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I've written a few times previously about my contempt for the modern game being a fine line between hype and hysteria, engineered by and for the media and ...

Nothing more to add on the team really as you can sort of guess what it will be albeit with some presumable tweaking due to performance and amount of games. I just can’t work it out but honestly, the easiest way to deal with something irritating or confusing is to just ignore it and move on as repeatedly attacking it is a sign of madness, poor perception and – perhaps – widespread gullibility. The big hope being that DCL and any of our wingers suddenly springing into form, or a new face in midfield, might be a quick fix remedy for it. Should they have a real city rival then it might provide some healthy balance, after all no one is better at calling you out acting a prick as a near and dearest mate supporting the other team of your city. There’s a certain grounding in people subject to sustained periods of just abject projects gone wrong, it invokes humility in said people and a real appreciation for taking joy in the small things. Could it be perceived Evertonian delusion believing they are a relevant force in the division and still hold a claim to sit at the very top table of English football despite more than a quarter century of being a barely noticeable footnote of its story? You could get desolate about it of course, or you could perhaps view it as a necessary act of hubris for yet another club that thought it could buy its way to success and instead got swallowed by the bounty of its own ego, and folly. It’s OK mate, I don’t attach my entire self worth to a number of trophies a football club I like have won, with many from before I was even born. As I hope I’ve sort of touched on above, the entire league is the most hideous pantomime in town right now with no real moral high ground to be had, so fuck it, might as well enjoy the circus du grotesque. Klopp does have a point, any romantic notions of a competitive league have long gone since the league itself permitted some nefarious owners with a string of ill behaviour towards ordinary people to use high profile English football clubs as a vehicle for state or oligarch marketing. What many are seeking is in the macros of performance, attitude and fight – a feeling based and necessary counter to the abundance of data we are expected to soak up as definite reasons why our team or it’s staff are or aren’t doing as others say they should. If indeed we get to that stage or it all goes to shit sometime in winter and we end up looking for a ninth permanent manager in way less than a decade.

The Newcastle United forward opened up on a conversation he had with a Man United player on the pitch after his penalty appeal.

They’re trying to say I was trying to go through a gap that wasn’t there, I was one-v-one in the box and Varane steps across me. [The Footballer's Football Podcast](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0d7tp0p), Wilson said: "It’s actually getting embarrassing [the decisions] because I was waiting for a goal kick in our game, and I don’t even want to get started on the decisions in our game. I say to the ref ‘what are you saying?’ and he says it’s never a penalty. [Raphael Varane](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/raphael-varane) appeared to bring down Wilson in the box after 15 minutes had been played. Despite numerous United players surrounding Pawson and asking him to have a further look, decision failed to go the way of Ten Hag's team once again. [Erik ten Hag's](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/erik-ten-hag) side failed to find a way past Nick Pope in goal.

Players on both sides were angered by several decisions in the stalemate, with each team denied strong penalty claims.

“Then I go to him, ‘ref, what you saying?’ He was like, ‘it’s never a penalty’. They were basically trying to say I was going through a gap that wasn’t there.” When you explain, it has to be quite soon.” It’s quite clear and we have to know our role. My view is, quite quickly, you have to accept the ref’s decision and move on. “I don’t even want to get started on the decisions in our game but I was waiting for a goal kick and one of the United players says to me, ‘what’s happened to the standard of referees in this country?’

Live team news, line-ups, TV channel, commentary stream, latest score and goals from St. James' Park as Everton face Newcastle United in the Premier League.

One thing I certainly want to see is Alex Iwobi playing in the middle and not being utilised out wide, as he was as Everton chased the game at Tottenham Hotspur. Amid the intensity of the survival fight he decided against implementing a similar system at Everton, but that has now changed - though he insisted the punishments were not so severe. He added he maintains a close relationship with the England Under-21 international and the pair were both focused on how the youngster can continue to develop. But away from the high-pressure of last season's relegation battle he has now brought one in, explaining many players like what is essentially an attempt to police discipline. Everton are making progress too, but at a slower rate, and have just taken a few knocks to the confidence after that unbeaten run of six league games. He’s Everton’s best finisher - though training videos suggest Michael Keane would run anyone close despite being a centre-back - and this is a side that is creating chances but not so many that it can afford to be wasteful. With Frank Lampard's side going into this game following back-to-back defeats, there's an expectation to stop the rot against a buoyant Newcastle United. Since that game I have spoken to both Lampard and Neal Maupay and they have been clear in their backing for the players. Writing in his programme notes, the boyhood Evertonian says: "This season, Everton have been very good defensively and they'll always pose a threat with the players they have. Neal Maupay has been taking the fight to the opposition in recent weeks while ploughing a lonely furrow up front but the former Brighton & Hove Albion man has been feeding on scraps and it's been obvious that the Blues have been crying out for an aerial presence leading the line. James' Park to provide live updates on the action, as well as bringing you team news, analysis and reaction. A big call from Frank Lampard to hand Dominic Calvert-Lewin his first start of the season but it's a decision that most Evertonians will surely welcome.

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