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Title: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: triniairman on December 09, 2009, 11:58:03 AM
Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Three-month loan deal in pipeline for American international
Everton are reportedly set to land USA international Landon Donovan on loan in January to alleviate their injury-ravaged squad.

The Los Angeles Galaxy star is believed to be in advanced discussions with the Premier League side about a three-month loan switch as he bids to maintain his fitness before the World Cup in June.

Donovan has plied his trade in Europe before, however previous spells for Bundesliga duo Bayern Munich and Bayern Leverkusen proved unfruitful for the midfielder.

But the USA's all-time leading goalscorer, who would be eligible to play in the next stage of the Europa League for the Toffees, has been arguably Galaxy's best player this season as they marginally lost out in the final of the MLS Cup.

The 27-year-old's pending move to Merseyside will come as a massive boost for Everton boss David Moyes, who has suffered a plethora of casualties to his first-choice team.

Moyes has been unable to call on the services of Mikel Arteta, Phil Jagielka, Victor Anichebe or James Vaughan at all this season while Steven Pienaar, Yakubu and the still absent Phil Neville have spent major spells on the sidelines this term.

Donovan will follow in the footsteps of Galaxy team-mate David Beckham - a potential Group C opponent in South Africa - who has joined AC Milan in a similar type deal.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5761436,00.html
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: MEP on December 09, 2009, 12:11:15 PM
look at hard kick he go get now.....
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Mango Chow! on December 09, 2009, 12:32:56 PM
look at hard kick he go get now.....

  forget the hard kick he go get....I want to see if he go get the same abuse and criticism from the so called la galaxy fans and american media as Beckham did.   :waiting:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: FF on December 09, 2009, 12:34:11 PM
look at hard kick he go get now.....

  forget the hard kick he go get....I want to see if he go get the same abuse and criticism from the so called la galaxy fans and american media as Beckham did.   :waiting:

But look he done arready went Bayern Munich last year and ent get no stick
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: palos on December 09, 2009, 12:58:30 PM
Landon Donavan come like a 3 day old roti

Doesn't travel well
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Mango Chow! on December 09, 2009, 01:25:54 PM
look at hard kick he go get now.....

  forget the hard kick he go get....I want to see if he go get the same abuse and criticism from the so called la galaxy fans and american media as Beckham did.   :waiting:

But look he done arready went Bayern Munich last year and ent get no stick


   Yuh know.....that move turned out to be so much nothing, I forget it even existed.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: supporter on December 09, 2009, 01:55:07 PM
Landon Donavan come like a 3 day old roti

Doesn't travel well

haha...i honestly think donovan will flourish in that side with cahill and saha.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dwn on December 09, 2009, 05:24:45 PM
look at hard kick he go get now.....
  forget the hard kick he go get....I want to see if he go get the same abuse and criticism from the so called la galaxy fans and american media as Beckham did.   :waiting:

is only a short term loan.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Big Magician on December 09, 2009, 11:07:04 PM
de man could play
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: jai john on December 10, 2009, 06:00:36 AM
Landon Donavan come like a 3 day old roti

Doesn't travel well

Maybe so but he eh going on no trial ..like how T&T players does go .. he going on to de squad !

Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Sam on December 10, 2009, 06:16:03 AM
Good luck Donovan, he is ah boss player and I hope he prove by now he good enough to play in de EPL.

He always school T&T when he play against us..
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: KND2 on December 10, 2009, 07:08:50 AM
Rest if you want to be fresh for world cup
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Touches on December 10, 2009, 07:14:18 AM
Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.

Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Arimaman on December 10, 2009, 07:18:02 AM
Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.



Ditto.....The man is an outstanding player.....
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: just cool on December 10, 2009, 08:12:04 AM
Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.


Thank yuh very much bredder! if we only had ah player the likes of. :'(
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: FF on December 10, 2009, 09:44:27 AM
Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.



Fack dat... he sun-roof halfway back... he is ah sh!thong  :P
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Observer on December 10, 2009, 10:40:49 AM
Dam Good Player and it will be interesting to see how he does in the EPL over a short term.

All the best to him.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: MEP on December 10, 2009, 11:05:55 AM
I dislike the man because he is a ..what's that 4 letter c word again? ends with a t
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on December 10, 2009, 11:09:29 AM
the man is a very good player but a rank underachiever and i cant give a man props for settling for a level and shining in his comfort zone..

a move like this is long overdue, but 3 months alone is not enough time to make a note.

keep fit for the world cup is the goal here.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Midknight on December 10, 2009, 11:29:49 AM
smart move for all concerned.

Donovan going to scope out the English players, practice getting kick down and improve chemistry with Howard, Everton getting a decent player for free...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: elan on December 10, 2009, 12:49:24 PM
Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.



Not true.

Donovan gets a lot of protection with the teams he play for in the US. When he is struggling in one position he is granted the freedom to move to other positions as HE see fit. He is a safe player and in safe teams he will be fine.
Time will tell if he will have a measure of success at Everton, but I truly doubt that they will adjust to suit Donovan.

Read Zeppo signature and it will tell you everything about about Donovan game.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Midknight on December 10, 2009, 01:03:41 PM
Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.



Not true.

Name them...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 10, 2009, 03:10:35 PM
Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.



Ditto.....The man is an outstanding player.....

Leh we not get too carried away now... "outstanding" is relative and in relation to his mediocre millieu he has done well.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 10, 2009, 03:12:12 PM
smart move for all concerned.

Donovan going to scope out the English players, practice getting kick down and improve chemistry with Howard, Everton getting a decent player for free...

Why would he need "chemistry" with Howard... he's not a defender?  Besides, it's not like he and Howard are strangers to each other so off-field chemistry shouldn't be an issue.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Small Magician aka Wazza on December 10, 2009, 04:01:02 PM
Big Player.... going to do very well..

Howard

Neville
Jagielka
Distin
Baines

Donovan
Fellani
Arteta
Bilyaletdinov

Saha
Cahill

Bench: GK, Neil, Heitinga, Yobo, Hibbert, Gosling, Rodwell, Coleman, Yakubu, Jo

When Everton have a full strength team they will give teams a good game.. Unfortunately they always have bad luck with injuries

Rodwell and Coleman...2 exciting prospects
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Trini Madness on December 10, 2009, 04:29:25 PM
i doh like him either but hes a good player. liverpool couldve been a good fit for him. oh man meh liverpool....  :'(
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on December 10, 2009, 05:43:04 PM
he couldnt trap a ball with a much better cast at Bayern Munich and easier competition in the Bundesliga..

What makes you think he could make the step up to the pace of the EPL in only 3 months?
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 10, 2009, 07:29:50 PM
i doh like him either but hes a good player. liverpool couldve been a good fit for him. oh man meh liverpool....  :'(

Yuh eh find we have enough qualified waterboys arready?
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Teflon Don on December 11, 2009, 06:56:52 AM
Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.



ditto.....he better than everybody on we ntl team that playing in an attacking position and he probably better at defending than our defenders too lololol, so yea i agree he is def better dan ANY current soca warrior
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: spideybuff on December 11, 2009, 07:01:18 AM
Where he will fit into Everton line up though? he is not an out and out striker and that midfield packed with utility man
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: JDB on December 11, 2009, 11:02:38 AM
Big Player.... going to do very well..

Howard

Neville
Jagielka
Distin
Baines

Donovan
Fellani
Arteta
Bilyaletdinov

Saha
Cahill

Bench: GK, Neil, Heitinga, Yobo, Hibbert, Gosling, Rodwell, Coleman, Yakubu, Jo

When Everton have a full strength team they will give teams a good game.. Unfortunately they always have bad luck with injuries

Rodwell and Coleman...2 exciting prospects

Pienaar is one of teh top 3 players at Everton, if not best player and he ent even make your squad? Witha  fully fit side Donovan will bench, unless he could displace Cahill as a 2nd striker. He not displacing Pienaar or Bilyaletdinov from the flanks.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Peong on December 11, 2009, 11:21:40 AM
I remember after they got knocked out of 2002 WC he was on MTV's TRL.
They ask him to juggle a ball and he couldn't make more than 3.
He tried several times, but it wasn't happenin.
I doh know if he was havin an off day or was drunk or what but I never see a player of that stature havin problems jugglin.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Spursy on December 11, 2009, 12:02:31 PM
Donavon quality player, he made Concacaf proud in the Conderations cup.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Observer on December 11, 2009, 12:13:41 PM
Oliver Bierhoff team mates in Italy were astonished that he could not juggle past 5. Yet he use to score goals at every level for fun.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Peong on December 11, 2009, 12:21:32 PM
Oliver Bierhoff team mates in Italy were astonished that he could not juggle past 5. Yet he use to score goals at every level for fun.

Well he used to score a lot with his head.
That must be embarassing though.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 17, 2009, 04:15:33 AM
Donovan signs 4-year deal with Galaxy

The Los Angeles Galaxy's Landon Donovan, Major League Soccer's most valuable player, signed a four-year contract with a provision for an off-season loan overseas, the club announced Wednesday.

The loan period would last from Jan. 1 to March 15 and would ensure Donovan's return for the Galaxy's opening game March 27.

Financial terms were not disclosed for the contract, which runs through 2013.

