Coleman commits to a further year at Everton

It's a bit of a pipe dream but wouldn't it be fantastic if we won a cup over the next two years now Seamus is still here to hold it aloft . I'm not a blubberer but that is a sight that would bring tears of happiness to my eyes.

Good move in my opinion and have heard he took £15 grand pay cut on this extra year.

I just hope our skipper will get better treatment than fans afforded Hibbo who they couldn't wait to be rid of. !

Thought anyone seriously coming would have been involved in pre-season rather than come in raw, and at the eleventh hour.

Hopefully we sneak a cup. Would love to see him lift a cup.

There's no way he should have been given an extension though - he's finished unfortunately.

Sorry Seamus.

Tin hat on.

Perhaps next time, eh ?

The question we all have is: What next? Will Rafa be able to make a difference if he has to work with the same squad or can he get something extra in terms of consistency, especially from what he has to work with in the midfield areas?

Gbamin, if staying fully fit, could be the key but I am not so sure about the others … except Doucouré.

The likes of Allan, Gomes and Tom Davies work hard but lack a little pace against other midfield Premier League players and that wouldn't be too bad if the popped in a few goals between them.

Sigurdsson and Delph could be out of the picture next season but Townsend and Gray could just change our offensive look.

I am quite sure that the editors could produce the evidence of the absolute shite that was put on this site about him. He is the best value we ever got. The best value that any football team ever got.

Seamus Coleman remains all that is good about football. A top man who makes me proud to be Irish. I guess I am getting a bit carried away here but I don't give a fuck.

To be honest, if I was buying for another club, he would have been the one to buy. Not just for the hard work and the consistency, and the skill he brought to his role, but his ability to produce the unexpected in tight situations.

I'm glad that he decided to stick with us, and I just hope that we can manage to find a decent replacement. At least we have nine months...

Coleman can't be our first choice for the coming season. Don't mind if he starts the first few games but we need a decent younger signing here. There are a lot of games in the season and we need to bed in a quality long term replacement. Townsend and Gray will provide a boost on the right but that's not a reason to not sign a new RB.

Fingers crossed we'll see a decent RB joining in the coming weeks. Don't really want to see CBs playing there regularly again.

As for Coleman's extension, fair enough, he's not finished yet and was one of our better players in several matches last season. He was run ragged at times with the constant flip-flop of formation and never having a stable partner in front of him.

This contract should take him to the natural end of his Everton career, I think he'll be 34 when it's up, which is going some for a fullback.

I fully expect we will sign a no.1 right back and Seamus will prove an able deputy.

Even if I had any doubt, Andy's post 28 would have changed my mind. I almost had a lump in my throat there Andy!!!

What are the broadcast restrictions?

The Club only has the rights to stream the Florida Cup in certain territories.

This means that live coverage will not be available in the Americas with the exception of Canada.

That's a Youtube link in Spanish. If not the match, might give another link to it.

https://youtu.be/JWW0PS2ytT8

His weakness is his final ball. Not good at passing or crossing but he's still a threat going forward with his pace and energy.

A few of his bets games last season was when he played right midfield. For some reason his distributions and dribbling also improved in those games too.
Maybe because of less pressure as a defender and he enjoyed the freedom.

If you read Paul the Esks article you'll understand this is a wise move given the financials.

Seamus is by far and away the most popular player this club has had in the past 20 years. The fact that he has played consistently well enough to hold down a place is a testament to his hard work and dedication. He is loved and admired more than any other player.... And yet its not enough for some.

Steve Ferns made an observation. He could have put it more tactfully, but he was spot on. If you don't understand what he means then simply compare the ball control to a full back who IS a natural born footballer - Leighton Baines. If you still don't know what he means...The I guess it doesnt matter.

You don't have to be a "natural" to succeed in your chosen sport. There are thousands and thousands of examples of that. Frank Bruno was a million miles away from being a natural born boxer, but he beat plenty who were. In fact he went to the very top of his sport. He used the tools he did have to get there.

Coleman will never be a world champion, but he has used the tools God gave him to rise above many a natural born footballer and play in the toughest league in the world for well over a decade. People should celebrate that instead of denying it.

A great man. A great Evertonian. Anybody who doubts the popularity of Coleman (and there seems to be plenty on here) doesnt get to Goodison very often. Nothing brings the house down like a Seamus goal or a Seamus assist.

Sixty Grand, Sixty Grand ...

