2023/24 Mason Holgate

[Zatara]

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He was exceptional under Ancelotti. Could see the confidence seeping out of him.

Still waiting for him to blossom into the holding midfielder that some prophesied. I’m starting to lose hope.

Even Tom actually wanted to play football more often and eventually went looking for game time. Godfrey has got himself a new challenge in both life and football by clearly always giving 100% regardless of ability. Holgate should be busting his gut to get a contract at a promotion hopeful team or the top tier in some duff country and rebuild what’s left of his career. Will he?

Holgate pushed for a loan last year. He even went on a second loan. Clearly he wants to play football.

Michael Keane of course does not seem to want to do anything aside from pickup a big salary.

Holgate needs to go for gametime.

Keane needs to go as he is an oaf.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Absolutely no links anywhere, which is completely unsurprising.

 

[MikeH72]

Absolutely no links anywhere, which is completely unsurprising.

I too am not surprised that nobody wants a player who was bombed out and sent back early from a Championship team, and then went on to be a key player for arguably the worst ever Premier League team. One of our higher earners too.

 

[GoldenToffee]

I too am not surprised that nobody wants a player who was bombed out and sent back early from a Championship team, and then went on to be a key player for arguably the worst ever Premier League team. One of our higher earners too.

He's just one horrible twonk. To think his 'highlight' from a decade at Everton was to needlessly push Firmino over the advertising hoarding because he'd been bummed by him all game.

 

[PhilM]

Absolutely no links anywhere, which is completely unsurprising.

All being well, if there isn't a deal sorted soon they put him out to pasture somewhere, so we all do not have to suffer the high blood pressure due to his inclusion.

 

[Littlesue]

I too am not surprised that nobody wants a player who was bombed out and sent back early from a Championship team, and then went on to be a key player for arguably the worst ever Premier League team. One of our higher earners too.

Hardly a key player, first match he got sent off so had to sit out 3 games then he was on bench for a while until last number of games

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

He was exceptional under Ancelotti. Could see the confidence seeping out of him.



Holgate pushed for a loan last year. He even went on a second loan. Clearly he wants to play football.

Michael Keane of course does not seem to want to do anything aside from pickup a big salary.

Holgate needs to go for gametime.

Keane needs to go as he is an oaf.

As you’ve been told before, Keane was for large parts of last season our third choice cb - that’s why he didn’t go on loan

 

[MikeH72]

Hardly a key player, first match he got sent off so had to sit out 3 games then he was on bench for a while until last number of games

Ah right, so he couldn’t get in the worst ever Premier League team? Much better then.

 

[MikeH72]

That seems very likely tbh.

Think he’s been the victim of some terrible management over the years as much as anything else.

Hope he finds a decent club.

His own attitude is the reason his career has imploded. He’s played for a wide variety of managers, including one of the greatest of all time, and plenty of other players have managed to look like footballers under those managers. He got too big for his boots and started thinking he was something he never was, started strolling around thinking he was a silky John Stones type that didn’t need to ever bother making tackles or winning headers.

 

[Zatara]

His own attitude is the reason his career has imploded. He’s played for a wide variety of managers, including one of the greatest of all time, and plenty of other players have managed to look like footballers under those managers. He got too big for his boots and started thinking he was something he never was, started strolling around thinking he was a silky John Stones type that didn’t need to ever bother making tackles or winning headers.

While playing for Ancelotti he was excellent.

 

[MikeH72]

While playing for Ancelotti he was excellent.

He wasn’t excellent at all. He had a brief period of decent form playing right back, in a period when Michael Keane was also made to look like a competent footballer, in training sessions in front of no fans.

 

[MACCA75]

While playing for Ancelotti he was excellent.

He was alright. Largely at right back. Excellent? No.

 

[Zatara]

He wasn’t excellent at all. He had a brief period of decent form playing right back, in a period when Michael Keane was also made to look like a competent footballer, in training sessions in front of no fans.

He was alright. Largely at right back. Excellent? No.

I see its 'rewrite history week'

 

[MikeH72]

I see its 'rewrite history week'

Yeah, and you’ve gone fully in on it.

 

[jerseytoffee]

Yeah, and you’ve gone fully in on it.

Pretty sure he was playing left centre back and had a really good second half of the season with links with to Man City and an England call up.

Not been close to that brief 3-4 months spell again.