How can renewing a player who has demonstrably and undeniably shown himself to be awful be in anyway a positive thing?
It's nothing other than pathetic. And if Dyche were still manager and done this they'd be absolute uproar.
A proper defender.
I'm old-school. Give me a defender who defends over one known for his "use of the ball" or his ability going forward any day. I have always said Branthwaite is a superior defender to John Stones at the same age. The latter...
The key for me is that if this were the Kenwright/Moshiri regime, Branthwaite would have been sold. These new owners have shown their seriousness with this.
Jarrad has played 75 times for Everton. Bill sold John Stones when he had reached 77...
The financial gains from success in the Premier League will dwarf those in Serie A. We won’t be a feeder. There will be synergies for sure, but they would have taken over a much smaller PL club with much less debt if they simply wanted a PL...
I think it’s very hard to judge young players in this period. He’s had really bad luck with injuries and he did impress in a few cameos when fit even in a Dyche that basically played no football.