Match Thread Everton v West Ham. 5th March at 1500.

[USABlue]

Stones off for Besic for me. Besic is more direct than Barry, so we'll be more effective on the counter.

My only worry with besic is with the match being so high-strung he'll do something to get sent off lol although Barry is no stranger to a yellow

 

[Joey66]

As soon as that ref denied us that nailed on pen v Stones I knew he would do us -
KM first yellow was a joke, why do we always suffer under these bad refs?

 

[Tubey]

Stay on your feet and all that, but to be sent for those two offences is borderline ludicrous. The ref has been an absolute s***house the whole game. That foul he gave on lennon near the end of the half was an absolute joke. He's an absolute fraud and kopite this one

They were two clear yellow cards.

Blatant simulation and a late lunge. If it was a West Ham player you'd have no second thought about it.

The ref has been equally incompetent to both sides with big decisions - both sides could have had penalties - but generally he's done nothing notably more incompetent towards Everton.

Even the Lennon foul you're talking about is correct - it was high feet; a stonewall free-kick.

 

[Efcjake]

9.9 times out of 10 Gerrard and Scholes were not shown a second yellow for such a foul throughout their career .

Gerrard would have been given a penalty for the first yellow card the little cretin.

 

[bluelife]

Going to be backs to the wall stuff....hopefully hang on and maybe seal it with a counter attack

 

[Tubey]

As soon as that ref denied us that nailed on pen v Stones I knew he would do us -
KM first yellow was a joke, why do we always suffer under these bad refs?

The ref hasn't done us at all - the first was a yellow card for blatant simulation. If Mirallas doesn't dive, he doesn't get booked.

They've also had a nailed on pen against Funes Mori turned away.

 

[Rook]

I think the reason we are doing well is because we have so many defensive players in the squad (Jags, Mori, Coleman, Oviedo, Stones, McCarthy and Lennon). Our current side is also really pacy which is proving in this case to be effective. I wouldn't sub Barry in atm

WH is going to have too much space. Besic instead (if he's on the bench)

 

[whiteshadow]

Don't get why some people think the ref was harsh on the 2 yellow cards, he deserved both of them.

Just annoyed that Mirallas has let the rest of the team down, again.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

They were two clear yellow cards.

Blatant simulation and a late lunge. If it was a West Ham player you'd have no second thought about it.

The ref has been equally incompetent to both sides with big decisions - both sides could have had penalties - but generally he's done nothing notably more incompetent towards Everton.

Even the Lennon foul you're talking about is correct - it was high feet; a stonewall free-kick.

Agree with all, unsure on last one.

Player coming in ducks down/into it. Lennon's high foot isn't a high foot for most!

 

[sageyefc]

Stones been a bit ropey

 

[Jags..class]

Not sticking up for mirralas but how many times have we seen players dive and yet ours always get booked

 

[Wat Tyler]

Happy days for the plotters. If West Ham come back into this they'll argue it's because of the system we were playing.

Bore off

 

[ToffeeTim]

They were two clear yellow cards.

Blatant simulation and a late lunge. If it was a West Ham player you'd have no second thought about it.

The ref has been equally incompetent to both sides with big decisions - both sides could have had penalties - but generally he's done nothing notably more incompetent towards Everton.

Even the Lennon foul you're talking about is correct - it was high feet; a stonewall free-kick.

It's FOOTball not headball. Don't duck if you don't want kicked. That kopite tit got him sent off for horrendous faking. Mccarthy should turn his attention towards him instead of payet.

 

[AlE]

As soon as that ref denied us that nailed on pen v Stones I knew he would do us -
KM first yellow was a joke, why do we always suffer under these bad refs?

But we're winning mate. Smile!

 

[Efcjake]

Think Funes Mori and McCarthy have been playing well today.