Joleon Lescott
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So for Everton, you want to be at home.
But I remember playing in games at Goodison, the fans had a huge effect on how you felt and how you played.
They were the 12th man for Everton in those games and they're not going to have the fans and that's the biggest drawback
And that will give Liverpool a lift.
It will be presumably a pure football match.
And if both teams play well, you'd expect Liverpool to win the game.
So that lack of Everton fans in the stadium is a major blow for the home team.
And that's the fascinating thing, Alan.
I think it's whether the players can kind of self-generate that passion that you normally get that comes off the crowd in waves in a Merseyside derby or any derby.
You say, yeah, there still should be an energy and intensity to it.
But it'd be very interesting because it's going to be a completely unique Merseyside derby.
We've never had a game under these circumstances.
So the players and the coaching staff are going to have to work very hard to really kind of self-generate that energy and enthusiasm.
I'm sure it will be there.
But again, it's kind of the first or second game back.
So it's going to be very, very difficult because it's a whole new environment.
And to have a Merseyside derby under those circumstances is going to be a test for both sets of players.
Andy, you've got one goal, haven't you?
The one goal that I scored.
I was going to ask you, when I joined Everton, it was very clear to me, I joined from Man City, very quickly you realised the history behind Everton Football Club, the success, the great success it had under Howard Kendall, European trophies and everything else.