Tim Howard

ijjysmith · February 23, 2015

SNova said:
Made my blood boil when he laughed after a miss kick.

I'm glad I didn't see this.

Tubey · February 23, 2015

SNova said:
Made my blood boil when he laughed after a miss kick.

Yep. Sent me from "oh well, people make mistakes" to "yeah, you get paid to do this you daft yank, don't smirk when your turd."

StatesideBlue3 · February 23, 2015

RaleighBlue said:
Well, in an awful lot of cases American fans are defending Howard long past he's proved that he's turd. We are not a persecuted minority here.

England fans get it much worse.

All I'm saying is that I don't see what nationality matters, period. We are all for Everton and that's what matters to me.

USABlue · February 23, 2015

Del said:
Just another in a long list of American "Soccer" players who failed to make the grade

Gutting that he's been our number one for so long, Always an error waiting to happen

first bad season he's had here. and yes he's been poor this year but he hardly was the 8 years previously

Azzurri · February 23, 2015

I couldn't believe that. It wasn't even a smirk.

He sliced it straight out of play near the corner flag under very little pressure and proceeded to piss himself laughing. Unbelievable.

ijjysmith · February 23, 2015

USABlue said:
first bad season he's had here. and yes he's been poor this year but he hardly was the 8 years previously

Erm....

USABlue · February 23, 2015

agboehm said:
Disclaimer: I'm American. I have a Tim Howard jersey. I've been an Everton fan long enough to remember being confused as hell listening on the radio when Paulo Di Canio caught the ball after Paul Gerrard went down, so, well before Tim Howard.

Some players deserve a certain amount of latitude based on past performance/commitment. It isn't necessarily sentimentality, more familiarity and history providing the belief that poor patches can be worked through and form regained. Lest we forget, Howard has been the starting keeper for 9 seasons, with our worst finishing position in that stretch being 8th. European performances, FA Cup final, and semi-finals, League Cup Semi-Final, 122 clean sheets. He had a good 2013/2014 season, and of course, a great World Cup just 7 months ago.

That being said, I think Howard has used up his latitude and Joel deserves another extended run this season. That doesn't mean Howard should be shipped off immediately. It doesn't mean he can't regain his form and still be a strong Premiership keeper, but you can't ignore his recent poor play.

this pretty much. Been great leading up this year but has had a poor season. simple as that

Del · February 23, 2015

USABlue said:
first bad season he's had here. and yes he's been poor this year but he hardly was the 8 years previously

He's always been a liability

Glued to his line and always dodgy at the near post

tommye · February 23, 2015

Americans re-writing history again.

ffs

ilikecheese · February 23, 2015

ijjysmith said:
Erm....

09/10 and 11/12 were pretty bad like...sadly this one is by far his worst.

USABlue · February 23, 2015

Del said:
He's always been a liability

Glued to his line and always dodgy at the near post

Every keeper has weaknesses and Tim's are getting exposed this season. His positioning as never been good but his athleticism saved him. now he's older its more noticeable. He has been poor this season but to act like he was always poor for us is pretty shortsighted

tommye · February 23, 2015

USABlue said:
Every keeper has weaknesses and Tim's are getting exposed this season. His positioning as never been good but his athleticism saved him. now he's older its more noticeable. He has been poor this season but to act like he was always poor for us is pretty shortsighted

Frank Lampard lOls at your post

Del · February 23, 2015

USABlue said:
Every keeper has weaknesses and Tim's are getting exposed this season. His positioning as never been good but his athleticism saved him. now he's older its more noticeable. He has been poor this season but to act like he was always poor for us is pretty shortsighted

Mate he's awful, Like every other Yank in the top flight

ilikecheese · February 23, 2015

tommye said:
Americans re-writing history again.

ffs

There is some of that, I don't disagree.

But there is also a certain portion of this fan base who simply don't face the facts that he's had some very good seasons with us.

Allezfan · February 23, 2015

ilikecheese said:
09/10 and 11/12 were pretty bad like...sadly this one is by far his worst.

09-10 I thought he was fine. 11/12 poor.

And 12/13 he was terrible first half. Cost us point after point.

Was better after christmas and was excellent last year, but bad again this.

Just age. Lost all consistenty. Can still do it in patches but not week in week out any more.

08-09 he was one of the best in the league. But that was a long time ago, now.