Today feels a little like last chance saloon for those of us that decided that the one thing we want most in a season during which we become the world’s richest club is for Everton to get relegated. Burnley just about doing their bit.
How many genuinely good cup finals has there been? 2006, 2017, at a push. I was stunned to hear Josh Widdecome’s podcast talk about 1997 being good because even as a kid I was bored shitless. The game itself being crap is as much a tradition as Abide with me.
I’m all in for Howe winning this, but…why? Football has its own inbuilt reward system. It’s called trophies. Stuff like this is just superfluous. Let some other twat win it and let’s just go for some cups next year.