Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted December 18, 2023 Administrator Share Posted December 18, 2023 all kick-offs GMT Tuesday 19th December, 2023 Everton vs Fulham, 19.45 Port Vale vs Middlesbrough, 19.45 Chelsea vs Newcastle, 20.00 (live on Sky) Wednesday 20th December, 2023 Liverpool vs West Ham, 20.00 (live on Sky) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,663 Posted December 18, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 18, 2023 Got to go and beat these when we're this close to a final and City, Arsenal, Spurs are all out already. They've been flying at home but they haven't won away since the first game of the season. (Let's not talk about who that was against). I'm hoping Chelsea will knock Newcastle out. Not sure whether Newcastle might have taken the opportunity to rotate but they're out of Europe and surely they have to go all out to win this trophy now? I think it's fanciful to expect West Ham have much chance of knocking Liverpool out at Anfield. Obviously we need to do the business first. Everton haven't exactly been known for winning five games on the bounce in my lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,267 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Petrovic Disasi Silva Badiashile Colwill Caicedo Enzo Palmer Gallagher Sterling Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 We need to be giving it to Toons without the lube tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,663 Posted December 19, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 19, 2023 Poor game. We were just getting on top and then Fulham have scored a jammy deflection off Keane to open the scoring. I swear we're cursed against these at Goodison. Doesn't help missing Mykolenko and Doucoure tonight but that's how thin our squad is. We've never won after conceding first under Dyche so time to change that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,663 Posted December 19, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 19, 2023 Beto equaliser means we get to the coin flip of a shootout. Our players look absolutely dead on their feet and it's painful seeing a team like Fulham be able to bring 5-6 established senior professionals to Goodison while we have Beto, Godfrey, Danjuma and a bunch of kids on the bench. We have a few injuries but that's the price of the mismanagement if the last few years and it could have cost us at the end. Our attacking play was extremely poor to be honest but we nabbed the goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,663 Posted December 19, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 19, 2023 If Onana had just taken a normal penalty instead of trying to take a "cool" one then that was in the bag. Pickford could probably have got a stronger hand to one or two others but he saves one of the first five and you can't really ask for much more from your goalkeeper than that. When you get down to 8th or 9th penalty takers and the likes of Idrissa Gueye are having to step up then it becomes even more of a lottery. Frustrating but a familiar feeling. If you can't take advantage of a favourable home draw like that in a cup quarter final then you don't deserve to have a shot at a trophy unfortunately. Have to target the FA Cup anyway. We're not getting relegated and even if we got all of our points back from the appeal (unlikely) then as much as we might be 8th or something now, I don't think we could realistically sustain a challenge. The FA Cup is a massive long shot, especially compared to the position we'd got ourselves into in this one before tonight, but that's probably the main purpose we can find in this season now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Just squeeked it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,267 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Shit game but did enough in the end. Gusto and Maatsen should've both started. Had enough of this 4 CBs bollocks. Hate to say things like this but I am somewhat glad Sanchez is sidelined just so that we can get a look of this Petrovic lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 296 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Not really that upset, there is a good chance we may only play 4 games in January which is critical now. Most of that team was utterly warn down with only Ritchie coming on in attack is enough to suggest a crisis. Less games, more time between games and a January window are most useful now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,190 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Jones has been excellent today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 3,009 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 18 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Jones has been excellent today. There were some really good performances there, especially from those players who divide opinion. Thought Gomez was excellent too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 1,310 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Would love if Middlesbrough or Fulham went all the way (even though Tony Khan will probably act like a prat) but this is already Liverpool's to lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 3,009 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Middleborough v Chelsea, Liverpool v Fulham in the semis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,117 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 19/12/2023 at 22:26, Cicero said: Shit game but did enough in the end. Gusto and Maatsen should've both started. Had enough of this 4 CBs bollocks. Hate to say things like this but I am somewhat glad Sanchez is sidelined just so that we can get a look of this Petrovic lad. The Chelsea defending for Callum Wilson's Newcastle goal was atrocious. Thiago Silva and in particular Badiashile gifted that goal to Newcastle. It was great to see Nkunku come on and make his Chelsea debut, after he has been kept out of action due to injury. Nkunku should really bolster this Chelsea side in the months ahead. But I think that Mudryk was the player that made the difference when he came on as a sub late on. He was tricky on the flank when he came on and he delivered very decent cross to set up a chance for Chelsea as well. But he went one better in the dying moments as he scored the equaliser for Chelsea with a right footed shot that found the bottom hand corner of the net. Mudryk also scored Chelsea's final penalty in the penalty shoot-out to help Chelsea advance to the semi-finals of the EFL Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,827 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Liverpool Chelsea final, uninspiring sadly. Shame Everton lost really, least we'd have had a Merseyside semi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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