The Johnny 'Colossus' Heitinga Appreciation Thread

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From the Everton official site...

HEITINGA HAPPY AT BLUES

Everton defender John Heitinga has spoken exclusively to evertonfc.com to assure supporters that he is fully committed to the Blue cause.

Quotes attributed to Heitinga appeared in a national newspaper over the weekend and suggested that he was far from happy at Goodison Park. The player is keen to put the comments into context.

“I did an interview a couple of weeks ago with a Dutch newspaper and I was happy with the way they presented it,” he explained.

“However, the paper in England selected only some of the quotes and put them next to questions that I wasn’t asked. I did the interview in Holland with a smile on my face and it is unfortunate that these things happen when players do interviews on international duty.

“Of course, I want to play. I always want to play and especially here at Everton, where I am delighted with the way the supporters have taken to me. I am like every footballer – I want to play regularly and I get frustrated when I am not able to play and help the team.”

Heitinga, who was an ever-present in the Dutch side en-route to the World Cup final last summer, acknowledges that not being in the team at times is part and parcel of being a footballer.

“The manager can only select 11 players to start each game and I am like every other professional footballer in that I want to be in the team. I have confidence in my own ability in the same way as the other players do at Everton.

“Every player thinks he should be playing and every player thinks he’s better than the competition. If you don’t then it shows a lack of self-belief.

“All I can say is that I love playing at Everton and I love playing for the manager. I am not happy when I am not playing but I haven’t met many footballers who are happy when they’re not involved.

“The manager has told all the players here that we will get playing time and it’s up to us to make the most of it and to take the opportunity. I am nothing less than 100% committed to Everton Football Club and will continue to be the same every time I play.”

Heitinga spoke to evertonfc.com from the Dutch training base ahead of Tuesday evening’s European Championship qualifier against Hungary.
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Distin is outperforming Heitinga. It's just a shame Johnny is quite a lot younger, as he was class before he became a.....

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He's said "or not said" enough for me now, sadly. He's numbero one on the Goodison summer cull, for all the wrong reasons
 
I thought he was a class act before he came here, but there's only so many times one player can be misquoted. It stinks IMO and if he'd be the first out the door if it was up to me. I fully expect us to recoup the money we paid for him and a little more, perhaps £7.5mil. For a world cup finalist that's not bad, Bayern his likely destination. Taking him off the wage bill can only be good too, younger hungrier CB instead please.
 
CahillsCornerFlag said:
I thought he was a class act before he came here, but there's only so many times one player can be misquoted. It stinks IMO and if he'd be the first out the door if it was up to me. I fully expect us to recoup the money we paid for him and a little more, perhaps £7.5mil. For a world cup finalist that's not bad, Bayern his likely destination. Taking him off the wage bill can only be good too, younger hungrier CB instead please.
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Not the first time on this misquoting pitch, get rid.

The reduction in wages will help as well, that is the biggest problem at the club, too many earning at our top end of the wage scale.

Lets be straight here this is across nearly all the premier clubs the wages are far too high and even those earning high turnovers like Arsenal are paying too much and posting a loss. The model is broken.
 

duncan's pigeon said:
Not the first time on this misquoting pitch, get rid.

The reduction in wages will help as well, that is the biggest problem at the club, too many earning at our top end of the wage scale.

Lets be straight here this is across nearly all the premier clubs the wages are far too high and even those earning high turnovers like Arsenal are paying too much and posting a loss. The model is broken.
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A serious exercise in cost benift needs to be done in the summer:

Yak
Saha
Heitinga
Neville
Yobo
Neville

All on serious wages, honestly with the exception of Neville none of them have earned there corn or made a signifcant contribution.
 
Neiler said:
A serious exercise in cost benift needs to be done in the summer:

Yak
Saha
Heitinga
Neville
Yobo
Neville

All on serious wages, honestly with the exception of Neville none of them have earned there corn or made a signifcant contribution.
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Disagree, Yak before his injury was bracketed in the same calibre as Tim, and Mikel.

As for putting Yobo in there, thats bang on - he was a very loyal servant and deserves a bit more respect than to shunt him in with Neville and injury prone Saha.
 
Bryan said:
Disagree, Yak before his injury was bracketed in the same calibre as Tim, and Mikel.

As for putting Yobo in there, thats bang on - he was a very loyal servant and deserves a bit more respect than to shunt him in with Neville and injury prone Saha.
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Harsh mate, i didnt say any were bad players - what i said was a cost/benift exercise was needed, if thats close to 300k a week in wages, we seriously need to look at the situation in terms of the value we are getting for money.

Im not perosnaliseing or criticeing the players in question - but we have seen little benift for what we shelled out in wages.
 
Neiler said:
A serious exercise in cost benift needs to be done in the summer:

Yak
Saha
Heitinga
Neville
Yobo
Neville

All on serious wages, honestly with the exception of Neville none of them have earned there corn or made a signifcant contribution.
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You put Neville twice.

If that was intentional, it was genius xD
 
Tezzy Tez said:
I agree with him entirely. Well, not entirely, but almost.
He's a tremendous player and centre back and I've been screaming for him and Jags to get a run together since the summer but our thick headed twunt of a manager would much rather play that cart horse Distin every week because he's tall and left footed.
I know a lot of people will say he's had a good season but not for me, I know what I see and he's a dodgy disaster of a player, as bad as Yobo for me. Countless games I've seen us concede goals that are down to Distin being ****.

That said though, Heitinga can't be coming out in the press like this all the time going on about how he's a superstar, he's at the wrong club to do that and frankly under the wrong manager. I worry his days are numbered now and he'll be replaced by some lump from the Championship, ala David Moyes transfer tactic.
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Its because of how good that cart horse of a player distin has played why heitinga hasnt been given a place at CB, he has to be in the running for player of the season for me
 

Holy crap, I laughed at the Johnny Meter, genius Neo

Not sure if that's the same story from a few months ago, when it was said he was "never playing for Everton again".....at right back..... but it won't surprise me if its not

Why am I not bothered if he wants to move? He was fast becoming a hero in his first season?
 
There probably are a few stories going round that are recycled. Only himself to blame though. Shut your mouth, get your head down, work hard in training to get a place in the starting eleven, work hard on the pitch : minimum I expect from an everton player.

He was worshipped here in his first year and he betrayed that by trying to force a move to Bayern. He's got loads of work to do, to undo that.
 

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