I'm not going to pretend to talk about Everton with tons of people, but the ones I do who aren't Evertonians either a. haven't noticed him or b. think he's not that good.
Him & Richarlison are are the best footie players at the club mate.
I phrased that poorly. There's very few people outside the club that rate him at the level our support does. Some people think he's good, but our support acts like he's one of the best wingers outside City and the RS. Not many people see that.
Nah. He's about where he should be. Which is a healthy return.
Bernard doesn’t get the clear cut chances that Walcott has had and I’d argue that their roles are vastly different in the side, hence Ancelotti saying Walcott is irreplaceable atm with our current squad. Bernard is also expected to do more in the buildup than in the box and he has done well with both this season. He has done his job.
They've both been vastly improved since Carlo took over and were both struggling beforehand. The roles aren't really different imo, just the approaches to doing it are. Both have to help move the ball up the field, hold some level of width, create chances and score goals.
Nope
I’ve been pretty supportive of Walcott for the most part so I don’t think that applies to me obviously. Both have important roles (while Walcott has been immensely frustrating at times I understand his value and anybody arguing he brings literally nothing is being disingenuous or stupid). I’ve also defended Walcott plenty even as he missed those eleventy billion clear cut chances last season because I recognize that he is the only one capable of stretching the field reliably.
Willian is planets away from Bernard in terms of ability to move the ball upfield though. He's one of the best in the world at dribbling from deep into attack.
Most people will disagree with that but most people like the pretty stuff more than the effective stuff and I'm not in that boat.
