you guys don't know what we're doing. What we do is we meet here, like, every Monday, kind of sort of, pretty much. And we have what this is. This is a free writing class. It's also a play. It's a men's theatrical free writing class. For those of you who went to Harvard, I believe. Anyway, so what we do is we write for 20 minutes, and then we talk about your work and your creative process for as long as the questions keep coming. You can ask them live if you're here, like some folks are here, or you can tweet them and you can just kind of tell us how to do that. Yes, thank you. So the way to tweet is that the handle is watch me work, SLP, and if you send us a question, the hashtag is new play. So let's watch me work, SLP, hashtag new play. Thank you very much. And I think I have my tag with me, so we're going to set our tagers for 20 minutes.   He's just hugging me. Excuse me, this isn't part of the show. Oh, here we go. If he does that again, then I'll direct it to you. I'm going to talk about your work and your creative process. If anybody has any questions. I'm just, I'm going to repeat it. Okay. Do you find yourself kind of writing multiple pieces and then jumping around? And is there ever a point where you're like, okay, I've got to put these, you know, I've got to make a choice? Right. And how do you, I mean, I think every artist is probably, but how do you, how do you get that place? Right. That's blanky. I mean, that's very, that's blanky. What's your name? Samantha. Samantha. You know, behind you, June, right? Yes, I'm, this is my friend. Oh, June, huh? June was laughing behind you.  Because we, you guys are floods, so you know that she was laughing because she had a similar question, which is why I love this Watch Me Work because it's basically just like saying five questions that we keep asking. And that doesn't mean that they're bad questions. That actually means that they're good questions. So it's always fun. So do you have several projects that you work on simultaneously? Yes. Okay. So then what do you do? Do you feel the, at some point, you feel the need to, I got a big one of these, right? What I'm finding is that one piece is getting very demanding. Uh-huh. So no matter what I do, I end up back there and I'm feeling distracted by it, if that makes sense. So you have several pieces that you're working on simultaneously. You're more likely to have some. Something like that, yeah. Or the joke, the lazy Susan, we call it top of the time, right? So we have to keep it nice. The lazy Susan, right? And so you kind of turn it around and maybe this week you're working on this piece or this hour you're working on this piece and then tomorrow or whenever you turn it and you work on the next piece, right? Yes. And right, and then at one point, one of the pieces becomes demanding. Yeah. That's great.  And then what do you do? I kind of block and stuff. I mean, I keep saying that. I'm just, I'm kind of at a point where I've written to a point and now I'm not sure where to go next. So it's not that. It's kind of not that the piece becomes demanding, But it's not demanding to be, is it demanding to be finished or is it giving you like, for lack of a better phrase, consultation issues? A little bit of both. A little bit. So you're doing this? Yeah. A little bit. Right, you're going. A little more histrionic. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, sure, sure. We're just, yeah, okay, I understand. So the question is how do you choose between projects, which often we have that question. Yeah. The question is how do I roll away this kidney stone? Yeah. Pass this stone, how do I pass this stone? How do I let this love flow? Yeah. So do you have a regular writing time? Yeah. Okay, and when is it? It's around now and then early in the morning. Okay, so great.  I tried. Yeah, that's fantastic. Okay, and about how long do you spend? In the morning, it's easier, so like an hour or so. Okay. It's just walking around, speaking it for dialogue. And then at night, I'm a little more distracted. That's where I notice the different pieces getting. Is it possible to put more time in the morning and let the other time go, or? That's what I'm trying to do. I think it's more like, no, I must do this now. That's the time I have, and then I, of course. So how do you demarcate the time? I time it. I actually have it on my phone, it'll go off. Okay, stop. Great, great. So we're gonna, what we talked to someone, I think it was a week before last about, it was Brett, no, yes, it was Brett, and he was having a birthday. I think, I mean, I know that we have someone here that can come through and Brett and he wants to have a birthday, but I'm not sure if he asks this question. We talked about how to re-define success, right? So while we're working on passing this, for example, I mean, the ultimate stone pastor, right? Jesus. Yes. So he's just lying. Right, I know. That's true. But it's true, he's just, he's been through a lot. I wonder if you could say to whatever God would have, we can put that to the side. The historical guy, he's been through a lot, right? Many, you know, he could say he's been through a lot. You've written maybe more than one draft, right? Okay, he's been through a lot. And now he's gone through all the thing and the cross on the thing was long cry. And he's lying there in the dark.  