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He's gone in January. What he said the other day on Twitter was very telling. Frustrated at being on the bench for 90 minutes, couldn't help the team.
I can't blame him either. He was our player of the year, what more can he do?
He's gone in January. What he said the other day on Twitter was very telling. Frustrated at being on the bench for 90 minutes, couldn't help the team.
I can't blame him either. He was our player of the year, what more can he do?
He needs to be patient. Distin's days are numbered an I can see moyes phasing him out the team in about 6-9 months. Maybe he may get back in before that but if he doesn't he needs to take his medicine...
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[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Heitinga[/TD]
[TD]Jagielka[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ground 50/50 win %[/TD]
[TD]56%[/TD]
[TD]75%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Aerial 50/50 win %[/TD]
[TD]51%[/TD]
[TD]72%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tackle win %[/TD]
[TD]75%[/TD]
[TD]70%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Defensive errors[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Minutes per loss of possession[/TD]
[TD]508[/TD]
[TD]214[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pass completion[/TD]
[TD]79%[/TD]
[TD]74%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Goals conceded[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Heitinga wins it for me personally. Playing time was almost exactly the same (Jags played 29 minutes more)
At the end of the day we've let in noticeably less goals with him on the pitch, and the loss of possession stat just proves the 'Hoof' perfectly.
But why does he need to be ? He's already been benched for a large part of his Everton career, and when he wasn't he spent a lot of it in the wrong position. Distin is 34 and not perfect, Moyes shouldn't be forcing our defender of the year to sit on the sidelines. Either way Distin is heading out, the question is whether Moyes wants Heitinga to go to. If he doesn't he better start playing him.
Distin is 35 soon so he won't be around forever. I really hope Johnny stays and be 1st choice CB at the club.
Me too mate, but i wouldn't blame him if he took a transfer to a team like Fenerbache. European football pretty much guaranteed.
The reason why Moyes does not start both Jags and Johnny is because of their lack of height surely?
Jags' aerial 50/50 win percentage is actually higher than Distin's anyway, but i personally would be benching Jags, and not Distin, i see what you mean about the height issue.
But then, if Distin is retiring soon that will be a permanent problem.....
I am sure Distin wants at least 2 years extention of his contract next summer but would Moyes sanction it due to his age? I think Moyes will sign a left-footed like Olsson (on a free next summer) as a replacement.