To get soppy for a second, Seamus to many people is the epitome of Everton Football Club. For myself you could probably tell by my picture here that I just love the man and seeing his face after that goal yesterday honestly the emotion was just unreal.
I’m Irish too, so having a player like him to represent Everton is amazing, he’s very much like Roy Keane, not the “hard man” character he plays up to but the man himself. A good man who demands the highest of standards and tries his best to help the team, even playing through pain and injury.
I’ve also of course not been able to make it to Goodison for years now at this stage with the way the world has gone but even through the tough times having a lad like Seamus leading us through thick and thin, with his clear passion for the club is enough to keep any fan from anywhere feeling involved.
In an era where there are a lot of players that don’t really give a toss aside from money or even worse have done heinous things, unfortunately at our club we’ve got people who’ve done both at the minute, it’s great to have a man leading us that is just like us, he cares and he’ll give his all even if he’s not on that same level anymore.
The worst thing about the criticism he gets is he’ll know more than anyone that his performances should be better but some fans just don’t care, sometimes that criticism from the fans go beyond him as a player and go to him as a man and that’s where I can’t stand it. In this day and age we’re lucky to have someone so committed, we won’t quite know what we have until it’s gone.
I think in this generation of Everton fans there are 2 players more than any that carry the club’s hearts on their sleeve, Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman. I think fans in Liverpool will naturally gravitate to Baines and rightfully so but for myself personally I’ve seen no greater Evertonian than Seamus Coleman in my lifetime and I do hope that once he does hang up his boots he’s given the respect and praise that he more than deserves.