You're trying to pass the stone, which is what, you know, what would the stone that's kind of the same thing. So we're gonna change how you call yourself successful. And we'll do what he did, we're just gonna put the time in. Not only do it in three days, okay, cool.  But what you're gonna do with consistency and faith is you're gonna show up at your writing time for the appointed time. You can get yourself, you can buy yourself a present in anticipation of your success. And I don't get a kickback on days, I swear. Yes. A timer, which is not your phone. Right. So you buy yourself a gift in anticipation of your success. A five plus two program, you know, don't buy one of those confusing ones, because you don't have to read the instructions. Yeah. Okay. So you buy something in anticipation of your success. You show up at your writing time for two times an hour. You might set the timer for 30 minutes. And you want to be, you set the timer for 30 minutes. So it's not your phone, meaning June isn't gonna be calling you on your timer. June, no look, it's not gonna happen. So you're already done with it. No one will, no one below she will be distracting you with love. You'll be just, you will put the time in what, five days a week? You're right, you know? Yeah, okay. Okay, well, I mean, let's just say, the weekends are kind of dicey, you know? So if you do five days a week, five days a week, one hour, you're certainly gonna have to implement with faith. And you just show up. And you sit there with maybe your pages or you stare at the screen, you know, get on Facebook or check out what Dash is doing. Okay, well, let it go, right? You can show up with your pages, with your story and just either write something, it doesn't matter if it's good or not. You're gonna spend an hour, five days a week, just showing them. If it worked for him, no, really, that's what I'd do, I'd just show up. Because what happens when we're blocked or whatever, is we don't do something different. I gotta do something different. You're not doing, you're just in the tunnel. That is almost something. You're not doing, I just felt being, you know, I had to do something like that. Okay, so you could confuse the two. Where do you are? Yeah, right?  Harry Tubman's in the woods, trying to get somebody to bring him.  You know what I'm saying? You can't do it. All those voices are voices that we all have heard and everybody who's ever tried to do anything wonderfully. So they're in your company. No, really. And you say two voices, you say, you know this gesture? Yes. Can you do it? Right? Thank you. Right? Thank you. And... I'm working to, I'm trying to balance two things out. Right, so maybe I'll ask the next question. Okay. But the thing I'm currently working on, I'm having, I'm almost halfway there. Right. I'm having a lot of trouble with, I think writing for the sake of, it's just very emotionally hard. So there's a lot of violence. There's a lot of hate. There's a lot of anger. Being in a very hard place and I'm trying to feel a little bit of what's coming out and constantly being in that place while writing. So I feel like a little bit like drama's fiction just kind of backing forth because it's just, it's just, it sits right here. It's like a stress or an anxiety. That has to be written. But the reason why I said, okay, I will write this because in the midst of all of it, there is this friendship, this hope that's supposed to bring light some way, somehow. But it's just so, so grimy. Everything is so, not light. So I'm just having trouble getting through it. Waiting through the valley of the shadow again. Sorry, it's always five o'clock. It's always five o'clock. You know what I mean? Exactly.  It can apply to what we're doing now. But that's precisely right. It's feeling like I'm in the valley of the shadow of death. And just like, wow, there's no light. I know I gotta get light somewhere because then there's a point to the play. If it's just, if it's just, I mean, I don't know. I feel like there's a calling. There's more to it than just darkness. But I understand that it's necessary for me to go as far as it takes me. I'm just having a hard time not separating myself from having a very hard time. Just maybe I'm really crazy. No, no, no, no, no. So what you can do when we're having, when we're writing difficult, to something, Crystal's writing something that's important and it's also challenging and it's dark. It feels like she's walking through the valley of the shadow of death. So she's still writing. So what you can do is, number one, coming here and talking to people about it is good. Or just talking to people about it is good. We're gonna just talk to people about it. Just let some air in and some light in, okay? You don't have to be specific about your play. You can just say what you did right now. You could also do things like, where do you write in your room? What time of day? 10, 11. 10, 11. The kids are asleep? 