It’s what I would do. He’s really close to being a good player at this level. He just lacks some pace or strength to be more effective in the PL.
Weirdly, I think he’d be effective in a possession system, which doesn’t help us.
We might lose, we might draw, but the thing is (which inspired this thread) that more of us now believe we are well able to win it.
Of course, much depends on the ref, as usual
By the same token, we've not conceded an open play goal in 2 games without him. Our defensive record is down to much more than the individual quality of the players in the back 4.
Shouldn’t be overlooked how important it is to get a win at home so early, to stop the stupid media circus narrative building up of how much we miss Goodison. That could’ve easily started snowballing quickly and seeped into the fanbase and...