Match Thread Everton Vs Man Utd - FA Cup Semi Final - Wembley - Sat 23rd April - KO 17:15

[Congen]

Severely disappointed but least we showed some fight!! Nice to see the midfield link up with lukaku for a change.. If that went to extra time could only see us winning.. Deflated isn't the word...

 

[Everton_Gary]

2nd half performance might have saved him for another week knowing our useless board

I really hope not. The American commentators said " whatever Martinez said at half time had an impact." The very next sentence was the most likely solution which said "maybe the players have taken it upon themselves to press and play different."

 

[billy_the_blue]

Ridiculous. The lad is utter class and a blue. Get a new manager who will improve him instead of pampering him.

This. He needs proper management and competition for his place, hopefully Dowell in a season or two but Ross needs a quality no.10 to compete with.

 

[deipnosophist]

My young lad (13), wearing his Everton top, woke me up for the second half...he now knows what pain one endures when supporting everton

 

[Professor Toffee]

Why play Gibson though???

I thought Gibson played well

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Not convinced this has cost Martinez his job tbh.

That said, gutted but thoroughly unsurprising.

 

[riddick]

Why play Gibson though???

He really wasnt the problem today, even tho he was gassed by the 75th minute.

 

[toffee matt]

We'll never have a better chance to win this. Feel dependent tbh

 

[Saaby]

I dont think Clev was awful. But McCarthy is very average. Doesn't really offer much

 

[LABlue2]

It's the hope that kills you

 

[Tree13]

Lukaku has lost us that game, his first chance from Robles kick out and the penalty were clear cut to get ahead in the game. He is not as good as he thinks he is.

Tosh. Martinez lost us the game.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

No excuses for the first 45 mins but proud of us for most of the second half, one of those where the ball dodn't want to go in.

Jags and Joel in particular had good games.

Both their goals are too easy, nobody picking up runners.

 

[banno]

Well that's that. Is anyone surprised. Couldn't handle Martial all game and Besic is not a right back but saying that Baines is no more a left back. Think Martinez has had his last game. We need a biggish name manager in to have any chance of keeping the better players.

 

[billytoffee]

Lukaku can sod off now. No point waiting for the end of the season. And LVG has obviously been sticking too much baking powder up his Chernobyl head.

 

[USABlue]

Gutted.

Yet another goal conceded right at the death. Only fitting it came back to haunt us one last time.

Did we actually pass the ball to martial?

no jags stole it from that shirt pulling rat then said rat slide in to win it back and it went right to martial