Welcome to Toffy TV. It is the match preview Everton versus Manchester City. One of those games in hand, one of those games in hand that it's like, yeah, it was that game in hand. Manchester City at home. Manchester City at home, three days before amazing side derby. Manchester City o bos, ardi. Do we just say Manchester City o bos and leave it at that?  A bit boring, bu. No. Good, sad. Yeah. Toughest game we could have. Yeah. Well, a bike's probably the next toughest game we could have, but. In classic Everton style, I'm sure there'll be a better performance than we're sure against Fulham on the weekend. Yeah. It's, I mean, I'm in two minds over this. I'm thinking, well, if it's a tough game, which we know it's going to be. We might prepare for it properly like we seem to do when we play away. And it, we know what's going to be. We know Manchester City going to have a lot of the ball. We know they're going to dominate the possession. And that means that we probably have to revert back to what we do best, which is the low block and trying to play off the low block. Listen to it. It's difficult, man. City are a top, top side. They move the ball so fast. They've got different styles of play.  You can go long, you can go short. They're just a fantastic. They play without a centre forward and still win a lot of games. So it's going to be very, very hard. And the idea of even playing the low block for an entire game against Manchester City, you know, is difficult for itself. But at the end of the day, I suppose, is there a freebie? Is this one a freebie? Is this the only freebie we've got? Because it's like, well, it's the game in hand and it's, yeah, they're amazing anyway and no one's expecting us to win. So I don't think there's any, there can't be free hits. I can't be with trying to, you know, have a good season with trying to finish in your European places and you can't give games up. It's a tough game. It's, you know, we know that the top class, they went to Amfield and Bamsa Liverpool 4-1 last week. So we know it's going to be really difficult. But we can't just go, it doesn't really matter. We've got to go and give everything to the game. We all, ourselves are performing, the older fans are performing after Sunday. Lately, we have responded from a terrible performance. Certainly the last couple of home defeats. We've responded in the right way with tough away games, but got the job done. There's almost less pressure. Everton have struggled this season when there's been any, well, everton struggle for years, when there's been any kind of pressure on them. This one, there's no pressure whatsoever. But that's what I mean by a free hit. I don't mean like we give the game up. I mean like it's a free hit because there's no pressure on us. All right, is there any pressure on Man City? I don't know. The way I look at it, if Man City win this game, I think they've won the league just by, you look at the, just because it's their game in hand as well. Well, I think they've won the league. Cardless, to be honest. Man United not beat Mesh Brom as the final. No one else is catching them lest they are going to maintain it. No chance. City will win it by 10 or 15 points, but so regardless of this game, it's irrelevant. And they're going to win their champions in the story. For us, we need the points more than they do. And that's a fact. You know, they will, like I said, they will win the league. There's no question. It's not even up for debate anymore for Everton. It's a big game, you know. To win this game, Everton would require good fortune, which is not, you know, we didn't have bad luck. We'd have no luck at all. And it'd require every single person being on their game and doing the job. And it'd require City to not have the shooting boots on. Really? That's the way it is at the moment. They are flying, banging goals and left like centre. We're particularly at home. We are really poor. Very much so at home. No, you're absolutely right. We have to send a team out that can hold them and then do everything perfect in the final third. And listen, we have scored goals. We can score goals. Not as much at home, but we can score goals. And we got five last week in the cup. But defensively we're going to have to be a million times better than we've been in the last three games because we've just been shambolch. We've been absolutely shambolch in the last three games. Defensively, we've been so wide open and, you know, little things like not following when you're running, when you're in midfield, against Manchester, you just can't do that.  And as I said, they've got so many different players you can score goals without you. So everyone has to be alive for the whole game.  You have that optimism. It's very hard to have that optimism when you're playing a team like Man City. Especially Follum. Yeah, especially Follum. To be honest, I'm relieved now we're getting to a period of the season where it is calming down.  