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Crossover Episode: Everton X Leicester
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Jake is joined by Matt from Daily Everton to preview the weekend match between Leicester and Everton at King Power Stadium. Both sides are still searching for their first win of the season. We talk tactics, line-ups and finish with a combined eleven for both teams.
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Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:00:20
Speaker
You got one and a little bit more of the intro there. Hello, everyone, and welcome to another Everton podcast player brought to you by GSPN Network. Today we've got Jake, who is a Leicester fan. We've got the crossover episode. How are we, Jake?
00:00:33
Speaker
Yeah, I'm good. I'm excited to hear from an Everton fan, both sides looking for the first one of the season and then we'll talk all things Everton and Leicester. Yeah, we've well, were yeah're we're looking for a yeah first point, never mind a win. It's been dross, it's been
Team Frustrations and Manager Pressure
00:00:48
Speaker
dross. um Yeah, obviously we've we're kind of in a similar situation, we're both ah well similarish. I think I get the feeling that you may be relatively happy with how your season started.
00:01:00
Speaker
ah yeah I think that's fair. like a Content is probably the right word. There's there's a bit of frustration already with um some of Steve Cooper's decisions um based on, obviously, we we were 2-0 up at Crystal Palace in the last game, and a bit of a dubious first goal, which is is still going on today, and there's been news about that. but Yeah, the the second goal is is from a penalty and yeah, some of his decisions bringing on defensive players and not trying to attack as frustrated fans already. So I think I get the impression that ah obviously Saturday is a massive game for both teams. as Is it always always going to be? But it's even bigger now because Deutsch is under a lot of pressure. And actually, I think if we lose, I can see Cooper being under a bit of pressure from our fans already.
00:01:48
Speaker
Yeah, I think you're right. I think it is going to be. It's one of those games where it is a six pointer, isn't it? It's it's early in the season, but ah both will die for certain is under
Leicester's Season Challenges and Defensive Issues
00:01:58
Speaker
pressure. I get the feeling when you're saying about the obviously you were tuning up in that game. We were tuning up against Bournemouth and Dijs did a similar thing with bringing on. Maybe not defensive players, but not keeping on players that could go attack and finish the game. um Is it is the consensus around Lester that?
00:02:15
Speaker
that time may be running out for him, or is it still too early? Because he's only he's not been there long, has he? No, no. It's not time running out. It's more frustrations possibly coming through early. and There's obviously that Nottingham Forest connection from the past. um There's probably ah a bit of fans being a little bit underwhelmed ah to start with. and To be honest, ah I've personally been been happy enough so far. i mean We've played Tottenham and Aston Villa at home who were finished fourth and fifth last season I'm sure will both be in and around that this year and we've played Fulham and Crystal Palace away who were both sort of banged with table so we haven't played um you know Everton in the nicest ways it is our first big as you say six pointer so I'm quite happy so far
00:03:00
Speaker
we probably should have won on Saturday really and if we'd we should have really held on and it's a mistake from kind of Cody that's let us down but no ah i'm I'm quite happy I can just there's this frustration across social media which you know is not always necessarily the best indicator um of of what I felt in the grounds of the game so far and there hasn't been that um so the fans in the grounds of of been content and happy um with Cooper and the team. There's been frustration at some of the refereeing decisions but um yeah no the fans in the ground are are on the side at the moment and hopefully it stays like that. and We'll see after Saturday I guess. I know from when when you went down and two seasons ago, the defence was an issue then. Am I right in saying that it's a similar kind of thing? I didn't realise you had Cody back. um I know that, is it face?
00:03:54
Speaker
was at least a weak link. kind of we I think he had it in the right euros. Is the defence still something that we could maybe maybe look at and exploit? Is it a set piece issue you've got? what What can we exploit? Tell me. Yeah, great question. um I mean, Everton's problem has not been scoring goals in those last two games, has it? um So, and there was good chances, I watched the Villa game, um and there was there was good chances even at 2-0, 2-1, the good one I'm thinking of is when Calvallone goes through, and there was chances, so there'll there'll be opportunities against us, we haven't kept a clean sheet, we haven't really looked like keeping a clean sheet in all honesty, um and you need one sooner or later, but we've we yeah we've got goals in us.
