Oumar Niasse or Francis Jeffers?

Oumar Niasse or Francis Jeffers

  • Oumar Niasse

    Votes: 12 9.8%
  • Francis Jeffers

    Votes: 111 90.2%

  • Total voters
    123
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Or Rod Belfitt and Bernie Wright.

http://www.evertonresults.com/donkeys.htm

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By 1972 the wheels were coming off Harry Catterick's glory team of the 1960s. Catterick himself was in ill-health, the team were under-performing and nobody could score goals. In February of that year we played Walsall in the FA Cup. We won 2-1 but the Midlander's centre-forward caught the eye of someone at Goodison and - so the story goes - with Catterick in hospital, trainer Harry Cooke signed the player.

Step forward our saviour Bernie Wright. There was only one problem. He was dreadful.
He played 7 games that season (plus one as sub) and scored a solitary goal. He managed one more goal the next season in 3 more starts.
But it wasn't just his total lack of ability that captured the imagination - there was also his appearance and personality. He was quite simply a very large scary-looking nutter with big hair.

He frightened not only his opponents but his team-mates and managerial staff as well.
There are loads of stories about him. A brave diving header against Sheffield Utd saw him kicked in the head. He brushed himself off and got on with the game but Eddie Colquhoun, the offending centre-half, had to go off with a broken toe. On being told that he'd been dropped for a game, he chased coach Stewart Imlach around the training ground whilst Catterick locked himself in his car. He turned up drunk for training just before Christmas 1972 and then disappeared until just before the new year. This last misdemeanour was one too many and after only 11 months at the club he had his contract terminated.

He ended up back at Walsall before bizarrely, in later life, qualifying as a referee. Y

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Jeez, I'm scared 44 years later
 
Denis straqualursi would be more acceptable


No mate, the Straq would run through a brick wall and ruin defences for the team.

Plus that letter he wrote to the fans and the club off his own back when he left was something special.

He overcame his lack of talent and skill, through sheer will power and effort.

The fella had the heart of a Lion and will always be remembered with great affection by the majority of fans.
 
Going for Oumar to be wool.

Jeffers really should of done a lot better then he did, shame really, great ability but maybe the wrong attitude at the wrong time at Everton, if he went there with a better set up for the youth he could of been top draw.
 
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