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Who has been Everton’s best player throughout 2024?
National World - LocalTV
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10/12/2024
A look across the year for EFC as to which of the players have performed consistently well through the calendar year.
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And looking across 2024 for Everton, now obviously it's not been the greatest of years,
00:06
had a few decent results, had a few moments where fans would like to forget,
00:11
but in terms of standout players throughout Sean Dyche's side,
00:15
who stands out for there that has maybe had a few better performances consistently throughout his side?
00:23
Who looks like that throughout the 2024 calendar year?
00:27
Yeah, if you look at the whole year, someone like Gerard Bramfoet,
00:33
he's had his injuries at the start of the season, so can you quite count him yet in the whole of 2024?
00:40
Maybe, maybe not, even though he was excellent last season and continues to grow,
00:46
but if you look throughout from January 1st to December 31st,
00:51
Jordan Pickford has been an ever-present in the Everton goal,
00:53
and he won the club's player of the year award for third successive season.
00:59
Look, I don't think Everton fans need to be reminded just how important he is, how good he's been,
01:06
but yeah, he's been immense, he deserves a lot of credit, Jordan Pickford,
01:10
because there have been times in the last few years when he probably could have left the club in the difficult circumstances,
01:17
you know, players have, Richarlison, Anthony Gordon, Jordan Pickford could have looked at this and thought,
01:22
I don't really fancy this, I fancy going to play in the Champions League in my career,
01:27
and there probably would have been opportunities, you know, Chelsea struggling for a goalkeeper, etc.,
01:32
but he deserves immense credit for that, and Adrian Garnaghey, for someone who's 35,
01:41
he's shown all of his experience and has now scored the goal last season that ultimately kept Everton up,
01:50
with a few fixtures to spare, but yeah, he's been maybe a little bit underrated, to be honest,
01:59
he's not everyone's cup of tea, he's not fantastic on the ball, but he does the difficult things,
02:04
just picks away, picks up loose balls, etc., and Ashley Young deserves a lot of credit as well, you know, 38, 39,
02:12
he's probably been one of Everton's best players this season, played a lot last season,
02:17
I think that decision to sign him to a new contract was a very decent one, despite his age,
02:24
maybe some were saying Everton should have passed the way, but he's been pivotal, certainly this season,
02:30
but yeah, there's one standout for me, and that's Jordan Pickford's.
02:35
And obviously you mentioned there, just on Pickford, I mean, loyalty in this game is so rare these days,
02:41
you know, you mentioned Richarlison, Anthony Gordon, they go for money, they go for better opportunities,
02:45
how incredible has he been, just in Everton's recent history?
02:51
Yeah, he is, I think, if you're looking down in the last 10 years, maybe, or so, he's probably the player you think of
02:58
when you think of Everton, to be honest, been a lot of overhaul in terms of score, a lot of players coming in
03:06
that Everton have wasted money on, and it was a difficult few years for Jordan Pickford at the start,
03:12
came in for a big fee, but he's really settled down in the past couple of seasons, past few seasons,
03:17
you know, he's been England's number one for how long, despite, you know, how many pretenders have tried to take his crown,
03:25
you know, when you think of the amount of goalkeepers, Aaron Ramsdale, Nick Pope, etc., Dean Henderson,
03:30
he's always kept it, if you look on Everton goalkeepers, I think a lot of people would agree,
03:37
only Neville Southall is better in terms of club legends, and there might be, bar Dixie Dean,
03:44
there might be a greater club legend than Neville Southall, which is a massive, massive badge of honour for Jordan Pickford,
03:52
as I say, he could have probably left at any time, instead he stays at the club, and I think that's why Everton fans
04:00
have a real good bond with him, probably one of the only few players in the current squad, maybe in the past few years,
04:07
who they've really had a bond with, and, you know, when he does make a mistake now, it is very rare,
04:14
and I think, you know, the loyalty he's shown, that's maybe why as well, people don't get on his case as much,
04:20
because, yes, they're fewer, but Everton fans have understood as well that he could have left the club and he didn't.
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