00:04:37
Speaker
I'd be, you know, it's easy saying now and it'll be funny if I'm wrong, but I can't see a bit of an ill-nilled game based off both sides' defences so far this season. So yeah, there's definitely opportunities to exploit. While Faz last time had a lot of criticism from the Premier League, I'm going to say from clubs, but actually I think, I personally think he's actually our best centre back. Akoli, who's come in from Atlanta, is also very good. I actually quite like both of them. Faz isn't perfect.
00:05:07
Speaker
you know he's he's not an amazing centre by any stretch but he's okay and he has these lapses of lack of concentration and which caused problems but um yeah it's probably um christianson who will play left back for us here he's somebody to get at so there' there'll be opportunities for Everton i'm sort of hoping that ah the other way there's going to be opportunities for us and it's going to be um whoever scores more which we sort of saw when we last played two two years ago in a bit of a shootout ended two all and that was a bit of a game it it was literally whoever was going to score more goals
00:05:43
Speaker
Yeah that was a that was a relegation game back then wasn't it? was it Did Madison miss a penalty that day? Yeah I'm still trying to forget it to be honest. I sit behind the goal where he missed it and was yeah just and yeah it was awful. well I think a lot of fans including myself haven't forgiven him since if I'm honest. Yeah um I'm going to the game at the weekend.
00:06:05
Speaker
as well. Where are the away fans? in Because I've never been to King Power Stadium before. When the players come out of of the dugout,
Post-COVID Atmosphere and Fan Engagement
00:06:15
Speaker
it's in the far corner. um Next to, and we've got our family section and also the east stand where, um I was going to say most of the noise comes from, but ah that's not necessarily true, it depends really. The east stand used to be where all the noise came from, ah but we now have a singing section which and it generates some noise um and it's getting better um and there's a determination by the club and the fans to improve the atmosphere. um I think we're not the only club that's really suffered from a lack of atmosphere in the last few years, especially I think post Covid there's been a real highlight and as I said I don't think we're the only club, although I think some fans feel like that, that we're the only club that are suffering from that but I generally
00:06:57
Speaker
get considered a lot of clubs feel like the atmosphere is on the way and although Everton are not one of those that are associated with that really at all. i'd say There is that kind of feeling that Everton have got. It's been dire at home. Obviously the performances haven't helped kind of lift the mood, but there were, I think in the last, I suppose it was maybe combined with trying to keep us up, but there were movements to kind of improve the atmosphere. When we lost to Southampton in midweek, it was, well, I get the feeling that it was really flat. And I think you're right, maybe post-COVID there has been an issue with
00:07:32
Speaker
with atmosphere since then. But yeah, I'd say that we are also a team if you if you go to go to sin the season. and ah Well, hopefully we winning by then we'll be say ah singing a bit louder. But for the for the moment, it is it's dire. and Yeah, I was at the villa game. Yeah, Calvin learn should have should have had a couple of way but we had it was low percent percent possession. And I saw when you paid less that you ended up having more possession than them.
00:07:59
Speaker
Yes, so when we played Villa, um and I was really surprised by that because Villa generally dominate the ball but they can mix up their style, they're they're great at that. um yeah We had a lot of the ball, um it was ah ah ah Villa did a lot with it, and Villa will with a better team, it was a tight game though. um it it Yeah, our game against them was very different to the one I watched yourselves play last weekend. like He was a very, very different game. Obviously, we were at home, where you were away, which does make a difference. um i would I would expect us to have more of the ball because Cooper, if if his teams can have it,
00:08:37
Speaker
likes to have the ball, whereas Sean Dyche clearly isn't fussed about possession, which actually, to be honest, I really respect that.
