Seamus Coleman's dream has never seemed so far away as Sean Dyche's Everton hit new low
No luck of the Irish
Football at Premier League level can be totally unforgiving and in a season when so much has seemed unfair for Everton, it was harsh in the extreme that the man who for so many years has epitomised all that is good with the club, should ultimately be the architect of their downfall here.
This term, Seamus Coleman overhauled his former team-mate Tim Howard to break the club’s record for Premier League appearances but whether he’s in the side or not, the 35-year-old has been a positive, influential presence within the dressing room, with previous manager Frank Lampard famously proclaiming him as being “the best man I’ve ever met.” In a Frankenstein’s monster of a squad assembled under eight managers in as many years under Farhad Moshiri, the skipper represents a throwback to a previous, brighter era at Goodison Park when the club benefitted from the values and stability of their long-serving boss David Moyes.
However, even though he’s now in his autumn years as a Premier League performer, Coleman – who played all 180 minutes for the Republic of Ireland in their brace of internationals over the past week – is much more than a mere cheerleader and for the first hour of this game he showed that he still has plenty to offer for the side. It was therefore exceptionally cruel then that he had a hand in both Bournemouth’s goals, including the decisive touch for the winner.
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Coleman said recently that he still has aspirations of lifting a trophy with Everton but right now that dream has never seemed so far away. He deserves so much more than for the latter stages of
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