Everton got battered, should have been about 5
The FA Cup Final
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"2 years is a long time to go without a trophy if you're Chelsea".
Excluding second tier football, they went over 25 years without one you fucking bellend Tydesley.
Excluding second tier football, they went over 25 years without one you fucking bellend Tydesley.
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=33839.msg878904#msg878904 date=1243698721]
"2 years is a long time to go without a trophy if you're Chelsea".
Excluding second tier football, they went over 25 years without one you fucking bellend Tydesley.
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lol
"2 years is a long time to go without a trophy if you're Chelsea".
Excluding second tier football, they went over 25 years without one you fucking bellend Tydesley.
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lol
ITV reminded us that Frank Lampard's mum is dead again in case we'd forgot.
When is National Frank's Dead Mum Day?
Have I missed it?
I bought a giant ET and everything
Have I missed it?
I bought a giant ET and everything
To complain that they didn't observe a minute's silence?
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=33839.msg878903#msg878903 date=1243698688]
Everton got battered, should have been about 5
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*High fives Brendan*
Everton got battered, should have been about 5
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*High fives Brendan*
I have sent a congratulatory text to my Dad and two brothers for keeping the score below 5
No response yet, oddly enough
No response yet, oddly enough
FA cup is just a glorified Carling cup nowadays. Unless it's part of a double or treble for the top 4, it's just a trophy for the lower teams to have their moment in The Lying Rag. That said, it does also allow you to save face from jibes of a "trophyless" season.
Good to see the best fans in the world, Chelsea, (as Lampard intimated) leaving before they were presented with the trophy, with their plastic flags.
[quote author=Halmeister link=topic=33839.msg878925#msg878925 date=1243700268]
Good to see the best fans in the world Chelsea (as Lampard intimated) leaving before they were presented with the trophy with their plastic flags.
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They should have been given a plastic cup.
Good to see the best fans in the world Chelsea (as Lampard intimated) leaving before they were presented with the trophy with their plastic flags.
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They should have been given a plastic cup.
for me, the lasting image of that cup final will be the absolute lack of hysteria from the chelsea fans after lampard scored. they could barely be arsed putting their drinks down to clap, it meant that little to them.
[quote author=Portly link=topic=33839.msg878931#msg878931 date=1243700657]
I hope Everton FC didn't put down a deposit on the open-topped bus, otherwise their summer transfer budget will be badly hit.
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Surely they booked a people carrier? Sorry: THE people's carrier.
I hope Everton FC didn't put down a deposit on the open-topped bus, otherwise their summer transfer budget will be badly hit.
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Surely they booked a people carrier? Sorry: THE people's carrier.
[quote author=Portly link=topic=33839.msg878931#msg878931 date=1243700657]
I hope Everton FC didn't put down a deposit on the open-topped bus, otherwise their summer transfer budget will be badly hit.
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That will be offset by the sales of the DVD: "The fastest goal in a FA cup final"
I hope Everton FC didn't put down a deposit on the open-topped bus, otherwise their summer transfer budget will be badly hit.
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That will be offset by the sales of the DVD: "The fastest goal in a FA cup final"
They have voted that goal in ET against us as their goal of the season. I can't remember it properly but it wasn't that great was it?
I suppose they don't score much though.
I suppose they don't score much though.
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[quote author=Portly link=topic=33839.msg878931#msg878931 date=1243700657]
I hope Everton FC didn't put down a deposit on the open-topped bus, otherwise their summer transfer budget will be badly hit.
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That will be offset by the sales of the DVD: "The fastest goal in a FA cup final"
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Followed by the Bill Kenwright West End musical, Sa-ha!, starring Jenny Seagrove as the first white female black footballer who is gay, dances a bit, likes ABBA, poses for a WI calendar and plays for his beloved Everton.
[quote author=Portly link=topic=33839.msg878931#msg878931 date=1243700657]
I hope Everton FC didn't put down a deposit on the open-topped bus, otherwise their summer transfer budget will be badly hit.
