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

[degsy]

After the equaliser I thought we'd win it. To throw it away in the very last minute is hard to take........

You may have been in a minority with that thought.

I know I was thinking how are we going to mess it up this time...and I don't think I was alone in that.

 

[RomanReigns]

i am so sad today

 

[mini-Blues x 2]

I'd like to say ...thank you to the drunken idiots who where fighting in section 113. Our own fans ...who were 20 people away from me and my 5 year old son. YOUR A ABSOLUTE disgrace...if you can't handle ur ale...DONT DRINK. The age of you all u should have more respect for yourselves and the woman and children around you. You was behind Speedo Mick and his wife and family....Your drunken actions took away everything that this man has done and is doing and you took away the happiness that young children have following the Blues...You should be banned .!!!!!@

 

[Joey66]

Typical Felli scored , and more importantly did a last ditch tackle to stop Lukaku scoring who could have scored five yesterday, he let us down nothing more than a big time Charlie who plays when he wants too, the last six weeks he has been lazy!
Forgot how to control the ball , and more importantly score yesterday!

 

[Azza]

Can anyone make out what Jags is saying to Ross here? Something about being last man?

Baines says to Cleverley it's a massive pitch and they're making it big .


2:41 in for them walking in at half time.

 

[royalblue66]

You may have been in a minority with that thought.

I know I was thinking how are we going to mess it up this time...and I don't think I was alone in that.

Wasn't surprised one bit mate,I would have bee surprised if an Everton player had kicked it into row Z or went down feigning injury,or do anything to wind the clock down, too Fkn nice,that's our problem.

 

[Titus Bramble]

Wembley is one hell of a stadium. The TV doesn't do justice to the size of it, it's magnificent... Apart from the colour of the seats...

Anyway, first half... Terrible. Not a lot more to say. Whenever they got on the ball we let them have a good 10 yards of space and they were causing us problems throughout. When we got the ball they were all over us like a rash. Fellaini and Rooney ran the show.

I don't know who put the rocket up everyone's backside at half time, but we were a different team. Huge shout out to Jagielka. He can't have been fully fit, but he lead from the front and when he went on that overlapping run in the first 5 mins of the 2nd half I think the whole Everton end knew we were up for it now. The atmosphere was fantastic. Just a wall of noise. Stones was great. Baines was great. Barkley was a different player. The celebrations when we equalised were insane. I was hugging some bloke sat 5 rows in front of me at some stage I think. I thought we were going to win it and we probably should have considering the chances we missed.

Classic Utd to score a last ditch winner after a terrible back heel manages to stay at the feet of their player to turn and put the ball through. Bunch of scruffs.

Besic struggled and they were getting down our right hand side over and over again, but he was obviously far from comfortable. Can't blame him too much since he was out of position.

Lukaku was absolutely gutted at the end. He knew he could and probably should have won it for us. He would have as well if it wasn't for some fantastic last ditch defending or that penalty save. It was just a fantastic save from a well struck penalty. It happens.

The season is over for us now. Thanks for your efforts Martinez but your time is up. Over to Moshiri now to make sure we keep the players we want, bring in a new big name as a manager and get the players in he wants. Big summer coming up for us now, we can't afford any more midtable seasons if we seriously want to be challenging for the top for any time soon.

Thanks for the amazing atmosphere yesterday lads. Up the blues

 

[BlueToff]

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

Pellegrini is as stubborn as a mule but he's a winner... Won the league his first season. Won the cup this season. Got them to the semi final of CL and he did wonders at similar stature clubs to us in Spain (Villarreal (when they beat us in CL) and Malaga). I think he's honestly our No.1 target - if we are indeed looking for managers - he's the stature we should be going for.

We need an experienced head. Not Howe or the likes who, yes, are good managers, but no guaranteed improvement over RM. Mancini, even though he's not done brilliantly at Inter, would take us onto the next level.

If we go younger - AVB, De Boer, maybe Rudi Garcia. We need a 'big' name if we go for the younger choice.

IMO, of course.

 

[bcblue1878]

Devastating.

The second half performance night just be encouragement that Martinez can turn it round next season. We deserved to win that.

You are joking right? Have you forgotten already about the first half, Wednesday night, most of the dross served up at Goodison over the last two years, or the bizarre or non existent substitutions? I suspect the second half performance yesterday was down to the players not the manager!

 

[Khalekan]

But how do you develop that killer instinct? 2 of the games you mentioned (85 and 86 cup final) was arguably our strongest team ever. The RS no matter what team or era always pull a rabbit out of the hat when they need one. Maybe a manager with a win at all costs mentality is needed.

I hate to say this but over the last fortnight or a month I have developed a grudging, unprecedented and totally bizarre respect for the RS.

Taking United out in Europe...the Dortmund extravaganza.....the way they smelled blood and ripped into us relentlessly at The Pit....the fact they are announcing pre-season dpfriendky against Barcelona while we are playing Dynamo Dresden (according to some on here).

I wish EFC would generate the same levels of excitement for the fans.

 

[Darth Vader]

Don't want a young manager, Someone whos learning the trade

I want a winner, Someone who commands respect, Someone who the players will listen to and learn from

 

[riddick]

Don't we have the record for most SF losses in history?




Everton that.

 

[Khalekan]

You are joking right? Have you forgotten already about the first half, Wednesday night, most of the dross served up at Goodison over the last two years, or the bizarre or non existent substitutions? I suspect the second half performance yesterday was down to the players not the manager!

I am convinced the players just collectively said "sod this.....I am not going to be humiliated here on national TV" and threw off the shackles of philosophyball.

 

[AdamEFC]

Devastated we lost and I've got a terrible hangover. However the match aside yesterday was boss!

 

[Khalekan]

Don't we have the record for most SF losses in history?




Everton that.

And even when we win semi finals, we have lost more F.A. Cup finals than any other team