Shut it Neville, you belter

[zed]

He's a thoroughly decent lad.
As Sid said on and off the pitch.

Him and his family raised over 20m for a kiddies hospital. See here.

Only in the nutty world of forums with keyboard warriors holding twisted grudges for the lamest of reasons do we get this kind of comment - an Everton fan sl@gging off the Everton captain on an Everton forum for stating the obvious.

sl@g Gerrard or Carragher off instead, jesus.

do you mean a lame reason like neville is utter shoite at footy- oh n`all, neville and moyles put all their weight behind the `destination kirkby` joke so theres plenty of reasons to have a poke

 

[Dom1878]

do you mean a lame reason like neville is utter shoite at footy- oh n`all, neville and moyles put all their weight behind the `destination kirkby` joke so theres plenty of reasons to have a poke

He isnt "shoite" at footy though is he

 

[zed]

He isnt "shoite" at footy though is he

erm! have you got the right neville mate? am talkin bout PHIL - hes upped his game the second half this season - but thats no big deal coz he could hardly get worse- maybe its to do with ozzies game so i will stand corrected but previously neville had been shoite

 

[Dom1878]

erm! have you got the right neville mate? am talkin bout PHIL - hes upped his game the second half this season - but thats no big deal coz he could hardly get worse- maybe its to do with ozzies game so i will stand corrected but previously neville had been shoite

He is captain of the club for a reason, he played at United for a reason, and he is wanted by one of the Premier Leagues best managers for a reason. Watch any footy show and when Neville comes up they have nothing but praise.

As for this season, he has been great for the entire season, and the past few seasons, few people dislike him, he has proven his worth at Everton, and when he isnt in the theam the trend is we play badly.

 

[Matt Damon]

Is Davek still raging about Neville's alleged "racist" comments to Coleman ?

Is this what I'm seeing here?

 

[Allezfan]

erm! have you got the right neville mate? am talkin bout PHIL - hes upped his game the second half this season - but thats no big deal coz he could hardly get worse- maybe its to do with ozzies game so i will stand corrected but previously neville had been shoite

He's a good player is Nev. Very good positioning and organisation and all that stuff that helps the team performance but doesn't look flashy.

You could argue its time we played Coleman at right back and some more attacking options in centre midfield, and that's fair enough but Nev's done a good job in his time here and there's no call to disrespect him.

 

[Sid James]

I Rate Nev , Like Artetafan Says , nothing flash, he gets the job done and he can defend. His leadership is very apparent as you notice how much more of a team we are when he's on the field. Having listened to him speak , he seems fairly intelligent and I'd be surprised if a future in coaching isn't in the offing .

Coleman , whilst good going forward has been a little too reckless in some of his defensive decisions to be slotted in straightaway and therefore needs more time to gain the experience and learn his defensive trade from the captain

 

[Alio]

He's not all tricks and flicks our Nev you know

Aside from the awesome step overs, wonder goals and chipped passes, he is one hell of a grafter. A leader.

Morph him and Coleman together and you have the best full back since Darijo Srna

 

[davek]

He didn't say that. He said we may have to sell to buy.

Other than that its his job to rally both the fans and the squad. Doom and gloom lowers morale and affects results (see West Ham). Have a go at the board for not providing funds but its hardly the captains fault.

What is it with you recently? There's been a transparent attempt to denigrate the Everton Captain (sometimes resorting to clutching at ludicrous straws in the process) on about five different threads.

What's your problem, he's fückin' ace?

'Sometimes you have to take a hit on one of your superstar players'.

Who did he have in mind then?

I'd like to know whether Phil Neville ever tried to dictate the Man United transfer policy? Or maybe he thinks we're a joke club he can just cut loose with comments on because 'it's just Everton and they dont win things'.

The feller's taking the piss.

 

[milks]

Me, I like the man, there I said it. He is a leader on the field and probably off it as well.

What he's actually saying makes a lot of sense, we, as a club, have no money and baring the arrival of a previously unmentioned billionaire investor we have to sell to buy. This very fact has been mooted several times in this Forum

I wouldn't want our club captain selling false promises or spouting any old tosh just to appease the masses

This is spot on. I've put my cards on the table here before and said he'll be the next Everton manager to boot.

There is no scope for investment on the horizon, therefore simple economics dictates that we have to sell to buy. It's not just Everton in this position. Arsenal, cited as the football/business ideal - even with 60,000 sell outs each home game at huge ticket prices STILL have to shift £20m worth of talent in transfer income annually to break even....

