He isn't good enough going forward to be a full-back. Positional awareness comes with age and experience for a defender. He's a centre-back. He's been having to spend most of his Everton career filling in because his raw attributes of physicality and pace make him versatile, but he needs to be played at centre-back next to Mina or Keane.
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He has been struggling, 100%
No surprise, COVID can stick around in your system and really weaken you physically. I'm finding it, and I'm not an elite athlete relying on fine margins.
He hasn't been helped by having to play in four different roles since he came into the team, but that's just what we have to do because our recruitment is awful.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
That's not what he said. AT ALL.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Ive heard of people recovering from covid and months later struggle with simple things like stairs. Even if Ben is a fit athlete when covid bites your going to suffer.
I think this is why Rafael cant trust him at CB
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Utility player
He's a centre-back and if we waste him using him across the backline because he has pace then he'll never kick on and improve on his flaws.
Now, the reason we've had to play him at full-back both this season and last is because of our dreadful recruitment, not signing a right-back, not now having a back-up left-back.
Not what who said?
If Benitez really thinks Godfrey is going to be a full-back then I despair.
But thankfully, he won't do. Because it's clear as day he is not a full-back.
He's been played back to fitness. It's tough, very tough. He's clearly not there yet. Personally I thought he could have had a rest today but whether we play him or Holgate at RB, it makes no difference, neither of them are right-backs.
However, they both are better right-backs than Kenny, which just shows how poor Kenny is. And again, shows up how crap our recruitment is.
One of Godfrey's best games for Everton came at Elland Road last season, when he played next to Mina, as a CB. Weirdly, it's the only time he and Mina have played together.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
I think thats more a Rondon/Keane issue than Godfrey.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Godfrey has stunk the place out this season Zat. As someone who is not a big believer in him I will say I don't think he's this bad either so hopefully he improves. But there is no reason to be giving him games right now if we're fully healthy.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
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Ah didnt have you down as a covid denial prick.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Zats talking rubbish as per, Ben is a long way from the player we seen last season
Even if he's at 95% post Covid, that 5% is a lot in the Premier League
…very interesting and fair assessment from Benitez. Like some of us on here, he recognised his aerial weakness but is taken by his athleticism.
‘Wouldn’t play him up against a big striker’ but ‘ideal against somebody fast’. Left sided CB ideally. I think he can improve in the air by using his upper body bulk in a similar fashion to Lescott, Distin and Rondon.
‘Wouldn’t play him up against a big striker’ but ‘ideal against somebody fast’. Left sided CB ideally. I think he can improve in the air by using his upper body bulk in a similar fashion to Lescott, Distin and Rondon.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Concern is he never gets that 5% back.
Would be typical Everton though I mean how many players of ours have been ruined by an inury of some kind?
McCarthy/Coleman/Oviedo - broken leg
Gomes - broken ankle
Bolasie - ruptured knee ligament
Gbamin - all sorts
Toshun - 2x ACL's
A lot of money tied up in those players regardless of how good or bad of a player they were beforehand.
If you chuck Godfrey in that due to COVID its unbelievable bad luck.
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