Match Thread Everton Vs Manchester City - Capital One Cup - Semi Final 1st Leg - Wednesday 6th January - 20:00 KO

[mrb85]

Yep, most of the Bullens Road.

Pity we haven't sold all ours. Still over 3,000 tickets left. Not many have been sold in the last few days either. At £35 a go I'm not surprised. The 2nd leg is only £20 - more like it. The guys who decide our tickets prices rarely seem to have a feel for what will produce a good turnout.

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

Pity we haven't sold all ours. Still over 3,000 tickets left. Not many have been sold in the last few days either. At £35 a go I'm not surprised. The 2nd leg is only £20 - more like it. The guys who decide our tickets prices rarely seem to have a feel for what will produce a good turnout.

Yeah I agree, the pricing was disappointing. Should have been £25 IMO.

Sure quite a few will purchase tonight, but still disappointing.

 

[paulbefc]

Park End for me tonight.

Sake.

Absolutely no idea what to expect other than us not to win comfortably.

 

[SteRobbo84]

Hit me with positivity people.....

I could use it.

Romelu Lukaku is an animal
Gerard Deulofeu is great
Ross Barkley is boss
Gareth Barry is playing really well
Tim Howard's not playing
The crowd will be well up for this.

They are to be respected, but not feared.

They are good, but so are we.

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

I remember the game where we beat City 1-0 a few years back, Gibson scored. That was January too, albeit towards the end of the month.

Everyone was grouchy because of our form, the place was only about two thirds full - partly because we were crap and partly because the weather was awful.

Jelavic was presented at half time and some Kopite tied himself to a goalpost because the Ryanair CEO supports Man City (honestly).

We went out and hounded them, and despite all the obviously empty seats (probably the most disappointing league crowd in years) the place was properly bouncing - even before the goal.

We loaned Pienaar in that night as well.

My main point is that we kicked on that night, finished the season really well (despite falling apart against the RS at Wembley) and that was definitely the turning point.

If we are all properly up for it we can make an atmosphere like that again, and if the place is rocking like that then I've no doubt we can beat them comfortably.

 

[zandvoort blue]

Hit me with positivity people.....

I could use it.

Del, Mo, Ross and Rom have got this covered mate
They're going to be unstoppable tonight
And Robles in goal probably too

3-0 roaring win

 

[oldblue]

Romelu Lukaku is an animal
Gerard Deulofeu is great
Ross Barkley is boss
Gareth Barry is playing really well
Tim Howard's not playing
The crowd will be well up for this.

They are to be respected, but not feared.

They are good, but so are we.

All of this stuff plus..
We are owed several penalties in general and about twenty against these so expecting all them tonight.
City have been generous to us in past with Rodwell fee.
A lot of their squad will be distracted by concerns over North Korea nuclear potential.
Running dry now.
We'll somehow get this done

 

[NewRadical]

Good preview.

I might give the second leg preview a miss and look forward to your pre-final write up.

 

[djsunyc]

we play man city 3 times in the next 3 weeks. crazy.

 

[anton66]

I feel it's going to be a 7 goal thriller


7.0 Everton

 

[Goat]

Park End for me tonight.

Sake.

Absolutely no idea what to expect other than us not to win comfortably.

Dont forget to shout abuse at John F Stones, its what the Park End does.

 

[anton66]

Dont forget to shout abuse at John F Stones, its what the Park End does.

Abused in the park?

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

despite falling apart against the RS at Wembley

You had begun to fill me with hope and optimism until I read that, and realised that even if we progress this may well end up happening again haha.

 

[neil999]

even if we win 5 nil i'd be nervous about the second leg

i reckon maybe 9-0 would relax me a bit for the 2nd leg

 

[Skeleton Crew]

Here is some positivity:

Since 2000 in Cup games at Goodison, falling after the Christmas we have a miraculous perfect winning percentage. We have never lost!