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Our average shot distance is 19.2 yards . Doesn't have to be a good shot!

Given the way Everton are ran, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't true.

If you just want to know how many "Big Chances" we have had then yeah that's pretty easy. We rank joint 13th for this with 30, same as Sunderland, Blackburn & Huddersfield. Opta Definition of a "Big Chance" "A situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score usually in a...

Yeah, I don't disagree on the whole, just adding more context. We have also been awarded 5 penalties (2nd most) which will massively bump up the xG too.

As last season, we take a lot of shots from poor situations. We have more long shots than any other team in the league.

This is the argument I don't get whenever you hear "ex players should be referees etc." A) 90% of them don't know/understand the Laws of the Game. B) Why would they want to for the (relatively) small salary given what they earn/earned elsewhere. C) If they are all some footballing geniuses...

I don't know, just my cynical view. Bans etc. are all incredibly lenient though don't you think? If they were serious about it then assaulting an official should be a lifetime ban from all forms of the game not a small amount of months ban from a certain league/competition.

Good god...

Sad to hear that, your story will be one of thousands similar unfortunately. The FA really need to clamp down on referee abuse but they're happy to let it continue as they just keep coining it in with fines etc.

Also, most decisions are very subjective. A referee has 1 view & 1 moment to make a decision based on what he saw. Add to that, as mentioned before, the overwhelming majority of people calling out what they believe to be "mistakes" don't know or understand the Laws of the Game. Fwiw I hate VAR...

They are held to account. They are regularly assessed & often taken off games, demoted down a league for some games etc. Just because this isn't addressed with a public statement each time doesn't mean it isn't happening in the background.

He tracks Tella to the near post, nowhere near the flight of the ball. Tbh, there's not much in it anyway & it's pretty telling that Bidwell nor any other player makes any kind of complaint about it.

I don't disagree that general officiating standards aren't brilliant at the moment but the reasons for this are obvious to anyone who has ever been involved. Ask @Adge or @Sky Blue Pete for their experiences. What people fail to understand is the general standard of refereeing is declining...

Could just be that referees have an incredibly difficult job, simply call what they see & are human meaning they sometimes make mistakes (probably less than the average player in any given game).

Thought the ref had a good game personally. He potentially could have seen that incident differently but to my eyes Wilson wasn't completely innocent & a yellow each seemed fair enough. The foul on Bidwell from the resulting corner, yes possibly but didn't effect the goal in any way.

Some people really need to look at who posts the "rumours" sometimes 🤣

Correct decision in law but the law is an ass.

No

They both lose their man (Gyok v Taylor & Dabo v Beyer) but it goes over Taylor & headed in by Beyer. Not great from either of them.

Much improved but totally lost his man for the goal.