Graeme Sharp

Should Graeme Sharp be welcomed back?

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PrekisCrossBarlow! said:
Reading through all the autobiographies from the 80's and 90's, it seems Sharp was a moaning git from about 1986 onwards, and alongside Ratcliffe seemed to cause the division in the dressing room that ruined the team from about 1988 onwards. Seems he hated the fact the new players got paid a lot, and resented the fact they wouldn't go out on the lash every Tuesday.

Genuinely excellent centre forward (we actually nosedived further after he left in 1991) but not a man to bring onto the board unless you are just a floundering chairman desperate to improve your PR. Anyway, he's burnt his bridges now and I suspect he doesn't give two hoots.
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I feel like he definitely cares because there has been a couple of attempts to rehabilitate his reputation through ex players , journalists and even some influential supporters . I also know he withdrew from being out and about in the city when some of the other ex players were socialising, so that can’t be easy .

Again I feel really awkward about it because I loved him but feel so let down about who he seem to become , nothing would make me happier than him addressing issues and whatever way he liked so we could all move on . I think whatever it is in life , whatever the circumstances pretending things aren’t an issue and pushing things down only stores up more problems for the future.
 
I idolised him as a player. He could do no wrong in my eyes.

But his attitude towards the fans when he joined Century FM on the phone in should have opened many a Blues eyes on how much he was in the pocket of Kenwright and tied the party line.

Every time a Blue questioned the direction of the club, he was quick to smack them down. His actions after headlock gate just proves it further how little he cares about the fans.

He’s made a very good living out of our club, he is revered as a legend, but for me his reputation is tarnished.
 
mkrudden said:
Rather than being a stooge, I think it's far more likely Sharpe thought he could help from the inside.

He's a legend. Time to move on.
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A good subject for an interview to hear his side but probably still subject to a NDO, aka, take the money and shut the kup.
If he's still sticking to that...has anybody asked him?...then for me it shows which side he is/was on
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Complicit in Headlock-gate.

So for now...until time eventually heals all wounds...he can stay away.
 
Papa Shango said:
Yeah I would imagine that the most vocal against him are the ones that were not old enough to see him play.

I don't love his opinion being swept away as being in Kenwright's pocket either. Maybe they were his genuine opinions, should he be slated for that?

Every club has some form of sentimentality. I suppose we will see if it was a problem soon enough, a good middle ground is probably the best option.
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I know a very well known and popular former Everton player who will always defend Kenwright he's not paid to do it and he isn't in anyones pocket he just liked Kenwright and thinks he did a good job overall so it could well be the same with Sharp.
 

JimmyK said:
I know a very well known and popular former Everton player who will always defend Kenwright he's not paid to do it and he isn't in anyones pocket he just liked Kenwright and thinks he did a good job overall so it could well be the same with Sharp.
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I don’t think you’re wrong there , I think a few were genuinely surprised by the fan feeling .

In the defence of players they’ve known the man for years , decades even and he’s continually telling them what he does and how he’s the greatest ever blue . How the club would die without him , entertaining them with anecdotes and other yarns . All the while aided and abetted by the media . I suppose it’s almost like they’ve been indoctrinated, however now the books have been laid bare , now we’ve had an unprecedented two separate points deductions maybe they should open their eyes
 
Bluewolf said:
Does seem to be a bit of a divide here with people who seen him play and just want to remember him as the legend that he is for the club. I understand that the memories he gave people back then give them a inclination to forgive him or even just forget.

Then theres the people who didn't see him play whos only frame of reference in their life time is a man who was part of the board that nearly killed the club. Who attacked the fans When the club was in turmoil and needed the fans more then ever. Who instead of embracing us and holding themselves accountable for what they did. They tried to cause division in the fan base all because their egos mattered more then the survival of the club we love.

Doing nothing is the same as being complicit and i believe he was complicit. He was free to walk away from the board at any time but he didn't. He could of refused his pay off at a time when that money could of really helped the club, he didn't.

At the end of the day he was a willing stooge who happily sat there leaching as much money as he could out of the club and attacking our fan base for nothing more then to fill his own pockets.

So no i wouldnt welcome him back and there's plenty of other ex players who where exiled from everton for daring to speak out about kenwright and his faults. They should be welcomed back as soon as possible because they did the right thing and they were punished for it.

Where sharp did the wrong thing for the wrong reasons. He made his bed let him lie in it, a long way from any everton stadium.
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Spot on, see Southall, was finally aloud back at Goodison after Bill passed away and went to the next game.
 
I really don't see a way back for him.

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Don't think he should be judged as hard as other board members, some who were and still professionals in their field. For all he was on the pitch he was the retired footballer, who was really on perifral of football if it weren't for Everton FC needing some PR. Most likely went into that role like new born child gooey eyed and innocent.
 


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