I couldn’t believe what I was reading when I saw Nottingham Forest’s tweet on the full-time whistle after they were beaten 2-0 by Everton.
It was very strange. I didn’t think it was real at first, I thought it was from a fake account or that they’d been hacked.
As Evertonians we’ve been really frustrated and questioned the decisions against us like Antonee Robinson had Fulham when it hit his hand – there have been so many – and although we probably were a touch lucky, that statement seems to go a step too far. Forest have hired Mark Clattenburg to push for the integrity of the sport with officials and he was kept out of Goodison for six years on the back of his decisions.
I think every club in the Premier League is questioning what’s going on. Liverpool put out their statement after the Tottenham Hotspur game earlier this season and it could open a big can of worms if we start going down that route.
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Although the officials have been very poor, I still don’t think there is the technology to implement VAR correctly. I still can’t be convinced the lines were drawn properly for Coventry’s offside goal against Manchester United.
Those fine margins are sucking the joy out of football. We know the system needs improvement and we need a big, adult conversation about how we’re going to improve these decisions that happen week after week.
It seems strange that Forest think it’s just them. It seems a bit childish in the way that they’ve reacted.
Survival is on the line, we as Evertonians understand that. We’d be up in arms too but I don’t
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