LUCK OF THE DRAW

MURPHY'S LAW
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Murphy's law is an adage in Western culture that broadly states "if anything can go wrong, it will." It is also cited as: "If there's more than one possible outcome of a job or task, and one of those outcomes will result in disaster or an undesirable consequence, then somebody will do it that way"; "Anything that can go wrong, will," the similar "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong"; or, "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way". The saying is sometimes referred to as Sod's law or Finagle's law.

IT WAS a conversation probably repeated in offices, pubs, living rooms and prison cells across the country, where two of the Blue persuasion were gathered watching the live UEFA cup draw.
(As group appears on screen) Blue one: "Look at that. Watch us get Standard Liege or Napoli."
Blue two: "Be boss to get those Finns or Bellinoza though wouldn't it. Who are they?"
Smug Scottish host, after joking that it would be Everton/Liege: "Everton......versus....Standard Liege."
Both blues: Erupt into swearing.

We do seem semi-cursed at times don't we? Villareal, Fiorentina, the list goes on...If there is a tough side to draw in a cup competition - we will draw them.
It's clearly exacerbated this time by how good the Belgian champions were against Liverpool, and how Man City and Villa - who both slipped into the Uefa after finishing below us - drew bums.
Once again I'm forced to remind myself that the point of this blog was about positivity - an attempt to build a new way of thinking about Everton; a positive, winning perception in which we cast ourselves as a top side insteado of harping on about hard luck.
So, to that end, here are some reasons to be positive about the tie;
1 - At least we won't underestimate them.
2 - They weren't amazing against Liverpool. Standard were as good as Liverpool were poor.
3 - We MAY have a better squad by then and Cahill should be back.
4 - Goodison will be more intimidating than 'feeeerry across de mersey/you'll never walk alone, cuddly scouse Anfield'. We'll give them 90 mins of bile and fury.'

Oh and 5 - Saha will stay fit and bang them in, and we'll have signed Moutinho and M'Bia by then too.

I'm off next week so there won't be any blogs. When I get back there's talk of Gwlad Tidings having video clips of all our goals from the weekend and even music videos.
You'll still have to read my b*llocks though.
COYB.

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