RAWK hits back:
SMS1986 "At least fans of the other big clubs in the league have a right to laugh at our failure, how are Everton doing in Europe?"
Son of Spion "I really couldn't care less what they think. They are irrelevant. I don't even mind them having a good laugh over it. Schadenfreude in the sporting rivalry context is fine by me. We find their annual abject failure hilarious, they find us losing finals they will never reach hilarious too. It's all fair. Let's get our respective failures in context, though. Ours ultimately came in the biggest club football final on the planet, although we have qualified for it again next season. Their failure was not managing to overhaul Burnley in the league after spending more money than they have in their history. In the process we've experienced football the likes of them will never see from their own club and we've had occasions their fanbase will never experience. I know who id rather be supporting today, despite our loss last night, and it's certainly not them.
Schadenfreude is all well and good, but when it's all you've got, it's quite sad really. Their vicarious living will go on again next season too, because they can't do it themselves. We were there. They weren't and never will be. The schadenfreude last laugh is surely ours."
sirkennydaggers "Everton's greatest ever European triumph,bless them."
They're hurting. They're hurting real bad.