Desire to end trophy drought burns strong in Coleman

A Merseyside derby win

A win away to one of Chelsea or Arsenal

Do any one of these and I might start sitting up taking notice!

Longest run without a trophy coming up on the horizon and longest run without a Merseyside derby win, longest run without winning at Anfield all coinciding together.

If he's not named Captain I will be stunned.

And Seamus also mentioned another thing I noted in his Cup winning desires - The League Cup.

I personally believe we should not blow that competition off. We should aim to win it. It's a winnable tournament, and one that, if we focused our resources on, we could win.

We're not in Europe, we probably won't finish higher than 6th, so win some damn silverware and have a go at the League Cup.

People knock it, but I bet those same folks wold be thrilled with a trophy and if that came to pass, they'd stop ripping the League Cup.

I hope we have a go at that. So does Seamus, so ya I'm with him.

Coleman is not likely to miss many games, and is not likely to be subbed too often either, hopefully Kenny does not suffer as a result. Good young full back, hope he gets enough minutes to develop and in 2 to 3 years time, be a ready made replacement for Coleman.

This season would be very timely indeed with our long League Cup drought. Only six wins required for Seamus to finally lift this Trophy for us.

Then, and only then, it begins... Everton are back!

Much has changed about the game and its players since Coleman arrived in England in 2009, beyond the transfer fee. He cannot pinpoint exactly the cause, but believes younger players are not what they once were, in terms of character rather than talent; that the heated argument in the changing room after a 2-0 defeat to vent anger is becoming a thing of the past.

“It's definitely changed” he says. “I came over as a 20-year-old, spoke when I was spoken to, cracked on, got my head down, tried to do the best I possibly could in training. If I didn't train well or play well it would bother me until the next game I could possibly play well.

“Football was everything. Now I don't know if young players, have got that same — it's not level of respect as they are respectful — they've just been mollycoddled a bit through the academy, it's all they've ever known: good food in the canteen, state-of-the-art gyms, their kit washed for them, their socks put in their kit, grown men having to do their laundry after games for them, they get all that done for them.

“I suppose clubs are trying to make the best players they can possibly make but I think in the process you need to make sure you're making good people and personalities, because when the going gets tough in football you need good characters. I hope that side of the game, where if you get beat 2-0 you and your team-mates can have an argument and then you can leave it there, doesn't stop. Nowadays you see less and less of that happening which is disappointing.”

"I just feel like you've got a hell of a lot of footballers, hell of a lot of academy footballers who probably all believe they're going to make it, but the reality is they're not, you hope you're building good people that if they don't make it they go on and do good things in their life and career. It's just the way the game's gone. It's hard to stop it.”

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It's Seamus for me.