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

[Blue Roo]

Nope, it is hard... adrenalin kicks in.
Plus, as many have already pointed

Read what I wrote again.
MY biggest issue is consistency, and bias. No way he gives that red at Anfield to one of them.

Ref was going to lose control of the match. Grealish probably saved him there.
Would like to know what Grealish was incensed about.

 

[BlueTX]

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.

Right. And I'm saying, absent a clear intent, is it truly violent conduct worthy of a straight red?

I'd be hiding my eyes if a Wolves player were given a red for that tonight.

 

[Papa Shango]

An experienced ref would’ve ignored Grealish’s claps.

It had no material effect on anything, and by sending off a second player - the most high-profile player on the pitch - it puts all the attention on the referee.

Fair enough if it’d been a bad-tempered game - but it was a million miles from that.

Two reds is mad, and that reflects on the ref as much as it does Everton.

I thought the ref had a great game before the reds as well!

Again though, a new ref in the top flight, he is going to strictly adhere to the rules isn't he?

The only thing I can think of to describe our red cards was thick. Both massively avoidable.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

Poor selection, O'brien and Mcneil your right side against bottom off the league , sits there watching that 2nd half and does nothing till 10mins to go.

It's why he only part delivers everywhere he goes. He can rebuild a club but only to a point. He quickly becomes his own worst enemy.

 

[Swartzy]

What type of conduct are dreads flicking into someone's eyes?

Dreads in an unnatural position..

 

[NikNak8]

I don’t know what people get from piling on to our own players.

The idea what Keane did was violent conduct is an absolute joke.

What’s the argument. It’s the rules?

Armstrong had just had studs down his calf.

Anybody thinking Keane deserves a red for that has lost their mind.

Deliberate hair pulling is a red card in rugby never mind football. It is violent conduct as per the rules and rightfully so.

 

[Ged G]

And yet the overwhelming majority of players manage not to do it. Adrenaline may kick in, it may be a little difficult but as a professional his head shouldn't be going like that. Especially when on a second yellow card having already nibbled at the ref a couple of times since the first booking.

Flip your argument - How often do you give a ref the benefit of the doubt as adrenaline may have kicked in? Or does it not count if they're not wearing an Everton kit?

That last line of yours is ironic... it's petulant, the kind of thing you are accusing Grealish of. RED card for you for that.

 

[ValBlue]

No that's wrong. If we had KDH, Gueye, Ndiaye, (Branthwaite), for example, we might be in a better place. We're paying the price for a poor squad.

How is it wrong? We didn’t have those players. He’s taken far too long to make subs when everyone is fit. ‘No thats wrong’. Behave

 

[allen]

I thought the ref had a great game before the reds as well!

Again though, a new ref in the top flight, he is going to strictly adhere to the rules isn't he?

The only thing I can think of to describe our red cards was thick. Both massively avoidable.

Yeah, I think his lack of experience showed as I say.

I thought he’d started the game well, too.

 

[Papa Shango]

Right. And I'm saying, absent a clear intent, is it truly violent conduct worthy of a straight red?

I'd be hiding my eyes if a Wolves player were given a red for that tonight.

Yes because the rule says it is.

Again, your problem is with the rule itself, not the card. The red card is totally valid.

Should it be deemed as violent conduct itself? Eh, maybe not, depends I suppose.

 

[Leylo]

Just on way home crap performance crap officials... McNeil wow whats up with him usually get something off him legs gone

 

[Ged G]

And amonst all that chaos and all the opinions here, let's not forget that Pickford pulled off a world class save to stop us losing

 

[Melchizedek]

And just like Sigurdsson, he sprints when he knows he won't get the ball and at no other time. And just like Sigurdsson, he receives endless praise and favouritism from his managers despite all evidence showing it is totally undeserved.

At least Sigurdsson would use both feet though. McNeil is in my personal top 10.of most hated Everton players of all time. I hate watching him.

That head down sprint think he kept doing knowing he was never getting close to the ball was very irritating tonight.

 

[Smurph]

Liverpool V City no more than 2 months ago... No yellow.
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Precisely. If sarcastically clapping the ref is worth a booking VVD and half the Liverpool team is booked for it every game.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

That head down sprint think he kept doing knowing he was never getting close to the ball was very irritating tonight.

And Moyes was shouting out praise for him and clapping him every time he did it. What a moron.