11, 12. Okay, 11, 12. So what kind of lighting do you have? Light lighting. I mean, you have fluorescent lighting. You have someone standing there with a torch. What do you do? It depends who's in the room. If there are kids in there, it's just a little lamp. Or to highlight the family. Okay, so you get to get yourself a present too. I believe in giving yourself presents. So you get to get yourself a present too. So you could go to the, like the CVS. I don't know where they sell these things. A little votive candle. A little yard side candle. A little small candle. Okay? A votive candle. A little round one. The tea candles. They call them. Yes. That's CV2. The master's doors. He's having some artistic concerns also. But what you can do is buy yourself a little candle. Small, modest. They come at you. There's clear jars. They sell them at Dwayne Green. Probably at the candle section. Right?  A present. It costs like a dollar. And then when you go to the right, or the right, you can buy a candle. That's not going to distract the kids in the middle of anything. I mean, I hope not. Okay. They're hardy. And you say, this is the life that I need to work this evening on this difficult play. This is it. This is the life. And you can, wherever you think it's appropriate, it came from, you know, the characters in the play, I hope you like this life. And they want me to finish the play. You can say, my grandmother is not going to like this play.   Or you can just like the candle and just say, this is the life that I need. It's symbolic of the greater life that I'm looking for in the play. It's right here. You can do that. Okay. Some dryers. I'm going to play. And again, like you said, I'm not going to say my name is Samantha. Well, as we were saying to Samantha, keep steady with your writing time. That's the most important thing. When, you know, we're walking through the valley and shouting, it's easy to go, oh, I just want to go in the ice cream. I mean, you know. And it's okay if sometimes that happens. But if it happens as a habit, instead of your writing time happening as a habit, you're going to be working on this. All right. Needs. Needs. You should have a little mirror. If you're sick, I'll get on with you. Just tell me. Jason? Anybody else? Also, you know, like that. Anyone else in the house? Right. See, this is, it is interesting. I couldn't help him. We're all the beings together. They use it. I choose not to. Because I want to see what it's like. I want to up the difficulty. It's very, it got to the point where it's very easy for me to do this. Because we've been doing this for six years. How long have we been doing this? Yeah, like so many years. When we started out down stairs. And anyway, to not forget what we're up to, I can work. I can do stuff. I can figure out stuff in front of people and then talk about their work. Oh, hey, Alexis. Alexis. Yes. How are we doing? I like your hair. It's pretty. Oh, not? That's over. Oh. So that I cheated on my work was another work. But that's because you cheated on your work was another work. And I knew it was all just not to do that. Well, I don't like it. I can just cheat. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. But it's because I was made a flaw. But it was a good flaw. Yeah, but how's it going with the new work? Now it sounds like Dr. Phil.  How's it working for you? That's new work. Well, it's like, I like it. And it's going well. But, you know, that's exactly how I felt when I was writing the other one. Alexis is like, I cheated on my work with another work. And it's going for the well. It's going for the well. It feels great, you know?  And it's the first couple weeks you're like, hey, hey, this is the best thing in all of my life. Doing this person's life since high school. And then you realize, wow, wow. Right?  I know, that's what you said. Because you can spend a lifetime doing that. So, you're supposed to be done, right? You're done. I think there you are. That's the other one. I was angry. You know, I started from the middle. It's because I started from the middle. And I was like, I don't know. But I started from the middle. And I was like, wait, how do I begin this? And I'm like, if I don't remember how I was supposed to begin this, I'm not going to know how I was supposed to end this. And then I just like went to sleep one day and had another idea. And it was just, it actually had an order. And I knew where it was going to go. No, no, no. Number one, I hope that the new piece that you started in the work of the moment, I know that. I hope it's going to be great. I mean, I'm not wishing anything, you know. I hope it's going to be great. But what we want to develop is the habit of tenacity or, as I tell you, grit. And you get to be like, you know, have a blanking. Because grit, blanking is full of grit. And anytime we need grit, we all have a blanking. Right? So I want you to develop the habit of tenacity and stick to it.  No, no, no. Okay. So only because the reason why you step away from a project is because your mind is saying, well, I started it in the middle. And because I started it in the middle, if I don't know how to begin it, then I won't know how to end it.  