Supporters of Everton have been slating Jordan Pickford after the Toffees’ latest outing in the Premier League.
During the tie with Manchester United on Sunday, the English goalkeeper picked up a 6/10 performance rating after conceding a goal that he should have done better with (per Liverpool Echo), leaving fans furious.
You just cannot defend Pickfords performance this season. Shocking.
— The Everton End (@TheEvertonEnd) March 1, 2020
Making these games ten times harder
— Jack ?? (@jackmorgan10) March 1, 2020
Need another goalie in the summer to at least give him competition.
— Ciara ? (@EFCCiara) March 1, 2020
Get lossi back from loan
— Blunoze2 (@Forevertheblue) March 1, 2020
Does Carlo Ancelotti need to sign a backup or a replacement goalkeeper in the summer?Backup, we should keep Pickford
Replacement, Pickford's overrated |
During this season, the 25-year-old stopper has been the Toffees’ fifth-worst performer in the Premier League of those who have featured for the club, with an average rating of 6.32/10 (per WhoScored).
After keeping just eight clean sheets and conceding 47 goals in 33 appearances (per Transfermarkt), supporters were livid with the English ‘keeper.
Can we just sub Tim Howard on
— ? (@WillGallach03) March 1, 2020
Always backed him me,but enough is enough to many mistakes this season,we need a keeper,good cm cb an a forward to go into next season,all deadwood out,gylfi Schneiderlin niasse etc the list go’s on,trust Carlo to sort it
— Danny (@dannyry75007315) March 1, 2020
Makes games harder for us, aslways giving the ball away and sticking his tongue out like a child. Get him gone.
— Dean (@Dean20264474) March 1, 2020
The team is working hard and Pickford is letting that in? Shocking that.
— Verin (@Verin_Dae) March 1, 2020
What do we think?
With such a weak average rating for the season so far (per WhoScored), it is difficult to argue that supporters are not correct in their analysis of the stopper.
One thing that a number of supporters mentioned is that Pickford needs to have an appropriate backup, as there is only Maarten Stekelenburg as competition in the first-team squad currently (per Transfermarkt), which could be the answer.