Shut it Neville, you belter

[BigDunc'sFod]

Fair point mate. Few and far between though.

Unfortunately mate. Problem is the players with genuine love for football (or the club they're playing for) tend to be the ones that don't make it. Or, the ones who shouldn't have been good enough to make it so they get ripped into (Mr Hibbert). The odds will always be against a player from Liverpool or the surrounding area to get to Premiership level, which then means you're left with hoping that a Cahill or a Ferguson appears out of nowhere and not only falls in love with the club, but shows it through actions rather than words.

 

[BigDunc'sFod]

I like him, I wasn't so convinced and then he done that handball on the line in the last minute thing against LFC and I liked it. Self sacrifice goes a long way with me, it's one of the reasons I like Jesus too.

Anyway, you either like him or you don't. Or you're not arsed. Whatever any one types on this thread isn't going to change your opinion of him I reckon.

We could do better at right back, we could do worse. We could however do a very lot worse for a captain.

Yer nanna lad.

I don't doubt that Neville is the type of player who will try and do his best at whatever he puts his hand to (he was good enough to play pro cricket don't you know), but there is a difference between professionalism and loving the club. He is definitely the former, not sure on the latter.

Still, he's one of the few players in the side who will have an influence on others around him in a positive way. I don't mind the lad at all, really.

 

[atrottel]

As far as Neville goes, and getting away from the davek stuff, I didn't like him when he came. He's changed my opinion of him in a big way so credit to him (from my point of view).

 

[Philw]

I think you're overstating the strength of feeling against Neville here mate. No one hates or feels ill will toward him. Personally I just think he's a whopper who wouldn't know what Everton meant if he was sat down and given a 10 week starter course in Evertonology. He just doesn't get it. All this Mr Professional stuff and the statements about what he thinks Everton is and where it should be - I just hoot with derision when I read/hear it. He hasn't got a ****ing clue about this club - what we view as our place in football and our expectations. We're not also rans and never will be. In a few years time when we've sorted ourselves out and are winning trophies again you'll look back at the statements of fainthearts and know nothings like Neville and wonder how they had the temerity to even doubt Everton's status in the English game.

Should that be Evertology? We may not like to admit it, but Neville knows precisely our status in the modern, sky sports game. We may have a great history, some of the best players amongst our formers players, but we haven't won jack for more than 15 years. In the history of English football we may be a Big Team, but in the present we are not, whether you like it or not, and Neville is just being realistic about it. That doesn't mean he know's nothing about our club, and he may not be an Evertonian, but that doesn't make him a 'whopper' or a 'know nothing'! :|

As far as Neville goes, and getting away from the davek stuff, I didn't like him when he came. He's changed my opinion of him in a big way so credit to him (from my point of view).

This, I used to think he was <i>really</i> ****, like when Romania scored against England years ago...