David Moyes accepts Jake O’Brien's red card | OneFootball

David Moyes accepted the decision to send off Jake O’Brien after the Irish international collided into Amine Adli.

O’Brien was guilty of bringing down Adli after the forward was through on goal and saw a straight red card for hindering a clear goal-scoring opportunity. The 24-year-old was sent off shortly after Bournemouth scored two quick goals to complete a 2-1 turnaround.

"I've not got a view,” David Moyes told BBC Match of the Day when asked about O’Brien’s red card.

“The referee has made his decision and he has chosen to give him a red card. We probably put more pressure on with 10 men than we did with 11. It's the referee's decision, he makes them.”

Despite taking the lead from the penalty spot, Everton were guilty of squandering chances. They were duly punished for their recklessness as the Cherries came back from a goal down to complete the turnaround in the second half.

The loss extended Everton’s winless streak at home and they haven’t won at Hill Dickinson Stadium since December 6. Asked whether he was disappointed with the result, the Everton boss said, “No, the players here are doing fantastically well but we are disappointed because it is a game that we could have won and we didn't. We had a couple of opportunities to make it 2-0 or 3-0 at one point and we didn't take them so you get punished when you don't do that."

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Jim Bennings 1 Posted 11/02/2026 at 09:25:02

It's really quite alarming sometimes how rapidly we seem to collapse at home.

It's like some switch gets hit and they just crumble very very quickly. It's happening often this season but in games last season it happened too, especially in the first half of the season under Dyche.

Mark Steers 2 Posted 11/02/2026 at 11:53:45

The only person who should be blamed for O'Brien getting a red card is Moyes.

It was gross mis-management giving Coleman another 1-year contract -- he is no good to our club. He played 3 games last season, 7 the season before.

With Patterson always injured Moyes put himself behind the black ball. Every Everton fan knows O'Brien is not a right-back... but Moyes ignores the fans. Please go away from our club, Moyes, and take that free loader Coleman with you.

Sean Mitchell 4 Posted 11/02/2026 at 12:59:30

Why was he at right-back again, Moyes?

Sick to death of this guy and his stubborn ways.

Dale Self 5 Posted 11/02/2026 at 13:42:52

Jake had a chance to lay out his 6'-6" frame on the turf and clear or deflect to the rest of the back line. They were not covering anyone.

I can only think that his unfamiliarity with the right-back role caused that lapse.

Nick Page 7 Posted 11/02/2026 at 18:00:06

Eric,

Spurs fans are amongst the most entitled, egregious fans in football, globally. It's hardly a reason not to think he wouldn't do a good job. Mind you, Benham and his scouting network made his job much easier at Brentford.

I can't take another season of dithery Dave's KITAP1 when we're actually far better than that. He's done a decent job, absolutely, but it's time to move this football club forward. For fucking once!

Darren Hind 9 Posted 11/02/2026 at 21:14:01

At first I thought Jake should have backed himself in a foot race rather than just dive in, but having looked at it several times today. His skipper can be clearly seen quitting which probably spooked him into thinking he had to make the challenge.

Its on You tube for those who didnt record it

Darren Hind 11 Posted 11/02/2026 at 21:34:08

Yep. just had another look.

Deffo quits

Stu Gre 12 Posted 11/02/2026 at 23:38:08

Frank wouldn't be given the time he needs if he joins us. I doubt any transformational manager would, which is why so many fans still back Moyes.

Eric Myles 13 Posted 11/02/2026 at 23:46:03

A couple of quotes from Frank at Spurs

"he explained that the offensive flair should not necessarily come at the cost of defensive solidity, pointing out that it is important to defend well to win titles."

"if you want to achieve something big and consistently over the years, you also need to be pretty good at defending. I haven’t seen one team achieve something fantastic without being good at defending."

Comment on Spurs Newcastle game All of what we saw, including the abject performance, the inability to create chances, and the constant jeers from the crowd, have been regular occurrences at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season.

The Athletic headline Managers can't change their style

Where have we heard all that before?

Eric Myles 14 Posted 12/02/2026 at 00:38:32

There was next to no entertainment across his miserable 38 games in charge, especially at home in front of an expectant crowd.

Too often he seemed more focused on nullifying the opponents’ threats rather than focusing on his own side’s attacking strengths – and it wound supporters up no end.

Regularly, there seemed a lack of idea over how to break teams down from open play.

Tactical switches confused players

But soon it became too much, too often… and frequently at the last minute, as well.

How many times have we all read exactly the same on TW? But these comments are not about Moyes.

Si Cooper 15 Posted 12/02/2026 at 04:38:01

Collapse??? What collapse? It’s called two quick goals, the first of which was an exceptional cross and a great header.

The opposition are professional footballers too. You can’t expect a 100% dominance on play and if their best chances just happen to come in close proximity that’s just what sometimes happens.

Why do people expect only our players to be perfect? It’s hardly as if they are all the most expensive examples of their position is it? Shit happens.

Their second comes from the chaos of a ball crossed into a dangerous area, with offside players confusing the defence, and with a good header our defence and keeper are taken out completely.

I think the sending off is on the harsh side and I suspect that is Moyes view as well. It was what the commentators said as well. However, it’s the sort of decision that VAR will never overturn if their best chances ref gives it (probably the same with their penalty shout when there was some contact between Mykolenko’s and Rayan’s legs).

I’ve viewed the sending off multiple times and I can’t tell whether O’Brien means to take him down or whether the contact is simply inevitable unless he simply slams the brakes on to avoid any contact whatsoever and thereby gives up any hope he has of chasing the attacker with any chance of getting a meaningful challenge in. If he brakes he automatically loses 10 yards to the attacker and he’s not getting anywhere near. That is being caught between a rock and a hard place, but it’s not necessarily the same as just choosing to cynically scythe down the player which is how I think the ref judged it.

Darren Hind 17 Posted 12/02/2026 at 08:31:32

"Why do people expect only our players to be perfect?"

I look at the performances of Pickford, Mykolenko, Tarkowski, O'Brien, Gana, Barry etc... and if we could rewind. I would snatch your hand off if you could offer me even a small degree of competence.

"Perfect" ? The only thing close to being perfect at the BMD this season has been the buffoonery.

18 Posted 12/02/2026 at 08:48:20

He was in a position that could have been equally right back or centre back for the red. And it was him that made the mistake, not Moyes. The same as the hand ball against Arsenal, his mistake.

Yes, he was ineffective at right back. His passing, crossing, and overlapping were poor, and begs the question why Patterson is overlooked. And yes id play Patterson.

But the reason he was sent off was nothing to do with playing right back. Centre backs find themselves one on one all the time, and if he's going to be bringing them down like he's at Twickenham, he can forget making it as a top grade centre half.

It was a rash challenge, where I think he either needs to lets him take it, and recover back or slide and cut it out. Instead he smashed into him, and with Tarkowski not able to recover, a red card.

There is clamour on these pages to play young players. They have more pace, stamina etc, but they also make mistakes. A more seasoned player probably doesn't do what Obrien has done.