IF you look at the Premier League there are no real stand-out dominant keepers at the moment. There’s no one as good as Peter Schmeichel, Neville Southall, Peter Shilton etc. But Tim Howard is at least as equal to the rest – even Petr Cech has looked dodgy for the past couple of years. Joleon2 THE reason Everton Football Club is not progressing is because of misguided loyalty. Tony Hibbert and Leon Osman are average players at best and if we could replace the right side so it was as effective as our left, we would have one heck of a team. Stdomingo57 I GET frustrated with the lack of investment at Everton. But we stand to be the only British-owned club in the Premier League the way things are going. twobob IT is going be hard for David Moyes when Distin, Yobo and Jags are all fit and playing well. That's when you need good and strong management, though, I suppose. I know it's a cliche, but it is a good problem to have and not one we've had to deal with a lot lately. jezza TONY HIBBERT was at his brilliant battling best last Thursday against BATE in our Europa League game in Belarus. I’m really pleased for him. It’s a shame he isn’t a bit taller then he could play centre-back all the time. Well done, Hibbo! Distin’s a class act, stepped into the team seamlessly and is a real solid player. bluedan IT’S hardly a surprise that Steven Pienaar has been ruled out of the friendly internationals for South Africa against Norway and Iceland. As with most friendlies, the matches were not that important and I hope it gives Steven more time to get fully fit ahead of the Wolves game a week on Saturday. That won’t be easy and it’s vital we return to winning ways after only managing a draw with Stoke. CaptainBlue_Blood HAVING browsed through various forums it disappoints me that Tony Hibbert is predictably still being targeted as one of our supposed weak links. I’ve been highly critical in the past of Hibbo’s occasional complacency when there’s been no competition for his place. But there’s no doubting that this season, especially now his place is under pressure from John Heitinga and Lucas Neill, Hibbert has raised his game considerably. In the past couple of weeks he’s played on the right, on the left (both in the match against Hull) and down the centre and hasn’t looked out of place. He was arguably man of the match when paired with Distin in Minsk. All he needs now is to add the occasional 30 yard screamer to his game. Riot time! Robert Beard, Walton
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