Everton’s start to 23/24 Premier League assessed

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A difficult start to assess for The Toffees.

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00:00 So, Will, four games in in the Premier League.

00:02 Just have a look at Everton's campaign so far.

00:06 One point, I mean, it's not been ideal so far, has it?

00:10 But what can you sort of take from those first four games?

00:14 - It's a difficult one, really.

00:16 I think you can either have your glass half full or half empty.

00:20 If you start with half empty, the obvious,

00:23 say one point out of four games, let's be quite frank,

00:29 two at least were winnable, maybe three for them,

00:32 which they should have won.

00:33 Wolves, they had enough chances, should have won,

00:35 and obviously Wolves have had problems themselves

00:37 in the market at that point.

00:39 And Sheffield United as well, they got one,

00:41 they looked around top and they just reverted to type

00:43 and left Sheffield United,

00:44 knew they promoted Sheffield United,

00:46 who a lot of people are tipping to be down there,

00:48 back into the game.

00:49 And obviously they were comfortably beaten by Aston Villa.

00:55 Yeah, I can understand why there's a fair bit

00:58 of pessimism out there,

00:59 because things are only going to get harder

01:01 for Everton Arsenal to come next.

01:03 Luckily, they beat them last season

01:04 after they showed their first game.

01:07 But I said that was the proverbial new manager bounce.

01:10 Are they going to have that again when Arsenal visits?

01:13 But there have been some signs

01:17 that Everton can get themselves out of the mire.

01:21 Obviously they have been creating chances,

01:25 they didn't score goals against these Fulham and Wolves,

01:29 but at least scored twice against Sheffield United,

01:33 probably maybe because of a couple more on the counter.

01:37 Yeah, Beto, who survived from losing his,

01:40 he looks a real handful.

01:42 Obviously, Dominic Calvert-Lewin maybe can't rely on

01:46 as much as he once was.

01:47 So Everton have got a real top striker

01:51 who might suit the way they play.

01:53 Maybe we shouldn't be getting carried away just yet,

01:55 but on his debut, it's encouraging.

01:58 The attacking options are better.

02:01 This season, there's a lot more Eden Valaksov

02:02 will be going out, especially when everyone's fit.

02:05 Jack Harrison coming back will be a big boost

02:09 to Mardy Craig instead, and he's going to have to knuckle down

02:11 and get his head down, to be quite frank.

02:14 Or what he's come out of social media,

02:17 I'm sure that hasn't gone down the storm

02:19 at Goodson Park.

02:20 But yeah, I think those are the positives

02:23 that you have to take, and obviously Calvert-Lewin as well

02:25 to come back.

02:26 Who says, you know, maybe Dele Alli might finally revive

02:30 his career, I don't know.

02:31 But yeah, you have to take some positives,

02:35 but you can't deny that Everton were granted

02:39 a fairly easy start, and they've taken one point,

02:44 which is really, really disappointing.

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