“He’s Everton through and through.”
Everton woman’s team captain Megan Finnigan has paid tribute to Seamus Coleman for helping out when the team needed it most.
The Irishman has been out for months after picking up a nasty injury at the end of last season, and many feared that he wouldn’t play for the club again, however, in typical Coleman-style, his perseverance has paid off and he has returned to the squad once again.
The Everton woman’s team have been going through some struggles of their own, having gone five games without a win, and with two massive Women’s Super League fixtures coming up, the Donegal native opted to help out.
Coleman, who is of course captain of the men’s team, gave a motivational speech to the WSL side, using his own tribulations to show that he understands how difficult things can be.
Everton woman’s team captain pays tribute to Seamus Coleman for helping the team.
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Whatever he said must have had some impact, because they went on to win their next two games, and Finnegan said that Coleman’s input was incredibly “beneficial.”
Finnigan told the official Everton website: “First of all, it was really beneficial for the girls to hear from Seamus. Sometimes it’s nice to hear from somebody who is away from the team, but somebody who has been through such difficult moments himself and with the team as well.
“He’s Everton through and through and I thought it would be really nice and beneficial to hear someone speak about Everton with just so much passion and love. For me, there were some really key takeaways from what he said that we can take forward.
“It was a really difficult period for us. It perhaps was never as bad as it felt, but we really wanted to win games and we didn’t, so the mood was low.
“I like to think that what I do well as a captain is I always try and do what’s best for the team.”
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