How Everton, Forest and a shambolic relegation battle expose a crisis in the Premier League
It was one of those moments when, try as everyone did, they couldn’t help but peer over. That wasn’t helped by 777’s Josh Dreyfuss insisting on looking like Succession’s Kendall Roy by wearing one of those expensive baseball caps. The half-time whistle had been called at Stamford Bridge, and some of the Goodison Park executives had come together. What could they be possibly saying about this?
It wasn’t just that another dismal performance had left them 4-0 down to Chelsea at half-time, eventually to lose 6-0. It was also that such a shambles followed yet another development in their cost-control case, with the club announcing they would appeal the latest points deduction, amid ongoing headlines over 777's takeover process. None of these are words that suggest a particularly functional situation. That’s why others can’t help rubbernecking, but there’s much more to it than that.
Everyone at, even more than , because their fate could change the entire face of the ’s survival battle. There is constant new drama in that chase, that may well reach a peak this weekend. It is one of those moments when so many strands come together in a way that is almost narratively perfect, only burnishing the Premier League’s propensity for storylines.
