Yet another Cup final goes by, yet another turd of a game. OK, the underdog won the turd so that will generate faux excitement, but I grew up with Liverpool coming back from 0-1 down at the half to win 3-1 vs Everton, then they had their 3-2 match a few years later. Inbetween those games Coventry beat Tottenham 3-2, and a year after that Liv/Ev.3-2 game Man Utd drew 3-3 w/Crystal Palace. My first ever Final was Brighton 2, Man Utd 2; in the handful of years before that game were another 2 x 3-2 scorelines. Liverpool/West Ham was the last decent final, and that was not only 9 finals ago, but the only final out of the last 20 to total more than 3 goals.
Cup finals back when I was a kid/teenager were open affairs as often as they were tight ones, and it's the fact you didn't know which one you were going to get that made both types of games exciting. Now it's a miracle to see more than 3 goals scored (& you're bloody lucky to even get 3). Ho-hum is expected. *Yawn*
Lament over.