Rate the Toffee - #2 Mikel Arteta

[AjaxAndy]

Definitely one of my favourite ever Everton players, probably only topped by Jags for that era.

Wouldn't want him as manager here unlike some, but still goes down as a fantastic player for the club


Like others it's a 9 for me.

[777Kidnappings]

Played 110 games in 5 years according to Wikipedia. Thought it was less than that to be honest. Might be remembering it wrong. I thought he was more a squad player despite being captain

[bigmanbob]

Definitely one of my favourite ever Everton players, probably only topped by Jags for that era.

Wouldn't want him as manager here unlike some, but still goes down as a fantastic player for the club


Like others it's a 9 for me.

LB3 does not like this

[AjaxAndy]

LB3 does not like this

Oh yeah FFS how did I forget about Baines?!

[Free Agent]

Jags, Baines, Coleman, Arteta, Pienaar - all tens for me

[NickNack]

9 as a player for us, loved him

can’t stand him as a manager -9

[Gash]

He was decent for us but I remember getting to the stage I never got excited by his corners or free kicks, rarely got past the first man. Probably deserved a Spain cap and I think was about to get called up but got injured but he was levels below who they had anyway. A solid 7 for us I'd say.

[Kerryblueboy]

Lego head one of the best names I heard a manager called

[Silas]

Arteta was a superb player, loved him particularly when he played in the middle. Hard working but so talented on the ball. Made us tick. Remember being on a night shift when he moved and being devastated. Easy 9

[Robioto]

He's a proper whiny little bellend now. But he was incredible for us and remains in my top 5 favourite Everton players.

9/10

[Big Nevs Vaz]

Gave us great balance with Osman and Cahill at a time when we had real potency down the wings with Baines and Coleman.
Really good player but I think 7 (pushing 8) for me.

[Toddacelli]

Excellent player who was often a 9, but for me, overall- has to be a solid 8 (with flashes of 9).

[kramer]

He was a baller, comfortable 9. Might’ve gotten to a 10 if the injury in 08-09 didn’t slow him down. That was shaping up to be his best season yet and he never recovered anything close to his peak level after.

I still can’t wrap my head around his apparent apathy towards us now, he played all his best football here.

We’ll always have this.

[Audrey Horne]

The ground actually shook didn't it.

Still haunts me