Nottingham Forest player ratings vs Everton: Neco Williams does well, 1/10 player should never play for Reds again

Nottingham Forest were beaten for the third consecutive time in the Premier League, losing to Everton 2-0 at the City Ground.

James Garner silenced the fans who used to worship the ground he walked on during a couple of loan spells after just 19 minutes of action, with Thierno Barry scoring his second Everton goal 11 minutes from time.

Forest were woefully bad against Everton. Indeed, this is the first performance at home that has asked questions of Sean Dyche, with his tactically ineptitude coming to light with some shockingly bad in-game decisions.

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Forest now head to Villa Park to play Aston Villa and with West Ham set to travel to Wolves, the situation for the Reds is becoming increasingly perilous.

Elliot Anderson had good moments and bad for Forest

Anderson did pretty well, but it’s fair to say that he looks like a patch of the player who is now an established performer for England and who has carried Forest at times over the past couple of seasons.

Who Scored claimed he touched the ball 110 times, but ultimately, the quality he possessed was found a little bit wanting or a bit safe when it came to Forest needing him to drive the team forward.

Anderson is going to be a huge player for Forest between now and the end of the season, with the club desperate that his form can come good again and the Reds can start to climb the table.

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Taiwo Awoniyi shouldn’t be making the squad

Dan Ndoye hasn’t been great since arriving at Forest, but the fact that he’s not currently getting on the bench with Awoniyi getting selected instead is comical.

To have Arnaud Kalimuendo sit on the bench and not even getting a kick, when Awoniyi is getting on for over 30 minutes, is frankly laughable and borders on being a sackable offence.

Awoniyi’s performance was nothing short of diabolical against Everton, and the player looks a shadow of the man who was so brilliant when scoring 11 goals in 2022/23.

Awoniyi touched the ball just 13 times despite coming on in the 61st minute, and that simply won’t do for a player who is supposed to be capable of holding the ball up in the final third.

Callum Hudson-Odoi in battle with James Garner — Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images

Sean Dyche tactics a serious concern

Every game that Forest have fallen behind in has seen Dyche turn to his bench, but it’s often boring, bland and predictable – much like the LYNX Africa gift set that sits underneath the Christmas tree on Christmas morning.

Dyche is proving incapable of taking risks to alter games in favour of Forest, and frankly, the team never really looked like breaching a stern rearguard that rocked up on the Everton team bus.

The Forest head coach has steadied the ship, but by being able to get more out of a pretty decent squad on paper, Dyche simply isn’t helping his credentials when it comes to getting more time to turn things around.