Players leaving Everton going to pot

[toffeepie1878]

Has anyone actually became a better player since leaving, Rooney seems to be the only exception.

Fanny Jeffers.
Rodwell
Lescott
Fellaini.

and many many more (probably)

 

[ijjysmith]

To be fair to Lescott he left us and won the league.

 

[Walken]

bit early for fellaini to be judged, rodwell has been ruined by injuries, I realise I seem to be in the minority, but I take no joy in their misfortune personally

 

[LinekersLegs]

Arteta has done Ok for himself

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Andy Johnson.

 

[SteKelly]

They probably all had pay rises

 

[graeme2911]

In recent years, there hasn't been very many who have done better for leaving us. Moyes did get the most out of players.

 

[BoysInBlue]

Arteta has done Ok for himself

Hasn't won anything though.

 

[toffeepie1878]

Lescott won a title for merely being part of a team of players whose average monthly wage is a few million quid each.

The grass is not always greener on the other side, i agree with Moyes He did manage players very well and got the best of out them during his time here.

And more important and for which every toffee should be proud he brought Everton stability, and moved us from a team that was accustomed to being at the bottom half to one that is rightly at the other end.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Hasn't won anything though.

4th place trophy

But the original question was if they had been a better player since leaving or had gone to pot. Imo Arteta hasn't hugely improved his performances since leaving us but he's certainly not dropped like a stone as per some of the others.

 

[tonyhorne]

Rooney seems to be the only exception.

I reckon Rooney would have been a far better individual player if he had stayed with us. He won more medals at Man U. The price of that was to become one of Fergie's workhorses.......

 

[Walken]

I reckon Rooney would have been a far better individual player if he had stayed with us. He won more medals at Man U. The price of that was to become one of Fergie's workhorses.......

I'd agree with this, he took advantage of rooneys good attitude, okay he did have ronaldo and tevez at the time, but Rooney seemed to lose that bit of spontaneous genius in him

 

[paulbefc]

Thought the transfer window had come early there, reading that thread title.

Radzinski was the best. Went to fulham for european football and finished bottom half while we finished 4th.

 

[BluenosePaul]

Keown won shed loads with Arsenal

 

[deipnosophist]

To leave is to die a little... one leaves behind a little of oneself at any hour, at any place.