Exeter Gently
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Brian Mcbride
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tommye
Player Valuation: £120m
Hibbo....
"He waits. That’s what he does. Then he shuffles. That’s how he moves. Side-step, side-step, side-step, tracking the bogey, marshalling it, gently manoeuvring it into position. And then he strikes. There is a heavy thump of boot on ball and a roar from the frenzied crowd. Patrice Evra spins through the night sky, landing heavily, the air driven from his lungs on impact. Unruffled and uninterested in the acclaim, Tony Hibbert gets to his feet and shuffles back into position. That’s what he does. He is not a superstar, he is not a brand. He’s just a bloody bloke.
There are certain expectations of a 21st century full-back. They must be auxiliary wingers, scampering up and down the pitch, tracking their man, but providing their own pressure on the flanks. They must be whippets in boots, probing and penetrating like a well thrown javelin. Hibbert probes and penetrates like a sledgehammer swung through the side of a shed. He’ll get forward occasionally, he’s even been known to set up the odd goal, but he has never, ever shared a sentence with the word ‘cavalier.’
This isn’t to patronise or denigrate his achievements. Hibbert made his debut for Everton in 2001 and you don’t get to play more than 250 Premier League games over an 11 year period purely because you’re a hard worker. Hibbert is intelligent, he doesn’t desert his post, he rarely switches off and he always, always makes sure that the man he is marking knows that he’s been marked. You can see why David Moyes has never sought to replace him. While Marouane Fellaini was the star of Everton’s opening night 1-0 victory over Manchester United, Hibbert typified his team’s efforts. He is, in many ways, Everton personified"
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"He waits. That’s what he does. Then he shuffles. That’s how he moves. Side-step, side-step, side-step, tracking the bogey, marshalling it, gently manoeuvring it into position. And then he strikes. There is a heavy thump of boot on ball and a roar from the frenzied crowd. Patrice Evra spins through the night sky, landing heavily, the air driven from his lungs on impact. Unruffled and uninterested in the acclaim, Tony Hibbert gets to his feet and shuffles back into position. That’s what he does. He is not a superstar, he is not a brand. He’s just a bloody bloke.
There are certain expectations of a 21st century full-back. They must be auxiliary wingers, scampering up and down the pitch, tracking their man, but providing their own pressure on the flanks. They must be whippets in boots, probing and penetrating like a well thrown javelin. Hibbert probes and penetrates like a sledgehammer swung through the side of a shed. He’ll get forward occasionally, he’s even been known to set up the odd goal, but he has never, ever shared a sentence with the word ‘cavalier.’
This isn’t to patronise or denigrate his achievements. Hibbert made his debut for Everton in 2001 and you don’t get to play more than 250 Premier League games over an 11 year period purely because you’re a hard worker. Hibbert is intelligent, he doesn’t desert his post, he rarely switches off and he always, always makes sure that the man he is marking knows that he’s been marked. You can see why David Moyes has never sought to replace him. While Marouane Fellaini was the star of Everton’s opening night 1-0 victory over Manchester United, Hibbert typified his team’s efforts. He is, in many ways, Everton personified"
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Steve Watson. Good lad, a trier and banged in a share of goals.
I wish I could see that Stracqualursi City performance again somehow. It was so good it actually got funny by the end. I'll always treasure the memory of the time he tried to head a ball that was on the ground, from the ground. He wins this thread.
AdaBrummieblue
Player Valuation: £20m
Graham Stuart. Anyone saying Cahill is wrong. Not limited that lad. Heart of a lion and leap of a gazelle.
AdaBrummieblue
Player Valuation: £20m
Just liked this comment myself. About ten others too. Joe was immense. Hell of a lad. Cracking player. Ugly injury. Would have been a shining light for us in a very dim tunnel.
Stop being silly, even at the age of fifty when he came to us, he was still class.
He was also exceptionally lazy, which is what people always remember before the good stuff x
evertony
Player Valuation: £50m
Deidre or Ken?
Donald Twain
Vide cor meum
Tommy Grav could blow hot and cold.
You usually knew within the first five mins which Tommy Grav you were going to ge that day.
The Madrid players must've thought the Martians had landed when he turned up to the first day of training
You usually knew within the first five mins which Tommy Grav you were going to ge that day.
The Madrid players must've thought the Martians had landed when he turned up to the first day of training
Kantareller
Player Valuation: £40m
Naismith. Outside the penalty box he wasn't great really (Martinez made me frustrated when he played Naismith out wide), but great awareness and finishing inside. The things he did for the community was nice also.
Boss_Blue
I will find you and consensually bum you
What a charming household.
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