23: Seamus Coleman - Sligo's overpriced superstar

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Yankthattoffee wrote:

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:Seamus Coleman injury latest: He has had ‘a surgical procedure to correct an inguinal issue from last season’. Currently touch and go whether he will be available for the start of the season

Had the same 17 years ago.
Why not earlier than this?

I was just about to ask the same thing. Seems rather late.

NHS waiting lists.

Armchair wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Yankthattoffee wrote:

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:Seamus Coleman injury latest: He has had ‘a surgical procedure to correct an inguinal issue from last season’. Currently touch and go whether he will be available for the start of the season

Had the same 17 years ago.
Why not earlier than this?

I was just about to ask the same thing. Seems rather late.

NHS waiting lists.

Might be because Farhad appointed this fella as our chief physio.

So brave.... fought for us right till his last kick

LEGEND

No ACL damage, back soon hopefully.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/65463783?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=64523abd588b295993d1a142%26Coleman%20has%20%27no%20ACL%20damage%27%20and%20will%20%27be%20back%20soon%27%262023-05-03T10%3A53%3A35.255Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:2249dac6-54e5-4b1a-9ffa-abcf69658482&pinned_post_asset_id=64523abd588b295993d1a142&pinned_post_type=share

Great news. I guess we may not see him again this season but he's still good enough to play a role next season, whatever league we're in.

Coleman has signed on for another year.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66061128

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:Coleman has signed on for another year.  

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66061128

I hope he carries on til he's 100. Ranks alongside Alan Ball, Peter Reid, Joe Royle and Per Kroldrup as my favourite Evertonian of all time.

hairy cataract wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:Coleman has signed on for another year.  

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66061128

I hope he carries on til he's 100.  Ranks alongside Alan Ball, Peter Reid, Joe Royle and Per Kroldrup as my favourite Evertonian of all time.

Coleman is basically a sliding scale, a unit of measure for how good/average/shit we are. There should be no place in an aspirational, apparently on-the-up Everton for a 34-year-old Coleman (see the Ancelotti era). In an average Everton we'd see him as a placeholder until we signed someone better. Now that we're shit again, he is essential and I'm genuinely pleased (or is it more relieved?) that he's sticking around.

In fairness to Coleman, last season was his best in years, until the injury. There is a lot to admire about someone who can perform at his best when all around him is falling apart. Kane at Spurs was another example.

Rotterdam 1985 wrote:

hairy cataract wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:Coleman has signed on for another year.  

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66061128

I hope he carries on til he's 100.  Ranks alongside Alan Ball, Peter Reid, Joe Royle and Per Kroldrup as my favourite Evertonian of all time.

Coleman is basically a sliding scale, a unit of measure for how good/average/shit we are. There should be no place in an aspirational, apparently on-the-up Everton for a 34-year-old Coleman (see the Ancelotti era). In an average Everton we'd see him as a placeholder until we signed someone better. Now that we're shit again, he is essential and I'm genuinely pleased (or is it more relieved?) that he's sticking around.

In fairness to Coleman, last season was his best in years, until the injury. There is a lot to admire about someone who can perform at his best when all around him is falling apart. Kane at Spurs was another example.

Aye but the RS kept James Milner til he was pushing 40, and they're the best club in the universe or something.