West Ham Utd 1-2 Everton. Sat 22nd Dec @ 15.00.

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Sorry mate, for a second there i thought you said we might see Barkley again.

Moyes could play Naismith, Osman, Anichebe, Coleman or Pienaar on the right while Mirallas is out, so I guess there would need to be a strong case for Barkley to leapfrog them. I don't understand why he was brought on against Stoke though unless he's close to being involved.
 
Regarding the disallowed goal, what are the actual rules regarding obstruction?

It's any action that impedes the progression of the opponent towards the ball. For example, a defender putting his body in front of an oncoming attacker when the ball has already gone past.

If Jaaskelainen made an attempt to punch the ball and Anichebe blocks him, then it would be obstruction. But the ball wasn't anywhere near there, Jaaskelainen made no attempt to come to meet the ball and Anichebe didn't stop the 'keeper moving towards the ball once the effort from Osman came in.

In short, never a foul.
 
The ref didnt even give it, was the muppet of a linesman, which makes is even worse. The ref in the box didnt see it as a foul but the linesman did.. LOL.
 
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