(continue) (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=714181&sec=mls&cc=5739)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kiffysmooth on December 17, 2009, 08:34:44 AM
Wait! dis is not de same man write book bout Beckam and say how he have no loyalty going to Milan on loan?... Donavan, hull yuh mudde& cu#t...yuh damn shitong..man balling bout he better dan everybody on de TnT team...big steuppes....he better dan Yorke? or Kenwyn? or Bleedah? or even he team mate Birchall?....all yuh must be mad oui! leave he let he goh on he 3 month loan.....come bet is ah bag ah tutu he going and play in dah 3 months.... ah wha see him kiss de ball, stoop and chrow way dem penalty like de one he jes miss in de mls final....ah big waste ah time boy girl....steuupppes
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Daft Trini on December 17, 2009, 08:52:51 AM
Have some respect for Our National team's best striker... what did all yuh lil drogba do in qualification??? Nutten... Leave Donovan alone...!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kiffysmooth on December 17, 2009, 09:00:51 AM
Daft..ah tink yuh on de wrong website.... dis is not ah "soccer" blog
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 17, 2009, 09:26:05 AM
Wait! dis is not de same man write book bout Beckam and say how he have no loyalty going to Milan on loan?... Donavan, hull yuh mudde& cu#t...yuh damn shitong..man balling bout he better dan everybody on de TnT team...big steuppes....he better dan Yorke? or Kenwyn? or Bleedah? or even he team mate Birchall?....all yuh must be mad oui! leave he let he goh on he 3 month loan.....come bet is ah bag ah tutu he going and play in dah 3 months.... ah wha see him kiss de ball, stoop and chrow way dem penalty like de one he jes miss in de mls final....ah big waste ah time boy girl....steuupppes

Where did he say that?
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Daft Trini on December 17, 2009, 09:38:59 AM
Wait! dis is not de same man write book bout Beckam and say how he have no loyalty going to Milan on loan?... Donavan, hull yuh mudde& cu#t...yuh damn shitong..man balling bout he better dan everybody on de TnT team...big steuppes....he better dan Yorke? or Kenwyn? or Bleedah? or even he team mate Birchall?....all yuh must be mad oui! leave he let he goh on he 3 month loan.....come bet is ah bag ah tutu he going and play in dah 3 months.... ah wha see him kiss de ball, stoop and chrow way dem penalty like de one he jes miss in de mls final....ah big waste ah time boy girl....steuupppes

Where did he say that?

I still trying to figure that out.... :beermug:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bitter on December 17, 2009, 09:43:40 AM
Wait! dis is not de same man write book bout Beckam and say how he have no loyalty going to Milan on loan?... Donavan, hull yuh mudde& cu#t...yuh damn shitong..man balling bout he better dan everybody on de TnT team...big steuppes....he better dan Yorke? or Kenwyn? or Bleedah? or even he team mate Birchall?....all yuh must be mad oui! leave he let he goh on he 3 month loan.....come bet is ah bag ah tutu he going and play in dah 3 months.... ah wha see him kiss de ball, stoop and chrow way dem penalty like de one he jes miss in de mls final....ah big waste ah time boy girl....steuupppes

Where did he say that?

I still trying to figure that out.... :beermug:

Donovan didn't say it, Touches did. If you can decipher the paragraph, it's a general rant about all the things said in this thread. Each set of elipses denotes a separate argument.

Under all that talk...most if not all of alyuh going and chook him een alyuh fantasy league squad.

Donovan good...in fact he better than everybody on the current TT team.

Doh hate on him cause he is a yank or he hairline receding.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dwn on December 17, 2009, 09:56:53 AM
Oliver Bierhoff team mates in Italy were astonished that he could not juggle past 5. Yet he use to score goals at every level for fun.
Well he used to score a lot with his head.
That must be embarassing though.

If I could score at any level I wouldn't be embarrassed about not being able to juggle nah  ;D
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dwn on December 17, 2009, 10:04:20 AM
Donovan is a good player and Everton not exactly lighting it up, so you never know. The man might do well. But given what people tend to say about taking time to adjust to the EPL, 3 months might not be enough for the man to get any kind a rhythm. And then he will just end up looking like a man who can't do nothing outside of MLS (on club level, that is). He done have that rep after his Germany stints.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 17, 2009, 10:32:23 AM
Wait! dis is not de same man write book bout Beckam and say how he have no loyalty going to Milan on loan?... Donavan, hull yuh mudde& cu#t...yuh damn shitong..man balling bout he better dan everybody on de TnT team...big steuppes....he better dan Yorke? or Kenwyn? or Bleedah? or even he team mate Birchall?....all yuh must be mad oui! leave he let he goh on he 3 month loan.....come bet is ah bag ah tutu he going and play in dah 3 months.... ah wha see him kiss de ball, stoop and chrow way dem penalty like de one he jes miss in de mls final....ah big waste ah time boy girl....steuupppes

The difference is that Donovan will not miss any of the Galaxy's season due to his loan. That was not the case with Beckham's loan last season, and one of the reasons for the animosity.

And by the way, every time that the USA has played T&T Kenwyne has been a non-factor, and Donovan has torn your defense to shreds.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: elan on December 17, 2009, 10:37:33 AM
Wait! dis is not de same man write book bout Beckam and say how he have no loyalty going to Milan on loan?... Donavan, hull yuh mudde& cu#t...yuh damn shitong..man balling bout he better dan everybody on de TnT team...big steuppes....he better dan Yorke? or Kenwyn? or Bleedah? or even he team mate Birchall?....all yuh must be mad oui! leave he let he goh on he 3 month loan.....come bet is ah bag ah tutu he going and play in dah 3 months.... ah wha see him kiss de ball, stoop and chrow way dem penalty like de one he jes miss in de mls final....ah big waste ah time boy girl....steuupppes

The difference is that Donovan will not miss any of the Galaxy's season due to his loan. That was not the case with Beckham's loan last season, and one of the reasons for the animosity.

And by the way, every time that the USA has played T&T Kenwyne has been a non-factor, and Donovan has torn your defense to shreds.

Not the last time in P-O-S.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Touches on December 17, 2009, 12:03:23 PM
Just to clarify...is me who say Donovan better than everyone on the current TT team.

Current...so Yorke ent dey, neither Latapy...but he better than everyone else.

If I had to choose between Jones and Donovon on a side is Donovon any day of the week.

If Jones ent get service...he is useless.

Donovon on the other hand does make thing happen.

Kiffy he better than Bleedah by a mile. Doh hate on the man cause he is a Yankee. He is a proven player and he have the full tool kit. Speed, bullet, control, freekick, dribble and most of all he have ball sense. (something plenty players lacking)

Put him in yuh fantasy squad kiffy...yuh might get some points.

I used to HATE on donovan for years...In fact I ent like Donovan really....but I giving Jack he jacket...the man is a Baller and he good.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on December 17, 2009, 01:10:19 PM
aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh boy Kiffy ah goh give it to yuh....Bleeder should be glad to have a man like you in he corner......in fact I glad yuh on the forum....yuh have good comic timing.....

Bleeder better than Donovan.....oh lordy..... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:  :rotfl:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 17, 2009, 01:14:37 PM
The difference is that Donovan will not miss any of the Galaxy's season due to his loan. That was not the case with Beckham's loan last season, and one of the reasons for the animosity.

And by the way, every time that the USA has played T&T Kenwyne has been a non-factor, and Donovan has torn your defense to shreds.

Not the last time in P-O-S.

Look again. Donovan set up Clark's goal.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 17, 2009, 01:16:00 PM
Everton close in on Landon Donovan loan signing

Everton say they have agreed a "deal in principle" to sign LA Galaxy striker Landon Donovan on a two-and-a-half-month loan starting in January.

The 27-year-old is set to join the Toffees on 2 January and would be available until mid-March.

"You want to go where you are wanted," said Donovan.

(continue) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8404674.stm)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 17, 2009, 02:28:22 PM

Donovan didn't say it, Touches did. If you can decipher the paragraph, it's a general rant about all the things said in this thread. Each set of elipses denotes a separate argument.

Ahh... the great spliffysmooth strikes again.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 17, 2009, 02:34:16 PM
I remember after they got knocked out of 2002 WC he was on MTV's TRL.
They ask him to juggle a ball and he couldn't make more than 3.
He tried several times, but it wasn't happenin.
I doh know if he was havin an off day or was drunk or what but I never see a player of that stature havin problems jugglin.

Not really related but thought this was kinda funny/cool...

http://www.youtube.com/v/Nu4QLbAvtdY
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 17, 2009, 02:40:21 PM
The difference is that Donovan will not miss any of the Galaxy's season due to his loan. That was not the case with Beckham's loan last season, and one of the reasons for the animosity.

And by the way, every time that the USA has played T&T Kenwyne has been a non-factor, and Donovan has torn your defense to shreds.

So what if Beckham missed the first month of the Galaxy's season?  Donovan's spot in Bradley's lineup has never been in question, Beckham's spot in Capello's lineup was.  The problem is that soccer fans in the US, LA in particular aren't sufficiently familiar with loan arrangements and so they were lashing out in ignorance... fed in part by the ignorance and misinformation that was being spread in the media ("David Beckam doesn't want to return to LA... he says he wants to stay in Milan").  They played it out as though Beckham was reneging on his promise to commit to the growth of the sport here.

Utter foolishness.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Blue on December 17, 2009, 02:48:19 PM
Lez be honest, MLS is $hit, whether he misses any of it or not is irrelevant, the man is making a step in the right direction.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 17, 2009, 03:45:35 PM
So what if Beckham missed the first month of the Galaxy's season? 

First month? Try the first 4 months. He missed over half the regular season.

And that wasn't "misinformation" from the media that Beckham wanted to stay in Milan. He said it himself quite clearly:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7904730.stm
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: palos on December 17, 2009, 03:53:56 PM
Just to clarify...is me who say Donovan better than everyone on the current TT team.

Current...so Yorke ent dey, neither Latapy...but he better than everyone else.