Everton's Midfield Strategy and Set Pieces
00:08:45
Speaker
um I've got absolutely no issues with having the ball, not having the ball. um It's the the speed you move it with. If you've got 70% of the ball, but you're moving it dead slow,
00:08:54
Speaker
and And you're not creating anything. I think there's nothing worse to watch, to be honest. It's so difficult to to get behind a team that's just passing it really slowly and not creating anything. It's almost like waiting for the other team to get bored and and jump out and and create space. And yeah, I do struggle to watch that. and And that was one of the issues last year was some of the fans really struggled, even though we won the league. Some of the football that was played wasn't always the most entertaining. Yeah, yeah.
00:09:20
Speaker
I think you're right with with having the ball. Dice doesn't like having the ball. And I'm very confident that you'll see most of the ball on Saturday. I think um we at the minute are struggling for identity. even Even when we're at home, we're not having much of the ball. And when we do have it, it looks like we don't know what don't know really what we're going to do with it. Most of our goals, or some of it at least, have come from set pieces. um Our midfield, that I think you'll see on Saturday, our our midfield doesn't, there's no kind of,
00:09:49
Speaker
play between each other, it's all sort of just lump it up to Calvert-Lewin and see what sticks, whether that works, we'll see. Who is in the midfield for you then? um So based on the last couple of games, ah Harry Winx, Oliver Skip and Dede, and then Dede's almost playing off the striker, Jamie Vardy. It's a change of position, isn't it?
00:10:09
Speaker
Yeah, just a little. I mean, and the you know, when we went down only two seasons ago, he he was still a holding midfielder, which he'd always been. And then last season, the championship, he suddenly became this box to box almost a little bit higher than a box to box, which was very interesting. um Got goals and assists was really important. um Steve Cooper's now pushed him even higher than that, and he's playing off the striker. I mean, he's got three assists this season, which is incredible. um at at some point I've been meaning to have a look at how many career assists he's got in the Premier League because I can't see how he could have many more than that, excluding this season if I'm honest, um because he never got assists or goals unless it was a scream every now and again. so we were We were in for him. um Really? In the summer. I've got the feeling that they
00:10:53
Speaker
that you wanted to get rid of him at at one point, or he wasn't signing a contract, something like that? Yeah, so he was out of contract at the end of last season, so
Leicester Player Transitions and Surprises
00:11:00
Speaker
I know he was talking to a lot of clubs. If I'm honest, I was surprised he signed a new deal. I fully expected him to move on. um Maybe the standard of offers he got weren't what he wanted, I don't know, but I was genuinely very surprised to see him stay. um And I'm even more surprised to see him playing off the strike and getting assists. How much did you spend on Skep?
00:11:23
Speaker
Um, somewhere around 20, 20 million possibly going up to 25, which I think is personally, I think is too much. Um, he's actually played quite well for us so far, but I think the transfer fees too much. Hopefully he proves me wrong.
00:11:37
Speaker
Yeah, I get the feeling then with Winx and skipping the team, you're going to be wanting to play the ball a lot. I quite like Winx. I thought whenever I saw him in the championship, he seemed to have maybe found his level there. um At least he was very, very comfortable in the championship. I don't know how he's been playing so far for you this season. Yeah, he's better.
00:11:55
Speaker
You know what, I'm going to say something a bit controversial, which a lot of lessons won't like. I wasn't i didn't like him ah these performances against Tottenham or Villa. I suppose he really struggled, he got better as he went on. ah And Villa, again, he was definitely better in the Villa game, um and I didn't see any of the Palace one.
00:12:12
Speaker
um and other than highlights to actually comment on his performance in that because that wouldn't be fair but yeah I'm so far I prefer I'd like to see a combination of skipping indeedy with someone more attacking like a buena not a we've got an open Brighton um I'd like to see that we're not seeing that um But yeah, Harry Winx, if he gets time on the ball, which actually on Saturday, he will get time on the ball, he's very good at retaining and moving the ball sidewards, but with a ah progressive sidewards pass, not just um aimlessly side to side. So actually on Saturday, when he finally gets more of the ball, we might see um him really being able to dictate the game rather than being swamped, which when you're playing against Tottenham and Villa is obviously going to happen.
