Midfield Partnerships

GBH73 · September 21, 2015

First attempt at a thread here so please be nice...but who would you list as your favourite midfield partnership for Everton, or which partnerships did you think would be much better than they turned out to be? Or even which players would you like to have seen given a chance to forge a midfield partnership?

I write this after watching Barry/McCarthy's resurgent form this season. Personally I remember watching a couple of games in the 80s when Tricky Trevor was moved infield due to injuries where he played brilliantly. As a young 'un I always wanted to see him have a run alongside Reidy in the middle.

toffeejack · September 21, 2015

i'd love a midfield 3 of fellaini, arteta and barkley all in their prime with cahill in front.

i know that's bypassed the purpose of the thread, but it's a fantasy.

mythbuster · September 21, 2015

Best I've Seen: Reid and Bracewell

One we should have had in the early 90's: McCall and Richardson

One we should have had in the mid 90's McCall and Speed

Basically just well peed off that we didn't keep hold of McCall, Richardson and Speed.

Joe Parkinson too, ffs, and Bracewell should have been a top player for us for longer.

tommye · September 21, 2015

During my lifetime, Reid and Bracewell.
They were Gods.

The Holy Trinity was, of course, the greatest of all.

sageyefc · September 21, 2015

Heitingha and neville

Billy Dean · September 21, 2015

Shame Parkinson and Speed didn't get the chance to develop.

Liked the look our midfield at the back end of 06/07 too - Manny, Arteta and Cahill with Carsley holding. Played some really fluent stuff in that period.

samZ · September 21, 2015

Martin Dobson was a really good central midfielder, a class player who had tremendous ability. There was a real elegance about the way he dominated the midfield. A technically gifted footballer who always looked like he had loads of time on the ball.

Andy King played as part of our Midfield with Dobson during that time. What a wonderful player he was. He always played with such enthusiasm and the kind of player that had you on the edge of your seat as soon as he had the ball as you knew he was always going to try to be positive. He had an amazing goal scoring record for us too and of course scored the winner in the Derby in 1978. He and Dobson were technically brilliant players.

When Bruce Rioch joined us I thought it was a perfect combination at the heart of our team but unfortunately the midfield partnership with Dobson and King didn't last long enough to for it to materialise.

Eggs · September 21, 2015

....the Holy Trinity of Ball, Kendal and Harvey deserve every plaudits received, they were truly top drawer. The balance of the '85 midfield was great, Bracewell/Reid hunted in partnership and Sheedy/Steven width provided creativity and goals. It's lots about the balance provided to the whole side.

Joey66 · September 21, 2015

The Holy Trinity had to be seen to be believed for young unfortunate blues not to have seen them - the 1980s successful midfield was a quartet, with Sheedy. and Steven outstanding and Reid and Bracewell dominating in the engine room. those were Colin Harvey s assessments one had three in it the other had four - different eras today ours is just quite not there RB is the centre of good things to come hopefully if you get a great midfield your striker will score!

Saint Domingo · September 21, 2015

Arteta and Osman in the middle with Pienaar at 10 ahead of them. We'd get physically crushed a couple of times a season but the interplay would have been brilliant and enough to dominate the majority of teams. Disgrace that Moyea was too cautious to ever put that out.

Jimmywhack · September 21, 2015

Reid and Bracewell were simple and brilliant
Cahill, Arteta and Fellaini were quality but Pienaar made us tick

Thank fcuk the days of Claus Thomsen or Neil Macdonald are well gone!