Olivier Khan would be too, Toffee.
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Olivier Khan would be too, Toffee.
Like last season not that many changes?
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
never his fault is it?
ijjysmith
Calm
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
except Williams, Jags and Baines are all a year older and two look utterly finished above championship type level
Abraders
Player Valuation: £60m
It's more the point he wouldn't be doing any worse whatsoever, and therefore another big money signing which could've been spent elsewhere.
Robles commands his box, claims crosses etc, everything you all want - but for some reason most blues just have an agenda against him based on a couple howlers early in his career for us.
Now, ultimately and for the record - I expect pickford to improve and do think we needed a long term goalkeeper which Pickford is - but doing so in the manner we did has left Robles out in the cold when in all honesty, he'd improved a lot and had a good season last season.
Pickford, so far, has underwhelmed. I'm losing count of the amount of parries and spills he's making, and can't say there has been any single impressive 90 minute performance from him.
Also, his kicking is actually wild af and he's not the holy grail of kicking like most think he is.
For example, against Palace today we were well under the cosh for abar 5 minutes straight during the second half, nothing falling for us etc. Then pickford claims, calls for the counter - good decision, but hits the ball so hard and low an opposition player just takes it straight away and we were then vulnerable to another attack.
bring the ghost on
Player Valuation: £35m
He does, Ijjy, that's the mad thing.
nsnojosh
Player Valuation: £2.5m
He's made an awful lot of howlers this year as well don't forget, namely against Liverpool, Burnley, Spurs etc
mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
He's just a kid though isn't he. We can't expect maturity in his game yet.
It'll be ups and downs but
A) he commands his box
B) he catches crosses inside his box
C) he makes boss saves.
Azzurri
Player Valuation: £70m
For one, Ashley Williams weighs about 3 stone more than last season.
Abraders
Player Valuation: £60m
Which is why I made a point of saying how I expect him to improve etc, because he clearly does have talent.
But atm, when we are struggling, nobody escapes criticism imo and today although the defence parted like the red sea for the first goal - pickfords choice to parry it across our box wasn't a good one imo
Abraders
Player Valuation: £60m
True say, but as is Pickford - hence saying we wouldn't necessarily be doing any worse or better without having splurged so much cash on him.
Vs liverpool Robles didn't make the big saves you'd like, but they were also chances where you expect your striker to score with that much space to play with. Pickford has been in the same scenario with united, chelsea, spurs, atlanta, lyon etc already this season
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Pickford is not the problem we all know what is.
Not playing today!
Yep!
Our two goals today one palmed out to the inrunning midfielder-
2nd rush of blood dived out to cross he was never going to make!
If Robles had done that last season this board would have been in mealtdown!
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