00:12:56
Speaker
Yeah, it's probably one of your first chances to actually get hold of the ball and and show what kind of team you are in the Premier League. and Like I keep saying, we haven't got that Harry Winx, the progressive pass. We've got in the middle, or at least I presume in the middle, we'll have Tim Irriban from Villa, who's who's looked really good actually, I think. um Hopefully James Garner will be back.
00:13:17
Speaker
um And so I don't know, because I think Idrisa Garner-Gay will be, I think he's so He's had a family loss or something, so hes he certainly won't be playing. and So yeah, I can see Winx and Skip dictating in proverbial commas that the game. um In terms of the attack then, ah the I'll be honest, the only game I've seen from you was the Spurs one, and by the first 35, 30 minutes of the game, I thought you your wingers looked look look quite dangerous. Who's the one you got on the right?
00:13:51
Speaker
ah So for Tarou He's excellent about a very young and hasn't ah He got an assistance Tony was very good in Tottenham in spells. um He hasn't really hit the heights since he's um He didn't play against Crystal Palace or sorry. He didn't start he came on but Mavadini finally got his chance which less fans were, including myself, really you know hoping he would get a chance because he scored a lot of goals for us last year and assists. For some reason, Steve Cooper hasn't liked him so far, but he scored. and I'm sure he will start him again on Saturday with Jordan Ayu on the other side for a bit of balance. He might even go more attacking and play both of them for title room. They're the two to look out for whether he plays them together and then
00:14:36
Speaker
Jamie Vardy who speaks for himself literally ah so far this season with two goals which if you can keep that up and keep himself fair is the main one because ah I still don't know how fit he is. I think I've said on every podcast that I've done every week, he he he gets himself ready, he gets himself in the in the team because when he plays, he's just brilliant. each He just still is brilliant. um And look, he outpaced Mark Gae on Saturday, which I know got a lot of talk, which, yeah, I think that might have knocked some of the the price tag off his transfer value. So a 37-year-old Jamie Vardy sprinting past him to score.
00:15:15
Speaker
ah Yeah, he's not lost pace at all, is he? He's um he's one that I think if he does start, he will score. He does usually get a goal against us. and With Michael Keane at the back, probably playing Tarkowski if he's fit. they're not they They're good at a low low block, but with the way that you play, well the less that the the idea of Leicester I've got is quick. um quick progressive passes, quick wingers, then obviously Jamie Vardy running running everywhere. um i think I think we'll struggle against him if if he plays. Is Dakar not getting much of it much of a say then? He's injured. He played pre-season and then got injured. It must have been the final friendly against Lons when we played them and he's out for three months, which I suppose we've got about two left now, so roughly sort November time, give or take. so
00:16:01
Speaker
um Yeah, it's a strange one with him because he he hasn't lived up to the heights at all, spent a lot of money, he's incredibly frustrating player, very quick, can actually be very good on his day and then just look like he's almost playing the wrong sport at times when it's so, so strange. um Yeah, having him and Ian Acho, Ian Acho has now moved on, he was out of contract, but yeah, so suddenly we've got Jamie Vardy, Jordan Ayus come in,
00:16:29
Speaker
who um isn't exactly the the most prolific striker but actually has surprised me as a good footballer and been a good addition but yeah goals from the striking area just concern me because if already gets injured or or his injury gets worse I think realistically he's not fully fit um yeah we might have a problem there in the future. I think the same with us with with strikers we haven't got that much depth we've got Calvert-Lewin obviously who himself isn't exactly known for his fitness at least the last couple of seasons. Beto's not getting not getting not getting a game. I don't think he's warranting one at the minute. And then we've got Shemiti out. So i think both I think for us, it's going to be goals. I think i don't know if you've seen much of Indai so far. He looks really promising.
