"Pre-season doesn't count"

Everton 2 Valencia 3
Pre-season friendly

The Sigurdsson free kick that led to the corner that led to the second goal.

Well if that's any indication of the way the season will go we're in for
a) and exciting end to end season full of goals, incisive attacking play and movement in and around the box coupled with a creaky defence with a tendency to stop and watch the game. Or,
b) a boring procession of slow build up play breaking down before anything remotely interesting actually happens.
A game of 2 halves then.


After the game we were off into the centre of Liverpool and the World Museum to see the Terracotta Warriors of China's first Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. An amazing exhibition to end a long day. It felt a bit weird to be in a museum that was essentially closed.