Well it definitely showed he still had something to offer didn't it? Even if that something is only performances like that. I'd like to upgrade in the position, of course, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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Bluebonic
Player Valuation: £35m
Perhaps the demands for him to be effective Going forwards wouldn’t be so vociferous if the utter lump ahead of him had done anything going forward himself? Had Iwobi turned up, then all Coleman would have been required to do is stop Mane and get the ball to Iwobi. Coleman may well be finished going forwards, I for one do not see that as the end of him, if he is defending well. in a 442 the onus for attacking the flank is down to the wide midfielder / winger. In the derby, that wide midfielder / winger was an utter passenger! I am absolutely certain Carlo would have said to him “stop Mane, nothing else matters“. In that regards Seamus should get only praise.
PhoenixIreland
Player Valuation: £950k
We're a club that wants to win things and move up the table. Does anyone seriously believe that keeping Coleman at right back for the forseeable is going to enable us to do that? He needs to be replaced ASAP. One half-decent defensive (only) performance doesn't change that fact one bit.
Seamus was able to do as well because of the unselfish hard work of Iwobi.
It was clear as crystal that the instruction to the two wide men.. Gordon and Iwobi to play deep and snuff out the threat from wide positions and in particular Mane who is a serious footballer.
If Iwobi had not been as disciplined as he was Seamus would have been isolated against Mane and that would have caused problems as it nearly did the one time he got away and Keane had to foul Mane.
Yes you are correct he does need replacing , as do 7 other first teamers .
It is a question of prioritising.
PhoenixIreland
Player Valuation: £950k
That's all well and good when playing against Mane twice a season but Coleman/Iwobi is not a recipe for success either in the other 36 matches. We need to be more ambitious (i.e. better players) if we want to move up the league. Coleman is almost 32 as well. So what's the solution?
PhoenixIreland
Player Valuation: £950k
Ok fair enough.
Everton players are fighting for their futures, says Séamus Coleman
Séamus Coleman said Everton’s players are fighting for their futures under a “world-class” manager Carlo Ancelotti
Coleman said Everton’s players are on trial over the remaining weeks of the season as they seek to convince Ancelotti they can improve on another mediocre campaign.
“We have to realise we have a world-class manager and as players we are fighting for our futures,” the Everton captain said. “He is new to the job and I am sure he will want to be putting his stamp on things.
“I want this club to be successful. We all need to be pushing in the right direction and giving everything we have to be part of this team. It can’t be something that just happens in periods. We need to build a culture, demanding from each other in training.
“We wanted to win [against Liverpool] and felt it was a good opportunity. We worked hard and had enough chances. The performance was good, defensively we did quite well – but it would have been good to get that win we have been craving for a while.”
barneygumble
Player Valuation: £60m
Everton players are fighting for their futures, says Séamus Coleman
Séamus Coleman said Everton’s players are fighting for their futures under a “world-class” manager Carlo Ancelottiwww.theguardian.com
Coleman said Everton’s players are on trial over the remaining weeks of the season as they seek to convince Ancelotti they can improve on another mediocre campaign.
“We have to realise we have a world-class manager and as players we are fighting for our futures,” the Everton captain said. “He is new to the job and I am sure he will want to be putting his stamp on things.
“I want this club to be successful. We all need to be pushing in the right direction and giving everything we have to be part of this team. It can’t be something that just happens in periods. We need to build a culture, demanding from each other in training.
“We wanted to win [against Liverpool] and felt it was a good opportunity. We worked hard and had enough chances. The performance was good, defensively we did quite well – but it would have been good to get that win we have been craving for a while.”
Clearly based on the showing yesterday our midfielders dont want to play for Everton.
He will be.
He did his job well yesterday and I don't have a bad word to say about the back line or the front two. That midfield though....
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £90m
I really wish we could skip another season of watching him take 7 touches in his own half before losing it for a throw. If Sunday showed what he still has then today showed why we need better. He's a liability with the ball.
PhoenixIreland
Player Valuation: £950k
Never a truer word spoken in jest.
Still very good at the defensive side but just not very good on the ball.
He has literally no idea in his mind of what he’s gonna do with the ball when someone passes it to him. I love the man but his never ending desire to wait with the ball until he’s pressed and has no space to do anything with it is the most infuriating traits of any of our players.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £90m
Teams know about it now too. They make him the spare man to try and pass out. It's why in the second half they pushed him up field and let Gomes come wide to pass up toward Iwobi.
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