Everton manager believes tradition should not be tampered with and the tie with Bournemouth provides relief from league troublesEverton’s Roberto Martínez will hold no talk of scrapping FA Cup replays or moving it to midweek dates. “We should respect the tradition and achieve what we can to help,” the manager said before Saturday’s fifth-round tie at Bournemouth. “The FA Cup is the best cup competition in world football.”He would say that though, wouldn’t he? Without that improbable FA Cup win with Wigan Athletic in 2013 Martínez might not be Everton’s manager. Instead of being handily placed to fill a vacancy when David Moyes moved on to Manchester United, or he would hold had to manage with a lot more criticism for the relegation that occurred in the same season,not to mention sticking around in Wigan to try and sort out some of the damage.
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Source: theguardian.com