Tim Howard

MartSlinger · May 15, 2016

Zatara said:
Why arent others who are leaving getting the same treatment? Its like hes been some kind of hero...

So weird.

Unsworth said that Roberto promised that Tim would play today and Unsy wanted to honour that promise and allow him to play.

MartSlinger · May 15, 2016

Noble Savage said:
I agree unless Hibbert and Osman have been offered another role . We all want to say goodbye to Hibbert .

I said bye to Hibbert and Osman after the '09 FA Cup Final, both were finished then.

allen · May 15, 2016

BlockHead said:
And hopefully upon his return to the US, he will help spread the word about and promote Everton to his countrymen.

Or, more likely, he'll bemoan the berks that blamed him for Martinez continuing to pick him while he was in poor form.

madkiwi · May 15, 2016

Bye Tim, it's been emotional.

Joey66 · May 15, 2016

Number_25 said:
Sad to see it end in the manner that it did, but it's nice to see the club give him a proper farewell.

Time will tell if Howard is remembered as one of the Everton greats. On his day he was decent for us.

Admitidly, I've never been his biggest fan as I thought we could do better - but in hindsight he was solid for us for a good number of years.

Rarity to have such a solid selection for that number one spot, and we've struggled to replace him.

Finished now though.

I'm not going to pretend that he was the best, but he wore the shirt with pride.

Shame that it ended the way it did.

However, time to move on!

Never an Everton great sadly left in goal 2 seasons too long!
also his words are cheap unlike his salary, not to blame for the season though RM chose him when in continual poor form, contract extension till the age of 39 etc -
Other players have been as bad this season latter half thats why the manager paid his price of his job - a fair few of those 2-0 leads were given up down to an out of form Timmy - Chelski away style!

Darth Vader · May 15, 2016

Love how he's dead boss again because he wrote some nice words about the club

Pfft, He's been gash for beards and hopefully we never sign another Yank again as there all sub standard

Noble Savage · May 15, 2016

MartSlinger said:
I said bye to Hibbert and Osman after the '09 FA Cup Final, both were finished then.

You were probably right to do so to be honest but rose tinted glasses and all that .

Steve Wigan · May 15, 2016

dholliday said:
Ideally, yes...but in reality I'm not sure it's ever been the kind of utopia you describe.

Wasn't there fierce criticism among the fanbase of Howard Kendall's first year in the early-80's?

Yes, I remember the criticism of HK, but that was solely , almost entirely an opinion about the management of the team, and was very little in the way of personal. I think the internet may have a lot to do with the current invective used against individuals, posters do not need to identify themselves and so simply say what they like. It was never Utopia, but there was little personal abuse and attacks on the families of players. The world has certainly changed. I doubt whether HK could open a dressing room window today, and tell the players to gain strength from the noise coming from the crowd, or whether he could ask the players to read social media and take strength and confidence from many of the comments!!

Donald Twain · May 15, 2016

Nicely done lads. match going fans know!

dholliday · May 15, 2016

Steve Wigan said:
The world has certainly changed. I doubt whether HK could open a dressing room window today, and tell the players to gain strength from the noise coming from the crowd, or whether he could ask the players to read social media and take strength and confidence from many of the comments!!

interesting point that, Steve...but don't agree: the roar from the crowd gives players a primal energy...it's a timeless quality.

USABlue · May 15, 2016

Zatara said:
Why arent others who are leaving getting the same treatment? Its like hes been some kind of hero...

So weird.

400+ games, most euro appearances, and 3rd most clean sheets. No one is saying hes an everton great, just a keeper whose been at the club for 10 years amd was good for the first 8 of them.