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Everton fans single out Tim Howard as Goodison Park’s weakest link

Published 17:28 26 Oct 2015 GMT

Nooruddean Choudry
Everton fans single out Tim Howard as Goodison Park’s weakest link

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It was not a good weekend for Tim Howard.

Many blame his laissez-faire approach to dealing with crosses into his area for Everton's defeat to Arsenal. It certainly isn't the first time in recent games that the American has been singled out for his gaffes. The Liverpool Echo conducted a poll asking whether the 36-year-old should be dropped from Roberto Martinez's starting eleven and a whopping 86% answered in the affirmative. It looks like Joel Robles will be given a run in Everton's Capital One Cup game with Norwich City on Tuesday, but Howard is expected to return for the visit of Sunderland in the Premier League. Many Evertonians feel that his powers have waned significantly in recent seasons, particularly following his heroics at the 2014 World Cup, where he became a meme sensation for his heroics. But now the blue half of Merseyside have had enough, and they are by no means backward in coming forward in their chagrin... https://twitter.com/johnmerro1/status/658624089507143681 https://twitter.com/nsno_83/status/657969875122569217 https://twitter.com/SebSB/status/657966985775620096 https://twitter.com/judge141/status/658673882606514176 https://twitter.com/cdsmith789/status/658624046381277184 https://twitter.com/mikehEFC/status/658622986795225088 https://twitter.com/JoeyFarrell11/status/658617723002474497 https://twitter.com/KBURKE1878/status/658617009555546112 https://twitter.com/Ronaldeanio/status/658608688526180353 https://twitter.com/Sean_Lunt/status/658577405179764736 https://twitter.com/harry_hayes4/status/658554753400614912 https://twitter.com/j0sharp/status/658532415829229568 https://twitter.com/JonathanEFC1982/status/658436343744364544 https://twitter.com/Gavhughes_/status/657988780310269952 https://twitter.com/_SK23_/status/658413155056488448

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Everton fans single out Tim Howard as Goodison Park's weakest link