Phil Neville Injury/Contract-fest.

[EFCNIK]

I wrote this somewhere else but I'll copy and paste it again as I think it's dead good and stuff.

Let's be honest, Fellaini makes that stupid tackle on Berbatov and everyone has a little grumble but ultimately blames Howard for the goal. Neville makes that tackle and everyone's out for his blood. It's ridiculous the amount of stick he gets. He could be brilliant all game, play one bad ball and everyone's on his back. From what I've heard he was good yesterday and I thought he was one of the best players on the pitch against Liverpool. Not because he sprayed 50 yard hollywood balls, or went on mazy run after mazy run, but because I thought he did his job better than most people did their different jobs on the park. Broke up the play and never lost us the ball. He's never going to set the world alight but what he does, he does it well and he doesn't need Evertonians giving him stick for 90 minutes which is what he gets. It doesn't do anyone any good, as we saw with Billy. Most people on here seem to think that you have to do loads of silky dribbles and boss scissor kick volleys to be a good player. Sometimes people are put into the team to do the ugly things. Yes in the long term we need to replace him in midfield but until that happens get behind him. He's our captain and has been a great servant to us.

 

[billy bluestar]

How some people see a game differently. Too me Neville is useless, not even that good.

 

[zed]

Neville gets far too much stick for me. People jump on every error he makes. Played well yesterday.

he doesnt get enough stick for me. i have been onto the rat for years and only recently has the righteous noise grown against him, and after the andy vdm stuff came out its proper ammo to fire at snitchy, who has been moyles` pet for 7 yrs - what does that do to the morale in the team. [Poor language removed] all if you are lucky- thats what. when the other players see him patting the opposition on the back and pleading with the ref to not card them. the talentless little floater. its a war on the pitch against most teams and neville is the last player you want on your side. big deal he runs about a bit - he is only there to undermine EFC so stop kidding yourselves

 

[MercuryBlue]

have to disagree with you there Nik...

Carsley was asked to do the same role, and was hailed as a key component even towards the end, i dont remember him getting the same level of stick, despite his lack of mazy dribbles and scissor kicks, this is cause he did his job well, won his tackles, no silly fouls, found his team with passes, played to his strengths... Nev has struggled several times this season to do the basics his role requires

 

[DualityNSNO]

have to disagree with you there Nik...

Carsley was asked to do the same role, and was hailed as a key component even towards the end, i dont remember him getting the same level of stick, despite his lack of mazy dribbles and scissor kicks, this is cause he did his job well, won his tackles, no silly fouls, found his team with passes, played to his strengths... Nev has struggled several times this season to do the basics his role requires

The thing here is that Neville's main strength is pointing.

 

[EFCNIK]

I like Nev so you can all koff.

 

[zed]

I like Nev.

so does moyles but its no reason to play him in the team.

 

[Allezfan]

I would quite happily never see Nev in the team again, if I'm honest.

He did nothing wrong against Fulham, though. So I don't see why we're having this conversation now after a game where he was perfectly effective.

 

[harry]

I would quite happily never see Nev in the team again, if I'm honest.

He did nothing wrong against Fulham, though. So I don't see why we're having this conversation now after a game where he was perfectly effective.

I haven't seen much of the game mate but that tackle for their first goal was a disgrace.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

It says a lot when in a game where we dominate the opposition offensively and have loads of posession and shots that people think Neville had a good game.

I could have done what he done on Sat in that team.

As soon as we ask anything else from him he's gets horribly exposed for the past it average player he is, as he has done several times already this season.

No team aiming to finish top 4 should be using someone like him in centre mid. The fact we're currently 4th is despite him not because of him.

A couple of years ago he was ok, now he cocks up and costs us in pretty much every game. But i guess as his name is Ross Barkley its ok or something.

 

[Allezfan]

I haven't seen much of the game mate but that tackle for their first goal was a disgrace.

He gave away a needless free kick and he didn't offer us much attacking wise but we kept posession pretty much constantly, our attacking players saw lots of the ball and our defence weren't exactly overworked, if he was passenger do you think players like Diarra and Sidwell would have let that happen?

