Well, that's that then. Hopefully we don't have to wait for another 14 years, but given the way football has become so influenced by cash flow in the last 14, I'd be surprised if things change.
Today was awful. The excitement peaked at about 29 seconds into the game. After Saha's strike, Chelsea regrouped, took hold of the match and basically rolled us over. They're not pretty, their football is formulaic and fairly direct, but they're a powerful bunch and just stifle the life out of you. Yes Hibbert was out of his depth against Malouda, Osman irrelevant, and Fellaini just looks so over-priced it's a wonder how many breweries Everton's directors visited in Belgium last August before handing over £15million, but the whole thing had the impression that Chelsea were just waiting to score a couple and put the event to bed.
I can't remember Cech having to make a save. That says it all.
Later in the summer I may be able to look back and reflect on a pretty successful season by our standards and something most other clubs (hello Newcastle) would give their right arms for. But then again, maybe I won't. It's a sad thing now that the game is so utterly dominated in England by just four teams, that the best of the rest can be so outclassed on a day as big as the FA Cup Final.
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