Dis from de man who say Evans Wise go mash up de World Cup in Germany  8)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: elan on December 17, 2009, 04:40:36 PM
Just to clarify...is me who say Donovan better than everyone on the current TT team.

Current...so Yorke ent dey, neither Latapy...but he better than everyone else.

If I had to choose between Jones and Donovon on a side is Donovon any day of the week.

If Jones ent get service...he is useless.

Donovon on the other hand does make thing happen.

Kiffy he better than Bleedah by a mile. Doh hate on the man cause he is a Yankee. He is a proven player and he have the full tool kit. Speed, bullet, control, freekick, dribble and most of all he have ball sense. (something plenty players lacking)

Put him in yuh fantasy squad kiffy...yuh might get some points.

I used to HATE on donovan for years...In fact I ent like Donovan really....but I giving Jack he jacket...the man is a Baller and he good.



Do you mean better than or more successful? And we can argue that cause I putting Scotland technique up against his. I also putting Scotland successes with wigan up against the Galaxy. The only area Donovan may excel against Scotland is the National team and the physical aspects of the game.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 17, 2009, 05:02:04 PM
First month? Try the first 4 months. He missed over half the regular season.

And that wasn't "misinformation" from the media that Beckham wanted to stay in Milan. He said it himself quite clearly:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7904730.stm

Try again.

Take a look at the date of that article.  At the end of the first loan deal, before he sought to extend it he clearly indicated his intent on returning to MLS.  It was only after the extension talks began that the controversy erupted over him missing the MLS season which hadn't even begun yet.  This article was from a full month before opening kick.

Beckham also returned to LA in June... season started in March, he missed two months.  In that time he was regaining the form that propelled him and LA to the title game this year.  For all the bullshit that Landon Dumbovan had to say about him, Beckham was the class of that team... not that they'd ever admit it, not wanting to upset Landycakes.

But whatever, let him stay with LA where it's nice and comfortable and where he can waddle in mediocrity, best of a bad lot.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Midknight on December 17, 2009, 05:20:10 PM
Wait! dis is not de same man write book bout Beckam and say how he have no loyalty going to Milan on loan?... Donavan, hull yuh mudde& cu#t...yuh damn shitong..man balling bout he better dan everybody on de TnT team...big steuppes....he better dan Yorke? or Kenwyn? or Bleedah? or even he team mate Birchall?....all yuh must be mad oui! leave he let he goh on he 3 month loan.....come bet is ah bag ah tutu he going and play in dah 3 months.... ah wha see him kiss de ball, stoop and chrow way dem penalty like de one he jes miss in de mls final....ah big waste ah time boy girl....steuupppes

you actually calling Bleeder name in that dread? Ah see de high grade still in circulation...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 17, 2009, 06:46:40 PM
Take a look at the date of that article.  At the end of the first loan deal, before he sought to extend it he clearly indicated his intent on returning to MLS.  It was only after the extension talks began that the controversy erupted over him missing the MLS season which hadn't even begun yet.  This article was from a full month before opening kick.

Wrong. The controversy began as early as January when Beckham stated how he wanted to permanently transfer to AC Milan. And it was not media "misinformation" as you claimed, but rather something that he clearly stated in that article. Again, from BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7926933.stm):

Beckham was scheduled to return to Galaxy on 9 March, but wants to make a permanent move to the San Siro.

That is when the fans started to turn on him.

Quote
Beckham also returned to LA in June... season started in March, he missed two months.

Wrong again. The MLS season kicked off on March 19th and Beckham showed up for his first game on July 16th.

http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090716&content_id=5899842&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

That would mean that he missed four months -- over half of the regular season. And there's really no need for you to keep making shit up.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on December 17, 2009, 07:03:58 PM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 17, 2009, 07:21:31 PM
Take a look at the date of that article.  At the end of the first loan deal, before he sought to extend it he clearly indicated his intent on returning to MLS.  It was only after the extension talks began that the controversy erupted over him missing the MLS season which hadn't even begun yet.  This article was from a full month before opening kick.

Wrong. The controversy began as early as January when Beckham stated how he wanted to permanently transfer to AC Milan. And it was not media "misinformation" as you claimed, but rather something that he clearly stated in that article. Again, from BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7926933.stm):

Beckham was scheduled to return to Galaxy on 9 March, but wants to make a permanent move to the San Siro.

That is when the fans started to turn on him.

Quote
Beckham also returned to LA in June... season started in March, he missed two months.

Wrong again. The MLS season kicked off on March 19th and Beckham showed up for his first game on July 16th.

http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090716&content_id=5899842&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

That would mean that he missed four months -- over half of the regular season. And there's really no need for you to keep making shit up.

Is your head so far up Donovan's asshole that you're having problems reading and comprehending what's written?  Yes the dumbass fans turned on him in January, where did I say otherwise??  In fact I acknowledged that they turned on him from early when he initially aired his interests in staying in Milan.  What I did say, since English apparently isn't your first language... is that before the initial deal expired in March he announced his intent on returning.  The media misinformation I pointed to is that by the time the controversy reached mainstream media Beckham had already stated, and re-stated his plan to return to L.A. but the media wasn't focusing on that, only on the part about him wanting to extend the loan deal.

Whether he missed half the season or not he was twice the player he was after his return than he was before, since the subpar quality of the MLS clearly wasn't keeping him sharp.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Observer on December 17, 2009, 07:48:07 PM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..

Dinho people in football will argue that he has done better than Yorke and Latapy at an International level (Gold Cup, Confederation Cup, Copa America? WC etc). They will also argue that he has done better in head to head games with T&T and  on the WC big stage.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 17, 2009, 08:17:00 PM
Dinho people in football will argue that he has done better than Yorke and Latapy at an International level (Gold Cup, Confederation Cup, Copa America? WC etc). They will also argue that he has done better in head to head games with T&T and  on the WC big stage.

No question about that at all... we all know that Yorke and Latapy underachieved on the international level, most of it their own doing, but much of it as a result of the dysfunction surrounding the national program.  In fact, I'd say Stern John is about the only one who has had a comparable international career than Donovan, save for the WC appearances, with Donovan headed to his third straight.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: FF on December 17, 2009, 08:19:54 PM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..

Damn that lash hard!!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: fari on December 17, 2009, 09:01:28 PM
steups...i go have to see everton play before i put donovan in my fantasy side...maybe on the bench
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Savannah boy on December 17, 2009, 09:59:34 PM
De man real bitch bout Beckham, now he gone and do de same thing...steups.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: elan on December 17, 2009, 10:40:21 PM
Becks whipping in crosses like mad and not one of those shithong at LA Galaxy can score. Out of 100 or so corners only one goal. You joking right? And on top of that they give Donovan MVP. Why you think people does laugh at the MLS. Karma is a biatch, see he miss he PK when it matters.


Watch quality here. Show this to Donovan so he can see how to finish off Becks crosses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/dCywAPBlOuU
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on December 18, 2009, 01:09:46 AM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..

Dinho people in football will argue that he has done better than Yorke and Latapy at an International level (Gold Cup, Confederation Cup, Copa America? WC etc). They will also argue that he has done better in head to head games with T&T and  on the WC big stage.

Observer.. If we talking the greatest players to come from this region, then they have to shine where the greatest players in the world ply their trade. And thats in the top European leagues..

By that position you take there, I could similarly argue that Ali Daei from Iran in Asia is the greatest player in the world because of all the goals he rack up in his confederation.. Or similarly i could place Kaziyoshi Miura and Hidetoshi Nakata as a class above Donavan.. You see what I getting at..

Some of the greatest players in world football have done nothing of note in the international game because of their weak national teams.. Ryan Giggs.. George Weah.. Jari Litmanen.. Dwight Yorke.. come to mind. Yet they have shown that they are a cut above the rest when they match up with the best players in the world.. It matters not what he did in CONCACAF, when his career is over, will anybody remember who Donavan was in a discussion about the greats of this game??

Not Mr. Donovan who scrub bench in Bundesliga then run back to MLS to shine at the lowest level.. then get a bly to run with Bayern Munich, pull Podolski, Klose and Schweinsteiger stones for a few games, only to run back to MLS again and look like somebody..

The man good, but he is a minnow in this game.. if he so good why he never taste a champions league? Yorke at the ripe old age of 37 was running for an EPL side while Donavan was busy twisting out developmental players on $20k US a year in the MLS. Go figure..

I will bet money he don't make a note at Everton in the EPL.

And double or nothing that Touches not putting him in his fantasy league side!!  :devil:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on December 18, 2009, 06:07:24 AM
oooohhhh guuuud boy Omar....the thing is Zeppo does take the beat downs like a man, he going down fighting, he'll be back.......he remind me of the TI/Hardest love story.........come on Zeppo doh disappoint me now......:devil:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 18, 2009, 07:59:23 AM
Is your head so far up Donovan's asshole that you're having problems reading and comprehending what's written?  Yes the dumbass fans turned on him in January, where did I say otherwise??  In fact I acknowledged that they turned on him from early when he initially aired his interests in staying in Milan.  What I did say, since English apparently isn't your first language... is that before the initial deal expired in March he announced his intent on returning.  The media misinformation I pointed to is that by the time the controversy reached mainstream media Beckham had already stated, and re-stated his plan to return to L.A. but the media wasn't focusing on that, only on the part about him wanting to extend the loan deal.

Whether he missed half the season or not he was twice the player he was after his return than he was before, since the subpar quality of the MLS clearly wasn't keeping him sharp.

You stated that the controversy didn't erupt until after extension talks began. And you were wrong, because it erupted at the beginning of the year once he started talking about making the move to Milan permanent. Angry newspaper columns began appearing and Galaxy fans were making their discontent clear.