00:17:13
Speaker
Yeah, I mean I watched when he was at Sheffield United actually in the Championship. ah ah I really, to be honest, just going down to the Championship, suddenly I i knew more than a lot of my friends and stuff because I love the Championship even though we've been, we were in the Premier's for 10 years. I loved the Championships. I really enjoyed watching him there. Obviously he went out to Marseille and yeah, I've watched bits of him what I've but been able to for Everton and I think he's a very good player. um He's certainly the one that could really threaten us, especially from a wide area, if he can get him behind. um Yeah, he he's definitely a massive friend. It could cause a lot of problems on Saturday. Yeah, I'm excited i'm excited to see him play. He's one of the only ones, for us at least, that gets the ball and actually drives. McNeil does it a little bit, but he's more of a sideways passer, as is Harrison. He doesn't give give much. I think we'll we'll go on to we'll go into the combined 11. Before we do that, just going to do a little adage before we get into that.
00:18:10
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00:18:53
Speaker
Yes, so far we're sort of playing, ah I guess it is a 4-2-3-1 because of where Ndidi's playing, although if you're watching games sometimes it looks more like a 4-3-3 at different points, but I think 4-2-3-1 is fair. Okay, well I think we play ah i think we play similar.
00:19:10
Speaker
um let's let's let's get Let's get into it then. so because yeah I think it learns a bit about the teams as well. so Who have you got in goal? For Everton fans who who haven't seen much of us last year, it's a very different side in in some ah some ways, and then we've picked up players like Skip, who we've already talked about, who have obviously primarily proven. so Matt Hermansons, our goalkeeper, is probably the most unknown i guess for Premier
Team Comparisons: Goalkeepers and Defenders
00:19:34
Speaker
League fans. I haven't seen him yet. Very, very good Danish keeper. Very happy with him. um a very, very good goalkeeper who I think will get better and hopefully really establish himself, hopefully with us in the Premier League or somebody else at the top level. However, you've obviously got Jordan Pickford, who and for many people have a critic, a very critical of him. Now, actually, I'm not I'm not one of them. um I really like Pickford for England. I think Pickford's a very good goalkeeper and it would be hard for me to make a case for Mads Hermansson in this team over England's number one goalkeeper.
00:20:10
Speaker
Yeah well I'll take it but yeah I think at least well the start of this season he's had a couple of a couple of shockers that Spurs I don't know if you saw the Spurs one. Only the highlights and yeah the I think Romero scored off a corner as yeah a post or back but yeah I did see the highlights.
00:20:29
Speaker
So he's, um yeah, he struggled a bit, but I still back him as um is being one of the one of the players that will hopefully keep us up and hopefully thrive for ah for a mid-table finish this season, God forbid. and Left back, I know you mentioned, was it Christensen? Yes. and We've got Michelenko, who has been, obviously he's had to inherit the role of Luca Deem when he left a couple of seasons ago.
00:20:55
Speaker
Micalenko is you know more limited more limited. He's also been relatively injury prone. and I actually quite like the look of Christensen when he played against Spurs. I thought he was one of your better one of your better players.
00:21:07
Speaker
Yeah, he's young. He is really young and this is it his his performance is a bit inconsistent. um he He shows different things at different times in terms of, sometimes I think he's a more defensive fallback and then he flies forward and and gets some really good crosses and and passes into that final fair. Sometimes I'm find myself sort of getting caught going at you what sort of fall back a wing back even is he um yes he's he's inconsistent on his day he's really good um ah he's he's very passionate he's always very passionate um scripts shouting in the goal if he makes a clear and things like that we've seen numerous times so yeah he's very passionate um is micalenko injured uh he was yeah he came off ill i think there's been a couple of places but i think he's back okay
00:21:55
Speaker
whether or not I'd.
00:21:59
Speaker
I don't know which one we'd go for here. Yeah, as I say, Christensen's inconsistent. Again, Michaelenko is actually one of the players I quite like, but I think Christensen, again, is a bit younger. So if you want someone right now, maybe go Michaelenko for a bit more consistency. Possibly in the future, I think Christensen has got some growth in him. I'm sitting on the fence with this one, to be honest. We'll go Michaelenko. We'll go Michaelenko.
