franksidebottom wrote:
Some people seem to be missing the point here. Yes we've had two great cup runs but the point of this post is about today's game, not what has gone before. The mentality of the team today compared to at Anfield was ridiculous. We were beaten as soon as they kicked off.
To be beaten by Everton was expected, to be beaten by Everton in the manner we were wasn't. It was a pathetic performance harking back to the Abbott days of us being grateful to be on the same pitch as such a great club. It was a mirror image of the Tottenham game a few years ago when we barely had a go, stood off them for 90 mins and went down with a whimper.
Everton were fragile, 1 win in 12 and massive question marks over their defense, yet we gave them an easy ride. A little man up front with no support for 30 yards played right into their hands. We had nothing to lose today but played like a team who was scared. Disappointing
My thoughts exactly Frank, and also as I mentioned above Abbott was in charge the last time we played Everton, and we made a hell of a lot more fist of it then than we did today. Everton were better than us all over the pitch agreed, and thoroughly deserved to win, but to be honest we made it so easy for them it was laughable.