We look like a side who will never win a cup again tbh.
First time in Fulhams history they've reached the semi final of the league Cup.
Last night was just another missed opportunity where everything should be in our favour and we screw it up. Leicester league Cup a few seasons back, Southampton league Cup a few seasons back, Wigan FA Cup QF, Reading FA Cup to get through to QF. There's just too many to mention.
It's gone on for years and let's be honest, as soon as that went to pens, how many of us actually thought we'd see it through?
I didn't and that Onana pen pretty much summed Everton up when it comes to the real big moments
In the past we’ve had managers who didn’t want to be here, thought they were doing us a favour. We also had a lot of players who believed that as well. Even as good as Lukaku was for us ultimately in the big moments in a semi final he’s taking a penalty for himself rather than thinking about what’s best for Everton, we’re out of the cup and he’s mouthing off in the summer about how he wants to win trophies. Crucially though he doesn’t want to win them with us when given a golden opportunity.
Ultimately until someone at the club throws off this mid table mentality we have then this will keep happening because when push comes to shove some players are either not good enough, or the ones who are don’t really want to go the extra mile for a club they see as a temporary destination. This just results in falling just short all the time.
We need the manager and every player at the club with singular focus on winning trophies and being successful for Everton, not in order to get a transfer to Chelsea or PSG, or to one day manage United, but to deliver real success to Everton football club. When you have managers like Koeman Allardyce who belied that 8th was success and fans should stop moaning, or Silva who just wanted a bigger move elsewhere, or Moyes who never really believed Everton were big enough to win anything compared to a Manchester United, or Lampard who is just trying to find a way back to being Chelsea manager then it’s no surprise when they don’t deliver in the big moments.
For the first time in a long time it feels we have a manager who is not looking elsewhere, or treating us as an experiment in English football, or a stepping stone to somewhere else. We’ve got a group of players who largely are following in his image and seem to be hungry to play for Everton but we still have some players who are either not good enough for Everton, don’t fully believe Everton deserve to win trophies, or believe that they’re only here to play for a bigger move.
100% commitment to a single goal to win trophies is required by all at the club if it’s ever going to happen again.
