Season › 2024-25 › News Broja and Chermiti play in Everton U21s loss to Nottm Forest Michael Kenrick 29/11/2024 34comments | Jump to last Everton U21s 2 - 4 Nottm Forest U21s Armando Broja and Youssef Chermiti both got crucial game-time for the young Blues but Everton U21s collapsed against Nottingham Forest at Finch Farm on Friday afternoon. Broja played 45 minutes for the Under-21s on Monday evening in the Premier League Cup. Broja and Chermiti had some early touches but Frest came more and more into the game, taking the lead when gifted possession by Everton. And the visitors went further ahead, with George Pickford sustaining an injury that required his substitution by Fraser Barnsley in the Everton goal after the break. Everton gave the ball away for the umpteenth time and the Forest centre-forward got his hat-trick while they then got an easy 4th goal before the hour mark, when Luke Butterfield got one back following up on the rebound after Chermiti hit his shot straight at the Forest keeper. Charlie Whitaker was next to benefit as Broja's low shot was pushed out in his direction. Chermiti and then Broja were substituted in the second half. Everton U21s: G Pickford (52' Barnsley), Dixon, Butler (46' Tierney), Moonan [Y:28'], Samuels-Smith, Butterfield, Heath, Bates (63' J Patterson), Broja (71' Beaumont-Clark), Chermiti (64' Benjamin), Whitaker. Subs all Used. Reader Comments (34) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Dave Abrahams 1 Posted 29/11/2024 at 13:12:30 Michael, the U21’s are at home this afternoon playing Nottm Forest at Finch Farm, not sure we will be able to see it — are you? The U18s play Liverpool U18s tomorrow… doubt we will get a glimpse of that either! Michael Kenrick 2 Posted 29/11/2024 at 14:51:50 Dave, watching it now!!! Broja and Chermiti both start for U21s!!!You can watch it here: Everton LiveGet logged in, lad! Michael Kenrick 3 Posted 29/11/2024 at 14:59:31 Talking to Paul Tait, Geordie lar... Don't think I've ever seen the ugly bugger before! Michael Kenrick 4 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:09:19 Our beloved club don't believe in giving us proper video controls... and the 'Save Video As…' menu option is greyed out by them. There must be video capture software that I could use??? Or is that illegal and immoral, with a tendency to make one fat? John Raftery 5 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:12:20 I wouldn’t know a proper video control if it hit me. The picture and sound on the website is very good. Michael Kenrick 6 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:18:55 Alright John, I thought I was watching this all on my tod. It's a fabulous game so far, end to end with great chances... so you're in charge. I'm going out to clean up leaves. John Raftery 7 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:23:45 Game became a bit disjointed before play was stopped in the 17th minute because someone was taken ill. Turned out to be the 4th official who is now in an ambulance.Game now carrying on without a 4th official. Rob Halligan 8 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:24:58 I’ve got a great picture. 👍👍And had no problem logging in. John Raftery 9 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:31:25 Halfway through the first half with our lads struggling to gain and retain possession. Forest look much stronger going forward, getting into our box more often than we would like. Rob Halligan 10 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:33:18 Forest 1-0. Poor back pass by an Everton player, think it was Butterfield, straight to a Forest player who slotted. John Raftery 11 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:37:13 Forest took the lead on 27 minutes after we lost possession in midfield. No more than they deserved. Since the opening minutes we have hardly been in the game. Broja and Chermiti starved of the ball. John Raftery 12 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:42:08 Hard to believe we can be so careless with possession. Rob Halligan 13 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:44:29 Yep, continually giving it away. Looks like Broja is getting really frustrated due to the lack of balls into him, as he seems to be dropping deep in order to get the ball. Rob Halligan 14 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:45:53 Missed the Forest second goal due to typing that last post. 