Johnny Heitinga - "Leaving hurt"

[Kantareller]

His challenge at 3:39 is stuff of nightmares

 

[KaiserEFC]

Always liked Heitinga but I’m not one of these people who has to hate all of our ex players

 

[blueblue]

I just don't think he was as good as he thought he was.

 

[Papa Shango]

I just don't think he was as good as he thought he was.

This is such an Everton statement. We hate players thinking they are decent.

 

[sageyefc]

Very good player, excellent in the year he won poty for us, sadly a lot of our fans have an agenda against him because he bottled 1 50-50 once even though the likes of Tom Davies does that most games now

 

[Connor]

His challenge at 3:39 is stuff of nightmares

That 'tackle' was when I gave up on having hopes for him

Awful doesn't begin to do it justice

 

[blueblue]

This is such an Everton statement. We hate players thinking they are decent.

Not if they actually were decent... that is the difference.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Very good player, excellent in the year he won poty for us, sadly a lot of our fans have an agenda against him because he bottled 1 50-50 once even though the likes of Tom Davies does that most games now

I liked this because you managed to get a dig in against Davies, fair play.

 

[Kantareller]

That 'tackle' was when I gave up on having hopes for him

Awful doesn't begin to do it justice

Indeed. I don't think I will forget that attempt for a long time.

But then Johnny is boss the next season and rightfully wins our POTY.

 

[heatmeiser]

Internet. Gives everyone a voice. Before they were just that idiots that spouted nonsense a few rows in front you during the game, that made the people surrounding him roll thier eyes.

Exactly. Luckily it's easier to block the smooth-brained manlets online than it is in real life, so there's that at least.

 

[Papa Shango]

Not if they actually were decent... that is the difference.

But he WAS decent...

 

[OneTrueLegend]

I think he was good first season, but maybe opposing mangers found how to play against him, his lack of pace was apparent. I seem to have a memory of him playing terribly in midfield, maybe at Fulham, he was about a minute off the pace of the game and everyone was just walking past him. It's nice that he remembers Everton fondly though.

 

[Harryflashman]

Fraud. Softest hard man ever

I don’t necessarily disagree with your overall sentiment and a few things certainly immediately spring to mind . I do think to be fair to Heitinga though , of all the honours available in football the category of ‘fraud (softest hard man ever ) would really take some winning .

 

[Groucho]

Perhaps he shouldn’t have ducked out of every 50/50 challenge then.

 

[barneygumble]

Definitely wanted to be the "hard man". I remember him basically playing up to it at Ajax and that's why our fans associate him with it.

Can honestly say can't remember him playing too much, but remember the press always coming out with stories of Heitinga being "linked", and some kind of quote. Also remember him having an interview and Phil Neville banging his crutches on the Window.

Can't say i look back fondly, can't say i hold anything against him either.