Match Thread Everton v Manchester United - Preview, Match Report & MotM Poll

[blueconverse]

If maguire starts crowd can deffo get to him.

 

[Yorkiebars89]

If maguire starts crowd can deffo get to him.

I think the crowd will be the worst they've been in a very long time let's prove how easy it is to intimidate these whoppers

 

[Jeff Jones]

Also interesting to see what decisions go against us. If the FA really want to send us down we'll see a pattern upcoming of dodgy decisions going against us. I have no doubt they would love to see us finish more than 5 points below 17th, knowing that any appeal may see the deducition halved at best (but imo kept exactly as it is).

They might set their stall out here with an early red card and United goal. Imagining Fernandes dive when through on goal, red card Branthwaite, Pickford saves penalty but referee claims he's off his line, Fernandes takes again, saved again but VAR claims one of our players is running inside the box, takes again and finally scores, Tarkowski sent off for remonstrating with the referee.

Do some of you really think the PL speak to referees and tell them to make it hard for Everton?
I know we are on the bad end of a lot of poor refereeing, but come on.

 

[Vintage]

Looking at the table, Everton have scored 1 goal more than Man United in the league so far

 

[ricer10]

If those “ Corrupt PL “ red cards are given to the crowd … people need to have them up and out on display every time ball goes into touch for the cameras

 

[Bluebonic]

Do some of you really think the PL speak to referees and tell them to make it hard for Everton?
I know we are on the bad end of a lot of poor refereeing, but come on.

The paranoia is real my friend!

 

[gedefc]

I think the crowd will be the worst they've been in a very long time let's prove how easy it is to intimidate these whoppers

The fact it's a night game as well helps. Gonna be very intimidating

 

[ToffeeScot]

Please be one of the games where we press them high and get in their face. This United side absolutely hate when teams do that and crumble.

 

[anton66]

Do some of you really think the PL speak to referees and tell them to make it hard for Everton?
I know we are on the bad end of a lot of poor refereeing, but come on.

But they do give us some of the worst refs on their books. Cherry pick the decent ones for big games. Why aren’t they allocated for the season ahead instead of weekly?

 

[Bluerover]

The whole hating the word soccer thing hasn’t always existed you know? English people didn’t get triggered by the word until relatively recently. Late 80s and 90s really. He’s older so he might not care about it and his parents and teachers may have used the word.

You know who is to blame for the word? The English. Who popularized the use to compete against football … which was rugby. Soccer and rugby were both called football but rugby was winning. Americans called their rugby football because English people called it football. American soccer fans skew highly educated and they know how ignorant you sound when you get triggered about “soccer” and “why you call rugby football?” but they’re too nice to correct you and point out that you are completely assbackwards history wise. American soccer fans sure are nice to protect your feelings so much; the Americans who hate soccer tend to be the problem you know? Anyway …

1-0 to the blues. Really looking forward to hearing the crowd. Sack the board. Sack the Prem.

In Ireland, for us GAA fans who also follow Association Football, the word 'football' usually means Gaelic Football and we use 'soccer' to differentiate.

In the Irish language 'peil' invariably means Gaelic football ' while 'sacar' is used for Association Football.

I have never heard Rugby being called just 'football' over here. Always referred to as Rugby or Rugger - a game of which I am not a fan btw but I know loads who are.

On Sunday we need to create a poisonous atmosphere but please no flares, smoke bombs, fireworks or ANY other things that will give the epl an excuse to punish us further.

Come ON you Blues!!

 

[MisterJ]

It will be interesting to see who the ref will be for this one… probably Pawson knowing the FA

The only refs I trust are Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor. The others are all shocking

 

[Jeff Jones]

But they do give us some of the worst refs on their books. Cherry pick the decent ones for big games. Why aren’t they allocated for the season ahead instead of weekly?

Without looking it up, CBA, I'm pretty sure that we get all the refs going round from time to time. And none of them are perfect.

 

[Pazza]

Without looking it up, CBA, I'm pretty sure that we get all the refs going round from time to time. And none of them are perfect.

John Brooks it is then

 

[StreetEndBlue]

Man Utd are the perfect opponents on Sunday.

Should be an atmosphere we've not witnessed at Goodison in a long long time. Who knows, even the Park End might join in with the odd song and chant.

 

[Simon Buttle]

I see some of the Utd fans want to join in with the anti PL protest.