2018/19 Jordan Pickford

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artetas_biggest_fan said:
His shot stopping percentage (66%) is midtable.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/feature...goalkeeper-based-their-save-percentage-201718

He will only get 100 caps if a world class English keeper doesn’t appear on the scene. That there was a debate between him and a relegated Stoke goalkeeper for who would be #1 sums up the England gk situation. A bit like current English managers he’s good, but not great, and like current English managers wouldn’t get in a top six side. He’s good with his feet (great save vs Croatia in the semi) but shot stopping is an issue. Often seems to be out of range.
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Bed.
 

Very similar “saves per goal” stats as David De Gea this season (2 and 1.92 respectively) either they’re both wham, or they’re both good, or perhaps most accurately - ridiculous stats like these don’t really matter that much?
 
Crackers some of these comments - he saves a penalty with his foot -like his penalty save from Lanzini last year - both saves were instrumental in changing the outcomes of matches. I’d take a lucky keeper all day long if that means points for Everton. But he isn’t just lucky is he? He has become first choice for England, integral to Everton and his confidence is growing. The lad even has assists to his name.

He makes mistakes as well, I see that as well as everyone else, but to say he”s average...different opinions and all that ....but to see that view through are his critics really asking for different and better available options? Everton’s & Englands first choice goalkeeper isn’t on many other people’s lists of areas to improve.
 

Don’t see why every single action of his has to be studied in-depth. No better example of that than the ridiculous attention on Januzaj’s goal. Since then it seems that whatever he does, even the good stuff has to be chipped away at with a load of stats to prove that actually he’s not a brilliant keeper. ‘The ball was actually going wide, he was actually off his line for the pen save, his saves v Sweden were actually routine, it should have been a pen v Spain, his distribution isn’t actually as good as Ederson’s after his two long passes v spain, he actually got lucky on his pen save today.’ etc. etc. Who effin cares?! For the first time in a long time we have a keeper who actually adds to our game (and England’s) rather than undermining it. He’ll make loads of mistakes (like all keepers) but it’s a completely different situation that Howard or Robles who regularly undermined whole games with continuous mistakes. Pickford in top form wins matches and when he’s not in top form he’s still a very good keeper. Why is this not enough for some? Why are people intent on proving that if he’s not as good as De Gea or Ederson then he must actually be crap. He’s a very good keeper that we’re lucky to have.
 
My opinion of Pickers is he's a very good goalie and at 24 he's still learning as the saying goes goalies don't peak until the late 20s. Plus the best goalie I've ever seen (BIG NEV) rates him very highly and reckons he can be our no1 for the next ten years, so that's good enough for me.:D
 
Saint Domingo said:
Don’t see why every single action of his has to be studied in-depth. No better example of that than the ridiculous attention on Januzaj’s goal. Since then it seems that whatever he does, even the good stuff has to be chipped away at with a load of stats to prove that actually he’s not a brilliant keeper. ‘The ball was actually going wide, he was actually off his line for the pen save, his saves v Sweden were actually routine, it should have been a pen v Spain, his distribution isn’t actually as good as Ederson’s after his two long passes v spain, he actually got lucky on his pen save today.’ etc. etc. Who effin cares?! For the first time in a long time we have a keeper who actually adds to our game (and England’s) rather than undermining it. He’ll make loads of mistakes (like all keepers) but it’s a completely different situation that Howard or Robles who regularly undermined whole games with continuous mistakes. Pickford in top form wins matches and when he’s not in top form he’s still a very good keeper. Why is this not enough for some? Why are people intent on proving that if he’s not as good as De Gea or Ederson then he must actually be crap. He’s a very good keeper that we’re lucky to have.
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Well put mate;)
 
Put quite simply I think he's already a world class keeper, with a first class attitude and I feel so lucky that we have him at Goodison.
Any mistakes that he happens to make will surely be vastly outweighed by his number of match winning or match saving contributions, today being the perfect example.
He may not be Neville Southall but I doubt we will ever see anybody who compares to 'Wales Wales Number One' ever again!
 
Dont agree he is a world class keeper but he very good imo. Regarding penalties, he will put doubt in the takers mind as he has a good record in saving pens. X
 

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