More injury misery as Hibbert suffers setback

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Joseph Yobo was employed in the position for last week's win over Bolton Wanderers, but the return to fitness of Simon Davies after a thigh injury means Phil Neville is likely to go back to full-back for today's trip to rock-bottom Charlton Athletic. Moyes's selection problems are eased slightly by the availability of James McFadden, who has completed a two-match suspension following his sending-off against Arsenal in the Carling Cup. But the Everton manager said: "We don't have a great deal of players to choose from at the moment. If we had more players we could give a rest to some of the players that need one, but we can't do that. "Even if players aren't at their best or are a bit out of form, we are picking from 12 or 13 players at the moment so they're getting a game anyway." Moyes is without long-term absentees Alessandro Pistone, Gary Naysmith and Paddy Boyle, although he received better news over the fitness of Tim Cahill. "Tim went to see a specialist this week, and it looks like he won't need an operation," said Moyes. "It just looks like a medial ligament injury, and there doesn't appear to be any cartilage damage. He should be back for January."

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