Isn't our squad low on home grown players? It's not as straightforward as seling Maguire, Henderson and McTominay and replacing them with non 'Brexit FC' players. We have to register a certain number of home grown players to fill the PL quota.
As I said, if he was joining on a free for a low salary, having an England International goalkeeper as second or even third choice allows us to count him in the home grown contingent, and means we can have an extra foreigner. These are pretty much the only circumstances under which Pickford makes sense.Whoever at the club thinks it's a good idea to look at him has to be utterly mentally deficient.
I saw him vs City recently and like other occasions I thought he was dreadful. No one doubts that, like De Gea or Hugo Lloris, that he can have moments where he looks really good like they do but you want stability in a keeper and one who is the complete package. He just really isn't an elite goalkeeper.
I haven't double checked the stats but from memory he has good accurate long kicks, but Everton tend to go long, so doesn't play out from the back much.
He's a fine goalkeeper, but he has the exact same problems that have infuriated people this season in de Gea. If this actually happened it'd just be an expensive sidegrade for seemingly no good reason.
It's more just I'd rather an average shot stopper but a goalkeeper who can dominate his area in the air and who is very comfortable playing out from the back... They are more important attributes for big clubs than just being a crazy shot stopper but being mediocre in other aspects.
He does,Pickford doesn't.
Very likely to be Daily Mail bollocks, this. Why would ETH consider?
no its not
I havent seen his stats but his long passing is meant to be very good.
