23: Seamus Coleman - Sligo's overpriced superstar

Toffee Dan wrote:Rodwell to sign next - you heard it here!

treblA wrote:i identified him as being potentially decent with a high pitched voice when i did a reserve team game when he first signed. cant find the thread now to big myself up. ah well. big jump between blackpool and the first team anyway. lets not get carried away about him being the new cafu.

not that anyone on here is

Dixie Land wrote:Glad we have got him tied down to a new contract. I dont know how he will turn out as we have had so many promising youngsters who have either not made it or self destructed i.e. Cadamarteri and Kenny. At least he has the chance to prove it and he does seem to have his feet on the floor.

Mr_Ben wrote:

Dixie Land wrote:Glad we have got him tied down to a new contract. I dont know how he will turn out as we have had so many promising youngsters who have either not made it or self destructed i.e. Cadamarteri and Kenny. At least he has the chance to prove it and he does seem to have his feet on the floor.

Sorry but who is Kenny?

Billy Kenny (Everton, Oldham)

When Kenny, aged 19, was the man of the match in the Premiership's first Merseyside derby, his team-mate Peter Beardsley excitably christened him the "Goodison Gazza". If only he knew. The comparison was not gratuitous: Kenny was a midfielder blessed with sublime skill, especially in his passing, and perhaps more importantly a striking fearlessness (when Vinny Jones greeted him with a trademark early reducer, Kenny took the medicine uncomplainingly and then gave Jones a taste of it a few minutes later). But sadly the comparison to Gazza was equally relevant off the pitch: Kenny self-destructed, only much sooner. He chose not to choose life; he chose something else.

Unable to handle his newfound celebrity, he began to cross the white line on and off the pitch. "Some mornings I got home at four or five, had a couple of lines of cocaine, slept for an hour and then went to training," he said. "Sometimes I could hardly see the ball. I was a joke." He was sacked first by Everton and then by Oldham; he played his last league game at 22. But even though he only played 17 times for Everton, he still makes some fans' all-time XI.

Dixie Land wrote:

Mr_Ben wrote:

Dixie Land wrote:Glad we have got him tied down to a new contract. I dont know how he will turn out as we have had so many promising youngsters who have either not made it or self destructed i.e. Cadamarteri and Kenny. At least he has the chance to prove it and he does seem to have his feet on the floor.

Sorry but who is Kenny?

Billy Kenny (Everton, Oldham)

When Kenny, aged 19, was the man of the match in the Premiership's first Merseyside derby, his team-mate Peter Beardsley excitably christened him the "Goodison Gazza". If only he knew. The comparison was not gratuitous: Kenny was a midfielder blessed with sublime skill, especially in his passing, and perhaps more importantly a striking fearlessness (when Vinny Jones greeted him with a trademark early reducer, Kenny took the medicine uncomplainingly and then gave Jones a taste of it a few minutes later). But sadly the comparison to Gazza was equally relevant off the pitch: Kenny self-destructed, only much sooner. He chose not to choose life; he chose something else.

Unable to handle his newfound celebrity, he began to cross the white line on and off the pitch. "Some mornings I got home at four or five, had a couple of lines of cocaine, slept for an hour and then went to training," he said. "Sometimes I could hardly see the ball. I was a joke." He was sacked first by Everton and then by Oldham; he played his last league game at 22. But even though he only played 17 times for Everton, he still makes some fans' all-time XI.

Mr_Ben wrote:

Dixie Land wrote:

Mr_Ben wrote:

Dixie Land wrote:Glad we have got him tied down to a new contract. I dont know how he will turn out as we have had so many promising youngsters who have either not made it or self destructed i.e. Cadamarteri and Kenny. At least he has the chance to prove it and he does seem to have his feet on the floor.

Sorry but who is Kenny?

Billy Kenny (Everton, Oldham)

When Kenny, aged 19, was the man of the match in the Premiership's first Merseyside derby, his team-mate Peter Beardsley excitably christened him the "Goodison Gazza". If only he knew. The comparison was not gratuitous: Kenny was a midfielder blessed with sublime skill, especially in his passing, and perhaps more importantly a striking fearlessness (when Vinny Jones greeted him with a trademark early reducer, Kenny took the medicine uncomplainingly and then gave Jones a taste of it a few minutes later). But sadly the comparison to Gazza was equally relevant off the pitch: Kenny self-destructed, only much sooner. He chose not to choose life; he chose something else.

