Will be looked at as a huge mistake to make him captain over Pickford. Jagielka mk 2.
And people scoffed at maguire coming in (he never was).
I know he's highly rated by many, but I think it's obvious he's only ever involved in relegation battles because that's his level. Being surrounded by dross like Keane helps him make him look better than he is.
It will be keane that and keane this, but this lad is just a slightly better version. We are seeing how crucial Mina was in the run in and how big of a drop in quality these two are to him. Worries me he won't play Branthwaite and we haven't been linked to a single CB. I think its a serious problem
2 years ago today he signed…. This is just some of page 1 of this threadThe thing that's always got me with this whole narrative about how solid he is, is that when Burnley dropped, I remember watching all their games as they bottled it down the stretch (they did matter to Everton staying up, after all). They repeatedly gave up goals where Tarkowski was obviously the weak link and out of position. If he's actually engaging an attacker 1v1, he's really good at winning those challenges, and he can win headers, so the fact that he looks the part means people assume he's this fantastic CB. But his positioning is almost always awful to begin with and he literally backs away from attacks until he's at the byline sometimes.
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