NIGEL MARTYN: Everton defender Joseph Yobo has bouncebackability

IT'S been a difficult few weeks for Joseph Yobo. He had a thigh problem which ruled him out of a couple of games, then a bang on the head against Wolves which saw him sit out three matches.When he came back he found Tim Cahill had claimed his role as stand-in skipper, then after overcoming the physical pain he had the emotional trauma of Sunday to deal with .But knowing Joe as well as I do, I can guarantee he will bounce back with a run of form.He was desperately unlucky with the opening goal in the derby.It was just an instinctive reaction to a fierce shot and the ball could have rebounded anywhere.It was typical of Everton's luck on the day that it span into the one area of the goal where Tim Howard couldn't reach it.But while Joseph was unfortunate with that strike, he will admit himself that he switched off for the second goal and we were caught out.There might have been a few eyebrows raised when the manager then decided to haul him off.We are not exactly blessed with centre-halfs and to undermine the confidence of one of our only two fit specialists for that position may seem a risky tactic. But I can understand the manager's thinking.

Source: Liverpool_Echo