Baines fancies Toffees' cup chances

by Setanta Staff , 22 February 2012 Baines fancies Toffees' cup chances

Everton defender Leighton Baines believes the Merseyside club's experience in the FA Cup will give them an extra advantage at the quarter-final stage.


The Toffees overcame Blackpool 2-0 in a dominant display at Goodison Park to book their place in the last eight after notching up successive home wins over Tamworth and Fulham.

The victory over Ian Holloway's side last Saturday lined up a clash against Sunderland for a place in the semi-finals and Baines is confident about getting his hands on the cup.

"You've got to believe your name is on the trophy because you've got to this stage of the competition," the left back told the Daily Post. "You've got to fancy your chances and we're looking forward to the next round.

"I think reaching the final in 2009 helps because with the top sides who regularly get to those latter stages of competitions or in the past maybe with Manchester United at the tail end of a title race, that experience sometimes is what gets them over the line.

"You've got to have experience in the dressing room to play in quarter-finals, semi-finals and hopefully finals."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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