00:00 Will, looking at Everton and their season as a whole, obviously it's not been the greatest for them,
00:05 but you look at Gerard Brantway breaking into the England set-up, quite an achievement there.
00:11 Who stands out for you to be the player of the season, a player that stood out,
00:17 had a good individual season at Everton?
00:21 I think the player you just mentioned there, Gerard Brantway, his head and shoulders have been better than everyone.
00:26 He's had a fantastic breakthrough campaign in the Premier League, he's rightly getting the applause that he deserves.
00:33 Chelsea, he was poor, so was every Everton player. Young lads are going to make mistakes as defenders,
00:43 and as a defender your mistakes are punished, aren't they, and there's more spotlight on them.
00:47 But on the whole he's been magnificent. If you're trying to pick out any other players,
00:53 then I'd be quite frank, it's Slim Pickens. Abdoulaye Dakour in the first half of the season was a bit of a talismanic presence,
01:01 but since he's had two hamstring injuries and since he's come back he's really struggled for form, to be quite frank.
01:09 Tally McAlenco hasn't done bad at left-back, he's been solid defensively, but attack and wide is still a fair bit to be desired.
01:21 Jordan Pickford hasn't done badly at all whatsoever as well. James Tarkovsky, OK, but his form has dipped in recent weeks.
01:30 Apart from that, you really are struggling. The midfield hasn't been good enough for a lot of it.
01:35 Attack and wide, we know Everton's paucity of goals. So, yes, I think Gerard Brantway is definitely going to sweep up the end-of-season awards.
01:45 I think there's going to be a lot of potential successes in for him in the summer. Given Everton's financial situation,
01:52 are they going to be in a position where they can turn down any potential bids with Gerard Brantway?
01:57 They might have to hold their nerve, hope that maybe a Bibbon Ward comes in, but yes, it looks like Gerard Brantway will be sweeping up the end-of-season awards.
02:07 Obviously, we saw that John Stones had a similar start at Everton as a youngster, as an English centre-back.
02:13 Do you see any similarities between the pairing there?
02:17 Yes, obviously, there's a similar trajectory. They both come from the Football League. I have Lee Stones from Barnsley and Brantway from Carlisle.
02:26 John Stones, when he started out at Everton, he actually started at right-back.
02:30 That's what maybe you do with young centre-backs, just because you're making a mistake there. It's not as crucial as maybe in central defence.
02:41 It'll be interesting to see the trajectory he takes. I think at his age, Gerard Brantway, to be honest with you, from what I've seen, is a better player.
02:48 Obviously, Stones has gone on to achieve absolutely magnificent things at Manchester City.
02:54 Maybe they're just a little bit different players, potentially, but the ceiling is as high as Gerard Brantway wants it to be.
