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| Keywords: efc everton project 366 project366 tony hibbert tonyhibbert outdoor sport ball game field game OK, he didn't score, but he did get the song. This is Tony Hibbert, the one-club Everton player who has famously never scored. Well, he has. I saw him score an own goal once. And he did score in his testimonial game which triggered possibly the most easily dissolved pitch invasion in the history of football. Unfortunately for him he had some horrible injury problems at the same time as young Seamus Coleman came into cracking form, meaning that for Roberto Martinez he was never a first choice player. I often get laughed at for saying it, but I really believe that whilst Hibbert isn't a world class defender we always play better as a team when he's on the pitch. Mike asked me before the match if we should put a bet on and I asked him what odds I'd get for Hibbert as man of the match. He offered me a thousand to one and said he'd give me a hundred quid himself if Hibbert even played. A safe bet as he hasn't seen the pitch for damn near two years, but imagine all our surprise when we came out for the second half and the mighty number 2 was on the pitch! My theory gained some credence as the back four were tighter, more purposeful and rarely out of position. We didn't concede in the second half and that meant a VERY sorely needed three points and a home win. Oh, and I let Mike off the hundred quid. :) OK, he didn't score, but he did get the song. This is Tony Hibbert, the one-club Everton player who has famously never scored. Well, he has. I saw him score an own goal once. And he did score in his testimonial game which triggered possibly the most easily dissolved pitch invasion in the history of football. Unfortunately for him he had some horrible injury problems at the same time as young Seamus Coleman came into cracking form, meaning that for Roberto Martinez he was never a first choice player. I often get laughed at for saying it, but I really believe that whilst Hibbert isn't a world class defender we always play better as a team when he's on the pitch. Mike asked me before the match if we should put a bet on and I asked him what odds I'd get for Hibbert as man of the match. He offered me a thousand to one and said he'd give me a hundred quid himself if Hibbert even played. A safe bet as he hasn't seen the pitch for damn near two years, but imagine all our surprise when we came out for the second half and the mighty number 2 was on the pitch! My theory gained some credence as the back four were tighter, more purposeful and rarely out of position. We didn't concede in the second half and that meant a VERY sorely needed three points and a home win. Oh, and I let Mike off the hundred quid. :) | ||||
