"Six refs, four goals, three forwards, two sendings off and the ghost of 'ol Davey Thomas"
It was a case of "the Cup's half full" at Goodison as the night was right to let us forget the day job: getting back up the table. On a strange evening where Uefa looked to the future, I found myself wandering back to the past. Moyesy joins Harry the Cat on 11 European wins and for all the furore over the extra eyes on the sidelines, it was getting back to basics which was the best sight of the night. For a brief moment in time, we played with three forwards and Billy Molotov became Davey Thomas and did what he used to do consistently: fire in a ball at speed and with devastating accuracy. And before we get carried away - yes their defence looked like ours against Arsenal and the goalie was a bit of a Dracula when it came to crosses - Bilyaletdinov at least did the simple things well: making the right decision to pass short or long and not running around like a headless chicken trying to impress.
The experiment wasn't a huge success (no, not Dan at right back or playing with three forwards). Even allowing for the corner we wouldn't have normally got, if 6 pair of eyes couldn't see Juanfran's poor Eduardo impression, then Uefa have to rethink what the point is of keeping so many officials on the payroll. The assistant refs were really there for one reason only - to keep Tim Howard company on a night when the distractions allowed us to forget Arsenal, oh and Fulham, oh and mighty Burnley.
For me the cup will always be empty until we start to put something into it. A nice drop of reality and three points on Sunday for starters.
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