Michael Ball

GWS · July 17, 2010

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
does he still have the big Everton crest on the side of his house ?

No mate, he left that house when he signed for Rangers. He moved back to Formby a couple of years ago, but as yet, no crest. His whole family are Blues to a man, so you never know. I wouldn't blame him if he felt a little bitter towards Everton though. Walter Smith played him through serious injury and destroyed his knees. Him, Kenwright and Archie Knox couldn't believe their luck when Dick Advocaat agreed to pay £6mill for him. They knew he was crocked.

stinger · July 17, 2010

GWS said:
No mate, he left that house when he signed for Rangers. He moved back to Formby a couple of years ago, but as yet, no crest. His whole family are Blues to a man, so you never know. I wouldn't blame him if he felt a little bitter towards Everton though. Walter Smith played him through serious injury and destroyed his knees. Him, Kenwright and Archie Knox couldn't believe their luck when Dick Advocaat agreed to pay £6mill for him. They knew he was crocked.

What's wrong with Everton managers? Or doctors? Wasn't Gosling told to play through it after getting serious injury during the match?
I also remember something with Anichebe, when he was telling everyone that he's injured and fans getting against him, for being "soft".

Blue Wiz · July 17, 2010

stinger said:
What's wrong with Everton managers? Or doctors? Wasn't Gosling told to play through it after getting serious injury during the match?
I also remember something with Anichebe, when he was telling everyone that he's injured and fans getting against him, for being "soft".

The difference between Ball and Gosling is that Ball was forced to play with his injury for several games in a row, not getting any rest. Gosling had to finish the game. While both is bad, Ball had the worst by far. Didn't blame Ball one bit when he left. He gave Everton many years of his career and got rewarded with busted knees and a career that never really took off. Would have loved to see how good he'd be if he had been allowed to heal before he was forced to play all the time.