Match Thread Everton 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19:30 Weds 7th January 2026.

[Fonzy]

That's what happens when the wrong team is selected.

Constantly being selected! Moyes blind spot

 

[Fedlingen]

While I agree, I don’t think (hope maybe) the press will allow them to get away with applying the rules like this.
It’s absolute 8ollocks.

They'll have some former ref on a Sky show, reading a paragraph from the rulebook, say; "Well it can be both given or not, judging by the rules", and that'll be it.

 

[HowitzerThe5th]

It’s harrowing watching a Moyes led Everton. Please Mr Toyota America get someone else in.

 

[Mozza1987]

Dissent is a yellow card offence. Has been for a long time and understandably so. High profile players constantly and theatrically berating referees is bad for the game as a whole.

Mate he clapped ffs. Hardly given the ref a load has he. It's ridiculous

 

[davidloach]

Grealish may not come back next season he can’t handle not getting top 4 treatment from officials

 

[Lloydaldo11]

Ref ruined the game we were still 1-1 with the team at the bottom of the division at home!!

Moyes for me getting tactics all wrong.

O’Brien is not a RB. McNeil starting over dibling terrible

Spot on, we knew we were shambolic and needed changes at 50 mins.

That doesn’t excuse an absolute new low of a performance from the ref that prevented any momentum in the team getting their act together and push for a winner.

Got to stop excusing the years of dodgy decisions and “firsts” that get levelled our way but never at other clubs.

 

[Rita_Poon]

 

[allen]

Is it Moyes fault JOB gave Arsenal a pen? These two instances of stupid were clearly not his idea.

I agree he managed the game poorly and should have subbed earlier but these cards are individual errors.

100% correct.

 

[Papa Shango]

He just clapped after getting a free kick. It happens all the time. Never a yellow card.

Keane’s red was also a joke.

The idea that Sky 6 players get those cards is a fantasy.

The fact Keane got his red after the raking of Armstrongs calf makes me want to know what is going on.

Not only that Wolves have just taken a free kick before the refs whistle. Guess who got a booking for that earlier this season.

Corrupt.

Its completely on us tonight that.

There has been a couple of fairly high profile hair pulling red cards recently. Keane just lost the plot there.

The Grealish one is ridiculous. You are right in that it probably doesn't get a yellow at City or wherever but he is at Everton now so don't do it.

Both reds were completely avoidable.

Annoyingly until the Keane one I thought the ref was a breath of fresh air! Let things play out, took no crap etc.

That Mane looks a player.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Robbed by the referee

 

[Efctrueblue]

Another classic Everton implosion. Dont let blaming the ref hide what a poor second half that was. Should have been more positive and put the game to bed. Becoming very boring and predictable lately our results

 

[Quadvod]

29 points glad of this. Moyes needs a red for McNeil staying as long as he did. Self destructive

No way on gods green earth could dibling have played worse than McNeil - appalling decision to start him even worse to keep him on for so long

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

Keane didn’t even know what he was grabbing. Why are you blaming him?

Didn't know what he was grabbing?

What match were you watching?

Joker.

 

[Bwana]

Hair pull is violent conduct. So it can be VARed. And of course they did. I doubt Keane tried it but Rapunzel had long locks and so on. That was the PGMOL-spot kick today. VAR bullied young ref.

Jack's second yellow was purely on him. The ref was right there.

Hwang's boot not VARed... colour me suprised.

 

[BullensRoad]

100%

We’ve got to start backing the players rather than being all high and mighty.

If the RS were on the end of it, you’d have wall to wall coverage for weeks

It's been going on since I started watching, Graham Poll and Clattenburg have come out and said some pretty damning stuff about thinking twice about certain decisions.

Some refs are good, I can't remember who but my favourite was a ref booking the Chelsea players for constantly encroaching in a free kick wall at goodison. but you can see with KDH and Grealish seeing the difference in decisions playing for Everton.

You'll get a load of do gooders acting like it's the right thing to be some sort of virtue signaller acting like the ref is in the right. Does my head in.