PLAYERS WE HAVE LET GO

[alan ball]

Over the years Everton have been hasty releasing players supposedly not good enough and gone elsewhere to become a decent player. Which one would you have loved to have kept?

 

[paultheblue]

I didnt really understand why we sold Ken McNaught to Villa I thought he was a top class defender

 

[alan ball]

I was with Martin Dobson a few weeks ago and I said exactly the same thing

I didnt really understand why we sold Ken McNaught to Villa I thought he was a top class defender

 

[BlueLlama]

Recently Ruddy

 

[Essex Blue]

Sounds like you are just talking about youngsters, but we should never have sold Beardsley when we did.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Michael Ball...but he was let go because we f'ed his knee. Felt bad for him, but he went on to have a decent career so good on him.

 

[paultheblue]

I was with Martin Dobson a few weeks ago and I said exactly the same thing

I loved Dodson mate,one of the classiest players we ever had and for me could have got in any Everton team,He never got an England cap did he?

 

[AndyZ]

Everybody is going to say Callum MacManaman.. that's a good shout, but my pick would probably be Hope Akpan. He plays for Reading now and showed promise at times. Still only 21 as well.

 

[alan ball]

He did indeed. He got 5 caps under 3 different managers, Ramsey, Mercer and Revie. He played in Alf Ramsey's last game away to Portugal

I loved Dodson mate,one of the classiest players we ever had and for me could have got in any Everton team,He never got an England cap did he?

 

[paultheblue]

He did indeed. He got 5 caps under 3 different managers, Ramsey, Mercer and Revie. He played in Alf Ramsey's last game away to Portugal

Fair enough mate my memory isnt what it was.I imagine he would have still been at Burnley when he got the Ramsey caps.

 

[Azzurri]

Everybody is going to say Callum MacManaman.. that's a good shout, but my pick would probably be Hope Akpan. He plays for Reading now and showed promise at times. Still only 21 as well.

7 games since January for a team that got relegated? Deffo.

 

[alan ball]

I think he got one England cap whilst at Everton. Dave Thomas also won more caps fro England whilst at QPR even though he his best playing days were with Everton;l

Fair enough mate my memory isnt what it was.I imagine he would have still been at Burnley when he got the Ramsey caps.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Rooney turned out decent. We should have kept him and went in to receivership

 

[AndyZ]

7 games since January for a team that got relegated? Deffo.

I just remember watching him play in Reading's 2-2 draw against Chelsea a couple months ago and I came away impressed. It was the game in which Adam Le Fondre scored two goal late to snatch a point for Reading. Akpan came on as a sub and assisted both Le Fondre's goals. Still only 21 and could turn out to be a decent player.

 

[ijjysmith]

Ruddy for me.

I'd say he's better than Howard now.

Well before his injury at least.