You have a lunchbox or a toy. But you have a lunchbox or a toy. You don't have a lunchbox or a toy. Because you want to develop the ability to somehow stay the course regardless of the negative voices that are telling you, actually. You know? So what I want you to do, how soon can you be done with this piece right here? Okay, so that's like, what, two days? Like, I mean, if I'm sitting alone, I'm like, this one's done it. Yeah. You can do it like a week. Great. I want you to do it in a week. Okay. You can do it in a week. No, you can do it in a week. I mean, you're on page 15 now. Somebody good? Matt? Matt? Anybody? Here you go. It's a week, right? It's a week, right? Four days. Right? Four days. Okay, so why don't you finish it in a week? Okay. Quality. We're going to give you points for quantity. We just want you to say, yeah, I finished. That's how you're going to measure your success. So we just changed the measurement of success.  And it's about how many pages, 95 pages. That's actually in a week. That's not the best. I could do that. I got to do it. Little Mr. Sunshine over here. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to tell you. Because what I want you to do is just develop the habit of sticking to something and just going for it.  Oh my God, what? I just dreamt this and got out of bed and started it out of the blue. What? I should start writing something that I thought about before. Negative voices, right? So thank you for admitting your crimes, your sins, and your fortunes. Can you do the week? Okay, great. Can you see? It's going to be great. It's going to be fantastic.  Right? Into the right mindset. Yeah, you do it. I do it all the time. I just hypnotize myself. Because either we're doing that or we're hypnotizing ourselves into the wrong mindset. I can't do this. What am I doing? What is my life amounting to? You know? You can do it. You can do it. You can do it. You can do it. You can do it. Right? So you've got to hypnotize yourself into the right mindset. I like it, Mom. She's stick to it. She's stick to it. She's stick to it. She's stick to it. She's stick to it. She's stick to it. She's stick to it. It's okay. Let me see. What do you have? Anybody else? Yeah, Kar Rabb? She said, sometimes when you get to that spot that seems so dark and you know there's been a lot of trouble with, maybe that's the feeling you need to express and get it out and use it and it's pointing to something. It's pointing to something. I've never seen a person that wanted to be hypnotized and like, let's take a look at that and see what, that you want to use that energy in the work rather than against yourself. I don't know if that makes sense. Well, you say that sometimes when you're in a dark place in your work, that's a place where you really want to focus and use the energy. So is there a way that you can use the dark energy from fuels? Is that what you're saying? Yeah. And not something to self-laden with life? No, you know what's interesting about it? It has an active light. It's so different because you have to use it. You have to go right into the belly of the beast. But I feel like with writing, you're doing similar things as preparing, but it's lingering because you've got to create this realm, this world, and it doesn't leave you. You can't sleep well. You're hardly eating. You know what I mean? It's the pregnancy thing. You know, I feel like when I'm acting, it's an exorcism almost. It comes out every time, but it's coming out where with this, I have to be patient because of the writer part. You know what I mean? The justification period is different. Yeah. It's different. It's like having a baby elephant. You know what I mean? It's a demonic baby elephant. Well, yeah, but if you do not write it, you will not exercise it. Writing is acting on paper. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Although, we're making it up. Let me scratch it. It's slow, isn't it? I mean, you could say we're reading it off a great reel in the sky. We are. But, you know, you just unroll it in a great school on your age. Not bad that you're getting ready to get some more. Yeah. Anybody else have a question? Yes. What's your name? Hi, I'm Ashley. Hi, Ashley. This is my first time here. Yeah. So my question is, for people who are coming in and writing, and what's the purpose of the writing? Are people here just, are they making plays?  What's the purpose of most people writing? Are we making a book? Are we making a film? Good question. Where are you supposed to be, you guys? I mean, I won't answer for myself. What are you guys working on? Crystal, what are you working on? A couple things. I'll just add. Crystal's writing some plays, and June's writing a screenplay, and a novel, excuse me. June's writing a novel. Samantha, what are you working on? A book for a musical. A book for a musical. This is just like, you know, just in their spare time. There's 20 different plays over there. Alexis is, well, she's working on a lot of things, and she's cheating on, she's writing something new as of last night. And she's going to finish this time next week. Derek is working on being four. Great job. I'm working on a TV show. You know, just kind of during still working on it. When I came in, I didn't have, I didn't know this is what it was going to be. I've actually been, like, trying to write a couple shows that me and my friends have been doing, but I haven't had much inspiration to finish it. So I actually just