What the hell does that even mean? "never thought I'd leave but I had to"?
Honestly, we miss him. Hugely. We have nobody to carry the ball and connect defense to attack. But we don't miss HIM, we just miss that kind of player.
He has got to be one of the most delicate flowers in football. To make sure your captain is reassuring you that the supporters aren't attacking you, which was bleeding obvious to anyone who knows anything about football, so your feelings aren't hurt. The fact he kinda regressed or, at best, plateau'd, in the last 3 years then come out with 'I want to be "WERLD CLAHS" and screwing over the club you grew up supporting, that trained him and stood by you even with a horrific injury whilst purchasing his mother a house during without knowing if he would ever even play again.
Aaaand to top it off, because somehow his FEELINGS were hurt, he got his Everton tattoos removed.
What a waste. Tim Cahill, with 1/2 the ability and not even from England, will always be remembered FAR more fondly than he will.