Arteta Vs Cahill

[VaguelyBrown]

Arteta all day long for me. We desperately need him (circa 2008) back tbh, and have done for years

 

[blackandblue]

Gsus... Do you not remember Arteta's corners??? He couldn't beat first man

 

[OneTrueLegend]

I don't even get why this is a contest. Cahill was brilliant, week in week out, he played any position he was asked to play, he put himself on the line playing with injuries and is still a blue to this day. A modern day Dave Hickson. He has a winning mentality.

Arteta was good, got a load of injuries, and became average, always talked about moving to "a bigger club" in the press and left to go to Arsenal on deadline day.

 

[BlueToff]

Arteta was the better player in his pomp. Both as a right mid where he took the piss out of fullbacks all day and then as a playmaker, where he ran the show. We've never replaced him.

Cahill is the better bloke, he was more of a talisman, he got Everton more and he scored some boss goals, but Mikel was more talented by a good margin. I do miss seeing the pair of them in their primes.

In my mind, there was genuinely no better midfielder (in terms of an out and out playmaker) in the Prem than Arteta from 07 until his injury in 2009.

I was at that Newcastle game... I nearly cried when he went off.

 

[maccavennie]

Cahill

 

[Prevenger17]

Cahill by a mile . Arteta is a little grass

I think that just about closes this thread

 

[Prevenger17]

Tough one, but I'd go with Cahill.

Arteta was a classy player, but Cahill was crucial for us.

Davek in "likes Everton player" shocker

 

[Dutch Toffee]

I still miss Cahill in an Everton shirt till this day. Arteta was just a pretty good player who was paid to play for Everton. No special feelings towards him. Cahill is my all time fave Everton player.

 

[JonS]

Tough one. Arteta wonderfully skilful player (would love him now) but Cahill must have won us a lot of points so on that pragmatic, Ronald Koeman style basis I'd have to go for him.

 

[dholliday]

our tet played like sex at times, but timmy's a proper hero so he gets my vote

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Whenever the 'legend' discussion gets going, Cahill is debated. More an icon than a legend, but at least he gets debated - Arteta doesn't. Arteta was great for us for a while, but he isn't a fraction of the Evertonian Cahill is. Cahill scored more important goals and put in more big performances than Arteta ever did.

 

[Groucho]

Whenever the 'legend' discussion gets going, Cahill is debated. More an icon than a legend, but at least he gets debated - Arteta doesn't. Arteta was great for us for a while, but he isn't a fraction of the Evertonian Cahill is. Cahill scored more important goals and put in more big performances than Arteta ever did.

Arteta's time here for me is forever tainted with the fact that he, quite literally, cried off.

 

[Elong]

Arteta's time here for me is forever tainted with the fact that he, quite literally, cried off.

He was my favourite player when he was here too. Real sour note on the way out. He turned into a bit of a douche for Arsenal against us too.

 

[BigDunc'sFod]

Apparently there is someone better, than Mikel Arteta.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

I probably admire Cahill more - pure artisan but massive heart and played to his strengths. Technically fine but one dimensional, as someone said above, so could be very frustrating to watch when filling in out of position (e.g. Cahill futilely attempting hold up play in centre forward showed how hard it is to actually do this well at the top level).
Arteta though was in a different street as a footballer - best midfielder we've had since Reid / Bracewell. His injury was at the worst possible time, he'd been brilliant for 2 years and was starting to show that dominant mentality of an elite player.