But I'm sure you'll start backtracking on that claim too, just like you did when you tried to bolster your argument by passing off bogus information about how much of the season Beckham missed. One month or two? Who knows? Or is adding up to four just too difficult for you?
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 18, 2009, 08:16:02 AM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..

Nobody outside of T&T rates Latapy the way you guys do, except for maybe the fans of the Scottish minnow teams where he "starred". Yorke is a different story, but neither of those guys ever impressed in their games against us anyway. They were always invisible, leaving U.S. fans to wonder what the big deal was. Meanwhile, Wynalda used to score against your clowny team for fun!

And say what you want about Donovan, but he would never walk out on his country in the middle of a World Cup qualifying campaign:

Yorke and Latapy quit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1413629.stm)

Couple of gutless quitters...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Observer on December 18, 2009, 08:34:23 AM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..

Dinho people in football will argue that he has done better than Yorke and Latapy at an International level (Gold Cup, Confederation Cup, Copa America? WC etc). They will also argue that he has done better in head to head games with T&T and  on the WC big stage.

Observer.. If we talking the greatest players to come from this region, then they have to shine where the greatest players in the world ply their trade. And thats in the top European leagues..

By that position you take there, I could similarly argue that Ali Daei from Iran in Asia is the greatest player in the world because of all the goals he rack up in his confederation.. Or similarly i could place Kaziyoshi Miura and Hidetoshi Nakata as a class above Donavan.. You see what I getting at..

Some of the greatest players in world football have done nothing of note in the international game because of their weak national teams.. Ryan Giggs.. George Weah.. Jari Litmanen.. Dwight Yorke.. come to mind. Yet they have shown that they are a cut above the rest when they match up with the best players in the world.. It matters not what he did in CONCACAF, when his career is over, will anybody remember who Donavan was in a discussion about the greats of this game??

Not Mr. Donovan who scrub bench in Bundesliga then run back to MLS to shine at the lowest level.. then get a bly to run with Bayern Munich, pull Podolski, Klose and Schweinsteiger stones for a few games, only to run back to MLS again and look like somebody..

The man good, but he is a minnow in this game.. if he so good why he never taste a champions league? Yorke at the ripe old age of 37 was running for an EPL side while Donavan was busy twisting out developmental players on $20k US a year in the MLS. Go figure..

I will bet money he don't make a note at Everton in the EPL.

And double or nothing that Touches not putting him in his fantasy league side!!  :devil:

I am not saying that he will be remembered as a Great in the game. He will to US fans, everybody from the US great for them. After all they have a World Series without the World being invited. What I am saying is that at an International level Donovan has done very well for the US. Not only in CONCACAF, but at other International tournaments. Maybe he will not make a note at Everton, few players simply step into major leagues and hit it off immediately, especially with 3 months to do so. I am guessing the intention is more to keep him sharp for the WC campaign, similar to what was done with Bayern for the Confederation Cup.  
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Daft Trini on December 18, 2009, 08:53:08 AM
South Africa will see the crowning of a New Shaka in Donovan and the coming of a new tribe of Zulu... Zulu Zuluuu!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: FF on December 18, 2009, 09:10:50 AM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..

Nobody outside of T&T rates Latapy the way you guys do, except for maybe the fans of the Scottish minnow teams where he "starred". Yorke is a different story, but neither of those guys ever impressed in their games against us anyway. They were always invisible, leaving U.S. fans to wonder what the big deal was. Meanwhile, Wynalda used to score against your clowny team for fun!

And say what you want about Donovan, but he would never walk out on his country in the middle of a World Cup qualifying campaign:

Yorke and Latapy quit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1413629.stm)

Couple of gutless quitters...

dinho talking bout skill and achievement... you coming to talk bout man character...

stop moving the goal post... and I meet people all over from Africa to China who know who is Latapy!

contextual shithong yes  :rotfl:  socawarriors new phrase of the year?
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: fishs on December 18, 2009, 09:11:09 AM

 Longest Everton thread ever.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on December 18, 2009, 09:24:52 AM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..

Nobody outside of T&T rates Latapy the way you guys do, except for maybe the fans of the Scottish minnow teams where he "starred". Yorke is a different story, but neither of those guys ever impressed in their games against us anyway. They were always invisible, leaving U.S. fans to wonder what the big deal was. Meanwhile, Wynalda used to score against your clowny team for fun!

And say what you want about Donovan, but he would never walk out on his country in the middle of a World Cup qualifying campaign:

Yorke and Latapy quit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1413629.stm)

Couple of gutless quitters...

Similarly, no one outside the US rates Donovan the way you guys do..

at least the guys i called "starred" somewhere else besides in their own backyard. 280 million people and you don't have a Dwight Yorke to talk about like we do with our petty 1.3 million population. Stern John score goals in MLS, England and in CONCACAF for fun.. Latapy played champions league football with Porto.. Even Marvin Andrews has made a name for himself at that level.

Meanwhile Donovan couldn't even cut it with a mid-table German team. Like i said, his achievements against us are irrelevant. Thats like saying Giggs is not good because the top European teams always beat up on Wales.

Lets be honest. Your team's success is based only on the fact that you have a whole lot more resources to plug behind that collection of unskilled laborers and nationalized citizens that make up a very efficient unit called the US national team. I will give you that much, you make up for what you lack in skill with discipline and hard graft. But that team will never have my respect.

As for the walk out on national team comment, lets not move the goalposts here... You do know that Roy Keane walked out on his national team in the middle of a world cup finals but is still regarded as a legend right? All that is circumstances, if the shitongs we have at the TTFF were in charge of your US national program, Donavan would probably walk out too with the quickness..

Come Zeppo, when we talking about players in football (not soccer), man want to talk about the Yorkes of this world not the Donavan's..

PS: By the way if you want to make it personal..

yuh feel Dwight Yorke ever asks Becks to pick up the tab for the whole side when they went out to dinner??

Yuh feel Yorke paper weak like cheapskate Donavan own such that he looking for a free ride? Yorke does buy drinks for Becks boy, ketch yuhself!!!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Daft Trini on December 18, 2009, 09:37:07 AM
Truth is Donovan to the average American is a no body... Yorke is known through out the world, so too does Latapy and Shaka for ESPN and letting Gerrard score a bess goal on him last WC.

Donovan has to walk many miles to even sniff wind that Yorke break. I do however wish we had their Management and their resources...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: MEP on December 18, 2009, 09:37:17 AM
Dinho people in football will argue that he has done better than Yorke and Latapy at an International level (Gold Cup, Confederation Cup, Copa America? WC etc). They will also argue that he has done better in head to head games with T&T and  on the WC big stage.

No question about that at all... we all know that Yorke and Latapy underachieved on the international level, most of it their own doing, but much of it as a result of the dysfunction surrounding the national program.  In fact, I'd say Stern John is about the only one who has had a comparable international career than Donovan, save for the WC appearances, with Donovan headed to his third straight.
Not much of it...all of it...Yorke for one was hesitant to play for TnT simply because the TTFF did not want to provide insurance coverage when he played internationally. It is also unfair to compare and place more emphasis over team achievement than individual achievement. Then again neither Georgie Best nor Ryan Giggs have ever been to a World Cup ....
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: triniairman on December 18, 2009, 05:15:02 PM

 Longest Everton thread ever.
lol :rotfl: makes yuh feel proud huh?
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 18, 2009, 07:42:19 PM
You stated that the controversy didn't erupt until after extension talks began. And you were wrong, because it erupted at the beginning of the year once he started talking about making the move to Milan permanent. Angry newspaper columns began appearing and Galaxy fans were making their discontent clear.

But I'm sure you'll start backtracking on that claim too, just like you did when you tried to bolster your argument by passing off bogus information about how much of the season Beckham missed. One month or two? Who knows? Or is adding up to four just too difficult for you?

f**ktard... angry newspaper columns in LA and Galaxy fans kvetching doth not a controversy make... there is nothing to backtrack about.  The proverbial shit didn't hit the fan until the mainstream press got hold of the story and decided to ride it to death... you know, the same way you and your countrymen ride Donovan's testicles?

Truth is Donovan to the average American is a no body... Yorke is known through out the world, so too does Latapy and Shaka for ESPN and letting Gerrard score a bess goal on him last WC.

Donovan has to walk many miles to even sniff wind that Yorke break. I do however wish we had their Management and their resources...

"we"... yuh getting tie up or what?  Not you was claiming the US in that World Cup thread?
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 18, 2009, 07:54:01 PM

Nobody outside of T&T rates Latapy the way you guys do, except for maybe the fans of the Scottish minnow teams where he "starred". Yorke is a different story, but neither of those guys ever impressed in their games against us anyway. They were always invisible, leaving U.S. fans to wonder what the big deal was. Meanwhile, Wynalda used to score against your clowny team for fun!

And say what you want about Donovan, but he would never walk out on his country in the middle of a World Cup qualifying campaign:

Yorke and Latapy quit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1413629.stm)

Couple of gutless quitters...

It would do you a whole lot better to shut your fetid c**t when you're so clearly out of your depth in a conversation

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features.aspx?CIaFID=5284&CIPseq=0

Pay particular attention to #49 and #11 on the list.

There are no pictures to help you out, but here's hoping that your obviously sub-par education has at least prepared you beyond 5th grade reading comprehension.

