He was part of a group that smeared the fanbase in the national press, he sat silently and allowed it to happen. His legacy is scrubbed as far as I’m concerned, he should be blacklisted from the club.
He was part of a group that smeared the fanbase in the national press, he sat silently and allowed it to happen. His legacy is scrubbed as far as I’m concerned, he should be blacklisted from the club.
He was happy to be a shield for 'the worst run club in the country' and said nada when club smeared it's own fans.
But I lost respect for a lot of ex players during that time.
None of them said a word when we were being run into the ground - Sharp, Reid, Osman et al.
The only ones that did got shunned by the club - Southall, Stubbs.
But I lost respect for a lot of ex players during that time.
None of them said a word when we were being run into the ground - Sharp, Reid, Osman et al.
The only ones that did got shunned by the club - Southall, Stubbs.
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
I can't defend anything that happened in that period and I wouldn't. They effectively declared war on the fanbase and Sharp being in that group at the time makes him culpable, but again I think he was used as a human shield by them and was manipulated by Kenwright (he wouldn't be the first person he pulled this trick on).
I won't try and convince anyone here, but it feels wrong to me that we ostracise a club legend like that without allowing him to try to at least explain or make it right.
….i was wondering as he seems to be about plenty on match days. As much as I rated the player, he shouldn’t be ‘working for the club’ in any capacity now as far as I’m concerned.
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
Yeah, as much as I'm preaching forgiveness here, I don't see why he needs to be working for the club.
I'd simply like to see him able to attend games if he wanted to.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Correct.
Acknowledged as a great player for us, but that is as far as it should go.
Employed by the club and having more contact with fans he completely let down is beyond the pale, I'm afraid.
How the club and the Echo think they can make this all sound like just an everyday 'player comes back to club' story is farcical.
Too much has happened for him to ever be back working at this club. Way too much.
Keep it civil please folks. You, and by extension the community here just look like nobs/lose credibility if make it personal.
My own opinion shared years back;
www.mirror.co.uk
My own opinion shared years back;
Everton legend struggling to come to terms with advice to stay away from club
Everton's board were advised to stay away from their game against Southampton last week, and Graeme Sharp - the Toffees' second-greatest goalscorer of all time - is upset about missing out
Loadsofchemistry
Player Valuation: £5m
Seen him outside Tottenham last week with Peter Reid, they stopped for a photo. Never clicked on that he must be back at the club.
If it's in a playing capacity i'm all for it to be fair
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Ever since he did that interview with the Scotsman newspaper he's been trying to position himself as someone who's been unfairly tarnished and that he was reluctant to go back to the club. A complete spinning of the situation to eventually get his place back on the payroll and never apologise for what he did say and what he failed to say.
Looks like he's got the ear of people who make decisions down there at this new-look club. A terrible decision that reflects very badly on whoever made it.
Looks like he's got the ear of people who make decisions down there at this new-look club. A terrible decision that reflects very badly on whoever made it.
I said a good while ago a simple open letter to the fans acknowledging he was wrong with an apology would go some way to redeem himself to the fans he insulted & smeared.
Alas he has stayed quiet , which in itself condems himself further.
Now this
What a diabolical decision taken by the club to not only take him back into the fold but to employ him on the staff payroll absolutely stinks.
Whoever contacted Sharp then offered him this position needs taking to task over this.
This club does some fantastic things off the field , admired and applauded by the community & football world.
But also has a side ( like this ) I absolutely detest.
Huge slap in the face for the fanbase.
Alas he has stayed quiet , which in itself condems himself further.
Now this
What a diabolical decision taken by the club to not only take him back into the fold but to employ him on the staff payroll absolutely stinks.
Whoever contacted Sharp then offered him this position needs taking to task over this.
This club does some fantastic things off the field , admired and applauded by the community & football world.
But also has a side ( like this ) I absolutely detest.
Huge slap in the face for the fanbase.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
I wouldn't go as far to say that his legacy is tarnished, as at the end of the day, when you watch back clips of Everton being magic, Sharp scoring goals will be a considerable % of it. He would not have been the architect of the smear campaign on the fans, but he went along with it, it really sours my personal opinion of him but unquestionably he is one of the club's Greatest ever. And in reality he got in over his head with club politics, it's not like he has abused people or is funding the IDF or something.
He sadly has just settled into the yes man / company man role. He really should just be there to host functions and do meet and greets.
I have sympathy for players of his generation taking an easy money gig off the club, the money in their day is chumps change, even compared to the 90s, never mind now.
But the lingering question for me here is why has this been done? To what end? Who at the club was pushing for this? Because I can't help but think that the average fan isn't bothered either way and more people are likely to be annoyed rather than being happy for an old boy getting some easy dough.
He sadly has just settled into the yes man / company man role. He really should just be there to host functions and do meet and greets.
I have sympathy for players of his generation taking an easy money gig off the club, the money in their day is chumps change, even compared to the 90s, never mind now.
But the lingering question for me here is why has this been done? To what end? Who at the club was pushing for this? Because I can't help but think that the average fan isn't bothered either way and more people are likely to be annoyed rather than being happy for an old boy getting some easy dough.
Frenk
Player Valuation: £40m
We need a manager like this.
JLW
Player Valuation: £70m
A decision like this kinda wouldnt bother me but with an accumulation of CEO's comments, Moyes being retained and now this, its leading to believe there is no new era, no new beginnings at all.
It the same old same old Everton that has failed its fanbase for decades.
We are still literally everything we hated about the club 2 years ago, with a better view of the turgid football we put up with.
Only Everton could go into a 'new era' and still be in the same 'era' as before.
EVERTON THAT