Naturally we won't see him on the pitch as much, but at 32, he still has a lot to offer when he does play. I would have no concern seeing his name on the team sheet and giving us an hour there or coming on for 20 minutes there.

When you consider the injury he recovered from, Seamus has looked after himself and remains fit as an Ox; as mentioned, testimony to his sheer hard work and dedication.

As I said elsewhere, the acceleration and explosiveness may fade, but once in full flight, he'll still have the pace. That goes later. He'll know that more than me.

Most popular "far and away"??? Yow. No way, nohow. Not with Leighton Baines and Tim Cahill in the picture. Maybe Carsley, Hibbo, Arteta and Pienaar too.

Love Seamus? Definitely. Love him "far and away" more than Bainesy or Terrible Tim? Nuh-uh.

Tim Cahill maybe. Arteta? Seamus maybe up there.

If you'd opened that up to 30 years, so ignore the 80s, I would have thrown Kanchelskis and Limpar in. And Beardsley. Even though we didn't see him for long enough, I thought Materazzi was class. Great player playing in a shit team.

I think Darren's point is Seamus' ability on the ball. He actually does fit the mold of the modern full back in being able to drive forward and assist the attack. When in full flow, it's great to watch. It's just his final product is probably not as good as someone like Baines or Digne. But then if I recall, Gary Stevens wasn't a great footballer or crosser of the ball. But he had a rocket of a shot on him and weighed in with goals from the edge of the opposition box; he tended to cut inside more and look for the shot rather than the overlap and cross. An attacking fullback before it became trendy? And don't forget, Pat Van Den Hauwe scored the goal that clinched us our last league title. I'm cheating there. It was a rarity and a sweep in from a corner, not down to swashbuckling fullback play!!

I'll ask fellow 80s watchers to back me up on Stevens or alternatively tell me my memory is really fading now!!

Nothing wrong with pointing out flaws, just as much as acknowledging that Seamus has been a fantastic player for us.

I didn't want to get nostalgic, but what a right hand side that was (Stevens & Steven)!!

Barry Rathbone@ 35. Your post cuts right to the heart of this. I want MY sentimentality.

If you are in the majority that is proof positive fans get the club they deserve.

As fans we are entitled to have heroes and favorites but business heads running the club should be above such idealism their remit SHOULD be to replace every player every season with better.

Obviously an impossible target but a high bar theoretically gives a higher finish the Seamus situation is simply advertising our continuation of a low bar approach.

It pains me to say this but the contrast with our ruthless neighbours and their resultant trophy haul could not be starker. They shot Karius after the CL final and transferred out a doppelganger allowing them to win the thing next time round and snaffle the Prem.

Now, I no longer advocate shooting players (not all of them anyway) but replacing them before they turn into gimps should be a given

To me they were roughly equal defensively -- albeit in very different ways -- and Bainesy was clearly the superior player overall. Coleman's swashbuckling up the wing has always been a blast to watch and has produced some great goals, but Bainesy was on another level.

You are making a complete meal of this.

On another thread you claimed to be insulted at the suggestion that you were biased...but I'm afraid its just too apparent.

The praise heaped on Seamus particularly by myself is lavish, but it is semingly not enough for you. Tough. I have given an opinion based on watching him at close quarters in over two hundred games.

I spoke about the different strengths and merits of Baines and Coleman....But I`m not arguing about them. They are both among my all time favorites. They both have/had different strengths and limitations.

Your attempt to put yourself in the majority was a little obvious. "The rest of us" do not exist. If ToffeeWeb were to conduct a poll on who was/is the best "footballer" of the two (which is what I said). I suspect if you voted Seamus you would find yourself in a very tiny minority. Bainsey lacks many of Colemans qualities, but he is/was an infinitely superior footballer.

Neither myself or Steve Ferns claimed to be experts as you put it. but we are not blind either.
You should be proud of Seamus and his achievements. Celebrate him for what he is. Not take umbrage when somebody gives an honest opinion and says what he isn't.

I assume Seamus is still good enough to play at least half the games in a season and, if we sign, or develop, a few much better players he may have a good full season. Who knows?

And, but seriously, our Dazza (#60) still has the brass-neck to cite "Some sensitive souls on here", after voluntarily flouncing out of the site "for the Summer" he said, in a huff, only to return in a week!

That's a hoot!

The then he has the gall to comment on the always erudite, non-confrontational, and this time brief, piece by Steve Ferns (#58) as " he could have put it more tactfully!"

