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Tim Cahill. £1.75Million
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23-12-2010 2:39am#1I know I am as about as fond on this forum as a Nazi in an irish pub but surely Tim Cahill is one of the finest signings by any manager in the top flight?
He ridicules players like Balotelli with his arrogance, petulance and sky high wages.
Tim Cahill, he will have a statue erected soon in his honour, with a gold plated head of course.
Interesting article here..
"Bill Kenwright recounts many stories about players he has signed for Everton but the one he tells about Tim Cahill is a personal favourite.
It goes like this. Back in the spring of 2002, David Moyes was settling into his role as manager at Goodison Park and had identified a central defender was required; one of the players he was following was Darren Purse, then of Birmingham City.
Eager to see what Purse could do in a high-pressure game, Moyes took his chairman to St Andrew’s to watch Birmingham play Millwall in the Championship play-off semi-final but his attention kept turning to the bundle of energy causing havoc here, there and everywhere.
‘I remember David leaning over to me and saying, “Bill, look at the wee black-haired boy who is running from box to box”,’ Kenwright recalled. ‘I then spent the next hour watching Tim Cahill. He was just mesmeric.’
Two years and countless spying assignments later, Cahill became an Everton player but little could
Moyes and Kenwright have imagined that the £1.75million they invested in the Australian would reap such spectacular rewards.
What Cahill has achieved in six-and-a-half goal-filled years on Merseyside in relation to what he cost gives the 31-year-old a claim to be included in the top 10 most successful transfers in the history of the Barclays Premier League.
Everton captain Phil Neville said: ‘Tim has got a hunger and fearless determination to go with his will to win and agility. He wants to succeed in everything he does and, when the big games come along, he is the one you can rely on. It makes him stand out from the rest.’
How he proved that at Manchester City on Monday. Cahill was immense in Everton’s 2-1 win and scored the opener. But just as important was the relentless running that pestered Kolo Toure and Vincent Kompany to the point of distraction.
When compared to the theatrics of Mario Balotelli and the eight minutes Pablo Zabaleta needed to have stitches in his cut, from a clash with Cahill, his attitude was a breath of fresh air.
But that is the way Cahill is and why he makes things happen for Everton in so many different ways.
The goals — 64 in 225 appearances — say a lot about what he contributes but there is more to his game than just poaching headers.
Cahill goes to war with central defenders, grappling and scrapping with them. He might not be the most technically accomplished performer but how City, for example, could do with someone of his ilk.
Neville said: ‘Before I came to Everton, I’ve got to admit I didn’t know a great deal about him other than he had been sent off for celebrating after he had scored a goal at City (in September 2004).
‘I was looking forward to playing with Duncan Ferguson and Mikel Arteta. It was only when I joined in training I saw Tim was special. He soon became the one player I would tell everyone from outside the clubabout. Now he is the one every team make plans for but nobody can stop.’
Roberto Mancini may have fumed about City’s defenders falling asleep on Monday, but Kompany and Toure are not the first to be caught napping by Cahill.
‘He is a ghost,’ Neville said. ‘Every team will have their pre-game meeting and Tim’s name is bound to figure when they start to discuss set-pieces. Everyone will be drilled, everyone will know what to expect but the amount of times he pops up unmarked is remarkable.
‘It’s a special knack. Players like Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Paul Scholes have it, the ability
to be in the right place at the right time. Tim has got it, too.’
Evidence of that is illustrated by Cahill’s haul of nine league goals this season but his hopes of contending for the Golden Boot at the end of the campaign will be dashed due to his commitments in
the Asia Cup next month.
The repercussions for Everton could be enormous. Moyes has tried to put a brave face on Cahill’s absence, urging his team-mates to follow his example when he flies out to Qatar on January 2.
But Neville said: ‘He is going to be such a massive loss. It’s not just his goals. It’s the infectious personality and the fact he is a leader. He trains like he plays and doesn’t know any other way of doing things.
‘Everything is geared to him being in top form of a weekend, and he looks after himself through the
week to make sure that happens.
'He believes he belongs on the biggest stage and he has shown it time and time again.’12
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I rate Cahill highly but if he believes he belongs on the biggest stage, why is he at Everton? No offense to Everton or anything, I like Everton.
Fantastic signing though.
Im sure lots of players want to play in the worlds biggest stage, Stephen Ireland wants to play in the grandest biggest baddest stage of them all, but he didnt think it was aston villa reserves.
The greatest stage can be playing at a club you love, are respected and have great fans.
its not all about the money and the grass is not always greener, right stephen
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x in the city wrote: »Im sure lots of players want to play in the worlds biggest stage, Stephen Ireland wants to play in the grandest biggest baddest stage of them all, but he didnt think it was aston villa reserves.
The greatest stage can be playing at a club you love, are respected and have great fans.
its not all about the money and the grass is not always greener, right stephen
What's stephen ireland got to do with anything???
The greatest stage IMO is the elite finals and tournaments. What you described is being happy in football, which there's nothing wrong with, and more power to him if he's happy there.
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curry-muff wrote: »Cahill to be honest does ridicule Balotelli, basically because he has a great record in the premiership, once Ballotelli knocks his 1 red per 2 games status he might begin to gain respect from the public, but untill then, he is nothing but young player of the year :P
Which imo is still to be proven, suitors in the epl could have beaten him imo, like rafael and wilshere :P
Balotelli is an embarrasment tbh
his work rate is about -.05 % of Cahills...
He is not fit to lace the boots of most decent players in the prem
a bit like this pussy , seems City never learn....
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