Match Thread Liverpool v Everton - Preview, Match Report & MotM Poll

[Mozza1987]

Pawson is a cheat. Most obvious booking you will ever see and he bottled it. He was inconsistent all game. Disgrace. Liverpool may have still won the game but that would have been 10 vs 10 at 0-0.

 

[dan7787]

Referees are too weak, easily influenced by the crowd… Liverpool is a “big” team so I have to give it attitude. Roll on total ai refs who will be fair

 

[Cjplennon]

I don’t blame Keane, the ball hit him in close proximity, he didn’t move his hand into the path of the ball. Ref totally bottled it

Ref followed the rules. Unfortunately it is what it is. The ball came at him quick, im not sure his arm was in a natural position but he could do nothing about it. Once the ref goes to the screen the decsion is made, they may aswell not bother. Just let the off field VAR ref call it.

 

[peteblue]

Always a similar story, one of ours gets sent off, one of theirs doesn’t , they then get a penalty…

 

[Weebarra]

Robbed again by supposed impartial officials. They don’t even try to hide their bias anymore. 10 v 10 and it’s a different game

Yep, the fixed odds re now not if, but what minute will an Everton player be sent off, and when they will get their penalty(s).

 

[Toffeeback]

Robbed again by supposed impartial officials. They don’t even try to hide their bias anymore. 10 v 10 and it’s a different game

Ref wasn't great, but Young didn't really give him an option on the second card. Moronic. Keane needs to have his arms tied together behind his back from now on. You could argue that he was quite close to the cross, but with his arm stretched out like that, it was only going to get given. Branthwaite looks very good to me. Also Mykolenko did well again against Salah. Their midfield is much better than ours.

I'm the last person to argue that we weren't screwed over hard by the officials. Believe me, I was yelling things in my living room that would make a sailor blush. But at the end of the day, I still find it difficult to say that the defeat was 100% Pawson's fault.

Yes, if Konate is wearing a blue shirt, he's off 1000 times out of 1000. But even at 10 v 10, the type of goal they ended up with wouldn't have been stopped by them having one fewer CB. I mean, it was a Michael Keane special. Just absolutely brain-dead defending in this day and age with the current handball rules and VAR system.

Whatever calls he didn't give against the RS, the ones he did call against us - like mentioned in the bold above - were absolutely the fault of our own players. If you have a manager that routinely insists on putting Young and Keane on the pitch after being burned by doing just that over and over and over again....well, if I gave my full thoughts on Dyche, I'd definitely be getting banned.

 

[f.t.r.s]

Just once I'd like to have a fair game against their lot not ruined by awful referees with a sky club bias

 

[Weebarra]

The game is corrupt, has been for years, refs don’t even get questions asked of them after the game because it’s not allowed, absolute joke.

Spot on m8, my love of football, is waning, rapidly, no spontaneous reactions now, its killing the game, due to rank poor officials and VAR.

 

[Weebarra]

Kept us in the game with 10 men and Konate should have been off.

Zackly, spot on m8.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

I used to work with Craig Pawson until a few years ago. I’ve no idea which club he supports, but I can say he was an arrogant tw@

 

[PeregrineT]

I mean we all knew what was going to happen when the referee assignments were made. The league had decided that prior. On the plus side, the way they played considering the circumstances in one of the toughest fixtures of the year was promising.

Theres no way you look at West Ham next week and think we dont have a good chance.

 

[twoblue]

Take away the fact, this is the RS and derby. We played the side currently the form team in the premier league, away, with a ref on their side.
Sending off was questionable, handball was questionable. Both decisions were acceptable. Not returning the sending offs was criminal.

We were always second best but we performed well all things considered.

At no point was going hung go with 10 men the answer. The gulf was huge, the game plan was to stay in the game which we did until the penalty went in

 

[blindbert]

Thought the 2nd half 5:3:1 was working until Keane added yet another to his list of misdemeanours. Honourable mentions to Branthwaite and Onana but gave MOTM to Mykolenko. Gets a hard time from many but held his own today.

 

[Weebarra]

I'm the last person to argue that we weren't screwed over hard by the officials. Believe me, I was yelling things in my living room that would make a sailor blush. But at the end of the day, I still find it difficult to say that the defeat was 100% Pawson's fault.

Yes, if Konate is wearing a blue shirt, he's off 1000 times out of 1000. But even at 10 v 10, the type of goal they ended up with wouldn't have been stopped by them having one fewer CB. I mean, it was a Michael Keane special. Just absolutely brain-dead defending in this day and age with the current handball rules and VAR system.

Whatever calls he didn't give against the RS, the ones he did call against us - like mentioned in the bold above - were absolutely the fault of our own players. If you have a manager that routinely insists on putting Young and Keane on the pitch after being burned by doing just that over and over and over again....well, if I gave my full thoughts on Dyche, I'd definitely be getting banned.

Yep my heart sank when Keane came on.

He'd, be better playing cricket at smo, or long leg.
Why the Klogg, didn't get Mee, at the time.

La Vie Cest La Vie.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Yea, as soon as they gave a free kick it had to be a second Yellow. Professional foul to break up play - clear. Replay at neutral ground please!

As soon as we saw he wasn’t getting sent off, my dad said ‘well that’s it then, watch Dyche get booked in a minute for complaining and they’ll get a soft penalty if they don’t score in the next ten’
That’s what 60 odd years of Everton experience brings…
Don’t know why we bother