Seamus Coleman Calls Time On Everton Playing Career

[Rob17896]

That's no fault of the player, who could have been part of any successful Everton side of the past.

Hels not a symbol of failure, he's a symbol of a player who stayed loyal to a club in the doldrums.

Loyalty, getting the club, being a blue..how about bloody winning? Sick of this mawkish sentimental crap. Show a pair, attack and win. Moyes and his ilk let us settle for Kenwright era plucky Everton. Only Man U and RS are genuinely bigger clubs, perhaps Arsenal. We simply fail to invigorate our fanbase and go for it. .
I used to think Bill and Moyes did a great job, they did not, they persuaded us to settle for almost. Moshiri went for it but he was clueless and no manager in the world was sorting that out. Our new owners need to boot Moyes and get a manager who wants to win, not work percentages. We are boring as it gets

 

[davek]

Loyalty, getting the club, being a blue..how about bloody winning? Sick of this mawkish sentimental crap. Show a pair, attack and win. Moyes and his ilk let us settle for Kenwright era plucky Everton. Only Man U and RS are genuinely bigger clubs, perhaps Arsenal. We simply fail to invigorate our fanbase and go for it. .
I used to think Bill and Moyes did a great job, they did not, they persuaded us to settle for almost. Moshiri went for it but he was clueless and no manager in the world was sorting that out. Our new owners need to boot Moyes and get a manager who wants to win, not work percentages. We are boring as it gets

You've just attached an attack on Kenwright and Moyes (who you backed until lately) to a player who's asked for nothing and given everything.

I dont know what you and other poster's game is here but you're all bang out of order for trying to scapegoat Coleman.

Showing respect for Coleman's loyalty is not an endorsement of the mediocrity of the clubs owners and managers.

Just daft.

 

[dannyboy]

Loyalty, getting the club, being a blue..how about bloody winning? Sick of this mawkish sentimental crap. Show a pair, attack and win. Moyes and his ilk let us settle for Kenwright era plucky Everton. Only Man U and RS are genuinely bigger clubs, perhaps Arsenal. We simply fail to invigorate our fanbase and go for it. .
I used to think Bill and Moyes did a great job, they did not, they persuaded us to settle for almost. Moshiri went for it but he was clueless and no manager in the world was sorting that out. Our new owners need to boot Moyes and get a manager who wants to win, not work percentages. We are boring as it gets

Come on, mate. If you'd typed that in 1992 you'd probably have a point, but we've been well and truly left behind.

This squad couldn't attack and win a place in the top half. Never mind a trophy.

 

[Rob17896]

Come on, mate. If you'd typed that in 1992 you'd probably have a point, but we've been well and truly left behind.

This squad couldn't attack and win a place in the top half. Never mind a trophy.

True. But we could have done more if Moyes had any courage. He is a one trick pony.

 

[Rob17896]

You've just attached an attack on Kenwright and Moyes (who you backed until lately) to a player who's asked for nothing and given everything.

I dont know what you and other poster's game is here but you're all bang out of order for trying to scapegoat Coleman.

Showing respect for Coleman's loyalty is not an endorsement of the mediocrity of the clubs owners and managers.

Just daft.

Just true. The fact he was a beacon shows how mediocre we are.

 

[Rob17896]

You've just attached an attack on Kenwright and Moyes (who you backed until lately) to a player who's asked for nothing and given everything.

I dont know what you and other poster's game is here but you're all bang out of order for trying to scapegoat Coleman.

Showing respect for Coleman's loyalty is not an endorsement of the mediocrity of the clubs owners and managers.

Just daft.

Dave. Did Coleman work for nothing? He has been a perma injury for years on a contract. Not knocking him as a person but he is owed nothing. And yes I did back Moyes but we have reached his ceiling so time to go.

 

[windymiller]

Some of the last few contract renewals do leave a sour taste as he would have known he can't offer much on the pitch. In fairness to him he's going to sign if a deals on the table and he knows other clubs won't offer him a contract.

It's a real shame how it's ended. I think almost everyone has a lot of respect for the first 75% of his career here. To end his time with a sympathy appearance and a lap of an almost entirely empty stadium is a real pity but it's at least partly a consequence of him being offered at least one too many contracts. Whimper not a bang. It's a shame.

 

[MikeH72]

Nah I’m not having this whatsoever. If he was that much of a physical liability he’d have hung up his Ireland boots long ago to try and protect himself.

Which, funnily enough, he still hasn’t done as he’s in today’s announced squad.

Creasing that he’s in the squad. He retired from club football to focus on his international career.

 

[Rob17896]

It's a real shame how it's ended. I think almost everyone has a lot of respect for the first 75% of his career here. To end his time with a sympathy appearance and a lap of an almost entirely empty stadium is a real pity but it's at least partly a consequence of him being offered at least one too many contracts. Whimper not a bang. It's a shame.

Like our season. He needs to take Moyes with him.

 

[Carlito]

There wasn’t a single offer before that either, from anyone

True, although I do genuinely believe he was among the best in his position from Moyes's final season until the leg break.

I wanted to see him return to form as much as the next Blue, but the situation became utterly ridiculous.

Even allowing for sentiment, he should have been moved on five or six years ago.

 

[davek]

Liverpool doing their tributes to Salah and Robertson before their final game on Sunday.

I cant believe we got it so wrong and they got it right.

Maybe they saw the shambles the Coleman tribute was and decided to do it that way.

 

[davek]

Dave. Did Coleman work for nothing? He has been a perma injury for years on a contract. Not knocking him as a person but he is owed nothing. And yes I did back Moyes but we have reached his ceiling so time to go.

Being respectful costs nothing.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Being respectful costs nothing.

Manners in general. However, its the internet, "red pill " personalities are ten a penny.

 

[Timbucktoo]

Liverpool doing their tributes to Salah and Robertson before their final game on Sunday.

I cant believe we got it so wrong and they got it right.

Maybe they saw the shambles the Coleman tribute was and decided to do it that way.

We do things wrong all the time. Back in January we released a 4th kit and it will always be a reminder of a cup game v Sunderland that we were as bad as we could be at home, but never thought of releasing a special shirt for the last game at Goodison or the first at BMD to mark a very special moment in our history.

 

[Drico]

Loyalty, getting the club, being a blue..how about bloody winning? Sick of this mawkish sentimental crap. Show a pair, attack and win. Moyes and his ilk let us settle for Kenwright era plucky Everton. Only Man U and RS are genuinely bigger clubs, perhaps Arsenal. We simply fail to invigorate our fanbase and go for it. .
I used to think Bill and Moyes did a great job, they did not, they persuaded us to settle for almost. Moshiri went for it but he was clueless and no manager in the world was sorting that out. Our new owners need to boot Moyes and get a manager who wants to win, not work percentages. We are boring as it gets

It's instructive that Kenwright, Coleman, and now Moyes all clung on at Everton way past their welcome. This is why we are now irrelevant second raters. We have been run as an old boys' club.