That’s fair mate, he maybe exceeded initial expectations here.
He was a good honest player in my opinion, but he had limits for me. Not intended to be a critisim really he made the best of the talent he had.
All effort mate, I don’t think anyone thought he was amazing, more I think people appreciated the effort within his limits which made him a bit of a cult hero ….like the Strauq.
I think it’s harder mate, City, Chelsea, Spurs hoover up anything with sniff of talent underage and if someone does beak through now Championship clubs want fees of 10s of millions.
That said some of the links like Hackney and the young full...
He was certainly a diamond Moyes spotted in the rough, either way.
I get the feeling he’s not so up for that sort of thing this go around - but I’ll leave the door open to the idea it could still happen while the window is open.
Wasn’t Kilbane another signed-when-relegated player?
I’ve done too much Wikipedia cross referencing of players signing for Everton and their prior club’s league at the time for one night…