Premier League — Matchweek 8

Just watched an Arsenal player get a red card for stopping a Bournemouth player from a goal-scoring opportunity.

What is the law for that as the Bournemouth player looked offside before he was tackled?

Now that goal was a thing of beauty. Super stinging shot from Christie. Raya no chance. My FPL team destroyed.

Bournemouth fans being quite witty and ironic with the “Saliba” chant 😂😂

Don't send him off ffs - he's my fpl keeper

2 subs score; that's good coaching.

Well Paul, my fpl centre half got sent off earlier so it's only fair that Raya goes too,

Oh no, a top 6 team is never going down to 9 though is it, that's not the way it works. 😏

Apart from the fantasy league bias, I think both should have walked.

Bill, I also thought it looked offside. No doubt I'm wrong (don't know about you!).

Regarding the offside on the Saliba red card, was it a Bournemouth player who made the pass though? Think it might have been Trossard.

And right after I posted that, Peter Drury said it was Trossard.

Neil, just watched it again. You were right.

I see the great Pep Guardiola has 2, yes 2, goal- keepers on the bench today don't see the City fans screaming and whining about it. Maybe he's trying to channel his inner Dyche!

Edward looks like Pep is asking the obvious question " what would Everton do?

Two goalies on the Man City bench…

”Pep Out”!

Great strike by Gvardiol to equalise for Man City. He’s part of my FFL team! 👍👍👍

Brilliant save looking through traffic there.

Only dipping in to the Wolves/City game now and then, but from what I've seen, Haaland hasn't had a kick.
(Cue late Haaland winner)

That was weird.

Oh, the little push may have required him to be onside maybe? Which he was i think at time of kick.

City deserved to win but they continue to look a different and poorer team without Rodri and De Bruyne and Rodri is out for the season.

That may be a key point, Dale. When the corner is taken, he's not in an offside position.

He only 'becomes' offside (surely?) when Stones makes the header (Brilliant as it was!) — by which point, he'd done the biz on the keeper and dodged out of the way.

Yes, there was contact with the keeper. But not sufficient to call it a foul.

I seem to remember EFC scoring a goal against Man Utd that was chalked off because Sigurdsson was in front of the keeper, in an offside position because he had been injured.

However, Siggy was lying flat on his back and yet he was still deemed to have interfered in play.

As we chant - The Premier League, Corrupt as Fuck. VAR make it up as they go along, when the Sly Six are involved. Remember Rodri's handball v EFC?

Every time City win (except against us) I'm made up, basically because the rs hate them and their recent success, and the fact they've usurped the rs.

All we need now is for coolhand Cole Palmer to make our weekend complete.

Thanks Michael. That one is deep in the handbook for me.

Talked to a Chelsea fan couple of weeks ago. He said he always liked Everton because he hated Liverpool. Decent guy.

Hear that all the time Dale.

Millwall taxi driver last week, said if he was a Scouser then he would support Everton. Proper club proper fans were his words.

May have just been after a tip mind (which he got).

Hey, uh, can you take a look at that first penalty given while you're at the monitor?

This ref can't wait to give the Red Shite anything.

Old 'Spit' Carragher making a complete Arse of himself again.

Who'd have thought he would say the VAR cancelled 'penalty' should have stood? No Shame. Typical RS some might say. Oasis for sure.

Cole Palmer decides today`s the day to morph into Carlton Palmer.

Nunez is such a tit

Joke.

How the hell is that not Yellow for Mac Allister?

Nauseating. 12 men AGAIN.

Constant crying for penalty.

Massive protest by Roma fans against the owners, with hundreds boycotting the first fifteen minutes of the game.

Protesters starting to filter into the ground now. Don't know if Friedkin is in attendance or not?

Rob,

Stadio Olimpico holds 70,000, but often looks half-empty. Roma get about 35,000.

That's why I personally am glad we've been sensible with our new stadium capacity. I'd rather have a full stadium than a half-empty one.

Roma supporters beat Lazio all day for me. Maybe the Roma supporters are frustrated with the interest in Everton??

I think it should be on the pre-season fixture list.

The stadium did look half empty at kick off, Danny, but is now ram packed. Must have been thousands protesting about Friedkin.

I have to say it's difficult to reconcile the criticisms of Friedkin by the Roma supporters with the very upbeat and positive assessment of our prospective new owners by some ToffeeWebbers.

Reading the statement issued by the protestors they seem to be very critical of, amongst other things, the people Friedkin have brought in to "represent the club at all levels".

Seriously hope it's not a case of out of the fire and into the Friedkin pan for Everton.

They are crazy supporters, Rob.

I'd like us to established a relationship with the Giallorossi as they are known. I can play tour guide, having lived there for 2 years!

I'll go out to watch Forest v Palace tonight.

I'm in two minds. Palace in the bottom 3, but if Forest win, we could overtake them.

Then again, it's still too early in the season to worry about others. Let's just keep the recent run of unbeaten results going. We can only take care of ourselves.

Draw seems to be the best bet, Danny.

That way they both drop 2 points.

Always love a draw for our opponents...

Unless we're playing them of course.

Ah, I've just seen on the BBC website that a stadium called Scotstoun stadium will be used by Glasgow.

Maybe we could have used Wavertree Sports Centre!😁😁