Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images Dwight McNeil earns another win on the road for the Toffees Everton earned their first win since their 10-point deduction thanks to Dwight McNeil’s rocket against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. McNeil blasted the ball into the into the top corner from the angle after collecting a cross at the far post for his first goal of the season on 67 minutes. Photo by Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images It settled a match that only sporadically burst into life, with the Toffees having Jordan Pickford to thank for a couple of late saves to prese ..read more

Photo by Rowan Staszkiewicz - PA Images via Getty Images The Blues travel to Forest looking to make up some points Starting Lineups Everton So Dominic Calvert-Lewin is indeed out, Beto will lead the line. Also Sean Dyche chooses to stick with Ashley Young despite his horror show last weekend. Our team to face Forest! #NFOEVE pic.twitter.com/4eUOw6e9kY — Everton (@Everton) December 2, 2023 Nottingham Forest Four changes from #NFOBHA. Serge, Sangaré and Boly start. © Yatesy takes the armband. Here's our side to take on @Everton. #NFOEVE — Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) December 2, 2023 Previe ..read more

Doucoure plunders Everton’s second goal in March’s 2-2 draw at the City Ground | Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images Away from Goodison Park, can the Blues upset Forest at the City Ground? In the aftermath of what ended up as a disappointing result in Sunday evening’s 3-0 loss to Manchester United at Goodison Park, Everton must now deal with what promises to be an arduous December schedule. A run of eight matches across a 28-day period, kicking off tonight, represents a tough ask for what is a small squad. The Blues have been fortunate thus far in avoiding significant injury woes this season, bu ..read more

Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images How will Everton line up for this one? Every game looks big for Everton now and a win over Nottingham Forest will ensure another team has to look over their shoulder. It might not feel like a six-pointer for them, but it will for us. So with the Blues currently five points adrift from safety, how will Sean Dyche line up his side? Who’s Out? Few concerns for Everton this week. Amadou Onana still hasn’t shaken off a calf problem and is unlikely to feature. Dominic Calvert-Lewin has also been experiencing some muscle tightness, so the Blues will understandably be ..read more

Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images More protests are planned off the pitch, but the players urgently need results on it Everton head to the City Ground to take on Nottingham Forest in a match they probably cannot afford to lose if they are to avoid being cut adrift in the bottom three. It still feels remarkable to say that given the season Everton have had, but that unprecedented 10-point deduction has suddenly cranked up the pressure heading into one of the busiest periods of the season. Evertonians are still seething at the scale of the punishment and the furious protest that lit up Sunday’s ..read more

Sean McAllister is congratulated by Okoronkwo, Dobbin and Djankpata | Photo by Emma Simpson - Everton FC/Everton FC via Getty Images Some winter cheer for Paul Tait and Leighton Baines It’s been a while since both of Everton’s young teams have celebrated victories within the same week but that’s what happened this week for the Under 21s at Walton Hall Park and the Under 18s at Finch Farm, both games in Cup competitions. On a cold Tuesday night in Walton, Paul Tait’s team took on the French side AS Monaco in the Premier League International Cup. They scored as early as the 2nd minute when a lon ..read more

Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Recapping all the Everton news from yesterday Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Sean Dyche reacts to a possible further points deduction. [RBM] _"The biggest thing for me is that it doesn’t change the facts of the matter. When I got here, we had to win more games. That was quite obvious and that doesn’t change – regardless of all the ups and downs and what goes on. I’ve clearly spoken to the players about that, and we’ve agreed. [Winning games] has to be the focus. It always was and it always will be."- Hear some more thoughts including some tea ..read more

Photo by Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images The Toffees boss has been speaking to the media ahead of Saturday’s trip to Nottingham Forest Sean Dyche says everyone at Everton was “stunned” by their 10-point deduction but knows nothing of reports the Toffees could face another punishment before the end of the season. A report in the Times states that a change in Premier League rules means clubs have to submit their 22-23 accounts by the end of December rather than the end of March as previously required. Any breaches of the league’s Profit & Sustainability rules will then be fast-track ..read more

Garnacho’s wonder goal stuns the Blues at the very start of the match | Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images It’s crystal clear that the Blues now have an enormously difficult task awaiting them Home Advantage? The expectation - going into Everton’s early evening clash with Manchester United on Sunday - was that a home crowd fired up by a sense of injustice, following an independent panel’s decision to penalise the club ten points for a breach of the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability regulations, would drive the team on against an opponent who, in recent games, had managed to ..read more

Photo by Marc Seddon/Everton FC via Getty Images Recapping all the Everton news from yesterday. Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Everton will submit a formal appeal to the independent commission which handed them an unprecedented 10-point Premier League deduction by Friday’s deadline. [BBC] Everton reporter Chris Beesley has his say on the issues at hand ahead of the Blues launching their Premier League points deduction appeal. [Echo] Abdoulaye Doucoure believes the current Everton squad understands the importance of the club and has praised Sean Dyche’s open and honest approach ..read more