Aginst Newcastle and Swansea they were cutting through us like a knife through hot butter so yeah you have to point fingers at our central midfield. But fulham didn't do that, they very rarely hurt us when they had the ball. They had three chances all game and one came from a wide ball after they dispossed our RB, one came from a freekick and one from a long ball into our defence. Not a single one was through them walking through our midfield. Therefore Nev did his job.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

He gave away a needless free kick and he didn't offer us much attacking wise but we kept posession pretty much constantly, our attacking players saw lots of the ball and our defence weren't exactly overworked, if he was passenger do you think players like Diarra and Sidwell would have let that happen?

Aginst Newcastle and Swansea they were cutting through us like a knife through hot butter so yeah you have to point fingers at our central midfield. But fulham didn't do that, they very rarely hurt us when they had the ball. They had three chances all game and one came from a wide ball after they dispossed our RB, one came from a freekick and one from a long ball into our defence. Not a single one was through them walking through our midfield. Therefore Nev did his job.

And 10 others did their jobs better than him. Nevile's consistently our worst player. I can't stand him, and never have been able to. Why, oh why didn't moyes take the £6m fat sam offered for him years ago?

I dislike him intently, as a player who's had outrageous good fortune over his entire career (Carried at utd, carried here, played for england because of a chronic lack of a decent LB. Won't retire and let younger, better players get their opportunity)

As a person he's even worse. I know he's a snitch as VDM says, because he made a written & signed statement to the plod complainin' that me mate'd (Former STH) 'abused' him (Put it as it is & called him ****e) as well as a rant at & about crouch (and his bird) that got my mate banned from GP, and put on a tag - for hurlin' the same 'abuse' as 000's do every week.

Not only that, but he was embarrassin' on that Tv show when he didn't know the address of the club where he plies his trade, nor the year they were founded - even though that's emblazoned on every piece of kit he's worn for his entire tenure at Goodison.

He's a ********. The sooner he's gone, the better.

 

[143BLUE]

And 10 others did their jobs better than him. Nevile's consistently our worst player. I can't stand him, and never have been able to. Why, oh why didn't moyes take the £6m fat sam offered for him years ago?

I dislike him intently, as a player who's had outrageous good fortune over his entire career (Carried at utd, carried here, played for england because of a chronic lack of a decent LB. Won't retire and let younger, better players get their opportunity)

As a person he's even worse. I know he's a snitch as VDM says, because he made a written & signed statement to the plod complainin' that me mate'd (Former STH) 'abused' him (Put it as it is & called him ****e) as well as a rant at & about crouch (and his bird) that got my mate banned from GP, and put on a tag - for hurlin' the same 'abuse' as 000's do every week.

Not only that, but he was embarrassin' on that Tv show when he didn't know the address of the club where he plies his trade, nor the year they were founded - even though that's emblazoned on every piece of kit he's worn for his entire tenure at Goodison.

He's a ********. The sooner he's gone, the better.

So your not to keen then?

 

[Brennan]

And 10 others did their jobs better than him. Nevile's consistently our worst player. I can't stand him, and never have been able to. Why, oh why didn't moyes take the £6m fat sam offered for him years ago?

I dislike him intently, as a player who's had outrageous good fortune over his entire career (Carried at utd, carried here, played for england because of a chronic lack of a decent LB. Won't retire and let younger, better players get their opportunity)

As a person he's even worse. I know he's a snitch as VDM says, because he made a written & signed statement to the plod complainin' that me mate'd (Former STH) 'abused' him (Put it as it is & called him ****e) as well as a rant at & about crouch (and his bird) that got my mate banned from GP, and put on a tag - for hurlin' the same 'abuse' as 000's do every week.

Not only that, but he was embarrassin' on that Tv show when he didn't know the address of the club where he plies his trade, nor the year they were founded - even though that's emblazoned on every piece of kit he's worn for his entire tenure at Goodison.

He's a ********. The sooner he's gone, the better.

Just because thousands do it doesn't make it right.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

he doesnt get enough stick for me. i have been onto the rat for years and only recently has the righteous noise grown against him, and after the andy vdm stuff came out its proper ammo to fire at snitchy, who has been moyles` pet for 7 yrs - what does that do to the morale in the team. [Poor language removed] all if you are lucky- thats what. when the other players see him patting the opposition on the back and pleading with the ref to not card them. the talentless little floater. its a war on the pitch against most teams and neville is the last player you want on your side. big deal he runs about a bit - he is only there to undermine EFC so stop kidding yourselves

Wow. Let's just say I disagree. He breaks up play better than anyone we have (bar Gibson).