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There it is. The innocuous, blink and you miss it event which turned Saturday’s match.



Mick Keane on Aaron Connolly. No one who was watching – in the stadium, on tv, even on the pitch – thought it was a penalty (save for perhaps Connolly) and of course VAR.



VAR. Football’s all seeing eye. Football’s pedantic autocorrect. Manned in this case by Lee Mason at Stockley Park who whispered sweet nothings in Andrew Madley’s ear until he awarded a penalty.



At that point we were winning 2-1. Mason Holgate had just strolled out of the back and slid a beautiful pass through to Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and he’d swept an equally beautiful finish home.



There wasn’t long left. Surely we were going to see this out? Surely!? Hope, that nasty imposter, grows like weeds with us. It’s incessant. It presses like Richarlison.



There’s no FFP for hope, no cap on optimism. And it wasn’t that outlandish an...

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Very good article and pretty much the way I see it.

As soon as we went 2-1 up and I allowed myself to start to think about where in the table 3 points might take us it was snatched away.

We just can't have nice things
 

I don't think excuses were made for the West Ham win but I think people were wondering would he have played Davies if Morgan wasn't injured? It's a perfectly valid question and no one was taking the win away from him, Neither is the goals he conceded against Brighton his fault but on the other hand you could argue his caveman subs and tactics led to Brighton's third goal where they're breaking at the 94th min with 4 on 3 defenders and Davies is on the right wing but like I've mentioned before it's another loss and the manager takes the heat for it.
 
I think a loss in the cup and a bad performance may see him go, what worries me is the way we just collapsed after the penalty which obviously wasn’t a pen. A team aiming for top 6 would be pushing for a 3rd but we conceded again, it’s the mentality. I’m hoping for a win in the cup and an up and at them approach against spurs also. Everything and everyone seems to be against us at the moment so let’s get our game face on and make goodison an absolute bear pit for opposition to come to and get behind the team, they are going to need lifting after the Brighton game and we can play our part in that.
 

How come you didnt pick a tweet or quote from the other 99.999% of the football world that agrees its a total injustice.

Not like you to trawl through the media to point out something to have a dig at the club now is it ?
Not interested in the quotes, look at the picture and tell.me how that's not a penalty
 
In the words of Leonard Cohen:

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah, give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah, when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
 

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