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Surprised at the love for Saha. Seeing him with Cahill behind for those last couple of years was painful to watch.
I don't like being negative on a thread where there are a lot of positive comments for a change but I have a different view on Yakubu...I don't get the fond memories on here of him when judging him over his whole Everton career. Of course in that one season he was great, and his eye for goal was something we've not seen that often in the PL era.
But for most of his time here, especially after that first prolific season, I just remember him being lazy and someone who didn't give his all. It's also noticeable that he missed a lot of games.
Gong off Wikipedia, he had one great season for us, followed by an injury hit next few seasons where his goal scoring record deteriorated a lot.
07-08: 21 in 39
08-09: 5 in 17
09-10: 6 in 36
10-11 - 1 in 15
His overall record for us is pretty good (33 in 107) which is almost 1 in 3, but that's largely thanks to his prolific first season. In the next 3 he managed 12 in 68 which is a little bit better than 1 in 6 which is poor for a supposed top striker.
Compare that to Lukaku whose record is 68 in 137 which is 1 in 2, with all 4 seasons seeing a decent goals to game ratio unlike Yakubu.
If Yakubu was playing now he'd be slaughtered by our fanbase as well, at least "online" as our fans since Martinez' first season have turned in to the biggest moaners in the league, rivalling Arsenal in the "we're so hard done to and everything is so unfair" stakes.
He was back then mate, that's first season as immense. That injury killed him.
The irony is that we had agreed to sell him for £18 million to Spurs, then he got injured.
So either way....we would never had Yak again.
He rattled in 18 goals for Blackburn when we let him go like....