Referees v Everton

[Simon Buttle]

They have now come out and said they did review it, but didn't see any evidence to overrule the ref.
That statement is more damning than anything and proves beyond all reasonable doubt of complete ineptitude. At best!

Thats crazy tbh, I shall expect to see a raft of shirt pulling from now on in the game going unpunished.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

The media reaction to this game has been nothing short of laughable. We have actual pundits and referees claiming that grapple on Richarlison wasn't a foul. People are saying these things with a straight face.

Spurs got a VAR overturn yesterday for the most ridiculous handball you'll see. Yet we don't get one for someone having their shirt ripped off. And all the media seem to care about is Lampard getting a fine. If they charge Lampard again then we need to employ the best lawyers in the country and get the FA and PGMOL taken to the cleaners in court.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the evidence suggests that the media and the referees want us to go down. We've not been good enough, but the level of officiating in our games this season has been so bad that it's becoming difficult to put it just down to incompetence. If it's just incompetence then it's frightening how poor they have been and in the era with video replays.

It doesn't feel right at all. I feel sick to my stomach today.

Has Lampard said something about yesterday? I hope so, he needs to call it out

 

[ToffeeTim]

Has Lampard said something about yesterday? I hope so, he needs to call it out

Not really, he was quite measured. But the media are still saying he could get another FA charge

 

[paultheblue]

When did shirt pulling and grabbing hold of people stop being a foul ? There seems to be a marked increase in matches not just ours. Pushing and shoving can be seen as 50/50 but if a player has his shirt pulled half way up his back 5yards away from the referee as it was yesterday how is that not a penalty?
It seems to be at the referees discretion depending on who is playing ,Don't tell me that would not have been a pen at Anfield or Old Trafford.
It is easily stopped if it is an automatic booking they would soon stop.

 

[ToffeeTim]

This wasn't a normal shirt pull. The shirt was almost pulled up over his shoulder. If that isn't a foul then rugby tackles are now legitimate ways to defend.

 

[Dixieslaces]

Said it before and will say it again. I do honestly believe there is a move to have us relegated because of the financial stuff. Just to make all the questions go away.
You can't have this many decisions go against you without wondering if something is going on.
Yes we know the media darlings get the rub of the green. But this is more. It seems to be every game where we are blatantly getting done over by the ref. Like every game. Does make you wonder.
We may have just got lucky that Leeds and Burnley are actually pants.
I have no doubt in my mind that we are supposed to be relegated this season. Just far far too many wrong decisions gone against us

I just imagine in the VAR review room a conversation off mike that goes "we've got em with this one" turns mike back on!

Its remarkable also that the media always double down!

Agenda driven?

What other explanation is viable?

It defies logic and belief.

Lets ram it down their kopite loving throats on Thursday and batter Palace and then do Spurs a favour by smashing the arse out of Arsenal!

UTFT

 

[Joey66]

No pen more than a shirt tug which led then to the guy booting it upfield to get our man sent off / where is the VAR?

 

[bring back the catt]

I just imagine in the VAR review room a conversation off mike that goes "we've got em with this one" turns mike back on!

Its remarkable also that the media always double down!

Agenda driven?

What other explanation is viable?

It defies logic and belief.

Lets ram it down their kopite loving throats on Thursday and batter Palace and then do Spurs a favour by smashing the arse out of Arsenal!

UTFT

Totally THIS, multiplied by infinity.

Let this be our rallying call and give a huge 'up yours' to the red infested media and pundits and the EPL and the FA and their whiny VAR 'system'.

KEEP THE FAITH!

 

[Raino85]

Remarkably we seem to be attracting remarkable inconsistency from the same refs this season and , furthermore, don't get to see again some of those who have cost us points with controversial decisions. Excepting: Stuart Atwell: West Ham (h) 0-1 winning goal from a corner that was wrongly awarded Man City (a) 0-3 Spurs (a) 0-5 Palace (a, FAC) 0-4 (with 2 possibly 3 goals that could have been reviewed) Liverpool (a) 0-2 and plenty of controversy We seem to be missing an 0-6 here Stuart! Will we meet again on Sunday? And Michael Oliver: Kenny 2 yellows in 3 minutes Michael Keane - victim of an instant 2nd yellow for a clumsy challenge Branthwaite - from 30 yards - an instant dismissal having ignored a penalty shout Rondon (well that one is clearly correct) Paul Tierney makes a rick against City with the handball and he's nowhere near another Everton game since. Chris Kavanagh deliberates over the Spurs penalty decision, disallows the penalty and he's nowhere near an Everton game since. Darren England misses the shirt pull at Brentford - again, no Everton games since. Darren Coote Gives Everton questionable penalty at home to Norwich. Not seen again all season.. So how can it be that referees that haven't done Everton any favours are picked again? Oliver 3 in 11 games!?

Darren England was on VAR yesterday

 

[anton66]

Refs for Palace…..

 

[ajo18]

The media reaction to this game has been nothing short of laughable. We have actual pundits and referees claiming that grapple on Richarlison wasn't a foul. People are saying these things with a straight face.

Spurs got a VAR overturn yesterday for the most ridiculous handball you'll see. Yet we don't get one for someone having their shirt ripped off. And all the media seem to care about is Lampard getting a fine. If they charge Lampard again then we need to employ the best lawyers in the country and get the FA and PGMOL taken to the cleaners in court.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the evidence suggests that the media and the referees want us to go down. We've not been good enough, but the level of officiating in our games this season has been so bad that it's becoming difficult to put it just down to incompetence. If it's just incompetence then it's frightening how poor they have been and in the era with video replays.

It doesn't feel right at all. I feel sick to my stomach today.

You're spot on.

But also, I am fed up of it being labelled as 'conspiracy theories' and tin-foil hat stuff. It's just so obvious now that it's just blind ignorance if you don't believe that there's something dodgy going on in this league.

 

[DrEFC]

 

[ToffeeDan]

Amazing: 36 previous PL games and we've had:

Oliver 5
Atwell 5
A Madley 4
Pawson 4

England 2
Moss 2
Atkinson 2
Coote 2
Tierney 2
Dean 2
Scott 2
Kavanagh 1

Brooks 1
Taylor 1
Friend 1

Taylor, allegedly one of the better ones nowhere near us. Half of our matches so far done by FOUR refs.

 

[Toffeepot]

Not really, he was quite measured. But the media are still saying he could get another FA charge

At this stage he should just give them the finger
They just want us to shut up and take it

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

So both Keith Hackett and Dermot Gallagher both reckon it should have been a penalty before the sending off. Hackett has gone one further and said the Brentford player who gave away our penalty should have been sent off (two yellows).

"It all evens out by the end of the season" though, eh?