The pen that wasn't given

[Neil Young]

Disagree. When Lucas came on we were being pegged back by Everton, and needed an extra man in midfield, not a player like Babel who rarely tracks back. The screw up was moving Kuyt up front and leaving Benny and Carra to cope with Piennar and Baines...Benny ain't got the same tenacity as Kuyt when it comes to tackling back, and it's no surprise he conceded the free kick that led to the Everton goal.

I agree Benayoun weakened us defensively but Kuyt did well enough up front and was, it pretty much goes without saying, a massive improvement on the man he replaced. If we had been leading then I doubt he would have switched Kuyt's position but it made sense in the circumstances.

He could have changed it again sooner than he did but there was no point trying to sit back on the lead so early and I agree he brought Lucas on when necessary.

[The Birdman]

It's only a blatant pen is slow motion and replays.
I remember thinking at the time it probably was but would have been a soft one to give, put it this way we would have been livid if Webb gave the Anichibe dive as a pen.

We drew, move on.

[Guest]

you are the only person i have heard of that thinks that

I'm proud of being in that elitist category.

[Elvoz]

I'm proud of being in that elitist category.

you clearly know ya footy like

[Guest]

you clearly know ya footy like

You're clearly a prick.

[Elvoz]

You're clearly a prick.

[kop-al-74]

You're clearly a prick.

[ufc43]

It was a clear peno. The ref was poor the whole night though so it wasnt a surprise that he didnt give it.

[Elvoz]

It was a clear peno. The ref was poor the whole night though so it wasnt a surprise that he didnt give it.

i thought the ref was ok tbh
we didnt deserve the win
no straw clutching from vozzie

[BFG]

It was a clear peno. The ref was poor the whole night though so it wasnt a surprise that he didnt give it.

He just didn't let the game flow at all. Any and every opportunity to give a free kick and he blew, and in plenty of cases it wasn't a free kick.

I think it was clear Moyes told his players to look for free kicks when they got within about 40 yards of our goal. Can't blame him though, it was the only way they were going to score

[Craig_H]

Thought the ref was decent enough. How many derbies actually 'flow' ?

The peno was 50/50 for me.

[Kinell]

We got lucky with the penalty against Portsmouth at home earlier in the season to steal the 3 points. As they say, thats football for ya!

[Elvoz]

We got lucky with the penalty against Portsmouth at home earlier in the season to steal the 3 points. As they say, thats football for ya!

your right fella

[BFG]

Thought the ref was decent enough. How many derbies actually 'flow' ?

The peno was 50/50 for me.

That's usally because there's a lot of hard and late tackles flying in. There was nothing like that in this game and he still blew up every twenty seconds.

Not sure what's 50/50 about running straight into the back of someone as they're in your box looking for a shooting angle.

[Chris]

We got lucky with the penalty against Portsmouth at home earlier in the season to steal the 3 points. As they say, thats football for ya!

Eh? Diop played basketball in the area.