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Tired of VDM
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It appears that, yet again, Van Der Meyde has failed to keep his mouth shut and just get on with the job. I surely can't be the only one who thinks enough is enough. I wrote a few months back, after he accused Moyes of lying, saying that he should be more gracious given the support he's received in the face of overwhelming nothingness.
The fact is the guy has failed to get both his body and his mind in the right place at Everton. The injuries may not be his fault but my faith in his willingness to work himself to fitness has waned considerably. That's not only brought on by the rumours of alcoholism, the persistent whining to the media and hankering for moves abroad, but also by the increasing evidence of his performances on the pitch.
At one point we were seeing cameos where he looked like a player who, with a few more games, would be a major threat in our attack. Increasingly though, those cameos have become just that, a consistent range of cameos never looking any more likely to be able to translate into match-long performances repeated across several games. Each appearance that went by without him making any major impact appeared to show a decreasing likelihood that he would ever make that impact.
More concerningly, in between times, reports of his performances in the reserves have been literally unremarkable. Those who write the reviews for the OS have been unmoved to comment on his performance, hardly stirring a belief that he's busting a gut to get into the first team. I think I'm right in saying his only significant contribution in reserves or first team was one, admittedly impressive cross for a goal, during 2005-06. Hardly fitting repayment.
We all wanted the best from VDM and gave him every encouragement to show it but a point had to come when we accept he's simply not going to deliver and frankly doesn't seem to have the stomach to. Time to sell.
John Holmes, Posted 28/06/2007 at 12:15:57
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He has never in his prefessional career played 6 games in a row (90 mins)FACT.Plus i am lead to beleive he earns over £30k a week.
When he does play you can see his ability but his whole attitude stinks.I will be glad to see the back of him.
One line from VDM quoted from a 2nd hand source and manipulated is not to me giving an ’impression’ and there fore has no link to any ’professionalism’ being shown, positive or not.
Hopefully he’s getting his arse in shape... though as I look forward to him playing in Blue this coming season, I wouldn’t gamble against him not delivering as you’ve said.
A few posts down I submitted to the mailbag already that I found the article on several Dutch sites. He DIDN’T say he wants to leave Everton. He actually said he wants to stay in England (errr... yes, England, he didn’t explicitly say Everton, so this could be a sign, but the reporter apparently asked him if he wished to leave England). Only thing he said was that he wants more playing time.
Now once again I don’t Fancy VdM too much but he DID NOT say he needed to leave or anything in that region.
I hate Moyes, his face defines misery.
Sorry Nick but whether the current quote is right or not the drinking on nights he shouldn’t have been out never mind drinking, the calling Moyes a liar in the press and the general failure to perform when given the opportunity gives me an impression of a poor professional.
I would love to see him produce the goods but I’ve lost faith in it ever happening. Just like Beattie something seems to have gone from him and the time has come to cut our losses.
VdM has unreal ability, but is quite clearly a bit of a head the ball. Despite flashes of genius (correct me if I’m wrong but he ran West Ham full backs ragged in the first half at Goodison last seaon), he hasn’t and doesn’t do enough to justify the wages he earns. His poor professionalism, drunken antics and "spiking" have been swept under the carpet by a majority of fans who consider him to be a bit of a "Jack the Lad".
Enough is enough. I only wish Coleman was still at Fulham, because he appears to buy every bit of shite that we’ve ever owned!! VdM to Sociedad for £5m, watch this space.
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Dom King will tabloid it up to mean some black or something white. But what ever he has to say I don’t care.
I for one look forward to VDM playing in blue this coming season and I’d say to you John that if this poor newspaper article underlines and exasperates your view on the VDM situation then you need to step back and consider how you process supposed information given to you by newspapers... they’d prefer you not to, but most of us would.