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

[BlueToff]

I know onana had a rough start initially but thought he grew into the game some nice interceptions and tackles

He did, but I'd like some apologies in the post from all the ones who insisted he should have started

 

[Mark barnett]

McNeil with genuinely one of the worst 30 minutes of football I've seen in a long time. Looked lazy, disinterested and just generally nowhere near good enough... and this is supposed to be one of the easiest fixtures of the whole season. No way he gets a run in the side any time soon; dropped today, came on and stunk the place out.

Never seen a player who puts the wrong weight on every ball he plays as much as him surely there's a better 20 mil player we could have nabbed

 

[Curtis]

I don't think we're going alter the back 5 otherwise we wouldn't have brought in coady. I thought we were decent today overall the front line is inexcusably ineffective which needs to be addressed stat but compare that performance to last season like the Norwich game major improvement yes it's not good enough but it's not as bleak as everyone is making out

 

[kev]

The world and his wife know that we need a centre forward, so that game taught us absolutely nothing that we didn't already know. Until the attack is sorted it's going to be more of the same.
Alex Iwobi (yet again) gets my vote for man of the match.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Che Adam’s would have won us that game

 

[roydo]

One random thought - dodged a bullet with that Lingard lad. Barely knew he was playing. A big wage collector.

I was listening on the radio, and he was barely mentioned, other than mentioning he was hardly mentioned.

 

[MikeH72]

First game I've watched in over a year. Get a decent striker in and we will be fine.

What if we don’t get a decent striker in? Who is a decent striker?

 

[Rugby Toffee]

Iwobi immense again.
Patterson did well
Tark had a mare of a 1st half
Gray showed flashes and took his goal well
Davies huffed
Gordon seems to be on Chelsea's bench already , although produced some good moments
Onana showed glimpses of what we can expect
McNeil wasn't good again
The rest did okay

 

[Frenk]

Che Adam’s would have won us that game

Niasse would have too.

 

[DanB90]

Che Adam’s would have won us that game

But at what cost?

 

[Toffeeback]

Through three games, it's clear to me that we've improved from last season on two-thirds of the pitch but the front third has regressed so much that it's massively holding us back.

I mean, just a competent front 3 - not even a great one - and we've probably got 5-7 points out of these first 9 instead of 1.

Not saying Lampard's been perfect, but given what he's had to work with, I'd say the blame clearly lies higher up.

 

[ToffeeTim]

The celebrations for that goal did my head in you know. What a sad indictment of the state of the club. An equaliser at home against Forest. Give me strength

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Niasse would have too.

We need a strong mobile pest who can occupy defenders, link up play and score. That’s not niasse, the exact sort of forward we do not need

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

But at what cost?

20 odd mill

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

The celebrations for that goal did my head in you know. What a sad indictment of the state of the club. An equaliser at home against Forest. Give me strength

Are yiu ever happy?
Moaning about celebrating a goal now