Unable to handle his newfound celebrity, he began to cross the white line on and off the pitch. "Some mornings I got home at four or five, had a couple of lines of cocaine, slept for an hour and then went to training," he said. "Sometimes I could hardly see the ball. I was a joke." He was sacked first by Everton and then by Oldham; he played his last league game at 22. But even though he only played 17 times for Everton, he still makes some fans' all-time XI.

shit rings a bell now, wonder what he does now? smack?

Just 11 months on from his career threatening injury, Seamus Coleman says it is a dream come true to sign a new deal long-term deal at Everton. The Irish right-back needed emergency surgery last summer during the Blues pre-season tour of America when a blister on his foot led to a serious infection. The freak injury meant the 21-year-old, currently on-loan at Blackpool, missed the start of the season but after a string of impressive displays this term, he has now been handed a four year deal.

"When I was lying in a hospital bed last summer with that blister I never thought that at the end of the season I would be getting a new deal here," Coleman told evertontv. "I am absolutely delighted and thankfully all that is now behind me now.
"I am delighted to be offered a new deal at Everton. It has been great for me recently as I have been out on loan at Blackpool and that's obviously helped me get a new contract here."

Coleman made his Goodison debut against Tottenham in December, coming off the bench to replace the injured Joseph Yobo. The defender's impressive performance won him the man of the match award after helping the Blues claw their way back to a draw from 2-0 down. In March the Republic of Ireland Under-21 star joined Blackpool on loan and he has played a pivotal role in their push for Premier League football.

Coleman will run out at Wembley on Saturday as the Seasiders face Cardiff in the Championship play-off final. But he is determined to show his future lies at Everton.

"First of all I just love it here! I love the coaching staff and if you look around you can see the facilities are top notch," he said. "I just want to do well here and hopefully I can push on here next year. "There is a really nice atmosphere at the Club. All the lads are lovely and I love it here. They have all made me feel so welcome here. "You always hope to play and when I am here next season I am obviously going to want to play in the first team," he continued. "I am not going to be impatient and I will wait for my chance because I know I have some big players ahead of me. If I can learn of those players though then you never know what could happen."

Coleman joined the Blues in 2009 after two seasons at Irish side Sligo Rovers. The right-back says the fact David Moyes encourages young players to break into the first team set up is what attracted him to Goodison.

"The manager has a history of bringing younger players up through the ranks and it is great for the younger lads to know that the manager doesn't go out and buy players instead of giving us a chance,” he added. "It gives us all something to aim for and we know if we do well then we may have half a chance of getting in the first team."

treblA wrote:i identified him as being potentially decent with a high pitched voice when i did a reserve team game when he first signed. cant find the thread now to big myself up. ah well. big jump between blackpool and the first team anyway. lets not get carried away about him being the new cafu.

not that anyone on here is

Blackpool boss Ian Holloway wants promotion hero Seamus Coleman back at the club in the Premier League next season.

But Everton chief David Moyes may dash that hope as he is planning to look at the young Republic of Ireland right back in pre-season games before deciding on his future.

Coleman has signed a new four-year deal at Goodison but is playing regularly for the Seasiders during his loan spell and loving the experience.

Holloway is keen to have him in his tight squad for next season, but Moyes is unlikely to make a decision on that front until near the end of the next transfer window - which gives the Blackpool boss a major headache.

GRINGO wrote:he will sign a new four year contract with everton

BB wrote:http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2010/08/08/coleman-wins-fai-award

Mr_Ben wrote:

BB wrote:http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2010/08/08/coleman-wins-fai-award

I wonder if the prize is made of Waterford crystal..................................

Toffee Dan wrote:Scored tonight in Ireland U21 game.

Toffee Dan wrote:Scored tonight in Ireland U21 game.

BB wrote:

Toffee Dan wrote:Scored tonight in Ireland U21 game.

If he scores goals, then he clearly has no future as an Everton right back.