Jose Baxter

[Deleted member 28206]

A perfect example of Everton In The Community ethos, being able to offer a chance to those who have suffered. Yes, he's a moron and yes is a semi-average footballer, but it speaks volumes that we can do this.

Look at the bigger picture.

 

[Harryflashman]

Haha kinda but more in a this is what went wrong with me and im on my arse now, yeah?

He's not on his arse I don't think though is he ? Had a couple of ok moves , was one of the best paid players a United I think. I know it's a joke but get Billy Kenny in I'm fairly sure he's proper on his arse .

 

[BornBlue76]

When are we bringing back George Green? My hopes have been raised!

 

[Milkman]

Our club looks after its own I get that but a lad who left four or five years ago having played half a dozen or whatever games then has had two positive drugs tests seems to me to maybe to the wrong recipient of the clubs generosity. There hundreds of former footballers arrested and sentenced many in prison and you'd imagine large numbers with alcohol and substance abuse problems . I love the work the club does for former players but I struggle to see the logic in this one if I'm honest .

If Josè turns his life round great I'd be delighted for him but the way we're doing it seems a little odd .

How many of them have come through the Everton youth system from a young age though? How many have been brought up with Everton's youth coaches and, at one point, have been hyped as being the best since Rooney? Do you not think that the youth team staff feel a responsibility to the kids they're developing, that goes beyond making them better at football? It probably hurts to see their former star student in the middle of throwing his life away. The way we're doing it is practically the only way we can do it, by giving him an opportunity to get his footballing career back on track. Everyone loves to talk about Everton being a family club, so why feel so aggrieved that we're giving another chance to one our own?

 

[hallamblue]

If the Under 23s are a good bunch they'll either sort him out or ship him out fairly quickly.

 

[orly]

I'd pay good money to watch two teams play each other off their barnets. SORT IT JOSE LAD

*Heads to local Sunday league match

If you hang on a bit longer mate you might get picked up by Everton

 

[Philw]

If it works, everyone's a winner - Baxter will end up with a contract somewhere and Everton will get the plaudits. If it doesn't...well......he's a fool and we end up with egg on our face. Let's hope (if this is indeed a genuine story) that it turns out for the best.

Why do we end up with egg on our face? He messes up then he loses his chance, and at least we tried to help him. Don't see how that means we end up with egg on our face.

 

[Milkman]

So many of these posts get lost in the vaults. "Can't wait to vault everyone when Niasse scores a 40 yard overhead kick to win us the FA Cup" was one last year, they never actually get vaulted though when it clearly doesn't happen.

Patience.

 

[toffeemax]

I've heard he's gonna be on about 80/90k a week

*watches uproar*

 

[Prevenger17]

KILL THE DECEIVER. HE MUST PAY FOR THE MISTAKES OF HIS YOUTH, ONLY THROUGH DEATH WILL HE LEARN

 

[Tubey]

I look at Ronnie O'Sullivan. All that stuff in the Baxter piece could have been said by him over the years. In an interview last week he said he'd ditched the dozens of "friends" he used to have and now had 4 good friends he could trust. He also praised the other players and accepted his own faults. Now I love Ronnie the snooker player, but Ronnie the man was very difficult to like before. People can change, not saying this lad has, but they can.

Great. Then he should do it in the lower leagues, or better yet get a job in Tesco or whatever like any other 24 year old recovering coke addict would.

The club shouldn't be a charity to footballers - it can offer charity off the pitch, and fair play to our EITC initiative for doing so, but we certainly shouldn't be offering charity to a footballer, especially when said action actually halts the progression of a young player into the under-23s in the role this waster will be filling up.

 

[AdamEFC]

If you hang on a bit longer mate you might get picked up by Everton

I can't kick a ball straight mate.

Although that never seemed to stop us getting Niasse.

 

[orly]

I've heard he's gonna be on about 80/90g a week

fixed

 

[Osamabindiesel]

From an empathetic standpoint, I can see why the club would do this. Some people have addictive personalities which usually goes hand-in-hand with depression, anxiety and other things. Some things are out of your control, and its not necessarily the fairest set of cards to be dealt. If you had a close Friend who was an addict (I have had several), you would want to do anything to help them if you actually could because you understand how difficult it is to control your habits.

Having said all that, Jose will have another chance to get his act straight, and if I'm being honest, most addicts I have known don't get better unless they are EXTREMELY LUCKY. I wish him the best, but I'm not expecting this to be a fairy tale for him. He needs to avoid the bad crowds and surround himself with positive people.

 

[technojoe]

He's not on his arse I don't think though is he ? Had a couple of ok moves , was one of the best paid players a United I think. I know it's a joke but get Billy Kenny in I'm fairly sure he's proper on his arse .

Maybe he's spiritually on his arse or metaphysically.......