2025/26 Michael Vincent Keane

[ToffeeTim]

Just like Son accidently broke Gomes' leg.

He got his red card rescinded for that !!!

Incredible

 

[windymiller]

This sounds all too reactive for my liking. Why would you need to spend millions on a right back just to cover JOB for THREE games?
We shouldn’t be wasting money to solve very short term issues.

The absence of a competent right back is not a short term issue.

 

[RichCee123]

This is either very well hidden sarcasm or absolute retardation

 

[RichCee123]

The absence of a competent right back is not a short term issue.

Be fair, the committee has only had 6 months. Roma wasn’t built in a day.

 

[windymiller]

Be fair, the committee has only had 6 months. Roma wasn’t built in a day.

Ah, I see, it was a lampoon, a simple lampoon.

 

[blulouie]

Yet the keane hair pull is 100% more obvious

Oh obvious ....its not like Son ran 20 yrds to clatter Gomes is it

That got reduced on appeal btw.

 

[DualityNSNO]

He got his red card rescinded for that !!!

Incredible

Well yeah but he cried tho.

Did Keggers cry? No.

Exactly.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Unbelievable how they've not rescinded his red card. Football truly is screwed with this level of officialdom

 

[Ragnar]

Hahaha, the club have played this brilliantly. All the fans thinking we have been hard done by etc….. We were absolutely appalling and draw with Wolves at home. That big dope shouldn’t have grabbed a hand full of hair to begin with, but let’s not forget the result.

 

[RomanReigns]

weird thing is nobody in the ground had a clue what was happening

even when they said there was a review for violent conduct being checked no one knew if it was for a wolves player or an everton player

apparently the wolves player only wanted a foul as well, he wasn't asking for a red card

 

[Drico]

About bloody time too.

I hope thats not the only incident pointed out to them.
There's a full catalogue of them this season.

THIS is what we should be complaing about - stuff like the non-penalty versus Arsenal and Hwang's assault on Armstrong NOT ridiculous appeals over Michel Keane's idiotic hair pulling which was never getting rescinded.

 

[Swagger]

It's leaving a bad taste in the mouth for me.

It's not really defensible. I assume Keane did it because thought he could get away with it. It's something that has been a problem for people who grow their hair long, mostly players who aren't British, have complained about happening to PGMOL for years.

The decision to send someone off for it has been inconsistent.

There was one with Guendouzi and Fellaini years ago that didn't result in anything.

Then this Romeo hair pull wasn't punished.

The VAR Review: Romero hair-pulling red card, Richarlison offside, Leicester penalty overturned

We take a look at the weekend's big VAR talking points in the Premier League, featuring a day of high drama between Chelsea and Spurs.

www.espn.co.uk

They gave a red for this one in Cucurella

Premier League issue statement as star sent off for pulling Cucurella's hair

Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella was involved in an unsavoury incident St Mary's on Wednesday as he had his hair pulled by Southampton captain Jack Stephens who was consequently sent off

www.mirror.co.uk

But not this one

Statement given as Bournemouth man avoids red for pulling Cucurella's hair

Chelsea fans couldn’t believe David Brooks’ robust pulling of Marc Cucurella’s hair wasn’t deemed violent conduct. Shortly after Justin Kluivert equalised for the Cherries i…

talksport.com

A statement read: "VAR recommended an on-field review for a possible red card to Brooks for violent conduct. Upon review, the referee deemed that the challenge on Cucurella was a reckless action and not violent conduct – and issued a yellow card to Brooks."

Booking is generally the sensible sanction unless preventing a goalscoring opportunity or it's a long continuous, very violent jerk of the hair dragging the player to the ground which didn't happen with Keane.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Hahaha, the club have played this brilliantly. All the fans thinking we have been hard done by etc….. We were absolutely appalling and draw with Wolves at home. That big dope shouldn’t have grabbed a hand full of hair to begin with, but let’s not forget the result.

The fact we played badly has nothing to do with the officiating. This argument doesn't make any sense either. The two issues are completely severe

 

[TheBlueBlitzer]

Oh obvious ....its not like Son ran 20 yrds to clatter Gomes is it

That got reduced on appeal btw.

Yes and there will be plenty more examples. But using son running 20 yards in a game of football to tackle gomes is not what i was on about. What i was saying was keanes hair pull was stupid and undefendable yet people saying it should be rescinded.

 

[Neiler]

Nothing surprises me anymore, cringe were the game will be in 10 years time - im not sure its even a game any more, more contrived sports entertainment.

Controversy sells.

Convinced its habit and the past that keeps people plugged in.