started writing about, like, just some new stuff I want to do. Like, some goals I have, some workshops that I want to do, and stuff like that. So that's kind of what I work today. That's good. That's good. The most important thing is to sit down and put the time in. And you know, we're in this part of the year where we're thinking about, like, what do I want to accomplish? What did I do this year? How do I manage distraction? And what do I want to do next year? How do I build on what I did this year and go forward next year? So that's a cool thing to do. Whatever sort of gets you pointed in the direction of doing the thing that you want to do. And sometimes we take a very huge ginormous step. Oh, look at me. I wrote a hundred pages today. You know what I mean? And sometimes all you can do is point your feet in the direction. And that's all you can manage. But doing a little something every day as best as you can is very important. And so we just here to sort of encourage that. And have fun with it. Free people and roll away the stone and you know. Well, I'm going to have a rough picture. Are you worried it's going to fall? You know what?  And then we don't want that happening. So why don't you clear it? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate that. I have the play that we've been working on for the last couple of years. The Stefan Violet play. Someone is interested in reading it. Oh. I'm excited. Yeah. It's very exciting. It's kind of a big door. Someone like a theater. A theater. Oh. Exciting. Really nice. Yeah. So it's still three parts. But it's still very long. Right. Like I know it's too long. But I've heard it. I haven't heard the first part. It's just the last two. And I literally was able to cut down about, you know, maybe nine pages. We're still at like a hundred, over a hundred and forty, over a hundred and forty-seven pages. Okay. And so I still enjoy what I'm doing. Right. But I don't know if it's, if it's too much, if it's too much. For somebody to read? Not for someone to. I mean, I guess I'm thinking production wise production wise. Or to. So, I mean. Oh, okay. Oh, you're doing somebody. Here you have your play. Somebody in the theater that you like. Right. Says they want to read it. It's so neat. I mean, you're not going to like marry them. You're going to just like go out for coffee and check out the situation. Right. You're not going to make them married and have your children. Making? Will? But not. Like next week, right?  A hundred and forty pages. There's a lot of pages. Okay. So, what you might do is just include with the play a little cover note saying, thank you for doing my play. It's a story of this and that, whatever. I wrote it because whatever. And while it's a little, maybe I'm a little on the wrong side right now. I look forward to, you know, to rewrite right. It's necessary. You just put that in. You know, say you're open to the possibility of cutting if that is what the play needs. Anyone? I would have said already, go into the possibility if that is what the play needs. Yes. Yes. If that is what the play needs. You know, it played on me. Because you're just dating. You're just going out for coffee. I know. But you know, you date but you're also aware of the baggage. You're also aware of what the baggage is doing. It's, everybody's, it's not a baggage. It's how you handle it. Everybody's got baggage. You know, even Mr. or your host baggage. People have baggage. It's how it happened in the past. That's how you handle it. That's what happens. And you handle it the same way. Like, hey, I'm open to the possibility of that. That's it. That's it. You do that. Okay. Come back. Anybody else? Yes, Sydney. How are you doing? You went to Chicago. I was going to Chicago. I was. Because feeding yourself and doing this work. Yeah, it's hard. It's so hard. Yeah. Are you okay? It's okay. Yourself is so hard. Yeah. So applying to a multiple jobs. My parent job ends at the end of the month. And they want to be a burden on the people. On your parents. On my friends. They're going to visit Northwestern. Right. They're writing a speech program. Oh, you want to go to the writing school? Okay. This is my third program. The third program that you've been in? No, it's the third program on my list. Oh, okay. This is first, second, Northwestern third. Okay, okay. So I'm just trying to figure out what type of jobs or grants or fellowships can support me. And how do I frame myself as somebody worthy of that support. Because I believe that I'm worthy of that support. Right, right, right. But it's tricky. You're applying to a graduate program. And you're also applying to the grants and stuff. Yeah, I'm trying to apply that. I understand. I understand. That's good. That's good. Personally, I don't know what grants. You know, I'm not like a resource for that type of information. But I think the way to frame yourself is just, this is who I am and this is what I'm doing and this is what I'm trying to do. I mean, I do know a few. The New York Foundation for the Arts and IFA. They have a fabulous grantee in the system. That you know all the time. Yeah, it's due in late January. We're just starting to make it. Okay, so you know, you know, there are places like MacGowell and Gallo. MacGowell is the writer's colony. MacGowell is the writer's colony. And there are lots, lots, lots, lots of writer's colonies. So those are just two that came to mind. Those are two awesome programs.  