Yes,its been a while since Everton got silverware..
Looking at the team sheets for the FA cup semi finals I was very glad that Chelsea and Everton made it through. For 2 very different reasons..
Arsenal decided to leave out two first team regulars that would stroll into almost all the big sides. Nasri and Arshavin. Why? I felt that it was tactical.However this should not be to blame for the Gunner's demise. The main reasons came through. Denilson is not the player he is supposed to be. A centre midfielder who cannot handle big challanges. Was eaten up like a free sausage mcmuffin in the morning by Micheal Essien. The other blame goes to Eboue. His primary role to stop Malouda. I have never seen Malouda so free on the left Chelsea flank. It was as if he had bought that part of the Wembley field pre match and told Ebou to move out ASAP. He obliged. Should Fabianski shoulder the blame? I do not think so. He is young and Silvestre should have rubbed off his influence on him. Instead he left the boy exposed when it mattered most and Lukaz's dash to Drogba similar to that which got him plaudits midweek vs Villareal. The irony of football. Fabregas back from injury hasnt look the player he was. From a Chelsea point of view I do not know bout the golden goose but Micheal Essien is a Midfield magician. On his day the best in the world and I thoroughly enjoyed his maturity and positional knowledge.Together with a hungry Drogba, the carried Chelsea derservedly to the Final of one of the oldest Domestic cup competitions in the world. Kudos. While Arshavin and Nasri wonder..well why?
The end of Manchester United's 5 trophy quest. Deservedly so. Berbatov,Giggs,Scholes,Evra,Van Der Sar,Ronaldo,Rooney and Carrick visibly missing. Why? Well to br fair the young ones did brong them thus far and deserved their spots but the toffees are no pushovers and I was disappointed with Tevez and Berbatov who did not step up for Man Utd when it mattered. Berbatov is one mistake away from probaly being a flop. He has not been the player he was start of season for Man Utd. Carlos for all his influence was overshadowed by Macheda and Welback who seemed to prefer to bypass his influence. Fabio Da Silva ,to me, the only positive for Man Utd. So why did United deserve to lose? Hunger.Passion.And maturity. When it came dowwn to penalties you wouldnt have expected any other result. The only mature heads to take penalties were Rio,Vidic and Berbatov. Less the magnificent reborn Vidic, Rio and Berba proved non penalty takers with weak attempts. Especially Berbatov's arrogant and showy attempt which summed up Man Utd that day.Everton had Jagielka to thank for his awesome performance in a game where the art of defending shadowed attacking arts. He won everything and his bicycle kick clearance showed us how much he had grown fro the man who made plenty mistakes season start. Another looker was Jack Rodwell. I was impressed by the young gun when he came on and he looked very mature.. ok that is a bit easy considering the Utd team put in but still for a cup semi final he looked mentally prepared. Saha would have felt he could influence the game more and Fellaini the constant threat was a handful. I was proud of Evertons they proved justice and promised one thing Ferguson did not. A good, ol cup final that my oh my they really want. 2 big boys down.. Bring on Chelsea?
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