Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard said that criticism he has received from fans and journalists "doesn't mean anything."
The U.S. international has kept 112 league clean sheets since moving to Goodison Park in 2006 -- the joint-third highest total ever recorded by a Toffees keeper -- but has seen his performances put under intense scrutiny this season.
Howard has been blamed for a number of goals that Everton have conceded this season, and 86 percent of respondents to an online poll carried out by the Liverpool Echo in early November said that he should be dropped.
The 36-year-old, though, has been backed publicly by his club manager Roberto Martinez, and insists that he doesn't listen to his critics.
"With all due respect, the criticism from fans and media doesn't mean anything," the Liverpool Echo reported Howard as saying.
"I think that, for players, it gets blown out of proportion. Strong-willed, good players don't buy into that nonsense.
"It's water off my back. It's not something I concern myself with. I think what critics need to be more concerned with is the stats.
"I think you have to look at where I stack up with the other goalkeepers in the Premier League, and I'll let that speak for the story. I'm not overly concerned with that."
Howard's tally of 112 clean sheets is the 10th highest total achieved by a goalkeeper in the Premier League, which was formed in 1992.
The keeper, who has managed three shut-outs in 12 league matches this season, insists that his performances are not being affected by his age.
He added: "Does that mean I'm making mistakes I shouldn't be making? I think every goalkeeper makes mistakes. I've made mistakes over the last 10 years, but that wasn't the story then.
"When all is said and done, my numbers and record will speak for themselves, and I don't mean that in a historic standpoint.
"I mean that now. Look at the Premier League, look at the stats for this season."