View from the Gwladys Street: Hailing impact of Everton’s dynamic duo and assessing those Zivkovic and Arnautovic links

With regular host Ian Croll away, Paul Wheelock is joined by two young Blues, Tom Clarke and Max Carlyle, for our latest View from the Gwladys Street fans' podcast.

Recorded on the final day of the final international break of the year, the trio take a look back at the season so far and look ahead to this weekend's visit of Cardiff City to Goodison Park, and to the January transfer window.

It was certainly a successful summer for the Blues and, while Tom and Max are quick to pay tribute to the job being done on the field by Marco Silva, they also believe Farhad Moshiri's decision to bring in Marcel Brands is already paying dividends.

The lads debate Silva and Brands' best signing so far and the players who have come on the most under the new regime before talk turns to the New Year and further potential additions.

Everton have been linked with Benfica winger Andrija Zivkovic and West Ham striker Marko Arnautovic but we ask is the former needed and is the latter the right profile?

And, after an Andre Gomes mutual admiration society, the pod rounds off by previewing the Cardiff clash and the big selection decisions facing Silva this weekend.