Match Thread Everton v West Ham United - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Dooguk]

MOTD never showed the disallowed goal. Why not?

 

[Amw79]

Wow. Just watched MOTD. in real time I didn’t see how blatant the foul on Sidibi was that they got a corner from. Thought it was a foul, but that is terrible refereeing.

 

[RomanReigns]

MOTD never showed the disallowed goal. Why not?

probably because it wasn't disallowed....

 

[billyblue80]

Good win and a big win. Credit Marco for finally changing it and the players for executing. Now we expect that every week!

 

[Sharpies volley]

Having seen that goal a few times now the only reason I can think of is that the corner kick went out and came back in again but they never said anything about it on bt sport. The ref was an absolute joke all game though.

 

[deipnosophist]

Just seen the score (and highlights): I was impressed

 

[RomanReigns]

1 min 38 for those interested...

whistle blown before ball is in net.

reason why?

god knows, martin atkinson thinks it could be because of a foul by gomes

 

[Dooguk]

probably because it wasn't disallowed....

You know what I meant....

 

[StanleyParker]

I was told ref blew whistle before Mina's header went in, hence not a VAR issue. But whatever the whistle was for was not for a foul that interfered with play in my opinion and I saw the ref ignore numerous niggling fouls off the ball by West ham on Everton forwards throughout the match - and I think VAR would have confirmed Mina's header should have been a goal. Also VAR, if it had been used, would have confirmed the corner West Ham were given was false: Sidibe was fouled and it should have been an Everton free-kick... thankfully Pickford stopped the shot that came from that false corner. Ref had a 'mare but overall the win was justified thanks to the team's 90 minute commitment and concentration.

 

[StanleyParker]

spot on analysis from motd

the forward passing and movement going forward was the difference today

no sideways passing or passing back and slowly building up play from the back

direct forward thinking movement

Yeah, they said what we said earlier today, down to highlighting Gomes and Davies. I reckon Phil Nev read the forum before writing his report.

 

[Groucho]

 

[BlueToff]

Brilliant all round today. Now that needs to be every week.

Right team. Right system. 4-2-3-1 can work when there's pace and dynamism and we aren't obsessed with possession

 

[Khalekan]

Has to be Gomes.

Reminiscent of Martin Dobbo at his best

Special mention for Iwobi and Sidibe...lceland and Seamus will have to look to their laurels.

 

[Tel001]

The way the ref gave that corner which they nearly scored from, looked to me like Sidibe defended brilliantly, shielded it out and Masauka blatantly missed the ball and kicked Sidibe so it's either a goal kick or a free kick to us. I was fuming

He did , he shepherded the ball perfectly , didn’t touch it hence why the westham player attempted the tackle and hacked him

 

[bol-uk]

Bitpissed but I’m sure last year their fans were blown away by Gomes, he ran the shoe