Everton-focused Twitter account @thetoffees_com recently posted a tweet asking fans of the club to share whether they think ex-Toffees striker Nikica Jelavic is “overrated or underrated”.
This tweet has caught the attention of many Everton supporters, some of whom have taken this opportunity to share some negative opinions about the 34-year-old centre forward, with one Toffees fan sharing that Jelavic “couldn’t dribble or pass to save his life”.
Read the responses from some of the Everton fans who have been sharing some negative assessments of Jelavic in response to @thetoffees_com’s recent post in the tweets below.
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? Nikita Jelavic, overrated or underrated? #EFC
— TheToffees_com (@thetoffees_com) April 29, 2020
Overrated
— Deiseman (@DeiseALLIre59) April 29, 2020
Getting on now, admittedly, but never hit the heights. An average striker at best.
— Footy Analysis ?? (@footyanalysis) April 29, 2020
Well overrated
— Moorsey1878 (@martinhenry1878) April 29, 2020
Do you remember Nikica Jelavic's time at Everton fondly?NO, HE WASN'T THAT GOOD
YES, HE WAS DECENT
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Even when he had that purple patch, he wasn’t actually good, or played well. He just took his chances for a little while. Couldn’t dribble or pass to save his life
— Cal (@CalDC1878) April 29, 2020
He was soon figured out
— Nicholas Bragg (@Funtimefreckle) April 29, 2020
Decent finisher but technically awful couldn’t do anything outside the box terrible with the ball at his feet
— Toxteth O’Grady (@frannyefc76) April 29, 2020
What do we think?
After joining the Toffees for a transfer fee of £5.94m in January 2012, it may be fair to say that Jelavic enjoyed a positive start to life at Goodison Park, scoring 11 goals and providing two assists after featuring in 16 games for the club in all competitions in the 2011/12 campaign.
However, this promising start didn’t set the tone for the remainder of the Croatian’s Everton career. Jelavic would go on to score eight goals and provide two assists in 43 games for the Toffees in all competitions during the 2012/13 season, meaning he provided fewer goal contributions for the club in his second season than he did in his first season despite featuring in more games for the Toffees in his second term. Overall, he produced 21 goals for the club.
He subsequently scored just two goals and provided two assists in his 10 appearances for the club during the 2013/14 campaign, before he left to join Hull City in January 2014.
It may be understandable why these Everton fans appear to hold some negative memories of Jelavic and his time at the club, considering that his goal contributions suggest that he never really improved after his first season as an Everton player.