You might want to query John Harkes as to what his assessment of Latapy is... unlike the majority of you ignorant johnny-come-lately American "soccer" fans... at least Harkesy has something resembling a clue when it comes to football.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on December 19, 2009, 05:11:37 AM
 :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh please respond Zeppo, pppppllllleeeeeaaaaasssssseeeee!!!!!!.....yuh cyar leave me hanging... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dwn on December 19, 2009, 08:05:20 AM
if he so good why he never taste a champions league?

donovan played a couple games in the champions league with leverkusen. just saying.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: MEP on December 19, 2009, 11:12:53 AM

Nobody outside of T&T rates Latapy the way you guys do, except for maybe the fans of the Scottish minnow teams where he "starred". Yorke is a different story, but neither of those guys ever impressed in their games against us anyway. They were always invisible, leaving U.S. fans to wonder what the big deal was. Meanwhile, Wynalda used to score against your clowny team for fun!

And say what you want about Donovan, but he would never walk out on his country in the middle of a World Cup qualifying campaign:

Yorke and Latapy quit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1413629.stm)

Couple of gutless quitters...

It would do you a whole lot better to shut your fetid c**t when you're so clearly out of your depth in a conversation

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features.aspx?CIaFID=5284&CIPseq=0

Pay particular attention to #49 and #11 on the list.

There are no pictures to help you out, but here's hoping that your obviously sub-par education has at least prepared you beyond 5th grade reading comprehension.

You might want to query John Harkes as to what his assessment of Latapy is... unlike the majority of you ignorant johnny-come-lately American "soccer" fans... at least Harkesy has something resembling a clue when it comes to football.


Woy woy woy......yuh in rippin form padnah "a fetid C**t
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on December 19, 2009, 05:16:33 PM

f**ktard... angry newspaper columns in LA and Galaxy fans kvetching doth not a controversy make... there is nothing to backtrack about.  The proverbial shit didn't hit the fan until the mainstream press got hold of the story and decided to ride it to death... you know, the same way you and your countrymen ride Donovan's testicles?

Easy now, Shake n Barf! Don't blow a gasket on us! But when the fans and media are up in arms over a certain issue, that's called "controversy"; precisely what began in January when Beckham started talking about wanting to move to Milan. But I wouldn't expect you to remember that, since simply remembering when he returned to LA seems to be a Herculean task for you. BTW, what were you on that had you in such a haze in the early part of this year?


It would do you a whole lot better to shut your fetid c**t when you're so clearly out of your depth in a conversation

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features.aspx?CIaFID=5284&CIPseq=0

Pay particular attention to #49 and #11 on the list.

There are no pictures to help you out, but here's hoping that your obviously sub-par education has at least prepared you beyond 5th grade reading comprehension.

You might want to query John Harkes as to what his assessment of Latapy is... unlike the majority of you ignorant johnny-come-lately American "soccer" fans... at least Harkesy has something resembling a clue when it comes to football.

Oh boy, looks like it's someone else's turn to trot out the Four Four Two article again (and the Australian edition, no less!) lauding Latapy's exploits with the mighty Hibernian and Falkirk, jewel of the Scottish 2nd division!

 :rotfl:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on December 19, 2009, 05:50:08 PM
aaaawwwww Zeppo...is that the best you can do??  steups ah disappointed....
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kiffysmooth on December 19, 2009, 09:42:06 PM
SUgar...yuh like ah baccanal eh!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on December 20, 2009, 08:48:00 AM
SUgar...yuh like ah baccanal eh!

 :devil: :devil: ;D
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: spideybuff on December 21, 2009, 09:10:11 AM
I very anti- america but i rate Donavon. The man did get the golden ball at an u-17 world cup...that proves that he had something special.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on December 21, 2009, 11:20:46 AM
I very anti- america but i rate Donavon. The man did get the golden ball at an u-17 world cup...that proves that he had something special.

 :-X :-X  Ah tempted, but I wont.... :devil: :devil:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dwn on December 21, 2009, 11:57:46 AM
I don't understand why people disputing the difference between Beckham's loan situation and Donovan's. Isn't the difference obvious?
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kicker on December 22, 2009, 09:54:43 AM
Zeppo Latapy is recognized more so than you give him credit for.  He never made a name for himself in Europe like Yorke did, and he's faded off into retirement as something akin to a cult legend in the small communities who were lucky enough to have him- that's just how it goes sometimes.  Some people don't get the breaks, some don't luck out like others- it's not an indictment on his quality though...Anyone who knows football beyond the mainstream and the headlines would respect Latapy's ability, and fear is potential as an opponent. 

Funny enough, despite all the fighting and fussing... I'd say that Landon Donovan's popularity is analogous to Latapy's.  He's a domestic/cult legend (football in the U.S. still only qualifies as having a cult following) who hasn't yet made a name for himself globally.  Those who have played against him have sung his praises because he's very talented.  He will get a shot to impress at Everton, and I think he will do well.  If I were him I'd try to cut loose from the shackles of the MLS...It would be a shame for a player of his ability to never get a fair taste of top flight football in Europe.  There are lesser talents who have.....


As far as Yorke goes, man up...  Dwight Yorke is a global footballing icon, even if bolstered by his off-the-field antics.  Not many have won a domestic European treble, and even fewer can claim to have been the marquee player in that treble success....Yorke is a legend inside and outside of his home country.  Can you say that about Landon?

All that aside, Yorke & Latapy are yesterday's news fellas- allyuh eh tired talk about them? ... Allyuh come like dem England fans who stuck in Wembley 1966 dread...give it a rest. 
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Daft Trini on December 22, 2009, 10:27:17 AM
Latapy- is a legend in Falkirk.... go to any pub and open yuh mouth... the next thing that does come out is "ger yuh know that fella Russell Latapy... now that is a fooking footballer" If Latas run for Mayor of Falkirk he go win by a land slide.... the only thing bigger than him dey is the Falkirk Wheel....

Go in Landon own hood and see if ANYONE know him like that or respect him like that....
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: triniairman on December 22, 2009, 10:58:00 AM
Donovan granted work permit
USA skipper given green light to start Everton loan in January

USA international Landon Donovan has been granted a work permit to finalise his move to Everton from Los Angeles Galaxy.

Everton confirmed last week that the versatile attacker had agreed terms to move to Goodison Park in January on a loan deal until mid-March.

Donovan, who recently signed a new long-term contract with Galaxy, had been interesting several clubs, but opted for a switch to the Toffees.

He has now been given the necessary clearance to start his spell with the Premier League club on 2nd January as he looks to maintain his fitness ahead of the World Cup finals.

Toffees boss David Moyes revealed his hope that Donovan would be the first of two or three new arrivals in the New Year as he looks to boost his injury-hit squad.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5793748,00.html
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bakes on December 22, 2009, 11:17:35 AM
Latapy- is a legend in Falkirk.... go to any pub and open yuh mouth... the next thing that does come out is "ger yuh know that fella Russell Latapy... now that is a fooking footballer" If Latas run for Mayor of Falkirk he go win by a land slide.... the only thing bigger than him dey is the Falkirk Wheel....

Go in Landon own hood and see if ANYONE know him like that or respect him like that....

What the f**k does Zeppo know about football anyways... other than silly-ass links he scours the internet for?  Why are we even entertaining this idiotic debate, anyone with any football sense would know better than to compare the talent and professional career of Russell Latapy with Landon Donovan's.  That's like comparing a Porsche with a f**king Pinto.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Ngozi on December 22, 2009, 04:27:28 PM
study this..

Donovan is the best player the USA ever produce yet still his accomplishment pale in comparison to Yorke, Latapy, arguably Stern and soon Kenwyne..

this is because for all de "good" he supposed "good", he is and always will be a rank underachiever!

he could not cut it at the top like the other concacaf greats i mentioned above.. or like a Hugo Sanchez of Mexico or even Julio Cesar Dely Valdez from Panama..

Donovan is a contextual shitong!! suck on that zeppo..

Nobody outside of T&T rates Latapy the way you guys do, except for maybe the fans of the Scottish minnow teams where he "starred". Yorke is a different story, but neither of those guys ever impressed in their games against us anyway. They were always invisible, leaving U.S. fans to wonder what the big deal was. Meanwhile, Wynalda used to score against your clowny team for fun!

And say what you want about Donovan, but he would never walk out on his country in the middle of a World Cup qualifying campaign:

Yorke and Latapy quit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1413629.stm)

Couple of gutless quitters...

Wow if you think Latapy are Yorke are so underrated why don't you ask your own John Harkes, Tab Ramos and maybe Eric Wynalda how much you wanna bet that your own knowledge (or lack there of) is quickly updated by more knowledgeable members of the game from your own country... don't let argumentative bias cloud  ... two legends
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: MEP on December 23, 2009, 10:51:37 AM
Latapy- is a legend in Falkirk.... go to any pub and open yuh mouth... the next thing that does come out is "ger yuh know that fella Russell Latapy... now that is a fooking footballer" If Latas run for Mayor of Falkirk he go win by a land slide.... the only thing bigger than him dey is the Falkirk Wheel....

Go in Landon own hood and see if ANYONE know him like that or respect him like that....

What the f**k does Zeppo know about football anyways... other than silly-ass links he scours the internet for?  Why are we even entertaining this idiotic debate, anyone with any football sense would know better than to compare the talent and professional career of Russell Latapy with Landon Donovan's.  That's like comparing a Porsche with a f**king Pinto.


