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Everton are at home to Nottingham Forest, with Sean Dyche playing his first game against the club he formerly managed.
The big news for Everton is that Michael Keane, who is living a second life in Everton's back four this season, is declared fit and returns to the starting line-up. He is the only change, with Tim Iroegbunam suspended after picking up his 5th yellow card of the season.
David Moyes underlines his lack of faith in promoting players from the Academy, with yet again the incomprehensible selection of two substitute goalkeepeers and only six outfield players on the bench, Eli Campbell, the only player from the U21s. Röhl and Branthwaite are both still recovering from operations.
Forest are unchanged.
First Half
The Blues kicked off in time-honoured fashion but was Savona booked after just 25 seconds for his first tackle on Grealish. Garner's free-kick was cleared but Everton worked it around for a brilliant cross-cum-shot from Dewsbury-Hall that goes in off Milenkovic! 1-0!!!
After that excellent start, Everton kept up the play in Forest's half. But Tarkowski fouled Igor Jesus but Everton took back the ball and kept pushing up. Dewsbury-Hall twisted and played in Keane who was high up and threatening.
Ndoye got the needles out, Tarkowski objecting to something and shoving him in the back. The Forest player went down as if shot in the face. No repercussions and play eventually resumed albeit with a touch of aggression from the Blues. But Forest persisted, Savona's cross headed inches wide by Jesus.
Grealish had to join the defence as Forest tried to apply pressure until Dewsbury-Hall was fouled. Everton pressed but it looked like Forest had covered when Williams gifted the ball to Dewsbury-Hall and Sels had to get across to spoon away his powerful goalbound shot.
Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Grealish, Barry.
Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Aznou, Campbell.
Nottm Forest: Sels, Savona [Y:1'], Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson, Igor Jesus.
Subs: John Victor, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo, Dominguez, Yates, Jair Cunha, McAtee, Boly, Abbott.
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (England)
Quotes sourced from Liverpool World
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2 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:54:40
3 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:55:37
Keane for Tim.
4 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:55:42
5 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:56:25
Need Garner in there.
6 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:02:29
7 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:03:38
Don't be surprised if his leg falls off mind.
8 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:09:17
9 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:10:09
He clearly states that he didn't want to move here but his father made it clear that he has a family to support and has to chase the money….
The lad looks so disinterested when he plays,it winds me up. Beto is miles better but we are trying to keep up Barry's value by playing him... 🙄
Come on, you Blues!!! These will let us have the ball and play their counter-attacking game. This is where having such shite focal points will kill us. Come on, Thierno lad!!! He'll get a brace today! I can feel it.
10 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:13:06
11 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:15:59
Two keepers as per usual and no trust in youth development.
12 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:20:24
13 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:22:03
14 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:25:05
Or in Moyes's case, the action of omission.
Not putting nine players on the bench in the Premier League is just fucking madness.
Putting two goalkeepers on the bench is fucking madness.
Not using Under-21 players and giving them match experience is fucking madness.
15 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:26:47
There was... erm, Mustafi (?) and the Spurs centre back, who he wilfully refused to play ahead of Jags and Lescott, and, er.
Yeah.
16 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:29:26
Dyche was exactly the same.
Our academy is poor. But two keepers frequently that insults fans greatly. If I owned Everton (oh to dream) Moyes would be carpeted, fined and told not to be a belligerent childish twat.
17 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:31:32
And hard to believe Patterson is a right-back. What is the point of having him if you never want to use him? Might as well have kept JonJoe Kenny.
18 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:32:05
19 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:36:42
Then, when we try and offload them, we can say “he's been in the matchday squad” so it's a sales pitch. If we say even if we have no subs we'd rather have an empty bench then how are we ever going to offload them?
20 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:41:08
Also pleased that Charly Alcaraz is included, may just be the play to set up Barry to break his duck.
21 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:42:42
22 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:56:05
Come on chaps it's possible for Pickford and another keeper to get injured, not very likely granted but we look daft playing half a game without a recognised keeper.
Moyes has gone for players he trusts again, apart from 2 or 3 lapses they have performed well.
23 Posted 06/12/2025 at 15:01:06
24 Posted 06/12/2025 at 15:05:14
25 Posted 06/12/2025 at 15:32:18
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1 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:52:37