I hear Putin is interested

Very serious offence, a club not controlling the crowd resulting in the endangering and abuse of individuals. A ten point reduction penalty would not be out of order - I think this has already been suggested by a Manure fan. On the actions of our manager, he was only protecting himself from what may have ensued. Well, if it had happened at out ground, you think the club would not be punished?

When the headlines say: "Police are investigating", I take it that means investigating apparently thousands of offences under the Football Offences Act 1991 that were committed on Thursday night. Or are they still too busy trying to discover who may have had a glass of wine or beer after work in 2020 or 2021?

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

Turned back on the guy with a kick to the nuts, from what I saw, followed by a punch.

Don't get me wrong; I fully support PV; he should never have been put in so much danger.

Someone could die soon, couldn't they?

Agree. And those responsible for proper stewarding and crowd control.

This is not Roy Of The Rovers, is it? This is 2022 and the possible ramifications of allowing throngs of people onto the playing area amongst players and staff are frightening. It's a worry.

I'm afraid that Patrick will be sanctioned for that attack at a time when the initial flare up had gone.

Not fair, I know.

Don’t forget there had already been a pitch invasion after their last goal. There was zero attempt to control the crowd. Even then, in the circumstances, where were the stewards/ police escort to take PV through an out of control crowd to the away dressing room on the other side of the pitch. The incident beggars belief on Everton’s count. PV merely reacted to extreme provocation in a foreign language (scouser) which must sound pretty scary for a Frenchman or Englishman. It was lucky the other Everton fans did not get involved. Things could have got very messy. The whole scene breaks all crowd control laws. To blame Vieira for lashing out in extreme circumstances would be ducking the much bigger issue.
If PV is in any way punished then the sanctions on Everton should be colossal for blatantly breaking the law and then allowing PV to be caught up in it through lack of supervision of a super star having to pass through the invaders unprotected returning to his dressing room.
Totally irresponsible on behalf of Everton’s crowd controllers who were non existent.