League Cup Preview: Swansea v Everton September 23rd - 7:45pmEverton will travel to South Wales on Tuesday night to play Swansea City in the 3rd round of the Capital One cup.
The Toffees will be looking to put Sunday's Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace behind them, after throwing away an early lead thanks to yet more shocking defensive mistakes.
That's the 3rd time in 5 Premier League matches that Everton have scored first yet failed to win, and with 13 league goals already conceded, Swansea strikers must be licking their lips at the thought of testing Everton's resolve.
Everton have failed to win a league match at Goodison Park since they faced David Moyes on April 20th 2014, so will be delighted to be playing away from home as frustration grows.
Not all Evertonians have been taken in by the charm of their Spanish manager, with many doubting his ability to organise a strong defence even before he arrived from relegated Wigan Athletic.
It's fair to say his luv fest period is now coming to an end, and fans want to see big improvements at the back, or shall we say, and deservedly so, the 'arse end' of the Everton pantomime horse.
Pantomime is an appropriate term, as if any of our hard working forward players were to shout out to the crowd "Where is the problem" then 37,574 fans in attendance on Sunday would no doubt have replied "It's behind you"!
Thank heavens then that our opponents lie 8 places above us in the league table, because it would be awful if we were to actually be playing a side we should be beating.
Being the underdog seems to have been our bread and butter in recent years, so is it possible we have been missing Roberto's master plan?
Of course. That's it!
Play so poorly in the league that everybody thinks you are a roll over ...... then ....... when Swansea are busy laughing at the opponents before them ...... we suddenly spring to life and sink their Swan with a well timed Naismith torpedo.
It's brilliant.
Why didn't we think of it before?
Unwanted stat going into this game: Swansea, in their entire history, have never, ever, sorry about the weather, beaten us.
Did you know that?
But this is our favourite competition, yes?
Hmm .........
Unfortunately, in our entire history, we have never, ever, sorry about the weather, won this bloody cup.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
You are?
