It’s literally what we do as football fans … compare whowas the best, (Ronaldo/messi/maradona).
I’m comparing nev and jord and saying jord is better. We are very nostalgic about our nev
I’m comparing nev and jord and saying jord is better. We are very nostalgic about our nev
Gilbert..
Player Valuation: £60m
Mate thats an awful shout. Just awful.
RobYoung
Player Valuation: £225k
If Pickford kept us up, Southall won us trophies.
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
A game of opinions...but, um, that one is very much from the niche range.
I love Pickford - in my view, as a former amateur goalie, he is top five on the planet right now. In his day, Big Nev was top three and higher - and, I would humbly suggest, the standard of goalkeeping at the top back then was higher than it currently is. Rinat Dasaev, Harald Schumacher, Peter Shilton... I'm sorry, I really don't rate the Allisons and Edersons. Jan Oblak is one of the few I would say was world-class over a long period.
But it's all opinions. While yours will likely garner a few chuckles, it's not as mad as it might appear. And that is because Pickford has become consistently excellent for Everton over a long period. Southall was for a decade. Jordan needs to be doing it at this level for the next five years.
Yes, I totally agree with most of that. Neither Ederson and Alison do it for me either. Schumacher, shilton ,grovelaar (I know) beasant etc were all proper keepers.
I just think, if you roll out top saves that kept us in games (the league), jord is way ahead.
Very true, however, if we were better, jord would have won us trophies
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
Well, Southall's saves didn't just keep us in games - they won us titles.
We're all massively biased as Evertonians, and we love our players to be recognised, but I'll go to my grave knowing - not feeling - knowing that my favourite player was the best goalkeeper in the world at his best. And the fans of other clubs not only knew it, they were happy to make the same point. That's how good Southall was. Bruce Grobbelaar - massively underrated in his day due to his eccentric style - would tell the world after each derby how good Southall was. The only way Jordan can compete with that is to win a World Cup or, even harder, win trophies at Everton. That's the gold standard. But we are amazingly lucky to have him. We've got a top five world keeper and, sadly, we are not even top five in our own league. Enjoy him while we have him.
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
And by the way, people are very quick to pick up on any Pickford blunder - like last week at Arsenal. Yet, in the same week, Donnarumma dropped a clanger for City and Oblak gave away a comedy goal in the Champions League to Spurs.
ALL goalkeepers make mistakes leading to goals. Even the world-class ones. The best make the fewest - while making the most key saves (especially those they have no right to make). Pickford made the same number of penalty saves as Donnarumma in the Euro 2020 final penalty shootout - including stopping a winning kick. With better team-mates, he'd be Sir Jordan right now.
He has his weaknesses - his lack of command at corners was shown again last night - but compensates and excels through his razor-sharp Nev-like reflexes. The save from Fernandez last night showed both sides.
He reminds me more of Schumacher than Southall in that he is massively demonstrative, a huge personality goalkeeper, and capable of mixing genius with intemperate judgement. A compelling watch.
ALL goalkeepers make mistakes leading to goals. Even the world-class ones. The best make the fewest - while making the most key saves (especially those they have no right to make). Pickford made the same number of penalty saves as Donnarumma in the Euro 2020 final penalty shootout - including stopping a winning kick. With better team-mates, he'd be Sir Jordan right now.
He has his weaknesses - his lack of command at corners was shown again last night - but compensates and excels through his razor-sharp Nev-like reflexes. The save from Fernandez last night showed both sides.
He reminds me more of Schumacher than Southall in that he is massively demonstrative, a huge personality goalkeeper, and capable of mixing genius with intemperate judgement. A compelling watch.
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £80m
There's a few good ones this year. That's a very pleasant position to be in.
Beasant ????? Now I KNOW you’re on crack
…..Everton win and Sunderland beat Newcastle.
What a weekend.
What a weekend.
PercyPlant
Player Valuation: £15m
What a weekend for the best keeper in the league
He's a Mackem, he's a blue...
Bluebonic
Player Valuation: £40m
You may be related to him mate, but you cannot have seen him in his prime.
Username.
Player Valuation: £8m
Seriously mate, really.