They're amazing. Those three things, right off the bat, there's something called the arts, actually. So you can go, so you know more, you probably know more than I know about the scholarship. But frame yourself as this is who I am and this is what I'm doing. You know what I mean? And every, you know, success you have when you fill in the resume, every production you're reading, every play you write is a success. Everything you write is a success. You can go to the resume to show people that you're serious about what you're trying to do. Anybody else? All right, we will have a last watch for the look of the year. Probably, I'm moving to the next week, the 14th of December at this time, five o'clock, five o'clock right here. While we're sharing the problem with me, is that hopefully we just have this annual holiday party. So we might have to go there and be dancing around. We don't know. But we want to be available for that. Okay, so we'll see what you may do, check the website. Okay, so check the website. We'll know in a couple of days. Okay, I love it that you all are. It's great. We have one more and then we're done together and then we're going to be back. And then after, probably on the way there, probably, right? Yeah, okay. I'll talk to you later. Okay, thank you very much.


Welcome back to the Trade Hacker Mindset. In this episode, we're going to talk about finding your trading niche. Trading the markets can be difficult to master and seemingly just out of reach. Professional traders have a secret.  It requires the Trade Hacker Mindset. All right, welcome back. So let's jump into our discussion of finding your niche in trading. By the way, I don't know if you pronounce that word niche or niche. I actually looked it up because I've always said niche, but I've been hearing more and more people pronounce it niche. So not sure what you do, but I did look it up and here's what I found out. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, it is officially pronounced niche in American and Canadian English and niche in British English. So basically, Americans say niche and if you're not from the US, you say niche. So there you go, there's your little history lesson. All right, so finding your trading niche. This topic actually came about today during our live stream. We stream live doing day trading each morning for the first 90 minutes at the market open and one of our members, shout out my man, Krish, said, well, so I mentioned, hey guys, I'm really excited we're coming out with a new course. It's gonna be presented live. By the way, it is October 12th at 4 p.m. central time. October 12th at 4 p.m. central time. Mark your calendars. We'll be sending out more information about it in our community and by email. So look for that to get registered. But I mentioned, hey, we've got this new course coming out, I'm super excited about it. I was talking about some of the trades that I've been making and kind of the performance and just a little bit about it. And Krish mentioned, so we now have 16 different strategy courses. And his comment was, adding another strategy, isn't that going to create confusion? I'm kind of paraphrasing. I can't remember exactly how he said it. And my comment was, if you come to navigation trading and you see, oh my gosh, they've got 16 different strategy courses, I'm new to trading options. Or even if I'm a veteran trader and I'm not familiar with all these different strategies, that can be very overwhelming. And so he brought this point up and I thought, that's a really good topic to have a podcast episode on because I think there are probably a lot of other folks that feel that way once they get into navigation trading and they say, oh my gosh, look at all of this information, look at all these different strategies. It might be overwhelming. I don't even know where to start. And so I wanna clarify the way that navigation trading is built and why we have so many different strategies. By no means are we looking for people to join navigation trading and just absorb every single strategy right away and it's gonna take you some time to learn all the different strategies. But here's why we do this. Is because each person, A has a different personality, has a different type of mentality when it comes to trading. Some people have an inclination to want to day trade. Some people have an inclination to wanna swing trade. Some people have an inclination to only wanna do long-term investing. Some people gravitate to selling premium. Some people gravitate to directional strategies. And so there's all these different types of strategies and we teach a lot of different strategies in all of those aspects because we want to provide an expertise and knowledge in these different areas because not everybody's the same. I think I wouldn't doubt if navigation trading would be a much bigger membership, have many more members if we just focused on one or two things and that's all we did. But our goal at navigation trading has never been to be the biggest membership. Our