DAVID MOYES rarely pulls his punches when it comes to the FA, and has more reasons to feel aggrieved than his counterpart across Stanley Park.

On Friday Moyes criticised the appeals procedure he has had to go through with the Football Association, after Wayne Rooney had his three-match ban for being sent off for England in Montenegro reduced to two games by a UEFA appeals panel.

The decision is good news as far as Moyes is concerned and he is pleased for the former Toffees player, although he says he has endured a tricky time of it whenever his club have made an appeal over the years.

“They had the opportunity to appeal and they were right to do so,” he said. “But you should see us when we try to appeal – it’s absolute murder.

“That disciplinary committee – trying to get anything done, or get it through there is terrible.”

Everton had such a case earlier this season when they challenged Jack Rodwell’s dismissal in the derby.

And although it proved to be successful, Moyes found little solace from the outcome..

He said: “It was right that the decision was overturned, but we didn’t get anything back in terms of people saying they had gotten it wrong, and it had contributed to me losing three points.

“There was very little said after that, but there seems to be quite a lot being said at the moment.”

Asked what improvements he would like to see, Moyes said: “It’s not down to me – I’ve got a hard enough job doing my job here. It’s up to the FA.

“We should be given a fair and open opportunity when situations do arise, and I’ve got to say, the times that I have been in front them, it’s like a kangaroo court – you’ve got no chance.”