Being Frank about the situation
If Everton played like they did in what proved to be their only FA Cup match this season on a regular basis in the Premier League then they wouldn’t be fighting against relegation. Those who didn’t watch this pulsating third round tie and only saw the final 3-1 scoreline might assume that the Blues were comfortably beaten but they remained in the fight for another share of the spoils in Manchester in six days until stoppage time.
Here was a group of Everton footballers still very much playing for their under-fire manager and putting their bodies on the line for a cause in a similar fashion to the display they had put in at the Etihad on New Year’s Eve. However, the reality is that their current predicament still looks bleak because of the horrendous collapse against Brighton & Hove Albion that came between in front of their own supporters at Goodison Park.