goal is to empower people and the more we can give them, the more value we can provide, the more content we can provide, the more strategies that we can provide, eventually somebody's gonna find a niche in our different segments that is gonna be the perfect fit for them. So let me give you an example. Tim Weiss, who is now part of the navigation trading team, he was, at one point, he was a member with us. And he basically took one of our strategies that we teach in one of our courses. So it was the weekly double calendar and he revised it and tweaked it and made it fit for him. And in fact, the name of his strategy that he calls it is the red strategy, R-E-D-D, which stands for revised enhanced double diagonal. And so Tim is a perfect example because at one point he mentioned to me that he was trying to do all the alerts that we were doing and all the different strategies and realized that just was not a good fit for him. It wasn't a good fit for his, the way he wanted to do it. It wasn't a good fit for his lifestyle. And so he really just focused in on one specific strategy and just became an absolute master at that strategy. I also know that he trades that one strategy exclusively and he only trades a handful of symbols. He trades the major indices and some of the major ETFs and he does some stocks, but that's really about it. He has a very small universe of symbols that he trades. Number two, his lifestyle, as I mentioned before, is one that he wants to only have to focus on trading for a very finite period of time each day. Maybe it's an hour, maybe it's two hours, something like that. So he doesn't wanna be glued to his computer screen. I know other traders who focus and only trade one symbol. I know one trader who only trades SPX, that's it. I know another trader who only does over-the-counter penny stocks and does very well at it and that's all they do. I know another trader who only trades vertical spreads. They only trade directional vertical spreads in different direction and they focus on just the highest volume, most actively traded stocks and that's all they do. Another one of our members, Mike, all he does is trade Iron Ducks, one of our strategies. So he's become very focused, he's become a master at that and it has become kind of part of his whole mentality, part of his whole trading and it's just because of the way that strategy behaves and how he has learned about it and become an expert at it and profited from it that that has become just kind of a sole focus. And then there's people like me. I like to trade all different kinds of strategies and you might be thinking, well, if you're trading so many different strategies, doesn't that, you know, don't you lose focus on certain things? And I would say, yeah, I mean, probably there are times where I lose focus and don't trade certain strategies because I'm focusing on something over here but here's the thing, trading a lot of different strategies fits my personality. I love trading specific strategies in specific environments. I love trading all different strategies depending on what the situation is. And the reality is, this is all I do, right? So, you know, if you have a full-time job, if you're not a full-time trader, if you have a full-time career, if you have other, you know, massive time commitments where you can't be solely focused on trading, then yeah, you probably shouldn't be trading every single strategy that we teach. You should probably narrow it down to one strategy or two strategies or even three or four. It doesn't matter. It just depends on your situation. Everybody's different. It depends on your situation and it depends on your time commitment and your capacity and your personality. I think the problem and kind of what Chris was getting at when he made the comment this morning in the community was, you know, is adding another strategy, is having all these strategies, is it too confusing? And I think it is for a couple of reasons.  I have to learn all of these strategies and instead of just taking it one step at a time and learning one strategy at a time, they get overwhelmed and they just don't do anything, right? They just decide trading's not for them or they just quit or do whatever. But the reality is what we want people to do is we want people to come in and find one strategy. We want to find, we want them to find one strategy and learn it and master it until it becomes their core strategy. Then, and only then, should you move on to another strategy? Because if you don't do it that way, yeah, you probably are gonna get overwhelmed or, you know, the other problem is if you just kind of half learn a strategy, you know, a lot of us suffer from the shiny object syndrome, right? Oh, we're doing this one over here and we kind of half know how to do it.  