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

[Eggs]

Struggling to see where the goals are coming from to be honest

Give Rondon some time up top, start Onana, hope Gordon and Gray have a good day supporting Rondon, pray

….problem with Rondon is he struggles to get on the end of things in the penalty area because he can’t keep up with players breaking out wide. We’d basically be playing him as an out ball but we are void of options, what a mess.

 

[gedefc]

------------Pickford
----Holgate Tarky Coady
Patterson------------Vinagre
---------Onana Iwobi
Gordon----Rondon----McNeil

Wont be the team, but i'd start with Vinagre in this, better attacking threat than mykolenko
Rondon has to start, which id hope might give McNeil something to aim for in the middle, Grays doing my head in of late, he can drop to the bench

 

[Gotter]

Just hope we can defend properly. Start by defending well and that gives us a platform to win the game.

Feel we are missing good habits from our game at the moment.

 

[Chewbacca]

Are we at the ‘must win’ stage yet?

 

[Mosh Pit]

It's not ideal but in fairness, Rondon isn't actually as bad as people make out.

He'll do a better job up there than the other front three did in the opening two games.

1. He can score.
2. He allows others to score.

I reckon he'll be fine to get us through this game.

 

[navidson]

Expected loss

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Just hope we can defend properly. Start by defending well and that gives us a platform to win the game.

Feel we are missing good habits from our game at the moment.

I think defensively we've looked okay last two times out for the most part

Had two defeats and it really should have been two draws on the balance of play

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Feed the King Salaman and he shall score.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Must not lose, can't go 0 points from 9.

But it will be negligent to go into the game without a new signing at centre forward

 

[davek]

Must not lose, can't go 0 points from 9.

But it will be negligent to go into the game without a new signing at centre forward

But that WILL be the case.

It's unforgiveable.

 

[Nymzee]

I don't like using the term must win in August, but it kinda is. If we want to stay up this season we have to be beating teams like Forest at home.

Feel more sorry for Lampard though who has no goals in his side.

 

[kenada_blue]

Sit Gordon out of this one. Don't want his knees exploding before he's sold

 

[oglop44]

Team picks itself really. Assuming Doucoure out for a few weeks, Onana not quite up to speed and Dele and Gordon on their way.
Pickford
Holgate Coady Tarkowski
Patterson Davies Iwobi Myko
McNeil Rondon Gray

Key thing for us to work on is the Patterson-McNeil relationship. Our best chance of a goal with Rondon is a cross and that isn't coming from Gray. Otherwise, play for set pieces which we're looking slightly more threatening from this year.

 

[Drumblue]

Are we at the ‘must win’ stage yet?

Yes we are....

 

[Lob]

I will start to get very worried indeed if we lose this one as well and there is a good chance we will if we don't bring any strikers in pronto.