Match Thread Everton 2-2 Man United. Sat Feb 22nd. 12.30.

[JobForTheMoyes]

Everton 2-2 Man Utd: VAR should not have got involved for penalty - David Moyes

Everton manager David Moyes says the VAR was wrong to get involved after a late penalty decision against Manchester United was overturned.

www.bbc.com

 

[linderoth]

Played against 13 men.

I've not actually witnessed a game so manipulated by officials as I did today.

That was egregious

 

[UltraVires]

That`s why you bring on subs, so that at the hour mark you get fresh legs on and keep poor teams like United on the back foot. Too late to make the changes when the game turns on its head.

So you just bring players on at 60 mins come what may?

That’s ridiculous. Why not run a raffle at half time for the fans to come on at 60 mins if you just need a body on.

 

[MisterJ]

In the plus side, we're playing so much better and it's so good to be looking up the table, rather than down.

36 points left to play for, we can still win the league

 

[hallamblue]

He turned his back at the same time. Im not saying it’s a bad decision, just that if it hadn’t been given then I don’t think there could have been any complaints

If it was against us I'd definitely have complained if it wasn't given.

 

[Milkman]

Brilliant effort first 60 mins, ran out of steam and made subs maybe too late. Referee was abysmal. VAR even more so. How it took 6 mins to give our first I'll never know.

 

[hallamblue]

I've completely ignored any and all football today as I've been out about and doing family stuff. Quick scan if these pages suggests we perhaps let them back into it to an extent, but they were given a large helping hand by the officials. Fair?

I would say a helping hand from the ref and a large helping hand at the end from the VAR.

 

[UltraVires]

If it was against us I'd definitely have complained if it wasn't given.

Fair but I think that is a much more debatable one than our penalty that was overturned which was a much clearer cut one for me

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Everton 2-2 Man Utd: VAR should not have got involved for penalty - David Moyes

Everton manager David Moyes says the VAR was wrong to get involved after a late penalty decision against Manchester United was overturned.

www.bbc.com

When Donahue from Manchester is in control it seems it does.

 

[Timbucktoo]

So you just bring players on at 60 mins come what may?

That’s ridiculous. Why not run a raffle at half time for the fans to come on at 60 mins if you just need a body on.

Bringing tired players off to bring fresh legs on ridiculous?

 

[hallamblue]

Fair but I think that is a much more debatable one than our penalty that was overturned which was a much clearer cut one for me

That would definitely have been given as a pen if Doucoure was inside the box. Our pen was a soft one but shouldn't have been overturned.

 

[hallamblue]

Bringing tired players off to bring fresh legs on ridiculous?

I think the problem is the lack of quality of the subs we have available, our squad depth is probably the worst in the league.

 

[Timbucktoo]

I think the problem is the lack of quality of the subs we have available, our squad depth is probably the worst in the league.

Deffo a problem with the quality, but I think bringing the two lads on earlier could have allowed us to put them on their back foot a bit. We seemed to wait till the game turned in their favor to bring them on.

 

[UltraVires]

Bringing tired players off to bring fresh legs on ridiculous?

The idea is valid if you have legitimate options on the bench to maintain the skill level while adding the energy that’s missing

 

[DanEFC92]

They were kin dreadful as well. So disappointed