Not quite the result we were after v Wolves, but with Luton getting pumped by Brentford, a win against Everton puts us in pole position for Survival.
Wolves:
The Good: The spirit to fight back from a goal down. MGW not on set-piece duty…finally.
The Bad: A poor game for Yates, we looked better with Dominguez.
The Ugly: The inability to hold onto a lead. We’d be top 10 with just a bit more confidence.
Special Mention(s): Murillo…one of the best goal line clearances I’ve ever seen.
The Last Time we played Everton (H). L1-0.
Vlachulol
Aurier Boly Murillo Toffolo
Sangare Mangala Yates
MGW Wood Elanga
Proposed Line-up:
Sels
Williams Omobamidele Murillo Aina
Danilo Yates
MGW
Reyna Wood CHO
Subs:
Turner, Niakhate, Montiel, Tavares, Dominguez, Sangare, Elanga, Ribeiro, Origi
Injuries: Boly & Awoniyi
Congratulations to Derby: Their GD is surely too high to catch.
Form:
Everton (H) - W1 D3 L2 GF6 GA9 - 16th (15th in the Home Form table)
Forest (A) - W0 D2 L4 GF7 GA13 - 17th (18th in the Away Form table)
Everton have scored 4 and conceded 14 in their last six. Just the one win in their last 15 games…although they also drew 6.
9 points in 15 for Everton, 16 for Forest in the same number of games.
Prediction:
Winning this would be huge. A point clear of Everton and 4 points above Luton with just 4 games to go should see us surviving this roller coaster of a season!
A point or two back from the PSR commission?
3-1 to Forest. Wood hat-trick.
Final Words:
Whatever happens…not losing is key.
COYR!!!
Everton v Forest - Match Thread
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Forest have accused the PGMOL of bias with the appointment of Atwell as VAR and not changing him before the game.
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
We were sh**e today and the statement released by the club does not help our course ffs !!
Do we grab 2 away wins and survive on GD compared with Luton.
Burnley have some tough fixtures.
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
While I am not a fan of the club putting out this type of statement I do think something has to be done. Attwell cannot be let of for clearly getting 3 big decisions wrong.
The 3rd decision is the worst of all as it was both clear and obvious that the ref had got it wrong.
If any of those 3 are given the whole game changes especially the 3rd which should have been a red.
I think at 1:1 we would have been on top and could have gone on to win. We will never know thanks to, at best, incompetent officials and at worse corrupt officials.
If we do go down then, even with some very poor performances, it will be VAR that has done us the most damage with big decisions are key points in games.
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Chances were always going to be at a premium, MGW had a beauty, and failed to hit the target. Pickford made a great save from Wood, that apart we were pretty toothless. VAR has given us nothing all season, why would today be any different.
Everton were terrible but at least had a couple of pot shots from outside the area, both went in.
We have a £32M AFCON winner sat on the bench, but does Nuno use him, not a chance.
We are where we deserve to be because we simply aren’t good enough, and crying afterwards just sounds like sour grapes, certainly won’t help the appeal next week, not that i expect that to help us anyway.
We can still survive, it is still in our hands, only time will tell.
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Brian Laws and others can say that we weren't good enough till the cows come home, but if we score from any one of the clear penalties we were denied, it is a totally different game.
It may be a moot point, but the number of VAR decisions that have gone against us, and TBF, others in the prem this season is fecking ridiculous.
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
The one on Reyna was pretty much the same as the soft penalty we conceded at Newcastle, I'd say both weren't penalties, but if they give one they should give the other, but guess the club will be fined for the statement they put out - or maybe docked some points LOL
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
I wrote before that we were playing against 12 men. I was wrong, it was against 14 men. Everton, the match referee, the 4th official and Atwell, the VAR ref. This has to be investigated.
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
We not victims, and must own and learn from our poor performances
Every club in the league should be concerned the those in charge of the game can't make consistent decisions.
The 3 non-pens today don't have to be penalties, certainly not the way I used to play. But because we have all seen very similar situations where they have been given the expectation is we should be getting the same outcome.
We not the only club this season, but that doesn't make it alright. I am not a fan of the clubs statement but we have to back it now and push for change and if the other clubs have got any back bone they will follow us in demanding change.
posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Having just watched MOTD all three think the first two shouts for a penalty are subjective, the third can only be described as 100 percent stone wall, that is from the pundits mouth.
Basically come the end of the season PGMOL will issue an apology saying, ‘sorry you are relegated’, probably followed by a smiley face.
On the third shout for a penalty AshleyYoung gets no where near the ball and takes our player out, Taylor indicates he got the ball, what on Earth are VAR doing agreeing with him, yet again, NOT fit for purpose.
posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago
When the team was announced I have to admit I was OK with it. With hindsight It turns out I was wrong.
Yates should have started on the pitch not on the bench. Origi should have started as Elanga's replacement.
As I say, this is all hindsight, but the lessons have to be learnt: Yates ahead of Dominguez or Danilo; If Elanga is not fit Origi ahead of Reyna for the remaining games. Reyna is not at Premier league level.