I beg to differ...I would say more like a Porsche and a Yugo. Even though both the Yugo and Pinto were sub-compact cars which is certainly analogous Donovan's style of play. The Pinto however had some elegance to it while the Yugo much like Donovan flatters or should I say flattered to impress.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: noize on December 23, 2009, 11:04:17 AM
It's amazing to me that man does still cry down the US team and it's players...yet we are always the one struggling to make it to the Hex and then only one World Cup appearance ever... while the same team and players that man does be talkin shyte about.. make it to the  World Cup every time since our loss with the Strike Squad ...and is the top team in our region...but they still izza shyte team  ???...right...and where are we in the region???...Donavan is a quality striker and hopefully he does well in the EPL...Kenwayne and Scotty aint better than him and they in the EPL.....explain that..  :o
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: MEP on December 23, 2009, 11:59:00 AM
Kenwyne and Scotty have proven themselves in England .....put them in a national team structure like the US and you'll see the difference...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Toppa on December 23, 2009, 01:27:49 PM
Ah think this is the most amount of licks ah ever see Zeppo take.  :o
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: triniairman on December 23, 2009, 02:56:11 PM
Ah think this is the most amount of licks ah ever see Zeppo take.  :o
yuh eh see he change the topic awat, look for ah Messi CR9 thread ;D
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on January 09, 2010, 09:43:47 AM
i am watching.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Touches on January 09, 2010, 10:16:16 AM
He playing good...he skinning out Traore, same way he skin out Aklie and Wolfe.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Trini _2026 on January 09, 2010, 10:28:17 AM
Zeppo Latapy is recognized more so than you give him credit for.  He never made a name for himself in Europe like Yorke did, and he's faded off into retirement as something akin to a cult legend in the small communities who were lucky enough to have him- that's just how it goes sometimes.  Some people don't get the breaks, some don't luck out like others- it's not an indictment on his quality though...Anyone who knows football beyond the mainstream and the headlines would respect Latapy's ability, and fear is potential as an opponent.  

latapy played in the champions league and uefa cup for  porto and bovista  ... was never good enough to move on to a big club like yorke  ..... in Europe the scouting system is extensive he was not over looked
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on January 09, 2010, 01:40:48 PM
He playing good...he skinning out Traore, same way he skin out Aklie and Wolfe.

he had a decent enough game, he do the simple things. he was kinda weak on the first arsenal goal though...

but playing away to Arsenal in a snowstorm and putting in a decent shift, i will give him a bly this rounds.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on January 10, 2010, 12:02:11 PM
He playing good...he skinning out Traore, same way he skin out Aklie and Wolfe.


As the BBC put it...

The American gave Gunners left-back Armand Traore a torrid time throughout, and it was from his corner that Everton opened the scoring.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8441973.stm
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on January 10, 2010, 01:55:55 PM
Ah think this is the most amount of licks ah ever see Zeppo take.  :o

Cuz he too f*&^%$ng bold faced and arrogant!!...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kiffysmooth on January 10, 2010, 06:14:37 PM
Hmmm! Tension in de city!...ah never hear Sugar cuss so stink yet!  Sugar I sorry if I ever offend yuh in de pass! ;D
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on January 10, 2010, 07:03:00 PM
Hmmm! Tension in de city!...ah never hear Sugar cuss so stink yet!  Sugar I sorry if I ever offend yuh in de pass! ;D

No kiffy darling....that's only reserved for arrogant US "soccer" fans.... ;D
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on January 28, 2010, 05:27:56 AM
Everton 2 - 0 Sunderland

Landon Donovan scored his first club goal in Europe as Tim Howard and Everton cruised to home victory over Sunderland.

Marouane Fellaini provided the first cross to set up Tim Cahill for his seventh minute opener. Fellaini's inch perfect cross picked out the Australian striker to give Everton the early lead.

Donovan secured the win with a strong left footed strike that drilled past Craig Gordon after Steven Pieenar flicked on Leighton Baines' long cross, and Donovan did the rest. After chesting down the pass on the edge of the area, Donovan drilled home a left footed shot.

Donovan nearly had two if it hadn't been for George McCartney to clear off the line. Howard was forced into second half saves from Kenwyne Jones, as Everton held onto their earlier lead to claim all three points.

(continue) (http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=5760)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kicker on January 28, 2010, 01:11:17 PM
Everton 2 - 0 Sunderland

Landon Donovan scored his first club goal in Europe as Tim Howard and Everton cruised to home victory over Sunderland.

Marouane Fellaini provided the first cross to set up Tim Cahill for his seventh minute opener. Fellaini's inch perfect cross picked out the Australian striker to give Everton the early lead.

Donovan secured the win with a strong left footed strike that drilled past Craig Gordon after Steven Pieenar flicked on Leighton Baines' long cross, and Donovan did the rest. After chesting down the pass on the edge of the area, Donovan drilled home a left footed shot.

Donovan nearly had two if it hadn't been for George McCartney to clear off the line. Howard was forced into second half saves from Kenwyne Jones, as Everton held onto their earlier lead to claim all three points.

(continue) (http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=5760)


Congrats to LD- He's had a good run in the EPL so far...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on January 28, 2010, 05:41:48 PM
steups.... :yawning: :yawning:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on January 31, 2010, 09:56:20 AM
Forward Landon Donovan feels at home at Everton

Everton forward Landon Donovan says he feels at home with the Blues after scoring his first goal in the 2-0 victory over Sunderland on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old US international is on a three-month loan from LA Galaxy.

"You kind of get a sense of family and community here that I haven't felt at other European clubs," Donovan told BBC Radio Merseyside. 

(continue) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8485340.stm)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on February 11, 2010, 03:30:46 AM
Donovan gets assist, earns penalty for Everton

Landon Donovan assisted on a goal and earned a penalty kick for Everton, helping the Toffees beat Premier League leader Chelsea 2-1 Wednesday night.

Florent Malouda put Chelsea ahead in the 17th minute at Goodison Park, taking a long header from Didier Drogba after goalkeeper Petr Cech’s long clearance and beating goalkeeper Tim Howard, Donovan’s American teammate.

Louis Saha tied the score in the 33rd minute when he headed Donovan’s cross, which dropped over Frank Lampard, past goalkeeper Petr Cech.

(continue) (http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news;_ylt=AuF3Urkfv_SCHTxVMO6oo4Amw7YF?slug=ap-eurordp&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on February 11, 2010, 01:36:59 PM
have to admit, halfway through his loan and this man have the crow simmering on the fire and the humble pie baking in the oven.  :-[
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: elan on February 11, 2010, 01:44:26 PM
have to admit, halfway through his loan and this man have the crow simmering on the fire and the humble pie baking in the oven.  :-[

He doin well, but he join the league 2/3 or the way through. I want to see him from start before I give him any real pips.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kicker on February 11, 2010, 01:53:56 PM

He doin well, but he join the league 2/3 or the way through. I want to see him from start before I give him any real pips.

Allyuh real wicked.  The man joined the league in his off-season, he wasn't even fit...Yet he fit right into the roster like a hand in a glove and he's playing very well- netted in his 3rd or 4th game I think.  The Everton fans love him too...He has already played against Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City & Chelsea (4 of the biggest clubs in the league), and he didn't look out of his depth at all....And iz not like he playing for a big big side supported by stars who making it easy for him...I think that says alot about his quality, and even something about the MLS.  So many players from all different leagues around the world talk about how difficult it is to adjust to the pace of the EPL...Some even struggle for their first few games before they adjust...Yuh hadda give him props.

Iz like you want the man to fail...like that gonna do you any good.

p.s. He joined the league 1/2 way through..or just about.  (Not sure what that has to do with anything though- if anything it woulda been more difficult for him)....

Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: elan on February 11, 2010, 02:02:23 PM

He doin well, but he join the league 2/3 or the way through. I want to see him from start before I give him any real pips.

Allyuh real wicked.  The man joined the league in his off-season, he wasn't even fit...Yet he fit right into the roster like a hand in a glove and he's playing very well- netted in his 3rd or 4th game I think.  The Everton fans love him too...He has already played against Arsenal, Liverpool Man City & Chelsea (4 of the biggest clubs in the league), and he didn't look out of his depth at all....I think that says alot about his quality, and even something about the MLS.  So many players from all different leagues around the world talk about how difficult it is to adjust to the pace of the EPL...Some even struggle for their first few games before they adjust...Yuh hadda give him props.

Iz like you want the man to fail...like that gonna do you any good.

p.s. He joined the league 1/2 way through..or just about.  (Not sure what that has to do with anything though- if anything it woulda been more difficult for him)....



Nah I don't want him to fail, just skeptical as many players in the EPL will be getting burnt out around this time. Why would you think he is not fit? He just finished his season and had enough rest to reinvigorate himself.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kicker on February 11, 2010, 02:10:54 PM

Nah I don't want him to fail, just skeptical as many players in the EPL will be getting burnt out around this time. Why would you think he is not fit? He just finished his season and had enough rest to reinvigorate himself.

In his interview after the Arsenal game he said he was lacking some game fitness.  His first game against Arsenal was a little over a month after the MLS season finished.  If you're not consistently playing competitive matches for over a month, you will lose some match fitness.  He might be back to full fitness now (not sure how long it takes to get it back), but in his first game or so back he was lacking that match fitness (at least according to him that is)....

Reinvigorate himself? lol you serious? Come nah man ...Dis eh fete match football we talking about  ;D ...Fresh and fit iz two different things. 
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: elan on February 11, 2010, 02:21:40 PM

Nah I don't want him to fail, just skeptical as many players in the EPL will be getting burnt out around this time. Why would you think he is not fit? He just finished his season and had enough rest to reinvigorate himself.

In his interview after the Arsenal game he said he was lacking some game fitness.  His first game against Arsenal was a little over a month after the MLS season finished.  If you're not consistently playing competitive matches for over a month, you will lose some match fitness.  He might be back to full fitness now (not sure how long it takes to get it back), but in his first game or so back he was lacking that match fitness (at least according to him that is)....

