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The FA Cup: Wembley Way; Des Lynam/Dickie Davies/Saint and Greavsie from 8 in the morning; celebrity fans; cameras live outside the team hotels as the players board the coach. Happy days indeed.
A cup competition that has been as cruel to us as it has been kind, but a competition that has always felt right. The FA Cup suits Everton Football Club. It has traditon, it has majesty and it has integrity.
The FA Cup signalled a period of greatness for us in 84 and should have done the same in 95.
Fourteen years on, it's our time again. We're on the march...
EVERTON ARE MAGIC
Richard Hutchings, Posted 07/03/2009 at 09:36:38
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Never mind the chickens - this is a time to get the hopes up. Boro can be beaten tomorrow, and a semi is exciting enough in itself. No need to go to London for that in my book, but I’ll be looking on from here in Catalunya anyway - so come on you blues, do the business and make us proud of you.
Meanwhile Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal tremble at our new found confidence. As if.
Sitting here watching a quite superlative performance from Man U, following a thoroughly professional one from Chelsea earlier, I can’t help feeling that a defeat tomorrow may just spare us from a real humiliation in a semi final at Wembley. After 3 games PA (Post Arteta) its clear that we have lost all inspiration and our chances of winning the FA Cup also. Carrick v Fellaini, Osman v Lampard, Piennaar v Ronaldo. Who would your money be on?
I´m getting exicted if only because its a useful way to hide the blues behind our recent fixture..too right, its a dream home tie in the quarter final of the cup, and the team has invested so much this year..who knows the semi draw? another exile in Catalunya will be watching coyb
I?ve got a sneak preview of the semi-final draw ? Man Utd v Chelsea and Burnley v Everton ? that?s the only way we can get to the final.
I do not know why some of you support Everton or watch them. You are so defeatist. Cup games are one offs. Remember 1995. No one gave us a chance in hell ? but we won.
We are more than Arteta ? Cahill, Saha, Howard and the rest.
Get a life guys and support the blues and be confident. We might indeed loose if we get to the semis but better than loosing to Oldham in the 3rd round.
We are more than Arteta ? Cahill, Saha, Howard and the rest.
Get a life guys and support the blues and be confident. We might indeed loose if we get to the semis but better than loosing to Oldham in the 3rd round.
Hear hear Frank Duffy.
We need to have a positive attitude at the minute especially with the injuries we have.
However, I think unless Moyes plays a RB at right- back rather than Jags, I don’t think our standard of play will improve!
We need to have a positive attitude at the minute especially with the injuries we have.
However, I think unless Moyes plays a RB at right- back rather than Jags, I don’t think our standard of play will improve!
Let's get behind the blues tomorrow. In all honesty, we won't have a better chance of getting to Wembley.
Cahill will be the main man. I am not over confident but would worry about the semis later.
Tomorrow is our opportunity to get to Wembley albeit in the Semi-Final, after that it?s in the lap of the Gods. Semi-Final?s are noted for being tight scrappy affairs and if we have one constant in the team it?s tight and scrappy.
Also get through tomorrow and it's likely we will assume our favourite position of being underdogs in the remaining ties. We have to believe we can go all the way or else why have we worked so hard to get this far?
COYB
I am not normally one given to expressing myself in profane expletives. I much prefer to try and use rational argument and productive discussion to iron out any disagreements with my fellow blues. But having read a couple of the defeatists comments above I feel I must an exception in this case.
Why don?t some of you shithouses, who are trembling at the thought of facing Man Utd, Chelsea or Arsenal should we be lucky enough to beat Middlesborough, do the rest of us a favour and leave your negative comments to yourself. You may think that you are being realists but you can stick your opinions up your collective arseholes.
Rant over!
Gawd there are some miserable bastards on here. I?d hate to see your music collections... probably all Morrissey, Leonard Cohen and other music to slit your wrists by.
Barring a performance of outstanding rubbish tomorrow we?re destined to be semi-finalists; Boro are shit. Okay, we?ll probably be up against one of the ?Sky Four? if we do get into the semi final but shit... we?ve got to beat them some time! We outlasted Liverpool with a monumental defence, we can do the same against anyone else. Cahill is always likely to pop one in from a set piece, Screech is coming into form and Saha has the class to score both inside and outside of the box.
Here?s an idea instead of watching the match tomorrow ?unhappy ones? why don?t you by a bottle of gin, rent a copy of ?Ghost? or ?Sophie?s Choice? and cry yourselves to sleep... that?s what the missus does when she?s down in the dumps...
We?re going to win this cup... It is written.
Barring a performance of outstanding rubbish tomorrow we?re destined to be semi-finalists; Boro are shit. Okay, we?ll probably be up against one of the ?Sky Four? if we do get into the semi final but shit... we?ve got to beat them some time! We outlasted Liverpool with a monumental defence, we can do the same against anyone else. Cahill is always likely to pop one in from a set piece, Screech is coming into form and Saha has the class to score both inside and outside of the box.
