Should Distin get a farewell?

[blue4eva77]

I don't understand why people are calling him "average". He was our player of the season in 2012, and since settling in up until this season, has been the epitome of reliable and dependable. Not average, but in fact a player who has often bailed us out at the last minute, and been nothing less than good to excellent, in my eyes.

Clearly something's gone on behind the scenes, and it amazes me how everyone thinks they know enough to insult Distin. Whereas I know 1) I have no inside knowledge of the club and 2) I don't trust rags, so therefore I can't speak about these things, only what I do know. And that is that for 90% of his time here he's put in a great shift, kept himself in ridiculously good condition, been a supreme physically and aerially dominant covering defender, been a class act off the pitch and even found the time to regularly wind up kopites on Twitter. I couldn't have asked any more from him. He was 31 when we signed him and cost only £5m, yet we still got all this out of him. He has been an excellent transfer, and an excellent player, so a quick round of applause to say bye? That's really such a big deal?

This forum is just bell central this season.

Because people usually judge things on the last memory they have of whatever it is.

In this instance, the majority (unfortunately) remember his gashness this season and its clouded over everything else before. Its the same with Tim Howard and will be the same with Gareth Barry.

Distin in general has been superb for Everton and i agree with everything you've wrote here.

 

[Carlito]

I think he suffered from being seen as a downgrade from Lescott, especially since the team fell down the table after finishing 6th, 5th and 5th when he came in.

I thought it was a joke to bring him on in a league game which we were losing, but those who dislike him can at least look forward to him being next season's Rio Ferdinand at one of the promoted clubs.