Simon Thomas

Well, you know, Arsenal are not in great form as well, so it's a game that you'd look to to win.

And looking at the sort of rumblings that are coming out of Everton, I think they really do need a win, particularly the manager.

Where would a defeat for Ronald Koeman at home leave him tomorrow, do you think?

In big trouble.

I don't like to see managers under pressure.

It's difficult, but the facts are there.

The results haven't been good enough.

I think the recruitment in the summer was strange.

You lose a player like Lukaku and they didn't replace him in the right way.

They've signed a lot of number 10s.

I always think about Everton and their DNA.

It's been having good wide players, getting the ball into the box, being an aggressive team.

I think this team now is very passive.

There's no real aggression in it.

And they're missing what I felt that Goodison needs.

Whenever you played at Everton or played against them, there was a great atmosphere.

And it seems like they need something to go their way.

He needs a win tomorrow.

But I like what he said there.

He's bullish.