Arsenal Vs Everton. FA Cup 6th Round, 8th Mar 2014 @ 12:45

[ijjysmith]

You're bladdered if you think we are keeping a clean sheet.

*saves

 

[Donald Twain]

Those lads going nuts when Campbell scores should have a stand named after them !!

 

[Groucho]

3-1 Everton

 

[bluegirl]

Can't see us not conceding. Reckon either 1-1 or 2-1, Lukaku with the winner!
My team would be:

Joel
Baines Stones Distin Coleman
Barry McCarthy
Pienaar Barkley Mirallas
Lukaku

Del, McGeady, Naismith, Osman on bench

 

[D410]

No Jags -> No Glory

TBH, I don,t fancy us anyway if it was at home then a different story for me, the midweek internationals will not have helped so here.s hoping to a stunning performance by Everton.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Nice one Cena.

Clocked a bar in Alicante to watch this tomorrow coz there's no way I'm relying on a dodgy stream for this one.

 

[neil999]

if joel lets in a clanger i worry for this forum...

 

[ijjysmith]

if joel lets in a clanger i worry for this forum...

I'm never coming back on

 

[DevineEFC]

Many in the Home End tomorrow?

 

[SunKing]

Call me negative but I'd take a 0-0 right now. Obviously I hope we do the business tomorrow but a midweek replay at Goodison under the lights would be special.
Just think, this time last year we were all already discussing our Wembley plans only to get utterly humiliated by Bobby's Wigan. I doubt many are as confident this time if at all but sod it, it's the cup! We are a boss team on our day.

 

[rascal]

I'd like for Everton to win tomorrow.

like this if you feel the same way

 

[peteblue]

Nice one @Cena

 

[anton66]

Call me negative but I'd take a 0-0 right now. Obviously I hope we do the business tomorrow but a midweek replay at Goodison under the lights would be special.
Just think, this time last year we were all already discussing our Wembley plans only to get utterly humiliated by Bobby's Wigan. I doubt many are as confident this time if at all but sod it, it's the cup! We are a boss team on our day.

Nothing negative about a 0-0 sunKing, it would be a great result.

 

[neil999]

I'm never coming back on

*prays for joel clanger..

heheh

 

[meagher94]

Roberto Martinez has revealed that his love affair with the FA Cup was ignited when Everton last won the famous competition.

He arrived at Wigan in 1995 with two Spanish compadres and was swiftly pitted into a match typical of the competition.

Martinez then monitored the tournament as the rounds passed, with Everton finally seeing off Manchester United in the final.

It would become a long-standing relationship which reached its pinnacle - so far - last May when Martinez guided Wigan to an unlikely claiming of the silverware.

“I paid extra special attention to the cup that year,” said Martinez of his first season in England.

“Funnily enough it was in Runcorn – my first game in the competition with the two other Spanish players and it was just round the corner.

“I followed it through with interest to the later stages and was pleased when Everton won it. So it’s a strange coincidence that ‘95 was the last time they won it.

"The first time I got involved with the FA Cup was back in 1995, so that's a long, long time I've been enjoying this tournament and falling in love with the tournament.

"I think it's unique and the best cup competition in world football.”

The Blues' Saturday lunchtime quarter final engagement with Arsenal will undoubtedly be their biggest test in the competition this season.

But Martinez said: "I do feel we are ready to be successful in the cup because the team has shown it is ready to face different environments, different types of opposition and we've always been extremely professional.

"Obviously to be able to compete against a team like Arsenal in their own ground is going to be as big a test as you're going to get but we feel that if we can get through that the team will be ready to be very successful."

A Wembley semi-final is the prize for the Everton-Arsenal clash and the Toffees’ Spanish boss confirmed he’s fully behind the last-four ties being played at the national stadium.

He explained: "I am, because it creates great memories and it prepares you for the final.

"Sometimes you see teams who get to the final and then they get affected by the new experience.

"The semi-final prepares you for that. You get rid of the need to get used to any new surroundings and you can play the game. I think the competition benefits from the semi-finals being at Wembley."

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2014/03/07/boss-cup-love-began-in-95

Love the bolded bit. I feel like his positivity alone can literally breed success.

Video on that link too.

COYB!