Here?s an idea instead of watching the match tomorrow ?unhappy ones? why don?t you by a bottle of gin, rent a copy of ?Ghost? or ?Sophie?s Choice? and cry yourselves to sleep... that?s what the missus does when she?s down in the dumps...
We?re going to win this cup... It is written.
What our kid said... scary...
Well said, Shaun. Let's get behind the blues, all the way to Wembley (twice).
I can remember when Man Utd stopped us from winning a treble at Wembley... wouldn’t it be great if we stopped them from winning five?
BTW My brother has George Michael CDs in his collection - fact!
BTW My brother has George Michael CDs in his collection - fact!
Sorry. I meant THREE times, forgot about the Community Shield...
What a sea of misery TW is becoming with so many no hopers.
Of course it is all BKs fault for bringing and supporting a manager who creates false dreams.
Beats me why Moyse does not piss off to a club where its fans can only dream of what he has already achieved.
It looks like we will have to lift the cup without the full blooded support of all TW posters.
Of course it is all BKs fault for bringing and supporting a manager who creates false dreams.
Beats me why Moyse does not piss off to a club where its fans can only dream of what he has already achieved.
It looks like we will have to lift the cup without the full blooded support of all TW posters.
If you focus on losing, you will lose.
If you focus on not losing, you might still lose, but only luck will have you win.
If you focus on winning, without going all Kevin Keegan about it, then you can win.
Has anyone here ever mountain biked? Trying looking at a rock. What happens 95% of the time when you look at the rock in fear? You hit the rock and fall off... nuff said.
If you focus on not losing, you might still lose, but only luck will have you win.
If you focus on winning, without going all Kevin Keegan about it, then you can win.
Has anyone here ever mountain biked? Trying looking at a rock. What happens 95% of the time when you look at the rock in fear? You hit the rock and fall off... nuff said.
Apparently, according to Socceram presenters this morning, the Boro have been beaten in the last four years in the Cup by the LOSING Finalists. We?ve been setting lots of old ghosts to rest in recent seasons; along with Manager of the Month being the Kiss of Death, let?s kick this one into touch too! COYB !!
Hey Kevin, the George Michael CDs belong to the missus and you know it! Now let me see, it wasn?t me who bought the album Pelican West by a certain group called haircut 100!
I fancy another couple of trips to Wembley, but promise me that you will stay off the pitch this time!
I fancy another couple of trips to Wembley, but promise me that you will stay off the pitch this time!
Erm, point of order bro, that running on the pitch was The Dell when Keegan played for Southampton and we got a 0-0 draw... and I was young and daft and didn’t know any better.
Seriously, even without Arteta we’re a far better team than Boro. I just hope Screech plays in the middle from the off and finds the form he had in November/December... he looked a class act. If he plays as well as he has in the past and Saha gets on I think we’ll stick at least two on Boro possibly more.
Seriously, even without Arteta we’re a far better team than Boro. I just hope Screech plays in the middle from the off and finds the form he had in November/December... he looked a class act. If he plays as well as he has in the past and Saha gets on I think we’ll stick at least two on Boro possibly more.
Our performance is underpar right now, because we have not been able to fill Arteta’s void, yet. However, our defence leaked goals left and right at the start and that got fixed in time. It took a few games though.
"Time" is the magic word. If we were to play Manure or Chelski tomorrow, we’d lose. But we’re playing Boro, a team fighting for their survival. All we need to do is win. It’s doesn’t have to be pretty or pleasing to the eye. I don’t care if it’s 90min of hoofball, because if we squeeze if we manage to squeeze through, we’ll have bought ourselves what we need most: "time". And then we can worry about the big fish.
Fucking hell, I do sound like fucking "Dr. Who" talking about "time", don’t I?
"Time" is the magic word. If we were to play Manure or Chelski tomorrow, we’d lose. But we’re playing Boro, a team fighting for their survival. All we need to do is win. It’s doesn’t have to be pretty or pleasing to the eye. I don’t care if it’s 90min of hoofball, because if we squeeze if we manage to squeeze through, we’ll have bought ourselves what we need most: "time". And then we can worry about the big fish.
Fucking hell, I do sound like fucking "Dr. Who" talking about "time", don’t I?
I hope we win tomorrow but equally I just hope the quality of our play is a bit better to watch than the last three televised games we played as they were bloody depressing.
Tomorrow is going to be a hard game.
I’ll be doing the usual, shouting my arse off and praying we make it.
King Cahill and Jags will see us through.
COYB.
I’ll be doing the usual, shouting my arse off and praying we make it.
King Cahill and Jags will see us through.
COYB.
Upsets are what the FA Cup is all about. Not 15 years ago bottom of the League Wrexham beat League Champions Arsenal; last year none of the Sky 4 even made it to the semis. If we get past Middlesboro we have the same chance as anyone else. Back of the pub, you doomsayers, no one wants to hear it.