Reinvigorate himself? lol you serious? Come nah man ...Dis eh fete match football we talking about  ;D ...Fresh and fit iz two different things. 

These men does be super fit and sometimes to maintain that level of fitness players are encourage to take time of to not "hit the wall."   But if he said he not feeling fitness the no ne can argue with that.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Small Magician aka Wazza on February 11, 2010, 03:40:41 PM
big player...should stay in England...every game I've seen him play for Everton he's done extremely well and the games I've missed they say he's been awesome

Everton should buy him...I bet they extend his loan till May but he will look like a huge hypocrite after blasting Becks for doing the same with Milan
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Marcos on February 11, 2010, 04:08:57 PM
Anybody criticizing Donovan here is just a hater.
OVer the last year the man has proven himself as quality. I rank him better than any Trini in the last decade other than Latas and Yorke.
His pace is real pressure. Plus he kicking with both feet and seems to have really good awareness.
He could fit in well on the right for AC Milan.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Deeks on February 11, 2010, 04:11:02 PM
Wazza,
            I agree with you dey. I think he playing well enough to stay there. But he can have his cake and eat it also but using the Beckham principles. It very easy to swallow your pride these days. Actually it was always easy. Money talks. Always!!
          
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bitter on February 11, 2010, 04:23:09 PM
I hating. The man is a snake...
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: elan on February 11, 2010, 04:45:55 PM
big player...should stay in England...every game I've seen him play for Everton he's done extremely well and the games I've missed they say he's been awesome

Everton should buy him...I bet they extend his loan till May but he will look like a huge hypocrite after blasting Becks for doing the same with Milan

USA USA USA   :devil:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Small Magician aka Wazza on February 11, 2010, 05:02:32 PM
big player...should stay in England...every game I've seen him play for Everton he's done extremely well and the games I've missed they say he's been awesome

Everton should buy him...I bet they extend his loan till May but he will look like a huge hypocrite after blasting Becks for doing the same with Milan

USA USA USA   :devil:

I dont hate USA players...I respect the top quality players in their squad... We should not hate on their players..what we should do is replicate their success by using their techniques that the USA federation implemented since 1989... they have a 20 year advantage on us and since then they have been to every world cup comfortably. We have better raw talent...they just have the "factory" to produce a better product

Just typing that shows us how shitty the TTFF really is yes
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kicker on February 11, 2010, 05:21:40 PM
We have better raw talent...

I'm still waiting to hear exactly how people come up with this notion...How raw we torkin' bout?  Because from what I remember youth teams from the U.S. spanking T&T youth teams from way way way back when, from U-16 all the way up....

I think in terms of raw athletic/sporting talent, the U.S. is probably 2nd to none....unfortunately for them (as far as football goes), alot of that raw talent gets channeled into their more high-profile sports from a very young age....   
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Preacher on February 11, 2010, 07:33:08 PM
We have better raw talent...

I'm still waiting to hear exactly how people come up with this notion...How raw we torkin' bout?  Because from what I remember youth teams from the U.S. spanking T&T youth teams from way way way back when, from U-16 all the way up....

I think in terms of raw athletic/sporting talent, the U.S. is probably 2nd to none....unfortunately for them (as far as football goes), alot of that raw talent gets channeled into their more high-profile sports from a very young age....   
:rotfl: :rotfl:  Kicker you go kill meh.  Dem talkin about real raw.  Not organized team raw.  Rawer than that, like sunday evening sweat raw.  RAW RAW talent.  In that case they are right because I have to search real hard for a road sweat in the US.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Touches on February 11, 2010, 07:56:35 PM
Donovan wukkin  ;D ;D :devil: :devil:

Ashley Cole out for 3 months (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8511556.stm)


Ankle fracture rules Ashley Cole out for three months
Ashley Cole
Cole limped off after sustaining the injury at Goodison Park

Chelsea will be without Ashley Cole for around three months after the England defender fractured his left ankle in Wednesday's 2-1 defeat by Everton.

The 29-year-old left-back limped off in the second half after a challenge by Everton's Landon Donovan
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kicker on February 11, 2010, 08:09:40 PM
:rotfl: :rotfl:  Kicker you go kill meh.  Dem talkin about real raw.  Not organized team raw.  Rawer than that, like sunday evening sweat raw.  RAW RAW talent.  In that case they are right because I have to search real hard for a road sweat in the US.


lol yeah I know they talking about raw raw raw, "small goal sweat, drink some beers, eat a food and hit a man a spanner" raw.... (which is why I made reference to the youth teams)....but I just dunno how yuh assess (and compare) raw on the level that they're talking about, and I dunno what that level of rawness has to do with real football... plenty of de raw talent we like tuh "boast" bout iz real shittongs when it come to any kinda meaningful football- and iz no guarantee they woulda been anything special if that rawness was ever developed properly from early... The way we like to extrapolate our love for flair at the grassroots level of meaningless football,  into some kinda world class footballing potential that other countries like the U.S. don't also have is a kinda naive and useless romanticism that only implies that we are a society of amateurs who dunno what we doing, and dunno what we talking about

That's why plenty of us will forever rank Donovan as a sh*ttong when he could run circles around plenty of our "raw" talent without barely breaking a sweat ...

   :beermug:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bitter on February 11, 2010, 08:40:02 PM
....but I just dunno how yuh assess raw on the level that they're talking about.   :beermug:

Same way you does assess a duck before you wring he neck and curry it.  :drool:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: WestCoast on February 11, 2010, 09:25:48 PM
....but I just dunno how yuh assess raw on the level that they're talking about.   :beermug:

Same way you does assess a duck before you wring he neck and curry it.  :drool:
allya is real assess's oui :devil: :devil:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: kicker on February 11, 2010, 10:12:51 PM
....but I just dunno how yuh assess raw on the level that they're talking about.   :beermug:

Same way you does assess a duck before you wring he neck and curry it.  :drool:

lol  :D
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: FF on February 12, 2010, 09:16:17 AM
I hating. The man is a snake...


Thank you

ah Rank Shithong!!   :devil:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dwn on February 12, 2010, 10:00:59 AM
We have better raw talent...

I'm still waiting to hear exactly how people come up with this notion...How raw we torkin' bout?  Because from what I remember youth teams from the U.S. spanking T&T youth teams from way way way back when, from U-16 all the way up....

I think in terms of raw athletic/sporting talent, the U.S. is probably 2nd to none....unfortunately for them (as far as football goes), alot of that raw talent gets channeled into their more high-profile sports from a very young age....   

You beat me to it. This raw talent thing come back up again yes. Every time I just shake my head.

They should have a raw talent world cup.
Players only eligible if they never played organized football.
 ::)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on February 12, 2010, 11:13:32 AM
Donovan's Everton gamble paying off

Landon Donovan made what could be considered one of the biggest gambles of his career earlier this winter, and it is paying off in a way few could have imagined.

Donovan’s big gamble wasn’t going to Everton on loan in order to take a fourth run at European soccer.

It wasn’t agreeing to a short-term loan move that would include matches against a murderer’s row of top English clubs.

(continue) (http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/usa/story/021110-galarcep-donovans-everton-gamble-paying-off)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: fordy on February 12, 2010, 11:37:04 AM
Donovan wukkin  ;D ;D :devil: :devil:

Ashley Cole out for 3 months (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8511556.stm)


Ankle fracture rules Ashley Cole out for three months
Ashley Cole
Cole limped off after sustaining the injury at Goodison Park

Chelsea will be without Ashley Cole for around three months after the England defender fractured his left ankle in Wednesday's 2-1 defeat by Everton.

The 29-year-old left-back limped off in the second half after a challenge by Everton's Landon Donovan

yes touches he wuking real good. is it me or is he prone for injuring players and i have never really heard bout him being out for no long period of time with any injury.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on February 12, 2010, 11:57:22 AM
yes touches he wuking real good. is it me or is he prone for injuring players and i have never really heard bout him being out for no long period of time with any injury.

Sure. Landon Donovan: Hard man.  ::)

There's a reason that no one is calling it a dirty tackle.

(http://www.soccerbyives.net/.a/6a00e54ef2975b883301287790b512970c-pi)


You can see it in this clip at around minute 9.

http://dailymotion.virgilio.it/video/xc6p3g_everton-v-chelsea_sport

In fact, I don't even think that Donovan touched Cole. The challenge looked more like foot against ball against foot.



Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on February 18, 2010, 03:44:57 PM
Donovan Lands Award

Landon Donovan has been named Everton's Player of the Month for January.

The on-loan midfielder was presented with his award by Blues legend, Graeme Sharp and Kitbag representative, Victoria Schofield at a lunch in Goodison's Dixie Dean Lounge on Thursday.

The 28-year-old received the accolade due to some fine performances since his arrival from MLS side LA Galaxy at the turn of the year.

(continue) (http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/donovan-lands-award.html)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on February 19, 2010, 04:52:08 AM
 :yawning: :yawning: :yawning:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: saga pinto on February 19, 2010, 06:46:55 AM
Anybody criticizing Donovan here is just a hater.
OVer the last year the man has proven himself as quality. I rank him better than any Trini in the last decade other than Latas and Yorke.
His pace is real pressure. Plus he kicking with both feet and seems to have really good awareness.
He could fit in well on the right for AC Milan.

They hate him because our current players in scotty and jones cyah see they way plus he's making quick strides in a league that could make yuh or break yuh.

The man is quality and he'll surpass any of our players to the top much faster,yuh see with donovan yuh get consistency but our players are consistently inconsistent........ 
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Mango Chow! on February 19, 2010, 09:26:12 AM
yes touches he wuking real good. is it me or is he prone for injuring players and i have never really heard bout him being out for no long period of time with any injury.

