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

[JobForTheMoyes]

I simply don't see these actions as comparable. Yes, literally the same (handful of hair), but one is clear intent and the other...?

Exactly - that was a willful action and was a whole different degree of offense.

It’s like saying someone pinging someone’s ear is just as violent as hooking them on the jaw.

 

[D. Amokachi]

That felt very similar to the West Ham game. Started well then fell apart in the second half. Made a crap team look like world beaters. Moyes paralysed and outsmarted by a mediocre manager.

 

[gary morris]

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McNeil is running around losing the ball and we have a 50million quid winger on the bench.

Barry did nothing. Like actually nothing.

All of these things should have been addressed at half time.

i agree

 

[Fedlingen]

I simply don't see these actions as comparable. Yes, literally the same (handful of hair), but one is clear intent and the other...?

To be fair to the ref, the angle from behind of Keane shows him grabbing ahold of the hair and pulling it prior to winning the duel.

He may not have meant it as a violent action, but the pictures show him gripping the hair.

 

[Bedfordblue]

I simply don't see these actions as comparable. Yes, literally the same (handful of hair), but one is clear intent and the other...?

I agree the context is different, but how do you differentiate between intent with hair pulling
Can’t believe I’m even having to ask that question about top flight football ffs.

 

[Pabbers]

Shocking from us 2nd half….almost as bad as that ref, one of the worts seen in a long time.

 

[IrishBlue2022]

No footage of the Hwang challenge?

 

[jonnyg]

Can't find any player deserving the MoTM. Could be a bench player,one who didn't have one minute?

To be positive Armstrong looked good today.

Garner and Iroegbunam were solid, although Iroegbunam faded 2nd half.

Pickford saved us a point at the end.

O'Brien made a lot more runs past his winger today, opened up space for McNeil. He's trying at least.

 

[ValBlue]

We don’t have many subs. At the time of Keane’s red, we weren’t displaying open and flippant frustration.

No way could Moyes have predicted a hair pulling. Now, Moyes should’ve called Jack over and told him to st*u.

I like Moyes and think he’s good for where we are but not long-term. His decisions aren’t always great. But with a razor thin squad and no subs, Jack had to stay on and was solely responsible for his own actions that hurt us, not the gaffer.

I don’t blame Moyes for not being a baby sitter and that he didn’t anticipate his star player who is 30 years old and achieved everything you can would revert to a child and screw his team.

You only need to make one. Just bring Beto on and tell him to inject some energy into a languid performance and go from there. Just ANYTHING to nip the clear momentum they were building.

Making excuses for that, unbelievable. We deserve this.

Well it worked didn’t it, Moyes’s get out of jail free (red) cards have worked a treat. People can’t wait to blame Grealish, who should have been subbed 20 minutes beforehand and Keane who was motm up until that point. Christ

 

[hallamblue]

Plus side O'Brien at centre half for the next 3 games and Dibling should play instead of Grealish on the weekend hopefully with an overlapping full back. If Moyes puts a negative team out and we fold tamely to Sunderland that should be it for him, gone at the end of the season.

 

[Smurph]

Mate Keane had hold of his hair deliberately… he was holding it like a pony tail and had a fist full of it

And? So what? Why is that any different from holding his arm? Or pulling his finger? Or any of the wrestling that goes on on a corner?

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

As an aside, this will be the new way that players will start cheating to get people sent off.

 

[Papa Shango]

Every player will be growing long hair and dreadlocks now.

If you think he tried to cause harm you'll be best with the women's game.

What I think is irrelevant, and I think that's what you and people moaning about it are not getting here.

By the rules of the game it is a red card.

That is all there is to it. There is no discussion to be had. You can moan about it all you want, it's a red card.

You have a problem with the rule, not the decision, because there is only one decision that can be made.

 

[witchdoc187]

It wasn't just three claps though. You could see them from space!

Honestly didn't see it mate but if everyone says he was an idiot I'll accept it

 

[Melchizedek]

Today’s result was 90% our two bonehead decisions and the rest on Moyes. I see a lot of comments about the gaffer, but come on. Gana slapped his own guy, Jake blocked a shot like a basketball player for a pen, Keane clearly pulled hair, and Jack was sarcastic right in the face of the ref. If these were children, I’d say the coach needs to instill discipline. These are the results of immaturity.

Even if those two didn't get sent off, the best we were going to get was a draw.
We didn't look like creating a chance the second half even with eleven men on the pitch.