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 coulsdoneagle  London 27 Jan 17 12.08pm |
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Once we were linked with him and it was genuinely an exciting prospect. So far his career has been a criminal waste of potential, but this move by Everton is unbelievably generous. He doesn't seem like a nasty piece of work like a Ravel Morrison or a Nike Ranger just a massive idiot who didn't grow up fast enough. Hope he uses this incredible offer wisely. Edited by coulsdoneagle (27 Jan 2017 12.09pm)
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OknotOK  Cockfosters, London 27 Jan 17 2.19pm |
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I think it's astounding, but also very (unusually) decent of a football club to acknowledge a greater duty of care to one of their youth products. They know that the hype around him and the silly wages he was on as a youngster will have contributed to his poor lifestyle choices so for a limited financial investment they are giving him another chance. Thoroughly decent thing to do.
"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show |
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Pierre  Purley 27 Jan 17 2.28pm |
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Good on Everton this shows compassion above and beyond the general duty of care. Perhaps most other clubs should take a good look at this and ask themselves why they haven't or don't do anything like this?
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| coulsdoneagle London 27 Jan 17 2.49pm |
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I remember Palace doing something similar in our academy. There is an ethos of people coming through not just getting better at football but being a better bloke than before. I believe David Wright the utility player we had a couple of years back was quite involved and seemed quite passionate about trying to get local kids with talent to turn their life around.
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| GlaziertoEagle Coventry 27 Jan 17 3.21pm |
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I've developed a real appreciation over recent years with the set up at Everton, they continue to run their club with an amount of integrity that is not just uncommon but counter-cultural in football. Well done to them.
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| coulsdoneagle London 27 Jan 17 4.01pm |
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Originally posted by GlaziertoEagle
I've developed a real appreciation over recent years with the set up at Everton, they continue to run their club with an amount of integrity that is not just uncommon but counter-cultural in football. Well done to them. I agree wholeheartedly. It was typified by the actions of one of their former players Naismith who would give out tickets to the homeless in Mersyside every week. The club has a lot of decency and I wish them every success bar 2 matches a season. Edited by coulsdoneagle (27 Jan 2017 4.17pm)
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| Part Time James 27 Jan 17 4.14pm |
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Real soft spot for Everton and like the way they go about things on the pitch. Always nice to hear good things about them off the pitch as well.
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| GlaziertoEagle Coventry 27 Jan 17 5.18pm |
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Originally posted by coulsdoneagle
I agree wholeheartedly. It was typified by the actions of one of their former players Naismith who would give out tickets to the homeless in Mersyside every week. The club has a lot of decency and I wish them every success bar 2 matches a season. Edited by coulsdoneagle (27 Jan 2017 4.17pm) Yes, that was one of the events particularly I was thinking of. They just seem to have a great track record of praising and rewarding decency. We aren't bad at it either as a club, I feel we have a lot of be proud of. I would like to think though that we look at Everton for inspiration as we grow rather than most other Premier league clubs. This is an article I bookmarked from a couple years ago which I was really impressed by: [Link]
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