Almost exclusively being condemned that decision. Not sure if that'll matter at all in the appeal
Just wait till the get the sin bin scheme through.
A thousand and one new ways to stack the deck in favour of their darlings.
A thousand and one new ways to stack the deck in favour of their darlings.
Plus the Beto one.
Why wasn't that VAR checked and run in slow motion ?
Just YET ANOTHER decision of the MANY , MANY injustices we seem to get.
EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
Warnock slamming Craig Pawson as anti-Everton. Goarn son
Reminds me of the story NBA ref Tim Donaghy succesfully betting on games because he knew what refs carried agendas against certain players, teams and coaches. It must be a pretty open secret Pawson hates us.
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Exactly, lots of supporters don't actually understand the purpose of the offside rule. It is purely a fairly blunt instrument to prevent goal hanging. Giving offsides which are not clearly visible to the naked eye is ludicrous. When I played upfront you look across the line and keep your eye line level with the last defender. If you run too early and are a yard ahead when the ball is played you are offside. If you are broadly in line you shouldn't be.
The Beto one is a good example of why I don't think VAR works in football because I don't really think that is a penalty but some people do and they definitely get given at other times which just shows why interfering with those decisions doesn't work because its just someone elses opinion being thrown into the mix.
100% Beto wasn't a pen but the point Dyche made (the only decent point I thought from hs press conference but we'll agree to disagree on what we both think he should and shouldn't have said) was spot on. Put te Beto one in slow motion and it's pen. Put the Hughes tackle in slow motion and it's a red and so on and so on.
I've no qualms with the Beto one not being given but let's say that's Salah or Foden, 100% that gets checked a lot differently. I think it took the commentsor less than 5 seconds to say it had been checked. How did they check that slow motion in 5 seconds? I don't think they did and just instantly dismissed it as a dive. About 40 seconds later they do the slow motion replay and you'd say "yeah in super slow motion that could be classed as a pen".
I don't want soft penalties, I don't want dodgy decisions, I'm not asking for a helping hand. What I do want though is fairness in these decisions and consistency.
Stick VAR in the bin and stick about 10 of the referees in it whilst we're at it.
Chrismac
Player Valuation: £15m
It shouldn't be a penalty, ever, BUT.. the way the game has gone there are penalties being given for minimal contact every weekend. And that being the case how is full blatant contact not deemed a foul?
It's non-football people making up rules, same as has been mentioned above about offside, go back to why each rule was brought in in the 1st place and adapt the guidelines to meet the modern game. You should never ever be inches offside, Jesus I would say you shouldn't even be able to be a foot offside.
It's all a real contrived pile of bollocks turned out and if nothings done about it will only get worse
GoldenToffee
Player Valuation: £50m
Another thing that winds me up no end is the body language and general behavior of the officials. Yes we know you make the decisions, but the way they act is pathetic.
Even at corners when you've got a linesman standing ON the pitch IN FRONT of the ball to stop it from being taken - do you really think a player is going up to kick it if the linesman tells him not to? And even if a player did, give him a yellow card and nobody would do it again.
Far too much power, far too little accountability.
Even at corners when you've got a linesman standing ON the pitch IN FRONT of the ball to stop it from being taken - do you really think a player is going up to kick it if the linesman tells him not to? And even if a player did, give him a yellow card and nobody would do it again.
Far too much power, far too little accountability.
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £1.5m
I think being able to review a decision is helpful to remove absolute clangers but the onus should be on either to team to make a referral like in cricket and you should need to identify what the issue is i.e. offside, handball etc. There will always be certain decisions which are grey areas but the interpretation/application of the rules is wildly inconsistent from match to match and sometimes even within the same match. I have seen hundreds of tackles much worse than DCL one result in nothing more than a yellow.
I'll say it again close calls nearly always go with the colour of the shirt, or who/ what team is wearing them.
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Why shouldn't it be a penalty? When it did it become ok to have a striker in a literal bear hug for that length of time without letting him go. I know they are rarely given but it is a penalty for.
I'd honestly rather have a bloody Dalek skating around the pitch making the decisions than the tossers we have to put up with week in, week out.
There's no doubt in my mind that there's certain referees hell bent on making it as difficult as possible for Everton on purpose.
There's no doubt in my mind that there's certain referees hell bent on making it as difficult as possible for Everton on purpose.
So we've appealed, do they still give longer bans for a frivolous appeal ? 
