Michael Kenrick 06/12/2025 21comments  |  Jump to last
Team News: Keane returns

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.

Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Grealish, Barry.

Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Aznou, Campbell.

Quotes sourced from Liverpool World

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Derek Powell
1 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:52:37
Why change a winning side
Jack Convery
2 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:54:40
No forum yet ?
Neil Cremin
3 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:55:37
There is one change Derek. Keane for Tim
Edward Rogers
4 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:55:42
Because Tim is suspended, Derek.
Derek Dolan
5 Posted 06/12/2025 at 13:56:25
Sensible selection given the midfield situation. Need garner in there
Kevin Naylor
6 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:02:29
That bench is very weak
Kevin Molloy
7 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:03:38
Well it seems that given the choice of playing Patterson or giving Keggars a huge needle romance has won out. Don't be surprised if his leg falls off mind.
Ged Simpson
8 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:09:17
Live forum hunt is on!
Sean Kearns
9 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:10:09
There is a short documentary video on YouTube about Thierno Barry where they follow him around for a day and it’s clear he doesn’t want to be here!! 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 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.
Ged Simpson
10 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:13:06
Thanks... Live Forum has appeared!
Mark Wynne
11 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:15:59
Michael points out what I keep saying. It’s almost as though the bench is there as an excuse to his employers: “See, I’ve got no players!” Two keepers as per usual and no trust in youth development.
Mike Dolan
12 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:20:24
A bit snide this morning Michael. Your comment on Moyes “lack of faith in the academy” is using the truth to tell a lie.
Derek Powell
13 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:22:03
Moyes would never give the youth a chance
Michael Kenrick
14 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:25:05
Actions speak louder than words, Mike.

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 Uder-21 players and giving them match experience is fucing madness.

Kevin Molloy
15 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:26:47
Yes, all those youth players during Moyes's last tenure, who he refused to play, and so they had to go elsewhere to succeed.

There was... erm, Mustafi (?) and the Spurs centre back, who he wilfully refused to play ahead of Jags and Lescott, and, er.

Yeah.

Martin Farrington
16 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:29:26
Micheal above you are right. Not sure whst Mike at 12 means.

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

Jim Wilson
17 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:31:32
Agree Michael.

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 JohnJoe.

Kevin Molloy
18 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:32:05
can we not give the manager the benefit of the doubt? that there might be a good reason why he has two keepers on the bench? Like, he probably recognises that being included in a first team squad is a massive milestone for any reserve player, and so he doesn't want to hadnd them out like confetti just cos he's down on a few numbers.
Kieran Kinsella
19 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:36:42
To Michaels point, if the youth aren’t good enough to actually play, sticking them on the bench at least raises their profiles. Then when we try and offload them we can say “he’s been in the match day 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?
Martin Berry
20 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:41:08
Nothing wrong with that line up considering what the Manager has at his disposal.

Also pleased that Charly is included, may just be the play to set up Barry to break his duck

Alan J Thompson
21 Posted 06/12/2025 at 14:42:42
Youth, he doesn't even give imagination a chance, say, the kid who scored 2 in the Youth Cup a spot on the bench presently in use by the Invisible Man even if it is a case of "why not" rather than "why".

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