Tony Hibbert: True Blue

Michael Kenrick , 28 October, 38comments | Jump to most recent

A boyhood blue, Hibbert needs no telling about Evertonians' frustrations yet offers a measured response. "I can see where they are coming from but also the club has got to survive, it has to be here 100, 200 years later. They have got to manage the books and if it's got to be the way we are now then it's got to be and the lads have got to pull their sleeves up and have a go for the club and they are doing that at the moment."

Hibbert maintains that Everton's much-publicised failure to sign players has not damaged the spirit in the camp — "I don't think it has done. What I said about the team spirit, that is a big factor with Everton" — though he does admit that Moyes's men are still adjusting to the loss of midfielders Steven Pienaar and Mikel Arteta.

"The type of player Steven was, he was world class and for him to not be in our starting lineup again is noticeable. Like with Mikel, you will notice it and it takes time to adjust because they offer something different that we haven't got [now]."

Quotes or other material sourced from Full Interview in The Independent

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