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

[Khalekan]

Winning the FA Cup is great, but it's often said that winning it in 95 was the worst thing in the long run.

Often said by whom?

 

[Blue Magic]

No, no, no, STOP GETTING EVERTON WRONG!

Today was a negative, Lynne, and right now I need two positives...

 

[ilikecheese]

Yes but look at that first half defending on the six yard box in massive numbers, inviting them on giving Rooney the freedom of the park only for Robles it should have been all over!

Tactics in the first half were to try to absorb and hit on the counter. It didn't work...hard to expect a side with Besic at RB to defend and counter. Second half tactics were to take the game to them and press (at least some) and it worked much better. Bringing Del on even allowed for a couple of really good counters.

 

[USABlue]

Often said by whom?

Revisionists

 

[Professor Toffee]

Agree 100% with this!
How many times did Stones put his foot through a clearance in the 2nd half, as if to say **** you to Bobby

Really warmed to Stones again today, hope he stays Bobby needs to be got rid of and Rom can do one if he doesn't want to play for the shirt EVERY week

 

[TGW89]

Often said by whom?

Lyndon Lloyd - probably the reason I'm a sports writer today.

http://toffeeweb.com/history/pages/10may98.asp

 

[Billefc]

It's an underdog mentality we can't shake.

Martinez is gone now mate. Not on the back of today, which all in all wasn't too bad performance-wise, but on the back of everything.

Think a loss/draw against Bournemouth last week and he'll be out (it may even happen before that). If not I think he's gone at the end of the season.

Pellegrini seems likely. Think it could happen.

Absolutely right, we have the "England " mentallity were as unfortunately a team not to far away has the "Germany" mentallity , we need a manager and hierarchy that can turn this on its head!

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Mate of mine who is a city supporters can't wait for pellegrini to go. I want an out and out bellend manager who upsets everyone but is a winner

That's what I want, a boss manager who has everyone hating us, a Mourinho

 

[Khalekan]

Lyndon Lloyd - probably the reason I'm a sports writer today.

http://toffeeweb.com/history/pages/10may98.asp

Ah.....so it is often said by one person.

Not said often by many people.

No, I wouldn't think it would be.

It is just bunkum, isn't it?

I mean 21 years without a trophy is bad enough, without that Cup win it would now be 29.

And no hypothetical conjecture by this Lyndon Lloyd fellow is going to change many people's minds into believing our 1995 victory was, in fact, pyrrhic.

 

[DanEFC92]

Will vent more when home, but gutted. Absolutely gutted.

 

[Joey66]

Tactics in the first half were to try to absorb and hit on the counter. It didn't work...hard to expect a side with Besic at RB to defend and counter. Second half tactics were to take the game to them and press (at least some) and it worked much better. Bringing Del on even allowed for a couple of really good counters.

Look it was a game of two halfs, but as usual under RM wrong score line!

 

[swisso]

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”

Freshen it up eh Bobby? Try something different!

 

[ilikecheese]

Look it was a game of two halfs, but as usual under RM wrong score line!

Aren't they all?

Haha...anyway...we've had far too many games like that this season...can't remember the last time we played well for an entire game. Seems we can only be up for it for about 45 minutes...if that.

 

[arch stanton]

Tactics in the first half were to try to absorb and hit on the counter. It didn't work...hard to expect a side with Besic at RB to defend and counter. Second half tactics were to take the game to them and press (at least some) and it worked much better. Bringing Del on even allowed for a couple of really good counters.

I'm going to stand up for RM here, but it nearly could have worked, Rom had two fab chances and fluffed them both. But it didnt, bye bobby

 

[Professor Toffee]

That's what I want, a boss manager who has everyone hating us, a Mourinho

I just want everyone to hate us like they did in the 80s