i was watching sky sports "premiership years" this morning, duncan sticks in a goal to beat man united and pretty much give us 4th spot in the league. Next season we draw villareal in a champions league qualifier, get beat over 2 legs and can feel more than a little unlucky. Not just in the two legs but also because we are about the only english team so far to draw a decent team in that round.Massive competition, lots of shit teams, we get them, etc etc etc. it got me thinking.
when i started looking at football at about the age of five or six it was only everton i looked at. i should have mentioned im irish, very few others were like minded, usual shit, all my friends were red, be it liverpool or m u, apart from about 3 or 4 blues. no chelsea no city, no spurs etc except very rearly. anyway in those days we didnt give a fuck who we played because we always expected to win. today we played man u, and they had last week been beaten 6-1 by city at home, a wounded dog, put them down. however pre kick off m u players are saying how they cant wait to get back playing and how goodison is a great place to start. goodison was a fortress, now its a hard place to come to, much like stoke. STOKE!!!! what has happened, we may not have been seriously feared as top four contenders in a few years but since when has playing everton been perfect, in any situation. sick of this bullshit, no repect for a great club. but then again why respect us, they won.
sorry about this its just a bitch and whine, i suppose what im trying to get at is in the last few years we seem to have bought into the idea that we cant compete because we have no money. but we didnt have money when big dunc scored that goal. we finished forth because we had a team fill of passion and pride, we have a really good team at the moment, one of the best managers in the business, lets bring a little respect back home. coyb