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Tim Howard

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MartSlinger said:
The animosity towards him is his own fault mate.

Despite being utter guff the fella has come out in interviews and said theres nothing wrong with his performances and that the fans know absolutely nothing.

His arrogance and ego is disguting for someone who is amongst the worst in his position right now and thats why i and many many others have animosity towards him. Yes Martinez plays him, but he doesnt tell him to be an arrogant bellend who loves taking jibes at fans.
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I agree, but he shouldn't be playing, therefore non of what comes with him playing could of happened.
 

Eggs said:
....I agree that there is no room for sentiment, managers shouldn't shy away from tough decisions but some of the criticism is bordering on nasty. We need a replacement keeper, Robles is deserving of a run but Howard isn't the main reason we are mid table.
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He's not helped himself with his reaction to the criticism though, nor his dismissal of the views of the paying public.

Howard is the prime factor, he's not the only factor, but he's the largest part of the issue. With a keeper like Cech in between the posts this season we'd have been knocking on the door of the top 4, no doubt about it imo.
 
I appreciate Howard for the services he gave to this club. Has been a decent goalkeeper. Never top class like Southall or Martyn , but also not someone you couldn't rely on. There have been far worse goalkeepers on our books.

Sadly for the last 2 seasons he looks finished. Something we can't afford is false sentiment towards any player. If a player isn't up to the required standards anymore he needs to go. Simple as that to me. Not really into the slagging off business, completely unnecesary imo, but in the end we're a professional football club in the richest league in the world, we can't afford to hold on to personel that's slowing us down.

So as far as it goes for me I'd like to thank Howard for his services to Everton football club, but it's time to draw the curtains on his Goodison career.
 
ijjysmith said:
Sadly I certainly would class him in that group.

When he joined he was exactly what we needed. An ok keeper to go with an ok team. Remember, the likes of Yobo etc were in that team.

Football has moved on, we have better players, other teams have better players. Howard was ok when he was needed to be ok. But I've never, not once, had total faith in him.
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I think this is spot on, and let's be honest he wasn't upto the same level of the man he replaced Nigel Martyn.
The current situation is all down to Martinez, he's been playing a declining and out of form keeper for 18 months. He should have sorted this out in the summer. It's not a great way for Howard to leave to be honest.
 
ijjysmith said:
Sadly I certainly would class him in that group.

When he joined he was exactly what we needed. An ok keeper to go with an ok team. Remember, the likes of Yobo etc were in that team.

Football has moved on, we have better players, other teams have better players. Howard was ok when he was needed to be ok. But I've never, not once, had total faith in him.
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Always been a very good shot stopper SAF would never have sold him to us if he thought otherwise!
 
Eggs said:
....absolutely, how forgetful some folk are. Also, apparently there is turmoil in his private life which might well have impacted his form. I'm old and have seen some very average keepers playing for Everton but I certainly wouldn't include Howard in that group.
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Agree totally and really like Tim . However we can all see his form has dipped and it is time to move on and take the opportunity to wish him well if he is leaving .
 

Eggs said:
....I agree that there is no room for sentiment, managers shouldn't shy away from tough decisions but some of the criticism is bordering on nasty. We need a replacement keeper, Robles is deserving of a run but Howard isn't the main reason we are mid table.
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Not 100% but a very big factor as he unsettles our defence we play deeper because of his reluctance to command his box his ball distribution is awful and slower than Robles when Robles plays we play a much higher line - Oh and we seem to win games instead of drawing them!
Robles in goal last week v Chelsea last week would have been 3 points imo! As Robles would have cleared up the Jags mistake by being there quicker! Tim missed the ball , and two players he bottled it!
Why Tim has to play in the prem week in week out to me is a mystery only RM, and the board know why imo!
 
Eggs said:
...it's funny because I watched the Pool in the pub yesterday and one of my mates can't stand Mignolet. According to him, every goal they conceded was his fault. You can convince yourself that an individual is the cause of all your woes.

I wouldn't defend Howard's performances this season but there are many contributing factors to us being mid-table.
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Yes I know Red fans are uncomfortable with their Keeper but they won playing average we draw playing well - Tim is 36 years old and would I swap keepers dead right I would!
Any keeper who can save and command his box thats Tims main problem good shot stopper , and it ends there imo!
 

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