carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
You'd be mad if Baines said he was a fan of the LA Galaxy? Really apples and oranges isn't it?
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Sir Landon Of Donovan
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You'd be mad if Baines said he was a fan of the LA Galaxy? Really apples and oranges isn't it?
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
It'd be worse if Donovan went to the press all the time and professed his love, but most of the talk and rumors come from people like us to be honest.
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The vast majority of them on the boards I visit have zero problem with him going to Everton/mentioning Everton after the years he has spent in MLS and with LA. We also recognize that a happy LD means a better USMNT. It's as another person says in this thread - it's not like he's batting eyes at another MLS team. He's batting eyes at a Premier League team - apples and oranges.
Most think he "deserves" (that is a word employed a lot) to go.
And trust me, we get attached. Rabidly so.
Not funny.
BiggyRat
Player Valuation: £35m
So does Bill, but it doesn't keep me warm at night... ;o)
njligernj
Player Valuation: £15m
If LD signs with us and then said he was a Galaxy fan (in addition to Everton player) on Twitter and congratulated the Galaxy on a big win or winning the league or whatever would you genuinely be mad? I certainly wouldn't care at all. It's two different things.
Pienaar did it as well. Not their fault ... that's just Everton.
Bahahahahahahaha good catch
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FOD brothers forever.
Summerskin
Player Valuation: £35m
Agreed, he really should just give it a go though.
The MLS has obviously improved but its' stars are still a bit too "tail end of a very good career" type for me, Robbie Keane & our boy Tim being the most recent examples of this.
Let's not make out like he's gonna transform us into the Willy World Beater XI, we just know how much of a fantastic, positive impact he has for us...&& the fact that our right hand side is crying out for somebody like him makes me do a sad.
Dushku
Player Valuation: £1m
True dat. But there is so much "Americanisation" around to make him feel 'at home'. Skype, T.V Shows, food, friends, even re-runs of Rules of Engagement to see his ex-wife on. But, remember he's 30, not 17. He's a grown man who has a wise aged head on his shoulders. I know some 30 year olds who are still very child like. But Landon is a mature professional, he knows how to enjoy himself,he's not gonna be coping off with a Desperate Scouse Housewife any time soon.
Everton, it's an environment he knows and loves. If it was all new to him and he was still married to Bianca, it would be a whole different ball game. Coming to England and playing for a team like Everton is fulfilling a life time dream for him. We are in essence his pot of gold at the end of his playing career rainbow. Giving him the chance to ply his trade, in the best league in the World in a team that does not have expectations beyond it's capabilities. We know how good we are and what we can achieve..we are realists, unlike some we could mention.
Given the opportunity, Landon would be building a raft and trying to paddle his way over here right now in time for August 20th. But sadly, corporate red tape and some thing called a contract, either has to be honoured or wiggled out of , honourably.
Goodison Park is Landon's Field of Dreams..we've built it..He shall come
njligernj
Player Valuation: £15m
If he plays for 3-4 more years (at Prem level -- he might do a retirement stint with MLS) then spending 3 years in a place which isn't your home is a different prospect than being 19-20 and wondering if you can spend ten+ years in that place. He's also spent time here already so knows what to expect. Money helps homesickness a lot too and he has some of that.
Get him signed! None of this January nonsense. Where's the Yobo money etc?
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