Everton Banter Archive October 01 2011

01 Oct 2011 21:56:18
Let's be honest here. Everton only upped their game after Rodwell was sent off. Before that, it was a nothing game! One good chance each (Suarez & Cahill). The fans inspired the players to dig in & battle, which they did in the main. The reality is, on another day Liverpool could have had 5 easily! 2 goals, missed pen, hit post, hit bar, Suarez easy header into keepers arms. The refs are awful, but we've suffered more than most already this season with goals disallowed etc, so i'm not going to complain if we get the benifit of a dodgy decision & neither would Everton.

The Irish Rover

After the suarez header was saved everton went straight up the other end and forced a save from reina, saha had a shot that just went wide then rodwell was sent off! All the liverpool chances your on about happened after the sending off! Would liverpool of been in them positions if we had 11 men on the field? No i dont think they would of! But if you want to get in to that then what about the cahill and drenthe shots that were straight at reina! Either side of him they were goals! Drenth could of got a peno, saha fired another shot just wide! On another we coud of scored 4 or 5! But the fact that the ref messed up and sent rodders means we will never know!

Dont forget big Distin taking the mick out of 2 defenders and smashing one over aswell before the red.
We had 4 good chances to there one before the ref took centre stage and grabbed the headlines, what a weak referee

Yeah class shame he cant shoot lol
Jaydee

01 Oct 2011 17:14:40
Got to say was proud of the lads today. The ref should be suspended he was an absolute disgrace. Really felt for young Jack super tackle in which Saurez antics swayed the ref to send him off it was not even a foul. The lads dug deep but on a hot day just tired towards the end. I am convinced had we had all 11 players we would have won that game at a canter. The ref should be demoted as he has handed out more red cards than any other ref this season he has sent 7 players off this season. Felt Rodwell was having a real good game up to that point. A shambolic ref should not be in charge of the most highly charged derby in the country. Anyway the lads done great but was to much to expect 10 to beat 12. For me Saurez should have being booked for play acting and trying to get fellow pros sent off and to get man of the match was a disgraceful decision by big nosed Smith. Well done lads cant beat a cheating ref. COYB. Dero.

01 Oct 2011 16:39:27
martin atkinson-2 everton-0

i totally blame the ref for the defeat today, things were pretty even before the sending off but we looked more of a threat than they did! then a brilliant rodwell tackle and some play acting from suarez got him sent off DISGUSTING!!! even with 10 men there were times we looked like scoring, kept the ball well when we had it, the lads played brilliantly today i am very proud of the performance we put in and im also happy with moyes team selection it was very positive we went down to 10 and moyes was still attacking with drenthe and vellious coming on and experience with neville, well done moyes!! hope the result doesnt make you revert back to defending we look good great going forward and need to keep it up!

liverpool fans will be giving it all the chirp but im sure they know how lucky they were today! they also should be worried they are not looking good considering they spent 100 million it was the ref that won the game today and not the millions of pounds of talent !they will not finish top 5!

i really think with 11 men on the field we would of won that! even though the ref beat us today i am still very optimistic about our season even more so after watching todays game!

i think we should appeal the red card as i cant see it being upheld, so im confident rodwell will be availiable for the chelsea match, the only change i would make is to swap osman with drenthe!

you happy with todays performance ed? does it give you hope for the season? it certainly does me? coyb!!! {Ed001's Note - do you not think that Cahill should have been sent off?}

Yeh he maybe should of been but tht pssage of play wouldnt of existed if atkinson didnt send rodders off :-). {Ed001's Note - very true, I was just pointing out that he is just a terrible ref rather than biased to be honest. It amazes me that he is still refereeing in the Premier League.}

No Ed Cahill should not have being sent barely caught Adams and it was foot on foot and yellow was correct. Worst tackle of the game was Lucas on Saha which he correctly got a yellow. Best tackle of the game was Jack on the play acting Saurez. Look at Cahills tackle again in slow motion it was not that bad looked worst at full speed. {Ed001's Note - sorry but I disagree, it was a sending off according to the rules. Perhaps you should read them because then you will realise that you don't even have to connect with the player, let alone 'barely' catch them, to get a red.}

No Ed surprised you usually know your stuff but Cahill should not have been sent off seen it a few times both feet were high but it was not studs showing it was side foot on side foot and Cahill was a split second late so I do know the rules it seems you dont or you have not seen it correctly but if you reply to this, then watch it again before making rash decision as Mr Athkinson did today. There was no tackles that warranted a red card today from either side least of all Jack Rodwell but this is about opinions and we can agree to disagree. {Ed025's Note - i agree with you mate..i have seen it a number of times, and for me it was the one thing the ref got right!...yesterday really annoyed me!, the prat will , i expect, hold up his hands and say that he got it wrong, and the red card will be rescinded ...but who is going to give us back the 3 points that he cost us?, for gods sake, ..