I'm gonna start learning that one and they jump around and jump around and never actually learn anyone's strategy to a level of mastery. Don't forget, I've been trading over 20 years. So, you know, this isn't something where I, you know, learned all of these strategies in one time. In fact, there are a couple of strategies that we trade a lot now that I didn't even trade 10 or 15 years ago. And so what you'll find will happen is that if, you know, if you start out and let's say, you know, kind of a common way for people to get into and start learning options would be like a covered call where maybe you already own some stock and you realize that selling calls against your long stock portfolio, against your long stock positions can enhance your returns over time almost like getting paid a dividend. You know, if you're doing 30 day calls you're getting paid a dividend every month on those stocks that you already owned anyway. And so you start doing that and that, and you get really comfortable and you kind of master that strategy. It's a very simple strategy. And then you start learning, okay, now what are these puts? And you start learning about selling puts. So instead of owning the stock and selling calls what if I, what if I sell a put? And if it comes down to a certain level and I get a sign the stock, oh, cool. Now I'm a sign the stock, but it's a much lower level. If I don't get assigned, I get to keep that premium of that put that I sold. And so those are, those are kind of two of the concepts that a lot of new traders come in with because they come in starting owning stock and understanding buying and selling stock. And that's kind of the next logical gradual progression in the way of option strategies. And then it might go to vertical spreads. You might say, okay, well, so now I can do kind of a stock replacement. I can buy a put vertical or sell a call vertical and get directional on an assumption that I have in that underlying stock and it's defined risk. So I know exactly what my risk is. I know exactly what my profit is. And so that might be the next gradual step. And then you get into iron condors. Wow, okay. Now I don't even have to be right on the direction of the stock as long as that stock stays in my range I can profit that way. And now you start to understand the leverage component of options. And you can look at potentially getting directional using leverage of options and being able to leverage a directional move if you're correct on your assumption. And then maybe you discover futures and you realize, oh, if I don't even need to trade stocks I can just trade an index or I can trade gold and I can get directional. And I know exactly how much I'm going to make or lose based on the points that the underlying asset moves. And then you realize, oh my gosh I can trade options on futures. So if there's a situation in gold and I want to sell premium in gold when implied volatility is high I can create a range bound positioning gold and on and on and on and then you get to the different variations of an iron condor and able to skew it and create an iron duck and realize, oh my gosh I have no risk to the upside and I have this huge buffer to the downside and it keeps going and going and going until you start to learn all these different things but it starts with, you're never going to get to that point where you're doing some of these more advanced or more exotic types spreads unless you start with the basics unless you start with what makes sense to you and you master that specific strategy or methodology. And that's why I tell people too when they and I think I talked about this in a previous episode where people will come in and they will try to mimic our alerts. They'll try to get the exact same fills they'll try to do the same number of contracts because they see our performance and they're just trying to mimic those details without even really understanding the strategy they're getting the alert and they're putting it into their broker and they're hoping for the best and the reality is the reason we send out the alerts is to help you understand why we trade how we trade the strategies and when we trade in what market environment. So we provide the detailed step-by-step courses but the alerts are designed to help you understand how and why and some of the details which strikes did we choose and how do we manage them if they go against us and all of the different criteria that we lay out in the strategy courses. But the alerts are not designed for you to come in and take every single trade that we do and get every single fill price that we do and to use the same number of contracts that we do. That's completely missing the point. The alerts are designed to give you a taste of all the different strategies that we trade. You figure out which ones are a good fit for you and master those specific strategies. So I thought it was a really good topic that Krish brought up this morning in our live stream and I just wanted to elaborate on that. So if you guys, by the way, if you guys have any other topics or any other trading related or financial related topics that you want me to cover in a future podcast episode, just drop me a line either at infoatnavigationtrading.com or feel free to post in our Discord community which is at community.navigationtrading.com. We have hundreds of traders interacting on a daily basis with the sole purpose of helping each other become better traders. We have people talking about the mindset stuff. We have people sharing trade ideas, so it's free to join. Just go to community.navigationtrading.com. I look forward to seeing you on the inside and we'll see you in the next episode.