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

[EvertonRhys]

so a manager getting sacked is as good as ending a 21 year silverware drought? ok then

This. I want him out as much as anybody, but my god, I actually thought we were going to go on and win it. I'd sell my soul to the devil to see us win something.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Could say it was unlucky if we hadn't done this last minute goal thing 5 times already this season. I don't get how we can't finish games off

 

[BluePingu]

I swear, I also knew Lukaku would miss the pen.
And I knew ManU would get the winner in stoppage time.

If I knew it, Everton knew it too, in their hearts.

This club has a big problem. Bigger than the manager IMO though he must take the blame nevertheless.

 

[Everton_Gary]

Does that strike you as rational selection? Pick a CM who can drop back and cover the CB.... who is coming forward to play CM because the guy you picked to play there can't run?

Think it says more about the position Stones should be playing over anything else. He's not a defender, doesn't do the basics like track runners (example both goals tonight)

 

[allen]

We actually did. That second half was tremendous.

It just doesn't matter though. All that mattered was the result.

We had the momentum, just none of the luck.

Bad luck has been a theme under Martinez. Which tells you that it's really not luck at all.

 

[Gladystweet]

I hate us for putting effort in to the second half. I was just getting my head round the fact we had bottled it yet again, then they put in a shift like that...makes it even more unbearable. I thought we'd get beat days ago, but now it's happened, I'm devastated..that's pure Everton that.

 

[Tree13]

He had a shocker and cost us the game. That's the be all end all of it. Four glaring chances, arguably five.

He threw in the towel after the international break, and this belated attempt to pick up his form saw an inevitable end result in his sharpness.

Goodness me. Lukaku played better than Gibson, McCarthy and Barkley combined. If he cost us the game then how would you sum up the performances of the other three?

 

[Tubey]

Yes, he missed loads. He was much better than Wednesday however, and far better than Kone would have been.

Yeah but so am I, who cares?

After his arrogance on international duty, he deserves all the stick he gets when he puts a "performance" like that in. Especially given his deliberate downing of tools before it.

Awful.

 

[Fansince1988]

Not enough in the end, Roberto's dream is over

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Yes be he promised us champions league, more like championship.

 

[Wat Tyler]

We really, really should have sacked him last week, we would be returning there against one of two bang average sides absolutely buoyant, that's what top teams do.

 

[banno]

Stones was abysmal first half.

Man of the match was Jagielka by a mile.

I wouldn't say abysmal but would say he didn't do much but second half he tried to make things happen probably because our midfield couldn't.

 

[Professor Toffee]

Know what your saying, but a minute to go when they get that bit of luck, it just always seems to happen to us

Yeah I know mate, let's go out and get pissed

 

[streeky]

This team is not fit enough to compete in premiership/cup football. Last minute goals tell the story. Manager would rather train passing than fitness.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

We break and they take the free kick, when herrara drags back Barkley. Yet with 20seconds to go we let the walk through our team.

Jags should have cleaned rashford out, or someone before and took the free kick.

We have been to nice for years. Won't win anything until it changes

 

[EvertonRhys]

Honestly, if I have a kid, I don't think I can put him through a lifetime of being an Evertonian, it's absolutely horrible.

Had my Everton-supporting nephew with me. So glad he's more interested in playing Minecraft on the computer.