00:22:27
Speaker
and i'm happy to that one Center halves we've got Tarkowski and Michael Key, Connor Cody and is it Face? Fazend, Coley coming from Italy, um Cody won't start, he he didn't start many games for us in the championship, there's Yannick Vestergaard,
00:22:48
Speaker
um if If I was picking two, my personal pick Tarkovsky for sure, and then probably Walfaz actually, or possibly, Coley's again only played a couple of games, but I've really liked him in the couple of games we've played to be honest, so maybe I would pick him. um Yeah, the the two two or three games he's played now, I've really liked Coley for us.
00:23:12
Speaker
Yeah, I probably agree. I'm looking forward to seeing how those how how you two sent us phase up. um No pun intended. Right, right back ah is it another struggle for us. We'll probably be playing actually young. So I'm just going to forfeit that one now. I don't want to speak about actually young. Who is your who's playing? right well James Justin is i right but yeah likingness is suffered some really bad injuries. I'll now back up right back with Riccardo Pereira, who ah also suffered some really bad injuries and was played every minute he could last season. was ah I think our best player out last season, um he went a bit under the radar, he was fantastic, dictated the game. and When he didn't play, we were much poorer aside. He hasn't played a minute in the Premier League this season. Steve Cooper, for whatever reason, clearly doesn't like him as a player. So it's going to be James Justin. um Yeah, I liked Ashley Young in the past, but for ease um he's ah he's at that age now. He's down the line. and He can't quite do it. Yeah, I think I would definitely go for James Justin in that role. And then we've got two central midfield players. I liked Tim Irugbunham. If it was me, I'd probably go with Irugbunham. I like Winx. I think this season he's got a...
00:24:25
Speaker
um I think he's got a chance to show that he's tailor made for the Premier League. I thought so it was actually quite a good buy from you last season. um So I'll probably go with those two, I think. Yeah, I think I'm happy with those two.
Midfield and Attacking Players' Impact
00:24:37
Speaker
Gay, um I would have picked him, I guess, from an outside perspective. I would have put him in, but Irribunum, I've not too completely done well. Yeah, I really like the look of him in the in the bits that I've got to see him and because I assumed in the summer he was one of those signings just for PSR reasons and then I went
00:24:57
Speaker
And now, actually, fair play. did This guy can really play, and ah he could be some player, potentially, with with his height and and the way he gets around the pitch, and and he can he can really play. And then I think I'm going to give you both wingers. I'd say McNeil is, he's ated he to be fair to him, actually, he's had a decent start. um yeah Maybe I'm doing with this service. I struggle with our wingers. I really do. they they they aren't ah similar to Not similar, sorry, to yours. Yours are proper wingers, whereas ours are some almost inside forwards. that They're not running down the wing, so as McNeil does a bit, but there's no pace there. Yeah. Where where does Undyed play? like where I'd like to see him. Obviously, he e predominantly has played on the Dij on the left.
00:25:45
Speaker
kind and and McNeil actually has been behind the striker, but I would prefer to see in die behind and Calvert Lewin. If we put and die as the number 10, I would be quite happy with that. And then I guess, yeah, it's strange when we're saying that the wingers are going to end up being Mavadini and Fattawi from Leicester when actually, I think on Saturday, we're going to see Jordan Iu and Mavadini, which actually, again, it was a combined 11. I wouldn't have a problem with Iu. I certainly really criticized him and
00:26:16
Speaker
was not the player I thought he was until I saw him play. Whenever I've watched him play for Palace, I've really enjoyed him. Yeah, I was really critical. I'm going to be honest, I think I totally misread him and I'll hold my hands up. I think I was really, really wrong about him. The second I saw him play, even in a cup game against Trammere, and it was little things like his work rate, which I knew about, but his attitude, his first touch, he's holding off big, strong League Two centre backs.
