The ToffeeWeb Podcast: Talking Everton

The guys are back together and in cheerier mood after the Toffees' 2-1 home win over Crystal Palace. They discuss Jesper Lindstrøm's struggles, the important half-time change made by Sean Dyche, and the brilliance of Dwight McNeil before turning their thoughts to the visit of Newcastle and where Anthony Gordon now fits in the rogues gallery of opposition boo-boys

Lyndon, Adam and Paul discuss the week's big news that Farhad Moshiri has agreed terms with the The Friedkin Group for the sale of his majority stake in Everton. They look back on Saturday's disappointing 1-1 draw at Leicester and look ahead to some key figures returning to fitness and another huge fixture against Crystal Palace at the weekend.

The fellas rake through another miserable Saturday result after Everton gave up another 2-0 lead and lost 3-2 thanks to some awful defending and a goal-of-the-season contender by Jhon Duran. They discuss what's going wrong, whether Sean Dyche has the answers and broach the subject of what happens if results don't improve in the weeks ahead. Finally, they discuss John Textor's takeover bid amid breaking news that Dan Friedkin may want back in to negotiations.

A well-known Everton podcaster in his own right, having hosted the Blue Half, Everton Business Matters and the Results Business, Rodger is, by his own admission, never shy of giving a strident opinion on the Blues. He and Lyndon jumped straight into chatting about the current state of the Club over an hour’s discussion where he reflected on the Bournemouth game, his views on Sean Dyche, the takeover and the general state of the club as well as some quick thoughts on the wider game.

The guys try to make sense of Everton's unfathomable implosion when they became the first Premier League team to lose a game when leading 2-0 as late as the 87th minute. They debate whether it's too soon to be thinking about replacing Sean Dyche, what he will need to do to turn things around while taking some solace from a fine performance that put the Blues into a winning position before they fell apart.They also briefly chat about the deadline day business and, in view of Iliman Ndiaye's display, other memorable players who got Evertonian bums off their seat in anticipation down the years.

Andy is back from France and Paul T returns from his own holiday to join Lyndon to do a post-mortem on the defeat at Spurs and the Carabao Cup win over Doncaster. They debate the pros and cons of Sean Dyche's legendary reluctance to change his team and what is needed before the transfer deadline in the final hours of the window.

Paul McParlan is back along with Adam McCulloch and Lyndon Lloyd to dissect the 3-0 humbling at the hands of Brighton, the selection crisis at right-back and just when Sean Dyche will feel moved to switch out some of his trusted lieutenants in favour of more of the summer signings

In the third of the series of one guest from the world of Evertonia, Lyndon is joined by author Jim Keoghan who has just published his fifth book related to the Blues, “And If You Know Your History: (A Young Evertonian’s Guide to the Toffees)”. They talked about that, his other tomes, his background as a Blue, his thoughts ahead of the new season, and some of the ways in which football as a whole is broken at the moment, particularly in terms of the imbalance between the top and the lower reaches of the game.

Adam, Lyndon and Paul return to discuss the more recent pre-season friendlies and assess which players of those who will be fit to play will be in the manager's thinking for the first starting XI of 2025. They chat about which parts of the team still need urgent attention before the transfer deadline as well as the striker situation given the continuing uncertainty over Dominic Calvert-Lewin's future