He has a go off the ref when the decision is clearly 100% wrong, like it was on Sunday.
Plus itâs taken for granted that captains have a right to get involved in stuff, especially if they can prevent the other 10 players off their team from collectively intimidating the ref, something Chelsea wouldnât be the anywhere near the Premiershipâs biggest guilty party for.
The Bittersâ manager has had a whinge about Liverpool ahead of tonightâs FA Cup fourth round replay.
âI think Liverpool have had an awful lot going for them,â whinged Moyes.
"We are whole-hearted but when you get players lying on the floor and waving their hands suggesting cards and the referee is missing challenges, itâs very hard.
"But we will keep going. We wonât be provoked by it. The Everton players have done really well. We will be disciplined but, more importantly, we will keep doing what we have been doing. These boys have been very good of late.
"We thought we had a penalty kick [in the cup game at Anfield] when Steven Pienaar was tackled from behind. Was it much worse than the one Mikel Arteta gave away at Old Trafford?
âThere are moments in games when you think it could have gone for you but it doesnât and thatâs it.â
Moyesâ comments make a mockery of his claim that Everton are the club that act with dignity.
I donât see much of a problem with what Moyes said to be honest. He was pretty respectful towards Liverpool after both recent games and it was Benitez coming out in the aftermath with stuff about Everton having no ambition to come out and play and attack and his âone team want to win, the other wants to defend and drawâ comments that seem to have prompted this response from Moyes.
I find Moyes to be an extremely moany cunt but I respect him highly as a manager. That said Benitez was out of order when he said that Everton came looking not to lose. How many times does he set his teams up like that?
Moyes is a whingy little Bollox. He is still sore at the fact that Liverpool, the Champions of Europe were allowed into the Champions league in 2005 after finishing 5th. He is a decent manager though.
Well how else could Moyes respond after both games. Benitez called it as it was, they did come to draw/ play 10 behind the ball, which is fair enough, but dont exalt this holier than thou shite one week then when it suits go on a rant.
Yep, thatâs a fair point. Iâm probably not exposed to Moyes as much as Liverpool supporters and he does seem like a moany cunt. But your point about Rafa is the key one, heâs consistently set up teams to stifle and keep things tight so he was completely hypocritical in that sense. But most of the managers are blinkered and only see what they want to see so thereâs nothing new there.
As I just mentioned to Farmer, the Liverpool manager has consistently done this while in charge so heâs being fairly hypocritical, but itâs no big deal. I thought Everton posed an attacking threat on the break in the second game. I didnât see all of the league encounter.
In the league game they were probably more of an attacking threat as well. Liverpool got a goal out of nothing from Gerrard and despite only having Cahill up top Everton looked the bigger attacking threat.
It is an unbelievable comment from Benitez when you think of it. Moyes has a right to be pissed off. I donât know why he keeps opening his mouth for to be honest. Let the players doing the talking on the pitch.
Are these interviews that supposedly âslamâ the opposition for whatever reason not just big bags of nothing? Or am I missing some deep moral oppostion to playing defensive football in the persons of moyes and benitez? These tirades are utter non-events. I do not understand why people even react to them.
Have to agree with that. Nothing stories and I never understand the fascination with them. You learn fuck all from managersâ interviews - certainly before the game when they say nothing at all other than just bland banality or ridiculous histrionics. None of it is either interesting or reliable.