Which ex-Everton player would you choose?

AdamEFC · February 18, 2016

I'm just going to pick players who I have seen play for Everton. So with that in mind I would go with Nigel Martyn or Mikel Arteta.

If I had to pick one, I'd go with Arteta as he was my favourite player growing up.

Tel001 · February 18, 2016

SingBlue said:
Kids are smoking glue these days? Explains a lot.
Agree with Southall though. As well as the obvious impact he'd make, the fact that he'd also "talk" to the team-mates mean we'd probably cut the fannying around at the back out as well... On the rare occasions the crowd was quiet during the 80s, Neville's colourful terms of endearment and encouragement to his team-mates taught me a whole new vocabulary in my tender years!

Off to sniff a joint now.

Smoking glue would mean you are even more brain dead than glue sniffers

Real_madras · February 18, 2016

Pretty much any of the 1985 team. Southall is the best shout though.

Real_madras · February 18, 2016

Pretty much any of the 1985 team. Southall is the best shout though.

bcblue1878 · February 18, 2016

Without a doubt, Neville Southall! On the basis that a good goal keeper gains you 10+ points a season, where as a certain Mr H has cost us at least 10+ points in each of the last two seasons, we would be up to 20 points a season better off over the last two years! In addition Nev was not one for keeping quiet and would have our defence far better organised than it has been recently! At his peak quite probably the best in the world at the time!

Joey66 · February 18, 2016

degsy said:
Not according to Big Jack's autobiography....gist; I went up and we scored, I may have even got a touch, next time we had a corner I went up again, I heard West, who was a 14 Stone monster say, 'Leave him to me lads' and he did, he went right through me and knocked me flat. I didn't try that again.

Also, It was rumoured that Big Jack had a 'little black book' where he kept a 'mental record' of people He or his team mates had to watch / sort out. Morrissey - all 5foot 6 inch of hard knock, put him on his back with 'extreme prejudice' and said to him... put that in your little black book, [ bad language removed ]

Charlton was an animal it needed Westy, and Labby, and Hursty to stop him on corners!

GoatJR · February 18, 2016

Cahill

mini-Blues x 2 · February 18, 2016

Mr Rooney

PhilM · February 18, 2016

The Esk said:
Dixie Dean

Why?

In the words of Bill Shankly:

"Dixie was the greatest centre forward there will ever be. His record of goalscoring is the most amazing thing under the sun. He belongs in the company of the supremely great like Beethoven, Shakespeare and Rembrandt."

I asked my brother the original question and he unequivocally replied Dean as did you. I asked him why and his reply was remarkable...

Apparently, Dean has scored 4.51% of all of Everton's goals ever. Yes that is 4.51% of our entire goal return throughout the annals of the club!

When he scored his 383rd and final goal for the club way back in 1937, the figure was 11.62%. I was astonished by the numbers.

He then ended with the remark.... Even with that useless American in goal we'd still easily beat oppositions as Dean would automatically add 2+.

Saracen · February 18, 2016

The Esk said:
Dixie Dean

Why?

In the words of Bill Shankly:

"Dixie was the greatest centre forward there will ever be. His record of goalscoring is the most amazing thing under the sun. He belongs in the company of the supremely great like Beethoven, Shakespeare and Rembrandt."

So that's who Shankly would have.

Who would you have back?

The Esk · February 18, 2016

Saracen said:
So that's who Shankly would have.

Who would you have back?

I figure Shankly was a pretty good judge of players and despite any bias he may have had he made those comments about Dean. Therefore good enough for me.