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That will be offset by the sales of the DVD: "The fastest goal in a FA cup final"
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Followed by the Bill Kenwright West End musical, Sa-ha!, starring Jenny Seagrove as the first white female black footballer who is gay, dances a bit, likes ABBA, poses for a WI calendar and plays for his beloved Everton.
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=33839.msg878938#msg878938 date=1243704092]
They have voted that goal in ET against us as their goal of the season. I can't remember it properly but it wasn't that great was it?
I suppose they don't score much though.
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I heard that before. Simply small time. You wouldn't catch us voting a goal against them goal of the season purely because it was against them.
I've decided I'm quite happy they lost. It saves putting up with Kenwright and Moyes wanking each other off and furiously screaming "Peoples club!!" when they climax simultaneously.
Chelsea fans are a disgrace and proved how small time they are today too. So it's win win.
They have voted that goal in ET against us as their goal of the season. I can't remember it properly but it wasn't that great was it?
I suppose they don't score much though.
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I heard that before. Simply small time. You wouldn't catch us voting a goal against them goal of the season purely because it was against them.
I've decided I'm quite happy they lost. It saves putting up with Kenwright and Moyes wanking each other off and furiously screaming "Peoples club!!" when they climax simultaneously.
Chelsea fans are a disgrace and proved how small time they are today too. So it's win win.
The Luvvie is simply fantastic entertainment, it must be said; his musings about Everton, Gollum, and this final have been superbly entertaining, oscillating between deluded, lachrymose and wild hyperbole, often within the same sentence
[quote author=ibromurph link=topic=33839.msg878924#msg878924 date=1243700215]
FA cup is just a glorified Carling cup nowadays. Unless it's part of a double or treble for the top 4, it's just a trophy for the lower teams to have their moment in The Lying Rag. That said, it does also allow you to save face from jibes of a "trophyless" season.
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Don't agree with that whatsover, sounds like you don't live in England.
This thread might be 6 pages of slagging the Cup off but that's only because we're not in it.
FA cup is just a glorified Carling cup nowadays. Unless it's part of a double or treble for the top 4, it's just a trophy for the lower teams to have their moment in The Lying Rag. That said, it does also allow you to save face from jibes of a "trophyless" season.
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Don't agree with that whatsover, sounds like you don't live in England.
This thread might be 6 pages of slagging the Cup off but that's only because we're not in it.
[quote author=LarryHagman link=topic=33839.msg879130#msg879130 date=1243730747]
This thread might be 6 pages of slagging the Cup off but that's only because we're not in it.
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Agreed. We would have been absolutely delighted if it had been us at Wembley yesterday.
This phenomenon of putting down the FA Cup when you have been put out of it is quite common.
Prior to the CL Final, I heard Paddy Crerand, the former United midfielder and Old Trafford bigot, talking on BBC Radio 5 Live about United's achievements this season. Crerand said that the FA Cup isn't what it used to be, meaning that the fact that they had been knocked out of it didn't reflect on their overall achievements.
This thread might be 6 pages of slagging the Cup off but that's only because we're not in it.
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Agreed. We would have been absolutely delighted if it had been us at Wembley yesterday.
This phenomenon of putting down the FA Cup when you have been put out of it is quite common.
Prior to the CL Final, I heard Paddy Crerand, the former United midfielder and Old Trafford bigot, talking on BBC Radio 5 Live about United's achievements this season. Crerand said that the FA Cup isn't what it used to be, meaning that the fact that they had been knocked out of it didn't reflect on their overall achievements.
