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2022/23 Jordan Pickford
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Charles Hawtrey
Player Valuation: £50m
Interesting stats over the last 5 years in this article...
Tottenham have been linked with a swoop for the 29-year-old, while Manchester United were touted as a possible destination over the winter - but would he be the right choice?
Playing in a team under veritable threat of relegation from the Premier League will generally mean you are a busier keeper than one playing in a side challenging for Europe, but that plays into the narrative that Pickford is a good shot-stopper.
He faces and saves so many attempts that people sometimes overlook the ones he has let in, and the post-shot xG metric is a good measure for shot-stopping form (over the short-term) and shot-stopping ability (over the long-term).
Post-shot xG, or psxG, takes into account on-target attempts face, using variables such as accuracy, power, swerve and dip to generate a probability of any given shot being saved by the goalkeeper.
Based on this metric, Pickford has performed above average this season with a psxG difference of +2.1. He's in decent enough form.
However, over the longer-term (ability), he is generally an average shot-stopper. Since signing for Everton in 2017, Pickford has underperformed his psxG by -3.7. He has been a model of consistency, not having one 'terrible' season nor one 'tremendous' season, roughly performing where we would expect for an average GK.
To compare to Tottenham and Manchester United stoppers, Hugo Lloris and David De Gea, both have been roughly as consistent as Pickford but have had at least one 'tremendous' shot-stopping season that has been the difference between their team finishing in the top four and not.
Pickford is yet to have such a season, but there is positive in being consistent at least. The Premier League benchmark in this metric is Alisson, who has overperformed his pxSG by an average of +3.58 per season in his five Premier League campaigns, consistently winning Liverpool games and points.
One area Pickford excels is in his ability to make defensive actions outside of his penalty area, or in simple terms being the modern day 'sweeper keeper'.
This season, he ranks only thirteenth in terms of defensive actions outside the box per 90 with 1.2, but that in itself is impressive given the fact Everton generally play fairly deep.
In comparison, DDG ranks eighteenth at 0.8, and we know how important a goalkeeper with the ability to come off his line is to Erik ten Hag, so Pickford would be an improvement there. Lloris, however, averaged a slightly improved 1.24.
Passing is a huge strength of Pickford's too, and long passes at that.
The average distance of his pass is the greatest in the league at 4.14 yards, showing just how capable he is of beating opposition press and finding a man in space, while getting his team on the attack and turning the opposite team in an instance.
Jordan Pickford
- Age: 29
- Position: Goalkeeper
- Club: Everton
- Country: England
Tottenham have been linked with a swoop for the 29-year-old, while Manchester United were touted as a possible destination over the winter - but would he be the right choice?
Playing in a team under veritable threat of relegation from the Premier League will generally mean you are a busier keeper than one playing in a side challenging for Europe, but that plays into the narrative that Pickford is a good shot-stopper.
He faces and saves so many attempts that people sometimes overlook the ones he has let in, and the post-shot xG metric is a good measure for shot-stopping form (over the short-term) and shot-stopping ability (over the long-term).
Post-shot xG, or psxG, takes into account on-target attempts face, using variables such as accuracy, power, swerve and dip to generate a probability of any given shot being saved by the goalkeeper.
Based on this metric, Pickford has performed above average this season with a psxG difference of +2.1. He's in decent enough form.
However, over the longer-term (ability), he is generally an average shot-stopper. Since signing for Everton in 2017, Pickford has underperformed his psxG by -3.7. He has been a model of consistency, not having one 'terrible' season nor one 'tremendous' season, roughly performing where we would expect for an average GK.
To compare to Tottenham and Manchester United stoppers, Hugo Lloris and David De Gea, both have been roughly as consistent as Pickford but have had at least one 'tremendous' shot-stopping season that has been the difference between their team finishing in the top four and not.
Pickford is yet to have such a season, but there is positive in being consistent at least. The Premier League benchmark in this metric is Alisson, who has overperformed his pxSG by an average of +3.58 per season in his five Premier League campaigns, consistently winning Liverpool games and points.
One area Pickford excels is in his ability to make defensive actions outside of his penalty area, or in simple terms being the modern day 'sweeper keeper'.
This season, he ranks only thirteenth in terms of defensive actions outside the box per 90 with 1.2, but that in itself is impressive given the fact Everton generally play fairly deep.
In comparison, DDG ranks eighteenth at 0.8, and we know how important a goalkeeper with the ability to come off his line is to Erik ten Hag, so Pickford would be an improvement there. Lloris, however, averaged a slightly improved 1.24.
Passing is a huge strength of Pickford's too, and long passes at that.
The average distance of his pass is the greatest in the league at 4.14 yards, showing just how capable he is of beating opposition press and finding a man in space, while getting his team on the attack and turning the opposite team in an instance.
Terrarian
Player Valuation: £50m
Many more pressing issues than Pickford if you ask me. I do agree he struggles with long range shots but after that period post that derby when he lost the plot, he's been pretty solid for a while now, not perfect but certainly not in the get out the door category.
Deffo a bad game against city , but he hasn't had one in a while
Rudolf Hucker
Player Valuation: £30m
How many times does he palm the ball into danger?
Basic goalkeeping!
Basic goalkeeping!
coleman=quality
Player Valuation: £15m
Was a decent save yes ideal would push it past the post or wider but would help if one of his teammates didn’t let a lad stand on his own.
Our marking has been consistently terrible. Basic defending
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Massive save in injury time to stop it becoming 2-0 and no chance with the goal, no matter what way some twist it
PoY
Baggzio
Player Valuation: £15m
Not at all blaming him because he’s truly kept us up the last 2 years almost by himself but he’s really bad at consistently saving the first shot and basically laying it straight into the path of another player for the goal. Seems to always be a problem of his.
Again he’s been largely fantastic but no player is immune from criticism and it’s such an awful trait for a goalkeeper.
Again he’s been largely fantastic but no player is immune from criticism and it’s such an awful trait for a goalkeeper.
What a massive save that might end up being.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Also the Mina goal came after a player cleared it who was almost marking Pickford, if Jordan hadnt of been in the area the defender has more time and makes a better clearance
knowing your history
Player Valuation: £30m
That was a brilliant save at 1-0 I thought. Nunes went low which is always trickier for keepers and think Pickford's weight was moving to the far post so he had to readjust very quickly.
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