Howard: ‘To hell with the critics’
Howard: ‘To hell with the critics’
Everton’s Europa League comeback may galvanise Roberto Martinez’s men to improve their Premier League position
Blind eye: Tim Howard has advocated ignoring the naysayers and concentrating on league form (Jason Cairnduff)
A TURNING point; it was the mantra that filled Goodison Park after victory
over Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday. Everywhere was the tentative hope that Everton
could emerge from a miserable season with something to hold on to.
An unexpected relegation fight is weighed against the possibility of the
club’s best European campaign since Howard Kendall led Everton to the Cup
Winners’ Cup in 1985.
Talk of revival was tempered and polite. Or it was until Tim Howard was asked
to react to the recent criticism of the club.
“To hell with the criticism,” said the goalkeeper. “I give my heart and soul
to this club, to my career. That is what is important. I don’t care about
that. I am not really fussed what people say about me or this team or the
coaching staff. It doesn’t really matter.
“The one thing I look at is the character of the