Yeah, agreed
I have had some killer days out at Wembley, so it will always be special
Winning trophies
That is what this club is here for
Not CL qualification, or 'progress' or fucking cunting increased profitability vs assets
Trophies
I have had some killer days out at Wembley, so it will always be special
Winning trophies
That is what this club is here for
Not CL qualification, or 'progress' or fucking cunting increased profitability vs assets
Trophies
[quote author=LarryHagman link=topic=33839.msg879130#msg879130 date=1243730747]
[quote author=ibromurph link=topic=33839.msg878924#msg878924 date=1243700215]
FA cup is just a glorified Carling cup nowadays. Unless it's part of a double or treble for the top 4, it's just a trophy for the lower teams to have their moment in The Lying Rag. That said, it does also allow you to save face from jibes of a "trophyless" season.
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Don't agree with that whatsover, sounds like you don't live in England.
This thread might be 6 pages of slagging the Cup off but that's only because we're not in it.
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I do live in England.. i was born here.. but i'll let that dig slide.
For me, when I was younger, the FA cup was a wonderful tournament, steeped in history. But over the last few years it's lost its 'mystique/magic'.
Perhaps it's due to the fact that the semi finals are now played at Wembley.
Perhaps it's because the final hasn't been contested by two 'big' clubs for a few years now.
Perhaps it's due to the arrival of foreign coaches like Benitez/Mourinho who have helped English clubs do so well in the CL (that the FA cup has taken a back seat).
But for some reason, apart from a 'nice' day out at Wembley and a little bit of silverware to say "well, we won something", the FA cup doesn't really mean much to me, personally. It's doesn't really say anything.
If you win the league.. you're the best in England.
If you win the CL.. you're best (or at least, one of the) in Europe.
If you win the FA cup.. well, it was a nice day out, I suppose.
Obviously, given the choice of the FA cup and nothing, you'd pick the FA cup everytime. Silverware is silverware and it keeps the trophy cabinet from catching dust.
But if given the choice of challenging for the Premiership (i.e. if someone said we'd be 3pts off the top with 5 games left and out of the FA cup) or in the FA cup final (against West Brom) and 10 points off the top with 5 games left, I think i'd go for the former.
Maybe it's just the high expectation, maybe it's arrogance, but I only care about us winning the league or the CL (the FA cup is just part of a double or treble, for me).
[quote author=ibromurph link=topic=33839.msg878924#msg878924 date=1243700215]
FA cup is just a glorified Carling cup nowadays. Unless it's part of a double or treble for the top 4, it's just a trophy for the lower teams to have their moment in The Lying Rag. That said, it does also allow you to save face from jibes of a "trophyless" season.
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Don't agree with that whatsover, sounds like you don't live in England.
This thread might be 6 pages of slagging the Cup off but that's only because we're not in it.
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I do live in England.. i was born here.. but i'll let that dig slide.
For me, when I was younger, the FA cup was a wonderful tournament, steeped in history. But over the last few years it's lost its 'mystique/magic'.
Perhaps it's due to the fact that the semi finals are now played at Wembley.
Perhaps it's because the final hasn't been contested by two 'big' clubs for a few years now.
Perhaps it's due to the arrival of foreign coaches like Benitez/Mourinho who have helped English clubs do so well in the CL (that the FA cup has taken a back seat).
But for some reason, apart from a 'nice' day out at Wembley and a little bit of silverware to say "well, we won something", the FA cup doesn't really mean much to me, personally. It's doesn't really say anything.
If you win the league.. you're the best in England.
If you win the CL.. you're best (or at least, one of the) in Europe.
If you win the FA cup.. well, it was a nice day out, I suppose.
Obviously, given the choice of the FA cup and nothing, you'd pick the FA cup everytime. Silverware is silverware and it keeps the trophy cabinet from catching dust.
But if given the choice of challenging for the Premiership (i.e. if someone said we'd be 3pts off the top with 5 games left and out of the FA cup) or in the FA cup final (against West Brom) and 10 points off the top with 5 games left, I think i'd go for the former.
Maybe it's just the high expectation, maybe it's arrogance, but I only care about us winning the league or the CL (the FA cup is just part of a double or treble, for me).
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