The Everton Forum • Re: Jarrad Branthwaite
I think we'd be much stronger with getting a competent CB, an actual RB and a backup LB than we'd be keeping Jarrod personally.We have a very, very, short list of genuine top half PL players and Branthwaite is one of them. Selling him this week and rolling the dice on replacing him without losing quality in the side is just about as risky a strategy as you can get.
What we would need to happen is another youngster like him comes in on low wages because we can’t afford established PL defender wages. So the ‘new JB’ would not only have to come in untested but also have to perform as well and get up to speed immediately.
Just not going to happen is it? Keep the lad, have a great season with us and sell him for £200M in the summer.
I don't think you need to even be all that great to be a solid CB in a Dyche side, just have the basics and a decent mentality.
We can't just cling on to Branthwaite because he's had one good season under Dyche, there's every chance we could replicate that with a new player or JOB given how CBs tend to excel under this manager.
Statistics: Posted by AjaxAndy — Sun Aug 25, 2024 9:40 am