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Everton Players Saints? ...or nobody cares?

John 'I cheat on my wife' Terry is sacked as England Captain.

Rio 'I was banned for 8 months after missing a drugs test' Ferdinand replaces him.

Steven 'I fight in pubs if you don't play my music' Gerard is moved up to Vice Captain.

Ashley 'I got drunk, cheated on my wife and threw up on her while doing it' Cole is disappointed not to have been considered.

This news got me thinking. How come you never hear about an Everton player misbehaving?

You very rarely hear about an Everton player causing trouble. In fact Rooney shagging an OAP prostitute and Jose Baxter getting arrested for counterfeiting money are the only times I can remember under Moyes. And they were both young players at the time not senior pros.

Why do you never hear about the likes of Cahill, Neville, Baines, Osman, Hibbert, Jagielka, Arteta, Yobo, Fellaini or Pienaar etc.. getting into trouble?

I can think of 3 reasons for this.

1. They are decent guys hand picked by Moyes because of their character.

2. The manager is very controlling and doesn't allow his players to get out of hand.

2. They actually are drinking, fighting and cheating on their wives but the press just cant be bothered to report on Everton players.

Are Everton players a higher standard of character? Is Moyes keeping them on the straight and narrow? Or are they just like all the rest but getting away with it because the press ignore most things Everton?

Dick Anderson, Romford Posted 05/02/2010 at 16:42:24

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Lyndon Lloyd
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1 Posted 06/02/2010 at 06:12:40

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Apart from Steven Pienaar getting arrested (last year, was it) for what turned out to be not much at all, you’re right, you don’t hear about our players getting into this sort of trouble.

And, yes, I think Moyes’s insistence on only keeping the right character of player around is a large part of it. I would hope that if/when we become a top-four media darling that we don’t start attracting that kind of attention.

Gavin Ramejkis
2 Posted 06/02/2010 at 07:40:14

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Have to agree with Lyndon, our last knob appeared to be Shandy Andy, DM’s type of players just don’t seem the type.

The more I here about John Terry the more I cringe. He’s reportedly on £170k a week yet still reportedly in debt having extended the mortgage on his £2.75m house 4 times recently, reportedly hiring out his club Wembley box at £4000 a pop despite it being against the rules to raise cash and his serial skirt chasing and attempted pay offs. I remember reading the reports on the recent jailing of that Wigan player and him bragging of who he was and how much he earned before assaulting a woman in a club. Fortunately, our players appear above this. I’m not claiming they are angels as no one is but they don’t drag the club’s name into the shit like others in the twisted knowledge money will bail them out; Creasehead’s defence for twatting some bloke on the way to the floor was that he feared he was about to be attacked my arse.

John Gee
3 Posted 06/02/2010 at 10:50:50

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I find it very hard to support England these days. The players, with few exceptions, are a bunch of over paid, arrogant, selfish, immoral scumbags. I actually can’t think of one that I think I’d like to have a beer with. When I watch the games I’m almost cheering when the opposition has an attack or scores a goal because it’s nice to see a look of disappointment on one of their faces. I think when the world cup rolls around I’ll be nailing my colours to another team because the thought of terry, creasehead, grannyshagger, puffing rio and cashley being held up as heroes makes my blood run cold.

On a lighter note, seeing their behaviour does make me a slightly prouder blue. I think we have quite a few players who conduct themselves brilliantly. I think we have a very dignified club at the moment.

Anyway, COYB, play the reds off the park today!

Nick Entwistle
4 Posted 06/02/2010 at 12:04:38

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i’m with you there John, can’t give a dam about England and I’m very smugly pleased when they lose.

Wasn’t our Vic arrested for the henus crime of being black and looking into a jewellers at night, with some other black people who wore balaklavas? Sorry, hoodies?
Terrible behavior!

I have a West Ham supporting friend ad he found it so very difficult to warm to the players when they had the likes of Bellamy, Dier and a few others.
So yup, I love that our players are decent chaps.

David Hallwood
5 Posted 06/02/2010 at 12:35:23

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You can call me unpatriotic, but I don’t care if England win lose or draw, if it was a choice between, England winning the World Cup or Everton winning the Carling Cup I’ll take the the latter anytime

Robert Patterson
6 Posted 06/02/2010 at 16:01:58

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Is John Terry the VICE captain or is that a BRIDGE to far?

Andrew James
7 Posted 05/02/2010 at 21:05:58

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The whole saga about John Terry and Wayne Bridge makes me laugh. The second best English left back at the moment is Leighton Baines. I say forget about Bridge and take Baines as cover to the World Cup.

And, if Jags is fit, take him instead of Terry.

I would love to see Jags go - it would make up for the cup final he never got to win. If he'd been there we would have won!!

Baines is better than Bridge, in fact Lescott is better than Bridge.

But this just underlines the snobbery against clubs such us and Villa because Osman or Baines should have had a call up by now. (I know people will slate the Osman reference but his form in 2004/05 when he was young was deserving of a call up)

Andy Crooks
8 Posted 07/02/2010 at 00:53:25

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I see many posters on toffeeweb stating their lack of interest in England.I hate the breaks for internationals and detest watching England.So who actually does care? Is it a north south thing? Who are the sad bastards who paint their faces and go abroad causing trouble.
Terry,Cole,Gerrard,Rooney.Are their any more despicable specimens playing sport ?

Mike McLean
9 Posted 07/02/2010 at 08:06:54

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Cadamarteri the wife beater? The cocaine dealer Ward?

As to England ... fuck them. Just an excuse for fascists from Chesterfield and Grimsby to believe there’s something great and glorious in their lives

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