And what do you think about them? Do you they would be legitimate complaints?
I think it’s very hard to separate the performance from the refereeing shitshow we just witnessed. The second leads to the first. We played well in moments, but when Everton have Carte blanche to hack us down, and we cannot be physical in response it is very hard to sustain to good performance.
Bradley’s so called 2nd yellow that apparently would be complained about by Evertonians was… Doucoure diving and getting a free kick without being touched.
Joined this late but can see one clear frustration I’d have if I’d been raised a blue.
I’d be an Everton fan all day everyday. Frustrated probably doesn’t come close. I’m sure I’d at least be ‘BITTERLY frustrated’ as a base level default setting then add other toxic emotions in as and when necessary
Obviously, their first goal was shoddy defending by us. Not sure how Ibou gets so many Motm votes after that, much as I love him.
Bradley’s yellow was stupid and unnecessary too. You really don’t want to be a full back on a yellow.
Our attack was disjointed in comparison to their usual standards. Robbo was overly defensive and left Gakpo with hardly any service. Diaz struggled at CF running into defenders and giving away free kicks, which is something he tends to do when he’s not firing.
Yes, the ref was a dick, but there were a lot of things we could have done better.
Ibou couldn’t possibly do any better defending the free kick because over the course of the next 80 minutes Oliver made a load of shit decisions and every one was in their favour. Happy now.
It seems from reading him/her are trying the upmost to have a dig at the performance. So this means that they have to play down all the poor calls to fit the agenda knowing full well its right.
Can we please stop playing Diaz as a number 9,bar the odd game he’s offered nothing up there. I’d rather play Jota or Nunez despite their faults,at least their more natural in the position.
At no point in that game did I think, privately to myself, we got away with one there. And in all honesty, there a usually a couple in every game.
Suggesting that there would be Everton frustrations with Oliver had we won it, is absolutely bonkers, and trying a little too hard to be the grown up in the room.
I’m not going down the corruption rabbithole or anything like that, but we’ve seen time and time again with Oliver he gets drawn into a narrative. He presents as a strong ref but he is weak as fuck in front of a home crowd.