Branthwaite steals in late to deny Richarlison winning Goodison return

Holgate has been out of his depth for about 4 seasons, I spotted it years ago, the lad can't defend.

He's 27 now and we need to get him off the wage bill permanently in summer.

I wish the linesman on the other side of the pitch was as alert as his fellow official, he was very poor.

Our lack of quality in the final 3rd is ridiculous.

A draw was a fair result though it felt like we played against 12 men today.

I used to think Oliver was our best ref but his display today was awful.

The foul on Beto outside the box was stone wall but he unbelievably waved it away and then booked Dyche for complaining. Garner and Godfrey getting booked for dissent after some terrible officiating.

Not even sure if the VAR checked the push in Beto's back but it checked both of our goals, it's like they are scrutinising everything we do. The fouls on the keeper from corners is another mystery.

Spurs play so open, I felt like we always had a chance to get something out of the game.

I thought all the lads put a shift in. Godfrey again had a great game, he has his pace back. My MotM was Gana – he broke play up countless times and gave Maddison a few bruises along the way.

Good, passion-filled performance.

Classy of Richarlison to keep his goal celebrations minimal. After a game with some flare-ups, the players seemed particularly chummy after the game, as if the Spurs players were wanting to offer encouragement to our players. The crew on TNT mentioned the ‘deduction' and where we would be in the table otherwise quite a few times.

I wonder if loads of people have now grasped that Masters is acting like an arsonist and our club is the senior citizen's allotment shed stuffed full of a ‘lifetime's' worth of memories that he is gleefully showering in petrol?

I think he's taken over from Martin Atkinson, who was another referee who definitely loved to take the piss out of us. But maybe I'm just very biased and paranoid, and think they've all got it in for us right now. (Right now = years in Oliver's case!)

Everton is the odd one out, having lost 10 points, meaning that their position does not reflect their previous play. They are capable of taking at least a point from the Top 11 clubs, maybe even able to get a few wins.

As a side, Everton currently live with injuries, pressure, and a further points deduction. But they keep going and seem to have turned the character corner in their performances, which is a big turn-around from past years.

Maybe some of the players could be better technically and tactically, but they all keep trying. Any that are subbed are exhausted. Those that come on know at least the commitment required, even though they could be better

The Manager could bring on Subs earlier, but maybe Dyche believes Everton have to face everything the hard way. He could have saved players during the cup runs, he didn't save one player, even knowing the African Nations Cup was coming up.

So Everton are 3rd in the relegation zone, possiblity facing another points deduction, but 6 points above 2nd in the relegation zone. But Forest are 4th with a possible points deduction. Of course the Bottom 2 could make an attempt to climb out, but Everton are more likely to. Still other teams could come in the mix.

The Everton situation imo puts more pressure on the Premier League. If they had have been higher placed, it would be easier to keep the 10-point deduction and give another point deduction, but it is now not so easy, because they are adding to what is universally thought as an unfair punishment.

Roll on the result of the appeal, the possibility of another points deduction. We will know soon enough, but a galvanised Everton side and supporters is a very strong possiblity. Who knows where that can get Everton to?

Win our appeal and it's a straight fight between Luton and Forest.

Maybe I was too easily swayed by the VAR not insisting the ref take a long look at Harrison gently (but persistently) nudging Vicario. Vicario was pathetically easy to manoeuvre but referees often over-protect the goalie.

Please point out what got your goat as I'm planning on viewing the game again when I've finished this shift. I'd like to add my voice to the ‘shout' that Calvert-Lewin has broken his goal drought even if officially that goal isn't credited to him.

They are looking at the table as it is now. Both Burnley and Sheffield United are capable of results.They may even reset in the next two months, .May even have a new manager.Similarly Team could come into the mix, a panic change if Manager injuries. Anything could happen.Everton are the team that really know the difficult task ahead.Their players are experienced of the relegation dogfight and have the added bonus of a sense of injustice. Their fans will fight to the last minutes

As for the finances, Moshiri is using other people's money. He still has his own money and his friends are working overtime on solutions

Our paucity in the final 3rd is hugely frustrating. We are so poor and don’t have anyone with the ability to create a chance or put half chances away. If we did we’d have walked away from that game yesterday with a win.

Thank god for set pieces! We looked a lot more threatening yesterday from corners and free kicks which is going to be key for our survival. Although why in the second half we changed our tactic to crowd Vicario at corners or change the routine to be near post I’ll never know. It clearly wasn’t working

Tottenham player kicks the ball away, Oliver who is ten yards away, totally ignores this and turns towards the touch line because Spurs want to make a sub, not long after making a point of booking an Everton player for questioning the linesman decision.

Linesman flags for offside when Oliver, who is supposedly the best ref in the league is five yards away and can see clearly that the ball had just been headed by a Spurs player.

Blowing his whistle for Pickford to take a goal kick when the game is level, but allowing spurs to take as long as they want when they were in front, although he did point at his watch to let the crowd know he wasn’t being kidded, even though I’ve seen him go and book Pickford before now, for taking a lot less time than the Spurs player was taking yesterday (pre-conceived!)

The match going fan sees the bigger picture, whilst I think viewing the game from tv, gets you closer to a lot of incidents. Oliver knows what he’s doing imo, and he loves winding up Evertonians again imo.

I’m glad he never gave the foul on Beto, even though I couldn’t understand how, when he was standing ten yards away and must have definitely seen the manhandled obstruction, because he knelt forward, and did a little breaststroke action to wave play on, - because we got a free kick from a better angle when Garner was fouled, right after this.

A question that I need to ask is have the rules changed now? If a defender heads the ball the wrong way, does it not count as the last touch anymore, and a forward player can now be deemed offside?

I ask because of what I wrote earlier about Oliver not overruling his linesman when it happened yesterday, and because I was shaking my head thinking why did VAR take so long to give Everton’s second goal, when it was clear the free kick was headed towards the Spurs goal by a Tottenham defender, and the goal should have been given after five seconds, unless the rules have changed, or Stuart Atwell, was looking at something else?

Surely if the appeal had gone badly, he wouldn't want to be anywhere near Goodison considering the amount of questioning he would be getting.

Possibly just wishful thinking on my part…

I never meant to handle the ball, in fact it came at me that fast whilst I was running back at full speed that I just couldn’t get my arms out the way, even if I didn’t know anything about it = penalty.

Football has become one very subjective circus.

I haven't watched any of their Champions League Finals since 2005.

I've just been watching Tunnel Access. Funny how you observe certain things.

Some kid screaming out the names of the players as the come out for the warm up and when they go back in.

Interesting how we do a lot of ball work in the warm up even if we don't always play that way.

Tarkowski doing his three-jump thing as he comes on the pitch. I hope he doesn't one day land on the ball boy/girl. He's close.

The stewards at the end telling some at the front of the Gwladys Street to get get down from the seats they where standing on.

Good luck with that!!

On a separate note, I have been watching some Everton nostalgia as I tend to do. For those who create the banners. A twist on that infamous series about the hardships in the city in the early 80s, but I noted one: "Boys From The Bluestuff"

I have to say I give them credit for showing the protest against the Premier League. Pre-match and during the game, they were right on it. Unlike Sky.

I believe the VAR was checking if Coleman was offside from the original kick because he was challenging the player who headed it.

When they deemed him onside (it was very close) they never even looked at Branthwaite because of the header from the Spurs player.