Julian Wait, I know exactly what you mean. I went snow baording for the first time 3 years ago and was in April. The upper slopes had plenty of snow though were thinning towards the end of the runs.
Coming down the slope there was one patch, about the size of a snooker table, on a wide section that had slush and running water, all around was good snow. What happened? I fell over in the running water. Well done Nick... only on my next run down the mountain guess what happened? Yup, soggy bottom time once again.
I think its what motorcyclists call fixation fear... if there?s danger ahead, they become fixated on the object and freeze rather than be proactive and take control.
We played five straight games against CL opposition and lost one due to a weak penalty and drew one at the death with Arsenal. If it was a CL group stage we?d be almost through... Arteta or not, we can do it.
FFS some people are just miserable bastards.
The time for optimism is before we play, and the time for misery is IF we lose.
Now will all the doom mongers fuck off untill we are knocked out (when no doubt they’ll all be on here saying told you so!)
The time for optimism is before we play, and the time for misery is IF we lose.
Now will all the doom mongers fuck off untill we are knocked out (when no doubt they’ll all be on here saying told you so!)
A loss will spare us the embarrassment of a semi?
Go and support another team if that’s your attitude. Mine will remain Nil Satis Nisi Optimum... that means I want us to WIN!
COYB!!! Maybe just maybe you can do us proud as you have many times this season and before.
Go and support another team if that’s your attitude. Mine will remain Nil Satis Nisi Optimum... that means I want us to WIN!
COYB!!! Maybe just maybe you can do us proud as you have many times this season and before.
Bernie, that’s exactly why they do it... so that they come back and proclaim how smart they are and how they were able to see past the blind optimism and passion.
If the internet is your thing then good for you, but I’m a football supporter and I live for these kinds of opportunities.
Top 4 is great and all, but a Cup Final is something special. And a winning Cup Final is a treasured memory - ’95 still goes down as one of the happiest days of my life.
If the internet is your thing then good for you, but I’m a football supporter and I live for these kinds of opportunities.
Top 4 is great and all, but a Cup Final is something special. And a winning Cup Final is a treasured memory - ’95 still goes down as one of the happiest days of my life.
Apparently we didn’t have a chance against the RS in round 4 and Villa in round 5. We are still here though, Boro shouldn’t cause us too many problems and then who knows what will happen! COYB!!!
I’ve got to agree with the Sparke clan and several others, shithouses be gone. Chelski until very recently have looked average as hell and even recently took a foul on the Wigan keeper to beat them and FFS we are a better side than Wigan with or without Arteta. Arsenal are a team that you just don’t know how they are going to play until you get stuck into them this season, Man U beat us by a penalty, just one goal, if you’ve hoisted the white flag before a ball is even kicked you might as well not bother. Never mind hoping for a semi final dream of a final and getting a bloody good day’s work out of the lads with countless bluenoses screaming from all around Wembley for them or has it been that fucking long that you’ve forgotten how a cup final goes?
We really need a Man Utd vs Chelsea draw in the semis
Does anyone know of a bar in downtown Raleigh, north Carolina showing today?s game
Kevin Sparke - you clearly know very little about music. Leonard Cohen has written some of the most beautiful words & songs of all time. As indeed has Morrissey. It’s grown up music & real life, as opposed to the fluffy poppy vaccuous world that some inhabit.
And enough of the meaningless "our name is written on it" nonsense. What will be will be, it will be great if we do, but chances are that we won’t. Even then, given the challenges of this campaign, it will be a good season.
And enough of the meaningless "our name is written on it" nonsense. What will be will be, it will be great if we do, but chances are that we won’t. Even then, given the challenges of this campaign, it will be a good season.
Dont be silly lads,
we all know there’s only one Deep Purple...
"Blues on the warpath,
fire on the pitch,
Blues on the warpath, drn drn drn, drn drn dedrn, drn drn drn drn derrrn"
well it sounds right in my head!
Only victory will do today
COME ON YOU BLUES
JJ
we all know there’s only one Deep Purple...
"Blues on the warpath,
fire on the pitch,
Blues on the warpath, drn drn drn, drn drn dedrn, drn drn drn drn derrrn"
well it sounds right in my head!
Only victory will do today
COME ON YOU BLUES
JJ
Who the fuck are you Kirwin... Simon Cowell?
Get a grip you turnip head... I was listening to Cohen when you were pissing in your knickers and bopping to Fisher Price music.
As for ’our name is written on it’... behave yourself.
Get a grip you turnip head... I was listening to Cohen when you were pissing in your knickers and bopping to Fisher Price music.
As for ’our name is written on it’... behave yourself.
Is Hibbert back for this? We need him to keep Downing in check
Jags rb again. Big Fella starts. Saha, Gosling on bench.
Are you sure? The order on the BBC has Neville RB, Jags and Yobo in the middle, and Lescott at LB iwith Baines in midfield, I’m assuming on the left. It might be wrong but its an interesting lineup
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