Evertonians just need some hope after four years of continual decline and threat of relegation. Remember in 94 and then in 98 never again? The Everton of the past few years were way more stressful. I get the impatience at getting better now we got new owners and an old manager. Throwing away your easiest chance at a cup after three decades without a cup only compounds that impatience. Give the fans some happy days and nights, but more than that give them the notion that better days are ahead. Give Evertonians Hope Again.
That's why I say the game has lost its soul, in the top leagues anyway..
What gives us the right to think we're better than a cup competition, a cup that for lower league teams is there dream days out..
Total disrespect of those teams and the tournament..