27 May 2015 20:12:16
Hi ed how bout joey Barton on a free could he do a job for us
{Ed025's Note - i think hes talented dazza, but for me comes with too much baggage mate..
27 May 2015 20:21:50
Must have some talent, he's made a living out of the game. But no not talented enough for me or Everton football club imo. Then again saying that we have got Mcgeady.
{Ed025's Note - we have unfortunately jimmy..
27 May 2015 20:49:55
No, he's a scumbag as bad as his brother, the cigar in someones eyes is probably one of the nicest things he's done. Disgusting human being. Mind you, our fans love duncan ferguson so he'd fit right in.
{Ed025's Note - dont ever compare duncan with barton swan!...dunc is a genuine hard man who can never be seen as cowardly or sly mate..
27 May 2015 21:31:26
Don't tell me Barton is linked with us now please someone say it's not so.
{Ed025's Note - its people putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5 stef..
27 May 2015 21:34:22
I think its pretty sly saying to a man who's wife is dying of cancer and asking him if his wife is dead yet is pretty sly. he's just another thug except a bit taller. May not fit in well with most everton fans but I can't stand him, I didn't like him when he was playing and I can't stand him now he's a coach. Scumbag.
27 May 2015 22:11:24
Swan?? I never heard about that mate but is it true I hope not.
28 May 2015 00:09:48
Yes Its true.
{Ed007's Note - I'll back you up on that Swan, it's 100% true and add that wasn't all he said. He's a cardboard hardman who has had a major chip on his shoulder all his life and only ever picked on smaller guys, unless he was full of them drink or mob handed, even team mates at Rangers complained about him and were glad to see the back of him. I've never really understood why Everton fans hold him in such high regard.
www.theguardian.com/football/2003/aug/17/sport.comment5
28 May 2015 07:19:34
Who said that to Ferdinand, Duncan or Barton? I could imagine it from the latter but a bit hard to imagine DF saying something so sick.
Duncan was a better player than he was given credit for by the press but to say he is a legend is off the mark. Especially when you compare him to the great players that have represented our club. He may have done better in a decent team but we, in the main, struggled during his time in the squad. He was one of the hard men of that generation but I wouldn't call him a thug as such, never seen him go all out to try and injure an opponent although I've seen him grab players by the throat! I'm not so sure why the fans took to him the way they did, possibly for scoring in the derby (think it may have been his debut) but didn't do much to justify such a tag.
Really hope it is Barton that Swan is talking about though. And isn't ed007 a Celtic fan? Terribly biased them fans, got a few in the family hahaha
{Ed001's Note - it was Ferguson, he changed a lot after he moved away from Glasgow, to be fair to him. I think his time in jail had a lot to do with it as well. He became a much nicer person for getting away from the sectarianism that was rife in Glasgow at that time.}
28 May 2015 08:52:53
Swan you wouldn't have a clue about him and don't really have any authority to discuss Duncan as he is before your time.
At the time of Ferguson being with us we had nothing. No Mirallas or Lukaku or even a Jags. We had a poor team and were in massive decline. We needed a hero and someone to have a reason to go to watch Everton and that someone was Dunc. It was never about what Dunc brought on the pitch, it was what he managed to do the men in the stands. That was worth more than a goal from him.
Some people don't get football. It's not just about being 4th best in the EPL or even winning a trophy. It's about being inspired and in the early 90's we had it worse than the new breed of Evertonians these days as we had seen, danced and drank success but then had it ripped away from us.
It's why I get frustrated with people having a go at BK, when he saved the club from extinction. For those that can't see progression in the club then you can't have been alive in the 90's.
You can't put up a news paper article about him as the media hated him as he didn't speak to them. The link you put up ED says a much in it. Everything that was written about him was rumour and the opposition point of view.
As for Big Dunc not being squeaky clean, so what. I'm sure none of you haven't got something you have regretted and again it just confirms you don't understand what he was. He was one of us and loved the club like one of us. He had flaws but what he did do was give us hope when there was nothing to hope for.
{Ed001's Note - the comments were not a rumour, it was said in public. He was like many other young boys, swept along in the sectarian hatred of the times. When he was with Everton, he was mostly behaved, local restauranteurs remember him as generous and friendly with them, their staff and other customers. He grew up, and no longer had those bad influences around him. I have met him a few times and he always came across as a nice enough bloke, willing to sign autographs and chat with people.}
28 May 2015 08:53:54
The idiot's mouth runs on pure methane!
28 May 2015 09:58:46
The pure methane post was aimed at Barton not Big Dunc btw.
28 May 2015 10:07:36
u on about Swan or Ferguson Blue247
28 May 2015 11:20:48
Sorry to all, think I've got wrong end of the stick on this. Not long finished a long shift when I read this! Thought I had seen Ferdinands name in there and that Swan believed Duncan had made that statement to him. My bad.
Agree with BJU, it is impossible for our younger fans to realise how bad things were in them days. To put in perspective, we have finished outside of the top ten just twice in the last decade. The ten years previous, we finished in the top ten twice. Few of them years seen us avoid relegation at the last minute. Bad times. Under PJ, we were near the bottom. Nobody wants to settle for second best but it is probably why the older generation, some of them at least, put up with what we've got under BK
28 May 2015 12:06:09
Murf:
My bad mate, I wasn't up to speed on this one,
plus I find it difficult to believe DF could say such things.
If it is true though, not impressed one bit!
28 May 2015 21:02:43
Dunc actually was a hardman on and off the field but also a gentleman off the field too who always had time for the fans. I always remember coming back from basic training as a 17 year old and seeing the echo in lime street that he had been sold I was mortified. Maybe he wasnt world class but what he brought to us at that time was fight. We were not a fancy side with flair players we were scrappers who won ugly in order to survive. The goals against Liverpool and Leeds kickstarted our season which led us to survival and our last ever trophy. That is why Duncan is held in such high regards by supporters that and the fact he went out and got the club crest tattooed on his arm, no footballer in this day and age can spell loyalty let alone actually abide by it. For me ferguson was the talisman for my generation and will always belong in Everton history for the leadership qualities he brought on the field and also for the work he still does at the club.Barton on the other hand well he is just a racist helmet who thinks quoting philosophy on twitter makes him intelligent. Surely his transfer fees generated should constitute fraud because with so little talent to offer why should clubs actually pay for him!