This won't be popular but i'm not hopeful with Distin.[/B]
I voiced concerns at the time of spending £6m on a 32-year-old who was available on a free transfer just two years before, but I did concede that the signing was one out of necessity, given the need for a 'ready made' replacement for Lescott. Ready made in that he had just on ten years experience of the Premiership. With that in mind, I don't think Moyes had the same bedding in plan for Distin as he did for Bilyaletdinov.
He talks the talk but for me, he just isn't good enough. I actually can't think of a worse centre half ever at the club. He's master of the sliced clearance, competes with Yobo for aimless long balls, shocking aerial ability for a lad his size (6 goals in 330+ Prem games, hardly surprisingly when McFadden won literally every header against him in the cup game) and he looks like a rabbit caught in headlights whenever a ball is sent high directly through the centre (Wolves, Birmingham x2, Benfica etc)...
He's also indecisive and makes ridiculous decisions. The Anfield derby, a long ball clearance and Distin looked favourable all day long. He then lets N'Gog make life difficult and punts it out for a corner (why not a for a throw in I'll never know...) which we then condeded from.
Then theres his positional ability. See Spurs, especially the first goal. He's 25 yards forward of Jagielka, in an inexplicable position.
In short, I think Distin is Moyes' worst Everton signing, especially if Yobo is shown the door at his expense in the summer. Despite that condemnation, I do sympathise with Moyes for the out of character signing given the situation.
And before people shout Per Kroldrup at me, Kroldrup had some sell on value, didn't command £50,000 a week and didn't cost us progression in Europe. He also didn't stay around long enough to frustrate me.
Most will disagree with the above and find it out of character, but he's on a par with Simon Davies for frustrating me.