Jeez Dazza, you know more about (and consistently speak from) the dark side of Uranus than you do about tact lad!

I assume Seamus is still good enough to play at least half the games in a season and, if we sign, or develop, a few much better players he may have a good full season. Who knows?

And, but seriously, our Dazza (#60) still has the brass-neck to cite "Some sensitive souls on here", after voluntarily flouncing out of the site "for the Summer" he said, in a huff, only to return in a week!

That's a hoot!

The then he has the gall to comment on the always erudite, non-confrontational, and this time brief, piece by Steve Ferns (#58) as " he could have put it more tactfully!"

Jeez Dazza, you know more about (and consistently speak from) the dark side of Uranus than you do about tact lad!

I assume Seamus is still good enough to play at least half the games in a season and, if we sign, or develop, a few much better players he may have a good full season. Who knows?

And, but seriously, our Dazza (#60) still has the brass-neck to cite "Some sensitive souls on here", after voluntarily flouncing out of the site "for the Summer" he said, in a huff, only to return in a week!

That's a hoot!

The then he has the gall to comment on the always erudite, non-confrontational, and this time brief, piece by Steve Ferns (#58) as " he could have put it more tactfully!"

Jeez Dazza, you know more about (and consistently speak from) the dark side of Uranus than you do about tact lad!

I don't flounce. I stayed throughout last season then decided to give TW a miss for a coupler of weeks to follow other sports...which I did. You do understand that ?...Dont you ?

I have just been catching up with the comments on another thread. The article was lauded by all and sundry as one of the finest put up on this site. Except for one fool. He churlishly told everyone "There's nothing to see here"..That, unsurprisingly was you. Honestly I have not seen such irony since you repeatedly described Ross Barkley as being "Thick"
Your comment may have been taken as just an opinion if it was'nt for the fact that you yourself had recently put up an article of such brain numbing banality. it was totally ignored by the TW community....Ugly thing Jealousy.

I can be tactful to those I respect, but I would never be arsed saving that tact for people who have a very long history of coming on to threads and ignoring the subject being discussed in order to attempt a half witted personal attack.
You may have attempted a token Gesture (this time) but you cant control your urge to reveal your real reason for posting.
Perhaps you may want to consider stepping aside while people discuss Seamus Coleman It is after all what the article is about.

"Uranus" eh ?...Side splitting and about as original and intelligent as your article

I don't think it's idiotic. The point being made (well mine anyway), is that it's not always the midfielder's fault for losing possession or a stray pass if they don't have the options in front of them. Caveat, not always. I'm not suggesting a get out of jail free card.

Back to Coleman. Most love Coleman (myself included) for his passion, desire and commitment to football and Everton. I never saw Brian Labone, but heard my dad talk about him a lot. I have no doubt the comparisons in terms of what I've just said are accurate. But in terms of football ability we're probably talking different? One played in a team that won 2 league titles and an FA Cup. The other in a team that has largely been challenging to be best of the rest and sometimes falling short of that.

Over to the 60s crew for more detailed analysis and comparison. But at face value, our admiration of Coleman is more based within the context of standing out in a largely average team rather than one that has been challenging for titles.

In this era dominated by money and agents it is so good to see a man with honesty leading our side. Recently we have seen him ripping into divers and conmen. He is the epitomy of the "old" values. He came back from that horrendous injury and defied the odds in getting his place back and keeping competitive. I did wonder if he could get back to his former standard and he has. He has perhaps adjusted his game a little but he rarely lets us down.

A model pro, modest and hardworking, passionate and unyeilding. He would have graced any Everton team from any era. I am delighted that he will be involved for another season.

For those of us who debate the state of the academies, I remember Seamus bringing out some very good points about the kids who grow up in them and practically live in a bubble detached from reality. I suppose based on his own experience of having to work incredibly hard to get his one-in-a-million break, he saw them as having life too easy. I think that was his message.

I'd say more, but the Crooks-Glassar-Self Trifecta from 28 through 30 says everything I would have.

Seamus is a legend. A word that has weighty meaning, but 100% correct and applicable in this instance.

LEGEND.

If you start chucking around names like Ball, Gray, Southall, etc., just look at the teams played on, and most importantly the signing fee adjusted for inflation. Then you can say LEGEND without hesitation when it comes to Seamus.

My fucking dog is named Seamus after the man FFS. Makes him a legend in my world. ;0)