The ToffeeWeb Podcast: Talking Everton

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

Adam and Paul join Lyndon to look back briefly at Jordan Pickford's ultimately disappointing Euros before discussing Everton's first pre-season outing against Sligo Rovers. They assess the benefits of Amadou Onana's sale to Aston Villa and what is still needed before the transfer deadline and finish by marking the 20th anniversary of Tim Cahill signing for the Toffees

Lyndon is joined by the author of numerous books on Everton history, member of the EFC Heritage Society and, of course, treasured ToffeeWeb contributor, Rob Sawyer. They chatted about his latest book, Broken Dreams: Everton, the War and Goodison’s Lost Generation about the 1938/39 championship winning side which was denied the chance to defend its title and perhaps build a period of lasting success by the outbreak of the Second World WarRob described his long-standing family ties with Everton Football Club, how he got into writing about the Toffees with his first book on Harry Catterick in 2015 and what drew him to focus the late 1930s team. And, of course, they talked about the modern day Blues, where the team goes from here after the last few tumultuous years and the looming departure from Goodison Park at the end of the coming season.

Adam, Paul and Lyndon chat about a number of deals that have either been done by Everton or that could be finalised before what's come to be known as the PSR deadline, including Tim Iroegbunam and Lewis Dobbin trading places, Jack Harrison and Ashley Young remaining for one more season at least and speculation around Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Ben Godfrey

Pablo joins the podcast again to discuss his work with the Everton Fan Advisory Board over the past 12 months and his candidacy for another year on the representative body.

The guys chat about the possibility of an imminent takeover by the Friedrick Group, the pros and cons of resisting all advances from Manchester United for Jarrad Branthwaite, our preferred opponents for the last ever top-flight match at Goodison Park and Euro 2024 so far.