Anichebe wants bigger role

by Setanta Staff , 06 February 2012 Anichebe wants bigger role

Everton striker Victor Anichebe wants to rid himself of his "super sub" reputation and start playing and scoring more regularly.


The Nigeria international is the Toffees' top scorer this season with four goals after coming off the bench to equalise late on in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Wigan.

And although the vacancy arising from Louis Saha's deadline-day departure to Tottenham was filled by the arrival of £5.5million signing Nikica Jelavic from Rangers, Anichebe believes he can play a bigger part in first-team affairs having overcome injury problems.

"I tried to rubbish that super sub tag from the Europa League a few years back but it seems to be following me round," the 23-year-old told the Liverpool Echo.

"Hopefully I can start a few more games soon. The manager keeps putting me in and then taking me out and just trying to help me really.

"Obviously I have had the injuries and I hadn't trained for a few days before Wigan so it is important to be careful."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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