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Definitely one of my favourite ever Everton players, probably only topped by Jags for that era.

Wouldn't want him as manager here unlike some, but still goes down as a fantastic player for the club


Like others it's a 9 for me.

Played 110 games in 5 years according to Wikipedia. Thought it was less than that to be honest. Might be remembering it wrong. I thought he was more a squad player despite being captain

AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:04 am Definitely one of my favourite ever Everton players, probably only topped by Jags for that era.

Wouldn't want him as manager here unlike some, but still goes down as a fantastic player for the club


Like others it's a 9 for me.

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bigmanbob wrote: ↑Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:59 am LB3 does not like this

Oh yeah FFS how did I forget about Baines?!

Jags, Baines, Coleman, Arteta, Pienaar - all tens for me

9 as a player for us, loved him

can’t stand him as a manager -9

He was decent for us but I remember getting to the stage I never got excited by his corners or free kicks, rarely got past the first man. Probably deserved a Spain cap and I think was about to get called up but got injured but he was levels below who they had anyway. A solid 7 for us I'd say.

Lego head one of the best names I heard a manager called

Arteta was a superb player, loved him particularly when he played in the middle. Hard working but so talented on the ball. Made us tick. Remember being on a night shift when he moved and being devastated. Easy 9

He's a proper whiny little bellend now. But he was incredible for us and remains in my top 5 favourite Everton players.

9/10

Gave us great balance with Osman and Cahill at a time when we had real potency down the wings with Baines and Coleman.
Really good player but I think 7 (pushing 8) for me.

Excellent player who was often a 9, but for me, overall- has to be a solid 8 (with flashes of 9).

He was a baller, comfortable 9. Might’ve gotten to a 10 if the injury in 08-09 didn’t slow him down. That was shaping up to be his best season yet and he never recovered anything close to his peak level after.

I still can’t wrap my head around his apparent apathy towards us now, he played all his best football here.

We’ll always have this.

The ground actually shook didn't it.

Still haunts me

It's a 9 from me. I loved him when he was with us.

Him on the right, Pienaar on the left. I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days, before you've actually left them.

He probably should have scored more goals for us, would be my main criticism.