Sign him up!!

Think Mirallas and Fernandes are shouts to that list as well. Definitely Mirallas over Drenthe for me.

We need another flair creative player though on the wings to cover Pienaar and Mirallas. Drenthe would be good IF his attitude is back (and that is a huge if), but very unrealistic

Pienaar Drenthe Mirallas behind the striker... salivating stuff.

Drenthe? No chance of him coming back to The Old Lady with ginger as gaffer, oh hang on ....... Talented. Very dignified and decent exit speech a little while back, a little like King Charles I's gallows speech in January 1649, his departing speech was his finest moment

Still he's only in his mid twenties so you never know... if he continues to play like that I can't see him staying at that Russian club for much longer.

Drenthe was here and Moyes had the chance to get him on a free and chose not to do it. I regret that but Moyes is the one in charge and I highly doubt he ever wants him back as Moyes is bitter and I think spending a transfer fee on this guy now would be looked on as a loss to the club, just like the Fer deal could end up doing.

The reality is that, at the age of 26, he has scored a grand total of 15 goals... whilst he was occasionally played wing back, that total, for an 'explosive winger', who is certainly not the most selfless of players, says a lot about his actual, instead of perceived potential, ability. He will never make it a big club, and I'll be surprised if he lasts more than 2 seasons in Russia, before his temperament, instead of his talent, forces a move.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2311058/Royston-Drenthe-caught-camera-racing-Ferrari.html

I like the fact Royston is a bit of a loose cannon. I mean, let's face it, we have enough characterless choirboy Yes-men with no personality in the squad. Maybe spicing things up a bit is what we need. Moyes likes the quiet unassuming types though, so there's no chance on RD coming back here.

For those of you old enough to remember Psycho Pat van den Hauwe, he was one crazy dude but could he play a bit. Moyes would have kittens if he ever had to manage a player like Pat. Compared to Psycho Pat, Drenthe is an angel.

People are all so quick to judge these days, snooping about recording shit on their iPhones etc. I don't give shit what a player does as long as he does the bizo on the field. Once that suffers... then Ta-ra, la.

Incidentally. just watching PVDH in the Ip[wich A game Dec-84; was at that game. PVDH right back that day, Gary Stevens had a knock. Sharpy has just scored 60th minute, beaut ball from Sheeds.

I think you're the type of supporter who would never be happy. If we had Messi you'd complain that he doesn't head the ball enough and he looks like Quasimodo's slightly better younger brother.

I Agree Ryan, he was loco, would never want him back, but I also agree 100 percent with Marshy about flair players and a bit of splash and dare. Reminds me a little of Lee and McKenzie. Mirallas apart, well nuts in moments, we do lack that sort of special Aguara/Remy spark. Marshy want joined-up footie and we get it now and then, but what's wrong with that.

Gave us some great highlights, and was under utilised when things were seemingly going ok. But the fact he basically accepted he was out of order shows me that Moyes had him sussed.

Odd moments of excitement was all he ever contributed on the field and he was an idiot off it.

If your search for heroes begins and ends with Royston Drenthe, you too must have reality problems!

For example how many times have you seen a player with pace to burn put his head down like speedy gonzalas and go nowhere faster than anyone else. I've just been watching Kone from Wigan; great footballer oozes class, but is guilty of poor judgement (in other words a greedy bastard) which is probably why he's playing for Wigan rather than a 'bigger' team.

Which brings me back to Drenthe; the reason why he isn't playing for us or Real Madrid or anyone else of note is that he doesn't cut at the top flight on a regular basis Simples

It's a real shame.

The grudge I have against RD is that he was exactly what we needed to change the game in the second half of the semi against the shite. Somebody with pace who could push their defenders back and the ability to score from distance. But the idiot wasn't available because he couldn't behave himself.

Prat.

Dave, mentioning Francis Lee reminded me of the scrap he had with Norman Hunter when Lee was with Derby County and they were both sent off. If you enter "Francis Lee and Norman Hunter" on youTube you can watch it again and laugh at two of the worst attempts of men at fighting since Audley Harrison last entered the ring. Loads of punches thrown, loads of punches miss.

As for Drenthe, if he can sort his head out, which looks unlikely, then I would love him back. Remember what a clearly bonkers Tommy Gravesen did for us? Loose cannons are great, but only when they are pointing in the right direction.

He's not fit to be even mentioned in the same breathe as Arteta, Pienaar, Gravesen(First time), Mirallas, Fernandes, Rooney

I guess we all like different things, and I like the kind of performances Drenthe did while playing for Everton. He had potential, but he screwed up and Moyes will NEVER bring him back after what he did — that much I know about Moyes.

If, however Moyes can find similar talent, then I would be very happy. Drenthe was not a world beater, but he could have gone pretty far... too bad he got too comfy for his own good.

I think his time in Russia will do him good; he may return to Holland after a couple of years and have a decent end to his career after all.

Threatened to sue Feyenoord, the team who developed him to engineer a big money move.
Suffered from 'anxiety' at Real Madrid and refused to play.
Went on strike at his loan club Hercules.

He then given a chance in the PL acted unprofessionally culminating in turning up late for training in the week before the semi.

Some have intimated Moyes didn't handle him properly but here it is from the horses mouth

"“It was David Moyes who has opened my eyes,” he told reporters. “I can only say that Moyes was right in every way. I was not living like a professional player in Liverpool.

“I can try and come up with all sorts of excuses, but that is not fair on anyone. I look in the mirror and I have to admit that I had to stop living the way I did. All players love to go out and hit the town. But I had no discipline at all. I hit rock bottom.

“I was close to ending up on the street again where I once was before I ­became a footballer. I am fighting for my last chance in life and in football. I have just lost a stone in weight.”

Drenthe was repeatedly accused of failing to be on time for training, among other reported misdemeanours (including sneaking women into Finch Farm and turning up for training drunk), during his time at Everton and now wishes he had been more responsible while in England.

“I was living in a ­different world,” he admitted. “And I realise I have ruined it all myself. I used to confront David Moyes, thinking I had the right to talk to him like that. But in hindsight, he was so right about me most times.

“Now I can’t believe I blew it at ­Everton. It is one of the most fantastic clubs in the Premier League. My ­attitude and poor mentality are the reasons I ruined my career there.”
To start comparing him with Psycho and Dunc, two players who represented the club with distinction is just ludicrous.
Any club that is prepared to accept players who think they are bigger than the team are undoubtedly going to end up fucked. SAF got rid of players who were in a different league to Drenthe for that very reason.

They are rare players who do that but, if we were ever to get him back, he would 100% need a slight attitude change. I do think we would've beaten Liverpool in last season's semi-final with him in the side. He let us down.

Those statements made by Drenthe were too late, and it makes me sad that he could not have done that while he was here.

If I am not reading it wrong, it sort of sounds like Drenthe wants back into Everton and that he has learned his lesson. I would be very surprised if Moyes brought him back here. His biggest weakness was that he did not defend when it was needed.