Premier League — Matchweek 12

Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom told Sky Sports:

"He [Harrison Armstrong] felt his groin a little bit when he was away on international duty so we brought him straight back.

"Nothing major but not fit for the game today."

I'd had taken Nuno anytime over "cautious" Moyes

I can't think of a single team in the world that I would put below them if I was pushed to name my second team.

Maybe the Donald Trump managed, Farage coached, Waffen SS Nazi11…

And even then….

The three hard boiled eggs rule.

2nd team Celtic. 3rd Club Athletic

How bad is Konate?

How shite is Isak?

I love them taking the smile off Slot's face, he can give it but definitely can't take it.

Dysfunctional squad. Subs everywhere. 606 commentator saying it's all about Jota. How about a shite unbalanced defence?

Joy!!!

I can't remember if it was ever this bad in the 66 years of my following Everton.

I hope it keeps up for them; if not, hope it gets worse!

They're resolute defending is equal to the poor finishing of Liverpool. That said, there was nothing wrong with the disallowed Forest goal. Glad it didn't become an issue. They have a much better midfield, attack and full-backs than we do.

They have pace and finishers. Something we haven't had in decades. Dyche doing all right, it appears. Delighted that the Red Shite and despisable Slot are being thumped.

Just as well they didn't give him any money to spend.

A win on Monday night, and we go above the Red Shite!

Somehow never noticed the betting ads when I logged on to post today!

Slot needs to stay in his post forever as far as I'm concerned.

Used to be my favourite paper and crossword... Not now!! I have a different cross word now!!!

4 - Alexander Isak is the first Liverpool player in Premier League history to end on the losing side in each of his first four starts for the club. Unfortunate.

It's the new polite me... 🤣

As we all know, that's twice more than David Moyes.

Pathetic Joe. Yet relegation-zone Forest go there with the three hard-boiled eggs and batter them.

Mind you, they do have a much better squad than us. Perfect for sitting back and hitting the counter. Forest: 25.6% possession.

Why couldn't Dycheball do that for us? We must be cursed to fuck.

As it was, 26% possession and won 3-0 on chances scored. Possession stats mean nothing as long as you score with the possession you have!

As Robin Askwith said in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, 'It's what you do with it that matters'.

Haaland, Foden and Barnes all missed sitters where it was easier to score. Thus making Barry's not quite as dreadful. Kind of.

It's something ingrained in the blueprint at Everton Football Club. Since the inauguration of the Premier League in 1992, this club has stopped believing.

Mental that Nottingham Forest have been up three seasons since 1999 yet they have won twice at Anfield, won at Old Trafford and at Stamford Bridge in that short time.

At Everton, I'm still waiting with my crackers on a plate for that jam tomorrow promise.

So, according to dodgy ChatGPT, Forest have spent £250M more than us. If so, this is by no means the end of the matter. What matters equally is how that money has been spent.

Forest might have spent more than us but they have also spent that money more astutely: Murillo, Gibbs-White, Milenkovic, Anderson, Ndoye. Murillo and Anderson, in particular, were top-class buys.

We have a long history of wasting money and the last window is hardly something to crow about.

Meanwhile, can I say just how made up I am for Frank Lampard. I hope he gets a good reception when he brings his Coventry City side to Hill Dickinson Stadium next season.

Anyone who is thinking of booing, just remember the sheer joy in his face, bopping in from of the director's box after the Palace 3-2 result.

And I'm not ready to declare on the buys yet. People are only now seeing what a player Garner is; some players take longer to settle. I think Barry and Dibling in particular will come good.

Forest are in our Premier League peer group and they spent more to be there, but also had that 7th season last time out.

I see us in a tier with Forest, Fulham, West Ham, Brentford, and Palace, behind Villa, Bournemouth, Brighton, Spurs, and Newcastle (though we can beat any one of those five when we turn up).

It's definitely all in their heads. We rarely, if ever, see a stunning away win. It just doesn't happen.

All too predictable I'm afraid.

It's like we hire Kim Kardashian's personal shopper and send her to Primark but pay Harrod's prices.

It will kick off badly if they do not get us a striker and right-back in January. But, hey-ho, Scott McTominay is apparently joining us. Chortle. Moyesy even had to deny it. McTominay feeding Igor Thiago will be TFG brilliant.

Calvert-Lewin not on the pitch.

For around £5m plus a season, you'd think you would get more than that.

Not saying our lads are that much better, but glad we moved on.

Former Everton striker ends nightmare run of form by scoring first goal in seven months

But no, that wasn't him. And he really hasn't been much good for an awful long time.

But we stuck with him as some self-confessed 'experts' claimed they saw something in him that simply wasn't there anymore.

Still, he made some damned good money out of us. I hate to think quite how much...

Top players at full tilt, you can do nothing about it.

I think that Timber might be the answer to our right-back issue.

Level on points with them this time tomorrow, Tommy Docherty and Mary Brown's former club, and Spuds, and two points off 5th.

Even he will be 34 years old in a couple of weeks.

The game at the top level is a joke. The only consistent you can be sure of is the game you're watching has awful officials.

The explanation for their decisions is just gobbledygook. PGMOL out!

My wife's home town in Sweden. Never been out of the top 2 divisions since 1940. And never won anything either!

21 games gone in the 30 game season and bottom without a win.

Took 13 points from next 8 games and in a relegation play off spot (14th) coming into last game - away at team who were 15th. Lose and they are relegated. Losing 1-0 until 94th minute when full back scored an equaliser from a corner.

Lost the 1st leg of the play off 1-0. After 90 minutes of home leg, winning 1-0, so to Extra Time. Concede in 1st minute of extra time. Scored a 2nd on 115 minutes. Game finishes 2-1, 2-2 on aggregate. Penalties. Thankfully they missed the 4th and so won 5-3 and stayed up.

After the last 30 years of my >60 years as an Evertonian, this just felt so familiar!

And still buzzing after tonights result. COYB