😡😡 John Raftery 15 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:48:46 Poor defending from a free kick, Rob. Forest got round the back and the scorer Joseph Gardner gets his second in front of goal six minutes before the interval. Derek Powell 16 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:48:54 Been fuckin awful up to now only Whittaker looks like a good playmaker Derek Powell 17 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:53:48 Dyche is there no wonder were shite John Raftery 18 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:53:53 Dyche giving instructions to Chermiti while Pickford receives lengthy treatment. John Raftery 19 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:55:37 Pickford off. Fraser Barnsley on. Rob Halligan 20 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:56:48 2-0 half time. George Pickford, the Everton keeper, carted off, literally with an injury. John Raftery 21 Posted 29/11/2024 at 15:58:41 First half ends. 2-0 to Forest. Playing two up top and two in midfield obviously isn’t working. John Raftery 22 Posted 29/11/2024 at 16:23:03 Forest 3-0. Gardner hat trick. With over 35 minutes left. Yet again we gift possession.Forest 4-0. Embarrassingly easy. Michael Kenrick 23 Posted 29/11/2024 at 16:26:20 This is abysmal. The only ones inspired by Broja and Chermiti getting a good long run out are the Forest crew.Everton That! Derek Powell 24 Posted 29/11/2024 at 16:26:47 1-4 bit of dignity back Rob Halligan 25 Posted 29/11/2024 at 16:33:18 Michael, Dyche was seen giving instructions to Chermiti in the first half. It all went downhill from that moment onwards. John Raftery 26 Posted 29/11/2024 at 16:35:25 2-4. Whittaker converts rebound after keeper saved a good shot from Broja. Game on? Dave Lynch 27 Posted 29/11/2024 at 16:35:33 It appears everything Dyche gets involved in turns to shit! Rob Halligan 28 Posted 29/11/2024 at 16:36:29 Similar to the first goal, John, only the shot was by Chermiti. John Raftery 29 Posted 29/11/2024 at 16:55:50 We have looked much better since the substitutions. Senior players like Broja and Chermiti making their tentative return to action often disrupt the chemistry in a young team. Derek Powell 30 Posted 29/11/2024 at 17:00:00 Much better effort once Broja and Chermiti went off.I don't think Broja broke sweat. John Raftery 31 Posted 29/11/2024 at 17:02:59 It’s 2-4 final score. Good last half hour from the Blues. Jim Bennings 32 Posted 29/11/2024 at 17:05:27 None of them are anywhere near Premier League ready quite obvious.What the hell have we done to our Academy? Dave Abrahams 33 Posted 29/11/2024 at 17:22:34 I couldn’t get on to the stream again! This time it was my fault I’ve been out all afternoon so I didn’t try and get it on.What did you make of Paul Tait Michael? Did he impress you? More importantly did his system impress you? It never impresses me but that could be down to the players that come through the Academy, did Charlie Whittaker do anything for you? What about Benjamin when he came on or did have better fun clearing your leaves up? What a bleedin’ life we Everton fans have following the fortunes of the club we love.Ps I think John Raftery did a wonderful job standing in for you, well done John, Michael will reward you soon I think! Me and Brent Stephens are still waiting for our reward though unless Brent is getting his and saying nothing! Mike Oates 34 Posted 29/11/2024 at 18:25:12 Nottm Forest were miles better than us, both technically and tactically. It really does make you wonder what the hell is going on within the Academy? We are bereft of any talent at all, our midfield two were slow and ponderous and our back 4 continually giving the ball away through lack of options in front of them. Broja and Chermiti would have never had scored in a million years, other than Chermiti's one chance after only 40 seconds. It went downhill from there. We sit so deep, back 4 and midfield two, leaving huge gaps to our forwards… Is it Dyche forcing these tactics? Is it Thelwell? but it doesn't work and is bloody awful to watch. Our one shining light was Charlie Whitaker who's played well all this season as a No 10, but today he was pushed out wide left to accommodate Broja and Chermiti. He moved inside later in the game after substitutions and played well and scored. I really don't know if the club has any football philosophy in terms of recruitment, tactics, clear paths for talented lads (if any !!). Anyway, good luck to Forest and their new manager, they look like a team and club wanting to produce attractive attacking football. Wish we were!! Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb