LOUIS SAHA walked away from a motoring accident over the weekend. But none of David Moyes's side can escape unscathed after this car crash of a performance.
Much like Saha's battered Ferrari 458, Everton's FA Cup run came to a shuddering halt last night when they slumped to a desperate home defeat to npower Championship side Reading.
From the highs of Stamford Bridge to this depressing, demoralising low; so continues Everton's frustrating, rollercoaster campaign in which any encouragement is soon negated by another dismal setback.
This wasn't quite as bad as the dire reverse at Bolton Wanderers last month, but that's of little consolation to the Everton supporters who greeted the final whistle with a cacophony of jeers.
Quite right, too. Moyes and his players could have few complaints over the outcome. They were outfought and outthought by their lower league opposition, Reading full value for a victory earned by a 26th-minute goal from skipper Matt Mills.
Not only did the strike end Goodison hopes of a return to Wembley and any interest in silverware this season, it also banished the feelgood factor engendered by dramatic victory at Chelsea in the previous round.
If concern over the long-term future of the club had been put to one side in the wake of that shoot-out success, then such an inquest will surely be reopened once again this morning.
Saha wasn't the only Everton striker to experience car trouble this week.