Sure. Landon Donovan: Hard man.  ::)

There's a reason that no one is calling it a dirty tackle.

(http://www.soccerbyives.net/.a/6a00e54ef2975b883301287790b512970c-pi)


You can see it in this clip at around minute 9.

http://dailymotion.virgilio.it/video/xc6p3g_everton-v-chelsea_sport

In fact, I don't even think that Donovan touched Cole. The challenge looked more like foot against ball against foot.





  If anybody was committing a dirty tackle, it was Ashley Cole, not donovan. He delivered one o' dem typical, studs-showing, English tackles and break his typically brittle, English bone. Hard luck fuh We. Maybe hard luck fuh England......
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on February 20, 2010, 04:10:56 PM
(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/33/fullj.922a9d4111bfea903968902a4b202477/922a9d4111bfea903968902a4b202477-getty-89131650rk010_everton_v_man.jpg)

Everton 3-1 Man Utd (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8518117.stm)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on February 22, 2010, 07:52:05 AM
Donovan Battled Illness, ManU

In the aftermath of a famous 3-1 win over holders Manchester United, Everton manager David Moyes revealed that U.S. star Landon Donovan played after a morning flu scare.

"I told him most of the players in England play with flu four or five times a year," said Moyes. "If you are from Los Angeles you probably don't know what flu is!"

(continue) (http://soccer365.com/us_news/story_22210034559.php)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Bitter on February 28, 2010, 07:59:21 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8530339.stm

Quote
Seven minutes later, Everton substitute Donovan was guilty of one of the misses of the season.
Rodwell turned Sebastien Bassong on the left side of the penalty area and threaded a cross across goal that beat Gomes, leaving the on-loan American with the simplest of tap-ins at the back post but inexplicably he fluffed his effort into the side-netting.

ssssssnake!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dwn on February 28, 2010, 08:04:52 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8530339.stm

Quote
Seven minutes later, Everton substitute Donovan was guilty of one of the misses of the season.
Rodwell turned Sebastien Bassong on the left side of the penalty area and threaded a cross across goal that beat Gomes, leaving the on-loan American with the simplest of tap-ins at the back post but inexplicably he fluffed his effort into the side-netting.

ssssssnake!

sssssso what?  ???

 :devil:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: theworm2345 on February 28, 2010, 09:02:41 PM
Donovan Battled Illness, ManU

In the aftermath of a famous 3-1 win over holders Manchester United, Everton manager David Moyes revealed that U.S. star Landon Donovan played after a morning flu scare.

Scare, not the flu, a flu scare.  I'm scared that I may have the flu but I still play.   ::) ::) Anyway I heard he's been shit in his past two matches.
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on March 06, 2010, 07:00:03 AM
Galaxy want Donovan back in March

Everton manager David Moyes's hopes of extending Landon Donovan's loan spell at Goodison Park appear to have been dashed by LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena.

Moyes had hoped to keep Donovan beyond the end of his loan, saying: "I am keen to keep Landon and it sounds initially in America that they might say yes."

But Arena said: "We're not interested. Landon will be back here on 15 March, as we have said all along."

(continue) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8552757.stm)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on March 07, 2010, 04:25:04 PM
Donovan with goal and assist as Everton hammer Hull

Mikel Arteta’s double, his first Premier League goals for more than a year, fired Everton to an emphatic 5-1 victory over relegation-threatened Hull at Goodison Park.

Spanish midfielder Arteta, who has only just battled back from a long-term knee injury, claimed his first with a scorching volley before teenage Hull midfielder Tom Cairney equalised in style.

Everton striker Yakubu missed a first-half penalty but Arteta’s second, a Richard Garcia own goal and further strikes from Landon Donovan and Jack Rodwell ensured a comfortable three points for David Moyes’ side.

(continue) (http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=txeplhullcityeverton&prov=st&type=lgns)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: noize on March 08, 2010, 10:41:01 AM
It's amazing to see how some people was crying down this man before he went to Everton...this is a quality player in any league ...good showing by him and I hope that more players get the chance to show that the MLS, USA and Caribbean have quality players and teams!!!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: saga pinto on March 08, 2010, 05:29:14 PM
Well said :applause: :applause: :applause:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on March 09, 2010, 03:26:45 AM
In no rush to exit, Donovan savors confidence-boosting run at Everton

It was, I have to say, one of the cooler goose-bump moments I have witnessed in a long time. As Landon Donovan took what was probably a goodbye lap after Everton's 5-1 win over Hull City on Sunday, the home fans at Goodison Park stood and cheered the 28-year-old American who came here a European washout and stands ready to depart, just 10 weeks later, as a beloved figure in this soccer-mad town.

And then, like a low rumble at first, but then as loud as a Lake Placid lullaby, the chant began:

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

Only later did I come to understand that some in the stands were actually booming:

U-S-A! YOU-MUST-STAY!

(continue) (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/grant_wahl/03/08/donovan.everton/index.html)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on March 09, 2010, 05:22:20 AM
Alright, alright Zeppo we get it......Donovan good..... ::) ::) :yawning:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: saga pinto on March 09, 2010, 06:44:22 AM
Alright, alright Zeppo we get it......Donovan good..... ::) ::) :yawning:

Yuh say that with some resentment boi...............
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on March 09, 2010, 07:19:15 AM
Alright, alright Zeppo we get it......Donovan good..... ::) ::) :yawning:

Yuh say that with some resentment boi...............

Saga....it is well known on this forum that I'm anti-USA and all things USA......I sure it doh bother Zeppo one bit...and is all in good fun.... ;) :devil: ;D
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Small Change on March 09, 2010, 11:49:49 PM
An excellent player, who short changing himself by staying in de MLS. Yes, man fight down de man, but he is a very good player. Quick, clever and has a good touch. Veteran of 2 World Cups, esp in particular the 2002 WC, where he had a real good tornament. Hope Everton can keep him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on March 13, 2010, 05:08:00 AM
Hope for Everton in Landon Donovan loan extension bid

The threatened Major League Soccer players' strike could enable Landon Donovan to extend his spell at Everton.

The Toffees' match against Birmingham City on Saturday was expected to bring to an end to midfielder Donovan's 10-week loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy.

But on Thursday MLS players voted to strike if a new contract was not agreed before the 25 March season opener.

(continue) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8554684.stm)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on March 14, 2010, 08:11:35 AM
Landon Donovan ends loan spell at Everton

Everton have confirmed Landon Donovan's loan spell has officially ended and he is returning to Los Angeles Galaxy.

The Toffees had a hope the prospect of a Major League Soccer players' strike could enable him to stay for longer.

But a statement on Everton's website on Sunday said: "Landon has returned to LA Galaxy following his 10-week loan,"

(continue) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8554684.stm)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on March 14, 2010, 04:13:39 PM
English fans find an unlikely love for a Yank

Beside the gallant city park in perhaps the world’s most zealous sports neighborhood, an unanticipated love has sprouted this winter and ripened into wistfulness this weekend.

Sighs abound because the dreamboat tourist must go home to California by Monday. The air brims with remarks like “Don’t want him to go” and “If we could get him here permanently” and “I can’t picture him out of the team, to be honest.” Around a stadium tucked snugly into narrow roads of row houses and pubs and fish-and-chips stands, it is trendy to root openly for a distant workers’ strike on the faint hope that it could enable his return.

In the two details that make this curious, the lovelorn happen to be some of the most informed, exacting fans on Earth — those of the English Premier League — and the object happens to be an American soccer player who is not a goalkeeper.

(continue) (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/sports/soccer/14donovan.html?ref=soccer)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on March 18, 2010, 04:14:03 AM
Donovan: In England, I would only want to play for Everton

Following a 10-week loan at Everton, Landon Donovan is back in southern California. But the 28-year-old won't be forgetting his stint in Liverpool any time soon.

"If I ever went back to England I would only want to play for Everton," Donovan asserted in a press conference today, seemingly squashing any rumors of Chelsea bidding for his services.

"Playing at Goodison Park is really special. As much talk there is about getting a new stadium, there's something about a historic place. People have gone there for years. I'm just a player there for 10 weeks; this is their life."

(continue) (http://goal.com/en/news/1884/north-america/2010/03/17/1837726/landon-donovan-in-england-i-would-only-want-to-play-for)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: dinho on March 18, 2010, 07:34:57 AM
time to kill this thread geez!!!
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Zeppo on March 18, 2010, 07:42:10 AM
Donovan may go back to Everton, if MLS strikes

Landon Donovan will attend the resumption of Major League Soccer bargaining and says he might return to Everton if players go on strike next week.

Donovan had two goals and three assists in 13 games during an impressive 10-week loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy to Everton that ended Saturday, helping the Toffees beat Manchester United and Chelsea, the top two teams in the Premier League. He rejoined the Galaxy on Tuesday ahead of their March 27 opener against New England.

"There's nothing concrete set up," Donovan said at a news conference Wednesday. "I think we've all been very clear about the possibility that I could go back if something happens. It's crossing that bridge when we get to it, right now."

(continue) (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/03/17/donovan.everton.ap/index.html)
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: Brownsugar on March 18, 2010, 03:03:23 PM
time to kill this thread geez!!!

Ya think??!!.....steups....

Zeppo, we get it Donavan is the hottest thing since sliced bread.....and because of his prowess all yuh winning the World Cup......will you go away now??.....steups...... ::) ::)  :yawning:
Title: Re: Toffees 'to land Donovan'
Post by: triniairman on March 18, 2010, 05:05:56 PM
time to kill this thread geez!!!
na keep it going ;D
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