I haven't seen every game in our history, I don't know if this is the worst there has been though I fine it very easy to believe it is.
Watching today reminded me of my playing days, I once was playing for a good side against a team who were way below us in terms of skill and experience. It was a cup game, I remember the training in the week before the game was easy and light hearted.
We turned up at their place full of confidence but little else. The game went according to expectation and at half time we were 5-0 up. In the second half they scored first, it wasn't a problem, we were clearly better players and better players always win. Our keeper rolled a ball to me and I carried it to the half way line looking for someone to lay a pass off to. Nobody was interested, the opposition pressed me and I turned and hit a ball back to our keeper, he was on the edge of the box and I managed to clear him and score an own goal.
5-2 still no problem, except they now had their tails up and played out of their skins. It went 5-3.
Then the leaders on our team came into play, they led by example, they talked to younger players, they fouled and disrupted, they stepped up to the mark and took responsibility for the ball. We lost another goal but even at 5-4 we knew we couldn't lose.
Today Everton bossed a first half but were completely submissive in the second, we have experienced international players out there, none of whom could lead. Not one of them could come up with something to arrest the complete surrender at the hands of kids.
I am an Everton fan, have been for 55 years, I have seen us sweat on relegation, I have seen us being very poor but I have never witnessed anything like today. I have read that the Liverpool second string beat us today, let's be honest that wasn't even their second 11.
I am an Evertonian, always have been always will be but if the club I support feels it is OK to let these wasters represent us then why should I care about results. We have not been good for years but today we disgraced ourselves.
Here in Ireland we talk about standing on the shoulders of giants, today our players trampled on the graves of Giants.