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

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It's just bad overall.

Lampard has to stop playing 5 at the back, don't care how crap we're, we continually go in to every game on the back foot. You simply cannot play this formation if your wing backs are incapable of staying high and creating chances, don't remember Mykolenko or Patterson doing anything in the final 3rd today.

Sign a midfielder who can dictate the game, crying out for someone who can just put a foot on the ball and relax everyone around him.

Buy some attackers capable of either picking a final pass or being able to actually put the ball in the back of the net.

…I recall Patterson saying Lampard wants him to play with risk, but I’m not seeing us get around the back of defences on either flank other than when we scored.
 
That was probably a fair result which shows you how far we’ve fallen.
They're no mugs. Weren't last season. Beat full strength Atsenal and Leicester in FA Cup, admittedly with a wholly different side, however it shows what a Coach's vision does. We go again.
 

There are league 1 strikers better than ours

This idea of waiting for the right one and losing games in the process, is going to get us relegated. Where is our first win coming from with this pathetic front line?
Probably Tuesday with the Venezuelan donkey scoring a hat trick
 

Pickford 7/10 - Had little to do, unlucky with the goal.
Tarkowski 4/10 - A very bad day at the office, almost Michael Keane-like in possession. Must improve.
Coady 6/10 - Solid defending but poor distribution.
Holgate 7/10 - Easily our most solid centre half today and all other games so far.
Patterson 6/10 - Neither good nor bad. Should stay in the side in any case.
Mykolenko 6/10 - Same as Patterson although I wouldn't argue if Vinagre replaced him.
Iwobi 8/10 - Especially first half was very good, but of course you can only look so good when you've a League One set of players in front of you.
Davies 5/10 - He's just a crap player out of his depth.
Gray - 8/10 - Would have been a 6 but he took the goal well. Some poor passing as usual otherwise.
Gordon 5/10 - He's not really very good, is he? That last chance summed it all up. Off you go to Chelsea.
Rondon 6/10 - One or two pieces of decent hold up play but you've got to make the goalkeeper work, and he didn't.

Subs:
McNeil 2/10 - Lost possession before jogging back when he had an easy chance to win back possession, ball is in our net 15 seconds later. Poor passing, lack of effort there for all to see. We've signed an absolutely dud.
Onana 4/10 - Not the best home debut, bit excitable and rash, but he'll need patience. Heck, Davies is still playing games and his last good games was in 2019.
Pickford 7? One save to make and he got it wrong. 4 from me. Agree about McNeill. Needs a rocket in his a..e. Patterson has only 60 minutes in his locker. MOM: Gray by a country mile.
 
I thought Patterson was generally decent but he completely switched off for their goal.

Iwobi was very good and once Tark settled down we were pretty solid at the back, at least I don't break into a fever sweat at every set-piece now, the problem is that every side is going to fancy beating a team that can't create chances or score goals.
 

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