So I am relieved that we're getting away from it. And you don't know, you're like, would it have been better to have this game over Christmas when we were better now? But it doesn't really matter. It's now. It's now. And listen, I suppose the only way to look at it is they played at the weekend. You know, they've got Champions League coming up as well. I don't know whether that comes into the mind of Pep Guardiola. It's just a case of, no, we win this game. We win the next game and win the next game. And that's the mindset they seem to have. You know, anyway, they've got so many good top players. No, they've got two sets of top players. So it is, you know, and of course we've got them in the FA Cup as well at home. So I just think everything's got to go right for us, hasn't it? Everything. We've got to have fortune at both ends of the pitch. Everyone's got to be on the top of the game. And I suppose, like you just said there, there has to be a response. If there's a response and as a fan you go, well, they've put a performance out tonight. And then whatever happens, happens. And I suppose this, like you just said, this is that game where you go, where you can sort of take it on the chin because they are so good. They're a good side, but they're not infallible. And it's up to Everton to get into them and make it a difficult game. We do carry a threat, you know, Dominic Alderloo, and hopefully he'll be back. We've got Retialysen, you know, you've got Josh King off the bench, Hamers-Rodd-Rigas is in the squad. There's plays you can hear them. But you've got to do all the other stuff. Would you bring Alan in for this? Yeah. Would you have Alan Decore and Tom Davis? And go solid in three. I might have Passengers and Gomez and Shiggers and Passengers at times, both individually skilled players, especially if Hamers has gone and played. But would you start Hamers, though, as well?  Well, she's come off with a slight knock. I don't know. Maybe they'd be better with a Wobie wide right for this one. Or one thing I thought of is play the four centre backs, put Dean on the left and midfield at Reialysen on the right and down three in the middle. Nice and solid, but you know that Dean can overlap. And Reialysen can come and get a bit closer to that. Cos I was even thinking, having three centre backs, Dean. No, no, hit me out, hit me out. And having Reialysen King and Dominic Arlin on the left. That's much of late. Well, no, it's not always you've got the three in midfield. If you've got the three in midfield, that's it. You've got the three in midfield, that's it. Not necessarily just sit the whole game because you've got three in midfield being industry. You know, really getting in there. You've got Keen, you've got Godfrey. You've got Dean playing left back. I think that's a balance. That's a bit more of a balance. Cos I do think I would go for the three in midfield like you just said there. You know, we all need to be on it. I think Arlin back would be a massive help. And again, I'd probably have that three for this game and that three for the Dabion. You've got to do the same thing. It's got to be silly to see. You would want to compete and it's got to be plays you can move. You know, it's a big ask, but it's again, I don't think any games are unwinnable. Even the Dabi, it's a recent history shows you that it is unwinnable. But it's a game of football. Fullam had never won a Goddison Park, 27 games or 28 games and come and won the other night. So you can win every game you play. You've got to just make sure you're competing battle for it.  So it's up to us, isn't it? It's up to us to go and prove that we're a good side or we're a decent side at least. No, it would be. It'd be nice to sit here and go, oh, Goddison might be in you for this game. But what difference does it make? They'll probably just be in Kevin de Bruymbach. Well, they asked and I go ahead all the training so they thought they were both out. So there you go, one goes out and see what the other one is coming. It's really massive for them. It makes no difference. It's a game of football and Everton will have to respond. So I think obviously with the crowd would they have to be more confident because we can give them that extra 5%. But there'll be a plan. The players will know they can't drop below the level. Otherwise they'll get bumped. So who knows, could end up doing a typical editing. Getting beat by Fulham and getting a mad win against Manschithi. If you've got any mad stats or you're not asked because it's... Everton have won one of the last 14 games against Manchester City, win of 4-0. City have won each of the last five Premier League games against Everton, scorned twice in each of those games. It's the longest ever run against Everton in the soft flight. Everton have lost the last two Premier League home games, last losing three in a row under Roberto Martin in 2016. Carlo Antolotti hasn't lost three on games in a row since November 2006. When he was my land manager. Manchester City have won their last nine Premier League matches. Sorry, won their nine Premier League matches in 2021. They could become the first team in top flight history. So win their opening 10 matches in a calendar year. It's that's the 10 which Bolton and gone. Breaking the record, said by Bolton in 1906 2009 we've won three of the last 41 Premier League matches against teams starting the day top of the league and win listening the last 12. It's just quite depressing. It's quite depressing. Let's just move on. Gun the ones out and he scored 11 of the last 12 goals. These are positive to end on. These are positive to end on. There you go, all we can hope is ever to turn up and play well and whatever happens to that. Hopefully that happens in both the remaining games this week. There you go. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Are you confident or are you just realistic and thinking whatever happened. We'll see what happens. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Don't forget to give this video a like. Subscribe if you haven't already. If you want more great videos. Daily live videos. Exclusive videos. Get over and join us on page. The link is in the description and it's on the screen right now. Thanks for watching. See you later.