Premier League — Matchweek 12

Meanwhile, in the Championship, no Harrison Armstrong for Preston NE as they take on Blackburn Rovers, but former Everton players Lewis Dobbin and Thierry Small are in the starting lineup at Deepdale.

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."

Merlin Rohl is out. he had a minor groin op during the break. Maguire, and Sesko are both out for united

Andri Gudjohnsen headed home a second-half winner as Blackburn stunned Preston at Deepdale to dent North End's promotion hopes. Andri is the son of ex Chelsea striker Eidor. Its Andris fourth goal in five games. Worth a Punt.

Those Forest Devils have just taken the lead at our second favourite team!!!

West Ham won't go down now.

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

Watch the ref at Anfield give them a late penalty if it stays 1-0...

“Second favourite team”

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….

Pure joy. 0-2.

The three hard boiled eggs rule.

2nd team Celtic. 3rd Club Athletic

Must be a good manager, that Dyche guy? Knows what size knife to take to a gunfight!

How long has Slotty got left?

How bad is Konate?

How shite is Isak?

Hope they keep Slot the Slut -- would hate it if Klopp returned!!!!

It's probably my only time to shout for Forest, I detest the owner.

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

Something lovely in seeing Isak subbed. What was it, £400m? Worst window ever?

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

Just get in.

Joy!!!

Dyche brought a chainsaw today!

Love it when the shite keep losing.

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!

Forest have lived a charmed life during the first half. Dream start to 2nd half sunk the Red Shite.

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.

He's like a bald Roy Hodgson isn't he?

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

Sean the tactical genius beats the RS AGAIN!!

Liverpool getting twatted has brought some life back to ToffeeWeb!

Always Dave.

How good is/was Murillo?

Slot went straight for the officials, nothing new there, when they lose.

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

0-3

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

Forest deserved that, could've been 1-5.

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

Hadn't realised that the owners of the Red Shite have just bought the Daily/Sunday Telegraph (through Daily Mail & DMGT) for £500 million.

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

From Opta...

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.

Paul. Cheers, mate.

It's the new polite me... 🤣

Nice one, Martin, and nice Isak stat.

Fair do to Sean Dyche, he has now won at Anfield twice.

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

P22 WO D7 L15 Joe.

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.

So much for Dyche the dinosaur, eh?

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

PG, 26% possession and yet could've won 5-1 on actual chances created!

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!

Spot on, Jeff. Dyche masterclass. They bought too many 'stars' over the summer and they all run into each other all the time, while the Egyptian looks on bemused and Slotty makes yet more subs.

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

Battle of the Arabs.

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

In all fairness the money Forest spent and the squad he has, let's get real.

Michael,

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.

Before we all start throwing ourselves on a burning pyre, it would probably be instructive to look at the spend of Everton and Forest over the last 5 years...

According to ChatGPT, there's just a quarter of a billion between us.

No one is lighting a pyre, Kevin. Forest have a better squad than us in my opinion. Do you disagree?

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.

That's cos his ten million quid cheque had just gone unconditional. Paul.

Also, Paul, yes Forest do have a much better squad. I suppose my point is that if we are essentially level pegging with Forest in the league, that is something to be optimistic about, given the two outlays.

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.

Let's hope so Kevin. Dibling will get major minutes, so long as Senegal stay in the tournament. My attitude towards Barry is a sort of combination of sympathy and well-meant hope, but a bigger hope for me is that we buy a better striker in January.

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).

Forest beat them last season, again this season - with Dyche! The only thing that wasn't in the mix was the Everton players. Maybe it Is all in their heads?

@Derek 45.

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.

Our spending has been appalling.

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

Martin, mate, TFG's ace recruitment group in the words of our Pacific North-West correspondent, let us down badly over the summer.

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.

Poxy goal for Leeds Utd.

Calvert-Lewin not on the pitch.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin has played 650 minutes for Leeds and scored 1 goal. An xG of 2.11 shots in 11 games.

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.

Awww... that's such a pity. And I just got all excited for him after seeing this headline:

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...

Had to smle at him pointing to his chest.

Spurs can't live with Arsenal.

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

Spurs do have ten lads injured but the gooners are in cruise control. Have Kudus, Richy, and Odobert had more than ten touches between them? Frank needs to ditch the three.

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.

Who's the striker at Forest then?

The striker at Forest is Chris Wood.

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

Becoming increasingly frustrated with the officials in the Premier League.

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!

If anyone read my diatribe a few weeks back about the Great Escape - it was completed yesterday. Just one of those incredible stories - in my view.

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