Videos from Donovan's first loan stint?

[Deleted member 28206]

Had a chance to sign permanently. Twice. Didn't.

*waits*

Open the thread bro.

 

[Dymak]

Cracking player!

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Daughter was Toffee Lady on his 1st debut, so kids have pics with him in dressing room

 

[toffeemax]

Had a chance to sign permanently. Twice. Didn't.

*waits*

i thought it wasn't as Clear cut as that - he was such an asset for the mls they would never had let him go for the price we would have been willing to pay for someone of his age?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Wiki tells me he scored 4 in 8 games while on loan. We couldn't beat mighty Fulham to his signature or didn't want to?

Tremendous record, in a much lesser team.

He also hit double figures in a few seasons for Fulham in the top flight.

He did it regularly for years at the highest level.

For me, demonstrated more to his game at the highest level than Donovan.

i thought it wasn't as Clear cut as that - he was such an asset for the mls they would never had let him go for the price we would have been willing to pay for someone of his age?

Did we ever actually make an offer? Tough to sign when employed elsewhere.

We wanted to sign him, he didn't fancy it.

In an interview with the New York Times, Donovan said:

"I’m a very loyal person. I had promised Tim [Leiweke, former executive with A.E.G., which owns LA Galaxy] when he was here and Bruce [Arena] that I would come back, in exchange for letting me go there.

"And although things changed and they wanted me to stay, and there was a lot of potential talking to be done, immediately I said, ‘Thank you, but I promised that I would come back, and I want to go back.’"

 

[Programmusic]

Obviously my request was pretty lame. If it's against the TOS in any way I apologize, just frustrating as I've been looking for a while.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Landon didn't do it for you?

I just think of the time he arrived. He was just what we needed and played some great games..

Arsenal in the snow maybe? Pienaar one on one and deft chip..

Saying that, I had a Joe Max Moore shirt hahahaha

"How'dya like it,how'dya like it?"lollollol

 

[OB85]

Would anyone happen to have links to or copies of videos from Donovan's first loan stint? Particularly against Chelsea/Man UTD/Arsenal etc? I'd like to make highlight vids. Thank you!

Also, he appears to be coming out of retirement and is trending on twitter :O

- Donovan scores and assists
- Donovan debut

 

[USABlue]

Still sad he didn't stay.

 

[mmmmsnouts]

I think what we learned about Donovan during his (first) retirement explained why he didn't want to sign permanently. Landon is a very introspective sort and shortly after he came back to the States from his second loan at Everton, he took a break from soccer to deal with depression.

I think California is a huge stabilizer in his life, like a safe space. Maybe it wasn't so hard for him to come to Everton on loan because the change in environment was offset by the short-term jolt of getting to test himself against some of the best players in the world. But if he had signed here for a few years, thousands of miles from everyone he knew except for Tim Howard, I think he might have been swallowed up by his own head and not been as effective.