00:26:44
Speaker
um So, whether they're quick or not, it wasn't about that. it was It was elements that I didn't think he had to his game, but his attitude's first-class. um And he genuinely holds the ball up so well from wide positions. So, yeah, IU and Mavridini is probably actually the two I'd pick right now. For Tarou, hopefully by the end of the season, and if he can get the opportunities again, he could he could be talked about, I really think, by some much bigger clubs because he's got a big ceiling. It's just so far this season he hasn't quite taking these opportunities he's yet. Okay and just before we go on to the strikeism, I think that's my answer. We're going to go for just the second ad route for you to enjoy. um This podcast is by part of the Global Sports Podcast Network, the only network bringing you exclusive daily news and views on your Premier League team, the Premier League women's football and fantasy football. A unique listening experience that puts fans first, bringing you the very latest breaking news from your team
00:27:39
Speaker
Subscribe wherever wherever you get your podcasts and make us your first listen every day. Global Sports Podcast Network, every club, every day. Are we having Vardy or are we having Calvert Lewis? i think i think vaardy yeah I can't knock back Jamie Vardy. um ah he's just He said it earlier and he's just relentless. Every time he gets written off by you by me, I've written him off at the different points and been really harsh. I love him, but um I really thought he was going to struggle this year and he scored two goals in the first four games. I didn't see that coming.
00:28:11
Speaker
um i should I should learn to just back him no matter what, really. like yeah he's He seems almost timeless. Calvert-Lewin, to be honest, has started the season well himself, though. so yeah um it's It's not an easy decision because Calvert-Lewin scored goals himself, but yeah Jamie Vardy is just something different. here yeah um and Just before we finish, can I get a score prediction?
00:28:34
Speaker
um but Every one I've done of this, so I've gone for a 1-1 in in every every prediction, which, ah based on our really tight games, possibly wouldn't be the worst prediction, but I'm going to go for it a-1 win for Leicester or 3-2. I think there'll be goals in the game.
Score Predictions and Podcast Conclusion
00:28:54
Speaker
3-2, based on your last two games, probably isn't a bad prediction either, but yeah, I think there'll be goals.
00:29:00
Speaker
Yeah, me too. I think you'll have a lot to the ball. You'll have plenty of chances. I think we'll give up a load of chances, but I think we may well get you on the counter if Neil gets his running boots on. Yeah, I think there'll be goals in it. I think I really, really would like to see us get a clean sheet after the last couple of games. You want us, no nonsense, get the job done, but I can't see it.
00:29:24
Speaker
I'll go for a, I'll go for a, I've actually been quite audacious with all of these. I'm going to go for a 3-1 Everton. Albert Lewin's going to get two and I think Mick Kegge and Michael Kean will get one. But I think it'll be a really good game and actually I'm really looking forward to it.
00:29:39
Speaker
yeah like michael keen's ah one I think he's the only player, I might be wrong here, that's that's played for the other team because he was online with us a long, long time ago. Was he? championship Yeah, there'll be some listening that hopefully won't note that because he was saying so long ago, ah but he was really good for us. But yeah, so I had a quick look through the teams and had a think and I couldn't spot anyone other than him that I could think about had played, um that was still playing, I should say, in the teams that played for the other one. But as I say, ah there might be someone out there that that can prove me wrong on that. And I've missed maybe I've missed a really obvious one. Yeah, if someone someone who's listening can um can find I will um i send you 5000 pounds. How about that? ah No, well i'm not wrong I'm sure there may be one. But um yeah, that's ah that's it. Jake, thank you very much for coming on. I've i've learned a lot about about Leicester. And then when I go to the ground, I actually think it'll be I think it'll be a cracker.
00:30:37
Speaker
yeah Hopefully you you enjoy the ground and and yeah um have a as you say his first time come to lesson and coming to the ground. yeah so um Hopefully it's a good experience for you apart from the game and the result because we're desperate for points. I think we both are.
00:30:52
Speaker
and But no, thank you very much for coming on. It's been a pleasure and thank you very much for listening. It's been the Everton ah podcast. We'll be back again tomorrow, hopefully with another episode looking forward to to the game in more detail. Thank you very much for listening and we'll ah see you tomorrow. Take care.