Phil Neville: Retrospective.

[heatmeiser]

You can look at many Everton players not highly rated at that time who'd do a job for us here. Jeez what I'd give for a couple of Yobo's at the back now.

A Watson or Weir yeah but Yobo was a Keane-type, always had a goal-gifting mistake in him every game

 

[MACCA75]

He was a 7/10 player. That’s a huge upgrade on what we have.

 

[MACCA75]

I think it’s a lot easier to be a competent right back when you have prime Jagielka, Distan and Baines next to you!

I genuinely believe Coleman or Kenny would outperform Neville with a proper back four and not calamity Keane and pals. Neville was good at tackling and pointing, Coleman is great at tackling and still quicker than Neville now, Kenny is fine at tackling and gets up and down the pitch way more and can cross better than any RB we’ve had in decades too when he’s on his right foot.

Jonjoe Kenny is not playing 300 games for peak Man Utd and getting 60 England caps. Let’s be real, Neville was levels ahead.

 

[Street end man]

A Watson or Weir yeah but Yobo was a Keane-type, always had a goal-gifting mistake in him every game

Dave Watson is far too good for us now, that's why I plumped for Yobo. Still a league better than what we have.

 

[Bedfordblue]

I miss his chipped / dinked balls down the line……

 

[Cameron Manning]

A Watson or Weir yeah but Yobo was a Keane-type, always had a goal-gifting mistake in him every game

I don’t think Yobo was a Keane type player, Keane is a one off, no-one is like Michael thank fxck!!

 

[Lanolin]

A Watson or Weir yeah but Yobo was a Keane-type, always had a goal-gifting mistake in him every game

Yobo was good though. He had occasional lapses of concentration that led to big mistakes but generally speaking he had everything you want a centre half to have. If it wasn't for those errors he made he'd have been genuinely top drawer. Keane lacks pretty much everything you want in a centre half. He makes mistakes but they just compound the fact that he isn't actually very good in general.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Jonjoe Kenny is not playing 300 games for peak Man Utd and getting 60 England caps. Let’s be real, Neville was levels ahead.

I’m talking about the Phil Neville that played for us, not when he was at United.
United sold him because he wasn’t good enough for them anymore and I don’t remember him getting in the England squad after joining us, though I could be wrong.

Obviously overall Neville was far better but if I had to choose between his horrible floaty crosses and passes and Kenny whipping a cross in I know what I’m choosing!

 

[larbert toffee]

That tackle against Ronaldo
*chef's kiss*

I was right above that in the Bullens Road Upper, a sweet moment.

 

[Groucho]

I always used to say “how did he ever become captain” but I thought about it and he showed more fight and pointed well more than our current defence.

 

[milky]

I miss his chipped / dinked balls down the line……

The diagonal floater

 

[larbert toffee]

Neville was indeed much undervalued by many, he was a decent, consistent player and a good captain bar maybe his last year or so which detractors will remember.
Seamus is unfortunately in a similar place, it's easy to forget what a player he has been for us compared to him now struggling and having the indignity of clown Carragher spotlighting him.

 

[Walken]

Awful player carried by others throughout his arsekissing career, how terrible we are now should not alter how terrible phil neville was. Appalling skillet and his only virtue was not being as crap as Hibbert

 

[ilikecheese]

Had a lob wedge where his right foot was meant to be.

 

[blulouie]

Hate is a word I am averse to using.

But boy did I HATE Neville , truly abysmal footballer. And a Skrote of a person ( know your place Everton )