It's plain common sense, yet it doesn't fit with what certain people on here expect.

 

[neonleon]

'Sometimes you have to take a hit on one of your superstar players'.

Who did he have in mind then?

I'd like to know whether Phil Neville ever tried to dictate the Man United transfer policy? Or maybe he thinks we're a joke club he can just cut loose with comments on because 'it's just Everton and they dont win things'.

The feller's taking the piss.

Neville commenting on the reality that we may have to sell to buy is no more dictating Everton transfer policy than I'm dictating the NHS reforms. He's making a comment and giving an opinion. If you think for a minute that Moyes isn't in control of these things then its you that's deluded.

But yeah, top fan Davek. Let's stick the knife into the Everton captain.

I ask again, what is your problem? This seems to be personal? Do you fancy him or something?

 

[ToxtethBlue]

People said the same things about Lee Carsley, and after a transitional period, we ended up keeping more clean sheets and looking a hell of a alot more fluid the following season, without him. We haven't been without Neville long enough to judge whether or not we are a better side with him in the side or not. The only period I can remember was last season, and we had a number of players missing during that period. He's rarely injured, always plays and is lucky that the only competition he's had over the last few years is from a footballer who wouldn't look out of place in the Championship.

He's worth keeping around, and is a useful player to have, but that's as far as it goes really. He doesn't do enough in midfield or at fullback to be considered indispensable.

 

[Brennan]

'Sometimes you have to take a hit on one of your superstar players'.

Who did he have in mind then?

I'd like to know whether Phil Neville ever tried to dictate the Man United transfer policy? Or maybe he thinks we're a joke club he can just cut loose with comments on because 'it's just Everton and they dont win things'.

The feller's taking the piss.

Apart from the fact that he's speaking the God's honest truth, you're deluded if you think Phil is in anywhere near the same position at Everton as he was at Man United. They're different clubs, in different positions in world football, and Neville is much higher up in rank here than he was at United.

He has the right to speak his opinion just like any other footballer, just like Fabregas did about Arsenal. Some fans (like you) might not like hearing the truth, but tough titty.

Like Neon said, send him a message on Twitter if you wanna take him out, just get it over with.

 

[neonleon]

People said the same things about Lee Carsley, and after a transitional period, we ended up keeping more clean sheets and looking a hell of a alot more fluid the following season, without him. We haven't been without Neville long enough to judge whether or not we are a better side with him in the side or not. The only period I can remember was last season, and we had a number of players missing during that period. He's rarely injured, always plays and is lucky that the only competition he's had over the last few years is from a footballer who wouldn't look out of place in the Championship.

He's worth keeping around, and is a useful player to have, but that's as far as it goes really. He doesn't do enough in midfield or at fullback to be considered indispensable.

You missed out leadership, the effect he has on the whole squad in terms of morale, and instilling professional standards in training, off the field behaviour etc. That he enforces, tackles well and has good positioning.

How many stupid stories get in the press about Everton players getting drunk and attacking bouncers, or sex allegations or what have you? Neville provides an exemplary model for the squad to follow. He has proven himself time and again a winner and because he doesn't do fancy tricks everyone sees him as a one dimensional clogger.

Stopped Gareth Bale pretty well though didn't he? The kind of fancy dan that most on here think are great players and the sun shines out of their arses.

If Neville was a scouser you'd rarely hear a word said against him.

 

[davek]

Neville commenting on the reality that we may have to sell to buy is no more dictating Everton transfer policy than I'm dictating the NHS reforms. He's making a comment and giving an opinion. If you think for a minute that Moyes isn't in control of these things then its you that's deluded.

But yeah, top fan Davek. Let's stick the knife into the Everton captain.

I ask again, what is your problem? This seems to be personal? Do you fancy him or something?

Question: is it right that the captain of Everton FC states that this club should cough up another player in the same way we did Rooney and Lescott to keep the wolf from the door and 'rebuild'?

It's an incredible statement to make. Regardless of what clout he has with the decision makers this is the club captain stating we need to sell our best players. Incredible. If he had the bollocks to do it he'd be calling for the chairman to get investment in and leave the playing side alone. But he wont do that because he's eyeing up a coaching role in all likelihood and doesn't want to inconvenince himself in that ambition.

How any Evertonian supports this feller stabbing us in the back I dont know. He'd have been at Spurs in a flash if Wobbly 'Ead had stumped up the required cash in January.

Worst club captian I can remember since the other phoney tvvat Gough donned the armband. All soundbite and no substance.