Match Thread Everton v Nottingham Forest : 3pm KO : Saturday 20th August 2022

[nsno-chris]

It’s just a very strange situation that.

A strange situation that does not involve him going to Turkey probably

 

[Nyhus]

How is Tom Davies fitter than him?

 

[Maltese_Falcon]

So poor that starting 11 , half of them aren't even Premiership standard

 

[BlueStevie35]

Push Iwobi out wide Gray on the bench and Onana in the middle with Tom. I hope I’m wrong but that team is just inviting pressure and Onana is the one guy who can help drive us forward.

Iwobi isn’t good in a wide role

 

[duncs pigeon]

Tom Davies fuuuuume

Played well at Villa last week

 

[dylsexicbleu]

Gonna have to assume Frank thinks Onana isn't fit enough to start. No other explanation. It's easy for us to say he should start, but if he's blowing out his arse by 35mins he isn't much use to us.

Also, managers are usually fairly conservative in these situations.

 

[Curtis]

Frank has mentioned that onana isn't fully fit as he was briefly injured during preseason and didn't have an opportunity to get full fitness dont want another gbamin situation who was thrown in too early before was fit and we saw how that played out

 

[hktoffee]

People should try getting behind the lads

How on earth Davies can still survive this and not leaving…

 

[Mozza1987]

Not going to lie not particularly confident here but we badly need to win even so early in the season.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Disappointed that Onana isn't starting. Just don't see who's going to be taking control of the game... Iwobi can't do it by himself.

 

[Saaby]

Lampard wants to fans against him this early with this lineup.

 

[davek]

At least it's a bit more stable.

 

[bullybeef]

Jesus wept… that team!

 

[bluelife]

Never got this to be honest. If he isn't fit enough then don't be on the bench.

If he’s only fit enough to play 30 mins without overstraining muscle, the medical team can advise on that. And it obviously doesn’t make sense to play him for the first 30 mins.

 

[blue to the bone]

Never got this to be honest. If he isn't fit enough then don't be on the bench.

Then you don't know a whole lot about match fitness